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Originally Posted by whoman69
The fact is their primary duty is to protect against the run. That doesn't change the fact that they are worthless on passing downs which teams are more and more dialing up against our base defense. Jackson at least showed a little improvement last year.
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It is true that Jackson and Dorsey never apply pressure by themselves on the QB but remember that the Chiefs finished 8th overall in pass defense last year, and that was without Eric Berry. Now, I expect Houston to be solid in passrushing for a full season and Dontari Poe should be an improvement over Gregg in the passrushing department, so I think the Chiefs pass defense can do fine and be elite against the pass even if Dorsey and Jackson don't improve in that regard. And I don't consider Routt much of a downgrade BTW.