Cooper DeJean took one to the house, Zack Baun made a pick in his old professional home and the Eagles defense so thoroughly thrashed Patrick Mahomes that by the time Kendrick Lamar had “Game Over” brightened in the Superdome stands to end his halftime set, it was just as clear, so too, was the Super Bowl.

From Broad Street to Bourbon Street, the Eagles’ defense this season never failed 66-year-old defensive mastermind Vic Fangio.

And the defense was never as great as it was in the Super Bowl.

The Eagles played at their ball-hawking, shut-down, sack-happy best against an overwhelmed Mahomes and the Chiefs in a 40-22 romp on Sunday night to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl.

While Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was brilliant behind center and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, it was the stifling defense that set the tone, and sustained that intensity throughout.

DeJean, Baun, Josh Sweat and Milton Williams anchored a championship defense that smothered a dynasty and sacked Mahomes a whopping six times, the most by any defense against the two-time NFL MVP.

The Chiefs had to feel as if they were stuck in a fever dream in a first half during which they totaled — totaled! — 23 yards and had just one first down. Mahomes was only 6 of 14 for 33 yards with no touchdown passes and two interceptions — one of them the pick six by DeJean — and another by Baun that led to an Eagles touchdown on the next drive. —AP More, Page 2