Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo spoke with reporters after practice on Tuesday at Missouri Western State University. He commented on the reported signing of veteran defensive lineman Emmanuel Ogbah ahead of the start of the preseason and what he's looking forward to seeing from the group on Saturday.
"Always the first one is tackling, and that probably is preceded by what we call block destruction and getting off the blocks. And quite frankly, not so much today," said Spagnuolo, "I'd have to watch the film, but yesterday, I didn't like the fact that a lot of run plays—and we're getting a lot more run plays than we used to—a lot of those run plays were going right down the middle of our defense. Now, we're not tackling, and it's
not live, but I would like to see us be a little bit more physical. So, I'm looking for physicality, tackling, the block destruction. Those would be the most important things."
Spagnuolo will be evaluating multiple positions in the preseason opener on Saturday against the Los Angeles Rams, including a returning veteran who contributed to the Super Bowl LIV victory, who is reportedly signing with Kansas City this week.
"Yeah, I always had an affection for E (Emmanuel Ogbah). It was disappointing the one year we had him in 2019. I thought he was really coming on and then he got hurt and then we didn't have him at the end of the year," said Spagnuolo. "But I've always periodically been in touch with him. We've got to get through the physical and all those other things, but if he's part of our group, I'll be excited about that."
Ogbah has a career total of 48 sacks through 136 games, securing nine forced fumbles and two interceptions.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Steve Spagnuolo addresses the return of a Super Bowl-winning player
