Ten Things About Today's Game Week 9: KC 37 Brownouts 21

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

It's Bob Sutton's fault that Houston, Zombo, and Smith all got hurt and Speaks is all that's left, and that Hitchens and Ragland have basically dogshit?

O'Daniel kinda got caught out of position/got beat today, too...but Sutton has to play who he has.

The LBs, except Ford, have been garbage.

Good offensive coaches will exploit any weaknessess.

Gonna be tough sledding against Gurley...but it won't be because Bob Sutton tells guys to run slow or take bad angles or use pisspoor tackling techniques. That's like blaming Reid for Conley's 1st qtr drop.

Injuries are obviously not Sutton's fault. But his inability to adapt his scheme to fit the players he has available to him is definitely his fault.

We mocked the 49ers for trying to cover Watkins with a linebacker. Offensively, we manipulate the defense into a position that creates such a ridiculous mismatch. But any time we start a play on defense with Speaks responsible for a TE or RB in man coverage, we have done the offense's work for them.

Speaks is listed on the depth chart as a ROLB, and his weight is listed at 285 pounds. Allen Bailey is listed on the depth chart as a RDE, and his weight is listed at 288 pounds. In college Speaks was a defensive tackle and defensive end. 285 pounds makes for a massive linebacker.

Speaks' 40 time is/was 4.87, and Bailey's was 4.77. So, their weight, and speed are very similar, but no one expects Bailey to cover anyone in man coverage. So why does Sutton put Speaks into a situation with such a low chance of success?

I am not saying that Bailey and Speaks are not capable of dropping off the LOS and playing a little zone coverage a few yards deep, but if either are matched up one on one with a TE or RB they are going to lose that match-up.

So, if the defense Sutton calls for a specific play or offensive personnel package requires someone to cover the RB, why is that player Speaks, and not Tremon Smith or even DOD? There is a much higher chance for success if either of them are covering the RB instead of Speaks.

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