DUCKS4OUUO No. 1 Share Posted February 10 Anybody else get deja vu watching The Super Bowl? KC sure looked like Ducks did in The Rose Bowl. Only diff KC has 3 Championships. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 2 Share Posted February 10 Yes it kinda did resemble the Rose Bowl and the final sore was even similar to the contest in Pasadena. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted February 10 Into the turnbuckle! That's got to Hurts Gene! And. the college football PO stunk because many of the games were blow outs, right? If only Bama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU, or Vandy could have been the opposition in New Orleans tonight. Herbie? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 4 Share Posted February 10 The scores did end up being similar, and both had the game appear to be closer, still 3 touchdowns' apart, than they actually were. The physicality was so overwhelming by the Buckeyes and Eagles that the game was over by the middle of the 1st quarter. I feel that in both games the winners looked like the best versions of themselves, the losers were unrecognizable. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 5 Share Posted February 10 This is an excerpt from a column in The Athletic this morning: Credit the Eagles. They built a dominant pass rush and won the game exactly how other teams have beaten Mahomes over the years: by making him hold the ball until the pass rush converged. Mahomes' average time to throw (or to sack) correlated so strongly with the Chiefs' wins and losses. Through three quarters Sunday, Mahomes held the ball longer, on average, than he had in all but one career start (3.65 seconds). That shrunk to 3.30 by game's end, thanks to garbage-time production. Philly forced three turnovers — including a Cooper DeJean pick-six — and sacked Mahomes six times, one shy of tying a Super Bowl record of 7. The Eagles took a Chiefs team on the doorstep of NFL history and manhandled them up front, consistently getting to Mahomes behind just a four-man rush. Mahomes was pressured on 16 of his 42 total dropbacks, and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio didn’t call a single blitz in the game. It was D-line pressure. (Ohio State had 8 sacks of Gabriel. Gabriel’s average time from snap to throw was 2.6 seconds on Oct. 12, per Pro Football Focus. On Jan. 1, it was 3.4 seconds.) Jordan Hancock, Caleb Downs’ Versatility Forcing Quarterbacks to Hold Football Longer in Pocket Against Disguised Coverages WWW.ELEVENWARRIORS.COM The versatility of Jordan Hancock and Caleb Downs is allowing Jim Knowles to disguise more coverages, forcing quarterbacks to... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 6 Share Posted February 10 It's a little counterintuitive that not blitzing allowed them to pressure Mahomes more, but if your coverage is elite that is how it can work, give the 4 DL time to get home. We haven't had that coverage ability since 2019 unfortunately. Here is to the development of the elite 2025 class secondary.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 7 Share Posted February 10 On 2/10/2025 at 10:44 AM, HDuck said: Gabriel’s average time from snap to throw was 2.6 seconds on Oct. 12, per Pro Football Focus. On Jan. 1, it was 3.4 seconds.) And why? Receivers were not getting open, and again....the loss of Stewart was paramount. Coverage was compressed without him, and thus Dillon had to hold the ball much longer than not just the prior Ohio State game, but the entire season. We may not have won the game--even with Stewart, as the Buckeyes were on fire and wanted to beat us badly. But I think we could have made it a ton closer. Time for the Temporal Causality Time-Loop again, and the USS Bozeman! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 8 Share Posted February 10 Hats Off to a Bunch of Dynamite Dawgs! The Philadelphia Eagles' plan to draft as many Georgia Bulldogs as possible is clearly working SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The Philadelphia Eagles have taken an unconventional yet highly effective approach to building their defense—drafting players straight from Kirby Smart's Georgi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augduck No. 9 Share Posted February 10 Dan had to be a bit conflicted yesterday as we know he's a Chief's fan but that Philly defense has lots of his '21 Georgia guys on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando No. 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Eagles went from the 29th rated defense to the number one defense in just about every metric in one season. Moving Baun to linebacker and away from rushing the passer and nabbing DeJean in the second round really helped Fangio's system. Fangio deployed a death by a thousand cuts philosophy over the all out rush that hampered the defense last year. It doesn't hurt when you can get pressure with four and allow your safeties and linebackers help in coverage. Much like Ohio State moved to after losing to Oregon in October. Dan Lanning coached the Rose and prepared for Ohio State to do the same as they did in October. Ohio State switched up their defense and looked a lot different. Losing can be a great teacher. Ohio State and Philadelphia showed that Edited February 10 by GatOrlando Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 11 Share Posted February 10 Receivers were not getting open, and again....the loss of Stewart was paramount. I can't recall even though the game was just yesterday. Were the Chiefs without a key receiver or two? It just seemed like the Eagles had made adjustments in their secondary coverage and then the D-line pressure was getting to Mahomes - putting him a box where he could be tackled, particularly as he had to hold the ball longer. I think maybe WR Sky Moore missed the game, but he was already on injured reserve and wasn't playing anyway. Mahomes had all his guys including Kelce. That Eagle defense was tuned in to what they had to do. It was not dissimilar to situation Gabriel faced with 8 sacks. Sometimes the D just has your number especially if their coverage forces longer ball retention regardless of what receivers are on the field. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 12 Share Posted February 10 On 2/10/2025 at 1:46 PM, HDuck said: Receivers were not getting open, and again....the loss of Stewart was paramount. I can't recall even though the game was just yesterday. Were the Chiefs without a key receiver or two? It just seemed like the Eagles had made adjustments in their secondary coverage and then the D-line pressure was getting to Mahomes - putting him a box where he could be tackled, particularly as he had to hold the ball longer. I think maybe WR Sky Moore missed the game, but he was already on injured reserve and wasn't playing anyway. Mahomes had all his guys including Kelce. That Eagle defense was tuned in to what they had to do. It was not dissimilar to situation Gabriel faced with 8 sacks. Sometimes the D just has your number especially if their coverage forces longer ball retention regardless of what receivers are on the field. I disagree, but please...let's keep saying the same thing over-and-over to each other. I can keep doing the Star Trek Temporal Causality Time-Loop, and the USS Bozeman as many times as you wish! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
