How would yall approach this? Because yesterday was the last straw for me...imo we're NOT winning the championship this year and we're NOT winning one until we have a competent defense. So if you were Clark how would you approach this? Is it just a matter of replacing Andy with a defensive minded coach? Is it about keeping Andy but getting rid of Veach and finding a GM who has a history of being in a defensive culture who can transform this roster? is it a matter of getting rid of Spaggs? Because the bottom line is Spaggs has a history of having bad defenses despite the odd occasion of success.
I think it's a mixture of everything tbh. Andy is stuck in his ways and I'm not sure he could handle transitioning into a defensive team. Veach is a young pup that has made so many mistakes from Ragland, to Hitchens, to Clark etc and his efforts to improve the CB position has been pathetic.
I'm merely thinking long term here...Pat has NEVER had a good defense in his entire college and pro career!!...enough is enough now, time to start the process as soon as this season ends and we as fans need to make sure the club knows that we want this to happen. Our time of possession yesterday was the LOWEST in Chiefs franchise history...let's learn from what happened with Rodgers in Green Bay and act NOW. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RobertWeathers:
Year 1 in CLE and Year 1 in NE were blow up years
To include those to support a "BB sucks w/o Tom" argument is not accurate.
He went 11-5 w/ Matt Cassel in 2008
He went 3-1 w/ Jimmy G and Brissett in 2016
He went 11-5 w/ Vinny T in 1994
Was 3-1 in 1995 then the owner announced they'd move.
The point is a singular "Czar" of a football team works but it requires an individual who has an appreciation for both sides of the ball and the cap, scouting, FA and never deviating from the "system".
I think Reid needs a better DC. Spags is so overrated.
You can spin it anyway you want, but Belichick is still a sub .500 career HC without Tom Brady until he proves otherwise. [Reply]
Run Punt Block every defensive snap. It works on Madden sometimes. Dare them to beat us deep. DAT is fast enough to get to the ball when the team throws it downfield. [Reply]
The concept of this thread is dumb, it implies the Chiefs don't think defense is important and plan to just shoot out teams to death every game. Just because they have to score 50, doesn't mean they planned it that way.
2019:
Big player acquisitions:
Tyrann Mathieu
Frank Clark
Draft picks - 3 used on offense (2,6,7) 3 used on defense (2,3,6)
2018:
Big player acquisitions
Anthony Hitchens
Sammy Wakins
(50/50 O/D)
Draft picks - 1 used on offense (6) 5 used on defense (2,3,3,4,6)
Veach, Andy, Clark - whoever you think is in charge of this clearly they think defense is important - they've been throwing draft picks and cash at it for the last two years and it's not about "transitioning to be a defensive team" - it's about your free agents and your draft picks not completely under performing, and your defense being well coached so they play together as a unit.
The plan? Probably just give the coaches and the players more time, and hope they can turn it around. Then next year throw your high draft picks at defense again and hopefully finally actually hit on one. You need a Kelce type third round pick that blossoms into a best in the league type guy (but on the defense, obviously), and you need to have actual 1st round draft picks available to use. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RockChalk:
Run Punt Block every defensive snap. It works on Madden sometimes. Dare them to beat us deep. DAT is fast enough to get to the ball when the team throws it downfield.
make sure to audible to a punt safe right before they snap the ball and it's EZ interceptions! [Reply]