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Chiefs hire Steve Spagnuolo as new defensive coordinator (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=320876)

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Owner Clark Hunt was less worried.

“I trust in Spags,” he’d say later, smiling.

I ****ing love this team.

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 17941519)

I ****ing love this team.

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Bought that shirt last year. Will break it out for the SB.

A few Bills fans on twobills want to hire Spags at Head Coach. LMAO

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Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17941516)

Probably repeating myself, but Spags is the GOAT DC. GREATEST. ALL-TIME.

Probably still Belichick. His defense played a major role in winning 8 rings. But Spags is right up there in the conversation for #2, maybe in the #2 spot by himself. Hopefully the Hall of Fame will eventually give Spags proper recognition for his greatness.

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Originally Posted by DRM08 (Post 17941528)

Bill might have the numbers, but I'll take Spags every day and twice on Sunday.

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Originally Posted by notorious (Post 17941523)

A few Bills fans on twobills want to hire Spags at Head Coach. LMAO

Spags doesn't want to be the Mayor of Munchkin Land.

This is a tweet from Tyler Dunne, ex Buffalo News journalist.

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Chatted with #Bills guard O'Cyrus Torrence about the decisive fourth and 5 play. All game, DC Steve Spagnuolo showed this particular pressure... and backed off. Typically sent heat where the Chiefs *weren't* showing it pre-snap. That's why the Bills slid their protection left.

Big mistake. Legend of Spags grows.

“They set it up. It was like they were waiting to get in that situation all game to bring out that one pressure.”

The guy is a ****ing legend.

Found this YouTube channel about a year ago, former NFL O-Lineman breaking down some of the protections and stuff in the trenches my peanut brain doesn't fully understand. This has been a great watch so far.

Some highlights so far
3:45 Chris Jones gets pretty close, and Josh makes a horrible decision that he should've paid for.
7:38 Justin Reid gets a free rush on Josh, confusion in protection by the Bills after they go to an empty backfield.
11:09 Chiefs D-Line wins the rep so hard. Total chaos in the backfield.
15:02 3rd & 10 at the end of the game, we zero blitz, Josh makes the perfect read, Karlaftis saves this from being 30+ yards or a TD. Amari Cooper loses his footing on the catch and loses his ability to make a good first step and ultimately loses his ability to break this for a ton of yards.
17:40 4th & 5 end of the game. Pretty interesting stuff. 4 receivers to the left vs 3 DBs, the right side of the field is totally overloaded. Conventional wisdom I guess would say to slide protection to the right where you have numbers, and you should be fine. But as we've heard from the Bills O-Lineman, they truly felt like the pressure would come from the left because Spags had been sending pressure opposite from where it looks like it would be coming from all game long. Josh isn't even looking to the right after the ball is snapped, he's completely fooled.
EDIT: After rewatching it a 3rd time, Chris Jones is on that left side. Was that the big reason they slid protection left, to prevent CJ from being able to make the game winning play? Who knows.

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Originally Posted by dlphg9 (Post 17942399)

The guy is a ****ing legend.

The Clint Eastwood of defensive coordinators.

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the beginning of this thread is hilarious

The regular season game was a sandbox for this guy. Just trying random vanilla shit to figure his opponent out.

Amazing coach

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spags' shining moment ✨<br><br>His disguised blitz call led to a 4th down stop <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> fans will never forget<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFLTurningPoint?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NFLTurningPoint</a> on ESPN+ with <a href="https://twitter.com/LRiddickESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LRiddickESPN</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ja9tqmpPYW">pic.twitter.com/Ja9tqmpPYW</a></p>— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLFilms/status/1885066349816189314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Originally Posted by 007 (Post 14070069)

Well shit. Same as it ever was.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 14070076)

Dammit

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 14070080)

Safe and boring. Boring and safe.

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Originally Posted by redfan (Post 14070090)

Dangit. I was hoping for a younger guy.

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Originally Posted by Dante84 (Post 14070094)

We needed someone who can get us to mediocre. Mahomes will do the rest.

Good hire.

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Originally Posted by JakeF (Post 14070095)

You had to figure that Andy would hire a buddy. At least Britt's job is safe. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps almost all of our current Defensive coaches. That will make Andy really happy.

I hope Spagnuolo doesn't suck.

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Originally Posted by RollChiefsRoll (Post 14070097)

Hello darkness, my old friend...

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Originally Posted by dannybcaitlyn (Post 14070101)

****. I guess I’ll be arguing with Chiefzilla the next six years as Spags will probably fail to deliver. He’ll be the 43 version of Sutton bend but don’t break.

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Originally Posted by wazu (Post 14070107)

Gunther Cunningham to Reid’s Greg Robinson.

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Originally Posted by St. Patty's Fire (Post 17944776)

the beginning of this thread is hilarious

Hilarious takes as usual!

I really wonder how Spags is going to dial up the defense for Barkley?

We've been "good" against the run most of the year but had a few games where we were "ehhh".

We haven't faced a back like Barkley this year, but outside of him there's nothing about the Eagles that scares me.

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Originally Posted by TheGuardian (Post 17945770)

It doesn't matter.

It will be like almost every postseason game with Spags.

Give up 100-150 yards rushing and still win.

Because the opponent couldn't convert enough third downs.

The Chiefs defend the pass and stop the quick score in the postseason.

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Originally Posted by TheGuardian (Post 17945770)

but outside of him there's nothing about the Eagles that scares me.

AJ brown scary.