KANSAS CITY Womens Chris Jones Jersey , Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid moved swiftly to replace longtime defensive coordinator Bob Sutton after his underperforming group allowed Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to run roughshod over them in the AFC title game last month.Reid moved just as swiftly in completing a massive staff overhaul.The first big piece was the hiring of Steve Spagnuolo to serve as coordinator, while the rest of the pieces fell into place Tuesday night. That’s when Reid issued a statement announcing the hiring of four new assistants and new responsibilities for three coaches kept in the fold.The biggest coup may be Brendan Daly, who was plucked from the Super Bowl champion Patriots after four seasons in Foxborough to handle the defensive line. Daly worked under Spagnuolo when the latter was the head coach of the Rams, and he has also spent time with the Vikings.Perhaps the strangest recruitment came with Matt House, who had been serving as the defensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky. The Chiefs wanted to hire House to handle linebackers, but the SEC school made a strong pitch to keep him in Lexington.Ultimately, the sides were able to work out a deal on House’s buyout at Kentucky.The other new assistants are Dave Merritt, who worked under Spagnuolo with the Giants before spending last season as the Cardinals‘ defensive backs coach, and longtime NFL cornerback Sam Madison Mitchell Schwartz Jersey , who will help with the secondary in his first full-time coaching job in the league.Madison played three seasons with the Giants, his tenure overlapping with Merritt and Spagnuolo.“All of these coaches are familiar with Steve, love the game and are good teachers that have had success in their careers,” Reid said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to working with this group.”The rest of the staff also will have new responsibilities.Britt Reid will help with linebackers after working with the defensive line, Terry Braden will move into the defensive quality control role, and Alex Whittingham will remain a defensive assistant.Sutton had been the defensive coordinator since Reid arrived in Kansas City prior to the 2013 season, and his staff had mostly remained intact the past six seasons. But after a couple good years, it seemed as though the rest of the league figured out Sutton’s bend-but-don’t-break scheme.The Chiefs, who went 12-4 last season and won their third straight AFC West title http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-ron-parker-jersey , ranked near the bottom of the league in just about every defensive category. The failures on that side of the ball were thrown into even sharper focus given how productive Reid’s offense was under first-year starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who walked away with the league’s MVP award.Spagnuolo is expected to shift the Chiefs from the 3-4 defense Sutton employed to a 4-3 system, so the turnover in assistants was widely expected. Among those who departed was Hall of Fame defensive back Emmitt Thomas, who retired after 51 seasons as a player and coach in the NFL. The SB Nation FanPulse is back for the 2019 season."Many of you here at Arrowhead Pride began being polled last year on various things concerning the Kansas City Chiefs and matters across the NFL. This is part of SB Nation’s FanPulse tool, which sends weekly questions to the city’s most plugged-in and dedicated Chiefs fans via email. If you are interested in joining the Chiefs’ FanPulse, please sign up here.On Thursday, we received our first Arrowhead Pride results of the offseason. First, we asked:If the Chiefs don’t win the Super Bowl in 2019, would you consider the season a failure?In this question Womens Tony Gonzalez Jersey , I would probably lean, “yes.” Keeping in mind the cold, hard truth that 31 teams go home unhappy, the 2019 Chiefs season is Andy Reid’s seventh year (what, already?) with the club. I think we can all agree that Clark Hunt brought Reid to Kansas City for two reasons: 1) Turn the franchise upside-down and around (check). 2) Win a championship.There is also the point of the Chiefs being right on the doorstep last season. It is painful to remember but bears repeating here: the Chiefs lost the AFC title in overtime, the defense holding it back (then and all season). The Chiefs have changed every defensive position coach, including its coordinator and have moved on from key contributors in favor of a youth movement led by Tyrann Mathieu and Chris Jones. The expectation immediately becomes greater.Finally, Patrick Mahomes is due for what could be the richest contract in NFL history next offseason. This is the final cheap year of Mahomes in what many hope will be a decade-or-two long career in Kansas City. Hit on the first title window.Did the Chiefs get better in free agency?This is a tough question, in my opinion Christian Okoye Jersey , considering some of the players the Chiefs added during the free agency period (Tyrann Mathieu, Alex Okafor, Damien Wilson, Carlos Hyde, among others) and some of the players they lost (Eric Berry, Dee Ford, Justin Houston, Steve Nelson, among others).With the additions and subtractions staring you in the face http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-breeland-speaks-jersey , this is a “no” in my opinion. But football isn’t played on paper.We also borrowed some results from Pats Pulpit, which runs the same FanPulse polls but with Patriots fans. Pats Pulpit asked...Who is the biggest challenger to the Patriots in the AFC?We asked Pats Pulpit editor Bernd Buchmasser if the results surprised him:If you are interested in joining the Chiefs’ FanPulse, please sign up here.