the Super Bowl MVP and this is one thing that you mentioned going
into the game.
You got it
Eagles have a little issue with pre-snap motion guys in motion
at the snaps where I'm most proud of us that we came up
with like we did the first
ones there to tell everybody about that
and you know, refresh my memory.
Why do the eagle struggle with that because
they go for the kill.
You know it's again this is where I I think, you know,
Ganon is a great, your shirt, proved to me that he's a great
coach that can
think outside the box and change, who he is, because we
made, I mean, last year we were going damn, could he be any
more simpler? Could he just let every quarterback drop back and
throw against the simplest coverages ever and go 28 432,
right? And so we talked about that has to
change it changed and
changed in a big way
and he's, you know,
like in layman's terms or to explain in here like yeah. If
there's three receivers over here and one receipt three
receivers of the right, one receiver to the left,
he knows, hey, they have a different Playbook and things
they want to do. I, so I want to play these defenses. Oh
wait, somebody motion to the other side and then we have two
receivers to the right and two receivers to the left way.
Well, that's a different part of their playbook. So he wants
to get, hey, defense. Check to these coverages
because they're going to go to a different group of plays now,
right? So he's kind of going for like, hey, I'm we're going
to squash you, no matter what you do. Yeah. And it's been
great for the most part of the year.
But he found mr. By week, Andy Reid, and Company,
and their ability to break down and their ability to think
outside the box, you know, to where
they saw some of these things and said, well we can't let
them just kill us every time we do a motion or a shift or
whatever and
that's where I think they notice the things I saw on
film. There's too many plays Where Eagles Defenders are
talking to each other. I'd watch throughout the year and
you'd go, oh wait, they're stopping.
All and you guys are still trying to figure out how to
cover this Bunch set or whatever. And of course that
came in very handy throughout the football game Sam Coy's. 10
on Twitter says to you damn. Okay, Andy Reid while
it felt like in the first half the Eagles were dominating. It
was all winning one-on-one matchups compared to scheme
plays. The Chiefs had all kinds of answers for the Eagles
defense, especially in the second half. I think that's
because of big red. We have the numbers
when the Chiefs offense was using
Motion versus the Eagles in the Super Bowl and all three of
Patrick Moore. Holmes, touchdowns you some wide open
receivers as you just mentioned on that motion 17 to 21 and
the running backs had 15 carries 80 yards for five yards a clip, so
they gashed them they just did
it give them a little bit of a advantage against a team that
had forward the Fast Five fastest guys, on the field,
right? And they probably had more than that really,
right? Just ball care. That was just ball carriers, that, you
know, but it just gave them a little, like, hey, there's TJ
Edwards. He just slid, a little to the left. Oh, now he's just
a little late getting to that.
C Gap, right? Whatever it just gave them that little bit of
or it got them communicating,
right? And now here, this is where,
you know, so, there's a lot, this is where we going to get
in the Mahomes effect, right? The talked about the Chiefs and
this is where people, the stats, you know,
your stats. This is the whole game is Mahomes
their whole game plan to stop Mahomes
the Eagles want to rush five all the time. That's what they
want to do. They couldn't Rush five in this game. They were
scared too, especially early on.
They were like, well, damn, we can't rush 5 because it's one
less guy in coverage or if he finds a way to sneak through
one of the gaps like he did at the end of the game. Now we
have one less guy to
rally and Tackle him so they had to do
they had a change the way they played.
That's the Mahomes Factor. Why did the Chiefs get Run game
work? Because they got the Eagles out of these five man
fronts and said, oh you're gonna play coverage because
you're worried about my homes. So you're gonna put and thank
God Andy Reid and be enemy
stayed with the run those, they don't always do that.
Was the adjustment they made in the second half? Here's
the other Mahomes Factor the Eagles, right?
Who got away with holding
in this game more than just the last play where they didn't get
away with, there was a few plays but
you know we saw the Chiefs first drive right down
the field score, right? Second drive right down the field. You
know what happened after those two drives
the eagle said
we can't play zone again for the rest of the game because
he's just going to pick us apart. We can't quite get
around them quick enough.
He's moving and getting the ball out of his hands
and literally, I would bet you after that first two drives it
was only a handful of snaps has owned the rest of the game
because they just when he's gonna
he's gonna pick us apart, right?
And so goes to the Mahomes Factor,
let alone like
Third down, completion of Travis Kelce in the third
quarter. I mean, he's being hit in the head. Grabbed on
the shoulder. Hit in the head again, throws it sidearm as
he's an inch off the ground.
First down, few plays later, pressure run to the right semi,
no lookin cut.
Noah gray first down,
right? So the stats. Don't look at the stats,
the moments, the plays,
the second half Mahomes was Flawless and like I told you
Other than the Marquez Valdez scantling fade down the left
sideline from the slot, where Greg Olson was good. The
pulling it out, like I think he should have got, why don't you
should have got wider. But I would have said and I think he
probably would have say, would go. He watches the film. He
goes up,
I had
Smith Schuster underneath there. Like the 12-yard out
I should have thrown that. I got greedy there. Yeah that was
that was 2020, Super Bowl bucks Mahomes right there go and
greedy. God I'm getting impatient I want the play,
right? So that was that was the literally the only - play of
the football game. There was no other play that you could have
looked at and go.
Oh, he should have hit this. He should have read that this guy
was open. There was no throw that you could have gone. Oh,
he just threw this a little bit better. What had that
he for? What was presented to him?
Almost played perfect.
And that's again.
Why he's the MVP
and don't always look at Stats, everybody.
I know we got to easy, touchdown passes. I get it.
They were wide the freak open.
Okay.
Is good game planning, whatever. Okay, again though,
you know, these things are there but they are because also
of him and the offense, they run. And they send these people
all over the place and throw it deep and do. And he's got
a quick release inside arm and all that.
So that's what you're worried about stopping
and that's where the Eagles overplayed their hand. And
the Chiefs had a few curveballs form pizzas in my ear. A couple
homies disagree because I guess we haven't got you. Riled up
enough on this podcast, will see if we really can do it now.
Respectfully disagree, he says Husain.
A.j. Rausch for in the not responding to you because he's
tweets already were written. Yeah, it goes Mahomes never had
one contested or tight window all wide open.
I mean, I don't know about that. There were some wide
open, there was some wide open, sure Kelsey's early in the game
like I said, those were the zone coverages and that stuff
or it was just like, yeah, he was going to tear that apart.
No
doubt about it. Yeah. You know, there weren't a whole lot of
tight window throws for either quarterback II. Can't say there
was a ton, you're right, you know, but but see this is to
wear
when the Mahomes
the ability and the pace on the football makes it look like
that. Like he throws a
six-yard out route at the end of the The last drive you might
remember all the way. He's on the left, hash he throws it to
the right, sideline, right?
I remember during the game that I was going
to because I'm like that's a long throw and these guys are
good at corner and they are right. Yeah.
But he throws the ball. 105 miles per hour like on film
the camera, can't keep up with the ball. It loses the
ball for a minute.
So you just now it's like, oh, Jews got the ball and he's
running up field, right? They couldn't even stay with it, so
don't don't Go and people look at stuff like that. You got to
like take that into account a little bit as well. I mean,
Kelsey was not wide open on his first touchdown on the 18 yard
pass right? Yeah, what yeah what happened there? They ran
again. Knowing the Eagles are going to go for the kill.
They made it look like
Hey we're going to run our normal Kelsey option route and
he's gonna come up and break out at five yards and we're
going to hit them and I'm going to first down, that's what we
do all year,
they knew the Eagles would be all over. It. So he faked that
little option around and turned up the sideline,
you know, step slipped just a little bit
and that created the the separation. I would say that
was not wide open. Oh, but hey, he threw a ball on the left.
Sideline, did you just summon Schuster where he faked
the little screen and then threw it up there? Well,
yeah, it's good play design.
But his ability to gehen
to step on the gas pedal and rifle those balls in there,
right? You know, or
like like I said, getting tackled, getting hit in
the head twice. He's throwing the ball to Travis Kelce on
the third down or two plays later.
You know again having to squeeze through the pocket and
then throw the ball on a 14-yard in Cut verse man-to-man
coverage and just make it look like it's nothing
again. You're you're you're you're not doing Justice
to the guy and what he's doing on the football field. Yeah,
but yes, was is the game where he threw the most tight window
throws I've ever seen the make? No. Absolutely not.
I understand that but I don't think that's
totally right. Well, we're saying there. Yeah. Some of
the time you throw it. Slower her later. It is going to be
a tough one.
That's exactly what I'm trying to say. Again, there's other
quarterbacks that make those throws and we would have the
viewer would have done. Well
that was tight and I want to go.
No, you know not for a strong arm quarterback. He gave him
the extra second to make it look open. And now make a play
after the catch for your earlier Point here, a next-gen
stats.
The Eagles played man, coverage on a season-high 55% of pass
plays in the Super Bowl. It started maybe right around
the third Drive. Say that again. Say it again, 55% of pass plays
they I played man coverage season-high yeah, for the gals
this season, right?
Started. Maybe the third Drive
say I was this a then. Yeah, those for if you take those
first two drives away but you that percent more much higher
Roar, right? You know, today blatant. Hold on Bradbury on
Juju
on the third Drive of the game. So for those wondering is like
if it's a if it's a penalty in the fourth quarter should be
a penalty in the first quarter. It's not that you don't think
they should have called it
late in the game.
You probably think they should have probably
also called it early in the game, right? Well, we have
the third the three-and-out I think, when the game. Was,
was it 14 all or 2114? He's got Juju some as Schuster going
across the middle of the field. Yeah. Right. It's one of those.
It was
40. It was 1977.
So that was that one. That's what was that one. So as 14-7,
right and he's got pressure on his face
and to me, looks like he throws the ball right on the money.
But as Juju Smith Schuster is coming out of his break on
the under route, he gets totally grabbed and End,
but they didn't call it,
you know. And again, he didn't complain. He kind of like
like after the ball, hit the ground. He turned around at
their house was like a
soldier flying. Yeah. But that was it and they ran off
the field but yeah, that was certainly
a moment. There was another Crow router to where I went to.
I think Mahomes wants to throw this guy, but he's being pulled
out of his curl route, you know.
But but get those people that say, you could call that every
play, that was definitely not true. That though, that's not
true.
That's not true, that's not fair.
It's not and you know. And again, I understand people are
going to sit there and look at this and go. Yeah, it's
it's an underwhelming
statistical performers to win the Super bowl
or when the Super Bowl MVP.
And I mean, I don't disagree with that, I don't
we've had worse, Super Bowl player
performances win, and then VP.
And what I would also say to that again
is one, I don't think there's anybody like, if Cadet
Has Tony got one more touchdown, maybe he gets the MVP.
Hmm.
You know if Nick Bolton had one other
Big Time play? Yeah. One more touchdown return. Our whatever
may be a big sack and a big moment or just an interception.
Maybe he does get it. Yeah. But that didn't happen. Yeah.
And what again, I'm trying to say is
One guy was the quarterback of the lesser team and that team
played all to stop him
and they had a ten-point lead.
And they lost. Well let me go to the first show. That's where
I see. Like Darrell Bock turd. Be a dud or guy that we can say
about it, right. Yeah.
He wanted to give it to maybe an offensive line member.
I hear you dare. There's some good things I wanted to give it
to Andy Reid. I thought he'd called up designed some good
plays. Although he did,
although
he's got to go to a player. Yes, p.m. can't break the rules
of this point, why not, right, what rules are meant to be
broken, right? We do it all the time.
Chad Henne. Maybe wants to give it to coach Eric be enemy
to see this. No, this was on them using motion.
Ocean versus the Eagles. They're down by the goal line.
Chad Henne, after the game said, coach be enemy, put it on
tape and said hey if they do this this guy's wide open, it's
man coverage. They're just trying to protect themselves
from the Jet Sweep trying to
Bubble over the top and get an extra player on the other side
of the field. But we fake the jet twice and they did not
figure it out. See, they use something that we talk about
all the time, write checks and balances basically
or, you know, like you said on Monday, they know that we know
that, we know it's a And this is something that, you know,
again there them and make their the,
their the inventors of the Jet Sweep. And the speed sweep or
the little shovel pass is a guy flies around, you know, and
goes on the reverse whatever. So that's been a part of their
offense.
So the Eagles are studying that they were ready for it,
but they knew they'd be ready for it. Just like that, Kelsey
five-yard out, and out, and up for the first touchdown. And
so they used really one of the Eagles great strength against
them, you know? It was his like, they're used it. Yeah.
Yeah. It's a little gift and the curse that way
and that was pretty awesome. And then
hey to the all line point to yeah. Like
yeah
I mean
you said it right read be enemy. Great job even saying
patients with the Run knowing like we got to do this. We
can't we're not going to win the game unless we do this.
Well that stuck out to you first drive of the second half.
Ya gotta have a drive, your down 10, you can't punt on this
one. You got
to get some points at least a field goal, right?
And do you put the game on Pat's shoulder?
They really stuck with the Run game early in that dress, they
did because they just won't wait. If they're going to apply
these to DD fences and just pie pass, pass pass right. The
Mahomes Factor again.
He went well, okay, well,
I got to, I got some alignment here that can move some people.
We're going to run it and he has some of the biggest places
that drive with the Run game.
And then like we talked about the third down, hitting
the head throat, a Kelsey, the scramble outside the pocket,
throw it, that was also the scramble right. You know again
Jalen It's ran the ball. Great gosh biggest run of the game,
was the run of the game, out of the end of the game. By number
15, I just like to explain that everybody
and that was another big run to get them down to the 45 yard
line. And even before that you thought Patrick was moving very
well in the pocket, he was some of that, right? He was there
was a little more pressure on him than I thought watching
back on TV saying okay you know again it wasn't like oh
my gosh the roofs collapsing you know they did credit Hassan
Redick with seven pressures, Peter was more than you think,
the grass hurt the Eagles more than a did the Chiefs. Yeah, it
did why
Was there are the
4 year, 5 carriers there. The faster team. They were the more
explosive team. Yeah. So the Eagles want to like blame on
any conspiracies blame the NFL. Maybe they made the grass to
slow them down. Make the game more, you know, they were
the most vocal
to after that I met. Both teams were well about it, but Hassan
Redick was definitely, there's a few plays where you go, who
Josh, sweat, and Hassan Redick.
They're close to turning the corner and making this very
interesting for Mahomes and then they slip and fall, right?
So that's, that's tongue for them that did. Yes. That was
one thing that jumped out a little bit. Watching the game,
still a great game by that offense of line
and all of that but he made a few more plays and throws and
moves under pressure than
then I remembered. And
but yeah, they're running game and those until you know,
they beat Hargrave
and Jordan Davis. A lot
when I came to the running game when they ran up the middle
man, they move those two. And that would that was impressive.
It really was,
let's do a tip of the cap to one player on that Eagles
defense though. Stuck out to you. Yeah, TJ Edwards. Yeah,
like
I think he's one of the more underrated linebackers in
football. I think he's going to get a like a payday to
somebody. We just showed him on the free agent list, right? But
he's gonna get a Payday from somebody where I think people
are going to go. Whoa, I can't believe he's making that kind
of money and I'm gonna be like well
you know kind of go over Shattered by the rest of
the stars in their football team to me, he's like the perfect
modern day linebacker. It's a lot like a Nick Bolden Bolden
maybe not quite as Stout, and
as good of a run game tacklers. Bolton,
but the guy that everybody kind of wants it linebacker in
the NFL because he's good in the Run game. He's good, sideline
to sideline,
he's really good in the pass game, right?
And that's where,
yeah, he might be one of those guys.
They might have a hard time keeping. I wouldn't be shocked.
We'll see where that goes. Let me explore one more thing here
on the Chiefs offense and maybe you've already covered this.
But hammered home, a little bit more, you said in your notes,
the chiefs of
just didn't call plays.
They attacked rules, they did. Could you expand on that? Well,
you know, We've had our
our
years of talking to the Chiefs and gone you know there's
sometimes they just say you run deep, you run deep, you cross
the formation and
15 I'll figure it out.
They'll be a window somewhere for him to throw the ball. It's
a good play, it works right. But that's also what leads
sometimes to
them. Having some stale moments because then
there's no exact attacking away this teams playing this way
today and it kind of stops. Those
top post krauser combinations and all that, right? So what
are we going to do to attack this coverage today? And
I thought there was more of that
really the whole year from the Chiefs,
but maybe more of that in this game and specifically again to
I think the two touchdowns we talked about the, can I see
the pattern? And with Kelsey, the Kelsey's, exact the Kelsey
pattern even early in the game?
The first Kelsey big
nose, the second big Kelsey catch, right? The Kelsey,
the first one was a deep Crosser. The second one was fake. Hey,
you're gonna run that deep cross again and then he put on
the brakes and came back out, right?
So that's where like because they called up by going. Hey,
they're ready for him to cross now. They saw. And even on
the first one, they
were kind of ready for it. They were just a little late to
react, so this one they went, hey, here it is. Again, look,
look, it's the same play. Boom back out
the Regals rules.
So, yeah, there was a little bit more of that. And even in
the running game where there was just like, hey, they didn't
just call and run this plate. Like
this is specific because they felt like they knew what was
coming here from the Eagles defense? I don't know how I'm
not going to pick the Chiefs to win the Super bowl next year.
That's where they're on defense, right? Good offense.
Patrick Mahomes. You got a
full year of kid areas. Tony, if he can stay healthy young
guys getting older to check. Oh yeah, they have a magic of like
just getting it done. I mean again that's where I just I'm
amazed, I'm amazed and keeping that coaching staff together.
Yes, you and that is not the
case for the Eagles.