The DL hasn't been the same since Britt Reid stopped coaching.

I don’t think the answer is trading Chris Jones… instead it is surrounding him with better edge rushers… specifically upgrading from Frank Clark.

Sure it does. He moves Jones to DE because he has a greater chance of getting to the QB than the other guys. You think undersized Clark and Karlaftis are going to have much success on the interior? He's trying to create pressure in those circumstances by moving the teams best lineman to the DE spot.

Really don't think the fans are wrong for calling out a big contract player disappearing in a crucial game.

You mean a DE getting stuffed on the edge and spinning in a circle doesn't help the DT next to him?

This is a reactionary take.

Go back and look at who else is on the line for those snaps, and where. Then look at how those players attack their assignments. CJ was drawing doubles inside. Spags is about creating mismatches, but he's also about trying to disrupt your gameplan. obviously, every team is going to try and neutralize CJ, especially with the season he's been having. At the very least, putting him outside makes doubling him that much harder.

And it could disrupt whatever plan the IOL has as well. And it's worked multiple times this season already. it just didn't work so well on Sunday.

Bottom line, Spags isn't known for trying to show up his own players. Not his thing. Creating mismatches and trying to create circumstances for mental mistakes on the OL is.

Chris Jones is in the top 10 players list to ever play for the Chiefs. I don’t know where he is on the list however.

Without looking it up, I'm 99% certain he's the best DT to ever play for the Chiefs. Not sure it's that close, tbh.

HOFer Curley Culp is at least in the conversation with his career, though he played the second half of it with the Oilers.

This isn't a one time thing either. Doesn't he have like 0 sacks in the postseason?

Buchanan?

Ryan Simms? Junior Siavii?

that's uh, one way to describe the situation

Even better! I was thinking about him as an end because of his lean 6 foot 7 frame but you're right he played inside. Man what an interior line with two HOFers!

Do you think we reach as many crucial games without dominating games which only after the fact seem less crucial because we won because of plays made my CJ?