Originally Posted by Chief_N_Bama:
Everyone keeps using the fact that our defense from last year sucked despite having a superior pass rusk like it wasn't a statistical outlier. Rarely do teams rush the passer as efficiently as the Chiefs did last year yet perform so poorly overall defensively.
The lesson from last year was that coaching matters, not that pass rush doesn't.
The defense not being to stop the run played a HUGE role in our last three playoff losses. Remember that.
We had rushers but we let teams impose their will far too often in those big games. The pass rush didn’t even matter. [Reply]
We've added 4 players on D for about $25m. Think when all is said and done we will have gotten at least 6 players on defense for the price of 3. Not bad. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Hill was bracketed by the McCourty brothers.
They did double Hill with a safety over top, but Jonathan Jones was the guy assigned to Hill because he is NE's fastest defender. And he was a backup. His 41 snaps that game were the most he played since week 5. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
You’re really gonna use a season in which Ford missed 6 games and wasn’t there for them in the playoffs as a good year? That only supports the argument to move on.
This defense is not purely reliant on winning one on ones like Sutton’s. They’re going to bring pressure in all sorts of different ways. And maybe stop the ****ing run, another factor that cost them in the AFCCG.
His sack total that year was inflated by a couple crazy games. It was a glimpse of hope. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief_N_Bama:
It's crazy how they bash Ford when almost EVERY free agent we've signed has recently had some major injury and has missed time.