Why This Year’s Super Bowl Could Rewrite Everything You Thought About the Chiefs and Eagles
Yet it has certainly felt like the Chiefs defense has come through in the biggest moments. Certainly, itâs come through often enough to go a combined 17-2. Spagnuolo has some mean blitzes in his bag, like the one that beat Buffalo and quarterback Josh Allen on the decisive play of the AFC championship game.
The Chiefs don’t blitz much overall, but on third and fourth downs, their 39.4% blitz rate was sixth-highest and their 53.2% pressure rate 10th. An unpredictable coordinator coupled with great defensive linemen like Chris Jones and George Karlaftis go a long way. But the Chiefsâ overall success rate allowed on late downs (43.9%) was a few ticks worse than league average, and itâs required extra rushers to heat up opposing QBs on them.
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