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Originally Posted by Rausch
Yeah, but we didn't have to be.
Our defensive coaches could teach players to tackle WITH THEIR ARMS. WRAP UP and foget this power-shoulder-ESPN-highlight-woo-hit-bull$#it.
You can do that. You tell the next guy in the secondary who pulls a "Wesley whiff" that he's sitting the following week. You hit and wrap up.
Short story is we play sloppy, we keep playing sloppy, and we've lost games we could have and should have won. Even with this rebuild rookie-infused roster.
We underachieved HUGE...
With the beheading of Marie "Peterson" Antoinette the age of failure (and pride despite incompetence) is over...
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of course we underachieve. that's what we do. we've done it as long as I can remember. I literally can't remember a year of being a chiefs fan that I DIDN'T make some sort of comment about our shoddy tackling.
underachieving is part of the problem. you underachieve because of shitty coaching. look, I like gun too. but his rhetoric hasn't worked this second time around. it's rather obvious that his defenses worked GREAT when the rules for DB/WR contact were more lax (and hasty/carter could MAUL WRs) and he had a defense with guys like neil smith and DT. he needs a talent-laden defense. problem is, with all of the potential 'talent' we've drafted in the first few rounds, NONE of them have really developed. derrick johnson, all of the DTs, etc. that goes down to coaching. I'm not sure peterson ALONE is to blame. will it help? **** yes. but a lot more people have to go. the job isn't done.