Kansas City Chiefs: Kudos to John Dorsey and Bob Sutton

Charcandrick West filled in well for the injured Jamaal Charles and Spencer Ware and if neither are available next week I have faith that a combination of West and Darrin Reaves (currently on the practice squad) can get the job done. How many other NFL teams could continue to operate their offense the same way when down to their third and fourth string running backs?

Then there is the success of Dorsey’s draft picks. It would be easy to make a case against Dorsey with two of his draft picks from this past May (third-rounder KeiVarae Russell and fifth-rounder Kevin Hogan) already on other teams, but the bottom line is this team is loaded with Dorsey’s picks that are making key contributions.

Chris Jones looks like a force of nature on the defensive line. Tyreek Hill may end up being one of the most electric playmakers taken in his entire draft class. Parker Ehinger has already shown promise as a starting offensive lineman and D.J. White and Dadi Nicolas look like they have promising careers ahead of them as well.

Besides the recent departures of Russell and Hogan, the other big knock against Dorsey’s drafting had been the use of a first-round pick on Dee Ford. Most of us were either close to labeling Ford a complete bust or had already done so months ago. Now Ford leads the team with seven sacks and as I am typing this that is tied for fourth best in all the NFL. Ford isn’t a perfect player but if he can consistently apply that kind of pressure then if/when they get Justin Houston back healthy they will have one of the best pass rushing duos in all the NFL.

This is arguably one of the most complete rosters from top to bottom in the NFL and John Dorsey deserves recognition for that. To have a team that has had these kind of injuries sitting at 5-2 and still looking like they can match up talent wise is truly impressive.

Now let’s take a moment to give some credit to Bob Sutton.