The Chiefs' DEFENSE was the story of the game! - Booger McFarland | NFL Primetime
Summary
TLDRThe Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship to advance to the Super Bowl and defend their title. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes praised his team's resilience and mindset after a season of adversity. Mahomes made a key late pass to receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to seal the win. The Chiefs relied on strong defensive play and smart offensive game planning from coach Andy Reid to limit the dynamic Ravens offense. Mahomes continues his exceptional playoff success, while Ravens QB Lamar Jackson was hurt by costly mistakes. The veteran Chiefs confidently overcame doubts and are headed back to the Super Bowl seeking a repeat championship.
Takeaways
- π The Chiefs defeated the Ravens 27-20 in the AFC divisional playoff game to advance to the Super Bowl.
- π Patrick Mahomes had a great performance, making clutch throws like the touchdown pass to Travis Kelce.
- β‘ The Chiefs relied more on their quick passing game rather than their usual explosive offense.
- π€ The Chiefs defense played outstanding, limiting the Ravens offense with an excellent game plan by Steve Spagnuolo.
- π Andy Reid and the Chiefs coaches had a great complementary game plan on both offense and defense.
- π The Chiefs took away the Ravens strength up the middle and forced them outside.
- π€ Lamar Jackson struggled when the Ravens had to come from behind.
- π§ The Ravens and coach John Harbaugh need to work on playing from behind in the offseason.
- π The resilient Chiefs are heading back to the Super Bowl to defend their championship.
- π’ The Ravens had a great season but came up short against the defending champion Chiefs.
Q & A
What was the final score of the Chiefs vs Ravens playoff game?
-The final score was Chiefs 20, Ravens 3.
What was significant about the Chiefs only scoring 17 points against the Ravens defense?
-The Ravens had a great defense this season, but the Chiefs were still able to win while scoring far below their season average by relying more on their own defense and playing complementary football.
How does Patrick Mahomes' early playoff success compare to other great quarterbacks?
-Mahomes has a 14-3 record so far in his playoff career, which is the second best winning percentage for a quarterback with at least 10 postseason starts. Only Bart Starr had a better record to start his playoff career.
What adjustments did the Chiefs make on offense to counter the strength of the Ravens defense?
-They focused more on getting the ball to the outside to avoid the strength of the Ravens defense up the middle with players like Roquan Smith and Patrick Queen. They also used short, quick passes to convert third downs.
How did the Chiefs defense stifle the Ravens offense?
-Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo used a similar game plan to what the Texans used effectively against the Ravens earlier this season. The Chiefs have better personnel in the secondary to cover receivers, allowing them to blitz Lamar Jackson more.
What does Travis Kelce attribute the Chiefs' success to this season?
-He credits the team's camaraderie and ability to come together after facing adversity early in the season. He also emphasizes that their job is not done yet.
What did Lamar Jackson say the Ravens need to work on during the offseason?
-He admitted they need more practice playing from behind. They were unaccustomed to trailing in games this season, so were not as prepared in this game when put in that position.
What coaching advantage did the Chiefs have in this game?
-Andy Reid and his staff put together an excellent game plan tailored specifically to limit what the Ravens do best. The Ravens offense seemed unprepared to adjust.
How did the Chiefs change their offensive approach late in the regular season?
-After losing to the Raiders in Week 18, they committed more to just doing whatever necessary to win games rather than trying to match their high-flying identity from previous seasons.
What does Lamar Jackson need to work on over the offseason to take the next step as a quarterback?
-He and the Ravens coaching staff admitted he needs more work playing from behind in games and in making throws into tight coverage.
Outlines
π Chiefs defeat Ravens, advance to Super Bowl
Paragraph 1 summarizes the Chiefs' 17-20 victory over the Ravens in the AFC Championship game. It describes key plays like Mahomes' pass to MVS and discusses Mahomes' historical playoff performance. The paragraph also includes interviews with Chiefs players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes about advancing to the Super Bowl.
π§ Coaching and game plans lead Chiefs to victory
Paragraph 2 analyzes the coaching and game plans that enabled the Chiefs' win. It looks at defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's strategy to contain the Ravens offense. The paragraph also examines the Chiefs' offensive approach of avoiding the Ravens' strengths up the middle and attacking the edges. Finally, it contrasts the Chiefs' ability to adapt with the Ravens' struggles adjusting when trailing.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Chiefs
π‘Ravens
π‘Defense
π‘Quarterbacks
π‘Game plan
π‘Touchdown
π‘Takeaways
π‘Third down
π‘Offense vs Defense
π‘Super Bowl
Highlights
Mahomes trusted his receiver MVS in one-on-one coverage for a big play touchdown
Kelce: "It feels good to be at this point, but we got one more"
Mahomes has gone to 4 Super Bowls in his first 6 years
Kelce: "You don't take [Super Bowls] for granted"
Kansas City defense played outstanding and was the story of the game
Spags had a great defensive game plan akin to what Houston did earlier this season
Kansas City kept 3rd downs manageable to convert and put themselves in advantageous situations
Chiefs caught passes to the outside to avoid the strength of the Ravens defense up the middle
Chiefs realized they had to adjust from their early season identity to win playoff games
The Chiefs ran into the champion Ravens team and prevailed
Lamar Jackson will have to improve throwing from the pocket in offseason
Ravens only scored 17 points but Chiefs adjusted their identity to just win
Lamar and Ravens offense need to learn to play from behind better next season
Mahomes has gone to 4 Super Bowls in just 6 seasons
Ravens had a great season but ran into red hot Chiefs team
Transcripts
and you talked to Mahomes he knew they
were coming cover zero allout Blitz
one-on-one coverage momes trusted his
receiver mvs in oneone coverage great
play by Marquez Valdez scantling ah the
the kiss seen around the world the
trophy the Lamar Hunt trophy stays
fittingly in Kansas City to the Chagrin
of the Ravens the Kansas City Chiefs and
the Baltimore Ravens who brought their
defense neither got the 20 but the
Chiefs are moving on to the Super Bowl
where they have a chance to defend and
go back to back and the Ravens wonderful
season has come to a close now you
wonder Patrick Mahomes in history look
his history is is early here right he's
14 and three in the playoffs 10 or more
postseason starts that's the second best
percentage as we stand now Bart Star by
the way lost the first one one won the
next nine and everyone except Jim plunet
who was great uh is in the Hall of Fame
here who is retired and you see Terry
Troy Tom Joe pretty good list the
Patrick Mahomes is almost first on Jeff
Darlington with Travis
Kelsey Travis another Super Bowl in a
year that perhaps to some felt like the
unlikeliest chance that you guys had
what do you say about
that the Chiefs are still the Chiefs
baby and damn it feels good to be on
this team man there's a lot of
camaraderie on this team man a lot of uh
we had to really circle the wagons and
man it feels good to be at this point
but we got one more I want to call it
the Travis Kelce era but it also is the
Patrick Mahomes era he has gone do four
Super Bowls in his first six years what
can you say about your quarterback the
best in the the best in the world baby
you can't say enough great things about
Pat and no better than that last throw
right there to Marquez and man it's it
was great to see him show up and and
make sure just quiet at all the haters
baby you don't take it for granted
either um you never know how many you're
going to get to um if or if you're going
to get to any um and so it truly is
special um just to do it with these guys
after what we've been through all season
long guys coming together um it really
is special but uh I told him I mean the
job's not done I mean our job now is to
prepare ourselves to play a good
football team in the Super Bowl and try
to get that ring did you think you broke
the plane at the goal
line
um yeah yeah I thought I did H but you
know I learned from my mistakes coach
going give his speech you know that's
his job but we mad you know we we got
the disposition one game away from the
Super Bowl that we all well what I've
been talking about my team been talking
about all season we fell short and like
I said offense we didn't put nothing on
the board we scored once that's not like
us you know we drove the ball down the
field that's cool but we got to put
points on the board but I feel like my
team just angry you know not frustrated
we just angry because we know how hard
we worked to get
here well there's lots to dissect here
let let's start with the coaches for The
Chiefs this isn't news that Andy Reid
and Steve Spagnola defensive coordinator
and the staff their game plans on both
sides I know they only had 17 points if
you will but this is the lowest scoring
defense Baltimore their game plan was
also complimentary football because they
knew if they could get some sort of lead
yeah Lamar has not trailed by more which
is unbelievable to the credit of
Baltimore has not tra by more than seven
all year so could you get a lead then it
was 7 seven but a lead they never they
were tied but they never trailed and
what would Baltimore do not that anybody
shook Under Pressure right but they
haven't practiced it to their credit
coming from behind and
playing and it looked like at times I
wish we have more practice at this is
that fair to say it's it's a very fair
thing to say boom because not only has
you not practiced it the coaches hadn't
called plays that's right and when you
look at at at how the Kansas City
defense played the Baltimore Ravens to
me that was the story of the game
defensive coordinator St spago against
Tai monin in the Baltimore Raven offense
and I thought spags was absolutely
outstanding I thought this game plan by
spags the defensive coordinator of the
Chiefs was akin to the game plan that
Deo Ryan from the Houston Texans used
and spag simply said this I have better
players in my secondary so I can cover
Baltimore in the back end I can cover Z
flowers I can cover Odell Beckham I can
cover Nelson agular and if we put that
same type pressure that Houston put on
Baltimore in the first half where Bal
more than have any success we did the
same thing and so I thought it was a
great game plan and that defense played
outstanding and it's been the strength
of their team all year and it was today
you can't really get a book on okay he's
bringing five or six but we don't
exactly know which down and which
situation yes exactly for Baltimore
which my God they're defense is great
but Kansas City knew Boer that if they
kept it they'll bring pressure on Third
and six seven a lot of times but on
third and four three not so much and in
the first half Kansas City kept their
third Downs manageable I thought well no
doubt about it and and and what they did
by keeping those third Downs manageable
is they were able to convert boom able
to convert third Downs they put
themselves in advantageous situation
Andy Reid caught a great game from an
offensive standpoint and Patrick Mahomes
the ball was coming out of his hands
quick so when the ball is third and four
third and five you can throw short
passes and they did that all game a part
of it was in in the very first look the
Ravens defense there tons of great
players there but the best is up the
Middle where normally hard to run on and
of course ran Smith and Patrick Queen in
the midd so where do you go at least out
of the gates on the outside a little bit
and I thought the Chiefs did that at
least for their touchdown drive to start
and these are the three guys that have
been catching it the best dare we say
more that's Pacho now the quick screen
outside to Rashid rice and then the
touchdown what you saw earlier was again
they only got 177 points but let's keep
it away from the Middle with where
they're the best and look Kyle
Hamilton's great theough he had to you
know man up on on Travis Kelce but that
was the touchdown to Kelsey and they
were moving the CH it was complimentary
football we're not going to get 31
points on the ring no and to your point
boom it's coaching I'm I'm going to what
does Bill bich always say I'm going to
take away what the opposing team does
best and make them play left-handed I'm
not going to run the football at roquan
and Patrick queen I'm going to run away
from them and get the ball on the
outside where I can use my advantage
with Pacho with r with Kelsey just a
really good job of coaching by the
chiefs no and it wasn't look the Ravens
said that but look they gave up only 17
points right but but look the Chiefs had
a they lost to the Raiders with two
games left in the regular season we said
it on this show they finally realized
we're not them meaning who we think we'd
like to be and have been we're this yes
and they've now won two regular season
and three playoff games in a row and
they're going to the Super Bowl because
Patrick Mahomes is thrown for 240 yards
so what
we're winning right and for Baltimore
nothing to be ashamed of I know they're
down Lamar and the Ravens made such huge
St like this is a confident and a
together team but they ran into the
champion it is Lamar is going to have to
go back in the off season the throw he
made in the triple coverage Todd monin
and their inability to make plays in
certain situations he Todd monin called
a bad game for Lamar Lamar didn't play
well they're going to have to go back
this offseason and say how can we play
all season a certain way and we got in
this game and we went a different R
right yeah three playoff wins no
turnovers momes pretty
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good
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