Part of what distinguished the dignified Bob Sutton as an NFL defensive coordinator was his cordial and cerebral demeanor. West Point background and all, he typically was the calming and refreshing opposite of the drill sergeant caricature.
That, and how it initially resonated with his players, was striking in 2013 amid a 9-0 start by Andy Reid’s first Chiefs team, which gave up a total of 111 points in that span.
When safety Quintin Demps considered how to describe the mild-mannered, even-keeled Sutton, he thought of “brainiac.”
“It’s like lecture classes,” cornerback Dunta Robinson said then.