NFL Analyst Shares How Buccaneers Defense Must Approach Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs

Patrick Mahomes faces one of the biggest challenges of his career. He will be leading the charge as the defending champions, Kansas City Chiefs, take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Super Bowl stage is the perfect platform for two generational quarterbacks to face each other, especially at their respective career stages.

NFL analyst Michael Robinson discussed what the Buccaneers must do to stop the Kansas City Chiefs. He believes that the primary concern for the Buccaneers’ defense will be to play rough with Mahomes.

This would allow them to make their presence known to him. However, the looming threat of Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill is a major cause for concern between the two.

He said, “You have to hit Patrick Mahomes. That defensive line, these guys have to dominate the line of scrimmage. They have to be able to provide pressure on Patrick Mahomes without sending a lot of the blitzers.

“You have to be able to get to Patrick Mahomes with just 4 and be able to drop your 7 guys into coverage and be able to double Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce.” 

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Robinson added that 4 members of the defensive unit will be too occupied with Kelce and Hill to worry about Mahomes.

However, Robinson noted that they shouldn’t be discouraged if Mahomes is able to throw the ball. Sending a message through a tough defense is the key to containing Mahomes.

“4 people have to try to eliminate those 2 players, and you have to just play match-up zones underneath. When you get to Mahomes, even if he does throw the football, you got to make sure he felt that you were there.

“There is a competitive thing to playing defense, there’s a competitive thing to hitting a quarterback and making sure that he feels that you’re around.” 

He further added, “Hopefully, you can force Patrick Mahomes to throw some interceptions and have some mistakes. If not, I just don’t see a way for Tampa Bay to win.”

Can the Buccaneers hold Patrick Mahomes down? It will be a major challenge for them to stop one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL today. But if they can, they have Tom Brady on the offensive unit to wreak havoc and get them the win.

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