It’s time for the Conference Championships! And it’s also time for Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield to break the games down with extensive tape study and statistical analysis.
First, Sunday’s games:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers, 3:05 p.m. EST, FOX
Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs, 6:40 p.m. EST, CBS
Among the topics discussed in this week’s podcast, which we’ve also touched on in our nine All-22 pieces this week:
The All-22: How each of the four remaining teams can advance to Super Bowl LV
- Why one particular coverage could be the worst possible option for both the Packers and the Bucs;
- How many times have the Packers’ off-ball linebackers pressured the quarterback all season?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0rPFASUXY
- (Note: This is bad).
- Why it doesn’t matter whether the Packers are running inside zone or Duo (Our friend Geoff Schwartz has a great explanation of the difference here) — the Packers will kick your ass either way;
- How the Packers and Bucs each get big passing plays out of “12” personnel;
- Why Vita Vea could be the difference in how this game goes;
- How the Packers can reverse what Todd Bowles did to their offense in Week 6;
- How Aaron Rodgers may have to revise his protection calls against Devin White;
- How simulated pressure could be a real pain for Tom Brady, especially when Za’Darius Smith is involved;
- How the Bills can fool Patrick Mahomes into red zone interceptions — and perhaps, pick-sixes;
- Why Leslie Frazier is wrong about the idea that keeping Mahomes in the pocket is the best way to stop him (Hint: Mahomes killed the Bills and their two-high coverages in Week 6);
- Why Frazier must instead find ways to pressure Mahomes with four as he wasn’t able to in that previous game;
- How the Chiefs were able to make Josh Allen’s head explode in Week 6, and how Tyrann Mathieui and L’Jarius Sneed are the keys to making it happen again; and
- How Bills-Chiefs could turn on Buffalo’s great red-zone offense vs. the Chiefs’ league-worst red-zone defense.
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