Now, can we maybe give it a shot with ‘the lack of Pendergast,’ too?

I don’t get how it is that Chan Gailey got canned but this guy keeps his job.

Fact is, most of the best defenses are doing it, but only a few have the secondary to support it.

There are a few teams with dominant 4-man pass rush who can drop back in zone more effectively. KC isn’t one of those teams.

As I’ve said in other threads, if it’s a Catch-22, I’d as soon pin my ears back and attack. No criticism of Pendergast, there. Cunningham would protect his DBs with a lotta zone, and get burned a little less often for big plays. But I HATE the death by a thousand cuts.

This team is at least a year away from having the talent that’ll make ANY DC look like a keeper.

If they hadn’t switched to 3-4, maybe adding just one pass-rushing DE would’ve tipped the scales, and allowed for a more effective cover-2 scheme. I think we all agree, though, that we HATE cover-2, because we’ve been watching it being executed by a mediocre front 4.

Comin’ off last season, the Chiefs were pretty deep in 4-3 DTs and still in search of Mr. Goodbar at DE. If they’d just gone looking for Mr. Goodbar, MAYbe they’d’ve hit the jackpot with an Orakpo and a FA or two. And it would’ve been the shortest path to competitiveness.

Long term, it’ll probably be easier to acquire talent for the 3-4, because you can select linemen for stout, and not worry so much about your DE playing great in space. But short term, KC blew up the defense, for sure, and it’s become VERY apparent that the transition wasn’t as easy as idiots like me thought it would be.

What’s frustrating is that the 5- and 6-man blitzes aren’t getting it done. Maybe that’s a coordinator thing. I’m open to that. What I see, though, is a 3-4 without a great NT who swallows up 2 or 3 blockers every down.