Purdy has been the NFL’s best quarterback against the blitz this season,
by total EPA and yards per dropback, but Spagnuolo’s blitzing style is unique across the league. Kansas City paired a five-man rush with two-high zone coverage on 90 snaps this season. That’s 45 more than the next-closest team.
They’ll do it against condensed formations, with two corners flying off the edge.
And they’ll do it when teams get into empty sets. [
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This style works particularly well against empty formations, and Kansas City defended those formations about as well as any team this season, averaging 0.22 defensive EPA per dropback with a 70 percent success rate. Both were top-five marks against empty during the regular season, per TruMedia.