![]() ![]() offensive line with a masterpiece performance protecting the MVP #Chiefskingdom #BaldysBreakdowns /RaKvVtvY2O NFL Network and FOX Sports analyst Brian Baldinger, who knows more about offensive line play than most (he played tackle, guard, and center for the Cowboys, Colts, and Eagles from 1982 through 1993) put up an outstanding sizzle reel with multiple instances in which Kansas City’s outside guys just got it done, over and over, without help. And they did that to a higher degree than just about anybody could have expected. So, the Eagles gifted the Chiefs all kinds of opportunities, but it was still on Brown and Wylie to win those one-on-ones on the outside. The Eagles are usually very good at taking away your first read, and depositing you on your butt before you can get to anything else. The result? Purdy tried to hit receiver Brandon Aiyuk to the other side, but the pressure was coming. Kittle tried to run what looked like a skinny post against Cover-3, but he had White handing Kittle to Slay, and all the way up the route, Kittle just couldn’t get free. This sack of 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy with 7:03 left in the first quarter was one example of how the Eagles can make things tough for a quarterback by sticking their talons in your Hall of Fame tight end. Then, linebacker Kyzir White was expert and gumming up the works for Kelce, which affected the timing of his routes, and would automatically give the fronts more time to get home. ![]() Kelce is a master of finding open space in the short and intermediate areas of the field, which put the onus on Philly’s linebackers to bump Kelce off the line of scrimmage and either take him all the way through his route, or hand him off to defensive backs.įor whatever reason, the Eagles did not do this as they did to San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle in the NFC Championship game. One matchup that favored the Chiefs all along was Travis Kelce against the Eagles’ linebackers. (Patrick Breen/The Republic via USA TODAY Sports) How did it happen? Mahomes’ clean jersey resulted from a combination of the Chiefs doing things the right way, and the Eagles’ defense, led by defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, going away from the things that made them so effective all season long. Historical might be a bit of a stretch, but it was undeniably impressive. Pat winning MVP, and I’m standing here as a Super Bowl champion… I mean, it’s the work we put in.” “Credit to Coach Reid, credit to Coach Heck, Pat, all the receivers in hand-to-hand, it’s historical what this front five was able to do. “What we’ve been able to do is historical. “It’s historical,” Brown said after the game. The Eagles had five quarterback hits, and there were pressures that ended Kansas City drives, but this was one of just six games this season that Mahomes was not sacked. The Eagles had three different edge-rushers (Haason Reddick, Brandon Graham, Josh Sweat) with more than 10 sacks on the season, and no tackles had allowed more total pressures on the season than Brown with 56, and Wylie with 53.īut in this 38-35 Chiefs win, Mahomes wasn’t sacked once on 27 passing attempts. ![]() Without question, the one matchup in Super Bowl LVII that seemed to favor one team at the expense of the other was the Philadelphia Eagles’ outside pass rush against Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackles Orlando Brown Jr. ![]()
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