Eagles edge-rusher Haason Reddick came into Super Bowl LVII with 19.5 sacks on the season, and 9.5 of those sacks, as well as 26 of his pressures, have come on third down. So, it should have come as no surprise to the Chiefs that Reddick would be a force on third down in Super Bowl LVII.
So far, Reddick has been exactly that, ending two Chiefs drives in the first half with pressures on third down.
There was the Patrick Mahomes incompletion to Joe Fortson with 2:32 left in the first quarter that was predicated by a Reddick pressure, and then, there was this Mahomes incompletion to JuJu Smith-Schuster on third-and-8 with 13:35 left in the second quarter. On this play, Reddick stunted inside late, which is something the Eagles have liked to do with Reddick quite a bit this season.
Reddick came on the stunt on 3rd-and-8 pic.twitter.com/VhImnGBoTh
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) February 13, 2023
Fletcher Cox de edge rusher, Reddick entre compañeros y jugando stunt por dentro… os enseñé un frente parecido en mi artículo de la semana. El resultado el habitual, presión al QB rival. pic.twitter.com/iUXeC2YRKa
— Marco Álvarez (@deionmarco) February 13, 2023
Reddick has been the NFL’s most dynamic sack artist this season, and the Chiefs’ offensive line will have to be on point with him throughout the game if they want those third downs to become first downs.