How did Tampa Bay shut down Patrick Mahomes? Ask Todd Bowles.
Tom Brady was Super Bowl LV’s Most Valuable Player. Todd Bowles was its Most Valuable Coach.
Defensive coordinator of the victorious Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bowles did what others have not, would not and could not – which is to silence Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. With Sunday’s 31-9 hammering of the defending Super Bowl champions, Bowles scored more than an upset.
He scored a knockout.
It was the first time in Mahomes’ career he was held to single digits. It was the first time he suffered a double-digit loss, too. It ended his 12-game winning streak at road or neutral sites, with Mahomes not losing outside Arrowhead Stadium since November, 2019. And it was only the second time he’d been defeated in his past 27 starts.