How did the Eagles and Chiefs get to Super Bowl LVII?

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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