The viewership total was slightly higher than last year’s Chiefs victory over the San Francisco 49ers. According to Nielsen, last year’s 123.7 million viewers were collected across CBS, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, CBS Sports, and the same NFL digital properties.

The state of Arizona’s shoddy grass was notably a huge controversy in February 2023. It was essentially a non-issue on the synthetic turf in Super Bowl 59. So, Gardner-Johnson made sure to pull up his old receipts about how the Chiefs’ offensive line wouldn’t stand a chance against the Eagles’ front four on a “legit” playing surface:

Inside the dreadful stretch of 10 offensive plays that proved fatal to the Chiefs’ chances of winning Super Bowl LIX.