BronxRik Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Spags to the Chiefs: The Kansas City Chiefs spent just two days without a defensive coordinator. Just over 50 hours after firing Bob Sutton in the wake of its AFC Championship Game defeat, Kansas City announced it hired Steve Spagnuolo as its next defensive coordinator. NFL Network's Mike Garafolo first reported the news. Spagnuolo spent 2018 out of football after serving three years with the New York Giants as defensive coordinator and interim head coach. Among the highlights on Spags' lengthy resume: Giantsdefensive coordinator (2007-08), Rams head coach (2009-11) and Saints defensive coordinator (2012). The 59-year-old coach also previously coached defensive backs and linebackers under Chiefs coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia from 1999 to 2006. In Kansas City, Spagnuolo inherits one of the league's worst defenses statisically. The Chiefs finished 31st in yards per game (405.5) and passing YPG (273.4), 27th in rushing YPG (132.1) and 24th in points allowed per game (26.3) and 26th in Football Outsiders' Defensive DVOA. Kansas City boasts a ferocious pass rush with Justin Houston, Chris Jones and free agent-to-be Dee Ford leading the charge, but is lacking in the secondary. Spags' Giants defenses from 2015 to 2017 experienced one stellar season in 2016, when it allowed the second-fewest points in the league and propelled Big Blue to the playoffs, and two underwhelming campaigns in which they ranked 32nd in yards allowed per game in 2015 and 31st in 2017. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001013167/article/chiefs-hire-steve-spagnuolo-as-defensive-coordinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 at least he has some pass rushers to work with. He's done well when he's had a pass rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well guess when you want to get rid of a bend and break defense, you hire the man who mastered the bend and break defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringe Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Good for him. I think he'll thrive with Andy. Won't need to plan a defense that is on the field 45 min a game. I had heard they were interested in Foot Fetish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 They already have one of the lowest ranked defenses in the league, so Spags won't have to work his magic too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well guess when you want to get rid of a bend and break defense, you hire the man who mastered the bend and break defense. Spags was great for us... it didn't help he had shit in terms of talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Spags was great for us... it didn't help he had shit in terms of talent. Spagsuace defensive rankings his last 7 years; 29,19,22,32,32,10,31 Average of 25th ranked defence across three different teams with multiple levels of talent. He didnt have "shit talent", he's a shit coordinator without having one of the best DEs in the NFL on his team. In 2012 the Saints had the worst defense in the NFL with him at the helm, in 2013 after he was fired and replaced with Rob Ryan, they were top 5 in the NFL. I'm glad he struck his magic with the Giants and ONLY the Giants, but he isnt a good defensive coordinator by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 He's flawed. He knows how to take advantage of pass rushing talent. But that's the extent of it. Sometimes, that's good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Good for Spags and hopefully this is an opportunity to get his career back on track in the right direction. Been on a rough road since jumping ship to coach a bad Rams team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Spagsuace defensive rankings his last 7 years; 29,19,22,32,32,10,31 Average of 25th ranked defence across three different teams with multiple levels of talent. He didnt have "shit talent", he's a shit coordinator without having one of the best DEs in the NFL on his team. In 2012 the Saints had the worst defense in the NFL with him at the helm, in 2013 after he was fired and replaced with Rob Ryan, they were top 5 in the NFL. I'm glad he struck his magic with the Giants and ONLY the Giants, but he isnt a good defensive coordinator by any means. Humans tend to get better with experience... Spags deserves an opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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