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Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Well, I like Simms a lot as a pundit.

That being said, it's funny; opinions on Spagnuolo's schemes are all over the place.

It's simple! It's too complicated! It's aggressive! It's bend, but don't break! Lots of man! lots of zone! He's too passive! He blitzes a lot!

It's literally who you talk to and which season you're talking about. That tells me that, to an extent, he's trying to do what he can with the talent at hand. That's an improvement over Sutton's rigidity at any rate. We'll see how that translates.

It can't be TOO complicated; if you look back, he starts first and second year players a fair amount of the time, so that's something. And people that have worked with and for him sing his praises as to communication with coaches and players. So, I remain somewhat optimistic that He can get this defense to middle of the pack quickly, in an ascending way, with a lot of young talent to develop. Middle of the pack in '19, upper third in '20.

then with the Mahomes contract, offense may have to give a little as Watkins type deals can't happen anymore, so defense ascending would be a good thing.

I saw some sideline videos of Spagnuolo and he looks animated and into it, compared to Sutton who stood there like a deer in the headlights. That's something too.