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Originally Posted by Halfcan
You must have missed the second half of the season last year when the Chiefs managed zero pass rush. To call Ford a backup-must mean that we will have no injuries-which would be nice. Based on last season-he will get a lot of playing time. A team can never have too many pass rushers.
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Houston was basically a non-factor after the third game, then got hurt and Hali was left alone to do what he does - attempt to out work the other guy, all game long.
Without sufficient help, that's going to wear a guy down - even a guy with the tenacity of Hali.
As well, our secondary was absolute dog shit after Flowers started to hobble. The safeties couldn't zone (although, Abdullah made a valiant effort, but it was a day late and a dollar short from a coaching perspective), and our MLB was basically non-existent as DJ was spending his work days trying to cover over on the absence of Houston as well as effectively attempting to do his job as well (with minimal at best support from the other ILB spot).
Basically, what it meant was that once we got through the gauntlet of cheese the first three weeks, defensive coordinators figured out that we didn't have jack dick in terms of speed and length on the defensive side of the ball.
We then got violated.
Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith in their prime couldn't have helped us. (Nor could they have in their prime as it seems.)