The alleged victim in the February 2018 incident involving
former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt initially wanted to press charges.
Now
Eric Murray
Jersey , 19-year-old Abby Ottinger simply wants to be left alone.A
comprehensive review of the situation conducted by ESPN’s included an effort to
speak to Ottinger. A member of her family told ESPN on Wednesday that “the whole
incident has been very difficult for her and that all she wants now is her
privacy.”This means that Hunt most likely won’t face criminal charges.
Ottinger’s lack of cooperation, however, won’t keep the NFL from taking action
against Hunt, because the evidence of what Hunt did appears on a video that the
NFL was unable to obtain, but TMZ wasn’t.Some league insiders have speculated
that Hunt and Ottinger reached a settlement. However, Hunt’s explanation from a
Sunday interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters created the impression that Hunt
doesn’t know much if anything about Ottinger, making a settlement unlikely
(unless it was handled largely if not exclusively by Hunt’s lawyer). Others have
suggested that Ottinger had a change of heart once she realized that the facts
of the case would include an allegation that she directed racial slurs at
Rayshawn Watkins, a friend and former teammate of Hunt’s.Regardless, the account
from ESPN creates a clear impression that management at the hotel where Hunt had
leased an apartment was motivated to protect Hunt, and that police weren’t
motivated to do much of anything, other than defer to hotel management.
29-year-old Derek Szeto, a bystander who sensed that the hotel wasn’t taking the
situation seriously and “was acting
weird
Kendall Fuller
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his interactions with hotel officials and refusing to surrender it to police.At
a time when the NFL has absorbed plenty of criticism for its investigation of
the situation, it’s clear based on the ESPN report that the hotel and police
didn’t seem to be all that inclined in getting to the truth, which necessarily
made it much harder for the NFL to figure out what had transpired.Chiefs vs.
Jaguars: How the Chiefs defense beats Jacksonville It’s Friday at Arrowhead
Pride, so we’re moving on from the victory over the Denver Broncos, and moving
on to the Kansas City Chiefs’ matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week
4!Most headlines this week will be dominated by the Chiefs’ league-best offense
against the vaunted Jaguars defense, but it’s the other side of the of this
matchup that might be where the game is really decided — boasting a run-heavy
offense and a short passing game, the Jaguars match up well with where the
Chiefs are weakest.So like every week, I went down to The Laboratory to take a
look at what the opposition’s offense looks like, some matchups and tendencies
that they like to exploit and what the Chiefs defense can do to try to stop them
on Sunday.The Jaguars offenseReinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsNo longer just a
punchline from The Good Place, quarterback Blake Bortles has had a decent start
this year, averaging 273 yards a game passing — with seven touchdowns and three
interceptions. However, he’s been more miss than hit on the road in the regular
season in the past couple
seasons
Sammy Watkins
Jersey , averaging just 91 yards passing with 0.77 touchdowns and one
interception per game. At running back, the Jaguars will be without starter
Leonard Fournette, but they still have a capable back in T.J. Yeldon. While he
doesn’t quite have the same balance or ability to break tackles, Yeldon catches
the ball well and hits the hole with speed. Jacksonville will mix in a heavy
dose of Corey Grant as well.We should expect to see a ton of carries from the
Jaguars backfield.At wide receiver, the Jaguars feature former Indianapolis
Colts receiver Donte Moncrief — a productive pass catcher — and 2017 undrafted
free agent Keelan Cole, who is a solid route runner with good hands. In the
slot, Dede Westbrook does a lot of damage underneath attacking the center of the
field. While it’s not the most talented group the Chiefs will face this year,
all of them are solid in their individual roles.At tight end, the Jaguars use a
number of two tight end sets with Austin Seferian-Jenkins and former Chief James
O’Shaughnessy. Jenkins is the better pass catcher, but O’Shaughnessy has found
success finding the seams in the zone this year. Third tight end Niles Paul may
also see some targets out of 13 personnel as well.The Jaguars offensive line
added Andrew Norwell from the Carolina Panthers this offseason to bolster their
interior. Brandon Linder and A.J. Cann round out the rest of a good interior.
Josh Wells and Jermey Parnell are unknown names that have had some success this
year but will be lined up opposite their biggest test of the year in Justin
Houston and Dee Ford.How to defendExploiting the middle of Cover 3 zoneI
regularly pick on the Chiefs for not taking care of their zone responsibilities,
and the Jaguars will try to do so as well. They picked apart the New York Jets
Cover 3 looks last week with lots of clear-out routes and varying crossing
depths.On this play, the Jaguars utilize multiple stressors to pull players out
of position. The play action keeps both of the hook defenders in the
box
Anthony Hitchens
Jersey , reading the running back. Both outside receivers run 9 routes to
clear the boundary defenders. After the play action, both players lined up in
the backfield run routes into the flats. The slot receiver runs a dig with acres
of space to work.The hook defenders aren’t able to gain enough depth to take
away the throw due to the run action freezing them initially, the apex defenders
aren’t able to get more depth on their zones due to the routes in the flats, and
the boundary corners have to respect the vertical routes. The deep safety
doesn’t have a chance to make a play on this pass either, due to his
depth.That’s fantastic play design attacking the hole in a Cover 3 shell.The
Jaguars will attack the underneath zone as well.This play is designed to get the
boundary wide receiver in space by running a clearout with the field receiver
and having the two tight ends run a curl/slant combo to occupy the hook
defenders. The result is a rub/pick by the near tight end — with no apex
defender to cover the field flat and the boundary corner having to run with the
wide receiver.The Jaguars do a great job scheming receivers open and finding the
weak spots in the zone defense when teams feel like they have to deploy it. The
Chiefs haven’t done well with flowing and passing in their zone responsibilities
as it is, so expect Jacksonville to target the center of the field with digs and
crossers to exploit the space left behind by stressing these zone defenders.From
the Chiefs’ perspective, the hope would be to run the preferred man coverage
schemes to try to press — thereby throwing off the timing off on the underneath
crossing routes, and denying Jacksonville the opportunity to scheme holes in the
zone.Misdirection and RPOsJacksonville isn’t necessarily a team with an
innovative offense, but they like to toss in enough creativity to force defenses
to respect all their looks. Here’s a fun RPO that they threw at the New England
Patriots a couple weeks ago.Out of 21 personnel in a 3x1 alignment, they line
Grant up as the back man in a bunch formation with Yeldon next to Bortles. Grant
circle motions behind Bortles while he reads the Patriots strong-side defensive
end.If the defensive end stays wide and tracks Grant, Bortles will hand the ball
off to Yeldon on the outside zone run. If the defensive end collapses on the
run, Bortles will pull the ball and throw the swing pass to Grant. The defensive
end collapses and the Jaguars offensive line is hat-for-hat blocking to that
side of the
field
Mitchell
Schwartz Jersey , springing Yeldon for a giant gain.It’s an excellent play
call that forces lighter boxes or open receivers and really puts the defense in
a bind. In this scenario, the defense has to win a matchup on the weak side to
stop this play, as they don’t have the numbers. The weak-side defensive end or
tackle needs to gain penetration or delay a second level block while the
linebacker beats the guard to the gap to stop the run.Bortles windupBortles has
always had a long throwing motion, but he’s been working on it this year.
Still... it’s long enough to anticipate and jump the throw in the front.Here,
Avery Williamson stunts on his blitz, but the offensive line picks up the stunt.
He knows he’s not getting home on the rush, so rather than continuing to engage
the center and make no progress, he drops into the throwing lane, sees Bortles
slow windup, and gets his hands in the lane to bat the ball into the air. This
results in an easy pick for the Jets secondary.Sutton should be stressing this
long throwing motion this week — and keying on it — with his pass rushers. While
the outcome might not be as fortunate as this play, batted balls and occupying
those lanes may cause Bortles to hold the ball a beat longer, allowing the
Chiefs pass rush to get home more regularly.The bottom lineWhile Bortles and the
Jacksonville offense don’t exactly strike fear into the hearts of most
defenses
Juan
Thornhill Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , their game plan is not a good
matchup for the Chiefs defense.The Jaguars have a proven willingness to stick
with the run and take the air completely out of the game — something that the
Denver Broncos did well against the Chiefs defense this last week. The Jaguars
will stick with it, too.The Jaguars also attack the areas of the Chiefs defense
that are poorest in coverage — crossing routes from wide receivers, tight ends
up the seams and running backs in the flat. If the Chiefs defense does find a
way to get themselves in good down and distance situations, the Jaguars may
still be able to dig themselves out with these kinds of passes.The Chiefs need
to lean on their man defense as much as possible this week, and press to disrupt
some of these timing routes. The Chiefs edge rushers have been ramping up the
pressure over the past couple of weeks, and Bortles will take some silly sacks
instead of throwing the ball away. If Dee Ford is a full go this weekend, I
think we could see him do some damage to the Jacksonville passing game.If the
Chiefs can stop the run on early downs (please tackle) and force Bortles and
company into throwing more, they’ve got a shot to stop the Jaguars offense — one
that hasn’t been great away from home — and give the ball back to the Chiefs
offense.
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