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Ivis AburtoESPN Digital
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers captured Super Bowl LV in the trenches, and by winning that battle, they looked dominant on offense and defense in other parts of the field and practically outperformed the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Buccaneers ‘dominance on both sides of the ball was such that it caused the Chiefs’ mental errors with penalties, dropped passes and poor execution, but Tampa Bay’s solid performance was also a reflection of the game plan designed by their coaches .
Here are some key numbers to measure how the Buccaneers subjugated Patrick Mahomes and his powerful attack and the Chiefs’ defense.
9 YARDS
– Mahomes air production in the first quarter and that was the kind of game the Chiefs quarterback would have to the end when dealing with pressure from the Buccaneers defense.
Kansas City’s defensive dominance was reflected in tough third downs for Mahomes and his company. The Chiefs made up for just three of the 13 third-down conversions (23 percent). In the regular season, Kansas City finished in third place with 49 percent.
497 YARDS
– This was the total number of yards Mahomes covered before throwing his passes or being fired in Super Bowl LV, that is, when he got out of sack on passing plays and in any direction trying to connect with his receivers.
Mahomes’s 497 yards are the highest before he threw or was fired in the 2020 season.
11 PENALTIES
More than the bottom line of tissues caused by the Chiefs, is the impact the penalties, especially in the first half, had on Kansas City’s performance as a team.
The Buccaneers ‘attack had six firsts and ten through Chiefs’ penalties in the first half, and the total is the highest for a team in Super Bowl history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
The Chiefs ’95 penalty area in the first half is the highest total for a half in Super Bowl history (the Dallas Cowboys’ previous record was 91, in Edition V).
Of those 95 yards, 90 were in the second quarter alone, also the highest total for any period in NFL title game history, surpassing the previous run (59 yards for the Cowboys in the fourth period. Super Bowl XIII) way above the previous level. .
87 PERCENT
– How often Buccaneer’s defense coordinator Todd Bowles places two guards deep (15 or more meters behind the line of scrimmage).
The formula was implemented by the New Orleans Saints against the Chiefs in the regular season, but the Buccaneers defense perfected it so that, coupled with relentless and effective pressure on Mahomes, the Chiefs couldn’t exploit the deeppass routes at the speed of yours. recipients.
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It’s the difference in times when Mahomes and Brady were pressed. The 25 times pass under pressure difference is the biggest in Super Bowl history.
The difference also reflects the solid work the Buccaneers offensive line did not just in the Vince Lombardi Trophy game, but throughout the season, after finishing the regular season as the fourth lowest quarterback sack team.
On the other hand, it is indicative of how the Tampa Bay defense line benefited from the absence of injuries on either side of the Chiefs’ line of attack. That helped them dominate the fight on the line of scrimmage and not have to hire more players to ship packages (blitz) and leave the defensive safes on individual cover.