I have been saying we need to switch to a 4-3 all year. We just don't have the right personnel to run an effective 3-4. In my opinion, which I know I am just a Joe Schmo and not an actual football coach, but I have been watching football for 40 years and that's what I am basing my opinion on.

The thing I hate the most about Sutton is his seemingly determined unwillingness to adapt to the skills of the players he does have.

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This horse shit is the legacy of Peeholi. Remember that the next time you cross paths with that fat ****.

It's some schlock hack for Arrowhead Addict.

I can't believe anyone reads anything on that stupid ****ing cesspool, much less actually believe it.

Arrowhead Addict is for low-rent, double-digit IQ trufanbois, only.

ROFL so, so accurate.

Welp, if all of the little "rah-rah" sites and outlets want to start driving this narrative home, then I say "ALL ABOARD AND CHOOOO-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOO"!

Because this shit needs to happen. And it's about time those useless ****s did something productive anyway.

Jack Del Rio ain't welcome in these here parts.

curious to see what your proposed even front looks like given KC current personnel. I'd hate to see even more responsibility put on Hitchens/Ragland in coverage, or even moving laterally sideline to sideline (unless your proposing Dorian stepping in at OLB, and maybe a reduced/under front?)

Contrast that article with this one from Craig Stout that's actually damn good (I'm not a fan of Arrowhead Pride generally but I like Stout; good combination of eye test stuff and data driven analysis).

https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2018/...on-for-week-14

There's a lot to take away from that article. For instance, I was wrong w/r/t the number of times we ran nickel. I cheat when I'm watching games; there's too much going on so I tend to identify the nickel packages by our ILBs. It never occurred to me that we would heavily feature a Nickel package that involves Ragland.

Well we do and we ran a fair amount of it on Sunday. It's a 2-4-5 formation with Ragland in the middle with Hitchens and Houston/Ford standing up on the line and Nnadi/Jones up the middle. I re-watched the game on NFL Network after reading this article and did notice that we ran more of that 2-4-5 than I realized. However, it was our base set that got it's ass kicked on that long drive in the 3rd. There wasn't some miracle adjustment that fixed everything; the Ravens simply committed to the run and when we executed well, we stopped just enough of it to stall out drives. We had 2 truly awful drives in that game, one against that 2-4-5 and the other against the base 3-4. There was no miracle adjustment made; just better execution at some times than others.

That article also does a great job of breaking down some of our run concepts and showing just how commonplace they are. The clip showing Nnadi standing up the guard and forcing the gap is EXACTLY what I was talking about previously - that's how run defense works. If Williams just attacked upfield and Hitchens just had an assigned gap, the RB just picks the guards other shoulder and away he goes. You have to be able to get that gap identified and have the LB ready to get up and fill it. It was a great demonstration of basic run defense.

You also see another example of that same basic run defense just being completely undone by shit execution. Sutton put his guys in a great position to succeed there and Ragland even had the read made for once. Then he just gets truck-sticked even though Nnadi also got a shot at the ballcarrier. Seriously - what the **** can Sutton do there? Absolutely nothing.

Additionally, I was a little too hard on Hitchens yesterday. I remember that play he made to get to the edge on Jackson but I didn't recall it being quite that impressive. He got right up to Jackson to make him commit but managed to run with him just enough to keep him from finding the edge. I thought Jackson had already committed and Hitchens just angled him out - Hitchens deserves a lot of credit for that play.

There are good articles and bad articles. Stout wrote a hell of an article full of useful data and valuable information that can really teach you some shit. Taylor and Keysor do the same. Read those, learn from them and then make your own arguments.

Or you can just copy and paste some ****ing mouthbreather from Arrowhead Addict and act like you've just dropped the mic. I wouldn't recommend that approach because you're just gonna look as stupid as Jake does.

Well, basing my opinion on a couple of things-
1) Reid's assertion that the future of NFL defense is INSIDE pressure, quick pocket collapse and

2)observing Donald killing us all game long from the DT slot in the Rams game and-

3)knowing that most of the league is still coveting the edge rusher, so perhaps interior players might be less expensive overall

4)current PI rules being what they are, CB's aren't really allowed to play

I think getting bigger interior rushers is the way to go, so a 4-3 makes sense. You might already have guys that fit the concept on the team in Speaks (who is roughly Donald's size) and Kpass (who could be a 4-3 DE). This can allow for lighter, faster OLB's like O'Daniel to cover backs and TE's.

The problem is-we have two very good edge rushers in Houston and Ford, one of whom is already getting paid and one who we'll need to pay to keep and that could prevent us from signing a dominant DT to pair with Jones. And neither Houston or Ford would project well as OLB's in a 4-3. They're rushbackers.

Another problem is our horrific safety play; and counting on Berry is foolish at this point, don't you think? So we really need at least one Landon Collins/ Earl Thomas type and perhaps actually TWO. Maybe they think Watts is that guy, maybe not-too small a sample size for us to judge anyway.

I'd like to hire new blood at D-Coordinator; someone young and ascending, a fresh set of eyes with a new outlook from one of the better defenses. A LB or secondary coach from The Bears or Ravens-perhaps even Dallas, for example. It's worth considering that Reid is in his 60's now; and filling his staff with youth is good training ground for his eventual successor. I would expect that several seasons down the road, Patrick may be a Manning-type that essentially runs the offense himself and a defensive head coach might eventually be a fine counterpoint.

I casually watched the game on rewind last night, while doing some paperwork and bookkeeping shit for the office (which sucks) and thought Hitchens actually played a pretty good ball game.

But man, Ragland is just struggling. I don't know if he's hurt or just not good.

KC plays in a 3-4 less than 25% of the time.

Ragland is a two down ILB. He has no range and cannot fill more than two gaps skill set wise.

It’s a myth that Hitchens isn’t attacking. Guy was attacking the ball a lot. Ragland was attacking too...uh attacking the wrong gap in the wrong place at the wrong time

this is true. When they do, statistically, it's one of their worst sets. The 3-3 nickel appears to be their best, or at least most flexible set.

So what you're saying is that you've actually watched a game or two this season?

You know who finally looked less tentative last week? Sorensen. I mean he still looked slow, but that's because he's not terribly fast. He finally looked decisive again though. When he was near a play, he went 100 mph throughout and looked a ton more comfortable. It took 5 weeks to shake the rust off but he finally looked like the aggressive, but notably flawed, player he's been here for 3-4 years.

C'mon Berry - give us anything back there man and we may have something resembling fringe-average play from our safeties.

Nobody is asking for good at this point. We're just looking for something a hair short of abysmal.