1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Thank advantage of the day. When you get opportunity in 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: the game, they can play, oh, don't do one touchdown. 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City, the Chiefs all right in the thick of 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: a baby. Welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom, 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: which holds us with you voice of the Chiefs along 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: with Chiefs reporter Matt McMullan, we know him as Matt 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: stavistat wherever you want to put that anyway, that rain 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: by the way, Defending the Kingdom is brought to you 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: by three sixty Vodka, the official v the Chiefs Kingdom 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: and the hometown vodka of Kansas City. So three sixty vodka. 11 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: We want to have a little history here again as 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: well as in the present because it's the biggest game 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: in the National Football League this week. It's the Dallas 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: Cowboys against the Kansas City Chiefs, but it's also the 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: Preston Road Trophy. Now, Matt, we know the Lombardi Trophy 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: goes to the Super Bowl champion. We have one, we 17 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: have two of those. We know that the Lamar Hunt 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: Trophy goes to the winner of the AFC and the 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: George Halle Trophy goes to the winner of the NFC. 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: But this week the prestigious Preston Road Trophy is up 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: for grabs. Yeah, it's pretty cool, isn't it. So we 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: just had media with coach Reid and he was asked 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: about it, and he kind of put it out there, 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: it's like, how many NFL teams share a trophy like this. 25 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: It's not very often, like Big ten football. Yeah, yeah, 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: that's what he said. It's like a college thing. And 27 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: we always talk about how like a tailgating atmosphere and 28 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: like the culture here in Kansas City is like a 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: college kind of atmosphere for the Chiefs, and that just 30 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: kind of adds to it that we have this kind 31 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: of strange, weird rivalry with the Cowboys. I mean, they're 32 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: not the Raiders, they're not the Broncos, but we still 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: kind of have this rivalry with them where we barely 34 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: ever play. And we'll get into the history of it, 35 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 1: but if it wasn't for the Chiefs, the Cowboys wouldn't exist. 36 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: And these two teams competed in Dallas for a short 37 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: amount of time and the Chiefs eventually moved back here. 38 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: But it's great history about how the NFL and the 39 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: AFL merged together over time. And how the AFL competed 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: with the NFL. It's awesome stuff. And to see it 41 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: still happening decades later with this history and this trophy 42 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: is a it's a cool thing to see. First of all, 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: I will tell you that if you're watching and listening, 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: this is the twenty twelve book on the life Lamar 45 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: Hunt by Michael McCambridge. It's a must read. If you haven't. 46 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: I know it's been in print now for ten years, 47 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: but it's worth whatever. You can find it on Amazon 48 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: or Barnes and Noble and order it and get it 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: because it is a must read, especially if you're a 50 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: red blooded, card carrying member of the Chief's Kingdom. Now, 51 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: before we dive into why this game is so important 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: from a historical standpoint, let's talk about because in the stands, 53 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: you and I were doing field pass and somebody yelled 54 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: from the stands. Hey, I listened to defending the Kingdom 55 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: every week. And I live in Idaho. So whoever you were, 56 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: you're listening and watching now perhaps, but yeah, way to go, 57 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: because we've had a bunch of fans there but every week, 58 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: and we even from the Dallas Metroplex. Yeah, we've had 59 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: listeners and Avid Defending the king followers. So I have 60 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: one from the Metroplex. I think Waco is part of 61 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: the Metroplex, right kind of, it's be a yeah, it's 62 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: a little ways away, but we'll just annex it. We'll 63 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 1: just take the rules. But I feel for it. I 64 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: feel like the Metroplex extends like hundreds of miles. Yeah, 65 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: but so so Waco. Someone a fan in Waco, Texas 66 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: watches Defending the Kingdom, So hello, that's you and Waco 67 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: also yeah, Also a fan in Savannah, Georgia. And then 68 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: three international ones here this time Gail and Oxford, UK 69 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: listening to DTK. Then a fan in Malaysia, and a 70 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: fan in Romania. All over every single time, we're surprised. 71 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: Every single time. I look, there's a country though that 72 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, Wow, who knew, I'm telling you, Eastern Europe. 73 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: I didn't know defending the Kingdom was so big in 74 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: Eastern Europe. I know, it's so awesome. So we gotta go. 75 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: We're going. We're coming, folks, We're coming Usebekistan to Mekistanva. 76 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: We'll go, We're coming. And it was Romania, right, We're coming, 77 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: We're coming. We'll be there with Defending the Kingdom. Now, 78 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: this book by McCambridge, and the part that deals with 79 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: this game this week is fascinating because you can argue 80 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: that the Dallas Cowboys would not have been in existence 81 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: had it not been for the Dallas Texans. Because Lamar 82 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: Hunt decides after not getting the Chicago Cardinals, he's shut 83 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: out by the NFL owners. He's like, well, i'll start 84 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: my own league then, and he had to figure out 85 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: where he's going to put these teams in his hometown 86 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: of Dallas, Texas. He starts the Dallas Texans. Well, the 87 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: NFL is not enthralled with him starting a new league, 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: Lamar Hunt, So what do they do? They put experience 89 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: first of all, the Steel the Minnesota franchise. They were 90 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: set to have an AFL franchise. Whoops, Nope, they're gonna 91 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: put the Vikings in there, and they're going to take 92 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys and put it right on top of 93 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: Lamar to put him out of business. And that's where 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: the story of this Week really starts. Because it's a 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: captivating story. And now we're into a seventh decade, but 96 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: it's so it's still pertinent to this day. Yeah, and 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: I think it says a lot about the resiliency of 98 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: Lamar Hunt and the resiliency of the AFL because how 99 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: many startup leagues have we seen over the years that 100 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: when the NFL challenges them, they get destroyed. Basically they 101 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: just have shot at all. And the fact that the 102 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: Texans were able to compete at all with the Cowboys 103 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: is very impressive because you think about the Cowboys now 104 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: it's like America's team, right, like they're this big thing, 105 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: But they didn't exist and they were created solely to 106 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: compete with the Dallas Texans. Now I'm glad they were 107 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: created because that meant that the Texans and had to 108 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: move and here we are with the Chiefs. But amazing 109 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: history once again about how the Chiefs landed here in 110 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: Kansas City, and again the resiliency of Lamar Hunt and 111 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: the AFL the power through that because the NFL thought 112 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: they were going to squash the AFL, and then over 113 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: the years they realized these guys are equal and we 114 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: have to merge with them, and it's what created the 115 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: NFL as we know it today. The Texans had won 116 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: the nineteen sixty two AFL championship in the famous kick 117 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: to the clock overtime victory over then the Houston Oilers. 118 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: But the Texans were averaging about ten thousand, just under 119 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: eleven thousand fans a game. The NFL expansion Cowboys, who 120 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: went winless in their first year, we're averaging about nine 121 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: thousand in a game. So the Texans were out drawing 122 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, but they were both getting powdered financially. And 123 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm just going to read it from the book. It's 124 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: story time here on Defending the Kingdom. And this is 125 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: from Michael mccambridge's book Lamar Hunt of Life in Sports. 126 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: If you don't have it, get it this. It should 127 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: be required reading for you. But this was from Gary Cartwright, 128 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: who wrote for the Dallas Morning News, and he said, 129 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: the Texans are on their way out of town. The 130 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: time has come. Someone had to go. It is. It's sad, 131 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: but it would have been a lot sadder if this 132 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,559 Speaker 1: insane war had continued. That's the quote from the book, 133 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: and it sums up everything. He called it an insane war. 134 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: And even though they were civil, it was war, and 135 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: it was war to get the fans. It was war 136 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: to get the revenue. It was war to get the Stadium. 137 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: The Texans and Lamar had to pay a king's ransom 138 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: to play in the Cotton Bowl, and it was time 139 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: to move. And then where were they going to move? Well, 140 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: the book has it chronicled very well, it was going 141 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: to be New Orleans. They were headed New Orleans, mebe Atlanta. 142 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: Because remember, and this is a map that if you 143 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: come to the Hall of Honor here in Kansas City 144 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: you will see the map. Prior to Lamar Hunt's influence 145 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: in professional football, and then after it, there was no 146 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: team really outside of the Upper Midwest. Like the further 147 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: south team was Washington d c. And the Chicago Cardinals. 148 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: There were two teams in Chicago, and then there's two 149 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: teams way out on the west. It was the forty 150 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: nine Ers and the Rams, who were really not part 151 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: of the original NFL. They were part of the American 152 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: League that was the Autogram League in the late forties. 153 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: So now all of a sudden, it's going to be 154 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: New Orleans. And the book lays it out that Lamar 155 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: gets talked out of going to New Orleans, and hro 156 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: Bartel the Chief was able to get Lamar Hunt to 157 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: bring the Texans into Kansas City It's crazy just to 158 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: think about, isn't it. I Mean, all these things that 159 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: happened way back in the early sixties have defined how 160 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: we live our lives nowadays. What would you and I 161 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: be doing right now the Chiefs weren't in Kansas City. 162 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: I truly don't know. Well, probably going to a big 163 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: sale of some sort, you know, an art show, which 164 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: is great against big sales or art shows. But this 165 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: is the Chiefs man, Yeah, it's our career. Yeah. Well, 166 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: And also I always feel this way about professional sports teams, 167 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: particularly like the NFL. It legitimizes a city, right, and 168 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: Kansas City finds its pride and everything that makes us 169 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: Kansas Citians gets back to the Chiefs at some point 170 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: or another. And we saw that during the Super Bowl runs. 171 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: We're seeing that when the team has been so good 172 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: over the last decade or so and without the Chiefs, 173 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: it's just a different feel, you know, It's just different, 174 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: Like the team brings people together and it's something to 175 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: be proud of. And to think that h Robartle brought 176 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: the team here all those years ago, convinced Lamar Hunt 177 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: to come to Kansas City, and that Lamar was like, 178 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: you know what, I see potential in this place. It's 179 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: just a fun, cool story to think about. I think 180 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: it's also worth mentioning that we the NFL so big today, 181 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: but we forget that back then college football was king. 182 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: I mean, the NFL wasn't that big of a deal. 183 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: I'd argue baseball was a way bigger deal at the time, 184 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: was yeah. And for two teams to be competing in 185 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: Dallas at the same time when it's not that big 186 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: a deal, professional football is not what it is today, 187 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: just real tough. He mentioned the attendance numbers like it 188 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: just wasn't very popular. But the thing about Lamar Hunt 189 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: is he had the vision to see, hey, maybe we're 190 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: only drawing ten thousand fans right now, but I believe 191 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: in this and he was right. And it was Kansas City, 192 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: which at the time was a fledgling city trying to 193 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: define itself as kind of the capital city of the 194 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: heart of the Midwest heart then in the plains, and 195 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: that's what the Chiefs Kingdom. There's a primary and secondary 196 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: and I should say secondary because we kind of chuckle 197 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: about the worldwide influence of the Chiefs Kingdom. But we 198 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: don't chuckle. It's serious and watch what's going to happen 199 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: in the next five to seven years. It's going to 200 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: grow globally. But when the Chiefs came to Kansas City, 201 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: it became the region's team. And Kansas City has always 202 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: been a regional city. So someone who grew up in 203 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: four and a half hours away from Geha Field, the 204 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Arrowhead Stadium and Municipal Stadium, in my childhood, it was 205 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: still Kansas City. It was a big deal. Even though 206 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: we were on a farm on the Kansas Nebraska border, 207 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: we felt a part of it, just like all of 208 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs kingdom feels a part of it now. Yeah. 209 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: I mean I get these tweets every week while I'm 210 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: on the air, and there it's farmers, it's people working 211 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: the second shift or third shift, or from all over 212 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: the place. And now we see from all over the world. 213 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: But it reshaped and redefined Kansas City. When Lamar Hunt 214 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: brought the Texans here to become the Chiefs, they had 215 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: the Kansas City a's, but they were woful and Charlie 216 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: Finley now had bought the team from Arnold Johnson and 217 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: he couldn't wait to get him out of town. And 218 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: they never had a winning season. They weren't even close 219 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: to having a winning season, and that was from nineteen 220 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: fifty five to nineteen sixty seven. If the Chiefs were 221 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: gonna lose the A's and did not have I'm sorry. 222 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: If Kansas City was going to lose the A's and 223 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: not have the Chiefs, they were gonna be just a 224 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: what is Kansas City? So the Chiefs really And McCambridge 225 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: lays this out as well in this book and the 226 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: sixty nine Chiefs book. He wrote that it was a 227 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: da finding moment for the city and the entire region 228 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: when Lamar Hunt brought the Dallas Texans to Kansas City. Yeah, 229 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: and I totally agree with that. And once again, it's 230 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: just a point of pride when you're mentioning about how 231 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: you became a Chiefs fan just living on a farm 232 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: out in Smith Center, or am I the mean? So 233 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: my wife is from Colorado. I've converted her to a 234 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: Chiefs fan. Very proud of that. Well done. It's evangelism, 235 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: you gotta do it. But she went to the University 236 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. A lot of 237 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: cheese fans up there. It's kind of a battleground. We 238 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: always talk about this. But her best friend is from 239 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: a little teenytown, ironically enough, called Dallas, South Dakota, of 240 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: like a thousand people. But her dad is a gigantic 241 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: Chiefs fan. I mean they live like nine hours away 242 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: from Kansas City, but he's a gigantic Chiefs fan. So 243 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: when I met him, we just talked for hours and hours, 244 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: and I just think it's so cool when you meet 245 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: people that are not from Kansas City. I'm from Kansas City, 246 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: so obviously I grew up a Chiefs fan, but people 247 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: that grew up way far away from here, they grew 248 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: up a Chiefs fan. Because what you're saying is true 249 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: the region. It defines the region. I mean, we're right 250 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: here in the middle. And particularly when the Chiefs are 251 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: good and exciting and they have player that you can 252 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: relate to and then inspire you, it makes you want 253 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: to be a fan. And that's a lifelong thing. And 254 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: it's just so cool to see. And to get back 255 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: to our original point here, it all started way back 256 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: in the early sixties when the Chiefs came to town, 257 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: and it's because of that war they were having with 258 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: the cowboys. It's crazy, and it was war and so 259 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: if you kind of peek behind the curtain, you'll know 260 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: this is a big game that means more than just 261 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: one week in the NFL schedule. And it is the 262 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: Preston Road Trophy, called the ugliest trophy in sports. It's 263 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: less than a hundred bucks. In typical Lamar Hunt fashion, 264 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: he said, hey, when the Chiefs play the Cowboys, there's 265 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: got to be a trophy fallas And he was living 266 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: close as you mentioned Jerry Jones on Preston Road, and 267 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: so they decided to make this trophy. But it's gone 268 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: back and forth. But if you every kind of tongue 269 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: in cheek, ha ha ha. But it was war and 270 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: Dallas and the Cowboys in a way pushed Lamar Hunt 271 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: out of his hometown. This is big for him emotionally, yeh, 272 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: to move that team from Dallas to Kansas City. But 273 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: look at the blessing it's become now generationally with Clark 274 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: Hunt being the chairman and CEO. Now it's awesome. But 275 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: when the Blue Stars come to town or the Chiefs 276 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: go to Dallas, it only happens every four years. Who 277 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: knows it may happen sooner. With this seventeenth game now 278 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: between a single NFC team, not just a team from 279 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: another one. Whole division. You could get this game even 280 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: with a little more frequency than normal. But that sets 281 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: the stage now for this week's game, a big game 282 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: because both teams have high expectations. Now I'm going to 283 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: share one story with you, Matt, which will set this 284 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: up as well. This is a couple of years ago 285 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: and Clarke Hind had asked me to fly to Dallas 286 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: with Tammy and my wife and to present him for 287 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: a special award he was getting from the City of Dallas. 288 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 1: And it was the Entrepreneur of the Year. Big deal, right, 289 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: this is this is the big d and so I'm thinking, Wow, 290 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: what an honor him, and I was going to present him, 291 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: but I couldn't pass it up. I could not pass 292 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: it up because this is right after the twenty eighteen 293 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: season and Patrick Mahomes had become the NFL MV And 294 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: I do love because my son coached in Texas for 295 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: a while in Belton, Texas in football. I love Texas 296 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: high school football. I love high school football anywhere as 297 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: you know, in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iiowa, Nebraska, wherever, Missouri. 298 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: But I stood up in front of that crowd, and 299 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: I just said, we're excited because we have a Texas 300 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: high school quarterback from White House, Texas in the Tyler area, 301 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. There was a smattering of cheers from the 302 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: Texas techolums that were in the audience. Mostly it was 303 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: just murmuring and for her, he could just hear this, 304 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: but I couldn't pass it up. It was, you know, 305 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: it was the Rob Wriggles scene in on Step Brothers 306 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: where it's the Catalina wine mixer. Yeah, you know, And 307 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: I just had my little moment there. It's like, we 308 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: have the Texas high school quarterback. Now, Dak Prescott's really good, yeah, 309 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: but he's not a Texas high school quarterback Patrick Mahomes is. 310 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: So I just took that moment and said, you know, 311 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: symbol crash. Yeah, so that's that brings a little bit 312 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: of flavor to this game because those Dallas fans know 313 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: that Mahomes is a Texas legend. Yeah it does. So 314 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: I grew up a Missouri fan, which is difficult at times, 315 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: but Missouri would always get like a third of our 316 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: roster from Texas and you get all these guys, what 317 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: kind of in Chase Daniel from Texas. Lots of good 318 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: players from Texas and now at the yeah, Mitch Moore, 319 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: So I mean the list goes on and on and on. Yea. 320 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: And to get Patrick Mahomes out of the state of Texas, 321 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: don't want him playing for the Cowboys, bring him to 322 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: Kansas City and for him to be our guy. We're 323 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: pretty lucky. And they were asking him earlier in media 324 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: if he grew up a Cowboys fan, and he's like, 325 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, but not this week. And Nick Bolton 326 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: Frisco Texas, you're a Missouri linebacker who leads by far. 327 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: In fact, he's got twenty more tackles. And Michael Parsons, 328 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: you got standing linebacker for the Cowboys. But Nick from Frisco, 329 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: Texas and one of Missouri's great players in recent years 330 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: and blowing up right now in a good way for 331 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs defensively. All right, let's jump into 332 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: the present. Then that sets this tone for this game. 333 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: But he tells you there's more going on here than 334 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: just a single game in the NFL week, although it's 335 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: the biggest game in Week eleven of the National Football League. 336 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: But this Dallas team, they sense it, they feel it 337 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: there's they get a lot of attention. We understand that, 338 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: but let's be well. I brought it up on Kingdom 339 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: Conversations and we discussed it in the Highvchiefs Insiders show. 340 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: It has been a generation now, nineteen ninety five since 341 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: they've been in the NFC Championship Game. They've had ten 342 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: playoff appearances since then, but they've not been in the 343 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: NFC Championship Game. Only two teams have had a drier run, 344 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: if you will, the Washington football team in their division 345 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: and the Detroit Lions. Now it's crazy. Bring that up. 346 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: It's crazy and gets It's one of those really Yeah, Okay, 347 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: Now they sense it because they truly feel like they 348 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: have the best team in the NFC. And you could 349 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: argue that, yeah, well, that's the thing with this Cowboys team. 350 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: You mentioned all the attention that they get for years. 351 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: This is no disrespect of the Cowboys, but they probably 352 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: didn't deserve all that attention. I mean, they're going eight 353 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: and eight for years and years, right well, they do 354 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: deserve that attention this year. I mean, they're a good 355 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: team on both sides of the ball. Right now, they 356 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: have the top offense in all of football in terms 357 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: of points per game, they're scoring thirty one points per 358 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: game this year, number four and passing and number four 359 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: and rushing, so very balanced offensively, and the number ten 360 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,959 Speaker 1: defense in all of football. And they have these playmakers everywhere. 361 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: On offense, they have their quarterback and Dak Prescott, he's healthy, 362 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: looking really really good this season. Could argue he's having 363 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: the best season of his career so far. I mean 364 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: has he leads the NFL and pass the rating and 365 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: has the highest completion rate of his career, twenty touchdowns, 366 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,719 Speaker 1: just five interceptions. I mean, Dak's been playing great football 367 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: all year long. He has weapons everywhere, Guys like Ceede Lamb, 368 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: what a season for him so far. He leads his 369 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: team and receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Amari Cooper, 370 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: we know what he can do. And then Ezekiel Elliott 371 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: forget about him almost but he's having a really solid 372 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 1: year as well. And Tony Pollard in that backfield. Then 373 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: look at the defense. They have guys like Treyvon Diggs 374 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: who has eight interceptions this season that leads the NFL. 375 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: So they have playmakers everywhere. They kind of finally have 376 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: this team that is worthy of all the attention that 377 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys get year in and year out, and it 378 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: steps the stage for this game. We knew going into 379 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: the season that would be a big game, but particularly 380 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs coming off that Raiders win, which was 381 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: awesome to kind of feel like we got our Joe 382 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: back and play the kind of football on both sides, 383 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: but we know that we can play at the same time. 384 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: To now go into this Cowboys game feeling really really 385 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: good and having a chance to knock off the Cowboys 386 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: and go into the buy in a four game winning streak, 387 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: just a huge opportunity here for the Chiefs. Yeah, the Cowboys, 388 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: the Chiefs could be playing Frisbee golf and it's going 389 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: to be a big deal. But it's really a big 390 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 1: deal this week. The Cowboys offensive legs jump back in 391 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: there because we're excited. You and I both about the 392 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs have done defensively over the last three and a 393 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: half games. But the Cowboys can do to opposing defense. 394 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: Is what the Chiefs have done to opposing defenses under 395 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: the tutelage of Andy Reid, both prior to Patrick Mahomes 396 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: with Alex Smith and with Patrick with Mahomes, and that 397 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: is to attack a team defensively, both vertically and horizontally, 398 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: and when you do that, you become nearly impossible to defend. 399 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: You mentioned the number that popped off the board and 400 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: taking a deep dive into this Cowboy team this week 401 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: was seventy percent completion rate for Dak Prescott. Then you 402 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: see Michael Gallup come back to the receiving corps ceedee lamb. 403 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: We know what he can do in Amari Cooper been 404 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: legendary and what he's been able to do three two 405 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: hundred yard receiving games in his career. And then a 406 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: good group of tight ends. The running backs. Tony Pollard's 407 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: one of the most underrated backs in this league in 408 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: my opinion, But they can stretch you vertically and horizontally, 409 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: meaning there's constant pressure on every snap when you play 410 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. So when you have this many playmakers as 411 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: a defense, you have to figure out who are we 412 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: going to slow down first? How do we slow down 413 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: one part of this offense? And that then derails the 414 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: rest of it. And for me, this is kind of 415 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: basic football, but particularly in this game, you've got to 416 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: stop the run first. And I know they have all 417 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: these big receivers in Dallas. But you have to slow 418 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: down Tony Pollard and Zeke Elliott. If you look at 419 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: what the Cowboys have done this year, when they rush 420 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: for one hundred yards as a team, they're six and 421 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: l and when they don't, they are one and two. 422 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: So that's one part of it. If you can slow 423 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: down Zeke Elliott, you can slow down Tony Pollard and 424 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: this rushing attack, you can start to slow down the 425 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: Dallas offense. The Broncos did that with success a few 426 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: weeks ago. Crazy game, right. The Broncos go into that 427 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: game as a massive underdog and they've shut down the 428 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: Cowboys for three quarters. The Cowboys didn't score until late 429 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. So it's doable. And I begin 430 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: to start, I believe it starts with slowing down that 431 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: rushing attack. And the Chiefs have shown that they can 432 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: do that recently. I mean over the last four games 433 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: they've been really good against really good running backs. Who 434 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: saw it against Josh Jacobs last week. He had sixteen 435 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: rushing yards, I mean insane. And the Raiders were in 436 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 1: that game for a while. It's not like they got 437 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: down by a whole bunch and had to abandon the run. 438 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: He just wasn't very effective. We saw it with Aaron 439 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: Jones a few weeks ago and Derrick Henry. I know 440 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: that game didn't go the way we had hoped, but 441 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry did not have a big game against the 442 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs and in the second half the Chiefs shut out 443 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: the Titans. So we've seen this run defense look really 444 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: good lately, and we'll need it this week because I 445 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: believe if you want to slow down this high powered 446 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: Cowboys offense, it starts to slowing down the running game. 447 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: And we've said it week by week. You have to 448 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: treat the runners to as receivers an extended run game there, 449 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs were able to get Aaron Jones was 450 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: zero yards. That's a minor miracle, crazy, and then two 451 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: to do the same thing against both of those Raiders backs, 452 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: but you have to do the same thing was Zeke 453 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: Elliott and also with Tony Pollard, they're both accomplished vers 454 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: out of the backfield, and so it's there's a lot 455 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: to deal with with this team now strategically. Here's one 456 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: real interesting question now, Vic Fangio after he put a 457 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: blanket over this offense and pretty much shut him down, 458 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: had him third down thirty to nothing, which was unreal, 459 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: But he said, I figured him out. Like teams are 460 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: defending the Cowboys the wrong way, I figured out how 461 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: to do it the right way. Now, what was interesting 462 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: was he only blitzed fourteen percent of the time against 463 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, so he kind of played it the way 464 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs have been played against with playing deep safeties, 465 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: playing in zones to still try to play the run. 466 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: You can't just give up the run. Obviously you just 467 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: mentioned that, but we also know the Chiefs are always 468 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: in the top five in the league in the amount 469 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: of blitz is that they sent. It's what Spags does. 470 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: But here is another crux in the crux of the matter. 471 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: If you will strategically, do the chief skew more to 472 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 1: what the Broncos did or did they just stay with 473 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: what they do? It'll be interesting. I mean, what they've 474 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: been doing has been working lately. And see Spag Milo 475 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: gets so creative with his blitzes. He brings his guys 476 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: from different angles, guys Lagarius sneed what a great blitzer 477 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: he is as a dB. I'm sure we'll see a 478 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: lot of blitzing in this game. I don't know if 479 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: we'll do it a ton, but Womi do do it. 480 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 1: You gotta get home. You can't let Dak Prescott hit 481 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: a guy in one on one coverage. The good news 482 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: is when you're feeling confident in your cornerback play like 483 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: we are right now, you probably feel better about blitzing 484 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: right because what have guys like Lagarius Need, Rashad Finton, 485 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: Sarvarius War done in man on man coverage lately? They've 486 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: done really well, I mean on good receivers. You saw 487 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: what a Sneed did against Davante Adams just a few 488 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: weeks ago. I thought you put it great on our 489 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: podcast where it doesn't matter that Jordan loves at quarterback. 490 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: If you have a jugs machine back, they're a fade. 491 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: The Davante Adams is tough to defend, and Lagarius Need 492 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 1: did a great job of it. They were good against 493 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: the Raiders last week. Do you know who the number 494 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: two corner according to PFF is right now? It is 495 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: Rashad Fin And he stayed there like it's not like, 496 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: well he had a good week, but he stayed there. Yeah, 497 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: but you see him making plays. He had the DPI 498 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: last week. I got it, got it? I mean that 499 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: dude makes winning plays. And the other thing that's taken 500 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: for granted because you mentioned the playing the run the 501 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: way the corners for the Chiefs are excellent tackle seat 502 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: last week and Ward has been now for almost four seasons, 503 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: so it's not an anomaly that Ward has always got 504 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: one of the top tackle totals of any corner in 505 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: the league. But Fenton's the same way, and he talked 506 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: about it on the Chiefs Kingdom Show Monday night. He goes, 507 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't look like but he'll come after you. 508 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: And the play he made against the Packers or the 509 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: Giants where he's chasing it down all the way across 510 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: the field as a play you do not see DB's make. 511 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: That's a linebacker play. But that's the way Fenton hunts. Yeah, 512 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: and they're gonna need it this week because this will 513 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: be a game where tackling will be a premium with 514 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: this cowboy squad. Well, also about Fenton, how about punching 515 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: the ball out from de Shaun Jackson. I mean, how 516 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: hard must it be as a corner when a receiver 517 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: has a huge play and you're right there. I mean, 518 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: it'd be really easy to get down on yourself, but 519 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: you just keep playing. Punch the ball out and then 520 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew's right there to pick it up. It's your football. 521 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 1: The big play doesn't matter anymore, and we're seeing that 522 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: from these guys. And I really just love the intensity 523 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: and the fire and the passion that the Chiefs defense 524 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: is playing with lately. I think Melvin Ingram has helped 525 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: bring some of that edge that the guys are all. 526 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: It's kind of contagious, right like they're all playing with 527 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: that edge. Frank Clark, Chris Jones, all the guys. Jarin 528 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 1: Reid got his first sack as a Chief last week. 529 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 1: Derek Noddy got a sack. It's coming from everybody. Everyone 530 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: on this defense just seems to be playing well right now. 531 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: The linebackers as well. We talked about Nick Bolton and 532 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: Willie Gay. So just very excited going into this game. 533 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: The Chiefs defense does not get a lot of respect, 534 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: and they didn't get a lot of respect for what 535 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: they did against the Giants or the Packers. I think 536 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: they're starting to get it back now doing it against 537 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: the Raiders, who are playing good football. But man, if 538 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: they can go play good football against the Cowboys and 539 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: the Chiefs can lead this game with the victory, and 540 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: you can see the defense was a big reason why 541 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: they're going to get that respect. It's a psychological thing too, 542 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: and I asked my broadcast partner Danan Hughes, the former 543 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: chief about it. These punchhots after long plays is something 544 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: I'm seeing every week in the NFL with frequency. Yeah, 545 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: just like the play that fen but you gotta look 546 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: to make that play. So I asked him, is this 547 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: more of a culture of like, Hey, I've got forty yards, mom, 548 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: look at me and my buddies can win the fantasy 549 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: league and I'll get an endorsement punched out what happened? 550 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: Or is it the defense is being trained that way? 551 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: The old Peanut Tilman thought, and he thinks it's a 552 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: little bit of both. So it's a little bit cultural, 553 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: but it's also a lot of thinking, this play is 554 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: not done. Even though you've gained fifty yards, I'm going 555 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: to get the football. That's one of the biggest plays 556 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: of the year. But overall, now we're also seeing this 557 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs defense get the ball. They're starting to take it away. 558 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: Part of being down so far in the giveaway takeaway 559 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: with a lot of giveaways. We know that now there's twenty, 560 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: but we weren't taking the ball away at all. Now 561 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: it's happening with frequency. It's starting to even out, even out, 562 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: and I mean, no one wants to hear that early 563 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: in the year, but we're watching it. We're like, this 564 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: is not going to continue because it's not possible. I mean, 565 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: this is just incredible bad luck over and over again. 566 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,360 Speaker 1: It wasn't like the Chiefs. Offensively, we're turning the ball 567 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: over like egregiously, it was balls bouncing off guy's chests 568 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 1: or off fingers. Things that plays they normally make just 569 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: wasn't happening, or uncharacteristic fumbles. And then defensively, the guys 570 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: just weren't making the plays they typically make. Right. But 571 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: you just know, over the course of a long season, 572 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: we know what these players can do and what they've 573 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: done in the past. It's gonna even out, and we're 574 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: starting to see that finally, and the scoreboard is showing 575 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: it as well. It's a beautiful thing though, that it's 576 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: happening all at the same time on both sides, and 577 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: that was the unlucky part of the early part of 578 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: the season. Is the defense wasn't forcing turnovers and the 579 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: offense was turning it over uncharacteristically. Well, now both things 580 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: are opposite and they're happening at the same time, where 581 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: the offense is not really turning the ball over much 582 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: at all like we expected, and the defense is being opportunistic. 583 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: They're punching the ball out after big plays, they're getting 584 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: off the field on third down, they're getting sacks and 585 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: big moments. They're doing the things that we talked about 586 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:44,959 Speaker 1: in training camp that we knew that they could do, 587 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: and for it to happen at the same time. At 588 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: this point in the year, this is when you want 589 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: to heat up, right I mean, it's the home stretch 590 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: of the season, after the buy all these divisional games. 591 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: You want to get hot right now. And of course 592 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: we want to see them hot all year long, but 593 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: if we're playing in February, hopefully we're not going to 594 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: be talking about how they looked in Week three, are we. 595 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: So they're getting hot at the perfect time and it's 596 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: very exciting. And keep that thought because we're going to 597 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: transition to the other matchup here as we close out 598 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: this Defending the Kingdom podcast entitled The Preston Road Trophy. 599 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: But let's just pull off the side of the road 600 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: here for a second and realize that it's also a 601 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: third phase. Special teams now every week is starting to 602 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: do something with an impactful or explosive play. The fake 603 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: punt last week by Tommy Towns that comes to mind 604 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: the muff punt in the Green Bay game. Townsend right 605 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: now is the top rated punter. Look at Pro Football 606 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: Focus with that, he is the top rated punter in 607 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: this league, and he has become a weapon. You don't 608 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: drop four inside the fifteen against Green Batalley to a 609 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: thirteen to seven game. It's coverage, it's returns. The fake 610 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: punt now will slow down the return game of opponents 611 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: as well. But Tobe's on fire right now. Yeah, He's 612 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: on fire. And that fake punt by Tommy Townsend was 613 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: just awesome, the best. First of all, I love the 614 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: form he dips so low into his lean he's thrown. 615 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,479 Speaker 1: We've seen two of these throws now he's completed both 616 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: of them, and it's so exciting. We knew that he 617 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: could do that coming out of college. He described himself 618 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: as a weapon coming out of college, Like I know 619 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: I'm a hunter, but I can be a weapon, you know, 620 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: and we've seen that from him in that play. To me, 621 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs were winning at that point, and he felt 622 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: pretty good that they were going to win the game, 623 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: but it was still kind of close. When the Chiefs 624 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: faked that punt, it just showed me that Coach Reid 625 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs are not messing around tonight. They are 626 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: not leaving here with a loss like they are winning 627 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: this game. They're going to do everything they can to 628 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: win this game and to win it comfortably. And that 629 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: fake punt kind of told me that you loved that 630 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: mindset and that mentality because we needed that game and 631 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: for all three phases to contribute, for the offense to 632 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: play perfect football for the most part, for the defense 633 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: to be incredible, and for special teams to contribute as well. 634 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: Kind of picked up my keys from earlier in the 635 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: game too, where he had the fumble a nice return 636 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 1: for my keys. It was too bad he fumbled it, 637 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: but yeah, special teams overall, a punch after a forty 638 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: yard game. Yeah, it's the same thing. It's the same thing, 639 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: and you know, you like what you see from Mike 640 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: us there. Until the fumble looked good on the return, 641 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: but special teams overall looking very good and very exciting 642 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: once again to have all three phases clicking at the 643 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: same time that Raiders that fake punt, and what the Raiders' 644 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: sideline was like when you're taking the bouncy house down 645 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: after your kid's birthday in the backyard. You could just 646 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: see that whole sideline just go Yeah. They were just 647 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: losing air, like, oh, you gotta be kidding. They still 648 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: have the ball. Now they're gonna go score an Now 649 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: we're really cooked all you finally get him off the field, 650 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: right and don't It's just devastating psychologically any football at 651 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: any level. It's like the block punt. Those are just 652 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: psychologically devastating. All right, let's talk about now, speaking of 653 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: punching the ball out and taking care of the ball. 654 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are doing that on offense. We've seen it 655 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: now two weeks in a row with the Chiefs have 656 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: not had an offensive turnover. But this is a Dallas 657 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: team that thrives off taking the ball away. Trayvon Diggs 658 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: is exhibit A here eight interceptions. The all time Cowboy 659 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: records eleven. He's setting here going into week eleven already 660 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: with eight now He also has the most targets in 661 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: the league. People are not afraid to throw at him. 662 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: But he's like Marcus Peters used to play for the 663 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: Chiefs and later with other teams in the Ravens. If 664 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna throw there, you throw with some risk. But 665 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: he's not the only guy. Anthony Brown's got three picks. 666 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis has two picks. Don Monte because he has 667 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: a pick. This is a team and a secondary that 668 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: are ball hawks. They're ball hawks. And you mentioned that 669 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters comp about digs a few days ago, so 670 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: I started looking into it and it's so spot on. 671 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: Like he is. Marcus Peters eight interceptions this year, he's 672 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: a ball hawk. But yeah, he's been targeted a bunch. 673 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: And when he does give up receptions, he's giving up 674 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: the second most receiving yards per reception of any corner 675 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL, with three hundred or more snaps, It's 676 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: like eighteen yards per catch. So you can have big 677 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: plays against this guy. But also he can take the 678 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: ball away and create big plays himself. I believe he 679 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: has two pick sixes this year, so it's tough. I mean, 680 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy that will take advantage of 681 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: mistakes and will take risks. But if you're Patrick Mahomes, 682 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: you got to make sure that you gage those properly. 683 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: You don't put the ball in places where it shouldn't 684 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: be against this guy. But you can beat him, but 685 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: when he gets you in knicksy pay for it. Michael 686 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: Parsons has fifty eight tackles. That is still like twenty 687 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: tackles behind Bolt and eighteen I think to be exact, 688 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: But Michael Parsons is a player. You and I spent 689 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: a lot of time together during the draft and bringing 690 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: you shows and bringing our listeners and viewers shows. But 691 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: when Michael Parsons came up, I'm like, do not let 692 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: him go to the AFC. Do not let him go 693 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: to the AFC West, because in watching him at a 694 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: Penn State, this is a beast. He can rush, he 695 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: can cover. Michael Parsons as a star. We had a 696 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: lot of fun breaking down the draft and we had 697 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: so we took over a conference room basically just Mitch 698 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: and I and we had this giant whiteboard and we're 699 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: just writing down all our names. It was so much fun. 700 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: It was like those kind of things where we were 701 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: working like seventeen hour days and they just couldn't wait 702 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: to get back, you know, like we have to go 703 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: home and sleep for a few days. It was so 704 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: much fun. And we're seeing the Chiefs draft classes looking 705 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: really good, aren't they. But we were worried about Michael 706 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: Parsons falling to the Broncos. We're like, please do not 707 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: go to Denver because he would fit perfectly there. And 708 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: I really don't want to play against this guy twice 709 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: a year because he is a stud. We talk a 710 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: lot about like new age linebackers, linebackers that can rush 711 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: the pasture, play the run, and also be out in 712 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: coverage and play it well. We're seeing that kind of 713 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: Willie Gage junior and Nick Bolton's trying to grow into 714 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: that player as well. But Michael Parsons is that dude, 715 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: and we're so glad he didn't go to the Broncos. 716 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: But we're seeing what we thought he could be in Dallas. 717 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: He's six sacks this year. I mean, he's been all 718 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: over the place, a really really good player. He'll come 719 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: off as a defensive end, sometimes he'll be a linebacker 720 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: at times, will drop into coverage. He'll do it all. 721 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: Gotta know where Michael Parsons is as all at all times, 722 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: and they're missing you know, some of their major pass rushers, 723 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: guys like to Marcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, I've been injured 724 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,239 Speaker 1: this year, so he's kind of made up for that. 725 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: They released Jalen Smith earlier this year partly because Michael 726 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: Parsons was playing so well. So Michael Parsons is a player. Yeah, 727 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: and they're missing Randy Gregory and I are your cornoscrap 728 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: fans know how good he was in Lincoln, but he's 729 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: been even better honestly in Dallas. So but this is 730 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: still a group upfront that can get it done. And 731 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: Layton Vander one of my favorite players. You know this 732 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,959 Speaker 1: because he's an eight man football player. Uh he's from Riggins, Idaho. 733 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that's named after John Riggins, but still 734 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: he walked on at Boise State and he's become a 735 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: big time NFL player and he played eight man high 736 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: school football. I love it. You got you're like after 737 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: those guys, Like those guys are after your own heart, right, 738 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: Like that's so I went to Smith Center with you, 739 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: um this past April and checked out where you grew 740 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: up and I can see why you love that kind 741 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: of thing, because that's just like, that's like Friday night lights, 742 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: and it's like Odessa, Texas. It's West Texas, West Texas, 743 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: in those small towns, and you know, a place like 744 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: Smith Centers had fifteen Division One players and here's Layton Vanderesh. 745 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: You can find him there. It's like the brown kid 746 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: that grew up in lenox Iowa was starting Atlantic Iowa. Yeah, 747 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: lenox iywaence a brown who's starting for the Buffalo Bills. 748 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: If you're good enough, they'll find you. And Layton Vanderesh 749 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: is that as well. Well. If it's good enough, they'll 750 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: they'll find this game. But again, a double meaning here 751 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: to this game, one from a historical standpoint in two 752 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: because both of these teams feel like they can get 753 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: to the Promised Land. The Chiefs being rallying here in Dallas, 754 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: which has really waited a generation maybe for this team. Yeah, 755 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: and how about a bit of a longer wait because 756 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are still here. The Chiefs are heating up 757 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: at the perfect time. And what a great opportunity here 758 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,439 Speaker 1: to take what they did in the Raiders game and say, hey, 759 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are here to stay and we're not going anywhere, 760 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,760 Speaker 1: So you know this Chiefs Kingdom. There are lots of trophies. 761 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: The Lombardi Trophy, you've got a fresh one. The Lamar 762 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 1: Hunt Trophy. You're getting used to winning that now after 763 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: never winning it. And you Cowboys, you've been there, but 764 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 1: it's been twenty five years. But there's always the coveted 765 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: Preston Road Trophy. To win touch down and the celebration 766 00:34:42,760 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: begins in their hand. Everybody could not be