Super Bowl LIV: 3 reasons the New Orleans Saints would’ve beat the Chiefs

Experience

The first, and most obvious factor that says the New Orleans Saints would’ve beaten the Chiefs is that the Saints’ have been there before. Specifically, Sean Payton and Drew Brees have already won a Super Bowl in Miami once before.

One Super Bowl victory a decade ago might not sound like that big of an advantage, but consider Patrick Mahomes’ performance throughout the night.

Mahomes will forever be credited with leading a comeback late in the biggest game of his life in only his second season.

History will be quick to forget that Mahomes very much played like a scared 24-year-old; he looked to be second-guessing himself as the 49ers took control of the game. He struggled to get over 200 passing yards and threw two reckless interceptions.

Now picture Mahomes, in his 2nd year, having to square up in his first Super Bowl against a formidable New Orleans Saints’ pass rush. He was able to find notches of success against Nick Bosa, true, but Bosa is nowhere close to Cam Jordan (at least not yet).

Dennis Allen would have preyed on Mahomes fear the moment that fear became apparent, and there’s no way the Chiefs could have properly gotten their passing attack off the ground.