Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes making ready to face a well-recognized defensive thoughts

In Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles for a championship for the second time in three seasons. Two years in the past, the Chiefs defeated the Eagles 38-35 in Tremendous Bowl LVII. Philadelphia then defeated Kansas Metropolis 21-17 throughout the groups’ final assembly within the 2023 common season.

In Tuesday’s workforce media convention, quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned what earlier conferences with the Eagles taught him.

“You take a couple things,” he defined, “just because there’s a lot of the same players. Obviously, they have new players, but [they have] a lot of the same players and a lot of the same coaches, but you have to learn from what they’ve done this season, obviously. So, you look at the tape, you get what you can from that, and then you move on to what they’ve done this season.”

When assessing the defensive additions because the Chiefs final noticed the Eagles, Mahomes famous the youth that has been added.

“I think they lost some great players as far as the older guys,” mentioned the quarterback, “but they’ve gained a lot of other younger guys as well. The young guys that were in the game, they’ve gotten even better, so it’s going to be a great football team, and we know that, and it’s going to take our best football to try to find a way to get a win. They’re going to be hungry, and they’re going to go out there, and it’ll be a great game for everybody to watch.”

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Mahomes could be very aware of Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.

Fangio was the top coach of the Denver Broncos from 2019-21 — and Mahomes and the Chiefs have been victorious in all six conferences throughout the tenure. Fangio was the defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins final season — with the Chiefs getting the most effective of his unit each in a global common season recreation in Germany and in a generationally chilly Wild Card matchup.

Fangio was additionally a marketing consultant for the Eagles for Tremendous Bowl LVII.

Mahomes is aware of the problem forward with this Philadelphia protection.

“They’re talented,” he noticed, “in any respect three ranges: the road, linebackers, and secondary, and so they know easy methods to play properly collectively. That’s what makes Fangio’s defenses so nice is that everyone has an element, and so they must do their job to ensure that everyone to have success. That’s what they do, and after they’re requested to play man, they play man properly. In the event that they play zone, they be certain that to be in the correct spots on the proper time, so, it’ll be an important problem.

“You’ve got to be patient, and when those opportunities come, you’ve got to go out there and execute on them because there will only be a few of them in the game.”

Though Mahomes has a profession 8-0 report towards Fangio as both a head coach or coordinator, the face of the league wouldn’t describe the expertise as straightforward.

“Obviously, each coordinator has their own feel for the game and how the game’s going,” remarked Mahomes. “I think what Vic does that’s so special is that he has a good understanding of the offenses and what the offenses want to accomplish versus his defense — and he tries to take those away. He’ll look at all your tendencies and get a feel for what he thinks is goanna get called. He might switch up a coverage based off that, and I have all the respect in the world for Coach Fangio.”

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Head coach Andy Reid additionally weighed in on his long-time nemesis Fangio on Monday.

“Facing Vic Fangio,” Reid recalled, “you know, we’ve faced him at Denver, Miami, and the Eagles in the same year. I feel like we’ve gone against each other a lot for a lot of years here. We’re fortunate to have Steve Spagnolo, but Vic is one of those guys. He’s just one of those real creative defensive minds that’s survived a long time in this league. He’s been time tested, and he has the trust of his players.”

Nonetheless, even from the 2 conferences final season, Fangio will face a extra mature model of Mahomes. The league’s greatest star might be able to play a sensible recreation towards any opponent.

“I feel like when I was younger,” Mahomes mentioned of his progress as a participant, “I wanted to just make the big play happen the whole game. I obviously still want to do that, but whenever the defense is playing well, or on the offense we’re struggling a little bit, it’s about getting us back in rhythm. Getting us back in tempo so that the big plays kind of come to us, and we’re not trying to force them.”