Super Bowl LVII features the top seeds from both conferences, but that doesn't mean the paths they traveled were at all similar. Bo Wulf, Zach Berman and Nate Taylor—the Athletic's beat writers covering the Eagles and Chiefs—join Robert Mays to dive into how their respective teams arrived at this point on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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3:00 The Eagles' path to the Super Bowl
8:00 Evolution of Jalen Hurts
15:00 Big moves made this offseason
19:00 The people who shape the team off the field
21:50 Nick Sirianni's influence
25:40 Howie Roseman does it again
32:45 The Andy Reid connection
38:18 Expectations for the Chiefs at the start of the year
47:23 The making of the secondary
56:33 Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and Chris Jones
58:48 Chiefs/Patriots parallels
68:28 Savvy contract manipulation
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How did the Eagles and Chiefs get to Super Bowl LVII? | The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
