Ian Rappaport - Chiefs fire defensive coordinator Bob Sutton

[ghost]

Much maligned Bob Sutton. I thought his defense in the AFCCG was terrific.

He put up a five man defensive fronts as looks, mixed his coverages & blitzes, along with a dime packages, all which paid dividends.



That said, there are rumors of Rex Ryan coming in as D.C. for Andy Reid. That would be a seriously interesting team.

[captaind]

I thought he saved his job with that playoff performance. Much better than the regular season. They must have already made up their minds.

[UglyTruth]

[Heatmiser]

Bradley's entire defense is based on zone. That is what got them to the Patriots game. I know Tony Homo repeated it like a mantra all game, but how effective would the chargers be in changing their entire defensive concept with a severely injured LB core in one week? Brady and Rivers always fare well against the cover 2/3 zone defense. Also the Chargers did not execute the defense well (missed tackles, confused assignments, etc) and it is the one they played every week. How well would they have executed a totatlly different defense?

Sutton is a Ryan protege, I think. So bringing in Ryan makes sense in that the scheme would not be changed. But honestly, how well will Ryan get along with Reid? Will his ego allow him to just be the DC? I guess if he thinks it is his ticket to another head coaching job, Ryan might do it.

TG

[ghost]

Bradley's entire defense is based on zone. That is what got them to the Patriots game. I know Tony Homo repeated it like a mantra all game, but how effective would the chargers be in changing their entire defensive concept with a severely injured LB core in one week? Brady and Rivers always fare well against the cover 2/3 zone defense. Also the Chargers did not execute the defense well (missed tackles, confused assignments, etc) and it is the one they played every week. How well would they have executed a totatlly different defense?

Sutton is a Ryan protege, I think. So bringing in Ryan makes sense in that the scheme would not be changed. But honestly, how well will Ryan get along with Reid? Will his ego allow him to just be the DC? I guess if he thinks it is his ticket to another head coaching job, Ryan might do it.

TG

Seems like a terrible marriage. Two Alpha personalties, Andy will hire a quieter D.C. coach without so much bluster, IMO. Steve Spagnolo seems a better fit.

[Coachmarkos]

Sutton is 11 years older than Ryan, so I don't know if he's a Ryan disciple, other than he worked for him.

He always seemed to call good gameplans against the chargers, is all I can say for the guy.

[ghost]

Sutton is 11 years older than Ryan, so I don't know if he's a Ryan disciple, other than he worked for him.

He always seemed to call good gameplans against the chargers, is all I can say for the guy.

Drove me crazy that Rex Ryan took Marty's system to New York and drafted an offensive front line with Eric Mangold & D'Brickashaw Ferguson, hired Marty's son Brian to run it and beat the Patriots in the playoffs with Shonn Greene and LT running the ball.

[Boltjolt]

Bradley's entire defense is based on zone. That is what got them to the Patriots game. I know Tony Homo repeated it like a mantra all game, but how effective would the chargers be in changing their entire defensive concept with a severely injured LB core in one week? Brady and Rivers always fare well against the cover 2/3 zone defense. Also the Chargers did not execute the defense well (missed tackles, confused assignments, etc) and it is the one they played every week. How well would they have executed a totatlly different defense?

Sutton is a Ryan protege, I think. So bringing in Ryan makes sense in that the scheme would not be changed. But honestly, how well will Ryan get along with Reid? Will his ego allow him to just be the DC? I guess if he thinks it is his ticket to another head coaching job, Ryan might do it.

TG

Its not like we have never blitzed before or ever played man before. And we actually did play man in the second half just didnt blitz. These guys have been playing football their whole lives, doing some else like man coverage isnt foreign to them.

[richpjr]

Its not like we have never blitzed before or ever played man before. And we actually did play man in the second half just didnt blitz. These guys have been playing football their whole lives, doing some else like man coverage isnt foreign to them.

The problem is that the game was over by the second half. It took WAY too long to adjust to what they were doing, and it's kind of sad that we were so predictable that they came up with a game plan that we had no answer for. Some of it was his hands being tied by having all our linebackers hurt. But I just struggle with daring Brady to pick apart a zone, because the results were pretty predictable.