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Here’s what is left with the old staff on D:

Harris-like I say, could go anyway staying or going. From a past experience with both Reid and Spags I would say he probably has good odds. Or someone like the bengals who are having trouble finding a DC to take their job could hire Harris to their main DB job like Merritt just got in a KC.

Terry Bradden is the current QC coach, one of them last year on D. He came from Bethune Cookman and was a really young Florida HS HC before that. Maybe he follows Sutton to Atlanta. He had a QB/offense coaching background before coming to KC. Might move him to offensive QC if there is a need. Plus to my knowledge he had no Reid, Sutton, or any ties to the chiefs before getting hired. Neither did Jay Valaii coming to KC from Georgia.

Adam Whittingham, his dad Kyle is the longtime HC at Utah. Kyle and Reid are great friends. This Defensive asst role and title he has is entry level and his first coaching experience. He was a special teamer and snapper so he could get slid over to special teams QC or whatever under Toub. Maybe even the personnel dept something like old Ried friend and coach Juan Castillo his kid was a DB at Iowa and UDFA spending the whole camp with KC before final cutdown. Few years later now Reid gets him in personnel to college scouting coordinator, pretty much entry level. Brad Childress’ son Kyle once held the same job in KC. But in Adam’s case I see Reid finding a spot for him somewhere just won’t force it to have him on D if Spags prefers someone else.

Then of course Britt Reid. If I’m Andy I simply want him to humble himself and also praise his growth as he has done a pretty good job. I’d have him assisting both DL and LB with the title of Defensive Asst/Front Seven or whatever just don’t give him the title of asst DL and make it look like a demotion. There’s a big benefit to letting him split time working under Daly and House honing his DL skill even more and starting to learn LB. Either or both of Daly and House could be short term stays to potential promotions out of KC after just one year. In that case it’s very handy to have Britt to go to on the DL or if he’s taken to it and there’s confidence he’s ready for the LB job in the case that House leaves. It would be more of a learning year and not doing as much coaching and not running his own meeting/film room but it would be great for his career and show that he’s unselfish. Something like that is what I’m guessing but like anything else you never know.

That’s the last 4 coaches on D. With no announcements so far and today’s news of Valaii headed to Rutgers I can see Reid giving Spags full control over D staff hires with the agreement that anyone they don’t want to retain they will keep them on the team website looking like they intend to retain them while behind the scenes they are doing this to make them look better while they urge them to search quickly for their next job and don’t have to get fired.

It’s getting closer to the official announcement I would think but that’s my thoughts on what’s holding things up.