Jalen Hurts named Super Bowl LIX MVP after Philadelphia Eagles roll past Kansas City Chiefs
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP after the Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. After a heartbreaking loss in Super Bowl LVII in 2023, Hurts and the Birds got their revenge.
Hurts completed 17 of his 22 passes for 221 yards, two touchdowns and one interception with a 119.7 quarterback rating. He also rushed for a score and recorded 72 yards on 11 carries.
Hurts now joins former Eagles quarterback Nick Foles as the only other player in franchise history to win Super Bowl MVP. Hurts is also only the third quarterback to beat Patrick Mahomes in the postseason. Hurts joins Tom Brady and Joe Burrow as the only other quarterbacks to defeat Mahomes in the playoffs.
Foles won the MVP in Super Bowl LII in 2018 in a 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots in a game where he caught the "Philly Special," which was named one of the 100 greatest plays in NFL history.
In the last Super Bowl against the Chiefs, Hurts had a historic performance, but he had a crucial mistake that cost the Birds in the 38-35 loss. Hurts had a costly fumble that Kansas City returned for a touchdown.
Hurts had another turnover in Super Bowl LIX against the Chiefs early in the second quarter, but it didn't hurt Philadelphia. Instead, the Eagles' defense dominated and sacked Mahomes six times and forced three turnovers.
Hurts, head coach Nick Sirianni and the rest of the Eagles faced plenty of questions after a disastrous end to the 2023 season. They lost six of their final seven games, including the playoff lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that knocked them out of the postseason.
Fast forward a little more than one year later and Hurts, Sirianni and the Eagles are Super Bowl champs and will have a parade down Broad Street.