 That played to the group’s strength, which was the pass rush, and away from its weaknesses — stopping the run and quick passes".Sutton had reportedly lost the support of players and coaches who felt that his "lack of adjustments has been a non-stop frustration", so he was relieved of his duties two days after the loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game., when the Chiefs defense twice failed to hold a 4th quarter lead and surrendered several 3rd and long conversions on New England's game-winning touchdown drive in overtime.The overtime drive highlighted Sutton's weaknesses that cost him his job, as the Patriots largely converted those 3rd downs on near-identical plays, and CBS commentator Tony Romo was successfully able to predict the plays based on the formation, which led to even more criticism of Sutton.