PHOENIX — As the Super Bowl neared, Steve Spagnuolo called Jaylen Watson into his office for corrections.
The Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator implored his seventh-round rookie cornerback to be more physical on the blitz.
Then, the coach whom players affectionately call “Spags” took a moment to play off the ball. To step back and remind Watson the route along which he’d traveled here.
“I brought him back there and said: ‘Do you remember what it was like? Don’t forget that,’” Spagnuolo told Yahoo Sports on Monday. “Things are really, really, really good now.