Handswarmer 645 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 4) Kansas City Chiefs' secondary Led by Dee Ford's impressive contract push, the front seven can hold its own once bookend edge rusher Justin Houston returns from his hamstring injury. Barring a trade for All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson, on the other hand, the back end of Bob Sutton's defense looms as a season-long liability. The Chiefs' last-place defense has allowed 435.4 yards per game, a number that has them on pace to threaten the 2012 Saints' record for futility. Can K.C. really count on Eric Berry to be a savior when the three-time All-Pro safety is dealing with a painful deformity in his surgically repaired heel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkuenn 3,613 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 That is what happens when teams are forced to throw and they to keep up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkuenn 3,613 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Also all the garbage yards teams get when in the 4th quarter. Still it is not great to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamardirts 2,121 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Handswarmer said: 4) Kansas City Chiefs' secondary Led by Dee Ford's impressive contract push, the front seven can hold its own once bookend edge rusher Justin Houston returns from his hamstring injury. Barring a trade for All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson, on the other hand, the back end of Bob Sutton's defense looms as a season-long liability. The Chiefs' last-place defense has allowed 435.4 yards per game, a number that has them on pace to threaten the 2012 Saints' record for futility. Can K.C. really count on Eric Berry to be a savior when the three-time All-Pro safety is dealing with a painful deformity in his surgically repaired heel? Um, the deformity is not on his surgically repaired heel. Nice assumption though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moons314 2,463 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 The problem with this team isn't on the corners... Safeties and inside linebackers are the problem, though they played better last week. Giving up high picks for Peterson isn't going to fix the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,210 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, moons314 said: The problem with this team isn't on the corners... Safeties and inside linebackers are the problem, though they played better last week. Giving up high picks for Peterson isn't going to fix the defense. Don't need to fix it, although that would be wonderful. They just need to improve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sith13 1,746 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 With the exception of Jags and Cincy games none of those yards were garbage as the game ended up within a score or two as most. Defensive issues are real and concerning, just because we played well once doesn't really change much. If the Cincy game performance can be sustained it would be a whole other story but at this point this defense is in dire need of ugprades all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calichief 3,020 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 6 hours ago, sith13 said: With the exception of Jags and Cincy games none of those yards were garbage as the game ended up within a score or two as most. Defensive issues are real and concerning, just because we played well once doesn't really change much. If the Cincy game performance can be sustained it would be a whole other story but at this point this defense is in dire need of ugprades all over the place. They were lazy after the big league in sf. They played soft and allowed a ton of late yards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sith13 1,746 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Just now, Calichief said: They were lazy after the big league in sf. They played soft and allowed a ton of late yards True but I wouldn't call that garbage as that refers to the game actually being over. They pulled within 10 or something in 3rd which has more to do with our coaching than it actually being garbage time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calichief 3,020 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 19 minutes ago, sith13 said: True but I wouldn't call that garbage as that refers to the game actually being over. They pulled within 10 or something in 3rd which has more to do with our coaching than it actually being garbage time. Fair enough. It had that classic feel that we played soft and let them right back in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thegoatee 1,781 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 The defense is terrible, but lets not ignore the fact we have faced Rivers, Roethlisberger, and Brady in shootouts. Basically the best QBs not named Mahomes in the AFC. Lets see how we look against Keenum, Mayfield, and Rosen the next three weeks as hopefully they make adjustments and start playing better. Just the fact we made it this far and haven’t had inexplicable losses is encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsy 1,137 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, Thegoatee said: The defense is terrible, but lets not ignore the fact we have faced Rivers, Roethlisberger, and Brady in shootouts. Basically the best QBs not named Mahomes in the AFC. Lets see how we look against Keenum, Mayfield, and Rosen the next three weeks as hopefully they make adjustments and start playing better. Just the fact we made it this far and haven’t had inexplicable losses is encouraging. I agree, but then again those are "excuses". A good defense is a good defense. I don't blame the "lack of" performance all on Sutton, but he shoulders a lot of it. At the end of the day, these guys have to "want to" play better. Last week against cincy the LB's looked a lot less hesitant and did a lot more attacking than standing and waiting to get blocked by pulling guards and other linemen. Lucas was really good in run support also. He was playing very aggressive. With Lucas and DOD on the field in sub packages, I believe we will see some aggressive run defense. I just hope once they get there, they make the damn tackle. As for our secondary, IMO one thing they need to do to improve is TURN THEIR FREAKING HEADS around, and actually look/track the ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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