1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. Will you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: in the game they can play? Oh, Michael, don't do it? 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: What tuxdown? Kansas City? The Chiefs all right in the 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: thick of a baby. Hello once again, everyone, and welcome 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: to this edition of Defending the Kingdom and cholters with 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: you the Boys of the Chiefs along with Matt Staff himself, 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Matt mcbull and Kansas City Chiefs Reporter. This episode we 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: are calling bounce backs, comebacks Alex Smith and the Chargers 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: and Matt as always, were brought to you by the 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: incredible people at three sixty Vodka, Kansas City's hometown vodka 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: and the official vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom, three sixty Vodka. Okay, 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: bounce Backs, Comebacks, Alex Smith and the Chargers. It's gonna 13 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: be a special episode because it really is centered around 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: what has made Alex Smith such a unique player and 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: human being in the hearts of everyone in the Chiefs 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Kingdom and now around the National Football League after it's 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: been chronicled with this comeback, but it's also great example 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: of two teams this week and the Chiefs and Chargers 19 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: that have to bounce back because the sense of urgencies 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: here even in late September. Yeah, so we planned on 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: having Alex in this week's show. Weeks ago. We knew 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: we'd plug him in here. And how perfect is it 23 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: now that we're coming off of the loss against the Ravens. 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: It was just a total heartbreaker of a loss. We 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: were both there and it's one of those losses that 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: it's a gut punch. I mean, it's no easy way 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: about it. But what do you do to respond to that? 28 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: You approached the next week with a fresh mindset, You 29 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: learn from the loss, you digest what went wrong, and 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: you go into the next week and turn the page. 31 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: And that's what the Chiefs have been so good at 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: over the years. I have one kind of fun little 33 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: symmetry thing that I've been looking at this week where 34 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: if you look at the chiefs last true road loss, 35 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: it was six hundred and seventy nine days to the 36 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: date from the Baltimore loss. It was way back in 37 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, Week ten of that season against the Tennessee Titans. 38 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: The Chiefs lost that game. It was another weird game 39 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: where they carried a two score lead into the fourth quarter. 40 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: Some things went kind of wonky and they lost because 41 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: of some weird plays, one of those games you feel 42 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: like you should have won. But what do you do 43 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: after that that She's turned the page. Won thirteen consecutive 44 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: games after that, going into the next season that includes 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four. And who was the first game 46 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: that started that streak the LA Chargers in Mexico City, 47 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: hoping that that pattern continues here this time around. But yeah, 48 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: Alex Smith, what a what a warrior. That guy's been 49 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: both on and off the field, changed so many things here. 50 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: We'll hear from him later, but also a great comeback 51 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: on his resume against the Chargers as well. So you're 52 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: seeing you want to move this game to Mexico City. 53 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: That's that's the idea. Yes, if we okay, well fights, 54 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: maybe convince seventy three thousand Chiefs fans at gha field 55 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: at Arrowhead Stadium about that. They're going like, now, we'll 56 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: try to do it here, but here to come the 57 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: Chargers in Chiefs and a key AFCs showdown, just to 58 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: give you kind of the sense of urgency here. It was. 59 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: It was on post game on the Chiefs Radio network 60 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: and I get interviewed by Art Haynes. That's part of 61 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: the post game segments, and it was after the Baltimore 62 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: game and getting you're trying to get blood back in 63 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: your face and oxygen in your lungs after that loss. 64 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: But Art goes at the end of the interview with me, 65 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: he says, one of these teams just going to be 66 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: one and two on Sunday night. Now, when he said it, 67 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: it made me pause for a second. I hadn't thought 68 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: it in those terms. But here are the Chiefs and 69 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: Chargers on this collision as AFC West rivals. But one 70 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: of these two teams will be an unexpected one and 71 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: two on Sunday night. Well, the Chargers for years have 72 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: had so much talent, and particularly with Justin Herbert. Now 73 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: they're a really good team with a lot of bad luck. 74 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Over the last year with Justin Herbert, I mean eight 75 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: times they've lost a game by fewer than a touchdown 76 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: over since the beginning of last year, and that continued 77 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys. So they've had a lot of 78 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: bad luck. Hoping that that bad luck continues here against 79 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. But the reason that the last against Baltimore 80 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: was so surprising, as the Chiefs are usually on the 81 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: other side of that where they're coming back, they're winning 82 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: these games. They know how to close out games because 83 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: they have a championship mentality. The Chiefs still have that. 84 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: The Chargers are still kind of building it, I think. 85 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: But when you're the Chiefs once again, this is the 86 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: kind of game where you're playing an AFC West rival 87 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: team that you know very well on your home turf, 88 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: you want to reassert yourself and say, hey, we're putting 89 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: what happened last week behind us. We're moving forward now 90 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: and we're not going to let that linger in snowball. 91 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: But Chiefs have been so good about not letting lost 92 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: is snowball, particularly during the Patrick Mahomes era, and looking 93 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: for that to continue here against the Chargers. Now, before 94 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: we go further, one of these days, we're going to 95 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: put a graphic back here behind us for those of 96 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: you watching us, and do it like a pin map 97 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: of where you say that you watch and listen to 98 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom. Now, our goal is to be on 99 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: every continent everyone on the earth, and we've every week 100 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: we've brought up some new places, both in the States 101 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: and beyond the borders of our great nation. But you've 102 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: got a few this week that are pretty cool. Yeah, 103 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: I've I've looked back at the last few weeks to 104 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: gather some different locations here. So we have a listener 105 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: in Tanzania, so in Africa, Denny in the Philippines, so 106 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: as Asia. We have a listener in Belgium. We're in Europe, 107 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: Ray and Belize, I know believes a Central America. We 108 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: count that of South America for the purposes of this. Yeah, 109 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: but we got somebody in there. Don't we have Bolivia 110 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: or something. Yeah, we got Columbia already, somebody's down there. 111 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: We got South America. But either way, I believes still 112 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: pretty cool, real cool. Brian and Moldova that's in Eastern Europe. 113 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: I know, I already hit Belgium, but I mean, you've 114 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: a listener in Eastern Europe and Moldova. You have to 115 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: mention him. So shout out to Brian. Then lastly David 116 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: and Australia. So we're almost there. We need Antarctica. Is 117 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: the idea like a penguin or something or someone that's 118 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: on expedition Shackleton. We'll get it. Oh we gotta do 119 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: is shout out out there. You know somebody from Antarctica, 120 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: get him, tell them about defending the Kingdom. Send him 121 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: the link and we are good to go. We'll put 122 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: you on the show. We'll have a live hit from Antarctica. Yeah, 123 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna do a hivy Chiefs Kingdom Monday 124 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: Night show from Eastern Europe. Sometimes we should we should 125 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: shouldn't be. You're gonna be in on that. You'll be 126 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: the guests that week. Okay, let's do it now. As 127 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: we move on to bounce backs, comebacks, Alex Smith and 128 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: the Chiefs and the Chargers, because Alex ties into all 129 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: of these, honestly, But let's just look at the AFC 130 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: West two before we jump into Alex. Now, we know 131 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have been dominant in this division. Five straight 132 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: division titles. That ties the all time AFC West record 133 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: with the Raiders of the seventies and the Peyton Manning 134 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: era of the Broncos in the teens twenty teens. But 135 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: here are the Chiefs taking over sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, 136 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six and four those five years. But two 137 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: of the four losses at GHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium 138 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: to this team coming in Sunday, the Chargers two crazy 139 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: losses too. Because since two and fifteen. I'll even go 140 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: a year further here, the Chiefs are thirty one in 141 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: five in the AFC West. And to show how impressive 142 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: that is, and that goes all the way back to 143 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: the Jamal Charles fumble against the broad Does, which we 144 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: talked about it before. That's when I was in like 145 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: the top two seats in the corner. Watch again, I'm 146 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: just like, what just happened. But a lot of divisional 147 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: success since that game a long time ago, and thirty 148 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: one and five and that span, no other team has 149 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: compiled a streak like that against their own division since 150 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: divisional realignment in two thousand and two. And for further context, 151 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: in that span, every other team in the NFL, including 152 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Packers, teams that have won a 153 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: lot of games against their own division have lost at 154 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: least ten divisional games. So I think how crazy that is. 155 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: The dominance that Chiefs have had over the AFC West 156 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: is truly unprecedented, that no one else has ever done 157 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: this before. And looking to keep it going here against 158 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: the Chargers. They're ten and two against the Chargers in 159 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: that span. You mentioned the two losses both here at home. 160 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: Crazy weird, losses though, the first one was the twenty 161 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: eighteen primetime game where the Chiefs had I think a 162 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: two touchdown lead with like five minutes left. Crazy stuff 163 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: happened last play of the game. They went for two 164 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: and got it as time exp walk off two pointer 165 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: and Philip Rivers walking by like this and just like, man, 166 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: get out of here. But yeah, that was a pick. 167 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: That was one loss. And then of course last year 168 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: when the starters didn't play, so you kind of an asterisk. 169 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: Talked about that on Kingdom Combos about that game. So 170 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: a lot of success against this division. You can't take 171 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: it for granted. This Chargers team is very good, but 172 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: you want to keep that going. And if you're the Chargers, 173 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: you look at the Chiefs, You're trying to get over 174 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: that hump looking at the Chiefs, are like, why can't 175 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: we beat these guys? What do we have to do 176 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: to beat them? And for the Chiefs, you just keep 177 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: it going, you keep having success. And I think getting 178 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: off to a good start on Sunday will go a 179 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: long way in this game. Yeah, we've talked about that. 180 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: Even first down, its first start on every drive, first 181 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: down defense, and first town offense. It will be paramount 182 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: this week against the Chargers. But in digging into the 183 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: Chargers this week, it's interesting, especially on defense. And I 184 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: don't want people to take this wrong, but it's if 185 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: the Chargers have built their defense every day, they're looking 186 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: at a to build the defense into something that would 187 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: look like Tampa Bay's defense in Super Bowl fifty five 188 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: or something that would be kryptonite for the Chiefs. I 189 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: mean even to the point where it maybe you can 190 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: say costs them the Dallas game because they've gone to lighter, 191 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: faster linebackers because Zero White is a lighter faster linebacker, right, 192 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: Dorian O'Daniel type, hybrid type. And then you look at Murray. 193 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: Murray's the same way. Well, here came the Froncles. I'm sorry, 194 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: here came the Cowboys and just ran it at him. 195 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: There was a lot of physical play They're done by 196 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys in that game. It still boils down though 197 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: to Herbert throws a pick in the red zone, throws 198 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: it in the end zone, or the Chargers probably win 199 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: this game. But you see my point. It's like when 200 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: they put the blueprints out on the table in Charger Land, 201 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: they're going, how do we beat the Chiefs, and that's 202 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: in March, April, May or June. As a result, they've 203 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: kind of built this defense and they've done We know 204 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: about Bosa, we know about Joey Bosa being a great 205 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: off edge rusher. I but they get then the bigs upfront, 206 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: Hillary and some others. Then in the back end. I 207 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: really like a say Samuel Jr. We both did in 208 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: the draft. We know Derwin James A is a superb athlete. 209 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: He can kind of do it all. Chris Harris Junior's 210 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: back there. He's still around the old Bronco and Ku Jayhawk. 211 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: But to me, they have built their team to beat 212 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Yeah. And I think your point about the 213 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: rushing attack was very valid because if you look at 214 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: what the Cowboys did, they rushed for one hundred and 215 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: ninety eight yards last week against the Chargers. They average 216 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: six point four yards per rush. Very difficult. I you're 217 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: allowing that many yards every single time. And what's interesting 218 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: about this group is that rushing attack really plays into 219 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: the statum. And to give you here, as good as 220 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: they've been defensively, they've only allowed three touchdowns all year long. 221 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: And of course I've been one on one and two 222 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: low scoring games, but on first down they're allowing at 223 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: least four yards on seventy two percent a first down. 224 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: Plays very tough to win games if you're allowing that 225 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: many yards and first down because it just opens up 226 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: the playbook. So what I'm looking at this game as 227 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: is the Chiefs obviously don't run the ball a whole lot, 228 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: But what happened against Baltimore Clyde Uward Dhlayer has the fumble. 229 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: You don't want him thinking about that all season long. 230 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: You want him to move on. Give him the ball 231 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Run the ball a whole lot, force 232 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: them to stop the run, and all of a sudden, 233 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs are committed to running the football against 234 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: the Chargers, that opens things up for Patrick Mahomes and 235 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: this offense. We've seen them make some great plays to 236 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: Tyree Hill and Travis Kelsey over the years against the Chargers. 237 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: So very interested to see if right out of the gate, 238 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: for the sake of Clyde Edwards Hlaire's confidence, given the 239 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: football early on in this game, see what he can do, 240 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: and that could open things up offensively. You see my point. 241 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: Though they had Denzel Perryman, they had Melvin Ingram girthier guys. 242 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: That's not even a word, but girth. Yeah. Now they've 243 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: gone from girth to speed because they go we've got 244 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: to deal with Kelsey and Tyreek Hill and we're gonna 245 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: go get these elite dbs. But our linebackers have got 246 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: to be speedy guys. And the Cowboys were like, oh okay, 247 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: we Zeke Elliott, Yeah, ze Killet and Pollard. We're gonna 248 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: run Pollard. I mean, he was as effective as Zeke 249 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: in that game. So to me, it's very interesting and 250 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: to see how the Chiefs will react and both teams 251 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: need to bounce back, all right. That segues us in 252 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: now to where we want to focus the remainder of 253 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: this Defending the Kingdom podcast, and again, by the way, 254 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: brought to you by the great people at three sixty Vodka, 255 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: Kansas City's hometown vide Can thee vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom. 256 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: But Alex Smith has a tie to both of these franchises, 257 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: and he might be the most comebackish kid of comebacks. Now. 258 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: He grew up in San Diego with the Chargers. As 259 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: a Charger fan. He was a legend at Helix High School. 260 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: The Highlanders. That was my nickname for Alex when he's 261 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: walking around, Hey Helix. I still when I saw him, 262 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: Hey Helix, So he knows it. But when the Chiefs 263 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: played the Chargers before they moved, it was a big 264 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: deal to Alex and to play him as a division 265 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 1: foe against his hometown team. You could just feel it 266 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: in the fiber of his body to get ready for 267 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: that game. And then, of course, one of the greatest 268 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: comebacks really in recent NFL history and for sure in 269 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom history, was that opening game of twenty sixteen 270 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: where the Chiefs really had no business winning that game 271 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: and Alex came back to winning he did, and it 272 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: was one of my favorite memories that just being a 273 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,959 Speaker 1: Chiefs fan. I was out in Arizona. I was watching 274 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: this game on like some streaming service or something, and 275 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: it was the year after we got our first play 276 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: off winning forever, and we're coming into the season, we're 277 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: hoping for big things, and yeah, it's the fourth quarter 278 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: and we're trailing by a whole bunch and it's like, 279 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: what are we going to do? And then he leads 280 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: this incredible, furious comeback, and for so many reasons, you 281 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: might think because we work for the Chiefs that we 282 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,839 Speaker 1: see these guys every day and it's just normal and 283 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: there our friends. And for the most part that's the case, 284 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: but certain guys they're still heroes, you know. And for me, 285 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: I didn't work for the team. Then Alex Spith is 286 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: one of my heroes for so many reasons, and just 287 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: because he comes into a team that was struggling so much, 288 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 1: a proud franchise that was struggling so much, and from 289 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: the get go him and Coach Ree turned everything around 290 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: and his whole mentality and mindset and everything he brought. 291 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: The guy was just a warrior, as I mentioned, and 292 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: we saw it on full display in that game. So 293 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to catch up with him a few 294 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: weeks ago, ask him about that game, get his thoughts, 295 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: and just see what he's doing now. All right, Alex, 296 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,719 Speaker 1: going to bring you back to twenty sixteen. It's black one, 297 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: it's twenty four to three, late in the third quarter. 298 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: How are you feeling and how did they come back happen? Yeah, well, 299 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: just as you draw it up, I mean, it's the 300 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: opener Ice. You've been staring at that date for you know, 301 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: five months almost you've been thinking about it for eight months, 302 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, getting off to a good start. Every team 303 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: wants to get off to a good start. We're having 304 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: a home opener against the division you know, Chargers, and 305 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: you know, feeling great about the game plan and where 306 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna go that season. You know, had high hopes 307 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: for ourselves. And then you know, obviously kind of la 308 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: laid an egg. There's an understatement that first half, and yeah, 309 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: and find yourself down twenty one, you know, to Philip 310 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: rivers um not not looking good. I think we all 311 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: had a really bad taste in our mouth. You're thinking, God, 312 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: this is this isn't what we've been putting all this 313 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: work in. Fort's come out and play like that. Um So, 314 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: I think that was kind of the thought, like, let's 315 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: we gotta let's get it going, man, let's get let's 316 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: get playing good. You know. I think at that point, 317 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: you know there's no three, there's no twenty one point plays. Yea, 318 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: um but I think with that, let's just let's let's 319 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: put let's put a series together, let's have some success 320 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: out there, let's move some chains. I think I do 321 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: distinctly remember that, like we got to get just get 322 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: something something going um to get some momentum, you know, 323 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: and uh, certainly I think that you know, finally getting 324 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: that first drive, you know, getting that touchdown obviously was 325 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: it was big and what it feel like once it 326 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,599 Speaker 1: was overtime, right, you scored the game when yeah, so 327 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: we finally you know, yeah, we got one touchdown. You know, 328 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: defense get to stop, we get it back and luckily 329 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: we were able to get you know, three touchdowns there 330 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: when it mattered, and we go down and score in 331 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: the game. We send it, send it into overtime and 332 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: got the ball first, and we were kind of obviously 333 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: had a lot of momentum at that point, you know, 334 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: in the second half, had been rolling and put a 335 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: drive together and we're driving into the to the red 336 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: zone and we kind of get stalled out down there 337 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: in the goal line, and you know, there's the situation 338 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: do you kick the field goal? You know, the points 339 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: in overtime and you know, first game of the season, 340 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: there were some unscouted looks that they had presented that 341 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: they were playing a lot that we weren't ready for. 342 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: And we had talked about different adjustments obviously over the 343 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: course of that game, and we'd made a few, but 344 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: one of the ones we had talked about was running 345 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: speed option into this look, which you don't really see 346 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: at the NFL level, yeah, you know, but then yeah, 347 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: and it's something we had kind of talked about over 348 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the years. We'd dabbled in here and there in very 349 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: specific situations, and we'd kind of talked about it on 350 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: the sideline, like potentially getting to it. And sure enough, 351 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: they showed the same look down there, you know, in 352 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: the goal kind of big goal line right there, and 353 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: they showed it and I went with it, you know, 354 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: I went with the check the audible and everybody knew it, 355 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: you know, And so a speed option and we run 356 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: the speed option to the right, and you know, in 357 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: my head, there looked like this huge window for the 358 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: end zone, like I was like a no brainer to 359 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: dive in and score. I mean, I had no doubt 360 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't going to get in. But then you watch 361 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: it on tape and it's pretty close. It's a pretty 362 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: bang bang play and if I would have pitched it 363 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: probably would have walked in. But in my head, I 364 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: remember that being, you know, pretty easy decision and diving 365 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: in and getting the points immediately. And then you know, 366 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: you never get a walk off situation of football. I've 367 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: never had a walk off situation. We score and that's 368 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: the game winner, and so to have that was really cool. 369 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: Like that at home, you know, stadiums going nuts, it 370 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: we're all going nuts, and certainly for me to to 371 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: to get to run it in like that, Um, I 372 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: certainly went a little crazy right after, uh, letting you know, 373 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: but I think that's the fun part. That's the part 374 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: of coming here with coach Reid, and you know, we 375 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: talked about letting your personality show and you know, having 376 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: fun with the game and to have a kind of 377 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: high like that. I think it's important to celebrate those moments. Um, 378 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny, there's a you know, never forget 379 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: that game and certainly the obviously the final the end 380 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: of it. But uh yeah, you know, certainly got pretty 381 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: excited after that. Well, So I was living in Arizona 382 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: back then. I was just a fan and I was 383 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: watching like on Sunday ticket or something. It's going crazy. 384 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: And then my boss, who was a huge Chiefs fan too, 385 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: I run clean enough out in Arizona, text me the 386 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: picture of you just going nuts. Yeah. Afterwards, I'm like 387 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: that's our quarterback. Yeah, and I had I had the 388 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: beard going full length then and I just went crazy. Uh, 389 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: it went crazy. But it's fun. I mean they have 390 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: that relationship with the community. Yeah, you know, with the 391 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: with the with Arrowheaded, it becomes such an amazing place, 392 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: such an a hope field advantage. And then to come 393 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: back and everybody's still there and rolling like that obviously 394 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: was I mean one of a kind that doesn't happen everywhere. 395 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: So yeah, and that's a childhood team to write the Chargers. 396 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: I grew up with the Chargers, So it's still hard 397 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: for me to say la. I don't think I'll ever 398 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: be able to say it, but yeah, it was fun 399 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: and you know, gotten a no fill up over the 400 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: years Rivers, And he's such a great competitor, you know, 401 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: to have some of those kind of battles like that 402 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: that come down to the water and so many of 403 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: them were over the years with him obviously just because 404 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: of the player he was, but fun, fun to compete 405 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: against and obviously lucky to come out on top that day. 406 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: And looking at this year's matchup against the Chargers, you 407 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: kind of know what coach treat is like and how 408 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: it handles these divisional matchups. How important are these games 409 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: to him? Yeah, I mean it's I think that's one 410 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: of the unique things here in this building is really 411 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: celebrating those rivalries. You know, this is the old AFC, 412 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: and like celebrating them, you know, celebrating Charger a week, 413 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: greater week, you know, like you know, the Broncos. Like 414 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: that's that rivalry. And it's not just here in the building, 415 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: it's all around town. I think the entire U, you know, 416 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: the culture of the area. It's it's about that and 417 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: that's what makes sports great, those rivalries. And so that's fun. 418 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's a ton of fun. He 419 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: should they should be bigger, they should be more meaningful. Um. 420 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: And it's fun to see that this division still rolling, 421 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, really really competitive, you know, for a really 422 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: good team. So um, I think this year will be 423 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: hopefully some other great games, you know. Yeah. It leads 424 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 1: into my last question for you, just your evaluation as 425 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: a former quarterback of Justin Herbert. What do you think 426 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: of him? Yeah, gosh, I mean I think kind of 427 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: took the league by storm last year. And it was 428 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: really against the Chiefs right there week two, you know, 429 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: and when you know, Tyrod went down and he was 430 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: kind of forced into action and immediately played well. And 431 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: I mean you look at him and I think he, 432 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: you know, a big, strong kid can really throw it. 433 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: But the thing that that Um stood out to me 434 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: was his ability to stand in there and make throws 435 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: in the pocket taking hits. It's pretty rare for a 436 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: young kid. Um. I thought he did a really nice 437 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: job of that. So it'll be interesting to see here 438 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: moving into year two. You know, I know they had 439 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: a coaching change and where he goes from here. I 440 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: think it's great for football obviously to have the player 441 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: his caliber come in as a young player and had 442 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: that kind of success. So yeah, anxious to see obviously 443 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: as he goes into year two with the coaching change, 444 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: you know where he goes based off last year. All Right, 445 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: great stuff there from Alex Smith. I could talk to 446 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: that guy forever. And if you're gonna watch HIV Chiefs 447 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: Insider later this week, he'll also we have a feature 448 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: on him as well where I had to sit down 449 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: an interview with him, so check that out. For sure. 450 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: I could listen to him talk about football in his 451 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: life and his experiences and just everything that motivates him 452 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: all day long. So he's an awesome dude for sure, 453 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: and you knew who else And I'm managed just just 454 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: taking me back. I can still see that pass to 455 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: Spencer were forty two yards, which was the key play. 456 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: They had to get a chunk on that game winning drive, 457 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: and that was the chunk. But too another moment for me. 458 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: Indulge from you here if you will. The Chiefs had 459 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: just lost to the Titans at the end of the 460 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen game as a gut punch game in the playoffs, 461 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: and we all knew it was over. We all knew 462 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: that Mahomes was going to be the quarterback going into eighteen. 463 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: And I saw Alex and Elizabeth because his wife, Elizabeth 464 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,719 Speaker 1: is as much a part of this story as Alex. 465 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: But I saw them. Tammy, my wife was there as 466 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: well and loved Elizabeth. But we knew, everybody knew. The 467 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: four of us knew it was gonna go on. It 468 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: was going to go on, too, Patrick. But it was 469 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: a moment of sadness and admiration, kind of ambivalence all 470 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: there at one time. But it's one of those images 471 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: I'll never forget. Matt was seeing him the disappointment he 472 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: couldn't get the Chiefs one more playoff victory, and knowing 473 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 1: it was time to hand it off because he knew 474 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: how good Patrick was. And then Elizabeth with the grace 475 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: and courage and toughness that she had. Oh yeah, she 476 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: was a raider at and she's beautiful, but that woman 477 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: is as beautiful insight as out and she's might be 478 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: as tough as Alex. Yeah. Well, and you know, he 479 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: talked a lot about that whole experience in the Chiefs 480 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: in center piece that we did just being the guy 481 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: for Patrick, and I think how difficult that must have 482 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: been for him. Where the guy's a pro. I mean, 483 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: he's one of the best quarterbacks in the league at 484 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: the time. He had an incredible season in two and seventeen, 485 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: but you're right, Patrick Mahomes was year it was time 486 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: for him to shine. And how did Alex handle that? 487 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: He handled it in a way that we don't see 488 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: anywhere else in the league. He handled it like a 489 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: true pro. And he taught Patrick Mahomes how to be 490 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: a pro, how to learn his routine, how to be 491 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: a guy in the building every day, how to be 492 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: a leader of men. He taught him all those things, 493 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: and he talked about that in our feature on a 494 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: Chiefs Insider. But I just have immens respect for the 495 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: man that Alex Smith is, not just the player, and 496 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: the player was awesome, but also the man that he is. 497 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: No question. I went back and looked he has twenty 498 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: three comebacks in his career in the fourth quarter. Eleven 499 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: of those were with the Chiefs, and we remember the 500 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: Charger overtime victory, but you go back and look at 501 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: it at Tennessee in twenty thirteen. He had three of them. 502 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: In twenty fourteen at the Chargers at Buffalo Seattle at home. 503 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: That was a big win that year to beat a 504 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: really good Seattle team and he outdueled Russ Wilson and 505 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: that one in the cold, the fifteen game at the 506 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: Raiders in sixteen, the Charger game we chronicled, the sixteen 507 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: game at Carolina, eb also to pick six in a game, 508 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: and then the sixteen game at Denver, the seventeen game 509 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: at New England classified as a comeback, and Philadelphia and 510 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: Washington that same year at home, so eleven comeback victories. 511 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: As this podcast featuring on Bounceback's comebacks, Alex Smith and 512 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: the Chargers. Now, I don't know. I think Alex has 513 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: to do the laundry some of the time, not just Elizabeth, 514 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: all right, And we say that's what I appreciate about 515 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: the thirty for thirty in the work that ESPN did 516 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: in trying to see where Alex came back from really 517 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: a miracle. You look at what happened that grewsome injury 518 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: to his leg when he was quarterbacking the Washington football team, 519 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: and to come back from that is nothing like That's 520 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: an Old Testament miracle to me. But one of the 521 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: great stories there was Elizabeth because as tough as Alex is, 522 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: you know, there had to be times just as human 523 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: nature to go is this all worth it? And she 524 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: was there with him, being not only his sidekick, but 525 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: a mom and a leader in that family, which deserves mention. Yeah, absolutely, 526 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: and just what an inspiration their whole family is. And 527 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: I have a personal connection to it because not nearly 528 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: as bad of an injury, but my mom broke her 529 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: leg back in May. She broke her leg power walking. 530 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: I'll make fun of her later for that. I don't 531 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: know how you break her leg power walking, but she 532 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: broke her leg power walking. It had a pretty bad injury. 533 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: I mean, her tibias snapped in half, and it's like 534 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: a long, long recovery where you're spending lots of time 535 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: just laying on the couch, just sitting there, just thinking 536 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 1: about it, like will I ever be able to have 537 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,239 Speaker 1: full range of motion? Can I run again? All these 538 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: different things, And she looked at Alex Smith for inspiration, 539 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: and if this guy can go through all of this 540 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: and play pro football again, I can get through my 541 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: personal struggles. So just once again, I mean's respect for 542 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: what he can do and what he's done in his career, 543 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: and he's gonna keep doing it. The guy I'll keep 544 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: being an inspiration because it's just who he is. His 545 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: whole family's truly that way. And your mom's an athlete 546 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,959 Speaker 1: recruited by Mississippi State and Tennessee for women's basketball. Yeah goals, 547 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: but that and the infection just gruesome. The fact that 548 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: he somehow avoided amputation is again it's a miracle. But 549 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: what a terrific story about Alex Smith. Now we want 550 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: to mention because through the fall and through the winter, 551 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about tide here a little bit. That's 552 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Elizabeth's going, hey, Alex, you do the 553 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: laundry this week. And I'm sure that when Alex does it, 554 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: he is looking at using this unique approach because Chiefs Kingdom, 555 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: we're turning to cold water washing with Tide, and we're 556 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: calling on you all throughout the Kingdom to do the same. 557 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: It saves money on energy bills, and it's tough enough 558 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: to tackle NFL stains all right. We know that your 559 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: family's got NFL stains, all right, so it can handle 560 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: a little nacho cheese when you go to gha field 561 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: at Arrowhead Stadium when that guy probably in front of 562 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: you dumps all kinds of crowd on you. But best 563 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: of all, Tide is giving fans, get this now, for you, 564 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom, fans throughout the Kingdom, the ultimate reason 565 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: to turn to cold and it's a talking Chiefs cold washer. 566 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: It's a washing machine that reminds you to turn to 567 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: cold at every turn. With the voice of Travis Kelsey, 568 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: are you ready for this? Here we go. Take it 569 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: from me. Cold can tackle all your stains. Amazing, right, incredible, 570 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: you can. Well, you're doing laundry. Travis Kelsey's talking to you. Yeah, 571 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: and it's like, oh man, you're gonna need a little 572 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: more cold on that. Uh so your Chief's Tide cold 573 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: washer could be yours. Just take the pledge and turn 574 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: it to cold and enter for a chance to win 575 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: at tide dot com. I want one of our winners 576 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: to be from Tansanny on this. Yeah, can't you imagine 577 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: let's say things. Yeah, if we want, let's straight on 578 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: every continent. We need Antarctica still. They can bring the 579 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: washer to Antarctica and wash on cold Antarctica. If what 580 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: do you think if you're living on Antarctica, you're gonna 581 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: do cold water wash and have Travis Kelsey to remind 582 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: you to do. Hey, Kelse, I got it. It's a 583 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: little cold outside, so I'll just do cold water washers. 584 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: I put it put it by my uh my penguin 585 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: in my England. Uh just ideas, but seriously, uh really, 586 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: it's great promotion by Tide. And you two can have 587 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey talking to you in your laundry room. I 588 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: think that will be awesome. I could just see him going, hey, 589 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: that's not right. You need to do this better. Hey, 590 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: you got to fight for the right to do your laundry. 591 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: But honestly, as we wrap things up on this edition 592 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom talking about bouncebacks, because both the 593 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: Chargers and Chiefs not desperate, but it's yeah, kind of 594 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: close as late September. Desperation would be to not go 595 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: to one and two, to be two and one, and 596 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: then the comebacks and realizing the greatest example I think 597 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: of a mental, physical, and emotional comeback in football and 598 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: in life is Alex Smith. And there will come a 599 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: day And I've been chastised for this because I've said 600 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: publicly I look forward to the day to introduce him 601 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: as a new member of our Ring of Honor. I 602 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: think he'll be up there someday. And fans have hammered 603 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: me and try not control with him and get into 604 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: a troll battle. But I've got it. We've both got 605 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: enough evidence to make our case in front of the 606 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom Supreme Court that Alex Smith should be on 607 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: that Ring of Honor someday. He's one of the greatest 608 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in Chiefs history for so many reasons, and a 609 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: lot of his stats people may not realize this. A 610 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: lot of his stats are up there with Len Dawson 611 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: and Trent Green, and Joe Montana and all these great quarterbacks, 612 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: but also just what he meant and when you live 613 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: through the time period from you know, two eleven, two twelve, 614 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: and how everything totally changed when he got here with 615 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: Coach Reid. I mean, it's just you can't even put 616 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: it into words. Everything changed. And once again, this this 617 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: franchise is such a proud history. I mean, people are 618 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: proud to be Chiefs fans. I'm proud to be a 619 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs fan, have been my whole life. You've been that 620 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: way too, And when the team on the field in 621 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, everything changed. It just amplified that further and 622 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: it's like, this is the team that we know that 623 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: we can be. And when the team won the Super 624 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: Bowl a couple of years ago, when they went to 625 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl last year, when hopefully we go to 626 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: several more of them in the years to come, that 627 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: foundation was laid back in twenty thirteen, and I think 628 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: it's just always important to remember that and that when 629 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: this team is hoisting hopefully more Lombardi trophies moving forward. 630 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: It really began with Alex Smith and everything that he 631 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: gave to the city. And let's close this way because 632 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: we open talking about the Chiefs division dominance. Do not 633 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: forget Chiefs Kingdom, whatever continent you're watching or listening on, 634 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: that the first two of those five straight division championships 635 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: belonged to Alex Smith. He was the first Chiefs quarterback 636 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: to win back to back division titles. Lenny didn't do it, 637 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: Trent didn't do it. He did it, and he had 638 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: to do it against and beat a twelve and four 639 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: Raiders team on a big Thursday night showdown. Then in 640 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: seventeen he had to be a beacon of strength when 641 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: the team lost six out of seven games and still 642 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: came back to win the division. If Alex Smith wasn't 643 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: the quarterback in those two years, the Chiefs don't win 644 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: the division in those two years. So yes, his point 645 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: and his fifty wins as a Chiefs quarterback, that's enough 646 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: for me to put him on the Ring of honor. 647 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: And what it did is that late culture and at 648 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: late culture that we heard from the guys post game 649 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: on Sunday, that was a gut punch of a game. 650 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: How easy would it have been the point Inger's to 651 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: blame people to pout? But did any of the guys 652 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: do that? I mean Travis Kelsey said, we have to 653 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: man up Tyron Matthews it Sometimes it's good if you 654 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: get punched in the mouth every once in a while, 655 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: because that's when this team responds best. Tyron Matthew wasn't 656 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: even here when Alex Smith was here, but he knows 657 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: what the culture is like because when Alex Gottier, he 658 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: established that and it's echoed on through players that weren't 659 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: here when he was here. That's the culture that we 660 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: have here and that's why I know this team will 661 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: be just fine moving forward and they'll figure out the 662 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: issues because they have the culture, and that's the most 663 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 1: important thing. Teams would kill for that culture and they 664 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: can't ever find it. The Chiefs have the culture, they 665 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: have the players. It's about just putting it back together, 666 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: turning the page, getting to next week. And what a 667 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: great opportunity it is to go out there on Sunday 668 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: against the Chargers in front of our home crowd and 669 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: show everyone that this team is not the team that 670 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: ended the game against Baltimore. They're the team that will 671 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: hopefully be raising the Lombardi Trophy at the end of 672 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: the year. Your points are good one. Truthfully, the Chargers 673 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: are searching for that culture. I mean, they're trying to 674 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: get that, and so we'll see it's a big game 675 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: this week. But you can argue with Matt about trying 676 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: to say, well, Alex Smith shouldn't be in the Ring 677 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: of Honor. You can argue with me, but I'm gonna 678 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: tell you who I'll put in front of you, and 679 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: I'll play the trump card here. Try to argue against 680 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. I'm gonna tell you what Patrick Mahomes would say, 681 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: put Alex Smith on the Ring of Honor because of 682 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: what he meant to me in that apprentice. Here, you know, 683 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: Patrick feels that one hundred percent their relationship is awesome, 684 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: and once again, you don't see that across the league. 685 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it can be awkward sometimes, but the 686 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: relationship that those two dudes had back then that they 687 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: still have today is truly special. It's why so many 688 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: times when teams are trying to bring in young quarterbacks 689 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: when they already have a veteran it just doesn't work. 690 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: But here it works so seamlessly and so perfectly for 691 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: all parties. Everyone got what they wanted out of that, 692 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: and everyone had success after the fact, and it's just 693 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful, beautiful thing. We're so lucky that not 694 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: only that we have Patrick Mahomes, but also that we 695 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: had Alex Smith to be his mentor from the get go. Yeah, 696 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: So if you want to argue with Patrick Mahomes, go ahead. 697 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: Otherwise stand down unless you're going to the game this 698 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: week and stand up and be loud at GEHA Field 699 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: at Arrowheads Stadium. So thanks for being with us on 700 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: this edition into Defending the Kingdom, where two teams will 701 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: try to bounce back and we feature the comeback kid 702 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: of all comeback Kids of the Chiefs, Alex Smith tossed down, 703 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: losh it down and the celebration begins in their head.