Super Bowl 59 Predictions

Kansas City faces Philadelphia in Super Bowl 58. This is a rematch of Super Bowl 57.

Chris Ransom Last Updated: February 7, 2025.

1. Kansas City Chiefs 17-2-0	Versus	2. Philadelphia Eagles 17-3-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

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Last year Lisa beat Emmy Bantle by 11 games, but Emmy got to 204 games correct on the year before the Conference Finals making her the new national leader at 204-80 while ESPN's Matt Bowen is the only individual that can tie her at 203-81.

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Why the Kansas City Chiefs Will Win: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has D.J. Humprhies at left tackle, Joe Thuney at left guard, Creed Humprhey at center, Trey Smith at right guard, and Jawaan Taylor starting at right tackle. Wanya Morris is the backup left tackle, Hunter Nourzad is the backup center, C.J. Hanson is the backup right guard, and Ethan Driskell an undrafted Free Agent out of Marshall is the backup right tackle. Kingsley Suamatia Kansas City's 2024 second round pick is now the third string left tackle after starting the first two games before getting benched for Wanya Morris before Wanya Morris got benched for D.J. Humphries and Lucas Niang is the third string right tackle. Kansas City has depth everywhere on their offensive line outside of left guard. D.J. Humphries got injured in week 14 and missed week 15 as well as week 16. He looks like he will be out in week 17, but left guard Joe Thuney held his own against both Myles Garrett and Danielle Hunter when transitioning from left guard to left tackle. Jawaan Taylor is also dealing with an injury at right tackle in addition to D.J. Humphries. Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL right now with two regular season MVP's and three Super Bowl MVP's. Carson Wentz is the backup quarterback to Patrick Mahomes. Joe Thuney will play left tackle in the Super Bowl with Mike Caliendo at left guard, Creed Humphrey at center, Trey Smith at right guard, and Jawaan Taylor at right tackle.

Kansas City has DeAndre Hopkins as their flanker wide receiver and Xavier Worthy as their secondary wide receiver with their 2024 first round pick as the number two secondary wide receiver, and Marques Brown will be the slot receiver with Rashee Rice out for the year. Kansas City has Justin Watson, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman splitting reps as backup wide receivers. Travis Kelce is the best tight end in the NFL as well as the main receiving option on this offense. Noah Gray is the backup tight end. Jared Wiley last years starting tight end at TCU is the Kansas City Chiefs third string tight end. Peyton Hendershot, the Dallas Cowboys third string tight end last year is now the fourth string tight end on the Kansas City Chiefs.

Isiah Pacheco is the starting running back. Kareem Hunt is the backup running back. Carson Steele, an undrafted Free Agent out of UCLA is the third string running back.

Kansas City has Mike Danna at 4-3 right end and George Karlaftis at 4-3 left end. Felix Anudike-Uzomah is the backup 4-3 right end and Josh Uche is the backup 4-3 left end. Kansas City had Chris Jones and Derrick Nnadi the two starting 4-3 defensive tackles. Mike Pennel and Tershawn Wharton are back as backup 4-3 defensive tackles. Kansas City has more depth at defensive end after trading for Josh Uche, who was a pass rusher on the New England Patriots who had 10 sacks in 2022 during the third year of his rookie deal after being a second round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Mike Danna is out this week. Felix Anudike-Uzomah will start in relief of Danna in week 9. Mike Danna came back in week 11. Charles Omenihu returned in week 13. Chris Jones got injured in week 16. His status for week 17 is uncertain. Chris Jones the best defensive player on Kansas City's defense is out in week 17.

Kansas City has Drue Tranquill at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Nick Bolton at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Leo Chenal at 4-3 left outside linebacker. Kansas City still has depth on the defensive line, but their lack of depth at linebacker compared to the last two years does concern me to a point.

Kansas City has Trent McDuffie at field cornerback for the third year in a row. Last year both Joshua Williams and Jaylen Watson played nickel cornerback next to Trent McDuffie and L'Jarius Sneed, but with Sneed being traded to Tennessee, there are other cornerbacks like Nazeeh Johnson at boundary cornerback, Chamarri Conner at nickel cornerback, Joshua Williams is the dime cornerback, and Jaylen Watson at quarter cornerback. Jaylen Watson was the main boundary cornerback in week 1, but he got placed on injured reserve. Justin Reid remains at strong safety, and Bryan Cook is the starting free safety. I'm not sold on Jaden Hicks, Kansas City's 2024 fourth round pick whose the number three safety on the depth chart. I'm not sure if Kansas City has a number two cornerback now and Kansas City lacks the safety depth you'd like to see. Chamarri Conner and Jaylen Watson are both dealing with injuries at cornerback and both cornerbacks are out in week 16. Kansas City tried moving Conner to nickel and Joshua Williams to boundary cornerback in week 15 against Cleveland. I'm guessing Kansas City will play Trent McDuffie at field cornerback, Joshua Williams at boundary cornerback, and Nazeeh Johnson in week 16. Nazeeh Johnson did not play in week 16. Jaylen Watson got cleared of his injury.

Kansas City has Harrison Butker at kicker. Kansas City also has Matt Ariaza at punter. Mecole Hardman will be the kick returner and Xavier Worthy will be the punt returner. Kansas City is fully healthy compared to week 11 when they lost to Buffalo. While Buffalo has 0 season ending injuries and Kansas City doesn't have Rashee Rice, Kansas City has enough firepower at wide receiver to make up for the loss of Rashee Rice.

Why the Philadelphia Eagles Will Win: Philadelphia has Jalen Hurts at quarterback. Philadelphia has Jordan Mailata at left tackle, Landon Dickerson at left guard, Cam Jurgens at center, Mekhi Becton at right guard, and Lane Johnson at right tackle. Philadelphia also has Trevor Keegan as a backup left guard, Matt Hennessy as a backup center, Tyler Steen as a backup right guard. Jalen Hurts got injured in week 16 and backup quarterback Kenny Pickett came in. Jalen Hurts started his first game since that injury in the Divisional Round. Cam Jurgens is active, but unlikely to play. Philadelphia's offensive line for the NFC Championship will feature Jordan Mailata at left tackle, Tyler Steen at left guard, Landon Dickerson at center, Mekhi Becton at right guard, and Lane Johnson at right tackle.

Philadelphia has A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith two wide receivers that are capable of being number one options at wide receiver. Smith played flanker receiver as a rookie, but became the secondary wide receiver once Philadelphia traded for A.J. Brown in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Jahan Dotson is the slot receiver. Johnny Wilson, Philadelphia's rookie wide receivers drafted in the sixth round is the number four wide receiver. Ainis Smith, Philadelphia's 2024 fifth round pick is the number five wide receiver.

Dallas Goedert remains a top 10 tight end in the NFL making him another asset in the passing game for quarterback Jalen Hurts. Grant Calcentera remains the backup tight end to Dallas Goedert. Dallas Goedert returned from his injury in week 18.

Philadelphia has Saquon Barkley as their starting running back, Kenneth Gainwell as their backup running back, and Will Shipley the former Clemson running back from the 2024 NFL Draft as the third string running back. Philadelphia is deep at a lot of positions offensively and will be a force in the NFC as long as Jalen Hurts is healthy at quarterback, Jordan Mailata is healthy at left tackle, and Lane Johnson is healthy at right tackle. They have depth to reload if others on this offense outside of those three get injured, but those three must play all 17 games for Philadelphia to go on another run to a Super Bowl. I also believe offensive coordinator Kellen Moore will do well as the Philadelphia Eagles new offensive coordinator.

Philadelphia is moving from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense. Jalen Carter is going to start at 3-4 right end, Jordan Davis will start at 3-4 nose tackle, and Milton Williams will start at 3-4 left end in a contract year. Byron Young who got cut by the Raiders is the backup 3-4 right end which is a scheme he's better suited in while Moro Ojomo is the backup 3-4 left end.

Philadelphia has Josh Sweat at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Zach Baun starting at 3-4 middle linebacker after playing outside linebacker at Wisconsin and on the New Orleans Saints, Nakobe Dean starting at the other 3-4 middle linebacker spot, and Nolan Smith starting at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Philadelphia has Bryce Huff as their backup 3-4 right outside linebacker. Oren Burks and Jeremiah Trotter Jr. are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Brandon Graham is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Jalyx Hunt, Philadelphia's 2024 third round pick out of Houston Christian began the season as the third string 3-4 left outside linebacker, but has now been promoted to backup 3-4 right outside linebacker thanks to Bryce Huff their backup 3-4 right outside linebacker heading to injured reserve meaning Jalyx Hunt will be the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker in weeks 12, 13, 14, and 15. Philadelphia will not have Bryce Huff back until week 16 and lost Brandon Graham to a season ending injury as Graham announced his retirement following this season on monday. Nakobe Dean had a PCL injury and is out for the season following his injury in the wild card round. Now each NFC team has at least one player with a season ending injury.

Philadelphia has Darius Slay at field cornerback, Quinyon Mitchell is the boundary cornerback, and Cooper DeJean is Philadelphia's nickel cornerback as he looks as good as advertised. Isaiah Rodgers is the dime cornerback, Avonte Maddox is the quarter cornerback, and Kelee Ringo is the number six cornerback.

Philadelphia brought back C.J. Gardner-Johnson to start at strong safety and Reed Blankenship will start at free safety. James Bradberry is the backup strong safety. Sydney Brown their 2023 third round pick out of Illinois is the backup free safety.

Philadelphia has Jake Elliott at kicker. Jake Elliott is the only asset Philadelphia has on special teams, but having a top five kicker is crucial when you need points.

Ron Torbert is the referree in this game. This is Ron Torbert's first game since the AFC Championship game since the 2022-2023 NFL Season.

Prediction: Kansas City is a 1.5 point favorite at -1.5. The over or under is 48.5 with 54% of the public betting on Philadelphia. The money line is -130 for Kansas City and +110 for Philadelphia. Take Kansas City to win and cover with the over at -130. Bet $170 on this game for Kansas City and win up to $300 as long as the Chiefs win by 2 or more.

Final Score Chiefs 29 Eagles 26