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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
I'm not sold just yet.
The Rams and the Chargers re-match should give a clear picture of where this defense is.
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Depends on your expectations vs. the Rams. Those guys have been strafing everyone just as badly as we have on offense. To use them as a barometer is kinda like saying "I'll believe a defense is good if they can shut down KC..."
The only way that happens is if KC just has a bad day. No defense is shutting down the Chiefs so they're just a bad metric to use.
The Chargers, OTOH, I'll give you. If the Chiefs go out there and give up 30+ to the Chargers that will be a definite step back. I'd like to see them keep the Chargers in that 21-24 range and that would be a success. 27 is acceptable but not ideal. Beyond that means that the Chiefs defense isn't coming together as I thought they were.
But the Rams...even if they play well I'll probably chalk that up to Mexico City and just an off-day from STL. I guess it would depend on how it went. I'm just going to have a difficult time gleaning development from that game.