Bowles run as a D-Coord with Az. is far more telling, and my limited research is pulling up positive information thus far. One thing that struck me in an old Cards article is Bowles explaining that his approach is not a "one size fits all" in terms of developing his players and making sure they understand what they need to do. He prefers to find out what method makes a guy understand and retain, and tailor the method accordingly.

Being a HC and running a defense simultaneously shouldn't be a measuring stick here. I mean ****, that's what Reid has been doing on his side of the ball, and I daresay that his time spent nose-deep in the play book isn't exactly making him a field general you can trust on Sundays. There's a reason the football system from grade school to the pros is made up of several people doing specialized jobs.

I say we go after Gregg Williams. He's the one guy who can definitely whip our defence into shape, and fast. The Browns aren't commited to him yet. We need to steal this man.

Best defense in football simplifies everything. What do ya know...

https://amp.si.com/nfl/2019/01/03/ba...mpression=true

Thats possible. Theres another part of me that worries that he built a hell of a defense in Arizona using another ray Hortons groceries. Can bowles build that kind of a dominant defense on his own? Maybe head coaching got him away from it. Or maybe not.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nf...223527070.html

“I got here late after the four preseason games,” Ward said. “I just had to catch-up with the playbook. I’ve been learning the playbook all season. The playbook is kind of difficult. That’s really why I haven’t been playing. But I know it now, so I’m out there. I’ve just got to get better, help this team win.”

God that makes me so mad, why the **** is a defensive playbook that hard to learn

I specifically remember saying earlier this season the defense needed to be simplified, and one or two of the resident know it all dumb ****s around here compared simplifying the defense to running vanilla preseason defense. Apparently it's not the same thing, who woulda thought.

You still don't know shit kcchiefsus

I’m with ya

Our defense definitely need more motivation.

What if he offered to pay them money if they put more hits on the QB?

when Sutton was the coordinator with that stacked 2008 Jets defense with Revis,David Harris, Kris Jenkins, Calvin Pace they were like 18th best defense in the league. Rex Ryan took over in 2009 and shot them to first.

Sutton has always underperformed with the defensive talent he has had. Theres a very good chance a new coordinator could get this defense somewhere from 31st or whatever they are to 16-19th next year and that would be a huge improvement.

If a defense takes more than an off season to implement, it is way too complicated.

Sutton coached the same defense in 2013 that Romeo Crennel fielded in 2012 - it went from 25th to 5th. Irrelevant stats are irrelevant.

:cuss: no shit

Kind of explains why our S and LB are always out of position, sometimes on every damn play. It's why we leave players wide the **** open on game deciding 2pt conversions. Even Berry, who hasn't played in 2 yrs, is screaming at players to line up correctly.

When you're confused, you can't just play, because you're too busy thinking and you're afraid of ****ing up.

When you have that mentality, you've already lost....players can tell when all confidence is lost in a player. Good offenses will march all over you.

Players said the same thing about Greg Robinson during his time here and waddya know...they're getting similar results, only difference is this team gets to the QB well on long yardage situations. It's 1st and 2nd down where the big problems lie.

These guys aren't math wizards. Football is simple, defense doesn't need to be complex.

Is it hard to learn or closer to impossible to execute? Dropping a DE into coverage on a overly regular basis is a pretty much a stupid "play" because DEs a powerful QB-rushers, not corners or safeties..