And I'll tell you what, man. It makes a it makes a team so much more dynamic when you have a guy that's as selfless as Jalen Hurts. I mean, like, I'm not kidding.
He is so selfless in the way he plays. I I think that there are so many quarterbacks across the league that could kinda mirror his personality, his humbleness, Diesel, the way he plays. He was a threat with his arm. He was a threat with his legs. Vic Fangio last night called an incredible game for Philadelphia defensively.
Kellen Moore, who is going to be the Saints coach, we are told, was also incredible last night. But I don't know if anyone Diesel expected, I don't know if anyone expected that that the four down linemen for Philadelphia to get as much pressure without blitzing. Did you see that? Did you see where they said that there were no blitzes in the entirety of the game last night? They didn't blitz, Diesel.
They didn't blitz you. They still got home. It it's smart because, you know, we we were saying, Mahomes creates with his legs when plays break down. If plays never break down, they have to become designed runs. And if you can use, you know, no blitzes and you're not over pursuing on the quarterback getting in the backfield on Mahomes' left so that he can roll to his right or vice versa, then, you know, you can keep everything right in front of you and essentially neutralize Patrick Mahomes.
This should now be a blueprint Yeah. On exactly how to beat Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Do not blitz ever. Stay back in coverage. Stay back in coverage.
Stay back in coverage, and you have a chance to beat Patrick Mahomes. According to next gen stats, the Eagles did not blitz once across 42 drawbacks in Super Bowl fifty nine, just the fourth defense, Diesel, to not blitz in a game since the next gen stats era. Relying on their front four, the Eagles generated 16 pressures and sacked Mahomes six times his most in a game in his career. The Eagles played zone coverage on all but two drop backs, especially are specifically covered for 59% of the time, the third highest rate by a defense in the game since 02/2018. And Vic Fangio's defense last night, Diesel held Mahomes to his second worst performance by EPA in a game in his career.
Could you imagine being a fly in that room with, Nick Sirianni, Vic Fangio, and Vic says, you know what we're gonna do, Nick? We're not gonna blitz. Yeah. Not once. He goes, hear me out.
Let me explain. And and Nick Sirianni is probably like, what are you doing? What do you mean we're not gonna blitz, Patrick Mahomes? We have to. But they set the tone, man.
Like, when the the moment you turn that game on last night, Philadelphia's front four diesel just set the tone for the whole night. And it just goes to show how important those guys at that position are. Right? I mean, when you can not blitz and be as physically dominating as Philadelphia was last night, you're the tone setter. You're the guys that are gonna dictate.
Didn't we we talked about that last week. You and I did. Who's gonna dictate the flow of this game. Right? It was Philadelphia's front four.
They were dominant.
