What to expect from Spags D....

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

This is optimistic considering Spags hasn't had any real sustained success in over a decade.

He's gotten a lot of mileage out of that Superbowl win. People tend to forget he's had fewer top 10 defenses and more bottom 3 defenses than Sutton has.

Proof will be in the pudding, but I'm not sold he's an upgrade as a DC. That's not a defense of Sutton. I wanted him fired. I just didn't want to hire a guy I've considered over-rated for 10 years.

Why is it optimistic? I didn't say anything about how good it would make KC's defense. I stated schematic differences. Sutton, for the most part, ran a generic 2-gap, read and react, 3-4 with off-man coverage and a single high safety. Spags scheme is much more aggressive, single gap 4-3 and uses alot more zone concepts. Whether or not the defense is going to be worth a **** is largely yet to be determined. There does seem to be a better talent fit to run Spags' 4-3 than there was to run Sutton's 3-4. I never said shit about him being a better DC or this defense being better. He has to prove that to me.