1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taking dannage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: the day. When you get off the game, they can 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: play Don't Do What, Touchdown, Kansas City, the chefs, all 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: right in the thick of a baby? All Right? Training 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Camp podcast time again. Mitch Holt is with you along 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: with the Barbershop ten year NFL veteran Sean Barber, and 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: we are in the Dog Days. People love dogs. We 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: see it on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter. Dogs dogs, dogs, 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: Italian Mastiffs, jack Russell Terriers, Pomeranians. We ain't talking about 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: those dogs. We're talking about dogs in the NFL. But 11 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 1: Dog Days and Sean is very interesting the way that 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Andy Reid puts together and formulates his camp, because he 13 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: does have a period in there. It is bark bark, 14 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: trying to get through it. What about dog Days and 15 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: fighting through them? Man? I thought you was gonna talk 16 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 1: about some dopemin pitches and rock wallers some some dogs 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: like that. That's the kind of dogs I know. Uh. 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: But you know, as a player, man, you get to 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: that grind, man, you get to the ground where your 20 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: body starting to feel the fatigue. Um, you know, the 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: off season was long. You hit training camp you're excited 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,279 Speaker 1: about having a chance to install and put in new plays, 23 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: and you want to see the teammates, and everybody comes 24 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: out excited. Well, then you know that that that that 25 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: period starts hitting with us. Now it's the first day 26 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: of pass, the second day of pass. Your your legs 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: getting heavy, you're doing the cold tub. You're you're coming 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: back from the cold tub. You you're starting to feel you, 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: you know, getting your legs back. And now you gotta 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: thinking about it's time to go play some preseason games. Now, 31 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: now that that dog mentality turns from just trying to 32 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: get better and play against your your your teammates, and 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: now you gotta look at some other opponents. Everybody trying 34 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: to make the squad. You're worrying about the fifty three, 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: cutting down the fifty three. You're worrying about showcasing on 36 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: the preseason game so that all the other teams in 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: the NFL. No, if you don't make this squad, you 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: want to be good enough to make somebody squad. They 39 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: say it's a doggie dog world, and there's only so 40 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: many places, only so many bowls to eat from. So 41 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: these guys gonna battle. Man, these guys are gonna they 42 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: battle tested, they're ready for the show. I've seen it 43 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: down through the years, though. If a guy can prove 44 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: it fighting through the dog days of August and training camp, 45 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: normally that bodes well throughout the season. Not just the 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: way they start the year, but when you get into 47 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: the so called dog days of the regular season, when 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: you get about Thanksgiving time or December, you're in a 49 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: stretch run. But man, nothing about your body feels good. 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: But the guys that can push through now, normally it's 51 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: an indication that they'll push through it when it really counts. Yeah, 52 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: it builds up that layer, you know, that lay of conditioning, 53 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: the lay of perseverance. Whatever you fight through in camp, 54 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: you can recall it later on in the season. And 55 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: that's what the season, you know, and the coaches do. 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: They do it on purpose. They'll introduce different packages, different phases, 57 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: different opponents. This is a game plan for this team, 58 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: this is a game plan for that team. UM. And 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: then when it's time to recall it during the season, 60 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: it's not like you're learning for the first time. UM. 61 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: When you're battling, having to go through practice and coach 62 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: don't let up. You know, he knows everybody's sore. He 63 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: knows everybody needs a day off, but he says, you 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: know what, put the pads on guard there one more 65 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: time and give me, give me your best effort. He 66 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: wants to see who's who's gonna push on through that 67 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: that that that soreness pushed through that that ment. You know, 68 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: who is mentally tough to get it done even when 69 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: their body doesn't feel like it. Because as you get 70 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: to that, you know what you're saying, weeks nine, ten, eleven, um, 71 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: you've already got through your bye week, and now you're 72 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: trying to finish off the season strong and get prepared 73 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: for a position in the playoff. That kind of stuffs 74 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: it starts to play mental uh gymnastics, which you you 75 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: don't You don't know morning from night. You don't know 76 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: if you're tired, you don't know if you're hungry or thirsty. 77 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: You don't. I mean, the season gets so long, and 78 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: only those those those guys have been proven and and 79 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: uh battle tested. I liked it, battle tested through the 80 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: dog days of camp. Those are the guys that are 81 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: going to elevate their game when we get deathwarted the season. 82 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: Another thing I've seen in the ten years here in 83 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: Saint Joe with Andy Reid, if there's a challenging even 84 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: challenging elements, the day we had sixty five hundred people 85 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: out here, it didn't look like it was going to happen. 86 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Lightning when rain and I remember last year on the 87 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: Military Appreciation Day, it was pouring buckets and Coach said, 88 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: going to stay out there. I remember seeing Tyreek Hill 89 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: out there in like three inches of water, going, man, 90 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: I hope this works. But Andy reads an old offensive lineman. 91 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: He knows it's almost like he wants that even if 92 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: it's in clement weather Kenneka concentrate. He's not gonna be 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: there in the lightning. I mean that's prohibited, so he's 94 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: not that. But even to get out there in Elements, 95 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: I think Coach doesn't mind it when it's August dog 96 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: Days because you know that's coming. Because in crunch time 97 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: that games, if it's gonna be a home game in Arrowhead, 98 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: it's going to be an Elements games late in December 99 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: early January. Those are the games that either you win 100 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: to move on or you go home. And you know 101 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: the Elements that you know in the last few seasons, 102 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: it's gonna be snow, it's gonna be wet, it's gonna 103 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: be cold. And the teams that don't blink, the teams 104 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: that can recall the day in training camp when I 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: was tired and dog tired and poured buckets and we 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: still went through seven nine on seven, seven on seven 107 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: coaching and back off at all. I was already tired, 108 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: and I still was able to do it. If you 109 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: can do it under this circumstances, back to back days, 110 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: triple days of pads, all those kind of things, then 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: imagine when you get to a you've had four or 112 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: five days off, you implement a you know, a little 113 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: practice schedule, and between games it's a it's a full week. 114 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: You've allowed your body to recover. You should feel so 115 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: much confidence in your abilities during the season with a 116 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: week long rest period as opposed to hearing training camp 117 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: when you're like you're saying, you're biting through, digging, digging 118 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: in that ground for that bone, trying to find it. 119 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: You gotta dig deep, take it takes the intestine or 120 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: four to two from the guys. So our first quarter 121 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: here in the dog days of the he sees in 122 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 1: the dog days of training camp when those pads practices 123 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: are strung together. I always look at see who's got 124 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: the zippity doo dog on day two or day three. 125 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw a couple of guys here that was 126 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: impressed with day two. I even put this on Twitter. 127 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: Darren Lee, who the Chiefs picked up from the New 128 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: York Jets, who was a first round pick out of 129 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: Ohio State. I watched him in that string here in 130 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: the middle of the dog days, and it looked like 131 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: he took it up a notch. I mean, that's your position. 132 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: The other one was a guy like Derek Naughty. I've 133 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: been impressed with him, the second year defensive lineman who's 134 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: kind of bringing it every day. It's like, and he 135 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: doesn't it doesn't look like he's taking reps off. He's 136 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: soaking in the teaching. But to me, those guys stood 137 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: out on a second or third day where you know 138 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: they're not as fresh. Yeah, but they're just you're training 139 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: your mind, your body, and your soul just to fight 140 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: through it, will through it. Yeah. When you talk about 141 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: Nighty Man, his pad level, his strength, he's like a bulldozer. Right, 142 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: we talk about a dog day, He's like a bulldog. 143 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: He's an Irish bulldog, the stout stunt. He commands the 144 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: double team, He dominates the line of scrimmage. He can 145 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: get pressure right up the middle of anytime. Players like that. 146 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: They love it when it gets into those dog days 147 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: because they know physically when other people are getting tired, uh, 148 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: their strength and power will start taking over. Defensively, your aggressiveness. 149 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: Aggressiveness takes over as far as defensive calls being made 150 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: because you have the offense and you have guys thinking 151 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: and hesitating, a little bit, a little bit of doubt 152 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 1: seeps in about are they able to have another gear, 153 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,119 Speaker 1: whether you know they have to start worrying about catching 154 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: the ball, worrying about, you know, getting enough depth on 155 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: a certain route, finishing off plays. But defensively, man, you 156 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: just turn that switch on and you just go, go, go. 157 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: You do worry about some of the injuries from the 158 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: contact and that kind of stuff, So you gotta go. 159 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: You gotta be so smart, like you said, when we're 160 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: getting through these dog days, you gotta be super smart 161 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:58,239 Speaker 1: about your practice, tempo, taking care of your teammates. But again, 162 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: you're trying to dig down, deep and out. If you 163 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: can take yourself to a different level of conditioning to 164 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: a different level of preparation, and all that is done, 165 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: like you said, according to coach Read's plan. He has 166 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: a master plan of preparing these guys to deal with 167 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: stuff during training camp so they can recall that during 168 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: the season. The other group, I'm just gonna characterize them 169 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: all together and lump them in. Maybe it's just a 170 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: whole bunch of Rhodesian ridgebacks or whatever. It's an sc 171 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: offensive line, because I've seen them collectively fight through this 172 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: camp and see that they're growing and working together, whether 173 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: it's an Andrew Wiley's getting a shot at left guard, 174 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: the Canadian doctors back. I tweeted out about the Chiefs 175 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: for thirty five and nine when he starts and he's 176 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: back after the injury or writer or the guys Allagretti 177 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: coming in or right. I mean, just as a group, 178 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: I've seen that, and I don't know if they're helping 179 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: each other out or keeping each other going, but I've 180 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: seen those guys barking dark dog bass. Yeah. That officive 181 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: line is it's something you have to come together. Their 182 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: job number one job is to protect pat mahomes. They 183 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: know that that's their primary priority. During this season is 184 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: to keep him upright, keep him clean, and it takes 185 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: all five guys. They all are responsible. If one guy 186 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: lets the guy through, they all get blamed. And so 187 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: they have to work collectively to make sure that everybody's 188 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: conditioned level, everybody is attentive, everybody knows the calls to 189 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: checks the balances every other position. It's not that way. 190 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: And defensively, it's like an entire unit, right, you got 191 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: to work together as all eleven guys gotta bust their 192 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: butts to get a line and sign know the calls 193 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: or communication. They succeed together and get off the field, 194 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: or they fail together and give up touchdowns and field goals. Offensively, though, 195 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: it's it's very like you saying it's categorized by position, 196 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: and that offensive line group has come together like I've 197 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: seen no other, and they're prepared to play. They're prepared 198 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: to take the challenge to protect Pat Mahomes the entire 199 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: season for eighty snaps again, if it takes that, but 200 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: as many times as he snaps the ball and ready 201 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: to throw it, they want to make sure that he 202 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: keeps that pocket clean, he can step up, deliver the 203 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: ball and chrickolate the ball down the field, and I'm 204 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: liking that group. Eric Fisher has had a good camp. 205 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: It's like he's growling, now, growl when you know when 206 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: somebody's in the yard. I like it. I like it 207 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks show before we move on to the second 208 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: part here with the dog days, I underestimate how many 209 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: throws they have to make. We've been going day after 210 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: day after day. They do warmups. I know Mahomes has 211 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: a bionic arm, but it's warm ups. It's seven on seven, 212 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: it's one on one, it's team. I mean, there's like 213 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: tons of thousands of throws in these by this time. 214 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: They just throw and throw and throw and throw and 215 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: throw and fighting for a quarterback even to go through 216 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: dog days. Yeah, you just you said. The pitch count. 217 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: The pitch count for a quarterback has got to be amazing. 218 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: During training camp, it's unlike a normal season, right, You 219 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: go through a game, you play, you throw the ball 220 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: fifty sixty times during the game. Then you get a 221 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: couple of days off, you come back and put in 222 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: the game. Playing a normal practice week, you get a 223 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: few snaps, a few seven on seven and some passion drill. 224 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: But this is day after day after day. This is 225 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: hundreds of ball being thrown warmed up day after day 226 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: after day in the week, like you said in the thousands, 227 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: fifteen hundreds, like so many passes attempts are being put 228 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: on his arm during a twenty day window for them 229 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: just to prepare themselves to play a few games a 230 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: preseason and then the real the bullets get real. Right, 231 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: that's when it's not the action is going wild. It's 232 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: the wild wild West begins on the on the football field. 233 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: Those guys like you saying, have to be battle tested. 234 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: Those arms have to be prepared to go sixteen seventeen weeks. 235 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: Then a postseason can deal with any arms. So and 236 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: it's during the regular season. So you try to go 237 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: ahead and build up like a kind of a wall 238 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: that they can get to bust through that wall and 239 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: then arms ready. You know, Pat Mahome, I think he 240 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: can throw at three thousand times a day if he 241 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: needs to with all those different arm slots. Uh, He's 242 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: it's amazing to see him on an average day. But 243 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: on his on his good days, like he had a 244 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: few days out here at training camp, man, he was 245 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: he was dropping dimes all over feel. Now the second 246 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: part is we go to the second quarter of our 247 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: dog days. Unfortunately, is a very real part of dog days, 248 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: and that is dog whistle. As a kid, I had 249 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: a boxer if it had heard a high pitched sound, 250 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: he would have that head cock from ten to two 251 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: and just look at you like something is crazy here. 252 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna talking dog whistle because a big part 253 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: of training camp in dog days is dog whistle. Guys wow, 254 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, physically or mentally, it is confusing. Yeah, yeah, 255 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: so you said in meetings last year, you were on this, 256 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: you were a part of the intern staff. You've seen this, 257 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: and to me, a lot of it happens at night. 258 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: Maybe we don't see it at practice, but in the 259 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: evenings when they're meeting and all of a sudden they're 260 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: looking at you like he ain't he ain't getting it. Yeah, 261 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: you talk about getting you know, even even from a 262 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: coaching staff. You know when guys aren't here for the 263 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: beginning of camp and coach, well, we're not gonna worry 264 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: about the guys aren't here. You know, we're getting plays in. 265 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: Somebody stepped in. We had a running back, MISSI you play, 266 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: so another running back was able to step up and 267 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 1: get some reps. You don't miss out. You just say, 268 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: hey man, that the other guy's taking advantage of this position. 269 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: This guy's taking advantage of somebody missing out. That's the 270 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: dog whistle. That's a that's a little sound call. That's saying, 271 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: hey man, if you're not here and you don't want this, 272 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: somebody else is showing us they can do it. And 273 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: then we talk about off the field. Sometimes in the 274 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: meeting rooms you see a guy maybe not paying attention fully, 275 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: not taking notes on his phone, answering things, doing different 276 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: things which you just know his full attention isn't to 277 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: him learning the ends and out of his position, and 278 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: then he goes out on the practice field the next 279 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: day and make a few minial mistakes, and you're wondering 280 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: how important is making this team to this young man 281 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: from a coaching staff, more and more especially to your teammates. 282 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: Having teammates see other teammates not pay attention and then 283 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: go out on the field and make mistakes. We talk 284 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: about the level of trust. It takes, the communication, those 285 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: type of things. Man, it's a building process and it 286 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: comes in the meeting rooms on the field, But when 287 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: that dog whistle blows and guys, you start looking around, 288 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: you see that coach. He's not correcting his player as 289 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: much as he used to. He's kind of giving up one. 290 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: He thinks that the guy's plateaued. He's trying to push him. 291 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: The guys he's pushing back. He don't want to push 292 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: through that wall. He's tired. He's letting the coach No, 293 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: I'm tired, coach. I need, I need, I need to 294 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: tap tap his helm, and I need to get out that. 295 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: Those are the signals that coaches was kind of wondering, 296 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: do I need to get somebody else in here? So 297 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: it's handling its handled on the field, handling the meeting room. 298 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: Do I not have it? Then ask a question, don't 299 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: fake like if you have it too. I've seen this 300 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: happen with players down through the years. I'm gonna fake 301 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: and try to get through the homework, and it's it's 302 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: as gregious as hiding the phone under the table because 303 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: it ends up in the same spot, not a good spot. 304 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: And when the real games happen, that's when you lose games. 305 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: So in training camp you learn how to concentrate, prepare 306 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: mentally and physically and fighting through it. Okay, we're at halftime. 307 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: Do you know how this works? A minute halftime? Normally 308 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: we have one point two seconds. You get an orange, 309 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: go to the bathroom. I hope your uniforms fine. You're 310 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: not gonna get fine. Now you're gonna go into the 311 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: third quarter, and the third quarter is finding dogs. And 312 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take dabug here s Now, We're gonna go 313 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: from dog whistle to finding the guys who actually elevate 314 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: during dog days. They redefine themselves as a player or 315 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: jump onto the scene as a player right now. And 316 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: the ones that are able to fight and get there. 317 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean this is a little bit like you. I mean, 318 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: you made your career probably in those early training camps 319 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: in dog days when you were a redskin player. Yeah. 320 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: I thought I was a good player coming out of 321 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: college man, and I knew I was a cover linebacker. 322 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: I played special teams all my all five years in college. 323 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: But when you're looking for those dogs, looking for those 324 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: alpha dogs, those alpha dogs are they're excited to play 325 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: the game of football. How many times do you remember 326 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: seeing a coach walk up and down to stretch drills 327 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: asking a guy, do you love football? Is this how 328 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: you doing? Something you love doing? Is this? Are you 329 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: enjoying this? And you see, guy, coach, I love football, 330 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: I love I love the You know, I embraced the grind. 331 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: I embrace the sweat. I embrace the suck. Yeah it 332 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: sucks being out here, but I embrace that. It's nothing 333 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: else I would rather do. Year coach, you know where 334 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: would you rather be? Nowhere? All that kind of talk 335 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: is you're searching for that. Those alpha dogs, those guys 336 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: that bring bring the level of play off everybody around them, 337 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: upper level. The Matthews, the clarks on defense, the Pat 338 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: Mahomes on offense, Cheetah, those guys, the Travis Kelsey's zeus. 339 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: They bring everybody's level of expectation of themselves to a 340 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: higher plane. And when you get dogs on defense, they 341 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: want to hunt. On offense, they want to block and 342 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: pile drive and just every drive it's like we got 343 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: one priority get the ball in the end zone. On defense, 344 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: we have one priority stop to run, kill the quarterback 345 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: and get the ball back for our offense. Very simple, 346 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: very blunt, just just super aggressive mentality. That kind of philosophy. 347 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: It helps the coaches figure out which of these dogs 348 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: cannot hunt with what of these alpha dogs are gonna 349 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: make the best fifty three for this roster, and you're 350 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: gonna find out a lot on these preseason games. Now 351 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: we've got some alpha dogs on this roster. We know 352 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: that the finding dogs too at this time of year 353 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,719 Speaker 1: is experimental and some you know what you got with 354 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: some guys you're trying to find out what you have 355 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: with others. And there's a couple here to fit into 356 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: this category. One I'm gonna throw out. They're young, but 357 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: it's been one thornhill and we haven't had miked up 358 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: on sixty five TPT. I mean, he's an impressive kid 359 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: uva anthropology major forty four in vertical. But you're thinking 360 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: he's he going to slow down. He's come out here 361 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: with a lot of energy and zippity dooda, But what's 362 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: he like now in dog days He's actually put it 363 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: up a notch and the dude is getting to pick 364 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: a day and so you can see him learning under 365 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: Honey Badger or even a Daniel Sorensen, and this, I mean, 366 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: this is a safety group that I really like his expectation, 367 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: I think from a coaching staff, from the general managers, 368 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: from even the fan base. You knew he was a 369 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: good college player, but you had to think there's gonna 370 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: be some some struggle learning the playbooks, some struggle learning 371 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: the amount of defenses with a brand new defense coordinator. 372 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: He makes it look easy. He makes it looks like 373 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: like like defensive philosophy is what he's been trained to 374 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: do all his life. His comfort level with transitioning from 375 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: a half field corner to a in the box safety 376 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: covering tight ends, covering the flats when it comes to receivers, 377 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: and then being able to high point a ball. He 378 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: looks like he's been doing it since he was a baby. 379 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: He half points that ball and makes interceptions and gets 380 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: his hand on so many balls each day at practice. 381 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: Did you know that's going to definitely transcend to playmaking 382 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: and opportunities for picks during during the season. And you know, 383 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: Honey Badger and Sorens and the guys that have been 384 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: arountal take him under his wing and say, hey, we're 385 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: gonna navigate this. But that's a guy's potential will be 386 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: a dawg, real dog dog. Now the other finding dogs 387 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: are experimental And this is what's fascinating me now with 388 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: this team from here to the end of August. One 389 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: that comes to minus Tano Passano and watching him, I 390 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: think he has seventeen thousand reps so far in this 391 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: camp because they played him outside and they played him 392 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: inside as far as But here's a guy now who 393 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: was a second round pick out of Villanova, who's got 394 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: a seven what three inch wingspan. When he is in 395 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: there with Chris Jones together, there was times like mahomes 396 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: is trying to figure out how to throw it because 397 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: it was like a wind turbine. He was fifteen feet 398 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: of wingstand span from fingertip to fingertip when stone cold 399 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: Chris Jones is in there with Passigno. But it seems 400 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: experimental with him, and so from now till the end 401 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: of August, it's like, what can he do with it? 402 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: Because and Spags has admitted this with the defensive side, 403 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm experimenting here. I'm trying to figure out he even 404 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: said it publicly. I'm trying to figure out what I got. 405 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: But now passing is an interesting study for me because 406 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: if it hits, I mean, if he turns into I mean, 407 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: there could be really something there with him with this talent. Yeah, 408 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: all is a freaking nature often scale when it comes 409 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: and when the look test right, and then when the 410 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: game comes on, you just you just haven't seen him 411 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: really let it go right. We want to see him 412 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: getting there and this this this let it let all 413 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: his abilities uh off on the other team and really 414 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: let's see what his potential can be. When we talk 415 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: about other players too, like Traymond Smith, the running back, 416 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: the running the newly the newly formed running back. He 417 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: plays running back, he plays dB. He could be a receiver, 418 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: it could be a special teamer. It's a jack of 419 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: all trade when it comes to him. His one roster 420 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: spot might be worth for individual roster spots when it 421 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: comes down to it, and when a team is talented 422 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: as the Chiefs are this year, they're gonna need to 423 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: find a way of having guys play multiple spots. Um. 424 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: Dorian on Daniel the linebacker. He's a striker, he can run, 425 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: he can do all these things, but in this defense 426 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: has been hard to find exactly what role truly plays 427 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: to his strong point. When it comes to being able 428 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: to just run and strike, He's going to be a 429 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: special team's demon. Um. Then we talk about the running back, 430 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: one of our favorite running backs this camp has been 431 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: twenty five those pistons at five foot eight, five foot nine, 432 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: being able to squat seven hundred pounds and bench press 433 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: four hundred pounds. Uh, he's just electric the pound for pound, 434 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: maybe the strongest player not only on his team, but 435 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: maybe in the NFL. And then my last, but one 436 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 1: of my favorite guys has been kneeming Um the Hawkeye. Uh, 437 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, not not really used last year, but who 438 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: was used all through preseason. He just has a knack 439 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: for football. He has a nose for football a lot 440 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: like a linebacker out of Miami number Thomas. Yeah, looks 441 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: like look, I mean fits that role that knows for 442 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: the football, gets his hands on balls, us always around 443 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: the ball carrier. I would like to see all four 444 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: of those guys, including passing no, uh, just release themselves 445 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: and and find out what they can really be on 446 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,239 Speaker 1: this Chiefs team coming twenty nineteen. Well, let's take a 447 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 1: couple of these a little further. Now, Darwin Thompson, that 448 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: who's you referring to number twenty five at State on office? 449 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: It's twenty five. But he told me, I said, what 450 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: keeps you going? Man? He were under recruited coming out 451 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: of Tulsa Jenks. Then you're underrecruited coming at an EO 452 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: Utah state. He said, there is the fear. This goes 453 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: back to what you said about ten paragraphs ago, and 454 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: that is the fear somebody's going to take my job. 455 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: I am not going to let my job get away. 456 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: So there's a dog mentality of the bone is meant 457 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: dog foods in my dish. I'm gonna eat the dog food. 458 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: You're not gonna eat my dog food. That's one two. 459 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: Traymont Smith is interesting because we talk about experimental. First 460 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: of all, you have to be a willing participant in 461 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: the experiment. Okay, he spent all last year as a 462 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: corner and a kick returner. Now they're going, oh, we're 463 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: gonna try you a running back. And you had mentioned 464 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: it's really interesting to think about it. There's kind of 465 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: a partial running back receiver. What if he becomes a 466 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: gunner and a bracket guy on the outside as well 467 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: as a returner. I mean, you don't know what you 468 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: have there, but finding dogs dawgs. First of all, you 469 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: have to be a willing participant to say, yeah, you 470 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna try it. I'll do whatever you 471 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: want me to do. Yeah, it's it's tough to You've 472 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: been playing all your college career, you've been kind of 473 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: put on a pedestal as being a great defensive cornerback. 474 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: You've been h this is gonna be your way to 475 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: make the NFL, this is your your breakthrough, and then 476 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: in year two your ass to switch positions. You have 477 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: to learn a new position, to go back to something 478 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: that you haven't done before. And he's done it. Not 479 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: I mean that not, but grudgingly he's done it. Excited 480 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: about it. Hes Whenever I see him in seven or seven, 481 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: I see him running routes, he's learning something. He's going 482 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: back to the running back coach asking about did he 483 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: do it the right way? And working on his hands. 484 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: I saw him on a jug machine working on his 485 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: hands afterwards, because that's probably one of the tough things 486 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: transitioning from defense to offenses that on offense, you get 487 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: the ball in your hands a lot more on defense, 488 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: which is asked to make tackles and knock some ball downs, 489 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: you make a play every blue moon. So those are 490 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 1: the things he's he's starting to fine tune and seeing 491 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: if he can really get really really honing his abilities 492 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: on having the ball in his hand. You mentioned Niema. 493 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: It's interesting. I go back to a year ago about 494 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: this time, it was dog days and Niemon kind of 495 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: powered through it. Then he had to pick six against 496 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: Atlanta in that preseason game, but that started to help, like, well, 497 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: maybe you know, maybe there's something here. But it was 498 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: his ability to push through dog days. Last year. They 499 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: probably put him on this football team. And you know, 500 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: it's tough when you get to these, uh these preseason games, 501 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: not taking a lot of reps during practice and working 502 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: yourself to get in condition, and then going out there 503 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: in the NFL stadium and having to cover that first kickoff, 504 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: having that first kick and then you come to the 505 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: sideline and you're almost hyperventilating. Well, then when it comes 506 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: to the second quarter in the second half, not only 507 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: are you playing special teams, but you're playing a normal defense. 508 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: So you're playing every dawn on defense. Then you're doing 509 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: punk cover, then you're doing punt return, then you're doing 510 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: your defense, then you're doing kickoff cover. So you don't 511 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: have a chance that you're looking for guys that have 512 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: that tremendous amount of mental toughness, they will not let 513 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,479 Speaker 1: themselves be tired. They will not let themselves give up. 514 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: They will not break, you know, break down, and allow 515 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: their mental to match their physical fatigue. They're sharp, they're tuned, 516 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: they know the alignment, assignment, and they rise up to 517 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: the occasion and still make plays even when they're exhausted. 518 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: So the final corner quarter here would be walking the dog, 519 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: and walking the dog is walking through these preseason games, 520 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: these next four weeks, pushing through dog days. But to me, 521 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: the games barber shop are like the pads, like who's 522 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: so you get that first game and you just alluded 523 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: to it. Lights are on who freaks out, who retreats, 524 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: and who advances because we've seen that too. Guys emerge 525 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: Pringle last year Byron Pringle in the fourth preseason game 526 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: against Green Bay one hundred and twenty two yards receiving, 527 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: unfortunately gets hurt. But it's then going that's all. I'm 528 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: gonna throw the Steeler preseason game in this. I'll throw 529 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: the forty nine Er game in this. I'll even throw 530 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: the Green Bay game in this, that last preseason game 531 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: of who can ascend an advance? Fighting through dog days? 532 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: But then walking this dog path of the preseason games 533 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: because fans are going Hey, let me know when an 534 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: account for real, No, people, these are important, real important, 535 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 1: particularly in finding dogs. Yeah, maybe not for your starters, 536 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: but definitely for the depth in each position and understanding 537 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: who's going to be the second Mike, who's gonna be 538 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: second will outside linebackers, who's gonna be the guys you 539 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: you feel, you really feel comfortable with. When it's time 540 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: for Frank, Clark and Badger to come up to field 541 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: for a break, who's gonna be the guys you? You're 542 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: ready to give those reps to um. So you're fighting 543 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: for those positions during these preseason games, but you're not 544 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: only fighting for a position on the Chiefs team. This film, 545 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: these games, these plays are going out to every team. 546 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 1: And so just because we are super deep at defensive end, 547 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: or we're super deep at safety and wide receiver, there's 548 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: a couple of teams out there they are looking for 549 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: a third safety, fourth defensive end, or fifth wide receiver. 550 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: And to think about the game that Pringle had last 551 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: year in the preseason, if he didn't make our team, 552 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: he would have definitely got picked up something by somebody 553 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: else's because of that that the explosiveness he showed on 554 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 1: the field, on pre preseason game number one. UM. So, 555 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: this is an opportunity. It's an opportunity and it's there 556 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: for everybody to take a grasp of to be a 557 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: part of this twenty nineteen. Um. Um, this this this 558 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: epic season We're about to u evolve on to be 559 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: a part of the Chiefs Kingdom for this season. Every 560 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: guy has an opportunity all all the ninety and some 561 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: guys have an opportunity to take advantage of it. It's 562 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: who's gonna come up to play when the lights are 563 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: on and make the big plays. It's one of the 564 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: things I like about coach Rude. He's honest with guys. 565 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: When when you mentioned that, it triggered the thought. I 566 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: just had this thought or chat with him the other day. 567 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: He's honest with guys who have going You may not 568 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: make this team, but I'm not gonna you know, you 569 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: can make somebody else's team. And that's just the way 570 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: he's secure as a coach and he gets it. But 571 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: he's honest with guys and trying to let them know 572 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: the importance of every snap, every meeting. Uh, that you're 573 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: in at night and you want to sleep or I'm 574 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: I can't you know, I'm just I'm in some kind 575 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: of fog here, but he's trying to tell them it's 576 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: not just about us, it's about you. And I appreciate 577 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: that and it's honesty. Yeah, some starting and I remember 578 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: when I was in the league and some starters, they 579 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: like to take the show the pads off and get 580 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: all undressed and show the day the starters. I mean 581 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: when I was a young kid and a young guy 582 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: in the league. Man, I would love when the starters 583 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: get off, got off the field and coached home. Hey, 584 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: to put your helmet to the side. You're not playing anymore, 585 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: because I just knew that, Man, I was gonna have 586 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: more reps, more opportunities to showcase my skills and my 587 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: abilities to show out belong on the team. Didn't want 588 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: anything given to me. Don't give me a spot because 589 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: I was the fourth round draft pick, on second round 590 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: draft pick. Don't don't give me a spot. Make me 591 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: earn it so I know that this is this is 592 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: something I deserve. I went out here and earned it 593 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: throughout training camp, throughout preseason, throughout these preseason games. I 594 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: earned my spot. I deserve it, and it's the respect. 595 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: Did you get amongst the players in the locker room. 596 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: When you do it that way, and that lasts you 597 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: through the season. And finally, your alpha dogs you mentioned 598 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: during the preseason game, when they're done playing, watch my 599 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: he can keep coaches. You're out watch the honey Badger. 600 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: He will continue to coach them. They'll walk up and 601 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: help guys. And that's a big secret to this team. 602 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna need that depth. As the leaders on the defense, 603 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: you need everyone to buy in. And so if you're 604 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: a leader and you're not, you're off the field and 605 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: your reps are done, and they see you on the 606 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: sideline eating a hot dog or messing with the fans 607 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: and that paying attention. It's hard for those guys that 608 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: really give you all the respects you deserve. But if 609 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: you're coaching them up and fine tuning them, telling some 610 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: things they need to work on their eye discipline and 611 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: work on the pad level, and you see them loafing 612 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: to the ball, hey man, pick it up, pick it up. 613 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: That's not that's not us. We don't do that. Then 614 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: that's when those guys buying and realize, hey, you are 615 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: out for you're our leader. I'm ready to follow you 616 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: to the Promised Land, and I think we got those 617 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: leaders on this team. And follow the dogs and load 618 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: up the back end of the pickup and then unload 619 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: the gate and let them roll because the dogs are 620 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: getting ready to bark. Here. It's dog days, it's dog whistles, 621 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: it's finding dogs and walking the dog. He's the barbershop 622 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: tenure veteran Sean Barber, Mitch Alter's voice of the Chief. 623 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: Stay on this. This is going to be a really 624 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: interesting preseason. Thanks for listening to The Chief's official podcast 625 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: network to touch Down, walks it down and the celebration 626 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: begins in their head.