KANSAS CITY, Mo.
In mid-November, Chiefs defensive end Allen Bailey was well on his way toward a career year.
The 26-year-old not only led all Chiefs defensive linemen in snaps — an indicator of how much the coaching staff trusts him — but he also was on track to finish with 62 tackles, nine sacks and four forced fumbles, which would have easily been career highs.
“Definitely, I was in my groove,” Bailey said. “I was definitely playing pretty (darn) good.”
It was clearly the kind of campaign Chiefs general manager John Dorsey had in mind when he inked Bailey to a four-year, $24 million extension during Novevmber 2014 that kept him from hitting free agency.