Struggling 耐えるs 長，率いる to Arrowhead Stadium to 直面する the defending 最高の Bowl 支持する／優勝者 長，指導者s
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City 長，指導者s appeared to 直す／買収する，八百長をする many of their Week 1 problems last week in Jacksonville, when All-プロの／賛成の 防御の 取り組む Chris Jones returned from his 抵抗, 星／主役にする tight end Travis Kelce was 支援する on the field に引き続いて a 膝 傷害, and an 罪／違反 that struggled against Detroit looked just a little bit better against the Jaguars.
Sure, they still had a bunch of 刑罰，罰則s. Turnovers remained a problem. The 罪／違反 was still trying to 攻撃する，衝突する its stride.
Yet those 問題／発行するs seem like mere nuisances compared to what's going on in Chicago these days.
As the 耐えるs 準備する to visit the 長，指導者s on Sunday, they are without a 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター に引き続いて Alan Williams' surprising and abrupt 辞職 and their 罪／違反 is embroiled in 論争 after quarterback Josh Fields 非難するd coaching for "robotic" play and then tried rather unsuccessfully to walk 支援する his comments.
So how does 耐えるs coach Matt Eberflus steer a rudderless team going 今後?
"You 焦点（を合わせる） on here and now," he said. "What could we do 権利 now during this time, with the 会合s we had this morning, with the 改良s we're going to make? That's all you can do. Be where your feet are, 焦点（を合わせる）ing on 権利 now."
Chicago 耐えるs quarterback Justin Fields (1) is 解雇（する）d by Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (9) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)
Problem is their feet will be in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, 直面するing the defending 最高の Bowl 支持する／優勝者s. The 耐えるs (0-2) are nearly two-TD underdogs, によれば FanDuel Sportsbook, as they try to snap a 12-game losing streak dating to last season.
"We're going through a 嵐／襲撃する 権利 now," Field said after last week's loss to Tampa Bay. "It's 失望させるing not winning. But I think at the same time, like I said, just take it day by day and not really worry about the past. The past is the past."
It's not as if the 長，指導者s (1-1) are humming along perfectly, 特に on 罪／違反. They turned the ball over three times, committed 12 turnovers for 94 yards and a group of wide receivers that had eight 減少（する）s in their opener against Detroit continued to put the ball on the ground during their 17-9 victory over the Jaguars last week.
"The 失望／欲求不満 is probably more of me and about myself and how the 罪／違反 has been doing," 長，指導者s quarterback Patrick Mahomes said. "Everybody has been having that mentality that we just have to keep working and getting better. The 弁護 has been playing so 井戸／弁護士席. We want to take the 圧力 off them."
COORDINATOR CONCERNS
William said Wednesday he was 辞職するing to take care of his health and his family. Eberflus 計画（する）s to call 防御の plays for the 耐えるs for the second week in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, but that could take some of his time away from helping their struggling 罪／違反.
"I spend time with the 罪／違反 on the game 計画（する） days," said Eberflus, who was 以前 the Colts´ 防御の 調整者／コーディネーター. "I spend breakfast club with the quarterbacks. I 会合，会う with the coaches in the evening on the 不快な／攻撃 味方する. And then I´m in the 暫定的な game 計画（する） also on Monday. ... Like I said, it´s 50-50. You´re splitting it 50-50 there, that´s what you do."
PLAYING THE FIELDS
Fields, whose 70.7 passer 率ing is worst in the NFL, turned 長，率いるs this week when he 示すd coaches are feeding him too much （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）. Fields later said his 声明 was taken out of 状況 and that he only points a finger at himself.
"I think there´s been times where I ju st try to be a perfectionist and nothing in this world is perfect," said Fields, who was 解雇（する）d six times last week and 10 times through two games. "So like I said, stop thinking more and just go out there and play."
TAYLOR'S TROUBLE
The 長，指導者s gave Jawaan Taylor a four-year, $80 million 契約 in the offseason to play 権利 取り組む, so it was jarring to see him （法廷の）裁判d 簡潔に against Jacksonville. Taylor was penalized five times - two 誤った starts, two 持つ／拘留するs and an 違法な 形式 - one week after his 疑わしい alignment and quick get-off against Detroit were called into question.
"Been working on it this week to clean it up. Needs to be 直す／買収する，八百長をするd," said Taylor, whose pass-封鎖する 率s にもかかわらず graded out の中で the best in the league last week. "End of the day, I'm not here to 傷つける my team. I have to be better."
INJURY WOES
The 耐えるs put left 取り組む Braxton Jones on 負傷させるd reserve with a neck 傷害, while safety Eddie Jackson has been 取引，協定ing with a foot 傷害, wide receiver Darnell Mooney with a 膝 problem and 防御の 支援する Josh Blackwell with a sore hamstring.
The 長，指導者s are just as banged up: Nick Bolton has an ankle 傷害 and fellow linebacker Willie Gay Jr. a sore quad, running 支援する Isiah Pacheco is 取引，協定ing with a sore hamstring, and wide receivers Kadarius Toney and Richie James 行方不明になるd time this week with a sore toe and balky 膝. 長，指導者s coach Andy Reid said James' 膝 問題／発行する could keep him out a while.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
The 長，指導者s 罪／違反 is accustomed to 保釈（金）ing out their middle-of-the-road 弁護, but their 役割s have been 逆転するd through the first two weeks of the season. Kansas City is 13th in total 弁護, にもかかわらず playing two potent 罪／違反s in the Lions and Jaguars, and tied for third in the league in 得点する／非難する／２０ing defen se.
"We're hungry," 長，指導者s cornerback Trent McDuffie said, "and I know off of last year, and just off stats and everything that went on - yeah, we won the 最高の Bowl, but I know the 弁護 felt like we could have done more."
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 長，率いる coach Todd Bowles, 前線 left, embraces Chicago 耐えるs 長，率いる coach Matt Eberflus, 前線 権利, at the end of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver マイク Evans (13) catches a touchdown pass under 圧力 from Chicago 耐えるs cornerback Tyrique Stevenson (29) and Chicago 耐えるs safety Jaquan Brisker (9) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)
Kansas City 長，指導者s 長，率いる coach Andy Reid speaks at a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 after an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
