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Kansas City Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed put together an impressive performance against the Green Bay Packers in Week 9.
Sneed hadn’t seen the same type of success this season as he had during his rookie year, but on Sunday he made an impressive return to form. It caught the attention of his head coach, who said the performance was as impressive as he’s seen during Sneed’s young career.
“Sneed had probably his best game as a young player coming in here as a Chief,” Andy Reid told reporters on Monday. “He had a big pass breakup down toward the end zone, a big interception going in there.”
According to Pro Football Focus, Sneed had nine passes thrown into his coverage by Packers QB Jordan Love. Of those nine passes, he allowed just five catches for 42 yards on the day. He managed two passes defended and had an impressive interception against the Packers’ top wideout Davante Adams.
“We know he is their go-to guy,” Sneed told reporters after the game. “Coach Spags was yelling at us all throughout the week to make sure to take him out and make sure he doesn’t catch the ball.”
Film study played a part in Sneed’s preparation this week too. On his interception, he knew exactly the type of play that was coming and where he needed to be in order to make a play on the ball.
“I knew it was coming because the wide receiver splits were that close. It knew it was going to be a type of rub route, so I tried to make sure I stuck to him and got my head back around.”
The same thing goes for his pass defended that occurred a few plays later, Sneed knew exactly which route was coming because he saw the signal that Love gave to his receiver ahead of the snap.
“I knew that was coming too,” Sneed said. “I saw the signal he gave the receiver.”
Sneed allowed just a 28.2 passes rating when targeted on the day. His impressive performance was a subplot to an overall triumph by the Kansas City defense. While Sneed acknowledged there was a lot of work still to be done on that side of the ball, he also acknowledge the importance of their play in this game.
“It was very important,” Sneed explained. “We just have to keep doing it from here. We know what we can do and what this takes. We’ll keep doing it.”
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