Super Bowl champ Ndamukong Suh reveals how to stop Mahomes in playoffs

NDAMUKONG Suh revealed the secret to stopping Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs.

Defensive powerhouse Suh led a dominant Tampa Bay Buccaneers performance against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl three years ago.

Ndamukong Suh led a dominant defensive performance in the Super Bowl against Patrick Mahomes in 2021Credit: AP

Mahomes ran for his life all night and was sacked three timesCredit: AP

Tampa Bay sacked Mahomes three times with Suh accounting for 1.5 of those in a 31-9 victory.

Mahomes ran for his life all night at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, as he was handed a rare playoff loss.

Suh, 37, was a five-time Pro Bowler during his time with the Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins.

He then lost a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams in his only season with the team back in 2018, before finally realizing his dream with the Bucs.

The defensive tackle told The U.S. Sun, “The secret was honestly sitting down with our coach Todd Bowles and just saying ‘coach, you’ve got to trust us.

“You’ve got to understand our front seven has an opportunity to take advantage of their front seven, their offensive line, their running backs and trust us to shut down the run.

“Trust us up front and then make sure you cover up and put our DBs in good positions so they’re always helping us take away the first option from Mahomes.

“Then it was on us to chase Mahomes down and get him to the ground and make him very uncomfortable and we had a lot of success in being able to do that.”

Mahomes finished with 26 completions from 29 attempts for 270 yards and two interceptions that night.

It was the only Super Bowl he’s lost, having won his other two appearances in Miami, Florida, the previous year and Glendale, Arizona, 11 months ago.

Including Super Bowls, Mahomes has won 12 of his 15 NFL playoff appearances during an already legendary career.

But this weekend he faces his first ever playoff road game when his Chiefs visit the Buffalo Bills.

Kansas City finished 11-6 in the regular-season and have looked far from their best in a disjointed year.

Suh said, “Overall I think the offence has struggled because they’ve lost a lot of weapons.

“Not having Tyreek Hill, not having a healthy Travis Kelce, but he’s finally getting Rashee Rice to emerge as his No1 receiver which should hopefully open it back up for them.

“The running game is important in the playoffs.

“It’s just finding a different way for them to be successful offensively.”