The success of the Kansas City Chiefs defense in 2014 has been widely documented.
They finished No. 2 in the NFL in scoring defense, allowing just 17.6 points per game. They didn’t allow a 300-yard passer or even a 50-yard completion all season.
Those numbers are kind of absurd in today’s pass-happy NFL. The Chiefs were the only team in the NFL that could claim either of those statistics, let alone both of them.
One of the reasons for that success was the play of veteran cornerback Sean Smith, who completed one of the best seasons of his career last year.