New Orleans – How do you choose Patrick Mahomes in the biggest game of the year?
You don’t do it.
That is the simple way to make a choice for the Super Bowl Lix. When Kansas City and Philadelphia Eagles bosses take the field on Sunday at Caesars Superdome, Eagles will do it with a better list, more high -end players and a physical style that exudes Bully Ball.
But the Eagles do not have mahomes.
He is Mr. Clutch, maybe the best to do it when his team is down or needs to make a play. Chiefs have 6-1 this season when they stop in the last quarter. In nine playoff games where chiefs were behind in the fourth quarter, Mohamses has won six of them and lost two others in extra time after tie it. It has 3-0 in arrival victories at the Super Bowl.
Are you collecting against that?
Mohomes might have not presented striking numbers this season, but there were reasons. The speed on the receiver was missing for much of the year, but now it is better with Hollywood Brown joining Xavier Worthy. The offensive line had problems, which accelerated Mohamses. That led him to be pressed a lot. With Joe Thuney moving from the left guard to the left Tackle at the end of the season, that has solidified.
He faces a difficult challenge against the defense of the Eagles Coached Vic Fangio. After a slow beginning, they emerged as the best defense of the NFL. It is a defense that does not bombard a lot and plays a lot of area. Mohamses is better against the defense of man, but his improvement against the area, which was a problem due to the lack of patience at the beginning of his career, will be important in this. Chiefs also have to block the great front of the Eagles, directed by Jalen Carter in Tackle. I think Andy Reid and Mahomes will plan things to get the ball quickly and neutralize that forehead.
The Eagles will counteract Mohamses with their own superstar in the Saquon Barkley corridor. He has been incredible this season, the first with the team, and has continued his special game in the playoffs. It is a great threat of play every time football touches.
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Barkley runs behind the best offensive line of the league. They are physical and hard, which will challenge a defense of the Chiefs that has been quite good against the race. That’s where the magic of the defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will come into play. It is one of the best to show a variety of different looks to carry the areas of a crime.
Removing Barkley is essential for the defense of the Chiefs. Look for some interesting wrinkles of Spagnuolo to try to do it.
That could put the game on the right arm and legs of the Eagles, Field Marshal Jalen Hurts. He has not had a great season, but he has been solid and has not been asked to do so much with Barkley running wild. The Eagles were the last in the League in passing attempts for a reason. I could have to do more here.
When these teams gathered at the Super Bowl two years ago, Hurts was special. He launched for 304 and ran for 70 with three touchdowns. He was the best player in the field that day. But he has not played at that level this season. It does not mean that I cannot. His ability to get football from the area readings could be key. You also have to hit the big shots to AJ Brown when Brown has individual opportunities abroad.
As always in these great games, it will be reduced to Mohamses. This will be a tight game in the last quarter. Mahomes and the Chiefs offensive will need a touchdown to win it.
Are you going to choose against him doing it?
I am not.
Mohomes will lead the Chiefs in a historical impulse against the defense of the Eagles area and the line will block the front well enough to allow him to do so. He will hit the game winning score in the last minutes to achieve the mob of three, becoming the first team in the Super Bowl era to win three consecutive Super Bowls.
At 29, Mahomes will stamp like the goat of the Quarterbacks, yes, ahead of Tom Brady
He is Michael Jordan of the NFL. That is to say something. Three mobs was a thing of Jordan. For Sunday night, it will also be a mahomes thing.
Choose: Chiefs 30, Eagles 27
