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Speaker 1: The National Football League year has officially begun for the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty fourth season, and the Chiefs make a splash

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Speaker 1: as Stone Cold is back with a new five year contract.

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Speaker 1: That's right, Chris Jones will be a Chief for the

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Speaker 1: next five years. But in this episode we'll also take

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Speaker 1: a look at a Big Vote. Matt will talk which

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Speaker 1: he's President Mark Donovan and also it's the football version

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Speaker 1: of the New York Stock Exchange. This addition of Defending

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Speaker 1: the Kingdom is brought to you, as always by the

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Speaker 1: folks at Ticketmaster this off season. Again some epic concerts here,

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Speaker 1: A three yard touchdown passing over time and Hi everyone,

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Speaker 1: I'm Mitchelta's voice of the Kansas City Chiefs along with

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Speaker 1: senior team reporter Matt McMullen. This episode in three different segments,

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Speaker 1: The Stone Cold Lock, the Big Vote, and the New

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Speaker 1: York stock exchange because the NFL season is off and running,

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Speaker 1: especially with the free agent period the legal tampering, which

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Speaker 1: that drives people crazy. It's knoxy moron and it's like

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Speaker 1: the speed limit at seventy five and everybody drives a ninety.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh.

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Speaker 1: Right, So anyway, legal tampering is kind of come and gone.

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Speaker 1: But now we're in full fledged free agency. But before

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Speaker 1: we start any of that, let's go around the world

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Speaker 2: Well, and let's also do a quick caveat that. This

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Speaker 2: is like the most dangerous time for us to do

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Speaker 2: a podcast because as we're recording this, I'm sure a

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Speaker 2: Thursday afternoon, all right, So things happen after the fact.

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Speaker 2: We don't know about them as of now, but we

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Speaker 2: will see. As of now, we'll talk about everything that

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Speaker 2: we know. We'll quickly go around the world. Here, I

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Speaker 2: have just two for you today. Heard from Thomas from Palmer, Alaska.

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Speaker 2: Nice, Yeah. I told Thomas I'll be up there in

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Speaker 2: Alaska in a few months. The trip's coming up. I

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Speaker 2: can't wait. From June going to Alaska with my wife

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Speaker 2: and then heard from Carl in North Carolina, and also

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Speaker 2: shout out to my grandpa and my grandpa's ninety two

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Speaker 2: years old. Celebrated his ninety second birthday just a few

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Speaker 2: days ago. Currently in the hospital right now recovering he

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Speaker 2: in the hospital, but we brought him all his favorite things,

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Speaker 1: Best and Grams in this calendar year, you saw your

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Speaker 1: alma mater, the Missouri Tigers, win a New Year's Day game.

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Speaker 1: I'm winning the Cotton Bowl. He also saw your favorite

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Speaker 1: Now he's experienced all of the Super Bowls going back

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Speaker 1: to Super Bowl four. But he has to be incredibly

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Speaker 2: I interviewed Ian last year for just a feature on

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Speaker 1: But Yan, the Chiefs don't win Super Bowl four without

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Speaker 1: young Stenerroud. No, it's really underrated. I mean, Lenny all

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Speaker 1: Come up with them in the off season. But on

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Speaker 1: cold lock. We love free agency in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: the gift. Honestly, the best teams in the National Football

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Speaker 2: It's such a big deal. We talked about how great

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Speaker 1: The NFL fans too, also love sacks. Sometimes they love

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Speaker 1: people say, gosh, isn't that a lot for an interior

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Speaker 1: deal to Chris. There's a couple of things I think,

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Speaker 3: is renovate the building, right to maintain the building, to

434
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 3: keep this county owned asset. The county actually owns the stadium,

435
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,520
Speaker 3: to keep this up and running and able to host

436
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 3: World Cups and able to host the ANFC Championship Games,

437
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 3: and that gives us the ability to invest even more

438
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,239
Speaker 3: into it. Think about it from a perspective of how

439
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 3: much we invest every year in this building. Last year

440
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,360
Speaker 3: we put twenty three million dollars into this county owned

441
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 3: asset to keep it up and running. Next year we'll

442
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 3: do more. That number is going to go up after

443
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 3: we do the renovation. That's just the reality. So we

444
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 3: feel like we're in a very good place right now.

445
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,439
Speaker 3: I do think that there's to be objective. There's a

446
00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,879
Speaker 3: lot of noise out there. There's a lot of information

447
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 3: that is floating around, which some of it's accurate, them

448
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,679
Speaker 3: it's very inaccurate. And we're trying to simplify the message

449
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,520
Speaker 3: as much as we can for our fans and for

450
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 3: taxpayers and for voters that it's really about. This is

451
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 3: a very very good deal for the county. We have

452
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 3: been really good partners and we've had really significant benefit

453
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 3: for this county and we're asking to extend that and

454
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 3: we're not asking for a better deal. And in return,

455
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,040
Speaker 3: we'll continue to invest the tens of millions of dollars

456
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 3: we do every year in the building, but we'll add

457
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 3: another three hundred million on top of that that we'll

458
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 3: put into this building to bring it up to the

459
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:00,879
Speaker 3: level that it needs to go to.

460
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 2: When you mentioned all the noise out there, you might

461
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 2: have what you just said as your answer, But what's

462
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,679
Speaker 2: something you wish is everyone knew. Because this is all

463
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 2: very complicated stuff, it's easy to get confused or lost

464
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 2: down rabbit holes when you're reading about all this, what's

465
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 2: something you wish just everyone that this pertains to knew

466
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,159
Speaker 2: about this.

467
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I wish it was simpler. I wish it was clear.

468
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,439
Speaker 3: That's just the reality what you're dealing with. Some of

469
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 3: it is language, right, You're dealing with political.

470
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 2: Rules.

471
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,439
Speaker 3: So you know, we've got to get an ordinance to

472
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 3: get a ballot initiative. Ballot initiative has to be phrased

473
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 3: in words that are specific and restricted. And I mentioned

474
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,200
Speaker 3: this before, but I'm sure it's happened to others. I

475
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 3: will admit it. You know, when I walk into a

476
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,399
Speaker 3: voting booth in Jackson County where I live, there are

477
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:50,919
Speaker 3: a number of times I've walked in there in the

478
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,880
Speaker 3: past where I've read the battle language and I'm very confused.

479
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,359
Speaker 3: I don't know what I'm voting for. I don't know

480
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 3: if I know I want to support it or I

481
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 3: don't want to support I just don't know which way

482
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 3: I'm supposed to vote based on the line. Which our

483
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,360
Speaker 3: language isn't that confusing, but it is confusing. So if

484
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 3: I could, if I could wish for one thing, it

485
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 3: would be just simplified for everyone who's going to go

486
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 3: and vote, and I think the simple message is no

487
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 3: new taxes. This is better for everybody, and it keeps

488
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 3: the two teams in our region. I would amplify that

489
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 3: with just think about last year, this organization, the Chiefs organization,

490
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 3: had an impact on this county and on this region

491
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,679
Speaker 3: of almost a billion dollars. In that billion dollars of

492
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 3: actual revenues, there were five thousand jobs on an annual basis.

493
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 3: That's not for over the next ten years. That was

494
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 3: last year. And if we can extend this existing relationship,

495
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,640
Speaker 3: then we can continue doing that and having that kind

496
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,439
Speaker 3: of impact. So it's less about, hey, well, how does

497
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 3: this affect me today, It's more about how do you

498
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,679
Speaker 3: have a positive impact on this region and what do

499
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,160
Speaker 3: you need from us to continue.

500
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 2: That one for decades to come, for generations to come,

501
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 2: and for really people of all different backgrounds, demographics, socioeconomic backgrounds,

502
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 2: like all of that. This renovation, as far as I

503
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 2: can tell, was created with everyone in mind, because if

504
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 2: you're going to a game, these renovations are going to

505
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 2: affect you in one way or the other, whether it

506
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 2: be the sideline suites which are really cool, but also

507
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 2: if you're on the upper level. The three hundred and

508
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,159
Speaker 2: sixty degree walkway is a big deal. The coverings on

509
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 2: the upper level where if it's really hot, it'll cool

510
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,160
Speaker 2: you off and vice versa, those are a big deal.

511
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 2: Why was it so important to make sure that these

512
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 2: renovations that are going to be affecting the taxpayers benefited everyone,

513
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 2: not just a small group.

514
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: Yeah.

515
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 3: I think that's one of the core principles we take

516
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 3: into every renovation. We did this in the eight nine

517
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 3: and ten renovation as well as we look at every

518
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 3: decision say how does this impact our fans in a

519
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 3: positive way? How do we enhance the experience? And then

520
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 3: we look at every single fan and a lot of

521
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 3: those benefits are very specific. Right, So if you're an

522
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 3: upper deck fan, imagine you're sitting in the upper deck

523
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 3: and right now you come down, you walk out, and

524
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 3: there's a pretty cool gathering area sort of a patio

525
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 3: with a big sports bar and a bunch of different

526
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 3: concession stands. Or we're going to take that and enhance

527
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 3: that experience by putting a canopy over that on both

528
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 3: sides of the stadium. That canopy will have infrared heat.

529
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 3: It will also have the massive fans to keep it

530
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 3: cool in the summer. We've all been up there right

531
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 3: in August for a preseason game and you can't stand

532
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 3: out there very well because it's so hot. Well, now

533
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:33,480
Speaker 3: it's covered and cooled. In addition, those kind of additions

534
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 3: will make every other aspect efficient, so we can add

535
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 3: more bathrooms, we can add more concession stands on the

536
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 3: upper level for our fans up there. We're also going

537
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 3: to finally solve that problem that we have, which is

538
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 3: you can't get around their stadium on the upper level.

539
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 3: You got to go up and down to do it.

540
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 3: We'll have a three hundred and sixty degree bridge that

541
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,719
Speaker 3: will connect every single area of the upper level, and

542
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 3: that really amplifies that benefit of when you do that,

543
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 3: all of a sudden, the people who typically them down

544
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,439
Speaker 3: and then go to the middle are going to come

545
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 3: down and stay on their corners, which makes it better

546
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 3: for them, but also makes it better for the people

547
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 3: in the middle because those people are coming in and

548
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 3: creating capacity issues there. So those kind of advantages are

549
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 3: part of the renovation, and they're an important part. Don't

550
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 3: get talked about as much as you know end zone

551
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,719
Speaker 3: suites or new clubs or the activation zone that's going

552
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,199
Speaker 3: to be outside where the k was, but they're just

553
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 3: as important.

554
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 2: What are you most excited about? When it comes to

555
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 2: renovations and you're looking at all the things that could

556
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 2: be in the near future, what excites you the most?

557
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's the whole package. And I say

558
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 3: that meaning I've shared the story before. But when you're

559
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 3: doing this work and you spent the last four years,

560
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 3: every single of a way trip, you go to them

561
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 3: as well. So every single stadium we're at for hours

562
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 3: and hours pre impost, right, And so every time we

563
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,920
Speaker 3: went to a new stadium, Clark and I would spend

564
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 3: some of those hours actually looking at what they're doing,

565
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 3: understanding how they did it, understanding the the cons and

566
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,199
Speaker 3: the challenges and the opportunities. And what we did was

567
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,360
Speaker 3: we made a list of the best things we could

568
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 3: possibly have, and we got most of them in this renovation.

569
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 2: Wow.

570
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 3: And the ability to bring those really cool new things

571
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 3: and enhance the experience into this iconic building is what

572
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 3: gets me most excited. So it's not one piece, right,

573
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 3: I think as we get into it, I think something

574
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 3: will shake out and I'll say, Okay, this is the

575
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 3: coolest thing out there. Yeah, but right now it's the

576
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 3: whole project and frankly for all of us who've been

577
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 3: working on it, the opportunity to be part of this

578
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 3: right you know, it's had Lamar not brought this team

579
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 3: from Dallas here what he did. Had we not had

580
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 3: the successful run we've been on, we probably wouldn't be

581
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 3: in this situation. And now the people in the room

582
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,959
Speaker 3: are our taxpayers are going to vote to decide what

583
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 3: the next generation looks like. And to be a part

584
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 3: of that's pretty.

585
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 2: Cool, Yeah, very exciting. You make a good point too,

586
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 2: about the other stadiums in the NFL. I mean, we

587
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 2: have two in our division that are brand new, our

588
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 2: world renown in Allegiance and in so Far, and they

589
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 2: are incredible places. To take some of what makes those

590
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 2: new stadiums so cool and to put them into a

591
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: historic venue like Arrowhead is such a great and amazing

592
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 2: opportunity that is right there. Now. Those are the exciting things,

593
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 2: but the maybe undercover things are also really important things

594
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: like making sure that the building is just still intact,

595
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 2: making sure the building can sustain for decades to come.

596
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 2: Tell us a little bit about the renovation itself that

597
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 2: isn't necessarily the flashy stuff, but the really important stuff too.

598
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, there are a couple levels of that too. I

599
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 3: mean when we did the analysis early on, we had

600
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 3: to make sure that to even consider an extension of

601
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 3: this building and to consider a renovation, we had to

602
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 3: look at this is going to be a six year

603
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 3: old building when we start construction. How much longer can

604
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 3: it last? What do we need to do to keep it?

605
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 3: Can it even last? And through a bunch of analysis,

606
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: through a lot of experts helping us out, we were

607
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 3: able to determine that yeah, in fact, we can, and

608
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 3: this thing is going to be good for at least

609
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 3: twenty five, hopefully forty more years. But it's going to

610
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 3: take annual investments. It's going to take annually correcting things

611
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 3: that you know, the reality is that some of the

612
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 3: things that were built that exist today we're built in

613
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 3: nineteen seventy, not seventy two when we open, but part

614
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 3: of the initial foundation. The good news is we can.

615
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 3: The good news is the experts have told us that

616
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 3: we're in good shape. So that's what we're going to do.

617
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 3: And then you know, the ability to look at it

618
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 3: operationally and say, how can we be better as an

619
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 3: operating team. Right, So the people who operate our stadium

620
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 3: on game day and for concerts. It's not sexy stuff,

621
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 3: but the reality is if they're better, if they're more efficient,

622
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 3: then the fans experience is better. Right. So you know

623
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 3: right now there are so many challenges in a building

624
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 3: those built back then that we can fix. I talked

625
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 3: about the three hundred and sixty degree bridge on the

626
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 3: upper level. We're going to put a three hundred sixty

627
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 3: degree tunnel on the service level underneath the building. Most

628
00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 3: normal venues have that we don't, and we're going to

629
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 3: be able to connect is the operation side. So right now,

630
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 3: you know, if you're servicing a concession stand or a

631
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 3: suite or something like that, you basically going to one

632
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,239
Speaker 3: corner of the building and having to get back and

633
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 3: forth through the crowd because there's no private way for

634
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 3: you to do that. Well, this solves that puzzle. Connected

635
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 3: to that will be a brand new tunnel, so our

636
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 3: fans will see the tunnel because it's a massive tunnel. Right.

637
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 3: So if you think about how our players come on

638
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 3: the game and how the visiting team comes on the game.

639
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 3: Prior to the game, they're coming through what we call

640
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 3: the e tunnel. Well, now there'll be a tunnel on

641
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 3: the other end, which not only makes us more efficient,

642
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 3: makes us in step with every other venue in the

643
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 3: States that have more than one tunnel, but it creates

644
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 3: the opportunity to be we can move the locker room,

645
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,719
Speaker 3: the visiting locker room over there. We can create an

646
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 3: entrance for our fans that actually come down that tunnel,

647
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 3: we can create some VIP areas like we did with

648
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 3: the existing tunnel. So it just gives us more opportunity.

649
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 3: And you know, that's something that we're focused on and

650
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 3: probably won't get talked about as much, but I think

651
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 3: at the end of the day, will be almost as beneficial.

652
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

653
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 2: Back in nineteen seventy two, the NFL wasn't what it

654
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 2: is today. Yeah, And when they built the stadium back then,

655
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 2: they weren't thinking about Luke Combs and Taylor Swift and

656
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 2: all the events that happen here in the World Cup.

657
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 2: But it's an opportunity to use the same venue, upgrade

658
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 2: it so it can better efficiently serve all those things. Again,

659
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 2: just a great opportunity. Final question for you. With the

660
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 2: Kaufman no longer being here, the entire Truman Sports complex

661
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 2: would be the Chiefs. Essentially, what's the benefit of having

662
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 2: a single use complex like that.

663
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, So it's another point that is probably not as

664
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 3: talked about, but the ability to be just the soul

665
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 3: tenant creates a massive opportunities for us, and we are

666
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 3: going to aggressively pursue those. So when you think about

667
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 3: last year, we had a record breaking year in terms

668
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: of concerts, number of concerts, number of people who attended concerts.

669
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Speaker 3: It was a record year for us. We're going to

670
00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 3: build on that momentum and the ability to just open

671
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 3: up all those other dates that used to be blocked

672
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 3: by Royals games and prepping for Royals games and other

673
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 3: and Royals activities that aren't games. So now those are

674
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 3: all gone. We have the ability to do more period right.

675
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 3: So that's one of the reasons for the activation zone.

676
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 3: That's one of the reasons for a lot of the

677
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 3: renovations that we're putting in in the Lower Bowl, including

678
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 3: that tunnel. I think the second thing that it does

679
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 3: is we can actually pursue ways of entering and exiting

680
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 3: the complex. We can pursue different ways of parking, we

681
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 3: can pursue different ways of dealing with ride share. We

682
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: can actually create roadways that didn't exist before. We can

683
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 3: create new parking decks that we didn't have the ability

684
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 3: to do before because you've got to put that over

685
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 3: your schedule blocked by eighty one dates. Well now those

686
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 3: dates are gone, so we have the ability to do

687
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 3: much much more. And it's not only adding more concerts

688
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 3: and more events, but it's doing all those little technology

689
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 3: things and those little operational things that now we have

690
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 3: the time to do, and we can do them focused

691
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 3: on This is how this is focused on getting somebody

692
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 3: to and from an event at Errowood Stadium and that's

693
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 3: a freedom that we haven't had in the past. It'll

694
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,800
Speaker 3: make it, as I said, much more efficient and enhance

695
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:17,760
Speaker 3: the fans experience.

696
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: Yeah.

697
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,320
Speaker 2: Well again, this is the golden era of Chiefs football.

698
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 2: So many teams never experienced a run of success like

699
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 2: this that we're right in the middle of, and wasn't

700
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 2: a great opportunity to enhance the experience even further for

701
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 2: generations to come. Mark really appreciate your time, and if

702
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 2: you want to learn more about this, you can visit

703
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 2: yes on one Jackson County dot com or Chiefs dot

704
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 2: com slash Arrowhead reimagined all the information, all the renderings,

705
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 2: any questions you might have, you can find all your

706
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,439
Speaker 2: answers at either of those two websites. Mark, once again,

707
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 2: thanks a lot, Thanks all Matt all right, great stuff

708
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 2: there from Mark. I really appreciated his insight. It's a

709
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 2: complicated deal. It's hard to follow at times. There's a

710
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,479
Speaker 2: lot of information out there at misinformation, but really great

711
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 2: having Mark stop by and walk us through it.

712
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: It was interesting, Clark Hunt when we had the news

713
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: conference at the Hall of Honor referencing the vote talked

714
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: about and you mentioned lambeau Field before the interview. Lambo's

715
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: really become kind of a prototype for the Chief Kingdom

716
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: and for the Hunt family, I think in what they

717
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: see in the future for gha Field at Arrowhead Stadium,

718
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: to take it into the second half of the twenty

719
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: first century, if you will, but then also to keep

720
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Speaker 1: why it's special, and we've seen that in Lambo. I mean,

721
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 1: it's modern, it's a three hundred and sixty five day destination,

722
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 1: but it's still lambeau Field. You're going into a museum

723
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: where bart Starr had the quarterback sneak in the ice bowl.

724
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: You see all those things in your mind or relive it.

725
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: And the same thing I think here with what the

726
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: Hunt family would love to do with gha field at

727
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: Arrowhead Stadium. But we know what the venue has been

728
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: to you or me, and that's just an example of

729
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,400
Speaker 1: the millions of the Chief Kingdom who loved the place. Yeah.

730
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 2: I think about the vote back in two thousand and

731
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 2: six that extended the current three eight since sale tax

732
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 2: that is trying to be extended this time around, and

733
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 2: all the amazing things that were added to Arrowhead And

734
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 2: I was just a kid back then. But to experience

735
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: all the memories that I have there over the last

736
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 2: twenty years in that venue, and for the opportunity to

737
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 2: keep doing that for the next generation of fans, it's

738
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 2: pretty exciting.

739
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: So the first portion of our Defending the Kingdom podcast

740
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 1: Stone Cold Locke, the second Big Vote, the third and

741
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: our closing segment has to deal with the New York

742
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 1: Stock Exchange. If you've seen these images right. I've never

743
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: been a part of a group that has rang the

744
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: bell to start the New York Stock Exchange. But when

745
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: they do and the bell rings, all of a sudden,

746
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: it turns into this frenzy like a piranha eating fish

747
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: food in the Amazon and that is all these traders

748
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: are on the floor going crazy. That to me is

749
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: the word picture to give with free agency. We mentioned

750
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: legal tampering at the beginning of the podcast, it just

751
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: seems weird. But once that legal tampering begins, Oh my gosh.

752
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: And again we're doing this on Thursday afternoon, so one

753
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: hundred things will happen between now when we post it.

754
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: Ten thousand things have happened. Monday morning feels like two

755
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,439
Speaker 1: months ago. There's so many things that happen every day

756
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: with every team that it's amazing to see how crazy

757
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: this week has become.

758
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: And to make it even crazier, I think those that

759
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 2: cover the league on a national basis, this gets muddied sometimes,

760
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,240
Speaker 2: where on Monday and Tuesday that's the legal tampering period,

761
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 2: it's not the official period. So you'll hear that all

762
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 2: these players have been signed, like you'll be refreshing Twitter

763
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: and you'll see that all these players are all these

764
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 2: different places, but nothing's official, and it doesn't happen super often,

765
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 2: but sometimes players change their mind. Will Watts changed his mind.

766
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 2: He signed with one team, said to actually never mind

767
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 2: and went back to the other Eric Kendricks changed his

768
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 2: mind during the legal tampering period, So if you see

769
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 2: that a player get signed on Twitter, you don't always

770
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 2: know during the legal tampering period. It's extremely confusing. And

771
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 2: the official league year began on Wednesday at three o'clock,

772
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 2: so that's when things can actually become official in terms

773
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 2: of signing free agents from other teams. But it's always

774
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 2: the time of year where a few teams are trying

775
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 2: to like win free agency. They're trying to get all

776
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 2: the buzz going about them. And I get it. I mean,

777
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 2: if that's what you want to do, if you think

778
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 2: that's the best opportunity to help your team, I understand it.

779
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 2: But the Chiefs have never really lived in that world.

780
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 2: And the proof is in the results that giving out

781
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 2: a ton of money during the first couple of days

782
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 2: of free agency rarely pays off in a big way.

783
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 2: I guess sometimes maybe it does, but just because the

784
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 2: Chiefs don't necessarily make a huge splash this time of

785
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 2: year every time, it doesn't really end up mattering in

786
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 2: the end because Brett Veach and co. They know what

787
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 2: they're doing.

788
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Speaker 1: Most of the teams that have won consistently over the

789
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,919
Speaker 1: past decade, you could just follow this have not been

790
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 1: crazy in free agency. I give the analogy a year ago.

791
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,760
Speaker 1: I think of the Black Friday after Thanksgiving, right, everybody

792
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: goes nuts in shopping for the next widget or gadget.

793
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: Usually Apple's got him in the corner. But then you're going, man,

794
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: I've paid way too much for this. And then they

795
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: get their credit card bill like the mid January and

796
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: they're freaking out. All right. That's a little bit of

797
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: what can happen during the free agency. The other thing

798
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 1: that is we have seen now is a common thread

799
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: during free agency is teams. The best teams are able

800
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: to keep their own free agents or pending free agents.

801
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: And let's just go through who the Chiefs have kept.

802
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: Drew Trinkill was a big deal to get him back

803
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: into hav him sign a three year contract. Mike Panell

804
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: was might be the most underrated influential player and winning

805
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty eight of anybody on the roster. Leo

806
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: Chanelle would be really close on that too. Deon Bush,

807
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: remember the interception against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens

808
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: and then James Winchester. You don't recognize long snappers until

809
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: they screw up and then all of a sudden it

810
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 1: becomes like a congressional inquiry. But to get those guys

811
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,919
Speaker 1: back and to make those decisions are not just short

812
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: term decisions. They are really two to three year decisions.

813
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,919
Speaker 2: So some quick thoughts and all of those guys, Drew

814
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 2: Tranquill coming back is such a big deal. So we

815
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 2: talked about it last year when we signed Drew, thinking

816
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 2: like this could be one of the sneaky signings of

817
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 2: the offseason. Not so sneaky now, I mean, what a

818
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:35,880
Speaker 2: weapon this guy was all year long. He was the

819
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 2: player we thought he could be, which is a versatile

820
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 2: linebacker who can play all three linebacker spots. He can

821
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 2: be a blitzer, you can drop back and coverage. He

822
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 2: can do all of that. But what can he also do?

823
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 2: Nick Bolton gets hurt for a chunk of the season

824
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 2: eight games, eight games, eight the season, half the season,

825
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 2: and Drew Tranquill comes in as the green dot and

826
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Speaker 2: you don't skip a beat because he is a starting

827
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Speaker 2: linebacker in the NFL. Do you know what kind of

828
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 2: luxury that is of that kind of player to be

829
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 2: the heart of your defense, and again, the best defense

830
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 2: in the NFL does not skip a beat. Huge deal

831
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 2: getting Drew Tranquil back. He's still a young player, going

832
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,800
Speaker 2: to be here for a while now, and he loves

833
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 2: to be here, which I love that as well. He's

834
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 2: talking at his presser about how Kansas City has this

835
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 2: like childlike, high school like love for football.

836
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: He gets it, and I relate to that.

837
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 2: I know that I love walking around my neighborhood and

838
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 2: seeing the Chiefs flags and the stuff in people's yards.

839
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 2: I love that that is Kansas City. And he gets

840
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 2: that and he wants to be a part of it.

841
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 2: So so glad that Drew Tranquill is back, and Dean

842
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 2: Bush and Mike Panell. You're right about Panell. In the playoffs,

843
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 2: he had one hundred and fifteen defensive snaps in the playoffs.

844
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 2: That's significant, and you look at Pro Football Focus you

845
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,240
Speaker 2: alluded to it. He had the number two defensive grade

846
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 2: of any Chiefs defender. And the Super Bowl and he

847
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 2: played significant snaps in the Super Bowl, played forty snaps

848
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 2: in the biggest game of his life. So Mike Panell

849
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 2: getting him back just really solid, good player in the

850
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 2: middle of the Chief's defensive line. I told him after

851
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 2: the game on the field, though, I was like, all

852
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 2: you do is come to Kansas City mid season and

853
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 2: win super bowls. Well, hopefully now he can be part

854
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 2: of the entire offseason training program and win a super

855
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 2: Bowl with us.

856
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: Do we give in until October off?

857
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 2: I mean, mate, that's what he does. Because remember, if

858
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,399
Speaker 2: you don't remember, for whoever's listening to this, he joined

859
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 2: the team mid season in twenty nineteen, had a pretty

860
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 2: sizable impact, Chiefs won the Super Bowl. Same thing happens

861
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three. He joins us in like week

862
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 2: twelve or something, and then Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

863
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 2: So let's just keep that going, Mike and then Deon Bush.

864
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: And before we go that, watch his play against Christian McCaffrey.

865
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,280
Speaker 1: We always you and I look for the underrated player,

866
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Speaker 1: the underrated sequence. His hit on Christian McCaffrey. It's a

867
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 1: B gap run late in the second half and he

868
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: basically destroys him. And when you have a hit like that,

869
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 1: even if you're as good as Christian McCaffrey, and you've

870
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Speaker 1: taken and you carry the ball twenty two times, when

871
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: on the twentieth carry you get slammed like that, Oh,

872
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,760
Speaker 1: just change just the way the rest of the day feels.

873
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: So it's an underrated play. Go find it and see

874
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: him and the Tackley makes some Christian McCaffrey legal play.

875
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,360
Speaker 1: Just a hard, tough hit by Mike Panell.

876
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Speaker 2: Totally agree. And Deon Bush, Yeah, the highlight is his

877
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 2: interception against Lamar Jackson when he came in for his

878
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 2: third defensive snap of the game, when I think Mike

879
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 2: Edwards had gotten injured. He comes in and picks off

880
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson in the end zone. Huge play. Don't forget

881
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 2: about his eighty five special team snaps in the playoffs,

882
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 2: though that matched the team lead. That's a big deal.

883
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 2: The Chiefs were really solid on special teams throughout the playoffs.

884
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 2: You got to have your four core reliable special teamers

885
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 2: in there, and Deon Bush is one. So he's made

886
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 2: plays on defense when he's come in for Kansas City.

887
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,720
Speaker 2: I always remember a few years ago against the Chargers

888
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: when Nick Bolton had the interception to end the game.

889
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 2: Deon Bush deflected that pass that Nick then intercepted. So

890
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 2: Deon Bush has made plays defensively for the Chiefs, but

891
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 2: also on special teams. Don't forget about that.

892
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 1: A couple more additions coming from outside. In one is

893
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: IRV Smith Junior. He's a NFL legacy. His dad played

894
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Arv was a second round

895
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,839
Speaker 1: pick out of Alabama by the Minnesota Vikings. Last year

896
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: he played with the Cincinnati Bengals. Hit some injury issues,

897
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: but he's got ten touchdowns in his early days, his

898
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: rookie year, in first two years with Minnesota, if you

899
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: go back and watch the video, there's a lot of

900
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: third level catches. He's running double routes. He's also got

901
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: a lot of corner routes in the end zone where

902
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: the red zone threat becomes a factor. And then with

903
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: Irv one thing that'll be key here. Remember the Chiefs

904
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: don't have a fullback. You need an h back kind

905
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,319
Speaker 1: of presence, and people say, well, what does that mean

906
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 1: for the rest of the tight end room? Hey, the

907
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: Chiefs this year, I would have said, if Jody Fortson

908
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,879
Speaker 1: would not have been hurt, would have carried four tight ends.

909
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 1: There's a chance you carry four tight ends and six

910
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: wide receivers instead of three and seven, especially when you

911
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: don't have a so called full back. So I'm excited

912
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: to see what IRV Smith junior can do.

913
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, interesting body type like you mentioned, six foot two,

914
00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 2: two hundred and forty pounds, really athletic, just super athletic player.

915
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 2: And you flip the tape on you see that right away,

916
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean in twenty twenty he had a

917
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 2: really solid season, had over three hundred yards receiving, had

918
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 2: five receiving touchdowns, all in the red zone. He was

919
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 2: kind of primed for a big year I think in

920
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one with the Vikings, but he tore as

921
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,720
Speaker 2: meniscus in the preseason, missed the entire year. Came back

922
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 2: for the twenty twenty two season with the Vikings, but

923
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 2: hurt his ankle halfway through the year. So last season

924
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 2: with Cincinnati, I think there was some buzz about him,

925
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 2: like this guy looked really good. A couple of years ago,

926
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 2: Deuble some injuries. He had an okay season, but probably

927
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:39,719
Speaker 2: not what he was hoping for. But now several years

928
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,720
Speaker 2: removed from those injuries, just twenty five years old still

929
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: and coming to learn from the greatest tight end of

930
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 2: all time and being coach Reed's offense. Yeah, I'm excited

931
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 2: to see what he can do. You add an athletic player,

932
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 2: a versatile player to the tight end room. You have

933
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 2: a full offseason to prepare and to be around this organization,

934
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 2: and he's healthy is the most important thing. So OTAs

935
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 2: will be fun to watch to see what at IRV

936
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:00,919
Speaker 2: Smith Jr.

937
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: Can do This time of year. You and I are

938
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: into reading like ten thousand draft analysis. I went back

939
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: and looked at his coming out of Alabama. What it

940
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 1: was his biggest asset. They thought being a move blocker

941
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,320
Speaker 1: and a tied end and a move blocker in this system.

942
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: He's absolutely well, it's not a luxury, it's a necessity.

943
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: So we're all curious and excited to see what earth

944
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 1: Smith Junior can do. The other one is Matt Eriiza,

945
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,720
Speaker 1: who was signed as a punter. Now some off field

946
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: issues you can look at those, but there's lawsuits have

947
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: been dropped and the path is now clear for Matt.

948
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: But he was at San Diego State and thought to

949
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: be at the time maybe the best college punter ever.

950
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: He was shattering records, NCAA records for the Aztecs, and

951
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo then drafted him. Then they backed off of that

952
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: because of what was happening off the field. Now that's

953
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 1: since been proven where Matt was vindicated in those again

954
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: you can check it out. But Matt Eriza left footed punter.

955
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: Now we're getting back to the days of Dustin coquit

956
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,440
Speaker 1: But this guy's an athlete, an outstanding soccer athlete. He

957
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,320
Speaker 1: was great in track. He went to Rancho Bernardo High School,

958
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:10,760
Speaker 1: which is prevalent and prominent in San Diego. But people

959
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 1: have kind of like, what we have a new punter.

960
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: So Tommy Townsend good luck in Houston against the Texans.

961
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 1: We'll see when we play Houston. But Matt Riza will

962
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: be another guy interesting to watch in this offseason.

963
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 2: One of the strongest legs I've ever seen. I mean,

964
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 2: if you go back and look at his punt in

965
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 2: the preseason with the Bills a couple of years ago,

966
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 2: it's like a seventy five yard punt. I mean, it's

967
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 2: just silly, just an incredible leg. As a holder is

968
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 2: the question. I don't know if he's done that a ton.

969
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 2: I think he maybe did it a little bit at

970
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 2: San Diego State. But Kenny Hold, we'll see, he'll have

971
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 2: to learn that here in the offseason. And that's one

972
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 2: of the main things to watch during OTA's is him

973
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,959
Speaker 2: as a holder because it's obviously very important, but there's

974
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: no doubt this guy is incredibly talented and we'll see

975
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 2: what he can do. Tommy Townsend did a lot of

976
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 2: great things for this team, though, and that's the bittersweet

977
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 2: part of this time of year is it's a lot

978
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 2: of fun adding these new players and seeing where players

979
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 2: go around the league or fresh on Twitter over and

980
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 2: over again. But we get to know these guys, and

981
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 2: for any fan watching, this team is so good at

982
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 2: showing their personality that you get to know these players,

983
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 2: and especially when you win a championship or back to

984
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,200
Speaker 2: back championships, you feel like you truly know them. And

985
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 2: for guys to depart, like Willie Gay Junior going to

986
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 2: New Orleans and yeah, Tommy going to the Texans, it's

987
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,360
Speaker 2: hard to see these guys go. Nick Alligretti going to

988
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,879
Speaker 2: the Commanders, Like, we love these guys and they were

989
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,879
Speaker 2: parts of a team that won a championship and again

990
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 2: in this case, back to back championships. We wish them

991
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 2: nothing but the best. They'll be Chiefs for life, and

992
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 2: it's tough to see those guys go, But that's the

993
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 2: nature of the business, you know, and all of hopefully

994
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:48,920
Speaker 2: some good fortune elsewhere unless they're playing us.

995
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,360
Speaker 1: We'll have to change. Then the answer to the trivia

996
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: question because he was the most misname I think of

997
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,720
Speaker 1: who still is on the roster from the twenty nineteen

998
00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four champions and Nick Allighretty was on

999
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,879
Speaker 1: that list, ye, and so God to take him off

1000
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: of there, that list is getting even. But we wish

1001
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: him the best in Washington with the Commanders. But just

1002
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: think playing with an injured uc'll join and just gutting

1003
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: it out and filling it in for Joe Toney when

1004
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: he had to go down. When he went down against

1005
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: couldn't miss the Baltimore game in Super Bowl fifty eight.

1006
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 1: So Nick, go get him. We don't have to play you,

1007
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: so we have to worry about you. We'll have to

1008
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: worry about Tommy, and we will have to worry about

1009
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,279
Speaker 1: Willie because we play New Orleans as well. But there

1010
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: you have it. We continue to churn and burn around

1011
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,399
Speaker 1: the National Football League, but in this episode, a little

1012
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: bit of looking back, looking forward, trying to figure it

1013
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 1: out because you got a stone cold lock big vote

1014
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:46,160
Speaker 1: coming up Jackson County. And then also, hey, we're right

1015
00:49:46,200 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 1: in the middle of the New York Stock Exchange,