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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Yeah I mean it’s not like he fielded top 5 defenses two years in a row or anything when Houston and DJ were both healthy.
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I know we have been having this disagreement, and I did respond with defensive rankings in response to you saying Sutton fielded the 3 best post-merger Chiefs defenses. And while I think I proved that wasn't true, but I also admitted that Sutton's rankings were much better than I remembered.
But I absolutely stand by my statement that Sutton doesn't adapt to the skills of his players. He is very rigid in his defensive concepts. Maybe it's the era in which he came up as a coach, or his time coaching a military team, but he is either unwilling or unable to change.
But, talking about speed at LB, DJ and Houston have never been fast. I know that I am not an NFL coach, but after years of watching all levels of football, I believe that slower linebackers can be protected a little more in a 4-3 defense, with true defensive tackles and defensive ends.
In a 4-3 a good defensive line can keep the offensive line from getting their hands on the second level, allowing slower linebackers to get to the ball carrier fairly unmolested. But we are playing a 3-4, and our slow linebackers seem to always have someone's hands, an offensive lineman or TE, on them and we continue to get gashed on run defense.
So, my statement saying that Sutton wouldn't know how to put fast linebackers in a position to win stands, because Sutton doesn't see fast, slow, or any other specific talent his players have or don't have. He sees LB, CB, SS, FS, DE, DT, etc. etc.
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