Follow usThe San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk knows both opponents in the Super Bowl – the AFC champions Kansas City and the NFC champion Philadelphia, after playing the Chiefs in Week 7 and falling to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.
Asked about his expectations, he expressed doubts about the Eagles’ ability to take down Chiefs in the 57th Super Bowl at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday.
“I don’t know fully about that defense,” the 24-year-old Aiyuk said. “They talk about them being a good defense. I’m not too sure.
“I think this Kansas City pass game will expose what we thought we were going to be able to expose before some unfortunate circumstances. We’ll see. But like I said, you got to get lucky to win a Super Bowl. And they just got extremely lucky last week.”
Although Aiyuk played opposite the league’s top-ranked defense in both points and yards allowed in 2022, his downplaying of Philadelphia’s ability to slow quarterback Patrick Mahomes vaunted passing attack is attributable to sour grapes, if the numbers are to be believed.
The Eagles ranked just behind San Francisco in yards allowed overall and were tops in the league in yards per play, passing yards allowed and sacks.
The defense is so adept at endangering opposing quarterbacks that it’s four sacks shy of tying the 1984 Bears for most sacks in a season, including playoffs.
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