The Buccaneers executed a flawless gameplan against the Chiefs
In recent seasons the Kansas City Chiefs have pulled off miraculous comebacks in big-time playoff games. Unfortunately, trailing 21-6 at the half, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers did not allow Mahomes and the Chiefs to repeat history. The game was never in favor of the Chiefs and along with dropped passes, horrendous punting, and constant […]
In recent seasons the Kansas City Chiefs have pulled off miraculous comebacks in big-time playoff games. Unfortunately, trailing 21-6 at the half, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers did not allow Mahomes and the Chiefs to repeat history.
The game was never in favor of the Chiefs and along with dropped passes, horrendous punting, and constant costly penalties, it was not Kansas City's night.
Tampa showed up absolutely fired up with a gameplan that they were able to execute flawlessly.
Buccaneers Gameplan
The Bucs knew that with the loss of Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz still sidelined, the Chiefs were into the slim pickings at the offensive line position. Well, they made a gameplan for this and executed it to near perfection.
They are primarily a zone team, which was in their favor because one simply does not run man coverage on Tyreek Hill.
With a banged-up offensive line, the Bucs were not seen blitzing often because of their very strong front seven, so they did not need to.
Playing primarily zone clearly worked for the Bucs in this one, where Tyreek Hill had a quiet night because they were able to keep their safety's behind Hill. This is where Hill thrives, on the deep ball.
Mahomes was pressured a Super Bowl record 29 times. It is truly amazing he was still able to pull off some of the throws he did with such high pressure on nearly every snap.
Not The Chiefs Night
This was the first time Patrick Mahomes's team failed to score a touchdown in any of his college and pro-level games. Was very unfortunate that this stat had to occur on the night of the Super Bowl.
What is truly amazing is that he managed to run 497 yards before throwing the ball or being sacked. This was the most by any quarterback all season.
Recorded second on that list? Mahomes week five against the Raiders.
Thing is, Mahomes was playing with a foot injury that will require surgery.
The Chiefs were penalized EIGHT TIMES in the first half of the game. Yes, one or two of the calls were controversial and would have been huge momentum shifters for the Chiefs, but it was not a clean performance on either side of the football.
There is no excuse for being penalized this many times in one half of football. The Chiefs in a sense lost this game themselves.
