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Film review: How the Chiefs’ run defense can — and must — improve

The Kansas City Chiefs are not going to miss (or lose) the Super Bowl because they don't have a great run defense. They can, however, certainly come up short of those championship aspirations by having a league-worst run defense — which is what they have been through two weeks.

In this film review, we will examine what went wrong on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, along with and if — and how — it can be fixed.

Lack of gap discipline and control

Once a defense has stacked up negative play after negative play, defenders can lose the trust that their teammates will do their jobs.