If I were game-planning this match-up...I would bank on the #1 pass rush at home with the crowd noise.
Crowd the 10 yard area and negate Brady's quick release. He's a statue...and the crowd is going to impede his audibles. Make him beat you deep without a legit deep threat...he might get a couple but not enough to keep pace with Mahomes. His game, at 41, is nickle and diming defenses...press at the line and bank on the noise and your top rated pass rush. Hitting him is how you beat them...it doesn't matter if he completes it. Just get in his head...
All KC needs is one or two stops....if NE gets behind 2 scores, they are screwed.
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