Bob Sutton isn’t going anywhere - and here’s why ouple of days ranting about how awful the Kansas City Chiefs defense is going to be in 2018 thanks to its anemic performance against the Chicago Bears in a preseason 27-20 loss on Saturday afternoon.We’ve shouted from the rooftops about how our first-string defense couldn’t handle Chase Daniel and the second-string Bears offense Darwin Thompson Jersey nfl draft , how David Amerson is hot garbage, Orlando Scandrick is washed up and Bob Sutton should have been fired years ago.Here’s the first problem with this narrative: it was a preseason game.Let’s stop acting like it means anything, because it really doesn’t.Here’s the second one: on Saturday, the Chiefs defense in no way, shape or form represented its first string.Eric Berry and Steven Nelson didn’t play at all.Justin Houston and Dee Ford had 11 snaps each.Chris Jones had six.I’m not prepared to argue that David Amerson or Orlando Scandrick are anything more than backups — and on Monday Replica Darwin Thompson Jersey , when Steven Nelson returned to practice after clearing concussion protocol, that’s exactly what they became.That leaves Bob Sutton.Whoo, boy.Bob Sutton.The Chiefs defensive coordinator has been a lightning rod for criticism ever since he arrived in 2013.You’ve heard it.He’s old.The game has passed him by.He’s too soft.He can’t adjust. He only has his job because Andy Reid is famously loyal to his friends.I’ll be happy to agree that in certain games — even in certain seasons — over the past five years, some of those criticisms are justified.No NFL coach is perfect in every game, and Sutton doesn’t get a pass.But Bob Sutton has a job for a reason: because over the five seasons he’s been in Kansas City Stitched Darwin Thompson Jersey , he’s been running one of the most effective defenses in the NFL.The true measure of any defense is how many points it allows — and in the NFL from 2013 through 2017, the Chiefs rank third in points allowed.Let that sink in for a second.Would you like to know how many times Marty Shottenheimer’s vaunted defenses from the early 1990s had a five-year period where they ranked top three in points allowed?None.They came close from from 1989-1993 and from 1990-1994 — when they ranked fourth — but that’s it.In fact, the last time the Chiefs franchise had such a sustained run of defensive success was from 1967 through 1973, when they had three consecutive five-year stretches in which they ranked third in points allowed.I’m well aware — and you should be, too — that in 2017 Darwin Thompson Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , the Chiefs only ranked 15th in points allowed.Should that continue in 2018, then it will be fair to wonder if Sutton has lost his touch.Unless and until that occurs, it’s perfectly reasonable to criticize Sutton.There will undoubtedly be moments where it will be justified.But put away the torches and pitchforks.Bob Sutton isn’t going anywhere. Each practice day, the Kansas City Chiefs will release an official injury report leading up to the next game. The Chiefs host the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.Here is the Chiefs’ second official injury report of the week:PatriotsSome notesSafety Eric Berry was listed as a “full participant” for the second straight day on Thursday. Berry has missed the Chiefs’ last two games (Week 17 and last week against the Colts) due to his lingering heel injury. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid on Berry Thursday: “He’s looked good out there. I see him out there looking like Eric Berry.”Bob Sutton on Berry Thursday: “Won’t know until Sunday probably. He’s back practicing and we all have our hopes that he’s going to be able to make it and we’ll just have to wait and see. We’re practicing a lot of people so in case he can’t go or whatever, we go ... With EB right now Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys Stitched , it’s truly a day-to-day deal, and it’s not coach-talk, that’s just how it is. We just kind of have to go and play each day, plan the practice accordingly and go. We obviously would love to have him out there.”After starting the week as “limited participants” on Wednesday, right guard Laurent Durvernay-Tardif and running back Spencer Ware were upgraded to “full participants” on Thursday. That is a good sign for the weekend.Linebacker Dorian O’Daniel Discount Darwin Thompson Jersey , who missed last week against the Colts, did not practice to start the week. Reid on O’Daniel: “He was rolled up on a couple games back and he was in a pile and someone rolled up on his ankle there.” O’Daniel missed every practice last week and eventually missed the game against the Colts.As of Thursday, the Patriots have nobody on their injury report.
