The key to the last Bears defense and the new one under Dennis Allen isn't a lot different than what Vic Fangio did Sunday in helping the Eagles win it all.

Vic Fangio lounged on a white couch with his girlfriend, Kathy Maruyama, nestled to his side in a quieter room across from the main stage at the Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX victory party. The architect of the defensive destruction of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs had finally won a Super Bowl after 38 NFL seasons.

With the Super Bowl on the line, Vic Fangio and the Eagles defense limited Patrick Mahomes to the worst game of his career, based on dropback success rate. The best defense in the NFL was dominant against the best QB in the NFL. And the Eagles are Super Bowl champs.

The Philadelphia Eagles blew out the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX mostly thanks to a dominant defensive showing. The Chiefs didn’t score their first points until the last minute of the third quarter, and Philadelphia forced three Patrick Mahomes turnovers.

The Eagles’ defensive transformation peaked with a Super Bowl shutdown of the Chiefs filled with sacks, turnovers and a relentless pass rush.

Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio had one thing missing from his resume — a championship — until the Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

Philadephia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was instrumental in bringing the franchise its second Super Bowl title on Sunday evening. Fangio masterminded an amazing defensive gameplan that completely shut down the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.

Former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio reached the top of the mountain with the Philadelphia Eagles, who defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, in Super Bowl LIX.

Cooper DeJean took an interception to the house, Zack Baun made a pick in his old professional home and the Eagles so thoroughly thrashed Patrick Mahomes that by the time Kendrick Lamar had “Game Over” brightened in the Superdome stands to end his halftime set,