Chiefs 2016 Defense
 

I post this in another thread but I want to see what everyone thinks about our defense this year. I really dont think our defense is gonna be anywhere near as good as everyone thinks. Our olb is shit, really, think about it. Justin houston hurt, tamba is 65 years old, dee ford is a bust.

Corners: we have one proven good one. 1.

poe hasnt been anywhere near as explosive as he once was once that back injury.

linebackers: DJ is 80 years old, 120 tackles a year for the past 15 years? right. Mauga? lol.

berry is meh

I think our offense is gonna have to win the games for us now.

I'm just curious to see what everyone thinks on here. If theres already been a thread about this then go die in an aids ebola fire while harambe rapes you. Have a great day. Go Chiefs

really no option but to answer worse at this point

only hope it's temporary and we get it back together towards the end of year

Berry is meh?

Suck a dick.

ok berry is just above meh

Yea, what a ****ing idiot.

Really truly no way to know.

Sutton's scheme depends on each player working as a unit. When it works, it works. When it falls apart, it does so with alacrity.

Until we know what several key question stars are capable of, we're in limbo between beasting again and folding like a tent.

Not so worried about Berry, but Hali, Houston, Mauga and Gaines need to weigh in authoritatively before we can say anything educated.

It's really had to say at this point because you have a lot of key players that haven't been on the field. Combine that with the vanilla defense that is typical of preseason and it's impossible to say for sure at this point. I think it will be about the same as last year.

I had to quote this just to give props for the use of alacrity. Don't know when the last time I saw that in actual use. Great job! :thumb:

The only really significant piece that we lost from last season was a reliable #2 CB in Sean Smith. No, he wasn't an All-Pro calibre CB but he was above average and did a bunch of things really well with his size and strength.

It remains to be seen if Gaines or someone else could be close to as effective as Smith was at RCB. I do have more faith in Gaines' ball skills, quickness, and overall speed than I did in Sean Smith's.

I don't trust the rookies not to **** up.

It's been said before, but Gaines and Ford are the keys on defense. Either way I don't think we'll be nearly as bad as some people are worrying/expecting based on the first two preseason games.

A poll about the defense after two meaningless preseason games in which key starters were out?

How are you supposed to judge this? Do you go back and compare to the first 2 preseason games of last year?

Every team has their deficiencies and ours happens to be one that more than half the teams in the league also have. Our schedule gives our defense some leeway with working out the wrinkles.

I wouldn't say that Smith is the only significant piece lost from last year. For starters, Houston is missing for an indefinite amount of time. That's pretty significant. The retirement of Abdullah and free agent loss of Branch, while not as big of a loss as Smith and Houston, is still significant. Their replacements are Sorenson and the rookie Murray or Flemming. Any way you slice it, there is a significant drop off there. Hopefu;;y the young guys step up and close those gaps soon. But let's not pretend that they are currently the same caliber players.

It's true we lost significant depth and a lot of experience in the secondary with Abdullah and Branch departing.

Abdullah was a good instinctive football player but he had some athletic limitations.

Branch was just the opposite. Great overall speed and athleticism, not so great in the instincts department. Despite his speed, he always seemed to be a step behind in coverage.

For the rookie DBs, I honestly haven't been paying as much attention to them as I should, been focusing more on the front 7 on defense, but obviously you notice when they **** up.

How has Russell been doing? Why hasn't he seen much time in the Pre-Season games? He literally only got 4 snaps against the Rams.

Why have both White and Murray had more time on the field than Russell has?

I've wondered about Russell myself. I expected to see him get significant playing time this preseason. 4 snaps last game is crazy. As far as I know, he hasn't been hurt. Camp reports didn't mention anything about him struggling. Maybe he will play more tomorrow.