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Bob Sutton says Chiefs defense missed 16-20 turnovers last year

It seemed odd that one of the statistically best secondaries in the NFL only had six interceptions last year. I can't even really explain how the Kansas City Chiefs have such good pass defense numbers yet only have six interceptions. It doesn't add up.

Chiefs defensive coordinator Bob Sutton admitted on Tuesday that some of that was having good luck. He also said that the Chiefs saw 16-20 plays where they should have reasonably intercepted a pass.

"Those are the ones that we dropped," Sutton said. "Like a linebacker dropped one here, a corner dropped one there, a safety dropped one.