Name a Titans DB... I'm serious
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
No Ramsey, Slay, or Sauce can be found on this roster, yet they still held Burrow & company to 20 pts without forcing a turnover
How you might ask...2 words:
Deception & Frustration
The Pats try and trick Burrow by showing a cover 1 man look w/ a LB blitz, then dropping out into cover 2 zone to save their ass on the back end
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
Burrow recognizes this pre snap and as soon as the LB drops into coverage, he rifles it in-between the hook & vert defenders. pic.twitter.com/fYDWw3DAh6
That's exactly what the Titans did when they forced him into completing only 59% of his passes
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
Instead of hoping that Burrow cannot find the soft spots in the zone, Vrabel and the boys flipped the script, playing cover 1 man A LOT
In the same drive they get the cover 2 look they usually look for, but because Burrow can't trust his pre-snap judgments he holds the ball, overlooks his WRs underneath, & forces a ball late and away from Irvin pic.twitter.com/Sy1NAZB2K0
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
I know it will cause an outcry from Chiefs fans when Ja'Marr Chase or
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
Tyler Boyd catches a 50/50 ball up the sidelines for 30 yards
But putting Burrow in a position where he has no idea what to think because we are breaking our tendencies well outweighs these negatives
The Chiefs defense has the chance to do something they’ve never done before this Sunday…stop Joe Burrow, and with the new, young talent we have on defense, I don’t expect anything less pic.twitter.com/hqJ7AEEyFX
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023
Joe Burrow's chart against the Chiefs in Week 13.
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) January 26, 2023
KC sat in a soft zone, and the combo of Bolton/Gay got destroyed between the numbers.
The Chiefs also giving up a ton YAC on quick throws near the line with horrid tackling. pic.twitter.com/DMe6uGcE9X
The Chiefs defense has the chance to do something they’ve never done before this Sunday…stop Joe Burrow, and with the new, young talent we have on defense, I don’t expect anything less pic.twitter.com/hqJ7AEEyFX
— Smartest Guy in the Zoom (@CBreezy_Edits) January 26, 2023