Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Bob Sutton will have to deal not having Sean Smith to start the season while the starting cornerback serves a three-game suspension.
Sutton said the play of young cornerbacks Phillip Gaines and rookie Marcus Peters could help the secondary survive Smith's absence.
"We're moving in the right direction," Sutton said, via ESPN.
"We've rolled a lot of guys through there and looked at different combinations of guys and I think all of them have performed pretty good. I think we feel pretty good about where we are at corner.