This wasn’t a game where the Philadelphia Eagles reasonably should’ve been expected to score “style points.”
Beating the Kansas City Chiefs in this specific scenario was never going to be easy.
On the road in one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL? Against a team that sought revenge for being embarrassed so badly in Super Bowl LIX? In addition to wanting to wash the bad taste of a disappointing Week 1 loss out of their mouths?
There was no precedent for Patrick Mahomes losing three straight games. There was no precedent for the Chiefs getting off to an 0-2 start since he became their quarterback.
And so it can’t be taken for granted that the Eagles went to “GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium” and left with a win, regardless of exactly how they got it done.
The Eagles have been far from p