According to Next Gen Stats, Mahomes’ average time to throw in the regular season was 2.89 seconds, the 12th-longest in football. In the Super Bowl, he averaged just 2.69 seconds per throw. That would’ve been the 10th-quickest in the NFL this season.
Why? Because he was going up against the league’s top pass-rush unit. And yet the Chiefs schemed against it perfectly, allowing zero sacks and only seven total pressures in the game. Mahomes was getting the ball out quickly to prevent Fletcher Cox, Javon Hargrave, Haason Reddick and Josh Sweat from getting close to him.
That doesn’t mean pass rushers aren’t important because they absolutely are. But there are ways to scheme against them, like quick passes, pre-snap motion, rolling out the quarterback and screens.
Granted, it helps to have someone as elusive as Mahomes, but the Chiefs were brilliant at scheming against the Eagles’ pass rush. The Rams could take a few notes from their game plan.
The Eagles did not sack Patrick Mahomes on any of their 7 pressures. The Eagles converted 32.1% of their pressures into sacks this season (incl. playoffs), the 3rd-highest rate since 2016.
Mahomes, Under Pressure (since 2018):
🔹 15.2% sack rate (1st)#SBLVII | #ChiefsKingdom
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) February 13, 2023
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