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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That's 'vision'.
He sees that Thuney didn't get the reach block. So most RBs (and definitely Pacheco) slam into that B gap where Thuney is clearly losing and the DL is going to step right into it as he gets there.
Hunt is a step ahead, sees the block has failed and does that slide to get around Thuney and allow him to re-set and stay between the DL and the ballcarrier. And he sees he has Kelce square on the seal block on the edge so he knows that ones probably safe.
It's less that he saw the hole -- he flat out created it by changing his gap after noticing that Thuney was losing over his inside shoulder so he used that DL's 'win' against him, moved to Thuney's outside shoulder and exploded through the hole.
It's just vision. He made that run.
Oh, and credit to Caliendo there. I don't know how the Chiefs do it, but that's a standard sort of 'identify the Mike' move where Caliendo knew exactly who to get to on the 2nd level, passed his man and got up there to take care of that other OLB and create the lane.
The critical blockers on that run were Kelce and Caliendo.
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On another rewatch, I'm not sure if Thuney "lost" this rep, Kelce kinda shoved Thuney's man into the B-Gap, killing it as a potential option. No idea if that's accidental or by design, but to react to that and assume that the C-Gap is the better option in that split second is still insane to me.