Saints played Eagles, Chiefs, here are their predictions | Rod Walker

New Orleans Saints Defensive Tackle Bryan Bresee Sowing the two teams that will play in the Super Bowl Lix on close and personal this season.

In fact, he faced Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs for a period of 15 days. Both were Saints’ loss.

So which team thinks will hoist Lombardi Trophy in Caesar’s Superdome Sunday night?

“It’s tough,” bresee said. “I really couldn’t give you with confidence a prediction of one or the other team. I really think it’s a coin throw. “

It’s not often that the saints have played both Super Bowl teams in the same season – just the eighth time it ever happened. This is the first time since 2020 when the saints played both Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chiefs. In the regular season, the saints lost against chiefs and beat Bucs twice. But Bucs won the one that means the most in the playoffs, the last game Drew Brees’ career.

In the seasons they played the Saints Both Super Bowl team, they are only 4-18 against these teams. The only wins are the two against Bucs in 2020, a victory over Bengals in 1981 and a win over St. Louis Rams in 2001. If you include the seasons the saints played only one of the Super Bowl teams, the record is even worse. They are 12-44 all the time against the Super Bowl team.

This year’s loss of 15-12 to Eagles was a game that the saints let slip away. The Chiefs game, a 26-13 Monday night football loss at Arrowhead Stadium, was not as close.

Saints players both past and present watch this game go both ways. Quarterback Spencer Rattler, like bresee it calls it a throw up.

“It’s going to be a good game,” Rattler said. “If the Eagles run the ball as they have, they will be hard to hit. They have a good defense. But it’s hard to bet on mahomes and what they’ve done. “

The Oddsmakers in Vegas also have it close. Chiefs were only 1½-point favorites from Friday morning.

“For me, it will be hard to beat chiefs,” said former sacred offensive Lineman Jermon Bushrod. “I think it always comes down to the quarterback position. But Philly has a way of winning this game. They have a very good offensive line and the best run back in the game. Earth it and pound it and keep that guy (Mahomes) from the field and you have a chance. “

Chiefs is trying to become the first team in the NFL story to win three consecutive Super Bowls. Former Saints recipient Marques Colston predicts that the story will be denied.

“I think Eagles,” Colston said. “Eagles have a setback with road classes at the front and an all-pro that runs back. Teams don’t have the staff to tackle the type of rushing attack. “

The last two Super Bowls played in New Orleans were both decided by three points. Ravens beat the 49s 34-31 in 2013. The patriots beat Rams 20-17 in 2002.

Recipient Rashid Shaheed does not expect this one to be different.

“It’s going to be a good game,” Shaheed said. “I think it will come down to the one who has the ball last.”

Seasons Saints played both Super Bowl -hold

• 1974 lost to Steelers, lost against Vikings (0-2)
• 1978 lost to steelers, lost against cowboys (0-2)
• 1981 lost to 49s twice, beating Bengals (1-2)
• 1994 lost to 49s twice, lost against chargers (0-3)
• 1999 lost to rams twice, lost against titans (0-3)
• 2001 lost to patriots, split with rams (1-2)
• 2020 won 2 of 3 vs. Bucs, lost to Chiefs (2-2)
• 2024 lost against Eagles, lost to Chiefs (0-2)