What have you done for me lately?
That’s the name of the game in the National Football League. Week to week, perceptions change. Teams change. Units change. In recent weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense — albeit against what was sometimes lesser competition — has looked vastly improved from the work they put on film during the opening weeks of the 2021 season.
The hope is that as the playoffs approach, this is yet another season where coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s defense gradually improves — and there are plenty of good reasons to believe it really will.