The Kansas City Chiefs overcome Jalen Hurts with 2nd half adjustments to win Super Bowl 57
The Kansas City Chiefs overcome Jalen Hurts with 2nd half adjustments to win Super Bowl 57. It was a tale of two halves for the Chiefs, but in the end, Patrick Mahomes and company have another championship.
The Chiefs secured their 3rd Super Bowl in franchise history after overcoming a 10-point halftime deficit. They became the 6th team in Super Bowl history to overcome a 10-point deficit and win. They did so with a near perfect 2nd half, which was needed to top Jalen Hurts’ record-setting effort.
MAHOMES NEARLY PERFECT IN 2ND HALF COMEBACK
The Chiefs trailed by 10 at halftime of Super Bowl LVII, but played a nearly perfect half to complete the comeback.
In the 2nd half the Chiefs had…
0 penalties
And 0 turnovers
Also – 0 sacks allowed
The Chiefs scored on all 4 of their 2nd-half drives, totaling 24 points. They joined the Eagles in Super Bowl LII as the only teams to score on every one of their 2nd-half drives in a Super Bowl.
Patrick Mahomes went 13-of-14 in the 2nd half, with the lone incompletion coming a throw away into the end zone. Mahomes is the 3rd starting QB to complete at least 90% of his passes after halftime in a Super Bowl.
What sparked the Kansas City Chiefs turnaround?
Quicker throw: Mahomes averaged 2.46 seconds to throw in the 2nd half after averaging 2.93 seconds in the 1st half. Mahomes was 13-of-13 with 2 TD on throws within 2.5 seconds for the game.
Connected with WRs: Mahomes went 9-of-9 for 69 yards and 2 TD to his WR in the 2nd half after going 2-of-5 for 11 yards in the 1st half. The Chiefs’ 11 Rec yds by WRs were the fewest in the 1st half of a Super Bowl since the Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV (9).
Beat pressure: Mahomes went 3-of-4 when pressured and 3-of-3 from outside the pocket in the 2nd half Sunday. He went 0-of-5 when pressured and 0-of-3 from outside the pocket in the 1st half.
All of the adjustments helped keep the heat off Mahomes. He was pressured 49 times in his first 2 Super Bowl appearances, including a record 29 times in the loss to the Buccaneers. He was pressured 11 times Sunday as the Chiefs made more of an effort to run more and get the ball out quicker.
Mahomes finished the game with a 96.4 Total QBR, the best in a Super Bowl since QBR’s inception in 2006. We will have a total breakdown of all things Super Bowl 57 today on the Shemon and Sheppard Show 2-6pm.
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