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Originally Posted by Xanathol

KC seems to be suffering from the same problem the Saints do - some ignorant fans ( ex. the OP ). The moment you use PFF as a measuring stick, you lose at football. TJ did indeed have a good game there, as even the article mentions.

The truth of the matter here is that TJ, GD, DP, etc are all doing what they are being coached and requested to do - play two gap and if its a pass, see what you can do on a rush while containing the QB and protecting against the draw - its a base 3-4 philosophy that anyone with even high school football experience should already know. Claiming a player sucks for doing what he's told to do just advertises idiocy.

When you quote what Geno Atkins and JJ Watt are doing, you further prove ignorance as Cincy runs a 4-3 and Houston runs Wade Phillips' hybrid 3-4; in other words, those guys are coached to play 1 gap and are penetrate every play. If you want to compare stats, look at the Steelers and when you do, realize that their LBers are more of a threat rushing the passer than KCs', which helps everyone on the line.

If you don't like the defense, that's fine - but its not the players' fault for the design of the defense. To make matters with this subgroup of fans even worse, guys are either subbed or expected to switch at will - to go from a strike, hold, read & react to explode off the ball, get up field, and shed a blocker completely. Its very rare for that a player can do both well in the same game ( ex. Reggie White ). When the team asks a guy to do this and its not flashy results, some KC fans complain. When realizing how near impossible it is to do both effectively & sub guys out instead, some KC fans complain. Some KC fans just need to be smarter about football.

You do realize that in subs, Jackson is playing the same 3-tech as JJ Watt does in subs and base pckgs, and can't even come close to rushing the passer?



It's something someone with even the most remedial amount of knowledge about defensive line play would know.