The Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to exact their revenge against the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend when the two meet at Arrowhead for a Week 2 showdown. It's a rematch of Super Bowl 59 (and Super Bowl 57, which went better for K.C.) where the Chiefs got absolutely walloped.
Week 1 opened up with the Eagles narrowly defeating their division rival Dallas while the Chiefs were unable to take down their divisional foe, losing a tight game to the Chargers. That makes Week 2 a very important game for the Chiefs and, fortunately, someone from the opposition is already giving them valuable information.
After being mostly invisible for Philly's Week 1 win over the Cowboys, Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown discussed what happened and why he only had one catch for eight yards.
“I got zoned the entire game, I didn’t get one single man rep. Obviously, there won’t be any separation. And I’m not hurt and I wasn’t a decoy. Just kind of how the game went.”
A.J. Brown just told Steve Spagnuolo and the Chiefs defense how to remove him from Week 2 match-up
The last time these two teams met, which again, sadly, was in Super Bowl 59, Brown caught three passes for 43 yards and a touchdown. In the Super Bowl that K.C. prevailed in over Philly, Brown torched the Chiefs defense all night, finishing with six catches for 96 yards and a trip into the end zone.
In other words, Brown has been able to take advantage of the Chiefs' secondary and now Steve Spagnuolo has the blueprint to completely remove him from this game. People can make fun of Matt Eberflus (Cowboys defensive coordinator and former Bears head coach) all they want but his defense erased Brown and fellow Eagles wideout DeVonta Smith from that Week 1 game.
While the Eagles will surely work on making adjustments to ensure this doesn't happen again, Spags still needs to follow the blueprint that Eberflus and the Cowboys laid out for him until the Eagles prove it doesn't work. Removing the Eagles' top two receiving threats did open things up for Jalen Hurts to run more but at least Philadelphia's offense becomes more one-dimensional, which makes things easier for Kansas City.
You know what to do, Spags.