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Chiefs’ bid at historic three-peat ends miserably in Super Bowl LIX: Three things that went wrong for K.C.

NEW ORLEANS — The Kansas City Chiefs entered Super Bowl LIX looking to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls. What they found out Sunday is that there’s a reason such a feat has never been accomplished before.
At some point, every team runs into a challenger designed to beat them, and that’s exactly what happened in the Caesars Superdome. The Chiefs did not just get beat by the Eagles, they got beat down in a 40-22 blowout that was the second largest Super Bowl loss by any team over the past 10 years. (Kansas City owns the biggest loss, a 31-9 trucking at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.)
The Chiefs played Sunday night like they spent 24 straight hours on Bourbon Street before kickoff. They got shut out in the first half totaling just 23 yards and one first down. The only reason this didn’t turn into one of the worst routs in Super Bowl history is because Kansas City was able to score 16 garbage-time points in the fourth quarter.
So, what exactly went wrong for the Chiefs? In one word: everything. But that’s a vague description, so let’s take a look at three areas in which Kansas City screwed the proverbial pooch.
