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Originally Posted by Amnorix
Not really true. BB doesn't much care about sacks as a stat, so he will often sacrifice it. Pats had 30 sakcs, which was tied for 31st, which is why many say it was terrible.
But in QB PRESSURES, they were 6th, at 33%. So was it great? No. Some of those pressures were also the result of the QB holding the ball longer, due to NE's excellent secondary. But the QBs did feel some heat. As Mahomes saw during portions of both games.
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Right and the Chiefs dline was overrated. They got a lot of sacks, sure, but they got more opportunities than most dlines because Chiefs offense was so good at scoring. They would also frequently overpursue on running plays.
They were also inconsistent which was seen in the playoffs when they had a great game against the Colts then disappeared against the Pats. So yeah Chiefs dline was good but they were not close to NYG SB teams winning dlines.