At the twenty-five-yard line just in front of the end zone, third and five.
The situation was leveling out, the defensive group had a smaller area to cover, so they could spread out their limbs, support and encircle more timely, less likely to give up big yardage, and the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive momentum was slowing down—
Strike while the iron is hot, weaken upon the second effort, and exhausted at the third.
Pederson had shown his boldness, successfully slowing down the pace, which allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to get back into form. As long as they could stop this wave of offense, prevent the score difference from widening further, then...
"Attack!"
Smith had announced the start of the play.
On one hand, the Philadelphia Eagles still did not opt for a blitz, just a frontal pressure, the entire short and medium pass area was crowded with players.
