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FLY, EAGLES FLY! Wow, by a show of hands, who saw that one coming? If your fellow Stump reader right next to you is raising their hand, do me a favor and smack them in the head. Because NOBODY saw that coming. The Eagles dominated last night, and before garbage time TDs, the score was 40-6! What a day for Philly! We’ve got the SUPER BOWL REVIEW edition of The Daily Stump! Let’s do this thing!

Today’s Rundown

Everything you’ll get from today’s edition, and more:

• 🏈 A Super Bowl review from both Z and D’s perspective!

• ⛳️ Detry wins his first PGA TOUR Event!

• 🎵 PHILLY PHILLY PHILLY!

• 🇮🇹 A Philly legend is represented as today’s Glue Guy!

On This Day

On This Day…

⚾️ Young Gun at the Helm!

You ever heard of a guy named BUCKY HARRIS? Well, now you have! On this day in 1924, Bucky Harris became the manager of the Washington Senators! Why is this important? He became the youngest manager of all time, at 27 years old!

That’s crazy! Can you imagine a 27-year-old today running a ball club? People would throw a fit!

Trivia Time

🧠 Test your sports knowledge…

Yesterday’s Trivia Answer: (A) Eagles! We’ll get into this one, but man, that was CRAZY!

Before We Dive In…

👀 Here’s Yesterday’s MUST-See’s

• 🏈 HIGHLIGHTS from Super Bowl 59!

• 😪 All of us at work today…

• 🏈 The Cooper DeJean memes are already too funny 🤣 

• 🏀 YELLOW GATORADE, I REPEAT, YELLOW GATORADE

The Hot Stove

NFL

🏈 Super Bowl from Z’s Perspective

What to know: The Eagles did it! Not only did they do it, but they did it convincingly! Eagles 40, Chiefs 22! Let’s dive into it…

Before we get started here, if you want the analytical perspective on the game, you’ll get that everywhere. In fact I’ll give you a link to go to ESPN or CBS Sports right here. I’m sure some suit will give you all the numbers and details.

What we go for instead is straight JUICE 🧃 

I hope other NFL Fans can relate to this, but what we saw yesterday was AWESOME! One of the more satisfying wins for not ‘our own team’ in recent memory. Yeah, caught red-handed. I am a little bit of a salty Bills fan, but watching what that Philly D did to Mahomes was incredible. It was a good old fashioned ass kicking. The score even makes it look a lot better than it was. It was 40-6 before some garbage time TDs for the red team.

I gotta say that the Philly team that was on the field last night looked like by far the best team in football. All three phases were incredible. The only analytical thing I’ve got for you is this. The Eagles did not blitz once the entire game, yet they were one sack shy of the sack record in. a Super Bowl, and it was their D Line that single-handedly won them the game. They gave Mahomes basically no time to throw and made him not only look mortal, but confused out there. It was very reminiscent of the Bucs’ Super Bowl win against the Chiefs, with the D Line wrecking the game!

I know that Philly fans are obnoxious, but the way Jalen Hurts gets treated is crazy, All he does is perform and churn out great seasons, and people don’t like to label him as ‘elite’. The poise to stand in the pocket, make good throws, and take off when he needed to last night was incredible. Especially because there was nothing going on with Saquon Barkley. A Super Bowl win goes a long way. Hurts now has a ring while Allen, Lamar, Burrow, Goff, Herbert, and others do not. Hurts has always had a calm demeanor about him, and it was great to see him perform the way he did.

Congrats to the Eagles!

No more talks of three-peats, no more GOAT talks for a little while, just back to the drawing board. Please, for the love of god, let’s beat this team next year!

NFL

🏈 Super Bowl from D’s Perspective

What to know: There’s so many things to talk about, so many. I know one thing: the defensive line for the Philadelphia Eagles had the most dominant performance in Super Bowl history. Milton Williams, Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith, Brandon Graham, and Josh Sweat. Those guys dominated the game yesterday. DOMINATED.

The Eagles had Patrick Mahomes running for his life, and the Chiefs’ game plan was thrown out the window early, and they couldn’t ever get on track. The most important thing the defensive line did was bring pressure while only rushing four. They didn’t need to blitz, they didn’t need to pull out any exotic movements or disguise a lot. They brought their four guys and said, “You can’t stop us.” And they couldn’t.

Mahomes could never find his footing, he was always looking at the pressure, always trying not to get sacked, and always trying to save his own life. It was four Eagles versus five Chiefs offensive linemen, and the four won. It was unreal. Those four allowed Cooper DeJean to secure a pick-six, it allowed multiple guys to cover Travis Kelce, it knocked Mahomes into a place mentally we’ve never seen him before. It allowed the Eagles to be champions.

When your defensive line is dominating like that, it’s intoxicating for the rest of the roster. It provides a spark. Big sacks, powerful hits, moving the line of scrimmage in the defense’s favor, it changes everything. Rushing four and getting pressure while dropping seven into coverage suffocates the offense, minimizes their playbook, and destroys their confidence.

In the days of high-flying offenses, high-paid quarterback-receiver duos, and hot-shot new offense trends, one old football motto has stood the test of time: defense wins championships.

Golf

⛳️ Detry a Winner in the Desert!

What to know: In years past, Belgian golfer Thomas Detry has struggled at the top of the leaderboard. His heart would start to race, his palms would get sweaty, and he couldn’t focus on the task at hand. This week, he changed his morning routine heading into the weekend. Detry took time to meditate and take an ice bath, a change he claims calmed his down, “Yesterday morning, I actually felt pretty comfortable and I did the exact same routine, and I actually felt comfortable on the first tee. I really didn’t have any nerves”.

Quick meditation and an ice bath, you say?

Well, whatever it is, it worked. Detry shot a 6-under 65 on Sunday to propel him to his first victory at the Phoenix Open. His most electric moment of the day came at the rowdy stadium's 16th hole, where he nearly aced his tee shot. It was in that moment that you knew nobody was stopping Detry.

Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, and Daniel Berger all made moves on Detry, but it was to no avail; he would not be denied. This was his first tour victory in 68 PGA Tour starts.

The PGA Tour continues this week at the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California!

Quick Hitters

• 🏈 Jalen Hurts claims Super Bowl MVP

• 🏀 AD to miss multiple weeks….oh boy

• 🏀 Texas ends SC’s 57-game SEC regular season win streak!

• 🏈 Aaron Rodgers unlikely to return to Jets for 2025 season

What We’re Watching

🏈 Football Hangover!

• Yeah, it’s over. What’s that saying? Don’t smile because it started, cry because it ended! You know what we mean!

🏀 The NBA is now the king of the sports world…

• Warriors @ Bucks (8:00 PM on NBAtv), Jazz @ Lakers (10:30 PM on ESPN)

• More: Timberwolves @ Cavs (7:00 PM), Celtics @ Heat (7:30 PM)

🏒 NHL in a little bit of a break as the 4 Nations starts on Wednesday!

🏀 College Basketball ranked action:

• Men’s: Baylor @ (5) Houston (9:00 PM ET)

• Women’s: (11) Kentucky @ Ole Miss (7:00 PM ET), Auburn @ (15) Oklahoma

⚽️ Fútbol!

• Serie A: Inter Milan vs Fiorentina (2:45 PM ET)

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