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Speaker 2: Don't want to day Touchdown Chanzas City, the cheats all right,

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Speaker 2: the thick of it, baby, everyone, and welcome to this

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Speaker 2: edition of Defending the Kingdom as we break down the

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Speaker 2: class of twenty twenty three, the draft class. Mitchell just

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Speaker 2: with you, the voice of the Chiefs, along with senior

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Speaker 2: team reporter Matt McMullen, and of course, Defending the Kingdom

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Speaker 2: another time. On this edition of Defending the Kingdom, we

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Speaker 2: get to look back at what was a magnificent week

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Speaker 2: then look at the members of the twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: It was so cool. And we had a chance to

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Speaker 1: Let's do it just for today, four people around.

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Speaker 2: Concerns. We broke his hand on the last play of

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Speaker 2: to the second round pick, Rashee Rice. We have not

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Speaker 2: the exact Juju Smith Schuster replacement for the Chiefs in

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Speaker 1: I like Rashi Rice a lot. He's one of the

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Speaker 1: That's also why what you said about not being a

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Speaker 1: And like you said, it's up to him now to

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Speaker 2: Let's jump into the next pick and again defending the Kingdom.

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Speaker 2: He thinks, so here it is the famous tenor Boys

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Speaker 2: in the third round is one Yay Morris. He's not

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Speaker 1: One thing that I do when I look at players

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Speaker 1: that are not coachable. You cannot teach six foot five,

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Speaker 1: You can't teach those things. God gives you those things.

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Speaker 1: And the other things that you can teach are technique, consistency,

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Speaker 1: but he has great size, great length, great athleticism, and

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Speaker 2: The thing that excites me about one Yay Morris and

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Speaker 2: He's got to work on some things, as we kind

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Speaker 2: to work to make you a National Football League starting tackle,

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Speaker 2: I think that's such a big deal here for one

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Speaker 1: And what's cool is Trey is the right guard here

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Speaker 2: So, Siri, play anything from boys to men and you'll

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs. Let's take the next pick, and I'm excited

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Speaker 2: Remember Virginia Tech and Case State were thought to be

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Speaker 1: I totally agree special teams and his versatility are the

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Speaker 1: team stuff is probably where he'll make his biggest impact

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Speaker 1: early on. Just a really good special teamer at Virginia Tech.

435
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,280
Speaker 1: Dane Brugler from The Athletic, one of the best draft

436
00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,879
Speaker 1: analysts out there. He called him a special team's ace.

437
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,760
Speaker 1: In college. He had over eight hundred snaps on special

438
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,679
Speaker 1: teams in college. You can't take that for granted because

439
00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 1: you can say, Okay, here's a player who might not start,

440
00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,760
Speaker 1: let's just put him on special teams. It's hard and

441
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 1: to have experience doing it, and a lot of experience

442
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,320
Speaker 1: doing it in college is a big deal. Jim Nagy

443
00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,879
Speaker 1: from the Senior Bowl. He's the executive director of the

444
00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,200
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. He put video on Twitter of I can't

445
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,919
Speaker 1: remember if it was a Senior Bowl itself or if

446
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,360
Speaker 1: it was just a Virginia Tech game, but Chamari goes

447
00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,960
Speaker 1: deep down the field in punk coverage, makes a huge

448
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,720
Speaker 1: play and is going crazy. He wasn't just a freshman.

449
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,280
Speaker 1: He was an established starter on Virginia Tech, but was

450
00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,160
Speaker 1: fired up and excited about special teams. So it shows

451
00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,119
Speaker 1: how much it means to him. And I asked him

452
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Speaker 1: about it when he was first drafted by the Chiefs

453
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Speaker 1: on Saturday in a Zoom interview. I asked him his

454
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Speaker 1: special team something that's important to you? And this is

455
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Speaker 1: what he said. He said, I take so much pride

456
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Speaker 1: in special teams. It's how I made my name for

457
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,600
Speaker 1: myself at Virginia Tech. By freshman year, I came in

458
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Speaker 1: and was a four phase player on special teams. I

459
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,920
Speaker 1: didn't red shirt. I was always that guy to get

460
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Speaker 1: those special teams honors. I take it very seriously, even

461
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Speaker 1: outside of my freshman year, that was always part of

462
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Speaker 1: my career, flying down and making those big plays on

463
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,719
Speaker 1: special teams. I'll definitely carry that with me, the attitude

464
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,719
Speaker 1: that he has coming to this team. It isn't just Okay,

465
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Speaker 1: I'll grind for a while on special teams and then

466
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Speaker 1: I'll start on defense. Sure, I bet he's planning on that,

467
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Speaker 1: but he is excited about special teams as well well,

468
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,280
Speaker 1: and realizes that he can change the game on special teams.

469
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Speaker 1: So I'm very excited for Chamari Connor. Sure what he

470
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Speaker 1: can do on defense at some point, but also what

471
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Speaker 1: he can immediately do on special teams.

472
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Speaker 2: That's the culture of Virginia Tech as well. Some people

473
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,119
Speaker 2: think of salad dressing, and that's special teams with salad dressing.

474
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,119
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's the main course. And just go back and

475
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,160
Speaker 2: watch some video of the Chiefs in twenty thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,

476
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 2: sixteen and see how many games were won because of

477
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,359
Speaker 2: a huge special teams play. Oh maybe Super Bowl fifty

478
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,440
Speaker 2: seven and Kadarius Tony's punt return the longest in Super

479
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,960
Speaker 2: Bowl history comes to mind, or a block kick. It

480
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,320
Speaker 2: leads us into the next election, because I think this

481
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Speaker 2: fits right in in another part of special teams, and

482
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Speaker 2: that is BJ Thompson, who ended his career at Stephen F.

483
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Speaker 2: Austin after starting his career at Baylor. Now, for you

484
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,960
Speaker 2: Kingdom defenders around the world, he is a player from England.

485
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,440
Speaker 2: He is from England. BJ Thompson is from England. And

486
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,320
Speaker 2: so how about all the UK thinking right, they're what

487
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 2: chiefs have a player from England? England? He saw he's

488
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:06,639
Speaker 2: from He's from England, Arkansas population two thousand, eight hundred

489
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Speaker 2: and twenty five. Again, he's why do I like this

490
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:14,359
Speaker 2: guy so much? And here's why sometimes in a small school.

491
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Speaker 2: We've said this before. He was All state in basketball.

492
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Speaker 2: In fact, he got college offers in basketball because BJ's

493
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 2: a large human sixty six two thirty eight. He won

494
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Speaker 2: the state in triple jump at sixty six three straight

495
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 2: years in high school at England, Arkansas, eighty two inch wingspan.

496
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Speaker 2: He blocked three kicks when he was at Baylor, a

497
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Speaker 2: field goal, an extra point, and a point after touchdown.

498
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Speaker 2: If we're talking about being explosive and special teams. Welcome

499
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Speaker 2: the newest chief from England, Arkansas, BJ Thompson.

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited about this guy just because of the

501
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Speaker 1: explosive athletic traits that he has. Big time speed from

502
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Speaker 1: this dude, which is unique considering how big he is.

503
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Speaker 1: He said he was six foot pushing two hundred and

504
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,000
Speaker 1: forty pounds. Here's what Dan Brugler from the Athletics set

505
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: about him. His speed and length make him a tough

506
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,200
Speaker 1: guy to keep blocked when he stays under control mid rush.

507
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 1: He's a developmental sub package rusher reminiscent of arden Key,

508
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,800
Speaker 1: who's a very good player for the Jacksonville Jaguars. So

509
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,399
Speaker 1: excited about this guy's length, his speed, his explosion, and

510
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: his athleticism. He was productive at Steven F. Austin. He

511
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Speaker 1: had thirty three and a half tackles for loss and

512
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 1: twenty four and a half sacks and five force fumbles

513
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Speaker 1: in fifty two career games thirty four starts between his

514
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Speaker 1: time at Baylor and Steven F. Austin. Almost all of

515
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Speaker 1: that was at Steven F.

516
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Speaker 2: Austin.

517
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Speaker 1: So big time traits from this guy that you'll see

518
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Speaker 1: if maybe get him in the weight room, put some

519
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 1: weight on him a little bit and see what you

520
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: can get out of him. But I think early on

521
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,400
Speaker 1: this guy can come in and some subpackages get after

522
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Speaker 1: the passer with his speed. And also on special teams,

523
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Speaker 1: like you said in one year he blocked an extra point,

524
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Speaker 1: a field goal and a punt back in twenty eighteen

525
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: while playing for Baylor, I'm thinking, like Tono Paseno, remember.

526
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Speaker 2: He was Austin.

527
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Speaker 1: You would block stuff on special teams. That's kind of

528
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Speaker 1: what this guy is and I'm excited what to see

529
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Speaker 1: what he can do, not just on defense, but particularly

530
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Speaker 1: special teams.

531
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Speaker 2: Right away, you block a kick, it's like breaking the

532
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 2: pinata the birthday party before it starts. You block a

533
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 2: pat It's like blowing out the candles on the birthday cake.

534
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 2: It can be devastating at any level of football. And

535
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,480
Speaker 2: if the Chiefs get kicked blocking back at remember Jack

536
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 2: Cochran's this close placet yere. You bring a dude like

537
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Speaker 2: this in there with that eighty two inch wingspan who's

538
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,159
Speaker 2: blocking kicks, You win games because of it. Just go

539
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 2: back to what we said about Connor. Chamari Connor, all right,

540
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 2: the next guy, think about the Buffalo Bills here because

541
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Speaker 2: Ed Oliver, the space heating defensive lineman who's been a

542
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Speaker 2: big part of the Buffalo Bills of late, went to

543
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Speaker 2: the same high school as KeAndre Coburn Houston Westfield High School.

544
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,160
Speaker 2: At Oliver kind of the big brother for Candre here.

545
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 2: And I gotta be careful because, honestly, and you and

546
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Speaker 2: I love to develop relationships with our players. You know,

547
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 2: when Tyree Kills traded, Yeah, that was tough. And I said,

548
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 2: we'll have a Super Bowl reunion and I'll give him

549
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 2: a hug. When Colin Saunders comes back for two Super

550
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 2: Bowl reunions, I'll give him hugs. And he's a New

551
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,439
Speaker 2: Orleans Saint right now. Love it, Colin, you deserve it.

552
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,640
Speaker 2: Way to go. Can't keep everybody you but I think

553
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,679
Speaker 2: we might have found somebody like a Colin Saunders. And

554
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 2: by the way, I will never forgive Sean McVay, the

555
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 2: head coach of the Rams. I should forgive him. Lord

556
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 2: wants me to forgive him. I'm not going to forgive you,

557
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 2: dude for calling time out because Colin Saunders is going

558
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,160
Speaker 2: to get a touchdown. We got it all set up.

559
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,439
Speaker 2: Then you see it in call time out. It was

560
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 2: Colin Saunders big moment, you screwed it up. Now Colin

561
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 2: goes to the Saints. But this guy, Coburn gets your attention.

562
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 2: He looks a lot like a Colin Saunders durability forty

563
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 2: five games and four seasons for the University of Texas.

564
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,159
Speaker 2: We watch his video and you get excited about the

565
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 2: way he's just like Colin playing the two. Get against

566
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 2: the zone, don't give up ground, don't give up ground,

567
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 2: don't rather than smash the guy. But this guy's already

568
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 2: been endeared to the Chiefs kingdom because of the video

569
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Speaker 2: and the interview you had with him.

570
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Speaker 1: It was so cool. After he got drafted, he was

571
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,919
Speaker 1: explaining how much it meant to him to be a Chief,

572
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 1: and he was like, you know, they just won the

573
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Speaker 1: super Bowl last year. Then he stopped himself and said, well,

574
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Speaker 1: I guess we just won the super Bowl last year

575
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: because I'm a Kansas City chief. And he was so

576
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 1: fired up. It was so cool. That's what it's all about.

577
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Speaker 2: In the end.

578
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Speaker 1: These guys grind so much their whole life just to

579
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Speaker 1: have this chance. And not only are you going to

580
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: the NFL, but you're going to the Ranning Super Bowl. Champions.

581
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: I am wondering who was the one hundred and ninety

582
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 1: pound guard in high school? They had to face at

583
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: Oliver and Candrey Coburn in high school. Can you imagine?

584
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 2: No, I don't, And I mean Houston's got great high

585
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 2: school football. Well know that in Westfield they were really tough.

586
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 2: But to have those two guys together, Oh my gosh.

587
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 2: And what I love about it. It goes back to

588
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,639
Speaker 2: Colin Saunders his rookie year. I was in an event

589
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 2: with him. He brought his first child then it was

590
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 2: this older child now, and I just saw how much

591
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 2: he loved that little little child, and his lady was

592
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 2: with him, and he was great at this event. That

593
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 2: was before he even played a snap for the Chiefs

594
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 2: coming out of Western Illinois. And then you see KeAndre Coburn,

595
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 2: the fact that he's almost late for the phone call

596
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 2: because he's like working on the breast pump and his

597
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 2: late for his lady because they have a new baby.

598
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: He's cleaning it out, he's cleaning it out and his

599
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: hands were all wet and he was getting a phone

600
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,639
Speaker 1: call and he was trying to dry his hands and

601
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:30,639
Speaker 1: it's the Chiefs calling.

602
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 2: I'm going we got a Colin Saunders type here, But

603
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 2: I can't wait to meet this guy. And he's got

604
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 2: a chance to help the Chiefs right away at the

605
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 2: very least, maybe be a part of the defensive line rotation.

606
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Speaker 1: It's always tough with like draft grades and draft steals

607
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 1: and all that, because these guys haven't actually played yet.

608
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: But the consensus was that this guy may have been

609
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: one of the steals of the draft getting him in

610
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Speaker 1: the sixth round. Like you said, six foot two three

611
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 1: and thirty two pounds, big time size and strength with

612
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: this guy, and he's a prototypical nose tackle, a big

613
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: guy right in the middle of the defensive line who's

614
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: going to consume space, create push, and open up opportunities

615
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: for other players. What's interesting about him too, though, is

616
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: he has quite a motor on him because a lot

617
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: of times with these really big guys, the physics of

618
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: it is they can't stay on the field that much.

619
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 1: They can't play a ton of snaps because they're huge

620
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,480
Speaker 1: and they exert a lot of energy. But not really

621
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: the case with KeAndre. He averaged thirty four point eight

622
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: defensive snaps per game over his last forty eight games.

623
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: Over the last four seasons and started forty eight consecutive

624
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 1: games or played in forty eight consecutive games. Rather, so,

625
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: this guy played a ton of defense and was consistently

626
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: on the field for Texas. He wasn't the kind of

627
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: guy that could only come in for a few snaps.

628
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 1: Them would come out so excited about KeAndre and what

629
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: he can do creating that push in the middle of

630
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: the Chief's defensive line. The Chief's defensive line here over

631
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 1: the last two or three years, all of a sudden,

632
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: has a ton of depth, young, athletic, powerful, strong depth,

633
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Speaker 1: and I have big expectations for what they can achieve

634
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: here coming up for.

635
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 2: You Kingdom defenders around the world. You can start the

636
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 2: over under to see how many games it'll be till

637
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 2: we get Kandre an offensive touchdown.

638
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: He's number ninety nine, so he looks.

639
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 2: Just like Colin Saunders on video. I'm telling you, when

640
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: we get a hungry pig passing Dontari Poe jump pass,

641
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 2: I don't know this time. If he lines up as

642
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 2: a wing and you're the opposing coach, don't do us

643
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 2: a favorite. Don't call time out, Okay, don't ruin the moment.

644
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 2: Sean McVeigh so anyway, But we're excited to have Candre

645
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 2: Coburn here.

646
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Speaker 1: You know what I want is the formation that we

647
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 1: had in the Super Bowl on third and one when

648
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: Isaiah got the ten yard run. Like the formation from

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Speaker 1: like nineteen eighty five where you have two half backs

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Speaker 1: in the backfield. I want Danny Shelton and Kyandrey Koburn

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Speaker 1: both in the backfield, and to see what the defense does, like,

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Speaker 1: how do we handle this.

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Speaker 2: And they're in like Nickel, I have to call time out,

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Speaker 2: Like too many small guys. There's so many big guys.

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Speaker 2: He's not a small guy. But the seventh round pick

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Speaker 2: for the Chiefs. And keep in mind, we all look

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Speaker 2: at seventh round picks like way differently around here, right,

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Speaker 2: because we're going to walk out in the hallway and

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Speaker 2: we'll probably run into Isaiah Checko okay, or Jalen Watson

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Speaker 2: or Nazi Johnson. But to get Nick Jones out of

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Speaker 2: ball State, taller, leaner, great ball skills. Oh and by

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Speaker 2: the way, at ball State, he blocked a kick and

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Speaker 2: a punt. So one of the themes here of the

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Speaker 2: class of twenty three is I see some dudes that

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Speaker 2: can affect a game, even on an unscrimmaged down if

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Speaker 2: that makes a non scrimmage down play. But Nick Jones

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Speaker 2: is athletic and there's times when you look at video

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Speaker 2: for his time at ball State, he's an explosive player,

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Speaker 2: likes to jump routes, he'll make place.

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Speaker 1: He's coming off his best season as a college player.

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Speaker 1: He had fourteen passes defensed last year and two interceptions

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Speaker 1: in eleven games. Those fourteen passes defense led the team

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Speaker 1: and ranked twenty third among qualified cornerbacks in the FBS.

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Speaker 1: Big time uptick in his snaps and targets last year.

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Speaker 1: He had three hundred and ninety coverage snaps sixty eight targets.

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Speaker 1: He's targeted a ton, but among cornerbacks sixty five or

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Speaker 1: more targets. Last year, he surrendered the fifth lowest completion

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Speaker 1: percentage in the FBS at just forty four percent. So

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Speaker 1: he was challenged quite a bit and came up with

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Speaker 1: a lot of big plays at Ball State. And he

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Speaker 1: mentioned a special teams ability. This is from Dan Brugler.

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Speaker 1: Jones was a regular on kick return and punt return coverages,

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Speaker 1: including two block punts in his career. And this is

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Speaker 1: from lant Zier Line at NFL dot Com teams will

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Speaker 1: appreciate his ability to challenge punts and kicks off the edge.

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Speaker 1: So we're adding all these guys in here who can

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Speaker 1: contribute maybe right away on special teams and really elevate

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Speaker 1: that special teams group. I think Dave Tobe is going

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Speaker 1: to love a bunch of these guys. But also when

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Speaker 1: you look at the positions the Chiefs identified in this draft,

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Speaker 1: it's premium positions, things like edge rusher, wide receiver, defensive tackle,

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Speaker 1: getting a jack of all trade safety type and Shamari Connor,

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Speaker 1: and then capping it all off with a six foot

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Speaker 1: tall athletic corner with ball skills to come in here

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Speaker 1: and compete with already a very young and athletic group.

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Speaker 1: I just really like the value here of adding Nick

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Speaker 1: Jones at the very end of the draft. Bring him

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Speaker 1: in here and see what he can do.

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Speaker 2: And again, to me, special teams just oozes out of

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Speaker 2: these guys and for the Chiefs to kind of regain

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Speaker 2: that explosiveness and special teams. Special teams, folks, is not

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Speaker 2: salad dressing. Sometimes it can be the main course, and

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Speaker 2: it can be the tipping point of winning a key

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Speaker 2: game and getting you back to the Super Bowl. He's

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Speaker 2: Matt McMullan, I'm Mitch olt As Defending the Kingdom. Is

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Speaker 2: brought to you by Ticketmaster and Matt and I present

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Speaker 2: to you the Kansas City Chiefs Kingdom Class of twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three. Toss down, Wash it down, and the celebration

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Speaker 2: begins in our head