After his team’s 34-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, everyone’s been talking about Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.
In his film review published in these pages on Tuesday, our Ron Kopp detailed multiple instances in Sunday’s game where the defense failed to adjust to how Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and rookie wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase were carving up the Kansas City secondary — and in particular, the third-and-27 play late in the fourth quarter, where Spagnuolo called an all-out blitz, leaving Chase one-on-one with Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward down the right sideline.