Lots of things lost Philly this game, particularly some of the late game play calling on offense (that 3rd and 2 drop back play with only 3 receivers going out and no rollout or bootleg for Hurts to use his legs was awful). But the biggest thing, to me, is Philly’s D Line just got absolutely bullied in the run game; you can’t give up 6 yards a carry while also failing to cover up Travis Kelce underneath with the most talented QB of all time working the possession game and expect anything else. They never had to worry about Philly’s pass rush in the second half because their offense stayed on schedule.
What a difference the O-line made for Chiefs this time compared to when they played the Bucs. Chiefs fans have been complaining some about the o-line play, but what we saw last night was leagues better than it was a couple years ago.
They also got the ball out fast, over and over. Solak had some stat about how quickly the ball was out for Mahomes. His game is likely to age really well.
Did Sark start the trend of the fake motion/reverse back in the Bama title year? Thats the first time I remember seeing it against OSU in the title game.
Seems Sark and Reid have some overlap (either by design or copycat) in some of their pet plays though so maybe I missed KC starting it
Lots of things lost Philly this game, particularly some of the late game play calling on offense (that 3rd and 2 drop back play with only 3 receivers going out and no rollout or bootleg for Hurts to use his legs was awful). But the biggest thing, to me, is Philly’s D Line just got absolutely bullied in the run game; you can’t give up 6 yards a carry while also failing to cover up Travis Kelce underneath with the most talented QB of all time working the possession game and expect anything else. They never had to worry about Philly’s pass rush in the second half because their offense stayed on schedule.
What a difference the O-line made for Chiefs this time compared to when they played the Bucs. Chiefs fans have been complaining some about the o-line play, but what we saw last night was leagues better than it was a couple years ago.
They also got the ball out fast, over and over. Solak had some stat about how quickly the ball was out for Mahomes. His game is likely to age really well.
More broadly.... looks like in the battle of game strategy:
Option A-- having a defense play you pass first, allowing more run game big plays, limiting big passing plays but also allowing a lot of long drives
Option B-- run first, boom or bust on the deep passing game
Option A is the better place to be. KC pushed Philly into option B and just about pulled it off
Exactly.
Did Sark start the trend of the fake motion/reverse back in the Bama title year? Thats the first time I remember seeing it against OSU in the title game.
Seems Sark and Reid have some overlap (either by design or copycat) in some of their pet plays though so maybe I missed KC starting it
I would bet on KC having started it. They've been running Ezekiel's wheel for a while.