Ten Reason's why The Chiefs Lost

[Aspengc8]

#9 only unfolded that way because someone blew their coverage. I think EB was deep third in middle on that coverage.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't understand all the heat on Bob Sutton and Justin Houston.

Because the #1 problem for our defense was that our ILBs are terrible. That's what happens when we have three injuries for our 2 ILB positions. Terrance Smith and Ramik Wilson are terrible. Justin Houston was covering up a lot of ILB because we've proven the entire month of December our ILBs are among the worst in the league at stopping the run. We did actually keep Bell a little more in check in the second half.

Justin Houston wasn't man covering Antonio Brown. He was clearly spying Leveon Bell because it was 3rd and 3, and a screen pass was so safe it was dangerous. Houston only covers Brown in zone coverage after Ramik passes him off to Houston's zone.

It's lose-lose. If the Chiefs didn't pull Justin Houston off, Leveon Bell could have had an easy 3 yards and the game would have ended as well.

To me, the biggest problem was that Dorsey sold out our defense to boost an offense that was supposed to carry this team. Instead, the defense held their own with half their starting lineup, while our offense shit the bed with basically the entire starting unit healthy. We walked into this game knowing our offense needed to step up and they didn't, from the coaching to the execution.

Originally Posted by Aspengc8

#9 only unfolded that way because someone blew their coverage. I think EB was deep third in middle on that coverage.

There was a reason why that was at number 9. It wasn't a big part of the loss. But it was still a part of it. If A Cb was on Brown, maybe that pass is broken up, we hold, and they punt. We lost by 2. They scored 3 on that possession, mainly because of that 1 play. I would be remiss to not include it.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by jjchieffan

There was a reason why that was at number 9. It wasn't a big part of the loss. But it was still a part of it. If A Cb was on Brown, maybe that pass is broken up, we hold, and they punt. We lost by 2. They scored 3 on that possession, mainly because of that 1 play. I would be remiss to not include it.

That's actually a very fair explanation and glad to see that kind of defensive breakdown without the emotional overreaction. Well done.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Aspengc8

#9 only unfolded that way because someone blew their coverage. I think EB was deep third in middle on that coverage.

Berry definitely ****ed up there. As a team leader and QB of the defense he should have seen the matchup and paid more attention to that side of the field.

.. but I'd blame Sutton most of all. Prior to the snap it was obvious that Houston was lined up over Brown. That is just not the look you want to be giving Roethlisberger unless you've got something up your sleeve, which we clearly did not.