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Key Plays from Week 6: New England v. Kansas City

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Week 6’s Sunday Night Football matchup between the Chiefs and Patriots featured one of the highest scoring games of the season. It also gave defensive coordinators some film of Patrick Mahomes not being Superman, with the Patriots taking a 24-9 lead into half after 2 Mahomes’ interceptions. Let’s take a deeper dive into some of the key plays from the game.

  1. Game situation: 1st Quarter, 5:23, 1st & 10 at KC23, 3-3

After tight end Demetrius Harris (#84) motions to the left side of the formation, the Chiefs are running the following route combination with play action:

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KC’s Jet Shovel Power Read Combo: Week 2 X’s & O’s Review

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Let’s take a further look at the X’s & O’s of a concept that caught my eye from Week 2: the Kansas City Chiefs shovel pass touchdown, which also features jet motion and power read concepts.

Shovel, Jet, Power Read, and More

Andy Reid utilized his fastest players in (#10) Tyreek Hill and (#13) DeAnthony Thomas as decoys to beautifully set up (#87) Travis Kelce for a touchdown. On 2nd & 5 from the 15 with six minutes remaining in the game, the Chiefs aligned Thomas in the backfield and sent Hill in motion. The Eagles came out in a 4-3 alignment with one high safety:


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