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Originally Posted by htismaqe
So whose fault is it if Sutton says "you need to be here" and the player goes somewhere else? Eric Murray is out of position on nearly every play. That's on Eric Murray, not Bob Sutton.
They only have so many guys on game day. We have to assume that the guys on the bench are actually worse than the ones on the field, or they wouldn't be on the bench. You're REALLY overestimating the impact of coaching on NFL players. Coaches scheme and call plays. When guys can't do the fundamentals, like tackling, that's a personnel issue. NFL defensive coordinators don't teach tackling. Heck, they CAN'T teach tackling. If they have to spend appreciable time teaching tackling, the team is screwed before they even start.
You know why you observe this? Because this is coming from the head coach, not from Bob Sutton. The same tendencies we see from the defense when we have a big lead or late in the game were present in the offense over the last 5 years. What's different this year? Patrick Mahomes replaced Alex Smith. We need a Mahomes on the defense, we don't even have Alex Smith.
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I'm willing to admit that I could be completely wrong and everything you type could be the answer. You make many valid points.
I'm watching the defense as a "unit" rather than watching the secondary as "individual players" and judging their positions. If some of you guys that are more experienced in defensive schemes are digging your heals in that it's a couple of individual players, then I hope you are correct in your analyst.
Perhaps I am burying my head in the sand in thinking it's much easier to replace 1 guy, than it is 8-11 players.
And maybe it's not fair because it's 2 opposite sides of the ball, but I was a big promoter of the following scenario over the years. (and I was so right.)
While many Chiefs fans were claiming "Alex Smith is elite and needs an entire new OLine and some Elite Receivers." I was countering with... "no, we need a real QB who can make our OLine and WR's look better."
I was right. Mahomes made Albert Wilson look great. Mahomes makes Robinson look good. Mahomes is taking Hill to another level.