You never know where life will take you when you’re a young football fan. In the case of nine-year-old Patrick Lavon Mahomes II of Tyler, Texas, his public awareness of the Philadelphia Eagles began before Super Bowl XXXIX between the Eagles and the New England Patriots on February 6, 2005. Despite the fact that the Patriots were playing in their third Super Bowl over a four-year stretch (exactly like Mahomes’ Chiefs are doing now), Mahomes believed that Philly’s team was… well, better.
i wonder whether the eagles will win the super bowl. let's ask some random nine-year-old from 2005 pic.twitter.com/XLvsz4gjGQ
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) February 9, 2023
It didn’t work out the way Mahomes predicted — the Patriots won, 24-21. We expect that Mahomes’ prediction for Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII against this same Eagles franchise would not be quite as friendly.
