mcaj22 |
04-06-2014 11:37 AM |
I don't buy that Sutton isn't partially to blame and here's why:
1. Andy Reid's only real weakness that costs him games/seasons since Jim Johnson has been his DCs. Bob Sutton fits the same mold as Juan Castillo and Sean McDermott currently
2. Bob Suttons refusal to use more of the 34 base defense and sit in nickel and dime packages 50+ % of the time. There is only two arguments why he does this, 1) He sucks as a DC and doesn't know what he's doing 2) WE STILL DONT HAVE THE RIGHT PERSONNEL/ROSTER TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE 34 Base defense. This is the problem I have, because if it's the latter, then stop signing part time thumpers like Joe Mays and part time 2 down run stuffers like Mike Devito and get ****ing athletic players in the front 7. LBers that can cover the pass and DL that can stop both the run and the pass. SF sits in the 34 base because the DL/MLBers can play two ways, same with Pittsburgh, same with the Saints, same with the Jets, etc. We are the only team that blows our wad and switches out of our base so quickly to compensate for the lack of mismatches that teams can expose Sutton as a one trick pony.
3. Bob Sutton's refusal to rotate the DLine. The Powe defenders favorite excuse. Does it ring true? Maybe Dontari Poe would have had something left in the tank near the end of the season in the games that counted if Bob Sutton knew how to keep d-lineman fresh. Is the Bob Sutton sucking again or yet again, the lack of depth on this roster, they have nobody else competent enough to take even 10-20% snaps away from Poe. The fact that Tyson Jackson was a 3 down player on this defense last year leads me to believe there is still a complete lack of depth. But I thought Mike Catapano was suppose to save this team? Well he can't save the team in 2014 if Bob Sutton refuses to rotate him in. Time will tell. But if it's the middle of the 2014 season and there are threads wondering why Mike Catapano hasn't had a higher snap count, how is it not Bob Suttons incompetency?
4. Bob Sutton and the backend. There is an argument to made here that Brandon Flowers, Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis a core that's been together since 2010, were never as bad as they were in 2014. How did Kendrick Lewis fall off a cliff that fast? He was never good but he wasn't that bad. At one point when you realize you do not have a safety on the roster that's able to play single high cover 1 safety, how do you not switch back to a 2 deep safety system like Romeo had? The fact that Bob Sutton kept trying to fit a square peg in a round hole cost us games. The incompetency to play Eric Berry at anything other than a floating LBer, and the fact that all you had to do was sign a ****ing nickel slot CB for insurance coverage that was not named Dunta Robinson would have also solved many problems.
5. Bob Suttons decision making with a 28 point offensive cushion SHOULD BE CAUSED FOR A CONCERN. When your DC becomes a scared pussy and sits in a prevent defense when he knows he doesn't have a safety on the roster that could cover a turtle, with a whole half left to play, should make you concerned in 2014. You have two pro bowl OLBers and a pro bowl NT and you take your foot off the gas? When we play good teams, no lead will be safe.
There are red flags in 2014 where Chiefs fans could be calling for this guys head on a stick by the end of the season, as he could be the sole reason we lose games, not one ****ing FS position.
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