PHOENIX — If Eric Bieniemy is departing the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, he left them fairly the parting present.
Their longtime offensive coordinator helped orchestrate an offense that within the second half of Tremendous Bowl LVII noticed the Chiefs rating touchdowns on their first three possessions and fail to get one on the fourth and closing one solely as a result of they had been establishing for the successful discipline objective.
The Chiefs wound up rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit and beating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 for his or her second Tremendous Bowl victory in 4 seasons.
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Bieniemy is a candidate for different offensive coordinator openings across the NFL and might be transferring on after 10 seasons as a Chiefs assistant, the previous 5 because the coordinator.
“Eric Bieniemy has been great for us and I feel great for the Nationwide Soccer League,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid mentioned. “I am hoping he has a chance to go someplace and do his factor the place he can run the present and be Eric Bieniemy.”
The Chiefs fooled the Eagles at occasions of their 24-point second half. One instance is the 6-yard landing move from Patrick Mahomes to Kadarius Toney early within the fourth quarter that put the Chiefs forward for the primary time within the sport. Toney lined up as large receiver to the appropriate and began in movement to his left. Cornerback Darius Slay was initially in protection on Toney however left him when the receiver went in movement to the left, apparently pondering Toney was headed to the opposite facet of the formation.
However the jet sweep movement wasn’t actual. On the snap Toney abruptly modified route and was uncovered to catch the move.
“We noticed one thing a bit totally different on tape and we knew we might benefit from what they weren’t doing,” Bieniemy mentioned. “Kadarius did a hell of a job of discovering a option to get himself open.
“We weren’t executing the best way we would have liked to and what occurred is our guys knew we performed for half-hour and lulled ourselves to sleep [in a sluggish first half]. It is a staff that we won’t loosen up in opposition to, as a result of at that exact time our protection was struggling. We had to assist our protection. Our objective was to discover a option to get seven factors each time we stepped on that discipline. Our guys did a hell of a job adjusting, our guys simply enjoying by the lows and hanging collectively.”
“[Coaches] spend hours and hours drawing up performs only for it to be that open,” Toney mentioned
Mahomes was chosen Tremendous Bowl MVP after throwing three landing passes, two within the second half. He aggravated his excessive ankle sprain late within the first half when he was tackled however did not come out of the sport.
For Mahomes, the largest casualty of the Tremendous Bowl was his golf sport. He mentioned he does not consider his offseason preparation for subsequent season can be impacted by the ankle damage.
“I will for positive be prepared for OTAs and every part like that,” Mahomes mentioned. “Clearly we’ll should proceed the rehab, proceed the remedy that we had been doing and simply give it some relaxation. I feel the very best factor goes to be relaxation and simply attempting to make it possible for once we get to OTAs, I am able to go.
“The one factor that may take a take a success is my golf sport, so I will should take just a few weeks off of that.”
