Last season, the Kansas City Chiefs defense generated a lot of discussion because they had difficulty stopping almost any team’s offense — and the Chiefs linebackers caught as much of the blame as any other unit.
Since then, players have been vocal about the confusion they faced in the 3-4 scheme used by former defensive coordinator Bob Sutton — as well as how excited they are to play in new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s more aggressive (and simplified) 4-3 scheme.
Each week last season, there were plenty of examples how Sutton’s scheme might have been slowing down the play of the linebackers — but there were also questions about their skill sets.