The Kansas City Chiefs defense has two big problems right now: they’re not forcing turnovers and they’re not sacking the quarterback. There are a bunch of stats we can go to but I think those are two pretty basic things about a defense and the Chiefs are struggling at both.
The turnovers
Let’s look at turnovers first. Brandon Kiley noted the Chiefs turnovers by year here. Can you guess the one season the Chiefs didn’t make the playoffs under Andy Reid? They’re headed towards that same fate this year.
#Chiefs defensive takeaways through 12 games by year:
2013 - 26
2014 - 10
2015 - 23
2016 - 25
2017 - 14— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) December 4, 2017The Chiefs defense has forced one turnover in the last four games.