Daniel Kilgore might have a good idea of what he’s in for in Sunday’s match-up against the New York Jets. The San Francisco 49ers center has dealt with Todd Bowles before, when the Jets head coach was the defensive coordinator in Arizona.
The Cardinals defense was one of the top defenses in the league during Bowles’s two years, unless they were playing the 49ers of course. Even then the team managed to have a decent pass rush combined with a stellar secondary that gave offenses fits.
Now that Bowles is the head coach of the Jets, Kilgore was asked about the similarity between the two defenses:
“It’s very similar.