For Washington Commanders fans, watching this year’s Super Bowl felt slightly different. After winning 12 games and two playoff games, the Commanders were one game short of appearing in their first Super Bowl in 33 years.
Unfortunately for Washington, it ran into the Philadelphia Eagles. Turnovers plagued the Commanders in their third matchup against the Eagles, allowing Philly to come away with a blowout win. That led to a rematch in Super Bowl LIX between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles and Chiefs met two years ago, with Kansas City coming away with a 38-35 win.
Sunday’s rematch proved to be a far different result, though, with the Eagles steamrolling the Chiefs 40-22 for their second Super Bowl championship in franchise history.
The game was never competitive, with Philadelphia owning a 24-0 halftime lead. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes struggled, throwing two first-half interceptions. While Mahomes finished the game with three touchdown passes, his final numbers were deceptive as he didn’t lead the Chiefs to their first score until they were already down 34-0.
Washington fans were not rooting for the Eagles. But many Commanders’ fans couldn’t help but wonder, “What could have been.” Could Washington have beaten Kansas City?
One thing was clear: the Commanders’ offense looked much better against Philly’s vaunted defense. Even with 10 turnovers in their three meetings against the Eagles, Jayden Daniels and the Commanders averaged 26 points per game against Philadelphia.
We took to X after the Eagles’ victory to see how some viewed this game from a Commanders’ perspective.
I’ll just say it because were all thinking it: the biggest takeaway from this game is how good the Washington commanders were
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) February 10, 2025
Whole country wishing this was Commanders/Bills
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) February 10, 2025
The @commanders averaged 26 points against this @Eagles defense.
— The Junkies (@JunksRadio) February 10, 2025
Commanders were the best team in the league this year. Not best talent, BUT best team. Without 3 turnovers, we beat Philly and would have won the superbowl.
— TJDMVRAISEHAIL (@HAILGTOWNNATS) February 10, 2025
Commanders moved the ball better against the Eagles than the Chiefs.
— Zac (@DCzWall) February 10, 2025
Commanders fans watching #SBLIX pic.twitter.com/EAvsTkK4Nb
— DC Sports Experience (@DCsportsXP) February 10, 2025
They score on this drive, and the Washington commanders are Super Bowl champions pic.twitter.com/KwfgXHDigQ
— Duane (@JaydenPlzSlide) February 10, 2025
Philly is the better team tonight. Can’t hate. Straight domination.
They’ve set the bar for 2026.#Commanders need to build a team to beat them. They’re in our way for the division and conference.
— George Carmi (@Gcarmi21) February 10, 2025
Takeaways from tonight
-Jayden Daniels is HIM-The Commanders need to get WAYYYYYY better in the trenches. Like WAYYYYY better
-Marshon Lattimore getting cooked by AJ Brown was more about AJ Brown being good than Lattimore being bad
-Go get Myles Garrett#RaiseHail
— Denton Day (D-Day) (@TheDentonDay) February 10, 2025
The Commanders were competitive for 3 quarters.
Suddenly feeling pretty good about that.— Sia Nejad (@SiaNejad) February 10, 2025
The last team to beat the Philadelphia Eagles is the Washington Commanders.
The best performance by a quarterback against the Eagles this postseason was by Jayden Daniels.
Adam Peters had a great 2024 offseason. The 2025 offseason now truly begins. Pumped to see what he does.
— Al Galdi (@AlGaldi) February 10, 2025
With a good offseason could be a lot of fun next year with the Commanders-Eagles. Top org vs a rising one.
— John Keim (@john_keim) February 10, 2025