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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy
It certainly is starting to look that way. We will have to see how the rest of the season plays out.
Bolton and Gay have certainly gotten better but the secondary seems to have lost confidence after that Bengals game - not a good sign with playoffs around the corner.
What is good is I'm only basing that secondary statement on one game and there's still a little bit of time to try and get better before playoffs start. What's bad is that one-game i'm basing it on was against one of the worst offenses statistically that NFL has seen in a while, at least it was before the Chiefs game.
Pass rush is still bad. It doesn't seem much better than last years. I do like Dunlap though but no one other Chris Jones at times seems to be a consistent threat to get pressure.
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Last paragraph is the major issue. The best thing for marked improvement is a viable pass rush from the down 4. Do that and every level of the defense will improve, especially the young secondary.
I'd like to add that our Safety play is not very good, especially Justin Reed. He misses far too many tackles. Thornhill isn't much better. Just watch him on that play yesterday where Denver scored a TD on that screen pass. Terrible effort by Thornhill. The Safeties are bad. It's a major issue.