It might seem simple, but motion and the threat of motion won this game for the Chiefs. Jump to a topic: What really won the game for the Chiefs How the Chiefs got creative with the run How Mahomes created magic throughout The Hurts Show and the future of football Did the officials really blow it? How did the Chiefs pull off a flawless second half on offense? After watching this game live and again a second time, there are a few things that stood out:
There's a lot to get to with this Super Bowl, but let's start there. Just three teams have done it in the second half of any playoff game.
ESPN has data going back through 2000, and no team has ever done that in the second half of a Super Bowl before. The Chiefs converted 93.8% of their first downs into another first down or a touchdown in the second half, and the only reason they didn't hit 100% is because Jerick McKinnon slid down on the 1-yard line to set up the title-winning field goal.
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One good way to measure offensive dominance is down set conversion rate, which looks at every time a team took the ball on first down and sees whether it turned that series into a first down or a touchdown. As ESPN's Ed Werder noted on Twitter, they turned into an unstoppable force after Rihanna's halftime show. They played a near-perfect half of football on offense, scoring three touchdowns and turning down the opportunity to add a fourth. Thirty minutes of football later, the Chiefs were champions for the second time in the Mahomes era. Andy Reid's team was being outcoached, outmuscled and out-executed by a more complete Philadelphia lineup.
Patrick Mahomes, who came into the game with a high ankle sprain, appeared to aggravate his injury on Kansas City's final offensive play of the half. The Chiefs were trailing the Eagles 24-14 after a dismal first half, with only a rare mistake from Jalen Hurts serving to keep them in the game. Have you seen those viral videos in which a furious, disappointed fan responds to a crushing moment by smashing a hole in their television? As the first half of Super Bowl LVII came to a close Sunday night in Arizona, I suspect there were quite a few flat-screens being used as punching bags in the Kansas City area.
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