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Steve Spagnuolo: “We want to make those plays” on run defense

Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was on the hot seat on Monday when he took his turn with the media following the Chiefs’ 31-24 loss to the Houston Texans.

Since the team had given up 192 rushing yards to the Texans, it wasn’t surprising that the subject of the run defense came up — at one point expressed in a question about missed tackles on the perimeter being a concern.

”I’m with you. There’s a concern there,” replied Spagnuolo. “Look, we talk about it all the time. You get to this point of the year, it’s really hard in a practice setting; we don’t tackle live.