Derrick Johnson...surprised this hasn't been brought up yet
 

Surprised I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but Derrick Johnson seemed to be a total non-factor in the game. I don't recall hearing his name at all. Looked up the stats and saw that he had just 3 tackles.

I know Indy was throwing the ball all over the field, but it would have been nice to see him step up and make some sort of impact and provide some leadership to a defense that sorely needed it.

yeah this is the first we have heard about this...

He was dropping back in pass coverage almost every play.

Not brought up yet?

Wow... This starting to be going full reerun.

Apologies, must have missed it...

He was not used effectively at all.

Wow, some of you guys are a little bitchy. Like we just suffered a painful crushing defeat or something. :)

It would have really sucked to see him blitz to add some pressure up the middle.



It would have really hurt the defense.

DJ showed his age trying to cover marcel reese

If KC wants to spend some FA money, I'm afraid that DJ is where they will find the $$$

And where the hell was Priest when Charles went down???

I hope not but you could be right. DJ peaked last year and took a step back this year in my opinion.

I understand that scheme wipes out DJ's effectiveness when a team stops running.

What I don't understand is why he doesn't seem to be a leader on the field for the defense...

But we really do need a complete thread dedicated to it, right? We should probably also have one about Alex Smith.