1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Thank you advantage on the day when you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: game they can play Michaels one touchdown, Kansas City, the 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Chiefs all right in the thick of a baby. Well again, everybody, 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. It's 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: the Bills and Chiefs. Another early feels like a playoff game, 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: rematch of the AFC Championship. Mitch Alters with your Voice 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs along with Chiefs reporter Matt McMullan. A reminder, 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: the Defending Kingdom podcast is brought to you by three 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: sixty Vodka, Kansas City's hometown vodka, the official vodka of 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Kingdom. Feels like a playoff game, and it's 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: not that long ago. This was an AFC Championship matchup. Yeah, 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: I mean last time we played this team. It was 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: a euphoric night, right. It was at a Geha field, 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: the Arrowhead Stadium. We punched our ticket to the Super 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: Bowl for a second straight year. I'll never forget it. 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: And it was so much fun because here's this Bills 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: team coming in that was so good and they're blowing 18 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: people out right, and here were the Chiefs trying to 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: go back to the Super Bowl and the Chiefs Religio 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: executed their will against the Bills for four quarters. Watching 21 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: highlights of that game earlier today and what Tyreek Hill 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: was able to do. Remember the little slant route across 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: the middle, he turns it into a seventy yard game. 24 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey had a huge day in that one. Patrick 25 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Mahomes making some crazy throws. Looking forward to hopefully seeing 26 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: a very similar thing here on Sunday night. Rashad Senting 27 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: with a thirty yard interception return that was kind of 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: fun to sit and it got a little chippy at 29 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: the end of that game. Actually ran into former Missoo 30 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: center Mitch Morrise this summer. Yeah, I'm not saying we 31 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: work out together, but hey, Mitch is here in the 32 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: off season, and he was like, wow, I was getting 33 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: little intense towards the end of that game between the 34 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: Bills and Chiefs. Mitch is of course the Buffalo Center. 35 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: By the way, love to hear and get some feedback 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: from all of you about where you listen and watch 37 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: the defending the Kingdom. I'm getting a lot of agricultural 38 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: this time of year is very busy, right. People are 39 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: harvesting soybeans, and corn throughout the Chiefs Kingdom, and a 40 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: lot of our Chiefs Kingdom farmers are listening to defending 41 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: the Kingdom while they're out there in the field, So 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: be careful. Guy like Greg Reno from Cheny Caynsas Home 43 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: of the Cardinals, said, yep, you guys keep me entertained. 44 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: So the more we can do for all of you, Yeah, 45 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: the more we can do. I have a few here 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: as well, So we have Zachary. He's a diesel mechanic 47 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: in Springfield, Missouri, Preston in Iowa. It's kind of the 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: agricultural part of Chief's Kingdom. Raymond in Colorado, So in 49 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: Broncos Country, I mean a man after my own heart here. 50 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: I go to Colorado every single year because my wife's 51 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: from there. And yeah, it's tough being from Chiefs keeningdo 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: Mountain Bronco Country, but you gotta bring your flag, you know, 53 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: in front of the mountains and be proud of it, 54 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: especially nowadays when we've won what eleven in a row 55 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: against the Broncos. So enjoy going out to Colorado. So 56 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: good for you, Raymond. Keep a repping Chiefs Kingdom out there. 57 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: And then my favorite one from this episode is twoomas 58 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: I think I'm pronouncing that correctly. Twomas from Helsinki, Finland. Yes, 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: how about it. We know defending the Kingdom is huge 60 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: in the Scandinavian countries. We love it. Or have to 61 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: take the show on the road. One of these days, 62 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: we'll do it Finland, Iceland, Sweden, We'll hit them all. Yeah, Latia, 63 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: yep Estonia, so we'll be on there. We'll just do 64 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: a We'll just do a circuit. The other thing I 65 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: want to mention too is this is the crucial catch game. 66 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: You and I all week long have been doing a 67 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: lot of features this week, but in a serious note, 68 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: this is that we see all the colors here on 69 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: the shirt. Our coaches will be in the hoodies this 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: week with crucial catch. They all represent these colors. You 71 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: can just go to your favorite browser and look them 72 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: up at These colors represent a different kind of cancer. 73 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Cancer has touched everybody listening or watching this, and so 74 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: the crucial catch emphasis here is to intercept cancer. Make 75 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: sure you get screen on a regular basis because this 76 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: can get close to home. So the NFL does a 77 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: great job of using their enormous platform to create awareness 78 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: and to honor people, exalute to service, honoring our military, 79 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: and then also create ornus for things like cancer research 80 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: and also getting a screen that's the most important thing 81 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: that you can do. It's called crucial catch because it's 82 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: about catching these things before they become terminal. And the 83 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: whole point is there's so many different cancers that if 84 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: you catch it early, it can save your life. Truly, 85 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: so great thing to talk about here, cancer, a weariness, 86 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: cancer screening. It's a very important thing and Austin the 87 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: NFL does this every single year Sunday Night Football stage. 88 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: Here we are and later in this podcast we'll call 89 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: it Friend or Foe. You're going to hear from former 90 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: Bills seven time Pro bowler Steve Tasker, but you'll find 91 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: out he's got one foot in both buckets in this 92 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: thing because he's really got a lot of ties to 93 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: the Chiefs kingdom. But let's jump into this game. The 94 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: first thing, we can tell you the two most successful 95 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: AFC teams since the beginning of twenty twenty or the 96 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills, both Josh Allen 97 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes at sixteen wins in that time span. 98 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: And here they are again Sunday Night Football Center Stage. 99 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: A lot of similarities and when you think about both 100 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: of these teams, they were both building and building for years. 101 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have been ahead of the Bills in terms 102 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: of when they started that, but then they finally got 103 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: their franchise quarterback, plugged him in, and all of a 104 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: sudden they just went and the Bills, I mean, look 105 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: at what they did last year. They're a really solid 106 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: team on both sides of the ball. And we'll talk 107 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: about both of those things moving forward here. But with 108 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, he's a lynchpin that drives the whole thing. 109 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: And I mean, they're that team in the AFC that 110 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: if you're trying to rank the squads, and I know 111 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: the national media is down in the Chiefs right now, 112 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: but we have iballs. We know the Chiefs are, in 113 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: my opinion, still the best team in the AFC. The 114 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: Bills are trying to be that team. And what do 115 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: you have to do to be that team? You have 116 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: to beat the Chiefs. And you know that they're trying 117 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: whatever they can to beat the Chiefs. But so far 118 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: they're o and two against Patrick Mahomes, so you know 119 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: they'll come into this one, trying to win, trying to 120 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: do everything they can to win this one. But for 121 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, it's also a great opportunity because we start 122 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: one and two against you know, lose two games that 123 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs probably should have won. You get back on 124 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: track against Philly with a pretty dominant performance, particularly on offense. 125 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: And now what a great chance this is for the 126 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: Chiefs to go out there on primetime on the national 127 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: stage and remind everyone, hey, we're still here, We're still 128 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. The AFC still goes through Kansas City. It's 129 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: a great opportunity for the Chiefs on Sunday night. The 130 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: Spills team, though, appears to look better in twenty twenty 131 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: one than even the twenty twenty version that lost the 132 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: AFC Championship game here earlier this year at h Field 133 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: at Arrowheads Stadium, seem more balanced. They are wiping people out. 134 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: If you look at their last ten games, nine to 135 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: the last ten in the regular season, they have won 136 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 1: by double digits. They have been dominant, but they're running 137 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: the ball. They're fifth in the league and rushing this year. 138 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: You mentioned Josh Allen, they got more weapons on the 139 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: offensive side. This is a team that has worked very 140 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: hard in the offseason to even get better. Some I've 141 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: called it much like the Chiefs of eighteen to nineteen 142 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: room of the Chiefs LAS CFC Championship game. People have 143 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,119 Speaker 1: made that comparison with this Buffalo Bills team of twenty 144 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: twenty one. Yeah, the balance is what really stands out 145 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: to me. It's been very interesting because on Monday, before 146 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: we started talking Bills, I just hadn't watched much of 147 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: the Bills this year, and I was thinking, they're like 148 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: the Bills of last year. And you know I was 149 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: going to talk to you about was how all they 150 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: do is throw the football. That's all they do, and 151 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: they do it with a ton of success. But then 152 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: I looked at the numbers and it was like, wait 153 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: a minute, these are the Buffalo Bills running the football. 154 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 1: I mean, they're averaging one hundred and forty five rushing 155 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: yards per game, fourth most rushing attempts in the NFL. Now, 156 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: I wonder if some of that is because of who 157 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: they've played. So if you look at who the Bills 158 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: have played this year, they've played teams that maybe aren't 159 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: quite their caliber. And all of these teams, for the 160 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: most part, except for the Steelers in Week one, who 161 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: they lost to, has had their backup quarterback in so 162 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: they've gotten big leads in these games. And I don't know, 163 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: maybe they're running the football because they have a big lead, 164 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: but for whatever, for what it's worth, they still are 165 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: running the football. A lot curious what they'll do on 166 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: Sunday against the Chiefs, But was Zach Moss and Devin Singletary. 167 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: They can certainly run the football. They've proven they can 168 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: do it, and that's an important thing in this league. 169 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are kind of doing that right now, trying 170 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: to prove they can run the football. And there's no 171 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: doubt that the Bills want to run the football. They can. 172 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: Choos cut a break last year because Zach Moss did 173 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: not play in either game, didn't play in the AFC 174 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: Championship game, and didn't play in the regular season. And Moss, 175 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: to me, is a Darryl Williams type back. If you 176 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: look at him, he's listed at two oh five, but 177 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: he looks like he runs bigger and harder than that. 178 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: So to me, that's a really good complimentation or complimentary 179 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: player to Devin Singletary. But Dawson Knox looks better at 180 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: tight end. They've moved Reggie Gilliam to fullback. That's helped 181 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: them a little bit. And then it's not just Stefon 182 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: Diggs here. He had a big week last week. But 183 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: other than that, they get some other folks helping here. 184 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is one of them. And you mentioned this 185 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: earlier in the week. You're wondering how many teams is 186 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders suited up force against the Chiefs. I would 187 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: and found it, so five or six? I have five? Fright? 188 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: This five? That's right? Can you guess who they are? Yes, Saints, Broncos, Steelers, 189 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, and the Buffalo Bills. So that's all 190 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: of them. Yeah. So Emmanuel Sanders has been around. It 191 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: seems like since the Stone Age. He's been around forever, 192 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: and he's still a viable player in this league. He 193 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: can be a deep threat over the top for the 194 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: Spills offense and Josh Allen. I mean, he can do 195 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of everything. I mean, he looks a 196 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: lot like Patrick Mahomes when he's out there. I don't 197 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: think he is Patrick Mahomes, but he has a lot 198 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: of Patrick Mahomes skills and he has the receivers to 199 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: take advantage of that. He has a huge arm. His 200 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: completion percentage isn't quite where it was last year, and 201 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: that was the big storyline from last year is well, 202 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: Josh Allen was so good, He's so talented, but he 203 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: couldn't didn't have a high completion percentage. Well, last year 204 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: he did, well, it's a bit lower this year, I 205 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: think if you watch the tape. He's still a very 206 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: good quarterback, still making a ton of big plays. And 207 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: there's been certain circumstances like a driving rainstorm last week, 208 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: like it's hard to complete passes in that. Josh Allen's 209 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: a heck of a quarterback. But two things that have 210 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: stood out to me are his performance in the red 211 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: zone and also on third down, because that's kind of 212 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: where's completion percentage is particularly low. And in the red 213 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: zone he's completing fifty five point nine percent of his passes. 214 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: On third down at fifty two point eight percent, And 215 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: as good as this Bill's offense has been this year, 216 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: they have twenty one red zone drives this season, as 217 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: the most of any team in the NFL. They're on 218 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: they've only found the end zone on twelve of those, 219 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: so they haven't been convert converting in the red zone. 220 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: I think that's something to watch in this game, because 221 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: why did the Chiefs have so much success defensively against 222 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: the Bills in the AFC title game last year Because 223 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: they held the Bills too, I believe two of five 224 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: in the red zone. There was two drives in particular, 225 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: sandwiching halftime basically where the Bills drove inside the Chief's 226 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: ten yard line came away with six points combined, allowed 227 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs to really pull away. So the Chiefs defense 228 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: looked better in the red zone last week against Philly, 229 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: so hoping for a similar kind of result here in 230 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: this one. But red zone I think will be particularly 231 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: important in his offense. Is really good of the Buffalo Bills, 232 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: but I think there's a few areas you can exploit. Yeah, overall, 233 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: they're good and third down third in the league, but 234 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: twenty third in that red zone category. Now here's one 235 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: interesting note. Though they've lost nine, not lost. They've fumbled 236 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: the ball nine times, the most of any team in 237 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: the NFL in four weeks, but they've lost only two. 238 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: So it's rolling right back to him. We'll see how 239 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: that goes. But one of the more intriguing figures when 240 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: you look at the Bills Chiefs rivalry down through the years. 241 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: Is a guy that has a foot in both buckets here. 242 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: He built his career with the Buffalo Bills. Seven time 243 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: Pro bowler, somethink should be in the Pro Football Hall 244 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: of Fame. He was a Pro Bowl MVP, but most 245 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: of his ties really are to the Chiefs Kingdom. It 246 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: is Steve Tasker, a member also of the Kansas Sports 247 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, who can give us real perspective on 248 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Bills. Well, a real treat now on 249 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom, because we're going to bring a guy 250 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: in who can give you the lowdown on the Chiefs 251 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: and Bills coming up for Sunday Night Football. A young 252 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: man who has a foot in both buckets. Now you 253 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: may remember him as a seven time Pro bowler for 254 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, some think the best special teams player 255 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: in the history of the league. But you also need 256 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: to know he was born in my hometown of Smith Center, Kansas. 257 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: He's in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and was 258 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: a phenom for the Leota High School, which County High 259 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: school in western Kansas, and the Dodd City Councy stadors, 260 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker and Steve, it's awesome to have you with us. Brother. 261 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: How you doing, Mitch? Thanks for having me on. It's 262 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: good to see you. It's great to see you, and 263 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: it's a blessing anytime I see you in person. So 264 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: we'll do this one virtually. But what a big game. 265 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: I mean, these two teams are the two most successful 266 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: teams in the AFC and really Pro Bowl along with 267 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: Green Bay since the beginning of twenty twenty. What do 268 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: you think of this one seeing it from both sides 269 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: of the river. Well, certainly this is a you can imagine, 270 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: you know how early the Bills circled this game on 271 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: their schedule, you know, the AFC Championship game last year, 272 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: and the way you know, from a Bill's perspective, those 273 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: guys know, I mean, I saw you can imagine. It's 274 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: just like you. You watch every snap of the Chiefs 275 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: over and over again. You've seen their season twenty twenty 276 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: season probably three times over right, So same thing with 277 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: me and the Bills. And I'll say this, the Bills 278 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: probably played their least, yeah, the least like themselves in 279 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: the AFC Championship Game. That they did for the last 280 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: two and a half months of the season. They played 281 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: their best football leading up to it, played some great football. 282 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: Their worst game in two and a half months was 283 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: the AFC Championship game. And for me looking from the 284 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: outside end, the Chiefs had it in neutral for a 285 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: lot of the season. They were beaten teams by one 286 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: possession a lot because US didn't think their heart was 287 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: in it. Yeah, the Chiefs. Let's face it. From anybody 288 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: who's looking at the NFL, the Chiefs have got a 289 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: gear nobody else does, and they didn't need it until 290 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: they decided to use it. In the AFC Championship game. 291 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: They end up beating a really good Bills team by 292 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. You know, that's that's what a good team does. 293 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: The Chiefs know when it counts. They turned it on 294 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: when they needed it, and they got it done. The Bills, 295 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: I think learned a lot from that AFC Championship game. 296 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: So and I think they are a better football team, 297 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: at least a more well rounded football team this year 298 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: because the way their defensive fronts playing. Haven't seen their 299 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: offense click like it did at any point last year. 300 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: It's looked good at times, but it's but it's you know, 301 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: it hasn't looked the same as it did last year 302 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: at any point yet this year they've had moments, but 303 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: not anything consistent. So I think overall they're a better 304 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: football team just because of the quality of their defense. 305 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: But you know they're gonna have to hit on all 306 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: cylinders to win in Kansas City this week. It's interesting 307 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: historically these two teams that you were part of, the 308 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: Bills team that beat the Chiefs in an ANFC championship game, 309 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: you went to four straight Super Bowls and the next 310 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: year the Chiefs had to go to Buffalo to play 311 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: in the regular season and you got us again. You 312 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: took care of the whole revenge factor. But when I 313 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: look at this Buffalo team in twenty twenty one, Steve, 314 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: I see a lot more balance. Am I wrong? Here? 315 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: They seem better front to back defensively, and they're more 316 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: balanced run pass. Yeah, they are, no question. Defensively, they 317 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: are a different little bit of a different football team. 318 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: They they got a better front front up front, They're 319 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: better against the run on early downs. They're better and 320 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: more consistent rushing the pass where they can come with 321 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: from both edges. Now they can you know they're they're good. 322 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: Their secondary continues to be as solid as a rock, 323 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: really good. Both safeties Poorer and Hide are extremely good, 324 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: particularly when they're on the field together. Mike Davus White 325 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: is still a top flight corner and Levi Wallace once 326 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: again he held off all comers to stay quarterback cornerback 327 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: number two for their and their defensive backfield. The guys 328 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: guys great. So they're really good, defensively balanced. Even their 329 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: sub packages are really sharp right now, much better than 330 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: they were a year ago because of the play of 331 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: their defensive line. I'm gonna ask you one question, then 332 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna have some fun. But Josh Allen's gonna be 333 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: a guy after your own heart. Underrecruited, kind of came 334 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: out of a relatively small town in California, rural California. 335 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: Nobody offered him. Then he goes to Wyoming and he 336 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: blows up. I love game. He just fits right in 337 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: with all these new age quarterbacks. But where's he at 338 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: right now? That he's a little bit like Mahomes. He's 339 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: become really efficient this year. Maybe not the Gaudi stats, 340 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: but very efficient. Yeah. I think what we saw like 341 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: like with Pat and the first year he started. His 342 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: second year, we came out through fifty touchdowns and like, 343 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: what three interception or something. He just tore the lid 344 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: off right. The next year he only had twenty six touchdowns. 345 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: But he's the pros the super Bowl MVP. They win 346 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, that's kind of what it's going to 347 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: look like. I think in a perfect scenario for the Bills, 348 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: that's what it will look like for Josh. He'll have 349 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: that knockout season. He had forty six touchdowns last year, 350 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: ran for eight of them. You know, he had just 351 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: had a tremendous year. He's still that guy, but teams 352 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: are making it harder on him, and I think it's 353 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,119 Speaker 1: going to be more about the rest of the team 354 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: taking the load off of him and forcing teams to 355 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: defend all fifty three guys rather than Josh, and his 356 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: stats won't look like they did last year, particularly even 357 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: if they go to the Super Bowl and win. At 358 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: Josh he may be the MVP of the Super Bowl 359 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: if they win it, of course, but his stats aren't 360 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: may not be like they were last year, and I 361 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: think the team and Josh, you gotta get their minds 362 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: around that's that's what it takes to win a super Bowl. 363 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, Mahome has won the NFL MVP, but 364 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: the next year he was they win the super Bowl. 365 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: And I think that's what it's going to look like. 366 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: I think both. I think Josh is a little bit 367 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: like Pat. He had that breakout year and that's the 368 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: guy he is. I don't that's not a one off. 369 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: It's not a fluke. He's going to get better and 370 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: better and whatever his statistics say, those statistics will reflect 371 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: what a guy like that would have done in that season, 372 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: because that's who they are, you know. So as tough 373 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: as teams can make it on him, their stats may 374 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: get hurt or helped by it. But this is this 375 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: is a guy that's going to be in that conversation 376 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: with the elite quarterbacks for the next foreseeable future. Yeah, 377 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: it's set up for these guys. Big game though on 378 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: Sunday night. We're gonna have some fun as we close 379 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: out here. Now. Will need to know, you don't see 380 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: forty two nothings in the NFL very often. You might 381 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: have seen it when Leo to be Tribune back when 382 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: you played all right, my neighbor growing up in Smith Canny, 383 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: Kyans is a dude named Scott Panner was your teammate 384 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: of Dodge City Community College. He tells me I was 385 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: in Pritty and I was a juco. We still had football. 386 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: Then I was doing the games and he said, dude, 387 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: you've got to get Kase State to recruit this kid. 388 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: He's the fastest guy I've ever seen. I call Kase 389 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: State and they go, yeah, we know about him, trying 390 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: to get him to walk on. I said, we play 391 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: him in a couple of weeks. You destroyed us. I go, 392 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: that's the fastest guy I've ever seen. The only other 393 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: school I can call was Northwestern. Now I don't know. Well, 394 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: now here's the deal. So Scott Schumann was on the 395 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: staff there. I don't know if you got it to 396 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: Ron Turner. I'm like, okay, you guys, see what all 397 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,959 Speaker 1: of a sudden you signed. You lead the Big ten 398 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: and kickoff returns from Leyota, Kansas. People need to know 399 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: you're in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, you were 400 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 1: born in my hometown and Smith Center, you have business 401 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: interests in Kansas. You're all You're in the Chief's Kingdom, 402 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: my friend, and you become a star at Northwestern. I'm 403 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: I grew up at Chiefs fan. I'm a huge Chiefs 404 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: fan with you know, Hank Stram and Willie Lanier, Buck 405 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: Buchan and the whole. You know, Carrie Reardon, you know 406 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: Ed Podalac. I'm on a football card with Ed Podolac. 407 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: I mean so yeah, so yeah, I'm My whole family 408 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: lives in Wichita, you know, in and around Wichita. My 409 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: mom and dad are in Winfield. My brothers are in Wichita. 410 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: They were you know, they were all up here. I'm 411 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,239 Speaker 1: you can see, I'm in Alaska. Um, they were all 412 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: up here this last week for a wedding here in Alaska. 413 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: My my our daughter got married here and anchored. So um, yeah, 414 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a Kansas guy. I'm I'm a Buffalo 415 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: guy now because I've been lived in Buffalo now longer 416 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: than I lived in Kansas, because of you know, because 417 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: you and I have got so much you know, water 418 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 1: under the bridge. It's been that long. But we still, 419 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: you know, Kansas is still we considered our home, um 420 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: and go back on a regular basis. My wife and 421 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: I you know, she's from Leota. Her older brother, her 422 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: younger brother runs the farm. Out west, and you know 423 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: her other brothers Delta Pilot in Atlanta. So those two, 424 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: me and my wife and her brother and his wife 425 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: are the only members of our immediate family do not 426 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: live in the state. So yeah, we're Kansas people. My 427 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: son is thirty nine years old, is still one of 428 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: his prize piece of coach and teacher. One of his 429 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: prize possessions is a Steve Tasker Jersey. I brought it 430 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: back from Buffalo in my first year with the Chiefs 431 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety four. You can't do better as the 432 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: voice of the Chiefs than a Steve Tasker Jersey. I 433 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: tried to trade it in. I couldn't get a Jim Carrolly. 434 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: I couldn't get it. I couldn't get any of that. 435 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: So I'll take the he's got it dude, like a 436 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: like a Lenny Dawson Jersey or Otis Taylor jer eighty nine. Man, 437 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: it's his prize possession. All these I've taken, I've taken 438 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: eighty nine Otis Taylor Jersey. That's what I like. You 439 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: put it on eBay. It's four dollars. You can get 440 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: it on Ebo for four dollars. So it's a big deal. Steve, 441 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us, brother and spending some of 442 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: your time. You got real perspective on both these teams. 443 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: Thanks man, Thank you, Yes, sir, fascinating guy known him 444 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: for a long time. Was a Northwestern star Leota, Kansas 445 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: and something should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Well, 446 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: and what I love about the interview is that you 447 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: basically revealed to him that you were one of the 448 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: reasons he ended up at Northwestern. He had no idea, 449 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: apparently he revealed it in that interview. Yep. His roommate 450 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: at Dodd City Community College was my neighbor now in 451 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: rural Kansas and neighbors four miles away, but my neighbor nonetheless. 452 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: And a lot of folks that listen to this podcast 453 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: will know who Scott Panter is and Scott goes. You 454 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: got to get KSE State to recruit this guy. He's 455 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: like the fastest guy I've ever seen. So anyway, what 456 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: a great career Steve has fashioned, both in football and 457 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: in broadcasting. But he's a businessman and a business landowner 458 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: in the state of Kansas, and he's in the Kansas 459 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: Sports Hall of Fame. Really one of the great figures 460 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: in Chief's Kingdom history as an opponent. All right, now, 461 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: you know what, your T shirt looks really good against 462 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: the crucial catch game. Mine's got a few stains on 463 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: it throughout the week. Just the way I roll, it's 464 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: hard to My wife goes, oh my guy, what'd you 465 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: put on it this this time? You know, it could 466 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: be buffalo sauce. It could be you know, not this week, 467 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: not this week. All right. Anyway, Chief's Kingdom. We're turning 468 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: to cold water washing with Tide because we're calling on 469 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 1: you to do the same. It saves money on energy bills, 470 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: and it's tough enough to tackle NFL stains, but we 471 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: can do it with cold water washing. So you can 472 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: handle a little nacho cheese. Yeah, I'll fest up to it, 473 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: Buffalo chicken sauce, or whatever else you get on your 474 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: arrowhead red. But best of all, Tide is giving fans 475 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: the ultimate reason to turn to cold water washing. That 476 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: is a talking Chief's cold washer, a washing machine that 477 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 1: reminds you to turn to cold at every turn. With 478 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: the voice of this week's birthday guy, Travis Kelsey, take 479 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: it from me, cold can tack all your stains. It's 480 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: pretty cool, right man? I want a washing machine that 481 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey talking to me anyway, it's it's the Tide 482 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: coldwater washer that could be yours. Just take the pledge 483 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: to turn to cold water and enter for a chance 484 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: to win it, and just go to Tide dot com. 485 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: That makes it pretty easy but awesome, and a really 486 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: good message there too, to cold water wash. It'll get 487 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: all this stuff out, I think. Anyway, this Bills Chiefs matchup, 488 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: we talked about the rematch and I put Steve Taskers 489 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: he a friend or a foe. Well he's both, I think. 490 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: But he's got a real appreciation for the Chiefs kingdom 491 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: and the chorus. Built his career with the Buffalo Bills, 492 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: even though he's a Kansas native. But let's dive into 493 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,959 Speaker 1: this opportunistic Bills defense. We didn't talk about them before 494 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: the chat with Steve. Steve got into it some. But 495 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: this is a team of the eleven takeaways in the 496 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: first four weeks of the sevens seven season, seven interceptions 497 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: and four fumble recoveries. This is a takeaway team, and 498 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: that's how you get blowout wins. Yeah, takeaways leads the NFL. 499 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: I mean they're they're taking the ball away quite a bit, 500 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: and all of those takeaways are in their last three games. 501 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: Didn't have one against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, once again, 502 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: it's against a lot of backup quarterbacks, but they're doing 503 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: what they need to do against teams that are inferior 504 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: to them. You're supposed to beat teams that are lesser 505 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: than you, and they've been doing that and taking the 506 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 1: ball away quite a bit. This team has a lot 507 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: of good players on defense. I mean, it really goes 508 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: at all three levels and we'll talk about it, but 509 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: guys like Tredevious White in that secondary, they're up front. 510 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: They really have built up their defensive line kind of 511 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: like Steve was talking about, that's been an emphasis area. 512 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: In the second round, they took Boogie Bash Them out 513 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: of Wake Forest and then Gregory Rousseau out of the 514 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: University of Miami with the intent, in my mind, if 515 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: you're trying to be the best team in the AFC, 516 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,719 Speaker 1: trying to reach the Super Bowl, they're trying to get 517 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: after Patrick Mahomes. That's why they're drafting these guys. So 518 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: they really had an emphasis on the defense this year, 519 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: and they have guys that can rotate in and out 520 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: along that defensive line. They're creating a lot of pressure. 521 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: They have the second most pressures in the NFL right now, 522 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: in the best hurry rate right now in the NFL, 523 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: and they're really not blitzing a whole lot. They what's 524 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: about twenty five percent of the time. It's middle of 525 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: the pack in the league. That they're getting a lot 526 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: of pressure and taking the ball away quite a bit. 527 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: They don't have to blitz because they get pressure up front. 528 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: That you've got this blend of young guys. You mentioned Rousseau, 529 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: who I like in Boogie Basham, but they've also had 530 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: ascending and improving veteran players. Starlot de Laila's heaven when 531 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: he's healthy. He's had good work this year. Same with 532 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: that Oliver and Jerry Hughes has been around forever. He's 533 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: been an old Chiefs thorn in the side. But it's 534 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: this blend of guys that you see. And then their 535 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: linebacking corps. Matt Milano right now is the highest rated 536 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: linebacker in Pro Football Focus, So that gets your attention 537 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: if he's healthy and ready to go miss the regular 538 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: season game against the Chiefs last year. And then Tremaine 539 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: Edmonds is already a two time Pro bowler. These guys 540 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: are stuts. We know about their secondary. These guys have 541 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: been around a long time. The Micah hides and you 542 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: mentioned Ladarius White ar Tredarius Swadder should say, and then 543 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, and then guys blending in like Leviy Wallace. 544 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: This is a for real defense. Two shutouts in the 545 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: first four games of the year. That has not happened 546 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: since the two thousand Ravens. And looked those guys up 547 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: if you've forgotten about that, Yeah, I mean they're good, 548 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: and they lead the NFL and scoring defense and in yards. 549 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: So they've been taking care of business all year long, 550 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: creating turnovers, forcing punts, basically creating a best on best 551 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: matchup here against the Chiefs offense, which right now is 552 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: the best offense in football by a number of metrics. 553 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: So technically not in points per game that's the Arizona Cardinals, 554 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: but just about every other metric, the Chiefs are the 555 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: best offense in football right now, lead the NFL in 556 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: yards per play, first downs, passing, touchdowns. It's also the 557 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: best third down offense in the NFL. We were talking 558 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: about this before the show. So the Chiefs third down 559 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: offense right now is historic. We've never seen since nineteen 560 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: ninety one, when they basically started tracking this stuff, there 561 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: has never been an offense that's converted third down at 562 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: a higher clip through four weeks, and since nineteen ninety 563 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: one it's sixty four percent. It's crazy. And on third 564 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: and six or less, they've converted twenty one of twenty 565 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: two attempts. So this is truly a best on best 566 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: situation where you have the Bills defense that's shutting people 567 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: out and creating turnovers, and then the Chiefs offense, which 568 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: seemingly can only stop themselves, I mean, only been the 569 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: turnovers that have stalled drives. Defenses have not stopped this team. 570 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 1: It's going to be an incredible showdown between the offense 571 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: and the defense. On Sunday, you mentioned the Arizona Cardinals 572 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: leading the league points per game. There's two teams tied 573 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: for second, Buffalo in Kansas City at thirty three and 574 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: a half points per game. But it's interesting to see 575 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: how the Chiefs will approach this game because last year's 576 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: games against Buffalo in the regular season, remember that was 577 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: that crazy afternoon, felt like the old World Series games. 578 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: You know, it's a four o'clock start and people were 579 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: driving home listen to it. But the Chiefs in that game, 580 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: Clyde Rotilaire ran for one hundred and sixty one yards 581 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: in that game and Chiefs a massed rushing yardage. But 582 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: when the Buffalo Bills in THEFC Championships said we're not 583 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: going to let that happen, then Tyreek Kill went crazy 584 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: in that game. So it's very interesting to see what 585 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: this game will be like and how Leslie Frasier, the 586 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator the Bills, plays it. So those two games 587 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: and how the Chiefs attacked and those two games is 588 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: the beauty of this offense. And it's what we've been 589 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: talking about really all week long because we see how 590 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: they played against the Chargers and the Eagles. It was, Hey, 591 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: if you're going to play two deep safeties, you're gonna 592 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: play conservative defenses. You're gonna leave you one or two 593 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: guys in the box to protect against the run, and 594 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: dais to run the ball. Basically, we're gonna run the ball. 595 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: It's super effectively and we have this offensive line now 596 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: just a whole bunch of beasts and run blocking, so 597 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: dad about that. They can do it and they're athletic 598 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: and the screen game as well. So this team, if 599 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: you're going to play conservative defensively, they're going to march 600 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: right down the field. And we saw that against Philly 601 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: on seven. They had seven possessions total, six touchdowns. Only 602 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: drive that didn't end in a touchdown was an interception. 603 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: So this offense can move the ball. If you're gonna 604 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: play conservative on defense, and if you decide the blitz 605 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: or send extra rushers or bring guys in to stop 606 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: the run, they're going to go over the top and 607 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: beat you consistently with Tyreek Hill, McCole, Harbin, Travis Kelsey, 608 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: all these guys. Very curious how the Bills choose to 609 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: play the Chiefs because there's really no perfect way to 610 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: stop the Chiefs right now offensively. And again, if the 611 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: Chiefs can just clean up the turnovers, which they did 612 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: against Philly just one turnover, If they clean up the turnovers, 613 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: not turn the ball over in big moments and finished drives, 614 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: this offense truly can't be stopped right now based in 615 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: all the different ways they can attack you. You mentioned 616 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: that crazy third downstead at sixty four percent hasn't happened 617 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 1: since ninety one. I've seen something that I've not seen 618 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: before in my brief twenty eight years in the National 619 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: Football League. In twenty eight drives in the first four 620 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: games of the season, the Chiefs have won three and 621 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: out one and twenty eight drives. That's nuts. And then 622 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: one punt in two weeks. Tommy Towns at least he's 623 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: holding like he's making half his money, but one punt 624 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: in two weeks, it's nuts for him. The other thing 625 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: is right out of the gate this game, right out 626 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 1: of the gate. For example, the Chiefs only Minnesota has 627 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: more points on a first possession or of a drive. 628 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs have seventeen to the best to the first drive 629 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: of the second half of twenty one. The Buffalo Bills 630 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: have not allowed a point yet on the first drive 631 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: by an opposing team. So if you think this thing 632 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: starts when the curtain opens, you're right, because it's a 633 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: symbol crash from the first second of this game. How 634 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,239 Speaker 1: excited it is NBA see about this matchup. I mean, 635 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: it's crazy, kidding seriously, And it's not just two of 636 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: the best teams in football going head to head in 637 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: primetime like you just said, and like I mentioned earlier, 638 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: it's these teams match up so well where they're both 639 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: so good at opposite things, where something has to give 640 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: and you wonder what it's going to be. I'm always 641 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: going to bet on the Chiefs offense just because I've 642 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: seen this for years now, where they figure out how 643 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: to attack defenses, and we saw, like we mentioned earlier, 644 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: how this Chief's offense attacked the Bills in two different 645 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: ways last year and found success doing it both ways. 646 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: I don't think there's truly a way to slow down 647 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs rushing attack and the passing attack at the 648 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: same time. You have to pick your poison. And again, 649 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,239 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs don't turn the ball over, they're going 650 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: to score a bunch of points. So it should be 651 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: a lot of fun to see how this one plays out. 652 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: We know this Bill's unit is really good defensively, and 653 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: they've looked really good all year long. I'm curious the 654 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: health of some guys like Matt Milano, who's on the 655 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: injury report this week. We'll be watching that one. But 656 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: the Bills want to beat the Chiefs too, and the 657 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: Chiefs at the same time, like I mentioned at the top, 658 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: they badly want to show that they are the Chiefs 659 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: and that Yeah, we're two and two right now, but 660 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: if a few other things have gone differently, we would 661 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: be undefeated going into this game. So there's a lot 662 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: on the line for both teams. More on the line 663 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: than you normally find in a Week five matchup, that's 664 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: for sure. But Matt will close this way. I love 665 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: the past, present future of this game. The best games 666 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: are past, present, future, the past. These two teams met 667 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: for the AFL Championship back to go to Super Bowl 668 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: one and the Chiefs one at the old brick Pile 669 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: of War Memorial Stadium. Lenny Dawson still talks about that game. 670 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: And you know when you mentioned the Buffalo Bills like 671 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: Bubby Bill, and they get fidgety right talking about them. 672 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: Because of the past the present, we know what this 673 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: means in the future. Again, If the Chiefs can win 674 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: this game and go to three and two and tie 675 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: these guys at three and two, the universe looks way 676 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: different it does Monday morning. It does. And that's how 677 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: the national narratives, they always are spun based on the 678 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: result of the games, not necessarily what happened in the 679 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: games of the context. It's all about what happened with 680 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: the end result, and we don't really care what the 681 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: national media has to say. I assure you that the 682 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: locker room doesn't care without that media has to say. 683 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: But if you just want to remind everybody right away 684 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: here in week five that the Chiefs didn't go anywhere, 685 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna see they're back because they didn't go anywhere. 686 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are still here. You could have a dominating 687 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: win over Buffalo that would certainly go a long way 688 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: and showing everyone that the Chiefs are still forced to 689 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: be reckoned with. So it's a rematch, friend or foe, 690 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, we know this. There will be seventy three 691 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: thousand friends at the game of gha Field at Arrowheads Stadium. 692 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: Thanks again to the folks at three sixty Vodka help 693 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: sponsor the Defending the Kingdom podcast. Wherever you're listening or watching, 694 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: we appreciate it to spend our big fans and scanning Navia. 695 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: Hang in there, man, let's do it. So he's met 696 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: mcmul and I Macholta's voice to the Chiefs. Let's go 697 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: another big game and another Sunday night football contest. Touchdown 698 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: and the celebration begins in their hand