"I signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars for 10 days with Tom Coughlin (executive vice president of football operations). I never even worked there. I was in Arizona and next thing you know, (coach) Doug Marrone is calling me saying that, 'Andy Reid wants to pull you to his staff in Kansas City.' I'm sitting here like, 'Okay, I haven't even spoken with Spags.' Spags didn't even tell me he was coming up here to interview for the job. I'm like, 'Okay.' Doug said, 'Well look, I'm going to let you go. Tom is going to give you permission to go and Andy is supposed to call you.' Andy Reid called me, sure enough, the next day.
"Spags had gotten the job and then I guess he told Andy, 'Look, you need to go get Dave Merritt.' Doug, when he called me, the first thing he asked me was, 'Have you spoken with Spags?' I said 'No, I haven't spoken to Steve.' I didn't know that he had taken the job here in Kansas City. Everything worked out, though."
That's an understatement. The Chiefs won the AFC West with a 12-4 record, earned a first-round bye when New England lost its regular-season finale and hosted the AFC Championship Game when top-seeded Baltimore lost in the divisional round. They overcame deficits against both Houston and Tennessee to advance to their first Super Bowl in 50 years.
Led by strong safety Tyrann Mathieu, Merritt's secondary helped Kansas City finish eighth in the NFL in pass defense, allowing 221.4 yards a game.
Now Merritt has a chance to win his third Super Bowl ring and second working with Spagnuolo, who he said has changed from when they first worked together 13 years ago.
"He actually trusts me now," Merritt said. "He'll say, 'Dave, what are we doing now?' 'Alright coach, this is the coverage we're doing. 'Okay.' He listens now. It was funny, we were watching film a couple of weeks ago, and I was talking about the Honey Badger (Mathieu) and how he's so ornery. Spags was like, 'You know what? I remember I used to be that way when I was in my 20s.' I said 'Used to? You still are.'
"Spags has gotten wiser, and he knows how relate to the players better. The players trust him. I'm not saying they didn't trust him back then, but it was just such a different group that you dealt with back then because you had the Michael Strahans, you had the veteran leadership. This group is so young."
But not so young they can't birth another ring for David Merritt.
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