Confession: I’ve called out Bob Sutton on this very site numerous times. I’ve said he doesn’t get after his players enough, doesn’t motivate them enough, doesn’t make in game adjustments enough. I’ve been hard on him but I have to give credit where credit is due. Bob Sutton has been great these past three weeks.
The Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints, and Indianapolis Colts are all among the highest scoring offenses in the NFL. Combined, they are averaging over 27 points per game on the season. Against the Chiefs defense the past three weeks they have averaged just 15 points per game. That is impressive.
As I am typing this Sunday night the Chiefs currently rank 8th in the NFL in points per game allowed with a 19.6 point average. That is impressive enough by itself but when you factor in that five of KC’s seven games have come against the top eleven scoring teams in the NFL (SD, NO, Oak, Indy, and Pit) it becomes that much more note worthy.
Then when you factor in that they have done it without their best pass rusher and a revolving door of young inexperienced cornerbacks opposite Marcus Peters and there simply is no way to not give some credit to Bob Sutton.