1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network. Take a vantage 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: on the daylight. When you get opportunity to this game, 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: you may can play. Hi, Michael, I'll do touchdown Chansas City, 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs all right in the thick of a baby. Well, Hello, 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom, and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Mitch Alters with your voice of the Chiefs, along with 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the Man, the tenure NFL veteran, the man we call 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: Shop Barber Shop, the Richmond Spider, Sean Barber and Sean, 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: We're going to explore a question that I get asked 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: on a daily basis, several times a day in some instances, 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: is what is this looking like the OTA world in 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: the virtual world of our stay at home protocol? And 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: we're gonna feature now Travis Kelsey in this segment. So 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: our title here with all due respect to the Beastie 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: Boys that I mean, Kelsey brought this back right. You 16 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: gotta fight for the right to get ready. That's what 17 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: this podcast is. So I'm gonna just talk to you 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: here a second. We're in a virtual world here, all 19 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: of us are, and have been for two months. How 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: did you get ready for an NFL season? First? Of 21 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: all in a normal environment. What must you do to 22 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: get ready to play the National Football League maybe the 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: most intriguing game on the planet. Man, And if you 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: want to talk about how amazing life is and how 25 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: everything is intertwined and how just having a message in 26 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: a moment with one of my kids the other day, 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,919 Speaker 1: I told him the failure to prepare is preparing to fail. 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: And he asked me where. I said, Man, some coach 29 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: told me that when I was about ten years old. 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: I didn't understand it at the time, but he says, yeah, 31 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: you got You gotta prepare yourself for success because if 32 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: you if you lack that foresight to prepare to be successful, 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: you're failing to prepare. And that is in the way, 34 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: preparing to fail. And if you look at what Travic 35 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: Kelsey has done throughout his career, especially last season, we 36 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: saw it in first We had first glance of him 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: coming to training camp early, being there early, being ready. 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he looked like he was in the best 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: condition of his life. We saw the spring in his step, 40 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: We saw how he you know, get off, how quickly 41 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: he was bouncing around and then after the catch, playing 42 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: his footing, getting vertical that was something we just hadn't 43 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: seen before from Kelsey, And it was amazing seeing a 44 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: guy there when it was just rookies around right coming 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: off of a surgery, coming off from an injury, just 46 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: rookies around, and he was going. He was gunning it 47 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: like full throttle from day one. I was stunned by 48 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: a shop. The other thing was he got on a 49 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: whole other plane to me with Patrick Mahomes during that time, 50 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: even before the veterans got there. In that two or 51 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: three days that they had together, I mean, Kelsey showed 52 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: up as if he was a rookie trying to make 53 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: the team, and he and Mahomes started that and it 54 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: just never stopped. But I want to ask you after 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: playing in the year or playing in the league for 56 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: ten years, and people talk about the emotion part of 57 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: the game, and you've got to prepare yourself emotionally what 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: I found out and correct me if I'm wrong, But 59 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: if you prepare yourself physically and mentally, that makes you 60 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: prepared to be more confident emotionally. So for physical and 61 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: mental preparation. Now, how much tax is this on the 62 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: discipline of any player with the Chiefs or any player 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: in this league right now, in this stay at home 64 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: protocol that we saw last year from Kelsey when he 65 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: wasn't in this protocol but acted like it. I think, 66 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: I think it's just about being about your business, you know, 67 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: accepting it. Not all pros act like pros. Some guys 68 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: take the off season to wine and dine themselves, let 69 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: the condition to get down a little bit. They figure, hey, 70 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,559 Speaker 1: we got we got, we got sixteen weeks of OTAs 71 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: those organized training sessions to get back in shape. It's 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: a long season. You can't go nine twelve months straight, 73 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: so you know, take two three months off then you 74 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: can slowly get back into it. Man, I was never 75 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: built that way, you know. Growing up young man, the 76 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: only football player I really idolized was Jerry Rice. And 77 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: the one thing I heard about Jerry Rice was that, 78 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: you know, he played a very long career in the NFL, 79 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: but every season he would take two weeks off. He 80 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: took two weeks off one week to reflect about the 81 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: previous year, went back over to film and take self 82 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: correct another year to try to let his body just 83 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: have a seven day healing process. But then he immediately 84 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: got back into the conditioning phase. And yeah, you're not 85 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: beating yourself up like you do at practice, but that 86 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: conditioning level, the mental getting yourself back into that routine 87 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: was something that he never got out of shape throughout 88 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: his illustrious fifteen plus year career. And that was something 89 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: I tried to emulate even in my early college days. 90 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: I wanted to be one of the best addition athlete 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: on the field, and not only on my team, but 92 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: in the league. Well, Travis Kelsey becomes exhibit A for this, 93 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: and again are defending the Kingdom approach here, as you've 94 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: got to fight for the right to get ready. Because 95 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: last year Travis Kelsey did not participate in OTAs he 96 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: couldn't he had ankle surgery, and so he spent the 97 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: offseason basically doing what everybody's doing now, doing things, virtually 98 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: working out on his own, rehabbing. But then he had 99 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: to go to camp early, and so we've already established 100 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: that he came to camp like a demon man working it. 101 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: But here's the result, and this is a stat that 102 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: I've quoted nationally and throughout the Chiefs Kingdom for months. 103 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: The Chiefs lost one hundred and ninety quarters. This was 104 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: not an easy season to get the Super Bowl fifty 105 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: four championship, and I'm on NFL Network tomorrow, I'm going 106 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: to say it again. One hundred and ninety quarters. The 107 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: Chiefs lost with thirteen to the twenty two original starters 108 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: in Week one that missed time shop Kelsey was not 109 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: one of those guys. He played every quarter for nineteen 110 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: stinking games, and these were tough quarters. If you go 111 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: back and watch this video of Sean, he had to 112 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: make tough catches, he ground through kind of being beat 113 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: up a little bit. But I've never seen a guy 114 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: maybe more ready to go to start a season than 115 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. And he was built to last for that 116 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: nineteen game run to a title, definitely. And you talk 117 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: about the position he plays, I mean, he's a guy 118 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: that infiltrates the middle of your defense. Right He's making 119 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: all of his hay from the line of scrimmage to 120 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: about twenty yards deep. He has targets, he has missiles, 121 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: he has hitters coming to hit him from every angle. 122 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: So it's one thing when you play on the right 123 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,799 Speaker 1: side as receiver, left side as receiver, you're a running 124 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: back who primarily a tax the perimeter of the defense. 125 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: You're knowing where it's coming from. But when you're a 126 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: tight end and you release and you get into that 127 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: middle third, you turn around twenty yards catch that ball. 128 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: You got linebackers coming to hit. You saved these corners, 129 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: d lineman out of the pack. You got gas coming 130 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: from all angles, and he took hits from all angles. 131 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: But he kept getting up. That's what they say. Man, 132 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: the toughest of the toughest, they keep getting up. Or 133 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: at that position too, he may have to block. I'm 134 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: watching video where he's got maybe a one on one 135 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: against a tackle sometimes and some of these schemes, or 136 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: he's run blocking, or he's got to block you. If 137 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: you're coming as a linebacker off a dog, he's got 138 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: to pick you up in a speed rush. I mean, 139 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: it's not like he's avoiding contact. And to your point, 140 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: he's taking more contact than eligible receivers maybe any of 141 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: those guys. Definitely, especially because he's been so effective and 142 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: so you saw with the New England Patriots did that 143 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: was something that was even two seasons ago. Right put 144 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: a line back on front of him. You want to jam, 145 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: you want to you want to chuck, You want to 146 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: make sure you get hands on Kelsey early. In the 147 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: route later on down the field. We know numerous times 148 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: that you know, sometimes referee don't call it chucks legal 149 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: hits down field against Kelsey because he is so good. 150 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: We've seen safeties and stuff take shots at him when 151 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: he's away from the ball, just trying to you know, 152 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: on a chip chip adam and hopefully they trying to 153 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: hope that the tree will fall down at some point 154 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: and not get back up. But as a testament to 155 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: a man, one competitor to another, he continued to answer 156 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: the bill. There was never a round in the in 157 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: the in the in the Super Bowl run for the 158 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: Kancity Chiefs where that bill went off and Kelsey wasn't 159 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: one of the guys ready to go fight and shot 160 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: by many plays he had to make to get a 161 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: first down, not just like the corner route in Mexico City, 162 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: which was a unbelievably great route and catch, but stuff 163 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: third and four, he gets five and stretched out and 164 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: ran the route at the right level and just fought 165 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: his way to do it. He had an incredible year. 166 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: You see of his overall stats, you know, four straight 167 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: one thousand yards seasons and the ninety seven to one 168 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: two two, nine there's way more to the Travis Kelsey 169 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: story of nineteen that leads us to discussion here in 170 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty than people realize. So let's hear from the 171 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: man himself had a chance to talk with the guy that, Hey, 172 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: you got to fight for the right to party in 173 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: this segment. You got to fight for the right to 174 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: get ready. All right, here we are, man Kelse. It 175 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: is awesome to see you, my friend. How are you 176 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: that guy? The boys? It's kils yea. How you handling 177 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: all this? Man? I'm going quarantine crazy over here in 178 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: a good way. In a good way though, in a 179 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: good way. I'm I'm catching up on a lot of 180 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: the movies and all the TV shows and enjoying some 181 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: good family time. And um, I'm working out. I've I 182 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: grabbed a house in Kansas City last year. I've been 183 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: living downtown for my first five six years, and um, 184 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 1: I've just been enjoying my my new home. And uh 185 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: and and this uh this offseason, I'm gonna open the 186 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: pool here once it gets warm. Yeah, and we'll get 187 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: it going, man. But all for the most part, just 188 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: motivated to get back with the guys and do this 189 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: all over again. I mean, all the fellows have been 190 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: trying to, you know, piece together opportunities where we can 191 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: we can work out together, or um or even just 192 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: get around the field and throw the ball around. But 193 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: um for the most part, just trying to stay sane 194 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: and enjoy the people around me. I like your sheer 195 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: rack Hall of Fame back there. That's say, oh yeah, 196 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: I got I got the maids and the landscapers here 197 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: right now, I should say in cleaning ladies. It made 198 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: is such an old, terrible term. The cleaning ladies are here, 199 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: and so there's vacuums and there's tractors everywhere. So sorry 200 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: about the noise. I went to the closet to stay 201 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: a little quiet. It makes it real. I'm gonna your year. 202 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: Your last year was phenomenal. I've said this before, I'll 203 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: say it again. The fact that you work to get ready. Okay, 204 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: four thousand yard seasons in a row, It's never been 205 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: done NFL history. You're the youngest guy to have four 206 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: hundred fifty catches six thousand yards. We know all that 207 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: you're going to the Hall of Fame someday, and I 208 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: will go to your home. I'm still walking around, but 209 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: a long way to go. Last year, my friend, last 210 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: year you got the camp with Pat and the quarterbacks 211 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: on July twenty second, I think, and I watched you work. 212 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: We had thirteen guys, thirteen starters at the twenty two 213 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: guys that missed time one hundred nine quarters. You did 214 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,599 Speaker 1: not miss a single quarter. How did you get ready 215 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: for the twenty nineteen season and you just were able 216 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: to grind all the way through it? How did you 217 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: do that? Well? You? Um, what people don't see is 218 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: is what's going on Monday through Friday. Uh? And um, 219 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: you know I don't do this by myself. That'd be 220 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: I'd be silly to say that I was out here 221 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: doing this by myself. We have some of And when 222 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: you think about how, um, how do you prolong the 223 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: entire season? Like, how do you how do you prolong 224 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: your body for the entire season? How do you keep 225 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: your body fresh every single week? Um? How are you? 226 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: How are you able to build your routine weekly so 227 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: that by the end of the year weeks nineteen twenty 228 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: twenty one, you know when they really matter, when the 229 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: games really matter, you're able to go out there and 230 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: perform um at your peak knowing that your body is 231 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: in the best shape it can possibly be in. Um, 232 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I'd be silly if I said I did that by myself. 233 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: I have a I have an unbelievable training staff at 234 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: at at the Kansas City chiefs um Facility, Rick Burke, Holder, 235 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: David Glover, Evan Craft, I mean, you name it, just 236 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: go down the line of everybody in that office and 237 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: everybody in that room. I mean I've single handily worked 238 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: with all of them on different occasions, just because they 239 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: all bring something beautiful to the table that can help you, 240 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: you know, get better as an athlete. And a lot 241 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: of people are scared to go into the training room, 242 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: and in my mind, the training room is a necessity. 243 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: You have to go in there and work on your body, 244 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: especially when you're in years seven eight that whatever it 245 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: is for me now, I don't I know, I lost 246 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: count um, but I appreciate. I enjoy going in there 247 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: and getting the work done, knowing that it has to 248 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: be done weekly, and it has to be done almost daily. 249 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: So it just having having the the luxury of the 250 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City Athletic Training Room. Coach Barry Ruben making sure 251 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: that I'm getting the lifts in and staying strong and 252 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: keeping the muscles firing, and keeping the core engaged. All 253 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: of this means everything when it comes down to the 254 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: fourth quarter of a playoff game. And you know what, 255 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: I've been so fortunate that I've had the same core 256 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: group of guys both in the strength and conditioning aspect 257 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: and in the athletic training room at Kansas City that 258 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: I've been able to play as long as I have 259 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: and been able to play a lot of football games 260 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: because of it. Well, and you're a blessing. And I 261 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: saw you how hard you worked too last year and 262 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: rehabbing from your surgery may June, July, March April. But 263 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: that begs the question. Now we're in this virtual stay 264 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: at home world, how are you doing it to get 265 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: ready for this year? It's very unique. I'm taking most 266 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: of it, just taking the accountability and putting it on myself. Only. 267 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: I can't get into the training room. I can't get 268 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: into the facility as much as I would like. Um, 269 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: but I've recently I grabbed a home in October out here, 270 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: and uh, I was smart enough to throw a weight 271 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: room and in and some rehab stuff in there as well, 272 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: so I kind of hit quarantine, running and I was 273 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: able to, you know, maintain my training schedule and everything. Um, 274 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: So it's just it's it's dealing with that and at 275 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: the same time, during these virtual meetings, making sure that 276 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: you're you're dialed in and you're you're listening to what 277 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: coach Reid has Coach Reid, coach B and me and 278 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: everybody has to teach because we're gonna hit the ball. 279 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna hit the ground run and once once everything 280 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: gets going here, once they once they release us and 281 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: let us get back in the facility and h we're 282 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of making up to do in 283 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: terms of just being able to learn the offense by 284 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:56,119 Speaker 1: and by going out and performing it. Well. This podcast 285 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: is gonna be you gotta fight for the right to 286 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: get ready exactly. That's exactly what it is. A different, 287 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: little different mindset, but all in all, it's the same goal. Baby. 288 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: We're geared up to go ahead and running back one 289 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: more time. Thank you, my brother. It is great to 290 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: see you, and it's just a blessing and an honor 291 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: be around you. I'll see you some day encampment. Until then, 292 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: let's let's have some more of those parades and deals 293 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: up on the stage. All right. I'll take a one 294 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: day by day Happy birthday to Tyrn Matthew out there 295 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: the voice. It's always good to see Mitchell. So. I mean, 296 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: as I said on that interview, he's going to the 297 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's done stuff. No tight 298 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: end has ever done any of them, Sean, but you've 299 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: got to admire Travis Kelsey in the way and what 300 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: he did last year to do what he did, and 301 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: how he got ready. And if there's a guy that 302 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: I trust to get ready for twenty twenty in this 303 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: stay at home protocol, it's Travis Kelsey. Yeah. You talk 304 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: about the pressure a guy in his shoes. People talking 305 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: about who's the best tight end in the league. You 306 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: know that the targets on your back coming is you 307 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: want to the MVP quarterback's favorite target. You're gonna get 308 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: your targets, You're gonna get your looks. There was some 309 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: concerning about him fumbling early on in his career, but 310 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: he seemed to handle all those things, and he handled 311 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: it like a mature guy. He admitted it. He says, 312 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: hey man and stuff crept I man, I'm too careless 313 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: with the ball. I gotta take this stuff more seriously. Man. 314 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: A lot of times I'm out there joking around and 315 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: playing around him. I'm trying to play head games with 316 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: the defender and I'm losing the ball. And he took 317 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: care of business when it came to that. So you're 318 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: seeing him make small, small adjustments to even putting himself 319 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: at a more elite level than he all where he 320 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: was before the start of the season. And we talk 321 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: about the great tight end quarterback combos and Brady and 322 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: Gronk come to mind another reunited in Tampa Bay. But 323 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: that's what we're getting from Mahomes and Kelsey for two 324 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: years and now going into a third. I just get 325 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: the sense that Mahomes knows how to better use him, 326 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: knows more about Kels, but Kels also knows about Pat Moore, 327 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: and those two when they're in concert, are nearly unstoppable, 328 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: particularly with all the other weapons on this team. Yeah, 329 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: all the other weapons. Um, whenever there's a time to bracket. 330 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,239 Speaker 1: We talked about the bracket coverage. You know, somebody right 331 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: on Kelsey with some help from from another dB coming down. 332 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: Um that bracket coverage. It's almost impossible if you're running 333 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: normal routes if you're running the basic, you know, any 334 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: of the basic stems from a tight end that the 335 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: different routes, route combinations, the bracket coverage pretty much takes 336 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: you out of the mix. But what you've seen from 337 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,959 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes and Kelsey is they've been so on the 338 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: same page. Even in bracket coverage, fifteen twenty yards down field, 339 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: they're on a on such the same wavelength, they're still 340 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: getting open. There is no defense even bracket coverage, there 341 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 1: is no defense that covers a perfectly timed pass. What 342 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: they perfectly ran route, and what Kelsey has been doing 343 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: against man coverage, he's been he's been tweaking it. He 344 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: takes an extra step, gives you an extra jab, he thinks, 345 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: makes you think he's gonna bend it in and then 346 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: he zero's out. So he's been doing things that him 347 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 1: and Pat and these things are on the fly. These 348 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: things are so ad believe when you watch the film, 349 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 1: he's not even running the same route twice anymore. So 350 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: those two, like I said, they're seeing something on a 351 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: whole other level, and that makes him almost unguardable in 352 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: man coverage. It's impressive to see it. The other thing 353 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: is if I'm gonna bracket Kels. I don't have fifteen 354 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: dudes on the field. What am I gonna do with 355 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: these other guys? Bracketting takes two guys out. Basically, if 356 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: I'm gonna bracket at the very least, I gotta like 357 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: keep one eye on Kelson. Who else is flying by me? 358 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: So Kelsey, and here's the thing I've seen when I 359 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: watch video, Kelsey doesn't get frustrated if he's getting bracketed 360 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: and held. And sometimes he gets frustrated. This is where 361 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: he's improved. Remember he got the Panelies a couple of 362 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: years ago, and so he did get frustrated, but he's 363 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: gotten better when he's getting pulled and tugged and yanked 364 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: around that he doesn't get frustrated because he knows what 365 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: somebody else is getting open. Yeah, and other guys get 366 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: open because Kelsey gets so much attention. Now, I want 367 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: to pivot here in this discussion. So in this Defending 368 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: the Kingdom show we are it's you got to fight 369 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: for your right to get ready, featuring Travis Kelsey's work. 370 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: To get Ready for twenty nineteen is a remarkable season 371 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: of playing all nineteen games, missing none of it and 372 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: fighting his way through. I mean just warriored up. Okay, 373 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: Now let's talk about the other side of this, because 374 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: this becomes a pertinent discussion, whether it's the chiefs of 375 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: the other thirty one teams, because basically, you're relying on 376 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: me and I'm relying on you to do what you 377 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: need to do to get ready on your own. I 378 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: can have virtual meetings and show you the plays that 379 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: we've added and have a virtual OTA session, but I'm 380 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: not taking I can't take you out on the field 381 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: and work you out. What's the other side of this? 382 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: In your experiences in this league, when you see players 383 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: who do not get ready physically or mentally for a season. Man, 384 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: I've had a locker room full of guys that talk 385 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: a great game, but when it came time to actually 386 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: go out there and get the work done, do the 387 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: extra work. Meet at six am instead of seven am, 388 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: to get the workout in, stay after to catch the 389 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 1: balls on the drug drill as a linebacker, working your 390 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: your shed and how to get off blots on the 391 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: on the hit on the hit machine, and stuff like that. 392 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: From a player to a player, it's very easy to 393 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: see which guys are putting in the extra work which 394 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: guys came in shape. When I played for Coach Read 395 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: at Philly, we used to do a one ten drill um, 396 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: so you had to do sixteen one tins at a 397 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: certain time. And the guys that came in shape, I mean, 398 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: could fly after it barely hardy, breathe hardy, hardy, breathing hard. 399 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: But then there was a few guys that came in 400 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: every year and around number ten you saw him holding 401 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: their hips, h laying out you know, I need three 402 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: four gatorades. They barely made it, and you knew they 403 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: was going to have such a struggle trying to get 404 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: themselves in shape to play high level football all camp long. 405 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: And those of the guys that always came up with 406 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: a poor hamstring, a tweet ankle, something during training camp 407 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: because they mentally, physically, and like you say, even emotionally, 408 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: they were not ready for the rigors of an NFL 409 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: training camp. When did you do those gasers? You say, 410 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: at the beginning of camp? Yeah, that day won you 411 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: check in, put your clothes in in the dorm, and 412 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: then you meet out on the field time to run 413 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: in the conditioning test. Here's what I love about him, 414 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: He's still doing that, you know, the last OTA session 415 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: of the summer when they do in the past, when 416 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: they've done veterans camp, a mini camp before camp, nobody 417 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: can clears everybody out of there. I know what's going 418 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 1: on because the players are all dying when they come off. 419 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: But that's when I always say a prayer. That's like 420 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: to me, like the real start of the season is 421 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: when that happens. Now is that going to happen now 422 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: in this environment, I don't know when does that happen. 423 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: But he'll run those because he tells them that's the 424 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: first thing you're gonna do when you come to Saint Joe, 425 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: And so that warning is given with the time that 426 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: they have off. Now, who knows what that calendar is 427 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: going to look like this year. But it's interesting you 428 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: mentioned that because it triggers that he still does that. Okay, 429 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: now let's take this discussion and it gets even a 430 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: little more serious because Rick Burkholder is just phenomenal as 431 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: the chiefs head athletic trainer, vice president for performance and 432 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: whatever his title is. But he deserves it. But he 433 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: brought up twenty eleven and the NFL is working really 434 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: hard now all thirty two athletic training departments in this 435 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: league are working with the league. Because here's where this 436 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: gets really interesting and serious. Because that year, you remember, 437 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: in twenty eleven, if you've had a sign contract as 438 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: a veteran, you didn't come into camp till almost a 439 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: week late, and everybody, most everybody showed up late to 440 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: start camp shop in that season, to begin the season, 441 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: soft tissue injuries were up something like seventy five percent. 442 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: Now we're talking soft tissue injuries here, and one of 443 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: the issues that the league had that year were achilles issues. 444 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: And so here we are in this environment who's doing 445 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: what basically on their own, but it can get serious 446 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: when you look at the most intense soft tissue injuries. Man, 447 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: that's soft tissue injury is something that's been a concern 448 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: of mine for years. You see every time the CBA 449 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: gets redone, it's like we're taking away practice opportunities, We're 450 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: taking away padded practices, We're taking away guys ability to 451 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: train at what they're getting paid to do, and then 452 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: we expect them to be able to put on a helmet, 453 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 1: put on pass, and everything go one hundred miles an 454 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: hour and no one gets hurt. The amount of time 455 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: knees hit thighs and people get kicked in the shins, 456 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: and I'm like you say, with the achilles, and you 457 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: hate to see ruptured achilles, those ticking time bombs if 458 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: you don't keep those ligaments long and limber, if you 459 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: don't keep your your your joints nice and flexible and 460 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: oiled and just reacting. And that's why the only really 461 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 1: wait to play football practice it is to play it. 462 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: You have to play with your pads on knees, ben, 463 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: you gotta strike on the rise, all the things you 464 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: see happening on game day. Guys have to be putt 465 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: in an environment so they can go practice those things. 466 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: And that's why when you hear guys talking about Andy 467 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: Reid's training camp, you hear about they call it the 468 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: red period of the gold periods. The cat, special cat, 469 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 1: that's what it's called. A special cat. That's live, that's 470 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: that's real football, that's everything, but the score is being kept, 471 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: taking it down to the ground, turning, stripping the ball out. 472 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: So when that special cat period, that's the that's the 473 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: time you got to really hone in on your skills 474 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: and abilities and play live football. But if that's the 475 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: only time you're doing it. Man, You're you're really exposing 476 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: yourself to a lot of what you call soft tissue injuries, 477 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: things that can lead to a major injury later on 478 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: in the year. And for coach Read, you know, he's 479 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: as new school as any new school dude you want 480 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: to find in football. He'll new school. You all die. 481 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: There's enough old school in him with those special cats, 482 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: and he's so old school he's new school. Because I 483 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: really think that gives the teams this team in advantage 484 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: will close this way. And we heard coach say it 485 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: during our coverage when we revealed last week we revealed 486 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: the schedule that he said, we're getting great participation in 487 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: this these virtual OTAs like one hundred percent over one 488 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: hundred percent. We've mentioned this over the last several weeks, 489 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: you and I both whether on this Defending the Kingdom 490 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: podcast or other outlets that were on the continuity, the 491 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: consistency and the communication, and part of that is the accountability. 492 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: How much of this is there's enough of a core 493 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: with the twenty twenty two starters back, most of the 494 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: team's coming back, all of the coaches are coming back. 495 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: If you're Sean Barber, and you played on this team 496 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: last year. How much do you know what to expect 497 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: to do? If I'm not doing this on me the fourteenth, 498 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna pay the price. But I know what 499 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: coach wants me to do. How much of that as 500 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: a factor here and being successful in this off season 501 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: to lead to the twenty twenty season. Whenever we play man, 502 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: there's so many different scenarios the players have to deal with, 503 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: going to a new team, learning a new playbook, a 504 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: new coaching staff comes in. How is his practice gonna be? 505 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: The tempo of the drills. You don't really feel comfortable 506 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: with the team until almost about week three or four. 507 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: It's three, it's almost a month into the regular season 508 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: before you really know how your team is and what 509 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: the coaching staff is. Then you gotta think about the 510 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: Baye week coming. Is the coach gonna be a guy 511 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: that gives you the week? So you're constantly having all 512 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: kinds of distractions distract you from what you should be 513 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: focusing on, which is winning ball games. But here in 514 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: Kansas City, like you said, the consistency and the players, 515 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: the roster, the coaching staff, even the people making the calls, 516 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: the scouts in the front office. That has been consistent 517 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: over the last two seasons, and it's just coming off 518 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: of what you call a championship run. So we're not 519 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: starting back at week one. It's almost like we're starting 520 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: at week twenty one on a forty week schedule. So 521 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: we're just going to continue to kind of kind of 522 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: leave from what we just took off. Yeah, shigned up 523 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: a trophy, put it all the way, you know, all 524 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: the celebration, all the confetti. Let's put that away for 525 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: right now. We've got to go back to work. But 526 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: it's not like we're starting from ground zero again. This 527 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: thing gets started off where we left off. Hopefully the offense, 528 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: defense special teams all on one accord with a clear 529 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: vision is the one thing that you know Coach Reid 530 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: has the guys, and that's running it back, going back 531 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: to back. But you said something that I think is 532 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: an element here about four paragraphs ago. You say that, hey, 533 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: we're supposed to get together at seven, but we're gonna 534 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 1: get together at six to work out and get this 535 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: ahead of the curve. If I know shops there at six, 536 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: and I know he's gonna be there at six, I 537 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: don't have to guess how much does that encourage me 538 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna be there with shop at six o'clock. 539 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: I think at the Tyron Matthews and the Kelsey's and 540 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: the others here, if you're there at six working out, 541 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: then I'm thinking I'm better get my butt there at 542 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: six o'clock too. Man, all these veterans, all these guys 543 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: in the top one hundred players in the league, they 544 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: get there early. Because if you're a young guy and 545 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: you entered this team and you want to get Tyron 546 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: Matthew's ear, you want to get Travis Kelsey's ear. If 547 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: you want to know what Tyreek hillis thinking, it's not. 548 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: Don't come to me during our practice hours. Don't come 549 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: to me from eight to five. You know I'm gonna 550 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: be here at six. Get here at five for beat 551 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: me here, beat me into the building. Then I'll spend 552 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: time talking to you. We can get to know each other, 553 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: you can find out what I do a little bit extra. 554 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: But hey, once the bell whistles, the whistle blows, and 555 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: it's time to go to work, I'm about my business. 556 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: I'm about doing what I gotta do to get prepared. 557 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: And then hey, once the whistle Blows is five. Hey, 558 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: recall it to day. Then we can spend some extra time, 559 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: but for work. After work, that's when you kind of 560 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: find out what these guys are made of. And if 561 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: you're a young guy and you're trying to make an 562 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: impression on Pat Mahomes and says, hey, man, I deserve 563 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: the ball too. You better get here early and you 564 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: better stay late. Well, here we go. We get ask 565 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: every day, and that's why we wanted to focus this 566 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,719 Speaker 1: edition of Defending the Kingdom on what does a virtual 567 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: Ota workout look like? And all we have to do 568 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: is look back last year at what Travis Kelsey did 569 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: get ready to play in the season that he had 570 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: Okay shop, We carry on brother prayers up get through this. 571 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: We say it every week, but we're gonna get through 572 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 1: it and keep grinding. But you gotta fight for your 573 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: right to get ready. Thanks for listening to The Chief's 574 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: official podcast network to touch down down and the celebration 575 00:29:53,760 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: begins in their head.