They need a speed guy across from Karlaftis IMO. A real ass kicker.

I haven't looked much at the draft, but there's gotta be some guys coming out that will help.
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I know they traded Tyreek to "rebuild or retool" a little, but this squad coming together I think you may be able to push a little bit and make a move for someone at pass rusher.

This is one of the best teams in the NFL as is. Add another rusher or two and you are right there.
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I Belize you look like a fool right now
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To be fair we played prevent defense for the entire fourth quarter of two games. The last two drives plus the final drive that ended with time running out vs AZ and TB accounted for 300+ yards and 4 TDs given up.

On all those drives we were giving up cheap yards to run out the clock because we were so far ahead. Bad for the stat sheet but good for the win column.

When it matters we are a top 5-10 defense in yards and scoring.
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And we're a bottom 5 defense in completion percentage and turnovers, as well as being poor in the RZ.

Again, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
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KC's defense is playing great in light of the pass rush problems.
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Yep. They've got a couple of things to shore up but health is going to help that some and of course, they're going to gel more as the season goes on.
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How about a hand for Spags?

For the first time in the Mahomes era KC has a legitimate top-5 run defense in the first quarter of the season. And no one predicted that. All the talking heads predicted the Chiefs would be worse vs. the run this season, not better, much less league-leading.

And Spags will figure out the secondary by mid-season. Right now he's playing with all the new guys, evaluating where to put everyone in every situation. We know this is going to take a bit of time, but that Spags usually has things figured out by week 8 or so.

As it stands, it looks like the defense will be in sync a little ahead of schedule.

Kudos to Spags, he's doing a great job so far.
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:-)
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They certainly won't get worse with Gay and McDuffie's returns, either. Hopefully, McDuffie can come back fully healed and give Fenton a run for his money.
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it's going to start snowballing if we keep crushing TOP

losing TOP against mahomes because you can't run the ball only makes our offense better in the 4th against a tired defense

we're going to absolutely crush some poor teams in the 4th this year

"mahomes magic"

uh, no, the other team's legs are just dead
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Through 5 games, this has been an absolute masterclass from Spags.

To get quality play from a completely re-made secondary full of young players is remarkable in its own right. Especially when he's also dealing with a lot of turnover at the LB position.

But to continue to dial up blitz schemes that teams are struggling with and generate pressure when he's getting very very little from the DL when they don't send extra rushers is really impressive.

This defense isn't succeeding despite Spagnuolo right now - it's succeeding because of him. The secondary and the well timed, creative blitzes are what's keeping this defense humming and those are both directly attributable to Spags work.

Didn't care for the hire and have never been super impressed by him here (though I have always said the guy can coach the shit out of a defensive backfield), but to this point in the season he's been a big time difference maker for us.
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One more time for the idiots in the back bitching about the defense last night when they were down 2 DL in the middle of the game along with the other injuries/suspension.
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It's crazy because most fans would have expected this defense to be struggling right now.
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So....you've gotta try and atleast make some kind of 2021 Ingram deal for a pass rusher right?
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