1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day when you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: to game, they can play one touchdown Kansas City, the 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: cheats all right in the thick of a baby. Hello 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: once again, and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: This is the closest thing the NFL has to a 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: plan shut down, because this league, we know, never sleeps, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: It just goes. But this is the time of year, 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: like late June early July, where they do shut down 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: the facilities and say get out there. But Defending the Kingdom, 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: we march on. Mitcholters with your voice the Chiefs, along 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: with senior team reporter Matt McMullen, the mat stat himself. 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: And before we go into this edition, which we're calling 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: Cause Effect and sneaky, let's go around the world. Let's 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: go around the world. And I totally agree with that, 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: by the way, because this time of year, like it's 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: nice to relax and then go on vacation and everything that. 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: Aren't you just ready for training camp, just ready for 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: it to get here kind of more than ever. I 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: just after what we saw in OTAs, we're gonna try 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: to capture that today for you. What we saw this 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: spring and summer OTAs and the mini camps. I got 22 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: more excited than usual. Yeah, this is a team that 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm curious. I just we can anticipate what we're going 24 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: to see in Saint Joe because I think this team 25 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: is going to crash through the curtain and just go 26 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: full steam ahead. This is a team with a chip 27 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: on their shoulder after winning six consecutive division titles and 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: hosting four straight AFC Championship games, and yet they've kind 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: of been disrespected. So that's the way they have approached 30 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: this spring and summer and has been good work. We'll 31 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: get to that in a second, but I'm with you. Yeah, 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: it's some downtime and time to be with loved ones 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: and help family, and it gets crazy after camp starts, 34 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: but still time. The world keeps spinning and we'll go 35 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: around the world with it. Yeah, everyone else is ready 36 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: for training camp as well, I think. And we have 37 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: thirteen at names and places. As always, people listening all 38 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: over the world to DTK. So we have a couple 39 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: of listeners in Burnaby, Canada. They declared it Arrowhead Northwest 40 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: Junior declared Australia as them down Under. Kayley from Nipomo, California, 41 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: she's listening to D D d K. She's sixteen years 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: old and on her birthday in each of the last 43 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: two years, she's gone to a game here in Kansas City. 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: So pretty cool where you're from Nipomo, California. I could 45 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: be mispronouncing that, but yeah, you got me on that one, man, 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: Hi Kayley. We also have Scott from Grove, Oklahoma, Edward 47 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: from Houston, Dylan from Independence, Missouri just down the road, 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: Rick from Chicago, Lance and Mesa, Arizona, Zach from Hannibal, Missouri. 49 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: Two episodes in a row, we've had a listener in Hannibal, 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: Missouri of Coamuel Clemens, Mark Twine. Yeah, Niki. Last week, 51 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: by the way, people don't realize that they don't herk 52 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Twain was a huge Chiefs fan. I believe it. Um 53 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: Nikki of course, last episode declared a kingdom on the river. 54 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: So Zach, shout out to you in Hannibal, Missouri. We've 55 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: got Tyler in Atlanta, Nivek and Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nathan 56 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: near Saint Louis and Tony from the south upper deck 57 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: of Geha Field the Arrowhead Stadium. He lives up there. 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: Let's take a vote because you and I've already talked 59 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: about this. We need defending the Kingdom shirts. Absolutely, we 60 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: do Kingdom Defenders. Maybe we have Kingdom Defenders. That's what 61 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: we'll do. Yeah, raise your hand out there if you 62 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: want a Kingdom Defender shirt or you'd get one we'll get. 63 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: We'll get. We'll get our graphic arts team on this 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: and maybe sell them in the pro shot. It'd be awesome, 65 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't it. Yeah, Kingdom and you see it. We could 66 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: and you'll send us pictures from Australia. Yeah, Brisbane, they're 67 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: walking around with the Kingdom Defender shirts. And so that's 68 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: what we'll do. Well, let's not let's do it all right, 69 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: let's get into this episode. We're talking to Cause Effect 70 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: and Sneaky and we're gonna break down basically the off 71 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: season up to this point, and then we will turn 72 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: our attention into these next episodes to training camp to 73 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: get you ready for Saint Joe Is the twenty twenty 74 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: two season gets ever closer. But what's happened here is 75 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: it's really happened in really kind of three segments, and 76 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: the first segment was the craziness that the NFL is 77 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: now started with free agency, there's the tampering legally period, 78 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: and then there's what we call I call it the 79 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: Friday Thanksgiving shopping spree, and oh my gosh, this year 80 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: was no exception, but the Chiefs were involved some very 81 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: familiar names now to the Chiefs Kingdom. Justin Reid coming 82 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: in from the Houston Texans as a safety mark, quisveld 83 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: Is scaling a wide receiver from Green Bay, Juju Smith 84 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: Schuster from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ronald Jones Jr. Rojoe wearing 85 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: number two by the way, in case you want to know, 86 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: running back from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Those are the 87 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: most notable ones. But just know this, as we start 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: this episode with ninety players on this roster, I think 89 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: I count forty six percent are new. Wow, forty six 90 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: percent new players as you get ready for Saint Joe. Yeah, 91 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: and in free agency, the one thing you worry about 92 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: with free agency is that you're going to go out 93 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: and sign a bunch of older players toward the end 94 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: of their career. And frankly, if you look at the 95 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: early two thousand stage for the Chiefs that era, they 96 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: did a lot of that and it worked out. But 97 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: the shelf life for those teams isn't very long. What 98 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: really successful teams do when they're trying to prolong a 99 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: championship window is you use free agency to replenish the 100 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: roster and you go after guys maybe getting that second contract, 101 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: who are still fairly young. And we've seen that with 102 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: this free agency period for the Chiefs. So my count 103 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: is twelve veteran free agents signed added to the Chiefs 104 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: roster that are still currently on the team this offseason. 105 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: Their average age was twenty six years old. Only one 106 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: of them was thirty or older, and it was old 107 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: friend Austin Ryder. He only falls in this category because 108 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: he technically wasn't on the team last year. He was 109 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: two years ago and now is back. He's thirty, But 110 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: everyone else is under thirty. I mean Justin Reid twenty 111 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: five years old, Marquis Valdes Scantling twenty seven years old, 112 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: Judu Smith Schuster twenty five years old. Isn't it crazy 113 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: he's twenty five. I feel like he's been around forever 114 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: than Ronald Jones Junior twenty four years old. You get 115 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: the idea here, So lots of young players who still 116 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: have a lot to prove they're not at the end 117 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: of their career just joining the Chiefs for one last ride. 118 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: They're trying to earn future contracts in the NFL, and 119 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: they trying to do it here in Kansas City. Also, 120 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: if you look at these six future reserves contracts signed 121 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: way back in the winner, these kind of get overlooked, 122 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: but you shouldn't overlook them. Every once in a while, 123 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: there's at least one or two guys that sign these 124 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: contracts in the winter that end up making the team, 125 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: making an impact on the team. I count six guys 126 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: currently on the roster who were not with the organization 127 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: at all, including practice squad last year, and their average 128 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: age is twenty five, and then eleven undrafted free agents. 129 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: They're rookies, so obviously they're young, but only one of 130 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: them is older than twenty three, So lots of young 131 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: players added to this roster via free agency. Didn't go 132 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: out there and add a bunch of older players like 133 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: you might see in free agency typically, And that's the 134 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: reason to be excited. I think, yeah, your points an 135 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: excellent one. These are second contract free agents, so they've 136 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: already played in the league in many cases for the 137 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: four years and then they decided to go someplace else 138 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: for the next four And what you're alluding to is 139 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: the third contract free agent, many times the star who 140 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: maybe on the way down but still commanding some attention 141 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: and salary so to speak, and paying for past performances. 142 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: Those typically yeah, in the NFL. We've discussed this before. 143 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: The National Football League, where you get in trouble is 144 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: where you're paying for past performance. You're got you have 145 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: to do it. This is where bread Veach I think 146 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: has been excellent and his staff and coach Ree talks 147 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: about it all the time. You don't pay or reward 148 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: past performance. You have to pay based your past performance 149 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: is only indication of what you think they will do 150 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: in the future. It's not a reward. I know it's 151 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 1: it's it's cold blooded. But that's what the National Football 152 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: League is that you look at what this person could do. 153 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: We have seen and so the cause here we're talking 154 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: about cause and effect. The cause element here is what 155 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: free agent has been in the National Football League. It's 156 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: just whirling dervish and spinning dust storm of just flurry 157 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: after flurry of signing and going crazy. We saw the 158 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: wide receiver market just bust through the ceiling and head 159 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: to the skies. The effect here, though, and what we 160 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: have seen over the past several months since free agent 161 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: free agency started back in March, to me is a 162 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: very quick integram of these guys that we're talking about 163 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: into the system and into the culture. Go back to 164 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: a previous defending the Kingdom just a couple of weeks 165 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: ago when we talk about it's like what we do 166 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: and how we do it, and Andy Reid has talked 167 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: about this, Patrick Mahomes has talked about this where it's 168 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: not just coming to the chiefs, it is coming to 169 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: the chiefs and understanding why we win and the thousand 170 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: ways we win, and understanding the culture. That has to happen. 171 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: To me, what has been most rewarding, and I've not 172 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: always seen this in my brief twenty nine years in 173 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: the National Football League, is this quick integration. You use 174 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 1: the OTAs and the mini camps to get them ready 175 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: so that Saint Joe again is on the full throttle. 176 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: These guys, almost the guys we've mentioned, those prominent free 177 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: agents are now strongly integrated into this system, seem to 178 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: buy into the culture right away, not fighting the culture 179 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: at all, missing workouts, here, they're in every workout, they're 180 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 1: going after the jujus mis schusters, a little bit of 181 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: an injury rehab, But these guys, to me, are all 182 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: in and to see them integrate so quickly is to 183 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: me a good sign for what could happen for these 184 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: guys in twenty twenty two. I think it gets back 185 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: to the whole disrespect thing that you were talking about earlier, 186 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: and in my notes I had disrespect underlined and circled 187 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: because it doesn't feel that way with this team. I mean, 188 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: a team that's been a four consecutive conference title games 189 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: hosted the game. No other team in NFL history has 190 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: ever done that. Yet it does seem like the national 191 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: perspective of the Chiefs is getting bored with them, right, 192 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: And I think the Chiefs at this point are they 193 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: don't care. But at the same time, that has to 194 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: be a little bit motivating, right, Like you don't think 195 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: we're going to be in the super Bowl this year, Well, 196 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna show you. And the new guys even though 197 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: they weren't necessarily around for those previous conference title game 198 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: appearances or the Super Bowl, they seem to be embracing 199 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: that as well. And I kind of think that there's 200 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: a lot of microcosms of that on this team, where 201 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster is a good example. This is a 202 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: dude that in twenty eighteen was one of the best 203 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: receivers in all of football, and this is the way 204 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: circumstances worked out with their offense in Pittsburgh. He didn't 205 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: really have an opportunity to put up big numbers like 206 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: that the last couple of years. But as I mentioned, 207 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: he's twenty five years old and he's here to show 208 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: like I can be one of the best receivers in 209 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: the NFL. Same thing with MVS leaving Aaron Rodgers. I 210 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: can succeed without Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense. 211 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 1: I can succeed by myself here in Kansas City with 212 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and all the playmakers around me. So that's 213 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: really exciting. I think these guys are something to prove 214 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: in this offense. But I also think the stability here 215 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: in Kansas City is unique and it allows for those 216 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: kind of things to happen. When you have a lot 217 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: of turnover on a team, it might be concerning at first, 218 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: but when you have turnover at a position group, but 219 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: yet have stability elsewhere, it allows that position group to thrive. 220 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: And if you think about the turnover at wide receiver 221 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, Yeah, a lot of new faces, but 222 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have one of the best young offensive lines 223 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: and all of football. They have the best quarterback in 224 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: all of football, and of course a Hall of Fame 225 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: coach and Andy Reid. When you have those things around, 226 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: it allows for new players to come in, to slot 227 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: in and to figure things out and to thrive. Same 228 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,479 Speaker 1: thing with the defense. A lot of turnover in the secondary, 229 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: but the Chiefs have perhaps the best young core of 230 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: linebackers and all of football, a true leader in Nick 231 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: Bolton who's ready to fill that void left by guys 232 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: like Tyron Matthew and Anthony Hitchens who were leaders on 233 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: this defense previously. So when you have that stability and 234 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: that winning culture, that expectation of winning, you can bring 235 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: new guys in free agents and a draftees and undrafted 236 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: free agents and all these guys and they can get 237 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: with the program quickly. And we're seeing that so far. Yeah, 238 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: let me throw another name in there too that fits 239 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: what you're saying, and that is Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey 240 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: was amazing this spring and summer, crazy you and I 241 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: had a chance to watch him throw out OTA's mini camps, 242 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: and it was he was going after it one hundred percent. 243 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: I mean to the point where I just asking him, like, dude, 244 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,719 Speaker 1: what are you doing? He goes, I've rediscovered my love 245 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: for a football and I feel like we got something 246 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: to prove, which was kind of his way of saying, 247 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: we're kind of ticked off here. And when you bring 248 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: in these new guys into the culture that have played 249 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: a lot in the league, I mean, they're not brand 250 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: new here. These guys that we mentioned and they've won. 251 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: These guys have won, but they see Mahomes and how 252 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: they approach every day of OTAs in the offseason program 253 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: and the way Kelsey works, They're like, Okay, then I'm 254 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: going to try to work the same way. And then 255 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: on the defensive side, we've seen veterans that work very hard. 256 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: I get to Chris Jones at the last part of 257 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: the segment because I was very encouraged by the mandatory 258 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: minikimp but it guy like one Thornhill. He's recharged and 259 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: with this team, So yeah, the cause and effect here 260 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: of adding these free agents and seeing how they've integrated, 261 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: I think is it's been very, very positive. Now the 262 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: third point in each one of these categories will be 263 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: the surprise factor or basically, what's sneaky that the Chiefs 264 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: Kingdom fans maybe aren't thinking about on a regular basis, 265 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: but need to know based on what we've seen. And 266 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: I'll give you first crack at this. Okay, what do 267 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: you think's the sneaky thing of going And I've said 268 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: this on some shows, thinking this is something you're not 269 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: thinking about that could help this team be better than 270 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: what the NFL is predicting it to be. And we 271 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: have not discussed this previously. Yeah, this is not rehearsed, 272 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: and you'll get first crack at the rookies. We'll talk 273 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: about them in a bit. But so I picked a 274 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: player who could be a sneaky performer on this team. 275 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: It's Taylor Stalworth, a defensive tackle. And since we signed 276 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: Taylor several months ago, I've been really excited about this guy. 277 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: Not a huge big name free agent signing, but I 278 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: think it could be one if he can and press 279 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: in training camp and press in the preseason, make this 280 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: roster and get with the defensive line rotation. I think 281 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: he really could make a difference. And he's twenty six 282 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: years old. Appeared in sixteen games last season with the 283 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. He had twelve quarterback hits, four tackles for loss, 284 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: and three sacks. Twenty two pressures were fourth on the Colts. 285 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: Here's the thing, he was super efficient. All of those 286 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: numbers were impressive considering he really didn't play a whole lot. 287 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: He only had three hundred and thirty one total snaps 288 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: last season, So among interior linemen with fewer than three 289 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: hundred and forty total snaps, he had the most pressures 290 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL. All right. He did that also on 291 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: just two hundred and seventeen pass rushing snaps. That's a 292 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: lot of numbers. What do those all mean? Well, for 293 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: some context, Jaron Reid, who was a defensive tackle for 294 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: this team last year, of course, is now a Green 295 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: Bay Packer. He had twenty eight pressures last year on 296 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: seven and eleven total snaps and four hundred and fifty 297 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: five pass rush snaps. So Taylor Stalworth, with not a 298 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: lot of snaps last year for the Colts, really made 299 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: an impact on their team. And now the idea is 300 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: in Kansas City. If you can earn more snaps, can 301 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: that production keep up with it? And based on what 302 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: I've seen so far, I'm encouraged that maybe it can 303 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: well at the Sea. But I'm excited about him from 304 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: that perspective, and also the off the field stuff, which 305 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: some people might be like, that doesn't matter, right, These 306 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: guys are just video game computer robots. They could just 307 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: go in there and play. That's not the case. And 308 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: one guy that he kind of reminds me of from 309 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: a few years ago, Mike Pannell. Yeah, Now, Mike Pannell 310 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: was a really good defender on this team. He came 311 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: in mid season in twenty nineteen, really good run defender. 312 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: But he was also like the goofiest guy ever, a 313 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: true glue guy in the locker room. Like we'd go 314 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: in the locker room and he'd be shooting baskets, hanging 315 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: out with the guys, pranking guys, and it might not 316 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: seem like it matters at the pro level, but it 317 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: truly does when you have a guy in there who 318 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: makes you want to come to work every day even 319 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: if you had a tough loss or a tough game. 320 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: Mike Pannell did that and I don't know if Taylor 321 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: Stalworth will be that guy for our guys this year, 322 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: but just based on what I've heard about him from 323 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: Indianapolis people and my brief interactions with him so far, 324 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: he seems like he could be that kind of guy. 325 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: So both his personality and what he can bring to 326 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: the locker room and also how effective he was and 327 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: limited action last year for the goals has me excited 328 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: about Taylor Stalworth. He is my sneaky guy for this 329 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: team out of the free agents we signed, love it, 330 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: and we watched him this spring and summer and seeing 331 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: him be a valuable at the very least a rotational 332 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: piece on that defensive line. We know about Chris Jones, 333 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: we know about Derek Naughty, we know about Turk Wharton, 334 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,479 Speaker 1: and we know about Colin Saunders. But this Taylor Stalworth 335 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: could be a terrific rotational piece, like well, who's number ninety? 336 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: Who is that guy? Oh? Okay, And you just laid 337 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: it out and told the kingdom that he's here and 338 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: could be a big part of this Mine is And 339 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: I just spoke earlier today to the Kansas Association of 340 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: Broadcasters and Missouri Association of Broadcasters. Was a sports seminar, 341 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: which which which no, no, not hold on. This guy 342 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: was inducted into the Missouri Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. 343 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: Is that correct? That's true. I didn't bring it up 344 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: for this reason, I know, and he is one of 345 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: only three people that are inducted into both the Missouri 346 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: and the Kansas Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Congratulations to 347 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: you and you deserve it. Thanks man, I appreciate it. 348 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: Now you didn't continue, Okay, I didn't bring it up 349 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: for that reason. Your mom, Bunny, you get mad at me. 350 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: But I mentioned this guy is on a roster and 351 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: this audience doesn't necessarily follow the Chiefs like grind it 352 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: out every day. But to me, the sneaky guy is 353 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: Elijah Lee. Elijah Lee played at k State. Now he's 354 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: in his seventh year, so he's older than a Taylor Stalworth. 355 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: But he was with the San Francisco forty nine ers, 356 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: very good special teams player for them. Two tackles in 357 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four, including almost decapitating mcole Hardman in 358 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: the game, and I remember calling that play, going, yeah, 359 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: what would he look like in a Chiefs uniform, even 360 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: just as a four core special teams guy. But what 361 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: we saw during the spring and summer is and Spags 362 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: likes to play a lot of combinations. He will make 363 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: your head spin with oh it's nicol, but it's what's 364 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: the combination of safeties and corners. Very unique and very 365 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: unconventional in many ways. But when the Chiefs are in 366 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: the base defense, you talked about the young exciting linebacker 367 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: corps where you go down with Niko Bolton, you Willie 368 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: Gate Jr. If the Chiefs are starting tonight, that third 369 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: base linebacker is Elijah Lee and he's a terrific four 370 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: core special teams player that will help you win games. 371 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: He'll block a punt, he'll go crush a returner, He'll 372 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: make the key block to get a return. Remember, you've 373 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: got to you've got to replace like a Byron Pringle guy. 374 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: And it's interesting a Case Steak guy replacing a Kase 375 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: Steak guy. But Elijahly there may be more here than 376 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: people realize. The old Blue Springs wildcat. And I know 377 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: he's kind of tight with Nick Bolton and hanging out, 378 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: but to me, a real sneaky guy that people go 379 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: he's on our roster. Yeah, he's on there. More number 380 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: forty four and he could help the Chiefs win a 381 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: game in day one. Now, let me give you some 382 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: honorable mentions here, and some names will be familiar and 383 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: some won't. Deon Bush is one that I want to mention. 384 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: Deon Bush. They Chiefs picked up from the Chicago Bears. 385 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: Four core special teams guy. You'll see him. I think 386 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: have impact, could even be one of those extra safeties 387 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: from time to time. Also, Jody Fortson comes back into 388 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: this discussion, not that he's super sneaky, but people may 389 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: have forgotten about him, ready to jump onto the scene, 390 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: and then he got hurt and you and I were 391 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: just desponded about it, like the kids work so hard. 392 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: He's now a big part of the deal. And Josh Gordon. 393 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: Everybody was excited about Josh last year and then wasn't 394 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: so much. I would get I would just be in 395 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: trigger with Josh Gordon going into Saint Joe sneaky, and 396 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: the other would be Justin Watson. Yeah, kind of alluded 397 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: to him earlier. Wide receiver from Tampa Bay who could 398 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: be a four core Special teams player and might be 399 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: that guy you want on your roster. That is the 400 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: key sixth wide receiver and big time special teams guy 401 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: Peter Schrager and Good Morning Football is talking about Justin 402 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: Watson yesterday on GMFB. I think he's starting to get 403 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: some national buzz here. Justin Watson has a real shot 404 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: to make this team. We'll see what happens in training camp, 405 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: but keep your eye on him. The one guy wanted 406 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: to tag though. I agree with all those All those 407 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: guys can really make an impact here. But Jody Fortson 408 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: has me really excited. And we talk about offseason additions, 409 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: new players on the team, but when you have a 410 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: guy like Jody who had hurt early in the season, 411 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: you kind of forget about him for a while, and 412 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: now he's back, it's like, oh yeah, Jody's back. And 413 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: Jody had touchdowns and back to back games before he 414 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: got hurt. The play he got hurt on was an 415 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: awesome twenty seven yard of catch against the Commanders. I mean, 416 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: he was getting ready to have a great season, I think. 417 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: And if Jody can come back strong, he looks great 418 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: and ot as in any camp, he did look great 419 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: earlier this summer. If he can come back strong, building 420 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: that performance last year and just go out there and 421 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: do what he knows he can do. I think he's 422 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: going to be a real force to be reckoned with 423 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: in this offense, a real tool for Patrick Mahomes and 424 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: Andy Reid. And when you're thinking about all the different 425 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: receivers that this team has, don't forget about Jody Fortson's. 426 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: He was gone for much of last year because he 427 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: was injured. But really excited for what Jody can do 428 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: this year and real valuable in that tight end wide 429 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: receiver hybrid. So when you go to Saint Joe, yep, 430 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: he's back wearing number eighty eight. Second part would be 431 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: the draft picks, So cause and effect free agency, the 432 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: cause whirling dervish of the free agency, the effect the 433 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: Chiefs might have hit this sneaky. We've given you the 434 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: sneaky part of it. Yeah, draft picks, the ten picks 435 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 1: that ended up being Chief's head, twelve going in ended 436 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: up with ten and you know now pretty much the 437 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: names here. To me, the cause and effect was the 438 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: fact that you could sat here, if the Chiefs had 439 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: to start tonight, there could be four, maybe five rookies 440 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: in the starting lineup. It sounds ridiculous, maybe not so much. 441 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: You can figure some of them out there might be 442 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: some surprise starters. Will get to that in a sneaky part. 443 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: But these ten draft picks, oh, there could be a 444 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: bunch of them to make an impact from week one. 445 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: So before the draft and after we traded Tyreek Hill, 446 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: we talked about what an opportunity it was having this 447 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: many draft picks. What an amazing opportunity for a team 448 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: and a championship window to have the most draft picks 449 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL. That never happens. Typically, teams with lots 450 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: of draft picks are teams that are struggling or rebuilding. Well, 451 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, with a great core to their roster, had 452 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: an opportunity to go out there and add a bunch 453 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: of young talent to extend this window for hopefully another 454 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: ten years. Right. Well, it's you don't know if it 455 00:21:58,320 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: was a success yet in terms of what they could 456 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: do in the field, but we've seen in camp, we've 457 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: seen in OTAs, we've seen these guys around the building, 458 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: and at least so far, it was a smashing success. 459 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: I think the last time the Chiefs drafted that many 460 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: players in a single draft was two thousand and eight. 461 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: Just hasn't happened in a long time. And that team 462 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: was four and twelve the year before. Okay, so you're 463 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: kind of getting what I'm saying here. That oh eight draft, 464 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: they got players like Jamal Charles, Brandon Albert, I believe, 465 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: Brandon Carr I think was in that draft, Brandon Flowers, 466 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: we saw Brandon Flowers a few weeks ago, a lot 467 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: of impact players. If you have an opportunity to draft 468 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of players, there's a better chance that a 469 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: bunch of them are pretty good. And at least so far, 470 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: I mean, seeing the guys that we were able to 471 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: get in this Hall of Players was really exciting. In 472 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: what have I seen so far in camp, it's these 473 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: guys have been taking advantage of the opportunity given to them. 474 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: They're going out there every single day and embracing this opportunity, 475 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: embracing our culture. George Carlottis was the best player on 476 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: the field during Rookie Mining Camp, no question, that's the 477 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: camp for rookies prior to OTAs. The guy was absolutely awesome. 478 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 1: Trip McDuffie impressive throughout OTAs and Mini Camp. We saw 479 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: him in the slot and outside looking really good in 480 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: terms of his coverage skills. Sky Moore was banged up 481 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: for a while to start off OTAs, but finished really strong. 482 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: And I can't get too detailed here with in terms 483 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: of play design, but let's just say that Coachree will 484 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: get creative less Sky more this season, so look out 485 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: for that. Excited to see what Sky can do. And 486 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: Brian Cook. If you watch DTK at this point, you 487 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: know Brian Cook is my guy. Have been talking about 488 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: Brian Cook before the draft even happened. I cannot believe 489 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: we got him when he did. I think chefs fans 490 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: are going to love him. And he finished mini camp 491 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: really strong. The last real practice he had two interceptions 492 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: in mini camps. So I've seen so far these guys 493 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: going out there and embracing the opportunity given to them. 494 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: They got to keep that going. But man, what a 495 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: chance it is for the Chiefs here to be in 496 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: a championship window and to add all this young talent. 497 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: And depending on the formation used or the approach of 498 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: the names you mentioned and some others here, there could 499 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: be were rookies that could start even against the Arizona 500 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: Cardinals for maybe five let's say four, and you don't 501 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: have to use your imagination a whole lot there Now 502 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: let's get into the sneaky part as we move along 503 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: here in this Defending the Kingdom episode that we're calling 504 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: cause effect and sneaky the cause. Here the trade Tyreek 505 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: Hill Trade the effect. Twelve picks ended up being ten 506 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: and we have seen now being around these guys since 507 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: early May, they're quick integration into the culture and into 508 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: the scheme. Now let's get into the sneaky and I 509 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: guess it's my time to go first. First. You rarely 510 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: see seventh round draft picks make any kind of impact 511 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: on a season. But I'm just going to throw out 512 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: the name Isaiah Pacheco to you. Isaiah pachecoes two hundred 513 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: and fifteen to two hundred and twenty pounds, runs a 514 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: four to three seven. He will give you a little 515 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: bit of a Damien Williams. Remember the rundair imortality in 516 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four. If the Chiefs play tonight, there's 517 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: a very real chance he could be the number one 518 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 1: kick returner on this team. Now he's been given number 519 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: ten to wear. We'll see if that stays at training camp, 520 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: and that's a you know, that's a burden. He doesn't 521 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: mind it. But here's number ten and they go, who's 522 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,479 Speaker 1: in ten. He's the seventh round pick out of Rutgers, 523 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,239 Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco. So if you need something sneaky to go 524 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: to Saint Joe and go I want to watch Pacheco. 525 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: It would be worth your time to do. So. Excited 526 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: about Pacheco because of what you mentioned, the sides and 527 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: speed combination that we just haven't had in a while. 528 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: We've had some big players, we've had some fast players, 529 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: but rarely do you find a guy like Pacheco who's 530 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: both five eleven two hundred and fifteen pounds is what 531 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: he's listed at, who runs up four three seven forty 532 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,239 Speaker 1: yard dash is tied for the fastest forty time at 533 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: the combine among all running backs. You're right, we haven't 534 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: had really a combo like that since Damian Williams. But 535 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: Damian ran a four four to five, so we really 536 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: haven't had a player quite like this since Nil Davis, 537 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: and Nil did some things for the Chiefs to help 538 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs win some games. So, yeah, pumped about isa Pacheco. 539 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: I think he's a perfect pick for this. The guy 540 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with not so sneaky, but a little 541 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: bit maybe in terms of his immediacy of what he 542 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: can do is Joshua Williams, the corner from Fayetteville State, 543 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: and I knew Joshua had a lot of talent, but 544 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: I just figured coming from a smaller school, he may 545 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: be a little bit more raw, maybe not quite ready 546 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: to jump in there. Maybe more of a special team's 547 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: kind of redshirt year for him. I don't think so. 548 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: Based on what we were seeing in OTAs in mini camp, 549 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have a real shot to play 550 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: some significant snaps for this team and be in that 551 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 1: cornerback rotation. We saw him out there a lot with 552 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: the ones, and of course where Shad Fenton's hurt right now, 553 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 1: so who knows how it would all shake out. He's 554 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: got to earn that spot. But Joshua Williams looking really good, 555 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: making plays again, making the most of the opportunity while 556 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: he's out there. It's not just that he was out there, 557 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: is that he looked the part when he was out there. 558 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: So Joshua Williams is a guy who I'm really looking 559 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: forward to seeing in camp. The thing about him is 560 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: he has great height. He's six foot three, and this 561 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: has been a bit of a revolution for the Chiefs 562 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: defensive backs. Last season, the Chiefs didn't have a single 563 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: corner over six foot two. They now have three, Jalen 564 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: Watson and Lonnie Johnson Junior being the other two. But 565 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: Joshua Williams exciting young player, and height isn't everything, but 566 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: it certainly helps. If you're covering guys like Mike Williams 567 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: in your own division who were mutant tall people, you 568 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: want to have tall corners who were also super athletic. 569 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: So Joshua Williams, I think he's gonna win us some 570 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: games this year. Can't wait to see him out there. 571 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: What I like about this class as a whole, this 572 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: rookie class, But I like about Joshua Williams as this 573 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 1: blend we talk about all the time, of having the 574 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: right amount of humility, of not walking in going I've 575 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: got this league figured out because that will be extracted 576 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: from you in seconds, but then not being so fearful 577 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: of like I can't. I don't know if I can 578 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: do this. These guys as a class seem to be 579 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: ahead of the game. This is the way Patrick was 580 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: his very first spring and summer here. But Joshua Williams 581 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: played a division to Fayeteville State seems to have that 582 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 1: blend of confidence because he's a fearless cat now based 583 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: on we've seen, he's not going to back down from anything. 584 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: And yet you don't get the feeling he's walking around like, Hey, 585 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: I own the earth and you guys are all just here. 586 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,880 Speaker 1: So he will be one to watch in Saint Joe 587 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: as well. All Right, We're going to close out this 588 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: episode Cause Effect and Sneaky with a third part, and 589 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: that was the OTAs in Mini Camp, which is basically 590 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: the blending of these two together. The first segment of 591 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: the free agency the existing players and then integrating with 592 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: the rookies and the undrafted now free agents that are 593 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: also considered rookies. And what we saw, what I saw, 594 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: we saw was a team that Andy Reid now can 595 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: not only tinker with, he can open up even more 596 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: of the playbook. It makes Steve Spagnolo's defense to me, 597 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: potentially more effective, particularly the way Spags plays defense or unconventional, 598 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: more athleticism, a ferociousness that I'm seeing on defense. But 599 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: a team now that can either attack or defend the 600 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: whole width of the field fifty three and a half 601 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: yards and the entire one hundred twenty length of the 602 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: field one twenty yard length of the field the National 603 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: Football League and Andy has mentioned this has become track. 604 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: This is football track. But the best teams in this 605 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: league Chiefs have been able to do it, especially in offense. 606 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: Attack the entire width, intack the entire length of the field, 607 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: And what I saw the spring in summer is a 608 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: team that has more of a propensity to do that 609 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: than even the twenty one and twenty two. One thing 610 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: I wrote down that excites me about this offseason going 611 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: into this season that could be kind of a sneaky 612 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: thing that people aren't quite thinking too much about is 613 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: just how different the schemes could be on both sides 614 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: of the ball with the new personnel, and how opponents 615 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: are not going to know how to stop it either way. 616 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: For opposing offenses, how do you attack this Chief's defense 617 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: with so many new faces. And for opposing defenses, Patrick 618 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: Mahomes keeps them up at night. We all know that 619 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: in the previous iteration of the Chiefs offense with Tyreek Hill, 620 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: it took the league three years to figure out how 621 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: to slow down the trio of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey 622 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: and Tyreek Hill, and to their credit, they figured something out. 623 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: You put due too deep safeties back there. You make 624 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: the chiefty yards, yeah right, you make the Chiefs go 625 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: the length of the field. Well, guess what. The Chiefs 626 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: figured that out eventually as well. The revolutionize how they 627 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: did things, totally change things and figured it out. Almost 628 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: got to the Super Bowl again. But with this new personnel, 629 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: all the height they've added at wide receiver and the 630 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: different kind of skill sets they have now at wide receiver, 631 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: I think depth throughout that room of all very good, 632 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: solid players who can get themselves open. All of a sudden, 633 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: that too high safety thing isn't going to work anymore 634 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. And if guys want to cheat up 635 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: in the box and get after Patrick Mahomes at the 636 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: same time, good luck with that. So it's going to 637 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun to see what this offense 638 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: can do against defenses this year because these defenses don't 639 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: know what to expect. And Mahomes has said that time 640 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: and time again. That's why he's fired up for this season. 641 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: Because there's so many new faces, defenses are not going 642 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: to know how to stop it, and the defense is 643 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: the same thing. We've had a lot of players in 644 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: this defense that we're here for a long time that 645 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: are no longer here, and they made great contributions to 646 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: this organization when they were here, But numerous young athletic 647 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: players on this defense now that offenses aren't going to 648 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: know what their capabilities are right out of the gate, 649 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: and I think it's going to give Steve Spagnolo a 650 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: chance to really unleash these guys and show what they 651 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: can do and stop offenses that maybe we struggled with 652 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: in the past. So excited for the skill sets, but 653 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: really more than anything, and it gets back to what 654 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: we started the show with. This team has a fire 655 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: lit under it that they always are motivated, but it 656 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: seems like it's just up an Anti this year, and 657 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: if I have to think of a comparison, it's not 658 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: quite apples to apples here. But in two thousand and fifteen, 659 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: the Royals in May, we're going out there and playing 660 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: games like they were the World Series. And to me, 661 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: the way the Chiefs attacked offseason practices reminded me of 662 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: a team that was practicing as if they had a 663 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: game that weekend every single practice. And again, when you've 664 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: been to four straight conference title games, You've been to 665 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: two Super Bowls and you've won one of them. You've 666 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: won your division six consecutive years, and everyone out there 667 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: wants to pick numerous other teams, the Bills, the Bucks, 668 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 1: the Packers, whoever to be the best team in the NFL. 669 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: It makes you think a little bit like, Okay, if 670 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: you don't think we're the best team in the NFL, 671 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: We're going to go out there and show you. And 672 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: that's my warning. I think to the rest of the 673 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: NFL that this team is more motivated than ever I think. 674 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: And that's why, again this kind of lull in the summer, 675 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: we're ready for training camp and the guys are too. 676 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Sky More are in Texas right now 677 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: working on passing plays. I don't know if you saw that, 678 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: but they're working today on that. And that's I think 679 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: how the Kingdom feels as well as they're ready to 680 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: get going on this thing, because I think the season 681 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 1: has the makings of a season we're not going to forget. 682 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: I've had a chance to look into the eyes of 683 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes a couple of times this summer in spring, 684 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: and Travis Kelsey and the look I saw, I don't 685 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: want to This is not hyperbole. The look I saw 686 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: was a refocused, re energized duo that no and I 687 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: think there's part of it. They're excited that they've got 688 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: some help. That's kind of been the thesis of this episode. 689 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: So yes, it's time to get excited about the twenty 690 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: twenty two Chiefs for maybe reasons you don't haven't thought 691 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: about a lot. That's part of the reasons of this 692 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: episode of defending the Kingdom. So we'll close this way 693 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: just overall, what is your sneaky thing about this team 694 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: that fans aren't thinking about that could make a giant impact? Well, 695 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: I think the offseason workouts in Texas are going to 696 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 1: play dividends for this team. And I think the fact 697 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: that Mahomes and the offensive skill players got together in 698 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: April before OTAs even started, and we're out there getting 699 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: to know each other off the field, but also on 700 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: the field working on little things like timing. You can't 701 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: work on too much in those settings, but you can 702 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: work on the fundamentals, I think, And they were able 703 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,239 Speaker 1: to hit OTA's running and all the guys showed up 704 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: for OTAs, which how many teams do that where all 705 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: the veterans are actually showing up. For the most part, 706 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: most the veterans on this team were here for voluntary workouts. 707 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: I think that was important and they were able to 708 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: attack many camp. So when the Chiefs get to training 709 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: camp in a few weeks, they'll hit the ground running. 710 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: There's not a whole lot of new information being learned 711 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: at that point, so when Week one rolls around, everyone's 712 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: going to be talking about all the new faces on 713 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, But for the guys in the building, they're 714 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: not new at all. They've been hanging out for months now. 715 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: So I think those offseason workouts that as I alluded to, 716 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 1: are also taking place right now before camp starts. It 717 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: really shows the commitment this team has, and I think 718 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: that's a sneaky thing that we in Kansas City know 719 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: all about. The people on the outside might not know about. 720 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: So I think hopefully when we're hoisting the Lombardi Trophy 721 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: in February, we'll be thinking about the guys in Texas 722 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: in April. Going after that excellent observation, here's mine Nags Nags. 723 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: Nobody's talking enough about Matt Naggie coming back to be 724 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: with this Kansas City offensive unit, especially to be right 725 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: on the hip of Patrick Mahomes. Nobody is happyre in 726 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,879 Speaker 1: the Chief's kingdom about it. Then, Patrick Mahomes, I had 727 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: a chance to bump into Nags over the weekend this 728 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: past weekend, and he and I just talk ball, talk life, 729 00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:01,919 Speaker 1: talk things, and already mentioned we got a Chicago Chiefs 730 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: fan that we'll see you in the first preseason game. 731 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: Steve Heizel's probably listened to this episode of watching this episode, 732 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: Leo Krause. So the guys that are Chiefs fans now 733 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: also kind of Bears fans. Just got to deal with this. 734 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: The fact that Matt Naggie is back on this Kansas 735 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,760 Speaker 1: City Chief staff has not been talked about enough about 736 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: its potential impact. Keep in mind, when Patrick Mahomes was 737 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: apprenticing in twenty seventeen, there were two main dudes that 738 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: were basically playing war games with him or doing his 739 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: top gun training. Okay Maverick, and it was Mike Kafka, 740 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: now the offensive coordinator of the New York Giants, and 741 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: Matt Naggie. Naggie's thrilled to be back with Patrick Mahomes. 742 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: Mahomes is overly thrilled to have Nags back. Here. Naggs 743 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: is back, and do not underestimate the impact of that 744 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: sneaky part of what's happened in this offseason. So Matt, 745 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: here we go. We're going to close in from here on. 746 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: We'll kind of get everybody ready for camp, do some 747 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 1: position breakdowns. But this episode has been really focusing on 748 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: the last five months, cause effect and what's sneaky? And 749 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: can we just get to camp already? I mean, I 750 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: think we have almost exactly a month. I just can't 751 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 1: wait to get up there. It'll be all football and 752 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: before we know it, the season will be here and 753 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 1: we can get this thing going. And you have a 754 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: team that's got a chip on its shoulder. We are 755 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: I'm with you, brother, I am excited because this could 756 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,840 Speaker 1: be a fun twenty twenty two, mainly because of cause 757 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 1: effect and what's sneaky? Touch down down and the celebration 758 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: begins in their own head