Babb:Chiefs’ changes must start with Crennel’s actions and attitude

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Originally Posted by DaWolf

I don't think it makes an ounce of difference whether he does both jobs or not. This defense is just not as good as people were hyping it up to be. No pass rush does that for you.

If you look at last year, the defense had by my count 5 really good games against legit opposition (17 PPG against teams who had a good starting QB, most of which were played at Arrowhead), 5 good games against QB's who are backup level or out of the league currently (8 PPG), and 6 bad games where we gave up an average of 36 PPG.

That's not a top defense. That is a Jekyll and Hyde defense that can fare well when the matchups play in our favor, and who will struggle badly when the matchups don't. You can't win consistently like that in this league...

In the modern NFL with all the passing rules, it is very difficult to field a truly dominant D that blows out every O that it faces. It is OK for a team to have a defensive mindset and build around it but the O must absolutely help the D. Look at SFO for example, the O always seems to do enough to complement the D.
In our case last year, even when the D gave up fewer than average points, Cassel kept leading the O to 3-n-outs. How do you expect to win consistently?