Acker plays tight coverage a nd does a great job o f playing the ball to avoid pen alties.

He’s had some hick-ups, but, on Sunday, he was clearly better than Gaines. Kenneth A cke r : A former 6 th round pick of the 49ers, Acker was acquired for a conditional 7 th round pick. Dirty Dan has gone from a guy fans wanted replaced to someone whose skill-set is valued and appreciated. He mak e s big plays on spe cial teams and timely hits on defense. While Gaines struggled mightily on Sunday, a couple ‘free’ guys played pretty well:ĭani e l Soren s on : Sorenson has become a household name for Chiefs fans.

Jenkins is a veteran, known to be a decent run stuffer, but not much of a pass rusher, he’s last on the depth chart, but still came up with two solo tackles on Sunday.Ĭhiefs secondary has been banged up all year and Peters, Steven Nelson and Phillip Gaines have all missed time. Jarvis Jen kins : Jenkins is another former 2 nd round pick (Redskins), he started the season with the Jets, but they had a lot of depth on Dline so they ended up letting him go. Reyes had three tackles, all solo and one sack along with a pass defensed. Chiefs signed him on the open market shortly after he was cut. Kendell R eyes : Reyes is a former 2 nd round pick (Chargers) who started the season with the Redskins. Only Justin Houston had more tackles for a loss (5). Tha t w as good for fourth-most tackl e s on the team (behind Justin Houst on, Eric Berry and DJ). He h ad six ta ckles on Sunday, five solo and two for a loss. They originally spent a 6 th round pick on him, b u t his return to the roster this year came from the practice squad where any team co uld have grabbed him. Rakee m Nunez Rochez: a guy Chief s essentially got f or free. By the end of the game, Chiefs had 4 healthy DL. By the end of the game on Sunday, Chiefs were down to two he althy guys on defense who’d begun the season as starters: Eric Berry and Ron Parker plus Derrick Johnson was limping around, Marcus Peters was playing hurt and Justin Houston just got back from InjuredReservee and was playing the second half with a shoulder injury. It’s not alway s pretty, but it runs, and it’s mostly functioning with “free” parts. Good description of where this Chiefs defense is. In the end, he has himself a free Cadi, but it’s all made of mismatched parts.

He does it one piece at a time over a number of years. Bob Sutton’s Johnny Cash Cadillac DefenseĪll the injurie s on def e nse got m e thinking a bout an old Johnny Cash song from 1976 : “ One P iece At A Time.” In the song, Cash tells the tale of a man who steals a Cadillac while working on an assembly line.

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