The Kansas City Chiefs are currently the only undefeated team this season, and they’re attempting to become the first NFL franchise to win three consecutive Super Bowls.
A big reason for the Chiefs’ success is their defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, who has helped sculpt the Chiefs’ identity as a defensive first team. As the Denver Broncos gear up to face the Chiefs, the Super Bowl champion’s defense may keep the Broncos coaching staff up at night just as much as Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes would do.
However, Spags is no fool: he has had his eyes on the Broncos and their surprising start under the quarterback-coach pairing of Bo Nix and Sean Payton. So, as he spoke ahead of the Chiefs and Broncos matchup, Spagnuolo had nothing but good things to say about the Broncos’ rookie quarterback.
“I went back and watched the first game he played in and was – I thought Sean had him doing things that sometimes you say, ‘Do you have a rookie do it in the first game that he plays?’ But yet, there he is doing it,” Spagnuolo said this week, via James Palmer of Underdog Sports. “I just think he’s gotten better every week. He looks more comfortable. You guys see it.
“It’s another athletic quarterback and I think those guys are always headaches because there’s certain things you can and can’t do because you’re afraid that he’s going to make you look bad with his feet and he can do that. I think he’s getting – listen, the guy can throw the football, there’s no doubt about that. They have themselves a good one.”
Those were kind words from Spags, although one might say he’s aiming to soften the rookie quarterback as their matchup looms. Sunday’s game will be regionally televised on CBS (view the TV map).
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