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Kansas City Chiefs reveal status of Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Mecole Hardman for Super Bowl LVII

Stephen Samraby:Steve Samra•02/06/23•

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Mecole Hardman, Clyde Edwards-Helaire
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The Kansas City Chiefs have made the status of Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Mecole Hardman official for Super Bowl LVII.

On Monday, the AFC Champions activated the running back in Helaire, while placing Hardman on the Reserve/Injured list, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

“The #Chiefs have activated RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire from Reserve/Injured and placed WR Mecole Hardman on Reserve/Injured,” tweeted Rapoport.

Moreover, Hardman re-aggravated a pelvis injury in the AFC Championship Game, while Edwards-Helaire has seen rookie Isaih Pacheco carry the load in his stead. Now, the latter will return, while Hardman watched from the sidelines against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Regardless, it’ll be tough to bet against the Chiefs offense, as they always seem to figure it out anyways.

Paul Finebaum predicts Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl 57

ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum normally sticks to college football and the SEC. However, now, he’s gone out and made a prediction for the 57th Super Bowl where he expects the Philadelphia Eagles to beat the Kansas City Chiefs.

Finebaum made this prediction during an appearance on the McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning podcast. 

“I’m going with the Eagles,” Paul Finbaum said. “Basing it on nothing more than I like Jalen Hurts.”

Hurts, the Eagles’ starting quarterback, played at Alabama before transferring to Oklahoma for his final season. During his time with the Crimson Tide, he was benched in the national championship but chose to stick around for another season where he became a hero in the SEC Championship. 

“I wouldn’t begin to break this game down, considering what the audience will be subjected to over the next five days, but I just think they have, talking about consistency, outside of the stretch when Jalen was hurt, I think they’ve been the best team all year,” Finebaum continued.

“I’m not sure what voodoo doctor got Patrick Mahomes ready for the championship game, but I still think he’s got to be feeling some effects of that ankle sprain.”

Paul Finebaum referenced the ankle sprain that Kansas City’s star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered in the divisional round and is still likely to be feeling the impact in the Super Bowl.

On3’s Dan Morrison contributed to this article.