Why Chiefs’ final touchdown almost never happened in Super Bowl win vs. Eagles

[dirk digler]

Can't blame Skyy for this one. Kelce actually lined up wrong

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nf...272440128.html

The play clock was down to 5 seconds when Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes turned his head toward receiver Kadarius Toney and signaled for him to move. Toney looked right at him and stayed still.

This is where the chaos began for the Chiefs ahead of their final touchdown in a 38-35 Super Bowl LVII victory over the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium.

“No, it’s still good!” Watson recalled Nagy saying. “It’s still good!”

“It,” in this case, was the play call.

Even though Travis Kelce was in the wrong spot ... leaving Mahomes only an instant to put together the puzzle before he received a delay-of-game penalty.

This was supposed to be a 3X1 receiver formation, Chiefs receivers coach Joe Bleymaier admitted afterward. Kelce should’ve been at the top of millions of TV screens worldwide and not at the bottom, in essence disorienting his QB at the worst of times.

Mahomes knew this play call had receiver motion coming from the same side as Kelce. So after calling out Philadelphia’s defense to his teammates (“Cover 0,” football lingo for an all-out blitz), Mahomes flipped his hand to tell Toney to get moving.

Toney knew better. This play wasn’t for him.

Instead was for Skyy Moore on the other side.

This is where Mahomes’ mind went into overdrive. There were 3 seconds left on the play clock when his head flipped to the opposite side of the formation while not only processing the Chiefs’ goof-up.

But also how he could fix it. “Pat now realizes that it’s not the way it was drawn up,” Bleymaier said. “But he’s like, ‘All right, let’s go.’”

He looked to Moore and flipped his arm quickly to give the signal. Moore started in motion, and right after, Mahomes pumped up his right leg to call for the snap.

The Chiefs QB had the ball hit his hands with two seconds to spare. Moore stopped his route and pivoted toward the sideline, breaking wide open for a four-yard score that helped push KC’s lead to 35-27.

That touchdown was critical, giving the Chiefs the potential for a game-winning field goal on their next possession.

“Just film — Coach Reid, Coach EB (Eric Bieniemy) putting us in the right positions,” Moore said. “So I just do what I’m told, and it worked out to perfection.”

“Perfection,” it turns out, that began with an assignment gaffe and a coach almost calling timeout to reset.

That was before an assistant coach urged him to stop.

And before the league MVP — once again — found a way to make things right.

More on the wrong formation TD to Skyy Moore. Mahomes was just a little annoyed. "I called it right, they lined up wrong" ��

He still figured it out because he's a GOAT ��

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[Kman34]

Andy and EB put clown suits on the supposed 2nd best defense to play in the SB.. We are so lucky to have a excellent combination of coaching and QB play.. Out coached Philly by a mile..

[irafreak]

I still can't believe the eagles all out blitzed Patrick Mahomes on 3rd and goal. Those coaches choked hard in the 2nd half and panicked.

[digger]

[KCUnited]

Hilarious that the Cardinals hired Jonathan Gannon

[Skyy God]

Toney is such a smart player and world-class teammate.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Hilarious that the Cardinals hired Jonathan Gannon

Bill Bidwell dumb AF.

[Dartgod]

I was watching the Mic'd Up SB on NFL Network last night and they showed a clip that appeared that Andy was trying to call a timeout before that play happened.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

I was watching the Mic'd Up SB on NFL Network last night and they showed a clip that appeared that Andy was trying to call a timeout before that play happened.

Yeah, everyone involved in the play is talking about the Moore TD. Kelce really screwed the pooch on that one when he lined up incorrectly. Patrick did his last minute magic and turned a disaster into a TD.

[loochy]

Heh, I'm surprised it was Kelce that was wrong. All this time I thought Moore was the confused one.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Hilarious that the Cardinals hired Jonathan Gannon

I could have coached that group to a top 5 defense.

[Lzen]

Fantastic! I love to see the inner workings of the team in this way. Thanks, dirk, for posting the piece so I don't have to go to that trash paper's website.

[Chieftain]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Andy and EB put clown suits on the supposed 2nd best defense to play in the SB.. We are so lucky to have a excellent combination of coaching and QB play.. Out coached Philly by a mile..

NFL films show Mahomes and Nagy discussing the play breakdown. EB gets underserving credit for something he wasn't involved in.
It's very likely that Nagy was the one who studied film on that Phi-Jags game.

[DRM08]

Pretty epic sequence. The busted formation could have led to a horrible wasted timeout or a horrible turnover from miscommunication. Instead it’s a clutch TD on 3rd down. That’s both awesome and hilarious!

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Yeah, everyone involved in the play is talking about the Moore TD. Kelce really screwed the pooch on that one when he lined up incorrectly. Patrick did his last minute magic and turned a disaster into a TD.

CP assured me that Moore was the one lined up incorrectly.