[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by O.city

On a positive note, Nate Taylor talked about it in his article today and the defense knows they weren't good enough for sure.

Sounds like Jones and Clark were double teamed most of the game.

Spagnuolo used eight defensive linemen against the Jaguars in a game that featured conditions of 91 degrees with humidity at 54 percent. The Jaguars often used two players to block Jones and defensive end Frank Clark, especially after Foles left the game. Backup defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah took advantage of the Jaguars’ tactic to record a sack of Minshew late in the third quarter.

In 28 combined dropbacks from Foles and Minshew, the Chiefs’ defense hit the opposing quarterbacks just three times.

“It wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be, but that that’s first-game stuff,” Clark said of his performance and the Chiefs’ pass rush. “When you get to a certain level in your career, guys start to show you respect in those type of ways (by chipping the edge). It’s respect, but we’ve got to do better to get to the quarterback. We can defeat those chips because there are ways to defeat it. We’ve just got to exploit it more.”

Clark and Alex Okafor, another veteran defensive lineman, correctly adjusted their rushes to account for Minshew’s quick, short passes. Late in the third quarter, Okafor almost recorded an impressive defensive trifecta: pass deflection, interception and touchdown return. Okafor accomplished the first task but couldn’t collect the ball just in front of the end zone.