Dan Orlovsky didn’t maintain again on his evaluation of Andy Reid’s teaching job and the Chiefs’ effort whereas getting routed by the Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl.
The ESPN analyst, who hinted at an exit from the corporate, gave his blunt take throughout an look on “Get Up” Monday morning after the Eagles’ convincing 40-22 win in Tremendous Bowl 2025 on the Superdome in New Orleans.
The sport noticed the unrelenting Eagles protection – which Orlovsky in comparison with the Seahawks legendary Legion of Increase in its low-blitz plan of assault – manhandle the Chiefs up entrance.
Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was sacked six instances – probably the most in his profession – with out seeing a single blitz.
He additionally threw two interceptions, one a pick-six by rookie Cooper DeJean that gave Philadelphia a 17-0 lead within the second quarter.
“They’re not trying to confuse me,” Orlovsky stated of how he’d assess issues as a playcaller. “They are just physically whopping me.”
Then he went after Reid, who has already gained three Tremendous Bowls with Kansas Metropolis and reached one other with the Eagles.
“When I look at my notes, I said, ‘This is the worst performance I’ve ever seen from an Andy Reid-coached football team’,” Orlovsky stated. “Outclassed. Out-physical-ed. There was so much drop-back pass, little protection help, little to no play-action.”
Orlovsky then questioned if the Chiefs had been so rattled that they’d little curiosity in placing up a struggle whilst they had been going a historic three-peat.
“Low energy,” Orlovsky added to his notes. “It was 17-0 and I remember going to Louis (Reddick) and going, ‘They’re walking everywhere. It almost felt like they made them say, ‘No mas. We’re good’”
The Chiefs by no means did make it a recreation as Mahomes threw one other interception and trailed 24-0 on the half, earlier than scoring 22 factors after the break.
Reid and the Chief should return to the drafting board as they regroup and attempt to make a run at a fourth Tremendous Bowl championship – possibly with out Travis Kelce as retirement rumors swirl across the star tight finish.
“[We] couldn’t get it going offensively,” Kelce stated. “I mean they just got after us on all three phases and then on top of that, you know, turnovers, penalties, playing behind the sticks on offense.”
“We just couldn’t find that spark,” he added. “We couldn’t find that momentum.”
