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Welcome to another episode of Patriots Daily's film review, where your host, Taylor Kyles from CLNS Media, offers an insightful breakdown of Patrick Mahomes' exceptional performance vs man coverage in Week 15 against the New England Patriots. Kyles analyzes how Andy Reid schemes for success, how Patrick Mahomes excelled outside of structure, and how New England’s pass rush stopped the bleeding.  0:00 Intro  1:48 McKinnon pass TD 8:42 CEH explosive screen 13:14 Bunch conversion 16:29 CEH TD 20:57 Barmore sack 24:59 Wilson sack   Patriots Daily is Sponsored by:  SeatGeek! Use code DREAMERSPRO for $20 off your first SeatGeek order! Visit SeatGeek.com when you checkout! With NFL, NBA and NHL seasons in full swing, you don’t want to miss out - SeatGeek has your tickets to every game!  FanDuel Sportsbook, the exclusive wagering parter of the CLNS Media NetworkRight now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! So, visit https://FanDuel.com/BOSTON and kick off the NFL season. FanDuel, Official Partner of the NFL. 21+ and present in MA. Hope is here. First online real money wager only. $5 pregame moneyline wager required. First onlinereal money wager only. $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable bonus bets that expire 7 days after receipt. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. GamblingHelpLineMa.org or call (800)-327-5050 for 24/7 support. Play it smart from the start! GameSenseMA.com or call 1-800-GAM-1234.  Ever wished you could navigate the betting field with the confidence of a pro Download the Odds-R App! They're not a sportsbook, but they're the sports betting advisor you've always needed. Patriots Press Pass viewers get a 30-day free trial! Elevate your game day and join the smart betting revolution! Go get it at https://oddsr.com/presspass  Visit https://factormeals.com/PRESSPASS50 to get 50% off your first box! Factor is America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit, can help you fuel up fast with ready-to-eat meals delivered straight to your door.

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00:00 Patriots Daily is brought to you by FanDuel, the exclusive wedgering partner of the CLNS Media Network.

00:06 What's going on everyone, it's Taylor Kiles here for CLNS Media.

00:10 Entering Sunday's matchup against the Chiefs, the Patriots were expected to play a heavy dose of main coverage,

00:15 as they had never played zone on 50 or more percent of Patrick Mahomes' dropbacks in four career games

00:21 against the reigning MVP and Super Bowl champion.

00:24 Now, the Patriots had really found their stride defensively since their bye week, albeit not against great competition,

00:30 and the Chiefs were really struggling, as Patrick Mahomes' receivers simply weren't getting things done,

00:35 specifically in crunch time, which led to the Chiefs having only won one of their previous four games entering the matchup.

00:42 But when Sunday's game started, the Patriots' man in zone rates and production completely flipped.

00:48 The Patriots played zone coverage on almost 59% of Patrick Mahomes' dropbacks,

00:53 but Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense combined for a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating when facing main coverage.

01:01 Against zone coverage, that rating dropped all the way down to 66.

01:06 Now, the Patriots weren't perfect in zone coverages.

01:08 Not only was Mahomes able to work his magic and extend plays to find open receivers,

01:13 but I also thought there were some missed opportunities where there were open receivers that Mahomes didn't end up finding.

01:18 But to the Patriots' credit, they were able to pick off Mahomes twice, with Marte Mappu actually baiting him into a pick,

01:24 and they were able to wrap up receivers and mitigate yards after the catch.

01:28 But what exactly happened in main coverage, and how did a unit that's been so good in that area struggle so mightily in a way that we haven't really seen against Mahomes?

01:37 I dove into the tape for a deeper dive to find out why the Patriots struggled,

01:42 but also how they stood up to the challenge and actually managed to shut Patrick Mahomes down on some of their main coverage dropbacks.

01:49 Andy Reid showed absolutely zero regard for decency on the Chiefs' first touchdown against the Patriots,

01:56 and I'm going to break down why exactly that is.

01:58 So against a Bill Belichick defense, Andy Reid always knows that he's going to get main coverage once they get in scoring territory,

02:06 especially inside the 10-yard line.

02:08 The tough part is you don't always know exactly what kind of main coverage you're going to get from Belichick in these situations,

02:15 and beyond that, Belichick's defenders are very well coached.

02:19 They understand how to play with proper leverage, proper depth, proper spacing,

02:24 so that when you try to get them to run into each other with rub or pick plays, it doesn't usually work.

02:30 So it's not easy to score on these guys, especially in the red zone.

02:34 But what Andy Reid is going to do to work his way around that is basically just overwhelm the Patriots' defense with information

02:41 by showing them a look I'm pretty sure they've never seen before, and based on how they react to it, which you'll see,

02:47 it's a pretty good guess that this wasn't something that they saw in film or were prepared for.

02:51 So just to get into the nitty-gritty of exactly how Andy Reid was able to basically short-circuit Bill Belichick's defense.

02:59 So the first thing that the Chiefs do to confuse the Patriots' defense is come out in an unbalanced line.

03:06 So what does that mean?

03:07 As you can see, usually the center, Creed Humphrey, would be the one snapping the ball with the guard and tackle to each side.

03:14 But here, you're going to have Joe Tooney, the left guard, actually snapping,

03:19 and instead of a guard and a tackle to his right, you're going to have right guard, Trey Smith, beside him.

03:26 But then, to his left, you have the center, Creed Humphrey, you actually have the left tackle, Wanya Morris, beside him,

03:33 and all the way out to the left, you're going to have Jawan Taylor.

03:37 So all the beef is to Joe Tooney's left, and he only got one lineman to his right side.

03:43 And then the Chiefs are actually in 12 personnel.

03:46 So to make things even more confusing, in the spot where you'd usually have a right tackle, you've got one tight end,

03:53 all the way to the left, where you'd usually have an in-line tight end opposite him,

03:57 you've actually got a wide receiver, another wide receiver beside him on the wing,

04:02 with a tight end acting as a fullback in the backfield.

04:05 And here's where things get really tricky.

04:07 Here's where there's just way too much information to process all at once,

04:10 and it's going to create a lot of confusion with the Patriots' defense.

04:14 Behind Joe Tooney, alright, so once you identify who's actually snapping the football,

04:19 you'll notice that it's not Patrick Mahomes, it's actually Jarek McKinnon, the running back,

04:24 who's under center, with Patrick Mahomes beside him.

04:28 And another layer of confusion, this is the shotgun, but instead of having somebody either in a traditional shotgun

04:35 or the wildcat standing up to receive the snap, both Mahomes and Jarek McKinnon are crouched down,

04:41 almost in fullback-type positions, where they have a hand in the dirt.

04:45 So you really don't know, even if you have an idea of who's going to get the snap,

04:49 you're not sure how this is going to work out post-snap,

04:52 but the Chiefs are basically screaming to you that the ball is going left because that's where most of their bodies are.

04:57 So now, let's take a look at how they actually run this play,

05:01 because the Patriots respond in nickel, with the five-man front,

05:04 and most of their beef is slid over to where the Chiefs' beef is, over to Kansas City's left-hand side.

05:11 So the play, it looks like the Chiefs are running some type of speed option,

05:16 where Patrick Mahomes can get the pitch, Jarek McKinnon's going to get the ball and go outside,

05:21 and then you've got down blocks on Christian Barmore, Devon Godshaw,

05:26 and then Jelani Tavai, with Keon White actually going unblocked.

05:30 So they want you to think that this play is going to the defense's right.

05:34 Again, that's why they have all the beef over to that side.

05:37 But what's actually going to happen is that the Chiefs are running what's going to be a jet toss, or a jet pass,

05:45 where they're just going to flick the ball in front of them.

05:47 It should count as a run, but for whatever reason, it's a pass.

05:51 And it's going to actually start with Ray "She" Rice, the wide receiver,

05:55 who's on the wing over to where all the players are for the Chiefs.

05:58 He's going to come all the way across the formation,

06:01 and it's going to be a counterplay in terms of the blocking scheme,

06:04 where you have Creed Humphrey kicking out, then you have Jawan Taylor,

06:09 and I believe that's Blake Bell, in the backfield,

06:12 are going to be lead blockers as well, escorting Ray "She" Rice to the other side of the formation.

06:17 And then you're going to have Noah Gray come up to the second level,

06:21 and basically either block the most dangerous man, or whoever is in main coverage against Ray "She" Rice,

06:27 who in this situation is Alex Austin.

06:30 Now Alex Austin, not only is he going to have to find a way to get through all the traffic to get to his man,

06:36 but there's so much window dressing that it creates a lot of confusion throughout the Patriots' defense.

06:41 So we're going to see, you see Jawan Bentley, Jonathan Jones, and Jabril Peppers

06:47 all try to get over to the right side, because since they're in main coverage,

06:50 they're trying to identify where their assignment is.

06:53 I'm not 100% sure where they're supposed to be going, but my guess is,

06:57 is that Jawan Bentley is taking somebody in the backfield along with Peppers,

07:00 and then Jonathan Jones is trying to get to the other side to Justin Watson,

07:04 who looks like an in-line tight end to the offense's left side.

07:08 So the defense is trying to account for all the bodies to that side,

07:12 even though the run is going to end up in the spot that they've all vacated.

07:16 So slow motion, and then you see at the point of attack,

07:20 Ray "She" Rice has a wide open lane, because Josh Uche is trying to take on the pullers

07:24 and create some congestion there, but Kyle Duggar, who is blitzing off the edge,

07:29 is too deep in the backfield to make a play on this.

07:32 Christian Barmore is probably still trying to figure out where the ball is,

07:36 while taking on a down block.

07:38 And then you can see, Devon Gauchaw isn't sure where the ball is.

07:41 He's actually looking right to where Jarek McKinnon is.

07:44 You've got Jawan Bentley looking over to the left, realizing that he's not in position to make a play.

07:49 And Keon White, who isn't blocked, doesn't have a good idea of who has the ball at all,

07:54 which is pretty understandable.

07:56 So then you're going to see Ray "She" Rice gets through this lane,

07:59 and then you see the tight end, Noah Gray, getting up to the second level

08:03 and blocking Alex Austin, who is responsible for Ray "She" Rice.

08:07 And you'll actually see Jalen Mills has no idea who has the ball.

08:11 He's still confused. He doesn't really figure it out until the ball is already in the end zone.

08:17 A lot of confusion, a lot of stuff to make the Patriots defense think.

08:22 Great job by Andy Reid showing them something that they hadn't seen before.

08:43 So after yesterday's game, one of the things that Patriots defenders mentioned repeatedly

08:48 was communication, or rather miscommunication, and how it led to some of the Chiefs' bigger plays.

08:54 And one of the plays that they mentioned specifically was the big screen reception allowed against Clyde Edwards-Hillaire.

09:01 Now, we're going to break down what happened on the Patriots' side, what happened on the Chiefs' side,

09:05 because I think I have an idea of what might have gone wrong on this play.

09:09 I can never know for sure without knowing the play call, but I'm going to take my best crack at it.

09:13 So the Patriots come out in Cover 1.

09:16 You're going to see that Kyle Duggar is in man coverage initially against Travis Kelsey.

09:22 And it looks like, based on the fact that everyone on the defensive line rushes the passer,

09:27 that Juwan Bentley was originally responsible for Clyde Edwards-Hillaire.

09:31 But what we're going to see is the Chiefs are going to show a split inside zone with reverse action from Kedarius Tony.

09:39 So this is throwing a lot at the Patriots.

09:41 You've got all the motion from the skilled players going over to the offense's left.

09:47 You've got Travis Kelsey on the sift block going across the formation to look like he's kicking out Jelani Tavai.

09:53 You've got Kedarius Tony, who with his athleticism and speed you have to respect coming around.

09:58 And then Clyde Edwards-Hillaire is just going to make it look like he's going downhill either on an inside zone run

10:03 or as a decoy on a potential reverse for Tony.

10:07 But what's actually going to happen is this is a screen.

10:10 So in reality, the interior for the Chiefs offensive line is going to go out to block.

10:15 Each of the tackles is going to pass protect to just get the edge rushers out of the way.

10:20 And all of the routes and all the skilled players are going once again to the left side of the field

10:25 to completely wipe out the Patriots man coverage.

10:28 When Andy Reid has an idea of what's coming, it makes it easier to fool New England

10:32 and capitalize with all their defenders looking at their man and trying to cover them.

10:38 So we're going to see what happens to Kyle Duggar and Jawan Bentley.

10:42 Because what I think is supposed to be the adjustment for this play is once you get Travis Kelsey coming across the formation,

10:50 in order to avoid Kyle Duggar getting picked, I think he was supposed to pass this off

10:56 and have Bentley cover Kelsey while he took the back and just have them both switch assignments.

11:01 But here's how it actually plays out.

11:03 So you see Kyle Duggar triggered downhill once he sees the run action.

11:08 You got Kelsey coming across the formation. You got Tony going around.

11:11 It looks like run to him. And Jawan Bentley is still trying to diagnose, see what's going on.

11:17 And then you see Kyle Duggar is all the way in the backfield.

11:22 He's rushing. You got the guys in man coverage going across the field.

11:26 And look at that. You got Kyle Duggar looking at the reverse, which he was playing.

11:31 All the defensive linemen on the inside are upfield.

11:34 And then you got Clyde Edwards-Hillaire wide open in the flat for the screen

11:38 as his linemen are going out to set up some blocks.

11:41 So you've got a ton of space. Takes a while for everybody to figure out what's going on.

11:45 You've got Chase and then Jabril Peppers. Now he makes a solid attempt at a tackle here.

11:50 But Clyde Edwards-Hillaire shows off why he was a first round pick with that elusiveness.

11:54 Look at this. He's going to jump and hurdle Peppers and slip out of the tackle.

11:59 It's not a bad tackle attempt from Peppers. He tries to wrangle with the feet.

12:04 But Edwards-Hillaire makes it so that only one of the feet is available, keeps his balance, stays upfield.

12:11 And then he gets a block. Team Miles Bryant against Joe Tooney.

12:15 And good effort from Alex Austin, who was all the way on the other side of the formation,

12:19 making the tackle to prevent a touchdown.

12:22 Just a really good play call there from the Chiefs.

12:25 We're going to see it from the end zone angle so you get a better appreciation of what happens in the box.

12:29 So you see Kyle Duggar is coming downhill.

12:32 Look at all these guys attacking either Mahomes or the reverse.

12:36 Christian Barmore is flying upfield thinking maybe he's got a sack, maybe he's got to chase Tooney.

12:41 Devon Godshaw is kind of just getting penetration and diagnosing what's going on.

12:45 And Kyle Duggar is thinking this is a reverse, I've got to chase.

12:48 Even Jawan Bentley, although he isn't really responsible for diagnosing, I don't think, the screen.

12:53 If he no longer was responsible for Clyde Edwards-Hillaire.

12:56 Because he's got his eyes, as you can see, on Travis Kelsey.

13:00 But yeah, again, just a perfect play call to beat man coverage and take advantage of an aggressive pass rush from the Patriots.

13:08 Once again, great elusiveness from Clyde Edwards-Hillaire.

13:11 And then Alex Austin making the tackle.

13:14 Another way the Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid attack the Patriots man coverages

13:19 was by using condensed formations to manipulate the Patriots coverage rules.

13:23 So again, the Patriots man-heavy defense.

13:26 The Chiefs on this play are going to come out in a 3x1 formation with Travis Kelsey by himself to the bottom of the screen

13:32 and all three wide receivers on the field to the top.

13:35 Now in the slot you're going to see a stack formation, which is two wide receivers close together.

13:39 There's one wide out outside the numbers, but he's going to motion inside to create a stack,

13:45 which is three receivers all in the same area.

13:48 So the Patriots are going to have to figure out how they want to pass this off.

13:52 Do we want to just cover whoever's across from us?

13:54 Do we want to pass these routes off?

13:56 That's up to them, and you're going to see them try to figure that out once the play kind of gets going.

14:02 So you can see Jonathan Jones, Miles Bryant, Alex Austin communicating, trying to signal who has who in the zoo.

14:09 Now based on what they decide, Jonathan Jones, the outside corner, is going to take the final number one receiver.

14:15 Miles Bryant in the slot takes the final number two, and Alex Austin all the way inside is going to take the final number three.

14:22 But what exactly does that mean? What is the final number? What is that?

14:26 So based on how the receivers are aligned right before the snap, the receiver who motions inside is the number one,

14:34 because we count outside in.

14:36 So the receiver who is behind the point man, that's the guy in the line of scrimmage, is the two,

14:40 because he's between the number one and the number three.

14:43 The inside most receiver, the stack, is the number three.

14:46 So that's how it would work if the Patriots are playing straight up man-to-man coverage.

14:50 They're just going to take the guy across from them.

14:52 What's going to happen instead is the Chiefs are going to use a route concept that changes who is the number one and who is the number three.

15:01 You're going to see the initial number three take an outside vertical, and the initial number one take an inside vertical,

15:08 with that number two running an out-breaking route after pretending to go inside.

15:12 So instead of number three, he's going to become the number one, the inside most receiver.

15:18 The outside receiver is going to go from the number one to the number three.

15:22 So Jonathan Jones needs to take that number one route, the outside vertical,

15:27 and Alex Austin needs to take the number three vertical route inside, with Miles Bryant defending the out.

15:33 So let's see how this plays out.

15:35 Actually, Jonathan Jones makes a mistake here.

15:38 He has a miscommunication where he thinks that that number one outside receiver is still the number one,

15:43 and he actually goes inside to take that route.

15:46 But you'll see he realizes his mistake, turns around, and Mahomes actually has an opportunity to hit this outside receiver if he wants.

15:54 But that's not where he's looking.

15:55 He's looking at Miles Bryant.

15:57 And we're going to see that Miles Bryant understandably sees this route and anticipates an in-breaking crosser.

16:03 But what's actually going to happen is the receiver is going to break back outside, create a lot of separation,

16:10 and it's easy to pick on Miles Bryant there.

16:12 But once again, it's really hard when you think you're getting an inside breaking route like that.

16:18 You just try to respect it.

16:20 Rayshe Rice just has a great cut out of that break.

16:24 Patrick Mahomes finds him.

16:26 Relatively easy first down.

16:28 Good scheming from the Chiefs.

16:29 As well as Andy Reid schemed up his offense against the Patriots' main coverage looks,

16:34 there were also times where Patrick Mahomes was just Patrick Mahomes,

16:37 and he made incredible plays despite the defense doing everything right initially.

16:41 And Kansas City's last touchdown of the game was a perfect example of this.

16:45 So you're going to get, once again, the Patriots' man-to-man coverage,

16:49 specifically cover one with Jabril Peppers.

16:51 He's not really playing the post.

16:53 He's really kind of just splitting the difference in the end zone,

16:56 making sure that nothing is in front of him and that he can at least have enough depth to affect any throw

17:02 that's directly behind him in the middle of that area.

17:05 Now again, we get man-to-man coverage across the board with Jawan Bentley and Jelani Tavai.

17:10 Basically bracketing the running back in whichever direction he ends up in,

17:14 that's going to be the linebacker who takes him,

17:16 and the other player is going to essentially spy Patrick Mahomes.

17:20 But there's an interesting wrinkle because, once again,

17:23 the Chiefs come out in a 3x1 formation with Travis Kelsey to the bottom

17:27 and all three wide receivers to the top.

17:29 So Rishi Rice, the number three, ends up being covered by a safety in Kyle Duggar and Travis Kelsey.

17:35 Usually a tight end wouldn't be a mismatch against a corner,

17:38 but with a young player like Alex Austin, specifically a rookie like Alex Austin,

17:42 it's not a great matchup for the Patriots.

17:44 And in terms of the route concept, to the top of the screen we're going to get a stick concept.

17:49 So Rishi Rice is going to be running a stick, or in this case,

17:53 it's specifically an out route against Kyle Duggar,

17:56 who already has outside leverage because he's got help in the post from Jabril Peppers.

18:01 Then you're going to have Kelsey running an out breaking route into Alex Austin's outside leverage.

18:07 But the best option on this play is Clyde Edwards-Hillaire running an angle route from the backfield.

18:13 But this isn't super easy because, once again, although Jelani Tavaik technically will have him

18:18 because the running back is going into his leverage,

18:21 Jawan Bentley still has eyes on Mahomes and can read his eyes to try to make a play on the ball.

18:27 So post snap, what we're going to see is Mahomes first looks to Rishi Rice against Kyle Duggar.

18:33 That's not there.

18:35 Kyle Duggar does a good job. Then you see him look left.

18:38 He wants Travis Kelsey, but Alex Austin, once again, the route is breaking into his leverage

18:43 and he does a good job smothering the route.

18:45 So finally, Kelsey looks underneath to Clyde Edwards-Hillaire,

18:49 but Jawan Bentley is coming downhill.

18:52 He is going to obliterate the running back if this throw gets made.

18:56 Hospital ball, Mahomes is smarter than that, so he's not going to throw it.

19:00 But Dietrich Weiss does a great job of condensing the pocket and getting Mahomes to actually get uncomfortable

19:06 and have to reset.

19:08 And you see that Jelani Tavaik and Jawan Bentley have good coverage right now.

19:13 But Tavaik is looking at Patrick Mahomes, who has broken the pocket,

19:17 which is going to allow Hillaire to sneak behind him and try to make a play in the back of the end zone.

19:22 Now Devon Godshaw does a great job condensing the pocket from the inside

19:27 and coming off of his block to chase down Mahomes.

19:30 Unfortunately, like I said, Mahomes is still Mahomes.

19:33 He's going to capitalize on Jelani Tavaik having lost his target for just a second.

19:39 Hillaire finds space.

19:41 Great pass over the linebacker touchdown.

19:43 We're going to take a look at this from the end zone angle as well to appreciate what happens up front.

19:48 First, we look at Dietrich Weiss against Wanya Morris, a rookie.

19:51 So we get that inside hand into his chest,

19:54 and then Wanya Morris tries to make contact with his outside hand.

19:57 But Weiss forklifts that arm to create some space

20:01 and then is able to push the rookie back, condense the pocket,

20:05 and then Mahomes tries to get outside.

20:08 But we're going to see from Devon Godshaw against Trey Smith does a great job just bull rushing,

20:14 condense, condense, put the pocket in Mahomes' lap, then gets off of the block to chase.

20:20 But once again, Mahomes, perfect pass over Jelani Tavaik's head.

20:24 Great play by the Chiefs.

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20:55 Now as much as the Patriots man coverage struggled against Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid, and the Chiefs passing concepts,

21:05 they did have three sacks when playing man coverage.

21:08 That was all three of their sacks in the game.

21:10 They also had a pass rush win rate and a pressure rate over 40%.

21:15 So the Patriots front was getting work done and getting after Mahomes,

21:19 even when the coverage couldn't always come through.

21:22 But all three of their sacks wound up killing drives for the Chiefs.

21:26 And the first one, which we're going to break down now,

21:28 turned a second and nine for Kansas City into a third and 16, where they would punt one play later.

21:34 So let's take a look.

21:36 Patriots are going to play more cover one.

21:38 We've seen a lot of this, but it's a little different this time,

21:41 because Kyle Duggar is going to be coming down as a robber,

21:44 where he's essentially going to be doing what Jabril Peppers does as the post safety,

21:48 but in the intermediate part of the field.

21:50 So Jabril Peppers is taking away anything deep and inside,

21:53 and Kyle Duggar is reading Mahomes, and he's going to take away anything intermediate and inside.

21:58 Now you've got Jawan Bentley mugging the A-gap right over the center.

22:03 Mugging basically just means he's threatening like he's going to blitz.

22:06 And the Chiefs are going to keep their five offensive linemen in,

22:10 as well as the running back, just to ensure that Patrick Mahomes,

22:14 not making that mistake again, making sure he has enough time to get this pass off.

22:19 But because the back stays in, Jawan Bentley is free to just read Mahomes.

22:24 So the Patriots essentially have a zone defender around their man coverage

22:28 in the short, intermediate, and deep parts of the field.

22:32 And that's going to be pretty tough for the Chiefs.

22:35 Now you're going to see Travis Kelsey motion inside.

22:37 This is pretty common for him.

22:39 It's an indicator to show what coverage the defense is in.

22:42 With Jalen Mills following him to that number three spot,

22:45 the Chiefs know they've probably got main coverage.

22:47 And what they're going to run is, after Kelsey goes in his little motion or his little shift,

22:52 he's going to run a crossing route that goes right into Kyle Duggar's

22:56 robber coverage over the middle of the field.

22:58 Then you're going to see an option route from the number two.

23:01 And although he's basically just trying to beat Miles Bryant, who has outside leverage.

23:05 So he's going to break inside, but things are going to get complicated

23:08 because Jawan Bentley, once again, is basically just playing a short zone in the middle.

23:12 So he's going to wall off the route as well.

23:14 Then on the outside to the three receiver set, you're basically just going to have a clear out

23:18 and then at the backside a curl in case Mahomes liked his matchup.

23:22 So let's see how this ends up playing out.

23:24 Now first Mahomes looks at Rayshe Rice on the option route.

23:27 And I think this was just to try to make coverage move and create an opening for the crosser to Kelsey

23:32 because he doesn't stay on it very long.

23:34 And you see that here.

23:35 Sal, he resets his eyes, he's looking down the middle of the field,

23:38 but it's not a good picture because you've got Kyle Duggar coming down on the route

23:42 and Jawan Bentley, like I said, in that short zone.

23:46 But then Mahomes is going to say, "Okay, I don't want to throw the crosser.

23:48 Let me get back to the option route."

23:50 But Miles Bryant, it's been too long, so he has time to come down on this.

23:55 And because of that time, the rush is able to get in.

23:58 You've got Josh Uche threatening the edge, Christian Barmore winning inside.

24:03 Coverage complements pass rush.

24:05 Christian Barmore gets the sack.

24:08 He had a dominant day.

24:10 We're actually going to look at the end zone angle to get a better appreciation once again

24:14 of how this plays out up front.

24:16 So first Josh Uche against the rookie, Wanya Morris.

24:19 Hesitation to catch him off guard.

24:21 He tries to--you're going to see me--he tries to get that outside arm down,

24:27 kind of shorten the edge.

24:28 That allows him to get and turn the corner, which is what initially spooks Mahomes,

24:33 it looks like.

24:34 And he thinks he has an alley to get outside.

24:36 But then we're going to see because of Barmore--we're going to highlight right here.

24:40 Let's get this thing going.

24:43 Overpowers Trey Smith.

24:46 First, Trey Smith does a pretty good job not getting bullied.

24:49 Barmore gets into his chest, pushes him back, and because Uche flushes Mahomes,

24:54 Barmore is able to capitalize, disengage, and bring him down.

24:58 The Patriots' last sack of the game, which was also the last competitive play

25:02 for the Chiefs offense, was another great example of the pass rush and the coverage

25:07 marrying together, complementing each other, and creating a positive outcome

25:10 for the defense.

25:12 So again, we're going to see man-to-man coverage across the board.

25:16 We're going to take another split-field look where the Patriots' safeties are going

25:19 to disguise their intentions pre-snap, but this time Kyle Duggar is actually going

25:23 to become the post-safety in the middle, while Jabril Peppers comes down to take

25:27 the back, and we're actually going to get a blitz down low.

25:31 So we're going to see Mac Wilson is on the edge.

25:34 He's going to rush opposite Josh Uche.

25:36 They're going to try to condense the edges.

25:38 And then you've got Jawan Bentley, who's going to be part of a line game

25:42 with Keon White.

25:44 Now for the route concept, backside we've got an in-breaker.

25:47 It's not really, I don't think, part of the progression here.

25:50 To the very bottom, you're going to see Travis Kelsey.

25:52 He's going to run a whip route because I think that the Chiefs want to make this

25:56 look like some kind of levels concept where you've got a bunch of routes all

26:00 breaking in one direction.

26:02 And here it looks like initially the routes break inside before coming out.

26:05 The number two receiver is going to run the deepest route here.

26:08 So he's going to pretend like he's running a post before breaking out in what's

26:12 called a blaze out.

26:14 You usually see it from outside the numbers, but here it's going to be a post

26:17 route that he's going to break out into an out route.

26:20 Now you're probably wondering why there's a question mark over the number three

26:24 receiver.

26:25 I'll explain that because he doesn't exactly get to finish his route.

26:28 So, all right, Mahomes takes the snap.

26:31 And you're going to see that Miles Bryant tries to make contact.

26:34 And Mahomes is looking that way to the number three, but he ends up falling.

26:39 You see that right there?

26:41 He stumbles.

26:42 And then Mahomes is at the top of his drop.

26:44 So he doesn't have a lot of time to go through his progression here.

26:47 But when he tries to, Mac Wilson has already won against Jawan Taylor at right

26:52 tackle, which is impressive because Taylor was a big for agent signing.

26:55 And Mac Wilson is not someone who's typically thought of as an edge rusher,

26:58 but he's really come on as of late in that role.

27:02 And then on the inside, Christian Barmore once again is wreaking havoc.

27:06 And he beats Trey Smith, which he did all game, and creates disruption at

27:10 Patrick Mahomes' feet.

27:12 Mahomes doesn't get to go to his first read, and because of the pressure,

27:16 doesn't get to go much further.

27:18 Now we're going to look at the end zone angle to get another perspective on this.

27:21 Great rush from Mac Wilson.

27:24 Explodes off the ball.

27:26 You're going to see him try to chop that outside arm.

27:28 He misses, but you're going to see that he is able to dip around the edge.

27:33 Really impressive bend for a guy who's traditionally a stand-up linebacker.

27:37 So he rips around the corner.

27:39 Pressures Mahomes.

27:41 And then we're going to get a look at Barmore as well.

27:44 So, just whop!

27:48 That's a Reggie White classic.

27:52 So he's just going to slap Trey Smith, overpower him, just run through.

28:00 Overwhelming from Barmore.

28:02 And he does lose his balance, but still, he's right at Mahomes' feet.

28:07 Mac Wilson wraps up.

28:09 Got a sack.

28:10 Again, this was the last competitive play of the game for the Chiefs offense.

28:15 Great stop for the Patriots defense to give its offense a chance,

28:18 and potentially coming back down 10 points late in the game.

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