Bob Sutton "felt like we had to do something"

[Chief Roundup]

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I will admit—when I learned Kansas City Chiefs decided to suddenly “play some young guys” on Sunday night in their 38-31 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with an ability to clinch (no exaggeration) three weeks off on the line, it did not make a ton of sense to me.

Kendall Fuller could not play after he was ruled on the wrong side of a game-time decision, and the Chiefs benched Ron Parker and Orlando Scandrick in favor of Daniel Sorensen and two 22-year-olds, Charvarius Ward and Tremon Smith.

The timing couldn’t have been more odd. It was unprecedented, but the Chiefs were seeing what we all saw: something had to change.

“I think we just felt like we had to do something to get some juice going,” Chiefs defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, the head man in charge of the league’s No. 31 defense, according to yards allowed per game, said Thursday. “We only had so many places we could have changed, and [Ward] was one of them. I think Charvarius has got great speed. He brings speed to the defense, and that’s helpful. He’s a young, young guy, and that’s a big task to ask of him, but that’s why I thought he did a good job from the competitive nature.”

It’s fair to presume the Chiefs wanted Fuller and Nelson to start with Ward as their third option in nickel looks. When Fuller couldn’t go, that plan changed.

“You ended up with two young guys,” Sutton said. “But that’s the NFL, too. You just got to roll, you know? Sometimes you don’t have all your guys.”

Based upon Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s Monday conference call, Wednesday presser and Sutton’s thoughts on Thursday, the Chiefs were pleased with their decision, one Sutton admitted Thursday had been in the works for a few weeks.

“First, the physical ability has to be there,” defensive backs coach Al Harris said Thursday. “Then they can pick up the things mentally. For young players, more than likely, the mental aspect is the bigger picture to where you can go out there and he is not blowing coverages or anything like that.”

The Chiefs felt Ward showed that trait.

Although he wasn’t perfect—he took two defensive pass interference penalties and was beaten by a veteran receiver in Doug Baldwin in a critical play toward the end of the game—he offered enough, according to Sutton, to make the Chiefs feel good about their decision.

“He had a couple tough plays at the end,” Sutton said. “Those were tough plays. They were great throws. He was about as close as you could get to a man, but you got to make the plays, too. I thought, overall, he did a pretty good job for a first time out there. Russel’s a really good quarterback, very accurate, so I thought overall, he did a pretty good job out there.”

Asked if Ward would play moving forward on Wednesday, Reid answered in the affirmative.

“Yeah, potentially,” Reid said. “We’ll just see how that goes, but yeah, I’d tell you that he did some nice things there. Some things he can learn from too. He was in position to make some plays and now you’ve got to go up and get the ball out there.”

The signs are that Ward will get another crack when the Chiefs have their third chance to win the AFC West Sunday at home against Oakland. The coaches certainly feel he will make the most of it.

It is not ideal, but everybody can agree something had to be done.


We should not forget Al Harris when we talk about this position group.
So it appears we will be rolling with the rookies at least one more week.
Glad to see that Sutton will bench players for rookies. It just seems like a horrible time to be doing that especially with the horrible play of the rookies.
Is this what Allen Bailey was really talking about in his interview where he said that about the back end?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

I thought Ward did pretty good against a very good QB/WR. He definitely knows how to tackle. A couple of those throws were undefendable.

Have to hand it to Andy for doing something drastic.

He definitely deserves more playing time going forward.

[chinaski]

Take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[ptlyon]

How come when I read that I envisioned Bob as uncle Billy in It's A Wonderful Life

[Fish]

So they ****ed up the medical designation of their best defensive back in a game that could have clinched home field advantage?

JFC. Sutton is a dunce. GTFO.

[RealSNR]

Ward is nothing more than depth/JAG going forward, but he wasn't the issue against the Seahawks.

The fact that the team was throwing ****ing darts at the overall problem is the real issue.

God, I love Mahomes. I love watching him play. But if Sutton is here next year, it's going to really make it difficult for me to watch these ****ing games knowing how good this team could actually be if Reid would quit letting his loyalties get in the way of winning something

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

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Although he wasn’t perfect—he took two defensive pass interference penalties and was beaten by a veteran receiver in Doug Baldwin in a critical play toward the end of the game—he offered enough, according to Sutton, to make the Chiefs feel good about their decision.

...yeah, it worked like a charm.

Glad they feel good about losing a game they were favored by 6.5 points with HFA on the line...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Drew Brees is going to shred this defense. Hope Mahomes has 8TDs in his belt

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

Drew Brees is going to shred this defense. Hope Mahomes has 8TDs in his belt

If we don't get pressure on him. His completion percentage drops below 60% when under pressure. His QBR drops 27.7 points.

[Jimmya]

From my Eagles buddies "“the city of brotherly love”. Fans and the media were tired of hearing “that’s on me” and “I’ve got to do a better job” at press conferences. The anger toward the team was building, and owner Jeffrey Lurie decided on December 31st, 2012 to relieve Reid of the team’s head coaching duties."

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

Drew Brees is going to shred this defense. Hope Mahomes has 8TDs in his belt

If we get the opportunity to have Brees shred our defense, we will have had an enormously successful season. So bring it on.

[dlphg9]

Lies! God damn illuminati paid Reid to play the rooks and in return Reid gets to eat free at Dennys for the rest if his life.

[jcarp]

Originally Posted by DaFace

If we get the opportunity to have Brees shred our defense, we will have had an enormously successful season. So bring it on.

This is true, and fans should not be so greedy to think otherwise.

[chiefzilla1501]

Sutton never addresses the media.

Maybe some good news from this....
Sutton sounds a little helpless. Which hopefully means he knows he's part of the problem.
Reid has his fingerprints on all of this. Which hopefully means he knows the problem.
Sutton addressed the media. Which probably means hunt or Reid know the public is pissed.

I hope... God, I hope.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Sutton never addresses the media.

Maybe some good news from this....
Sutton sounds a little helpless. Which hopefully means he knows he's part of the problem.
Reid has his fingerprints on all of this. Which hopefully means he knows the problem.
Sutton addressed the media. Which probably means hunt or Reid know the public is pissed.

I hope... God, I hope.

Those guys are fully aware the defense is the achilles heal of this team, they see it every week and get to go over the film and re-live it.

But like any other coaches they arent goingto trash the players or assistant coaches to the media regardless of what they think.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Jimmya

From my Eagles buddies "“the city of brotherly love”. Fans and the media were tired of hearing “that’s on me” and “I’ve got to do a better job” at press conferences. The anger toward the team was building, and owner Jeffrey Lurie decided on December 31st, 2012 to relieve Reid of the team’s head coaching duties."

What about "Times Yours" and all of the throat clearing and what not?