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Well, we told you earlier in the week that Steve Spagnolo, the Chiefs defensive coordinator, was having a bad off season.

And by that, I mean this.

He's a complete another professional. He's not moping around, not complaining, not whining,

but he let it be known to his organization that he was not pleased, despite the fact that he

loves it here. He's making a pile of money, and there's been great success. He was not pleased

that they just gutted his defense. And the pieces that remain

are pretty old like Chris Jones. So look, he's not the squeaky wheel. He didn't run around the

entire offseason saying, boy, if you don't do this, if you don't do that, it was never going

to be a chemistry problem. It was not one of those kinds of things. But it was very apparent that

Steve Spagnolo, the Chief's defensive coordinator, was hurt this offseason and thought, wow, okay, this is the way we're going to go. We're going to completely revamp the offense. We're going to get a running game. We're going to change things from homes. And all my players that I've coached for four or five years here that I've gotten into positions where they're really good at what they do, we're not going to pay them. You're going to trade them away or let them go. Okay, nice. So you had to think it wasn't a personal thing for Steve Spagnolo on Thursday night, but certainly an organizational thing that they heard him loud and clear. The chiefs were going to have no chance of stopping anybody if they don't get really serious about fixing their defense. They have signed a couple of free agents that will help,

certainly. And they made a big splash in the NFL draft in round one, trading up for

Mansour Delane out of LSU. Before that, he was at Virginia Tech. This is a player that they expect

to be much better than Trent McDuffie.

Trent McDuffie was a very good corner for the Chiefs.

It's going to say, Monsour Delane is going to be about over the next four years,

it's going to be close to $80, $85 million cheaper than it would have been to have

Trent McDuffie on here.

And remember, there are some dial-up

blitzes. There are some assignments that corners need to learn. But corner is the easiest position

to plug somebody in. Most assignments, you see that guy, cover him. That's it. That's most of being a

cornerback is, you see that guy right there, Cover him. And Monsour Delane is ready for

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