AJ Brown shines in Super Bowl as Eagles crush Chiefs

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) reacts after making a catch against the Kansas City Chiefs
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) reacts after making a catch against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first half of Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome. | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
BY Taylor Hodges

Ole Miss has another Super Bowl champion to add to its list of former players to lift the Lombardi Trophy.

AJ Brown, who played for Ole Miss from 2016-2018, and the Philadelphia Eagles put on a dominant showing in Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs, winning the franchise’s second championship 40-22.

Brown was targeted five times and ended the game with three catches for 43 yards and a 12-yard touchdown pass late in the first half that gave the Eagles a 24-0 lead. It was about this time the reality of what was taking place set in – the Eagles were going to dominate the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions.

Don’t let that final score fool you. The game wasn’t anywhere near close to the 18-point final score. The Chiefs didn’t even cross into Philadelphia’s side of the field until the second half and the Eagles’ offense did whatever it wanted in the air.

However, if the game had gone in a different direction one of Brown’s two targets that didn’t result in a catch would’ve highly scrutinized.

On the Eagles’ first possession, facing a fourth-and-two from midfield, Jalen Hurts completed a deep pass down the right sideline for a 32-yard gain. However, Brown was flagged for pass interference after one of his hands hit (touched?) a defender’s facemask. Philadelphia wound up punting on the next play.

If Kansas City had went to have the kind of game the Eagles did, all of the conspiracy theorists would’ve had more fuel for their fires. But the Chiefs didn’t and no conspiracy can be made to write off the dominance Brown and the Eagles displayed in New Orleans.

Taylor Hodges
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