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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
At some point we have to acknowledge that this is our last talented defense we've had in a very long time. We have 4 starters (Murray, Acker, Ragland, Zombo) who would barely make any other roster, let alone start for another team. DJ is done. Sorenson is average. Logan is a major downgrade from Howard and Poe. I just don't know what we're supposed to do schematically when half of our defense is below average or worse. I don't know. I just think blitzing vs. not blitzing is damned if you do, damned if you don't. Our LBs and Safeties are disgustingly bad right now. The middle of our defense is going to get carved up. I hope I'm wrong and this is fixable. I just don't know if there's a silver bullet for this one. I'm a little frustrated that Veach isn't attacking the waiver wire the way Dorsey used to.
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Remember that 3rd and 15 that Dallas converted and turned into a TD at the end of the 2nd quarter?
I don't have a gif or screenshot of that alignment, but Sutton had 3 down linemen, and NOBODY ELSE within 10 yards of the LOS. Nobody in the middle. Nobody in a single receiver's face. All of them were allowed free releases to run the designed planned play.
Basically, Sutton took 3rd and 15 at the opponent's own ass end of the field and treated it like the opponent was at midfield with 1 second before the end of the 2nd quarter.
I know that's one play. It's just one play. And he's successfully called hundreds of brilliant coverages and concepts in key situations throughout his career that my puny football brain will never even approach within 10% of fully understanding.
But ****, man. That was the most egregious and appalling shit I've seen from a Chiefs defensive coordinator in ****ing YEARS. You actually have to go back to Greg Robinson. Yes, Greg Robinson. You can skip over Gunther Cunningham and Clancy Pendergast.
That single play was Dee Ford running away from ****ing Frank Gore. Not indicative of the job he's done and will do in the NFL. But still... it's so so so so bad that anybody with eyes would entertain the thought that Bob Sutton is a real problem with this team and he needs to be replaced.
And at least Dee Ford was a rookie. Capable of changing and growing, no matter how far he had to go. Bob Sutton is an old man who has always struggled at innovating and being one step ahead of the offense.