ESPN analyst details how Chiefs used Marcus Peters’ aggressiveness against him
Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters had four tackles in Baltimore’s 34-20 loss to the Chiefs on Monday night.
Peters, who is known for his ball-hawking skills, didn’t have any passes defended, fumbles forced or recovered, and he didn’t come close to an interception. However, Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill caught a 20-yard touchdown pass while Peters was covering, and a 49-yard scoring pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes to Mecole Hardman was aided by a Peters mistake.
ESPN’s Ryan Clark, the former Steelers, Giants, Washington safety, detailed the Hardman play after Monday night’s game.
Clark said Chiefs coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy took advantage of Peters’ aggressiveness for the touchdown. It began with Peters keeping his eyes on Hill, whose route took him near the first-down line to gain.
That allowed Hardman to run to the end zone, which was Peters’ responsibility, Clark said.
“When you’re smart and when you’ve played with Marcus Peters, what you understand is, he has bad eyes, he takes guesses,” Clark said. “And now he’s going to play the (first-down) sticks. So if you let it run a little farther, this is the story of the eyes. I want you to watch this. Here we have Marcus Peters’ eyes, they’re right here. You know why? He thinks he’s gonna make a play on Tyreek Hill, even though he has the deep third.
“Now the most important eyes are DeShon Elliot’s. Here’s why, because he’s looking at Marcus Peters saying, ‘Say, bro, you’re supposed to be in the deep third.’ And when you’re Andy Reid, when you’re Eric Bieniemy, and when you’re Patrick Mahomes, you understand when you have a risk-taker, a gambler because he played on your team. So you draw the scheme to beat the pressure, and then you draw up the play to beat the person, and I thought that was amazing by Eric Bieniemy, great execution by Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes, they got the right call.”
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