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?

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by threebag02

I would rather roll with the kids, let them grow, than stick with the shit we’ve trotted out this year

That doesn’t work when you suddenly put in two rookies in Week 16 when they have barely gotten any playing time all season.

The move should have been made earlier in the season when the stakes are not as high and the Chiefs could live with their inevitable rookie mistakes/growing pains.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Idk what you guys want from the kid. This is as good of coverage as it gets. He even turned his head at the right time and got his hands up.
This was just a perfect throw mixed with luck.

A pass of this nature is kind of like the crane kick from Karate Kid.

If do right, no can defense.

[oldman]

I'm going to give Ward mixed reviews. He looked totally lost in the 1st half, but he did as well or better than Scandrick has in the 2nd half. What is inexcusable is that he didn't know the signals. Either the signals are too hard or he isn't paying attention on the sidelines during both practice or the games.

[Flying High D]

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[petegz28]

Originally Posted by threebag02

I would rather roll with the kids, let them grow, than stick with the shit we’ve trotted out this year

Thing is, had they done this 5 or 6 games ago then maybe they are playing a lot better....

[threebag]

Did they really play any worse than Parker and Co?

[BigRedChief]

Ward was in a good defensive position. They were just awesome throws.

[Coach]

This type of a move should had been done in the first weeks to middle of the season, not right in the thick of trying to clinch the AFC West and HFA.

I'm sorry, the timing of this whole thing was just shit. Andy's team management is on par on his clock/game management. Which is just dog shit.

[Tornado]

Originally Posted by Coach

This type of a move should had been done in the first weeks to middle of the season, not right in the thick of trying to clinch the AFC West and HFA.

I'm sorry, the timing of this whole thing was just shit. Andy's team management is on par on his clock/game management. Which is just dog shit.

y-i-p

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

"Never in his life". Makes sense actually since he probably wasn't alive in 2003.

Right, he looks very dissuaded from Sutton I wonder who got in his head?

[Flying High D]

Will Bob be at the dinner party tomorrow night at Q39? You know he isn’t doing anything job related. Hasn’t all year why start now?

[greg63]

What Bob Sutton should do is work for the Chargers, Raiders or Broncos.

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Idk what you guys want from the kid. This is as good of coverage as it gets. He even turned his head at the right time and got his hands up.
This was just a perfect throw mixed with luck.

Psh- he should have held him! That's what I'd have done!

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Idk what you guys want from the kid. This is as good of coverage as it gets. He even turned his head at the right time and got his hands up.

This was just a perfect throw mixed with luck.

Wilson couldn’t have placed it any better. Perfect throw.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Idk what you guys want from the kid. This is as good of coverage as it gets. He even turned his head at the right time and got his hands up.
This was just a perfect throw mixed with luck.

Heh - more like turned his head upward since the ball was coming straight down out of the sky. But I'll take it.

No way a throw and catch like that is repeatable. I don't care how good Wilson is at them. With that coverage - that attempt and catch is probably good 10% of the time.