Blowouts in sports feel like a dam breaking. The cracks, both apparent and hidden to the naked eye, become larger. The weaknesses even weaker. Until they cripple under the unyielding pressure of water flow and the cracks become gaps, gaps become holes, holes become chasms, and everything is caught in the path of now-freed water. It’s such an apt descriptor that I don’t even know why I’m wasting digital ink on it. Even Radioactive Man’s goggles do nothing.
Pressure was the word to describe Super Bowl LIX. Whether it was the Eagles' defensive line overwhelming the Chiefs' blockers (offensive line and other positions included here) and QB Patrick Mahomes (who had a higher pressure rate than completion percentage in the first half), or the Chiefs' defense attempting to survive Jalen Hurts' repeated haymakers through the air (and with his legs).