Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts crushed the Kansas City Chiefs with his arm and legs while a bruising and ferocious Philly defense stole the show en route to a 40-22 win in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in New Orleans.

The Super Bowl MVP completed 17-of-22 passes for 221 yards, two touchdowns and one interception while rushing for 72 yards and one more score.

The Chiefs' defense was keyed in on stopping Offensive Player of the Year and running back Saquon Barkley, the NFL's ninth 2,000-yard rusher who understandably had a tough time getting going against stacked boxes.

That put the offense in Hurts' hands, and he answered the bell and then some. He and the rest of the Eagles even got the attention of former President Barack Obama.

Others praised Hurts, including another Eagles Super Bowl MVP (Nick Foles) and South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley.

Hurts' first touchdown was courtesy of a one-yard Tush Push for a 7-0 first quarter lead.

With time running out in the second half, Hurts connected with AJ Brown on a 12-yard touchdown en route to a 24-0 halftime edge.

Hurts put the final nail in the coffin in the third quarter, throwing a perfect ball to DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown.

After the PAT, Philadelphia led 34-0, and the rest of this game was a formality.

It was a great effort from Hurts, especially after he bounced back from a tough interception on a ball intended for Brown that Chiefs safety Bryan Cook grabbed at the Kansas City two-yard line.

Hurts also got revenge on the Chiefs after he and the Eagles fell 38-35 to them in the Super Bowl two years ago. As has been reported numerous times, Hurts had cell phone wallpaper of him walking off the field after that tough Super Bowl LVII loss.

Now he's emerging triumphant after a well-deserved victory.

The offense and defense played complementary football in this one. The D raised hell all night, making Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes run for his life and sacking the three-time Super Bowl champion six times, including a strip sack in the fourth quarter.

The rushing attack never got going, as running backs Kareem Hunt, Isiah Pacheco and Samaje Perine combined for just 24 yards on seven carries.

Most importantly, though, the Eagles snagged two back-breaking interceptions.

Rookie Cooper DeJean snatched the first, stretching for the pick and returning it 38 yards for a touchdown and an eventual 17-0 lead.

Two drives later, Defensive Player of the Year finalist Zack Baun intercepted Mahomes at the Kansas City 14-yard line.

Brown scored his touchdown two plays later to put the Chiefs in a massive hole they stayed in for the duration of the game.

The Chiefs' offense finally got going in the second half, but they couldn't dig themselves out of a 34-0 hole. Mahomes did finish with 257 passing yards and three touchdowns, two to Xavier Worthy (eight catches, 157 yards) and one to DeAndre Hopkins.

But it was too little and too late as the Eagles' D did more than enough to win this game.

It hasn't been uncommon in past Super Bowls for two conference-champion teams to do battle in a game that looked fairly even on paper beforehand only for one side to throughly crush the other post-kickoff. Examples include Super Bowl LV (Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 9), Super Bowl XLVIII (Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8) and Super Bowl XXXVII (Bucs 48, Oakland Raiders 21).

The Eagles added their names to that list Sunday, after the Hurts-led offense and the dominant defense prevented the first Super Bowl three-peat and cemented themselves as one of the best teams in recent NFL history after a 17-3 season capped by outscoring their final two opponents (including a 55-23 win over the NFC runner-up Washington Commanders) by a 95-37 score.