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It was Thursday morning, and just about all of the Chiefs’ defensive work ahead of Super Bowl LIV was done. But for one reason or another, defensive line coach Brendan Daly—the former Patriots assistant set to coach on the biggest stage for the fourth time in six years—still felt the need to reinforce the emphasis he and the staff had given his guys.
So on the 11th day of game prep, Daly held the defensive linemen in the meeting room a while longer than the team schedule prescribed, and spent a solid 15 minutes showing the guys 49ers screen pass after 49ers screen pass.