Evidently thanks to a suggestion from Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, those who play with Kansas City on EA Sports' "Madden NFL 20" will be able to utilize the play that created the turning point in Super Bowl 54.
"Is there a way we can get wasp into madden," Hill tweeted Thursday, referring to the play that ended with his 44-yard catch in the fourth quarter against the 49ers and sparked the Chiefs' comeback, from down 20-10 to a 31-20 victory.
On Friday, the game's Twitter account answered Hill's question.
Coming soon to #Madden20...
— Madden NFL 20 (@EAMaddenNFL) February 7, 2020
Jet Chip Wasp 🏆 https://t.co/iRuVDbAf0z pic.twitter.com/agyYuRlZ4R
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Called "Jet Chip Wasp" in the game, the entirety of Patrick Mahomes' call for the play in Super Bowl 54 was "gun trey right three jet chip wasp Y funnel." It came on a crucial third-and-15 after an apparent first down catch by Hill had been overturned upon replay review.
During the review of the Hill incompletion, Mahomes was the one who suggested "Wasp" to offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy. The 24-year-old QB and eventual Super Bowl MVP wanted the Chiefs to run the play regardless of down and distance.
"They were playing this kind of robber coverage all game long, where the safety was coming down and kind of robbing all our deep cross routes," Mahomes explained after the game. "We had a good play call on it where we had (Travis) Kelce do a little deep studded cross. We had Tyreek getting one-on-one with that safety."
NFL Films on Thursday shared a fantastic video that breaks down "Wasp" and why its success was so pivotal for Kansas City at that point in the game.
Fly like a butterfly, sting like a Wasp. @PatrickMahomes believed in himself, this play call, and the @Cheetah on the #SBLIV's Turning Point. @Chiefs pic.twitter.com/xTTU7AL6OQ
— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) February 6, 2020
"That's all we needed was just a spark," Bieniemy told Sporting News in Kansas City's locker room after the game.
They got it. Now "Madden" players, too, can take advantage of opponents' deep zone coverage with Hill as the "wasp" and Mahomes, the game's cover athlete, benefitting from a 99 overall rating.
Related: So much for the "Madden" curse.