Eagles and Chiefs face off in Super Bowl LVII, Rihanna plays halftime show

Factors have been plentiful in Tremendous Bowl LVII, which obtained off to a frenetic tempo Sunday and did not let up, with robust offensive shows displaying why the Eagles and the Chiefs obtained to this extremely anticipated matchup. 

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was placing on a present, with two dashing touchdowns and a passing landing to offer the Eagles a 27-21 lead within the third quarter.  

Chiefs followers held their breaths, when, with about 1:30 to go within the first half, reigning MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes got here up limping badly following a sort out on a third-down play. Mahomes, who has been coping with a high-ankle sprain because the divisional spherical of the playoffs, seemed to be grimacing in ache as he got here off the sphere. 

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Nevertheless, Mahomes answered all questions on his well being standing when he got here out after halftime and instantly lead the Chiefs down the sphere on a 10-play, 75-yard landing drive. 

Each groups scored touchdowns on their opening drives of the sport. Jalen Hurts made up for a expensive fumble early within the second quarter, which helped the Chiefs tie the sport at 14-points apiece, along with his second dashing landing of the night a couple of minutes later that gave the Eagles a 21-14 lead. They added to it with a 35-yard discipline aim to enter halftime up 24-14. 

In the meantime, along with his 18-yard landing reception within the first quarter, Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce handed Rob Gronkowski for the second-most receiving touchdowns in playoff historical past, with 16. San Francisco 49ers legend Jerry Rice holds the document with 22.  

Historical past was additionally additionally made Sunday by Mahomes and Hurts, marking the primary time {that a} Tremendous Bowl featured two beginning Black quarterbacks.   

The Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present was headlined by Grammy Award-winning pop star Rihanna. In a brilliant purple ensemble with an identical purple lip she carried out hits “The place Have You Been,” “We Discovered Love in a Hopeless Place” and “Impolite Boy,” amongst many others. 

Her efficiency had been extremely anticipated as a result of it has been practically seven years since she final carried out on stage. She has additionally not launched an album since 2016’s “Anti.” 

Grammy-winning nation music star Chris Stapleton carried out the pregame nationwide anthem, and Grammy-winning R&B artist Babyface carried out “America the Lovely” earlier than kickoff.  

Previous to the sport, Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports activities wrote that the sport “options two of probably the most prolific offenses the NFL has seen this 12 months, with Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts set to sq. off in a battle of MVP candidates. Not solely that, however the championship showdown will pit Chiefs coach Andy Reid towards Philadelphia, town wherein he constructed his NFL profession; and Professional Bowl brothers Travis and Jason Kelce towards one another for an opportunity at their second respective Lombardi trophies.”