LNBS: Bob Sutton is saving the best for last.

[BossChief]

Look back at each of his years here in KC. He pretty much brings the heat half the year with exotic blitzes and then when teams adjust, he drops everyone in coverage. Since he’s been here, he seems to go on 6-8 game stretches of utilizing one of the 2 strategies and switches it up.

I’m betting that sometime in the next 2-3 games, he’s gonna switch things up and stop dropping guys in coverage as much and starts bringing the heat again.

Getting Nelson and possibly Hali back in the rotation as well as the ongoing development of KPass, Murray, Ford and Jones should help the old man dial it up a notch.

I wouldn’t even be surprised if he calls the MNF game differently than any game thus far...we’ll see.see

[Shaid]

Last year we started getting burned with a few big plays and Sutton moved into a very bend/don't break approach to prevent that from happening. Then we'd tighten up again when they got down to the red zone. He looks to be trying that philosophy again this year but the problem is we're still giving up big plays. We need the personnel to execute and get picks if we employ this approach. Right now we aren't really getting picks or sacks. Taffy D pretty much describes it perfectly.

[tooge]

Boss, I'm sure you are a nice guy and all, but I have a hard time taking anything you say about football serious after you spent 9 months telling everyone around here that they were a football moron if they didn't see how Geno Smith was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Hopefully you are onto something this time.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by BossChief

2014

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First 9 games ...31 sacks
Last 7 games 19 sacks (7 of those in 1 game)

Definitely a change in philosophy after week 9

Originally Posted by BossChief

2015

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First 7 games 15 sacks
Last 9 games 32 sacks

Originally Posted by BossChief

2016

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First 9 18 sacks
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Definitely a streaky sack defense that changes philosophy every few weeks

That is interesting but you're going to have to show blitz percentages, W-L record and stiffness of competition to truly prove your theory.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by tooge

Boss, I'm sure you are a nice guy and all, but I have a hard time taking anything you say about football serious after you spent 9 months telling everyone around here that they were a football moron if they didn't see how Geno Smith was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Hopefully you are onto something this time.

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My stance on Geno was that he would need to sit and learn for a minimum of 2 years. I was of the stance for YEARS that we needed to make a serious investment in a QB from the draft. Even if they need to sit for multiple years and will cost a high first.

In 15 years, I’ll beat that drum again.

[Aspengc8]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

That is interesting but you're going to have to show blitz percentages, W-L record and stiffness of competition to truly prove your theory.

That would be a start. You would have to look at opponents personnel groupings, formations, running & blocking patterns, passing profiles & concepts they like to run, hash & down/distance tendencies.. all of this stuff factors in to how and when you attack with blitzes.

Let me know when he has looked at all that film to solidify the fact that Sutton is "saving" stuff.

[arrwheader]

Yea without showing the evidence of blitz percentages vs drop coverage on the stretch of games this is a assumption at best. I’ll give it to you that it does seem like they go in streaks but it seems like there could be many other factors contributing to this. Example would be opposing oline, QB, etc.