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Speaker 2: Hollywot Brown is having a night.

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Speaker 1: Howeveryone, I'm a Childa's voice of the Chiefs along with

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Speaker 2: Reporter Matt McMullen. Now, wait a minute, five, one, four,

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Speaker 2: What does that mean? Hmm, let's go through it really quickly.

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Speaker 1: March the fifteenth, twenty twenty four, here's your timeline the

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Speaker 1: in mind March of twenty four, Rushie Rice going into

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I remember one day at training camp. Let's see

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Speaker 4: This is a big, big week, Mitch. We finally made it.

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Speaker 1: That's twenty three regular season games, if you're counting at

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Speaker 1: He might be the most underrated athlete on this entire

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Speaker 5: Right, I mean, the key is obviously, like for that

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Speaker 3: I feel like you can do just about everything out there.

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Speaker 4: That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: Man, you guys are rolling it in the state of Wisconsin.

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Speaker 1: What's the biggest one that you say, Okay, I'm most

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Speaker 1: proud of this single play.

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Speaker 5: You know, just looking back on things, you know, the

438
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Speaker 5: Super Bowl games, block kick, like those are all like

439
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Speaker 5: super you know, game changing plays and that I'm really

440
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Speaker 5: you know, proud about. But I honestly think it's the

441
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Speaker 5: interception just because just because the emotional you know, the

442
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Speaker 5: weight it carries. Because I was always told like I

443
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Speaker 5: couldn't do certain things and some guys, you know I

444
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Speaker 5: mentioned this before, some guys said like I'm never going

445
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Speaker 5: to get better, you know at coverage, which is was

446
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Speaker 5: crazy to me. So just to be able to not

447
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Speaker 5: only prove to others, but prove to myself like, hey,

448
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Speaker 5: you know what they're.

449
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Speaker 2: Wrong, and you know it's it's up to me, like

450
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Speaker 2: just to prove it.

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Speaker 3: During the preseason, we were meeting with that coach Read

452
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Speaker 3: going through the roster and when it got to you,

453
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Speaker 3: he just goes, Leo is a beast. It's what he is.

454
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Speaker 3: He's just a beast. I mean, Coach Read is one

455
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Speaker 3: of the greatest coaches of all time. When you hear

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Speaker 3: a coach like that saying that about you, what's that

457
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Speaker 3: mean to you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean his weights carry a lot of you know,

459
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Speaker 5: a lot. You know, they hold a lot of weight.

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Speaker 5: You know, whether it's he's yelling at you, stopping a

461
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Speaker 5: practice to you know, call you out, you know, in

462
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Speaker 5: the middle of training camp and you know you're out

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Speaker 5: of breath.

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Speaker 2: You know, that holds a lot of weight, and but

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Speaker 2: then he compliments you.

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Speaker 5: It's just it's you're listening, you know, whatever he's saying,

467
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Speaker 5: You're listening, and you know you don't just take it

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Speaker 5: with a grain of salt. So it's it's definitely an honor.

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Speaker 5: It's it's really cool, you.

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Speaker 2: Know to hear that.

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Speaker 1: I know you're proud of being a dad. We'll close

472
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Speaker 1: it out this way. Worst poopy diaper you ever changed?

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you've had some nasty ones.

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Speaker 2: I'm guessing.

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Speaker 5: Oh man, when they're young, man, they just you don't

476
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Speaker 5: know where that thing's shooting.

477
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Speaker 2: So you're like three diapers in, You're like finally, so

478
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Speaker 2: you just hoping this the last one. I'm out. Tap out.

479
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Speaker 2: You're tapping out. That's four diapers. That's why that's it.

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Speaker 1: Hey, he's the only guy in thirty two years. And

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Speaker 1: Matt told you this in camp that I saw him

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Speaker 1: rep inside O L D L and then sprint over

483
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Speaker 1: to the other field and being coverage on seven on seven.

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Speaker 2: That here we go. That's our guy, Leo. Leo Chanell.

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Speaker 1: Just incredible and he just continues to grow in every

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Speaker 1: part of his game. I just think he's underrated and awesome.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he's one of those players that twenty

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Speaker 3: years from now, when we all look back on this

489
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Speaker 3: Chief's dynasty, right, you look at the roster and like man,

490
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Speaker 3: they had a lot of really good players, and Leo

491
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Speaker 3: is one of those guys that, for whatever reason, doesn't

492
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Speaker 3: get a lot of national attention. But if you watch

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Speaker 3: the games, you understand how important he is to our defense.

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Speaker 1: He'll show up at some reunion coming off a gearstud.

495
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Speaker 1: You know, he'll be in like Camo and showing up

496
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Speaker 1: and just having the time of his life and give

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Speaker 1: us all the biggest hugs and crush our ribs. That's Leo, though,

498
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Speaker 1: and awesome in him and his family.

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Speaker 2: That's terrific.

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Speaker 1: So we've hey, five to one four is not the

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Speaker 1: only area code we can call. We can also call

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Speaker 1: the nine eight zero for Juju Smith Schuster, who's having

503
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Speaker 1: an incredible year whether he touches the ball or not,

504
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Speaker 1: and then Taekwan Thornton, who going into last week had

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Speaker 1: the best yards per catch average in the National Football League.

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Speaker 3: So over a full football season and going into the playoffs,

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Speaker 3: it's a long grind and you need to rely on

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Speaker 3: a lot of different players, and the best teams are

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Speaker 3: the ones that have players who can step into roles

510
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Speaker 3: and kind of you don't skip a beat because they

511
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Speaker 3: know what they're doing. They can handle that role well.

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Speaker 3: In kind of a crazy weird way. Not having Xavier

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Speaker 3: Worthy and not having Rashi Rice for much of the

514
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Speaker 3: first couple games of this season help Juju and Taekwan

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Speaker 3: Thornton step into roles where they were needed, and they

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Speaker 3: both came through. And now I think when you have

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Speaker 3: the full compliment of weapons, they know that they can

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Speaker 3: go in there, they can get the job done. Patrick

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Speaker 3: Mahomes's confidence in both of them, and at some point

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Speaker 3: we'll need both of them even when we have Xavier

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Speaker 3: and where she running at full speed to help us win.

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Speaker 3: And because of what happened earlier this season, I think

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Speaker 3: they'll be ready for those moments. I mean, what can

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Speaker 3: you say about Taekwan the first couple weeks. I mean,

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Speaker 3: and even I think against the Lions, Yeah, he didn't

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Speaker 3: have a catch, but if you go back and watch

527
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Speaker 3: the film, he's running these routes downfield. He's proven this

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Speaker 3: season already that he can catch the football deep downfield

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Speaker 3: and Patrick Mahomes will throw it and will complete it,

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Speaker 3: so you have to respect it. And that opens things

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Speaker 3: up underneath where other players were having great games. And

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Speaker 3: same thing for Juju. We could talk about Juju forever,

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Speaker 3: but the things he does for this team does not

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Speaker 3: get nearly enough credit.

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Speaker 1: No, it's what Juju is doing without the ball that

536
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Speaker 1: is almost as important as what he's doing.

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Speaker 2: With the ball.

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Speaker 1: Now, both guys, both guys, what I've noticed, And there's

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Speaker 1: things I noticed when I watch the game video that

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Speaker 1: I can't notice during play by play. You just can't.

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Speaker 1: You got to follow the ball. I told Juju the

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Speaker 1: door hinge. He's so incredible at influencing the play when

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Speaker 1: he does not have the ball. He might be the

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Speaker 1: best in the NFL or top five in doing that.

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Speaker 1: But there's three things that I've noticed in both of

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Speaker 1: these guys, And it's a great point that you have

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Speaker 1: in the fact that they've been able to develop this

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Speaker 1: even more without having the five to one four area

549
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Speaker 1: code out there, and that is spatial awareness, playing with

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Speaker 1: Pat beyond the play and then recognizing coverages. Now, Juju's pro,

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Speaker 1: he's been around a long time. But the play he

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Speaker 1: had against the Lions where it was an ad lib

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Speaker 1: play by Patrick, he knows where to go, find the

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Speaker 1: void and it turns into a thirty yard play because

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Speaker 1: he can break tackles. And then the same thing with

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Speaker 1: Taekwon back to two weeks ago in the game in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: His three catches were all three very different. The cover

558
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Speaker 1: zero look where he has against man to man single coverage,

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Speaker 1: the spatial awarenessed ball defender sideline it's a acquired trait,

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Speaker 1: and then another one where he was able to run

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Speaker 1: the route after Pat did the play within a play.

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Speaker 1: That's all requirements in this to be in a wide

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Speaker 1: receiver room on this team, and we're seeing it. That's

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Speaker 1: why it's so exciting to unleash all of this all

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Speaker 1: at the same time.

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Speaker 3: I think the throw that Mahomes made to Taikwan early

567
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Speaker 3: in the Jags game on third down when the pressure

568
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Speaker 3: was in his face and he just threw it up

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Speaker 3: there and gave Taikwan an opportunity to go get it,

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Speaker 3: and Taikwan got it and advanced the ball. We forget

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Speaker 3: about these things because the Chiefs lost that game in

572
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Speaker 3: pretty heartbreaking fashion. But in my mind, that was maybe

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Speaker 3: the moment this season where I'm like, the Chiefs offense

574
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Speaker 3: might be totally back here because Patrick Mahomes has total

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Speaker 3: faith and his receivers that he knows that they're going

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Speaker 3: to go up there and get the football. And yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'm with you. I mean, seeing what they did against

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Speaker 3: Detroit was awesome, and in many ways the Detroit game

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Speaker 3: is great because the one issue for the offense against

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Speaker 3: the Jags was they did not play well on the

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Speaker 3: final possession of the first half or the first possession

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Speaker 3: of the second half. Totally different story against Detroit. They

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Speaker 3: executed the double dip to perfection, and that's the main

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Speaker 3: reason that She's for able to kind of put the

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Speaker 3: pressure on Detroit because from that point on, Detroit was

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Speaker 3: down double digits. So this offense just continues to get

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Speaker 3: better and better. I think they were so efficient against

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Speaker 3: the Lions and consistently. You just kind of had that

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Speaker 3: confidence they're going to make the play happen no matter

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Speaker 3: the DOWBN and distance. Let's keep that going here, moving

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Speaker 3: forward and adding Rashie back to the mix.

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Speaker 1: And we don't want to leave anybody out Jalen Royal,

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Speaker 1: Stico Romihio, Jason Brownlee. But we also have a zip

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Speaker 1: code we can use. That's six numerals, right, yep. So

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Speaker 1: you got the eight to seven eight three, and I'm

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Speaker 1: going to put in the two four zip code because

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Speaker 1: Brishard Smith involved in this discussion too, and we'll be

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Speaker 1: in the weeks ahead. So we've got area codes and

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Speaker 1: zip codes. We also have Ari Wolf, who's keeping a

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Speaker 1: close eye on our opponents, especially in the AFC West.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this segment's always a lot more fun. After the

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Speaker 3: Chiefs win, I had a chance to catch up with

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Speaker 3: Auri and talk about some stuff going on around the NFL.

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Speaker 6: Hello, and welcome to week seven of Out West with

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Speaker 6: Ari Wolf. It's the podcast within the podcast. I am

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Speaker 6: joined as always by my buddy Matt McMullen. We are

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Speaker 6: into week seven, but before we get right to it,

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Speaker 6: let's just talk for a moment about the Chiefs performance.

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Speaker 6: Against the Lions. I think it's the most complete performance

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Speaker 6: in all three phases that I've seen from the Chiefs

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Speaker 6: in a really long time. Makes me incredibly bullish on

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Speaker 6: the rest of the season. But wow, did it feel

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Speaker 6: good to watch that team take care of a Lions

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Speaker 6: team thirty seventeen. I imagine it was a very happy

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Speaker 6: arrowhead at the end of the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was awesome. It's some of the most fun

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Speaker 3: I've during a regular season game in a while. I

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Speaker 3: think for the team to perform like that in all

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Speaker 3: three phases against an opponent like that in Detroit, that

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Speaker 3: I mean, you can make an argument coming into that

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Speaker 3: game that was the best team in the NFL and

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs speed him by two touchdowns. So it was exciting.

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Speaker 3: I get the Lions has some injuries on defense as football,

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs did a great job of taking advantage of it.

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Speaker 3: But one thing that Mitch and I had been talking

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Speaker 3: about is the Lions were pretty healthy on offense. They

627
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Speaker 3: had all their weapons out there, and the Chiefs held

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Speaker 3: the number one scoring offense in the league to just

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Speaker 3: seventeen points, so all around, it was incredible. Now the

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Speaker 3: challenge is just keeping that going here moving forward.

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Speaker 6: Okay, one last note on the Chiefs before we get

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Speaker 6: in the AMC West. I remember when we learned about

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Speaker 6: Rashi Rice Rashi Rice's suspension. It was going to be

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Speaker 6: six weeks, I thought to myself, but I didn't want

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Speaker 6: to say it out loud because I didn't want to

636
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Speaker 6: seemed gloom and doom. I thought, you know that the

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Speaker 6: Chiefs might be three and three. Now, how they got

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Speaker 6: to three and three is different than I might have expected,

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Speaker 6: But three and three coming off of that win feels

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Speaker 6: pretty darn good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm with you.

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Speaker 3: If you told us before the year you'd be three

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Speaker 3: and three, I'd be like, well, I don't know. I

644
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 3: think you know four and two at least. But considering

645
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Speaker 3: the circumstances of this season, of obviously not having Rashi,

646
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Speaker 3: of having to go all the way to Brazil to

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Speaker 3: begin the year, which was a great experience, but it's

648
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Speaker 3: difficult circumstances, losing Xavier Worthy three snaps into that game

649
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Speaker 3: in Brazil, you don't have them against the Eagles, numerous

650
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Speaker 3: primetime games, tough opponents. You have to play Baltimore when

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Speaker 3: they still have Lamar got to play the Detroit Lions

652
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 3: in a primetime game and you still find a way

653
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 3: to be three and three. It's a big deal. And

654
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 3: obviously you know the Chiefs aren't going to celebrate being

655
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 3: five hundred, but they have bigger goals than that. But

656
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 3: considering the circumstances, I think we're in a great spot.

657
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 3: Now it's about attacking the rest of the season. We've

658
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 3: survived this early stretch of the year, which was difficult.

659
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 3: A lot of teams wouldn't have made it out of

660
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 3: this at three and three. Now let's get over five hundred.

661
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 6: Finally on Sunday, all right, let's get into the AFC West,

662
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 6: because that's the main thing we do here on It's

663
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 6: why we call it out West. Well, it was a

664
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 6: big week for the AFC West. Everybody is a winner.

665
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 6: Everybody in the AFC West came up with wins. Let's

666
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 6: start at the top of the division with the Chargers.

667
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 6: They beat the Dolphins. Justin Herbert one of the most

668
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 6: heroic plays we've seen all season. It looked for sure

669
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 6: like the Dolphins were going to beat him. It looked

670
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 6: like Phillips had him wrapped up for the sack. But

671
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 6: somehow Herbert was like Big Ben Roethlisberger, they just couldn't

672
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 6: bring him down. He gets it to Ladd McConkey. They

673
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 6: get the big play, they get the field goal. A

674
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 6: game where they know they were solid, but they didn't

675
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 6: play their best football on the road across the country,

676
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 6: they come up with the win. I think Herbert is

677
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 6: starting to show more and more that he can beat

678
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 6: Clutch under pressure. Before I didn't see that. This to

679
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 6: me was a statement win that they keep finding ways

680
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 6: to win late in games.

681
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's fair. I think it shows how

682
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 3: difficult Herbert is to bring down. I don't think people

683
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 3: realize how big that dude is. And yeah, a lot

684
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 3: like Big Ben, like you got to make sure you

685
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 3: take him down. I think we've learned that with Josh

686
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 3: Allen over the years, and with Herbert it's a similar deal.

687
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 3: You Know what really stood out to me in that

688
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 3: game though, and this has been something that I've noticed

689
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 3: really over the last year, is Lad mcconkee is going

690
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 3: to be a problem for a long time. That dude

691
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 3: is really good in a lot of ways. He finds

692
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 3: a way to get open, much like Travis Kelsey does,

693
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 3: where whenever it's a big play in the game, a

694
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 3: big moment, you would think the defense would be zeroed

695
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 3: in on that guy, like he's the guy you got

696
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 3: to cover, and somehow he ends up having no one

697
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 3: around him for like ten or fifteen yards. I mean,

698
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 3: he's that good in his route running, in his feel

699
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 3: for space. I give him a lot of credit. And

700
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 3: mconkie as good as Herbert was at the end, mconkee

701
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 3: made that play where he broke some tackles and got

702
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 3: deep down the sideline set up that game winning field goal.

703
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 3: So I think my main takeaway outside of Herbert having

704
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 3: a really nice year, he definitely is, but mconkee continues

705
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 3: to be I think one of the league's better receivers.

706
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 3: I wish he wasn't in our division, but I do

707
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 3: respect him.

708
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 6: I do respect him. He's crafty. I think his football

709
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 6: IQ is really high. Kind of knows where to be,

710
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 6: you know, certain players just know where to find that

711
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 6: soft part of the defense. He is definitely an elite

712
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 6: young player, all right. Next up the Broncos. The Broncos

713
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 6: go Overseas. They win a game thirteen to eleven. For

714
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 6: football purists, your eyes may have been bleeding during portions

715
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 6: of that game. It was not a particularly pretty game

716
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 6: knicks just nineteen to thirty one hundred and seventy four yards.

717
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 6: It was the Broncos defense that won the game nine sacks.

718
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 6: They made life very difficult for Justin Fields. I don't

719
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 6: really know what to take away from this one other

720
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 6: than that, look the Broncos, if they want to be

721
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 6: a playoff team, you got to beat the Jets. And

722
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 6: it was a long road trip, right. They go to Philly, win,

723
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 6: then go to London and win. So that's what Sean

724
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 6: Payton asked the team. It was not a win that

725
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 6: they're going to put out for, you know, an Emmy Award.

726
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 6: But they get to win and they remain tied for

727
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Speaker 6: first place.

728
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 3: I wonder if there was anyone in the crowd that

729
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 3: was kind of like dragged along by their big football

730
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 3: crazy friend and this was that person's first ever time

731
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 3: watching football, and they're like, I don't really get what

732
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 3: all the hypes about. This isn't very entertaining, it's not

733
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 3: that good. Yeah, I'm sure a few of those people existed.

734
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, ugly game.

735
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 3: Listen, the Chiefs have won games like that before where

736
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 3: it's ugly, you grind it out. The Broncos deserve credit

737
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 3: for finding a way to win. The Jets defense, though,

738
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 3: played well enough to win that game. Just defense played well.

739
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,479
Speaker 3: The Jets offense just completely let them down. And they

740
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 3: had a chance there at the end where you're a

741
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 3: midfield get like fifteen yards, you're in field goal range.

742
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 3: They couldn't do it. But yeah, the Broncos pass rush

743
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 3: is legit with all those sacks. I think they have

744
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 3: thirty sacks now on the season. I think the second

745
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 3: place teams twenty sacks. So the pass rush is incredible.

746
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 3: That'll be a problem here moving forward. But I think

747
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 3: my main takeaway is the Jets offense is really struggling

748
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 3: and the Broncos pass rush is really good.

749
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: Yeah.

750
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 6: All right to the final remaining AFC West team, The

751
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 6: Raiders get a win. They get a win at home

752
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 6: against the Titans twenty to ten, not a lot of offense,

753
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 6: and that's when the two teams combined for about four

754
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 6: hundred and fifty yards of offense. Geno, Just okay. I

755
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 6: know a lot of people were kind of hot on

756
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 6: Tennessee coming off their win in Arizona, including you, my friend.

757
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 6: But you know, the Raiders did find a way to

758
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 6: win a game that you sort of have to win

759
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,919
Speaker 6: if you're gonna get you know, six seven wins, whatever

760
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 6: they're gonna end up with. It wasn't really a pretty game,

761
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 6: but it was a must have. It ended up being

762
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 6: the final game for coach Callahan. So do you take

763
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 6: anything away from the Raiders, I know, the early opponent

764
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 6: coming up this week. I didn't see anything that that

765
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 6: instilled much fear in me about the Raiders in their future.

766
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 3: Well, I'll say this, if you're gonna have opinions, you

767
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 3: have to own up when those opinions are completely wrong

768
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,479
Speaker 3: and incorrect. I my prediction about the Titans last week

769
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 3: did not play out the way I thought. Actually, their

770
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 3: coach got fired, so not gonna not quite what I

771
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 3: was expecting going into the game. The Titans, they got talent,

772
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 3: but they just start putting it together and you know,

773
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 3: you fumble at like the ten yard line. Let the

774
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 3: Raiders then score a touchdown off of that. Raiders deserve

775
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 3: credit for you know, being in control of that game

776
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,720
Speaker 3: and handling the Titans. But yeah, not a great football

777
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 3: game overall. It did show though, you know, Ashton genty

778
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 3: one thing that Mitch and that I will talk about

779
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 3: in a little bit. Ashon Genty, even though he doesn't

780
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 3: have like the traditional numbers, continues to impress me because

781
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 3: he's breaking all these tackles. He is like over three

782
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 3: hundred and fifty yards after first contact this year, a

783
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,760
Speaker 3: second best in the NFL leaves the NFL and broken tackles.

784
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 3: So for me watching that game, it's a matter of, Yeah,

785
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 3: the Raiders aren't overall scoring a lot of points, but

786
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 3: they do have good players that will make plays, and

787
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 3: the Chiefs will need to shut those guys down here

788
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 3: in this game, especially Ashton Genty.

789
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 6: I actually think they're kind of built as almost a

790
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,919
Speaker 6: cold weather team, but yet they play in a dome.

791
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 6: Right because they played out in terrible weather in December.

792
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 6: You could see with gent you might find ways to

793
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 6: manufacture wins. All right, let's get to what I thought

794
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 6: was the very best game of last week and yesterday

795
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 6: when we were communicating, I said, let's wait and see

796
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 6: what happens on Monday night. Well, the Monday night game delivered.

797
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 6: The Bears go to Washington, and for those of you

798
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 6: who don't remember, that was the Hill Merry game last

799
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 6: year that literally changed Washington season and frankly ruined the

800
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 6: Bear season.

801
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 2: So to me.

802
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 6: While it was a Week six game, it had all

803
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 6: this extra juice to it. I felt like it was

804
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 6: a statement game, particularly for Chicago. My takeaway was is

805
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 6: Jade and Daniels was not only human, he really cost

806
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 6: his team. I mean, his red zone interception was a

807
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 6: terrible throw, it was late, and then the fumble at

808
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 6: the end of the game. Just you know, if that

809
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 6: happens to somebody else in a different market, they're just

810
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 6: they're getting blown up, right, I mean people are calling

811
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 6: for their jobs. I mean, you just can't have that.

812
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 6: So I thought the Bears showed fight. I thought Caleb

813
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 6: Williams is now progressing. I think Ben Johnson's having a

814
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 6: positive effect. But if you watch that game, Washington should

815
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 6: have won that game and the Bears end up winning it.

816
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 6: So redemption for the Bears Washington. I'm wondering if this

817
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:57,479
Speaker 6: will have any lingering problems. Those turnovers from Daniels really

818
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 6: really surprised me. What'd you think of the Monday night game?

819
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it was part of a great sports night

820
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 3: in general, because the Falcons upset Buffalo and then I

821
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 3: was flipping back and forth between the Commander's game and

822
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 3: then the first game of the NLDS or NLCS between

823
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 3: the Dodgers and the Brewers, which I don't know if

824
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 3: you caught the end of that, but it was an

825
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 3: incredible finish for it. Yeah, Dodgers hung on. But anyway,

826
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 3: right when the Dodgers game ended, I go back to

827
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 3: the Commander's game, and the Commanders appear to be in

828
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 3: control of it. I mean, just a couple of minutes left.

829
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 3: You're going to run the clock out, try to prevent

830
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 3: Kayleb Williams from getting the ball back, and if he does,

831
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 3: he'll have to go to the length of the field

832
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 3: to get in field goal range. Well, yeah, I mean

833
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 3: I get it, Rainy Night, but you can't fumble the

834
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 3: ball in that situation.

835
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 6: I mean, you're center. If you have to write, well,

836
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 6: I can't get under center. Like, just don't even bring

837
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 6: that you know in you don't have to be in

838
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 6: the shotgun. Just make it as safe a play as possible.

839
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, you literally let the game slip away, and you know,

840
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 3: credit to the Bears. I thought DeAndre Swift was great

841
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 3: in that game, and he you know, they were kind

842
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 3: of playing for that long field goal at first, and

843
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 3: it's like, is this a great idea? And then Swift

844
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 3: ended up picking up like twenty five yards to make

845
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 3: it a chip shot. Good for Jake Moody. I mean,

846
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 3: that's got to be a tough life as a kicker.

847
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 3: You're drafted high, you get cut, and you get onto

848
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 3: a new team, you miss a kick and people are

849
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 3: already calling for your job. Like, honestly, good for him

850
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,879
Speaker 3: for making that kick there at the end. But yeah,

851
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 3: I'm curious to see how Washington responds because you know,

852
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 3: one thing that we've talked about a lot over the

853
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 3: years is it's one thing to surprise everybody when you're

854
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 3: you're all of a sudden pretty good and no one

855
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 3: really expected it. It's something else to be good when

856
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 3: people do expect it, and it's difficult and how do

857
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 3: you deal with the adversity of the season. This is

858
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 3: kind of one of those crossroads moments for this Commander's

859
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 3: team and Jayden Daniels, we'll see how he handles it,

860
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,839
Speaker 3: and he'll be here in a couple of weeks, so

861
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 3: it should be interesting to watch how they handle it

862
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:43,240
Speaker 3: this week.

863
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 6: Right, because the honeymoon suddenly feels like it's over after

864
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 6: last night, Right, you've got this great star quarterback he

865
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 6: was a contender for the MVP last year. You come

866
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 6: into this season with all this hope and you missed

867
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 6: a couple of games because injury. You can't hold that

868
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,479
Speaker 6: against it, But last night you can hold against him. Yeah,

869
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 6: he's gonna be hearing from the fans in a way

870
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 6: he hasn't so far in his young NFL career. All right,

871
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 6: let's give to the AFC West games coming up. I

872
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 6: know you and Mitch will do a great job on Raiders. Chiefs.

873
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 6: The only thing I'll say about that, I cannot wait

874
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 6: to see Rashie Rice play. Watching him at training camp,

875
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 6: the guy is a beast. I mean, he is ready

876
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 6: to take off. I think this offense seeing them you

877
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 6: score thirty points against the Lions without him just is

878
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 6: really encouraging to me. Is the alpha receiver. So you've

879
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 6: got him now leading that wide receiving corps. It's now

880
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 6: suddenly looks like a really deep, talented wide receiver room.

881
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 6: I'm gonna talk about Patrick in my final thoughts. I'll

882
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 6: leave that for later, but I'm very, very bullish on

883
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 6: the Chiefs at home against the Raiders again. I know

884
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 6: you'll get into with Mitch. Let's go Colts Chargers. I

885
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 6: wouldn't have predicted this. This is a darn sexy game

886
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 6: all of a sudden, right, I mean, the Colts look legit.

887
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 6: Daniel Jones has been playing great, the Chargers have been

888
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 6: banged up. But like, this is suddenly a really important

889
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 6: AFC game, one that I don't think going into it

890
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 6: we expected. Now, the Colts have had a favorable schedule.

891
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 6: They've played four of their six at home. They've only

892
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 6: played two road games. They went on the road at

893
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 6: the Titans, which I don't know how much credit you're

894
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 6: gonna give them for that, and their only other road

895
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 6: game they lost at the Rams. So this will be

896
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 6: a stern test. I know you at one point thought

897
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 6: the Colts would go seventeen to no. I'm curious, what

898
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 6: do you think the Colts are gonna do against the

899
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 6: Chargers and what suddenly seems like a really significant AFC matchup.

900
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 3: You know, we're almost to Halloween, and I still just

901
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 3: find myself looking at the Colts like numbers and rankings

902
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 3: and everything, and I'm just trying to wrap my head

903
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,720
Speaker 3: around it. Still, they are the number one scoring offense

904
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 3: in the NFL going into Week seven, averaging thirty two

905
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 3: points per game, and they are the number four scoring

906
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 3: defense in the NFL, allowing just nineteen points per game.

907
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 3: I mean, we just have to respect it. This is

908
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 3: phenomenal what they've been able to do, really in all

909
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 3: three phases. And yeah, I think going up because the

910
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 3: Chargers is a real test for them. Curious to see

911
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 3: how they handle that. The Chargers remain beat up. And

912
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 3: even though they pulled off that win against the Dolphins

913
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 3: last week. I mean, the Dolphins were right there for

914
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 3: that win. They take the lead with less than a

915
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 3: minute remaining, So the Chargers I don't think are necessarily

916
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 3: playing their best football right now. I think that's fair

917
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 3: to say, even though they got the win last week,

918
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 3: can the Colts take advantage of that and keep playing

919
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 3: like the buzz saw that they apparently are. That's what

920
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 3: I'm hoping for. Wou'd love to see the Chargers lose

921
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 3: this game, because the Chiefs can get this win against

922
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 3: the Raiders, the Broncos can lose, and we'll talk about

923
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 3: them here in a minute, we'll be talking about a

924
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 3: three way tie atop the AMC West. But yeah, I'm

925
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 3: curious to see the Colts again. I mean, they found

926
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 3: it with this running offense and with Daniel Jones, and

927
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 3: their defense has been great. I'll see if they can

928
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 3: do it again.

929
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 6: I'm mentioned, all right, the final AFC West game to

930
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,799
Speaker 6: look at. We've got the New York Giants taking on

931
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 6: the Denver Broncos. If you'd asked me three weeks ago, well,

932
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 6: this is just a walk away for the Broncos. They

933
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 6: just take Suddenly, the Giants have a quarterback that's got

934
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 6: some juice in Jackson Dart. They've got a little bit

935
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 6: of momentum. I think they're feeling themselves.

936
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 2: A little bit.

937
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 6: Keep in mind, the Broncos again just went to Philadelphia

938
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 6: and overseas, they're playing a team with a losing record.

939
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 6: This sort of sets itself up to me as the

940
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 6: potential trap game. The Giants have nothing to lose. I'm

941
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 6: trying to make a game that I otherwise wouldn't think

942
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,760
Speaker 6: is all that sexy, and I'm trying to convince myself

943
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 6: that it's got some appeal, especially if Jackson Dart is

944
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 6: for real.

945
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 3: First of all, how often does a team play the

946
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,320
Speaker 3: New York teams in consecutive weeks. It's pretty unique, right, Yeah,

947
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 3: And here we go, so There's a lot to talk

948
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 3: about here because watching the Giants against Philadelphia, like they

949
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:50,400
Speaker 3: dominated that game, dominated it. So I am kind of

950
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 3: looking at the Giants in a different way, and in

951
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 3: a sense, what New York does so well kind of

952
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 3: does match up with what the Broncos do well on

953
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 3: defense in terms of how I think the could take

954
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 3: advantage of the aggressiveness of Denver, because Denver has this

955
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 3: great pass rush, number two scoring defense in the NFL. Well,

956
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 3: when you have a player like Skataboo who is a

957
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 3: tough runner, he's going to get extra yards and you

958
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 3: can use him in the screen game as well. I mean,

959
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 3: that's the quarterback's best friend when you're trying to keep

960
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 3: a really good pass rush at bay. So I think

961
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 3: if the Giants can keep this game close, if their

962
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 3: defense can keep them in it, which I think they

963
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,320
Speaker 3: can because that pass rush for New York is also legit.

964
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 3: If it's a close game and the Giants that committed

965
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 3: to the running game and Jackson Dart can scramble for

966
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 3: some big yards and some big moments, they certainly have

967
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 3: a chance. I am curious how New York handles that

968
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 3: big win against Philadelphia, how they move forward here, like

969
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 3: no one really expected that. Now everyone's like, oh, you

970
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 3: guys are kind of good. Can you do it again?

971
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 3: Let's see if they can. But I do think if

972
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 3: New York can commit to the running game and Dark

973
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 3: can have another nice game, they might be able to

974
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 3: move the ball on this pass rush.

975
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 6: But we'll see the other rinkle. I think it's important

976
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 6: with Jackson Dart is his mobility right, so he can

977
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 6: run with the foot again something when you're facing a

978
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,240
Speaker 6: good pass rush. If your quarterback can both either escape

979
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 6: the pocket or on a designed RPO and he sees

980
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 6: an opening, he is a real asset in the running game.

981
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 6: So I think decision making by Jackson Dart will be

982
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 6: critical to see how well they moved the ball. All right,

983
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 6: So those are your games in AFC WES coming up

984
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:21,399
Speaker 6: this week. Now to my game of the week. It's

985
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 6: the Monday night game. We're talking Bucks two weeks in

986
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 6: a row. In the game of the week, they're playing

987
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 6: in Detroit against the Detroit team that's probably feeling like

988
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 6: uh oh, like if we want to have a chance

989
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 6: for a top seed, this is a huge game for

990
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 6: the Buccaneers. I don't think I would have believed you

991
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 6: if you'd have told me at the beginning year that

992
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 6: Baker Mayfield would be an MVP candidate. Not only is

993
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 6: he playing like an MVP, it's the way he's leading

994
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 6: that team, his toughness, his moxie, the way he leads.

995
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 6: And we talked about last week, like I kind of

996
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 6: found it annoying when he was a rookie and his

997
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,800
Speaker 6: second year guy. Now at thirty, it looks great on him.

998
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 6: This is a huge clash in the NFC. What are

999
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 6: you early thoughts on the Bucks in the Lions.

1000
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 3: You know, it's funny you mentioned that about Baker because

1001
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,280
Speaker 3: I was talking to Hollywood Brown about that about Baker's

1002
00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 3: kind of whole vibe the other day and I was like,

1003
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 3: how much fun was that to play with Baker Mayfield?

1004
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 3: And He's like, you know, it's a lot of fun.

1005
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 3: But I think Baker's kind of figured out how to

1006
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 3: do the whole trash talking thing, Like maybe back in

1007
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 3: college it was a little unhinged at times, like Baker stop,

1008
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 3: but now he's figured it out. And yeah, I mean

1009
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 3: those guys in Tampa Bay follow him like they love him, right,

1010
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 3: And it's a cool story to see kind of how

1011
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 3: he's bounced around and how he's really found a home

1012
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,880
Speaker 3: now in Tampa. And they've dealt with some injuries in

1013
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 3: their receiver corps, like injuries really all over their team

1014
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 3: and haven't skipped a beat. It should be a great

1015
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,760
Speaker 3: game because it's funny how quickly things change in the NFL.

1016
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 3: Last week. Detroit is, like I said, I mean, everyone's

1017
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 3: saying this is the best team in football, and now

1018
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 3: you can make the argument that, like this is kind

1019
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 3: of like a must win game for them to keep

1020
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 3: pace with Tampa. So it should be a great game

1021
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 3: in the NFC. I think these are the two best

1022
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,439
Speaker 3: teams in the NFC right now and curious to see

1023
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 3: if Detroit can bounce back after the loss against US,

1024
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 3: particularly on defense.

1025
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 6: One note to tag Onto that how things changed so

1026
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 6: quickly in the NFL. Two weeks ago, the Bills and

1027
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,839
Speaker 6: the Eagles were the only undefeated team, and I felt

1028
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 6: like a lot of people were ready to say that's

1029
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 6: the super Bowl. Now two weeks later, both of them

1030
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,359
Speaker 6: have huge questions, They've got real issues to deal with,

1031
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 6: and I don't think anybody at the moment has them

1032
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 6: as the best team in either conference. So that's the

1033
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 6: beauty of the NFL. Week to week things change a lot,

1034
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:32,439
Speaker 6: all right to my final thought this week, and this

1035
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 6: is really like a direct conversation with all you die

1036
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 6: hard Chiefs fans. So when you love a team, or

1037
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,919
Speaker 6: in particular, you love a player, and I'm talking about

1038
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:47,439
Speaker 6: Patrick Mahomes here, your expectations for him are through the roof.

1039
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 6: I mean, we talk about Mahomes magic like we expected

1040
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 6: every game. I remember a couple of years ago I

1041
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 6: got the opportunity to go to Green Bay to do

1042
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 6: a regular season game, and I was actually my feelings

1043
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 6: were kind of hurt that there was no Mahomes magic

1044
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 6: and they didn't win the game. So that's the standard set.

1045
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 6: So what I'm getting to is we've seen glimpses of

1046
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 6: Mahomes magic this year, and then this past week, the

1047
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,840
Speaker 6: way he performed against the Lions, you saw the magic again.

1048
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 6: The Mahomes magic was back, the swagger, the certainty in

1049
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 6: his eyes. I just think for all the fans, when

1050
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 6: you know you've got a superstar and icon, a guy

1051
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 6: who might be the greatest player in the history of

1052
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 6: the sport, we all love, when you don't see him

1053
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 6: play at that incredibly high level for a while, you

1054
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 6: don't doubt that it's there, but you miss it. And

1055
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 6: so what I'm saying is I miss seeing that swagger,

1056
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 6: the way that Patrick looks when he knows exactly what's

1057
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 6: happening out there. It was a beautiful thing on Sunday

1058
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 6: night watching Patrick do his thing. So my final thought

1059
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 6: is Patrick, I've always loved you, I've always believed in you,

1060
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 6: but wow, was it awesome to see you play to

1061
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 6: the best of your ability. And that's my final thought

1062
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 6: to you.

1063
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 2: Matt.

1064
00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a pretty good one. I just want to

1065
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 3: tell get really quickly because I totally agree to see

1066
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 3: in that game, like whenever Detroit would make a game

1067
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 3: of it, like particularly in the fourth quarter, gofit Slapporter

1068
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 3: for that incredible touchdown, and now it's only a three

1069
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 3: point game and they kind of have the momentum going

1070
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 3: their way, but you just knew Mahomes is going to

1071
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 3: go down there and score. And that's what's made the

1072
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 3: Chiefs so inevitable over this run, is that if Mahomes

1073
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 3: has time, more often than not, he's going to beat you.

1074
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 3: And to have that confidence in the sideline in the stadium,

1075
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 3: it's a special thing. It doesn't last forever, and we

1076
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 3: need to enjoy it because it's a lot of fun

1077
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 3: when you have that guy on your football team. My

1078
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 3: parting thought not quite as epic as that one. It's

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00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 3: more a selfish one. I might catch some flak for this, actually,

1080
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 3: because I am a fall weather, winter weather kind of guy. Also,

1081
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 3: be honest, I don't really love the summer that much.

1082
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,839
Speaker 3: I like being in pullovers and hoodies and quarter zips

1083
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 3: and all that, and I feel like summer in Kansas

1084
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 3: City has just been never ending. At kickoff against the Lions,

1085
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 3: eighty one degrees. We are in mid October, it is

1086
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 3: eighty one degrees. I just want some nice, crisp fall weather.

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Speaker 3: And the good news is at noon on Sunday against

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00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 3: the Raiders, it's a high of sixty five degrees. This

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Speaker 3: is my kind of football weather. So I'm fired up

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Speaker 3: for some fall football weather.

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Speaker 6: That's my five love it. Before we go, I gotta

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Speaker 6: give thanks to Rob Alberino. This is just the beginning

1093
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Speaker 6: of my Chief swag. I'll be representing the Chiefs with

1094
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 6: some gear every week down on the podcast. So we've

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Speaker 6: covered week seven. Matt. I greatly appreciate your time so

1096
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 6: much fun talking football with you. Hope the Chiefs have

1097
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 6: a great week. And that's it for out West with

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00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:36,840
Speaker 6: Ari Woolf for this week.

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Speaker 1: So whatever area code we're gonna call five to one

1100
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: four nine eight zero or the zip code for identifier

1101
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: of eight seven eight three two four. We don't want

1102
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: to leave out We got another one we could put

1103
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: in one zero two nine eight five. Don't leave Robert

1104
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: Tunyan out of this because some plays coming from Robert Tunyan.

1105
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Speaker 2: You wait for it.

1106
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 1: We all know it's coming because he can do it.

1107
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: We saw it in the preseason. But it's not just

1108
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,319
Speaker 1: any week, as we said last night on The Kingdom Show,

1109
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,800
Speaker 1: it's great week. And here we are facing the Raiders

1110
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: and if you want to take them for granted, then

1111
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 1: I will make you watch every piece of video from

1112
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three Christmas Day game beating the Chiefs

1113
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,720
Speaker 1: without completing a pass in the second, third or fourth quarter.

1114
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: So if you want to get smug and think that,

1115
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: oh wait, the Raiders are two and four and we

1116
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: can wipe these guys, stop it. Stop it, because I'm

1117
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 1: going to start with Ashton genty because we talked to

1118
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,319
Speaker 1: Leo Chanel about it. And Ashton Genty when we saw

1119
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:36,240
Speaker 1: them draft him out of Boise State, and they made

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Speaker 1: a very big attempt to make that draft pick happen.

1121
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Speaker 1: But now Genty leads the NFL in with fifteen broken tackles.

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00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:47,960
Speaker 1: We can make comps if you will. I see some

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Speaker 1: Darren Sprowls in him, his powerful lower bodies. Not a

1124
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: super tall guy. This is a hard guy to tackle.

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Speaker 1: And if he's getting off the bus with Max Crosby,

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Speaker 1: then you better deal.

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00:50:59,239 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 2: With the Raiders.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, looking at Genty, this is where the traditional stats

1129
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 3: don't really tell the full story, but the advanced metrics do.

1130
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Speaker 3: So he's ninth in the NFL in rushing right now

1131
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,719
Speaker 3: with four hundred and twenty four yards. I think he's

1132
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,279
Speaker 3: hovering like around four yards per carry, maybe a little

1133
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 3: bit under four yards per carry. You look at that

1134
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 3: and say, like, a he's not having a great year,

1135
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,240
Speaker 3: but you said it. I mean he is three hundred

1136
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,399
Speaker 3: and seventy six yards after contact this season. That's second

1137
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 3: most in the NFL, behind only Jonathan Taylor. And it's

1138
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 3: funny you mentioned the fifteen miss tackles. Those are all

1139
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 3: calculated differently in different places. So I looked at Pro

1140
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 3: Football Focus. They give him twenty six misstackles, also the

1141
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 3: most in the NFL of any running back. So when

1142
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,880
Speaker 3: you're looking at this Raider team that's twenty ninth in

1143
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 3: scoring offense right now, averaging only seventeen point two points

1144
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 3: per game. Yeah, it's easy to say, oh, they just

1145
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 3: haven't been very good, well kinda, and we'll dig into why.

1146
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 3: But they have some really good players and it begins

1147
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 3: with Ashon Genty. You cannot let Ashton Genty have a

1148
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,800
Speaker 3: huge day in this game because the challenge for the

1149
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 3: Chiefs going into this game is you just played great

1150
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,200
Speaker 3: against the Detroit Lions, maybe your best football game of

1151
00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:07,360
Speaker 3: the year. Everyone's excited. You cannot have a letdown against

1152
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 3: the Raiders because the record might not say it, but

1153
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:10,760
Speaker 3: they're still very talented.

1154
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 1: The perplexing thing about the Raiders to this point has

1155
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: been Gino Smith's interceptions.

1156
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 2: That's where you go.

1157
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: That goes right to the top of the list in

1158
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,319
Speaker 1: the fact that he has ten interceptions. Let me tag

1159
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: one thing on Genty because last year the Raiders were

1160
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: just terrible in the run game. They were two hundred

1161
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:31,359
Speaker 1: yards less rushing than thirty first in the league, so

1162
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: they were dead bottom, way bottom they go draft gent

1163
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,720
Speaker 1: that has changed in fact genty among rookie running backs

1164
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,560
Speaker 1: in Raiders' history with what he has done in scrimming

1165
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,439
Speaker 1: yards in his first six games of his career, only

1166
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,439
Speaker 1: Marcus Allen or Josh Jacobs in Raiders' history has been

1167
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: better than Ashton genty. So it gives you an idea

1168
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,560
Speaker 1: of his talent, his ability, and his ability to create

1169
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: plays that aren't necessarily created to be big plays are

1170
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,399
Speaker 1: you're looking at ten plus runs and other men he's

1171
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 1: near the top or at the.

1172
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:02,760
Speaker 2: Top in the league.

1173
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: But the giveaways by Geno Smith. Six of his ten

1174
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:10,359
Speaker 1: interceptions this year have been without pressure or being blitzed. Now,

1175
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 1: we don't know if Brock Bauers is going to play

1176
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,360
Speaker 1: or not. He's last year's rookie phenom for the Raiders

1177
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: and you know, I both think he's terrific. He's the

1178
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: new Travis Kelcey of the NFL. But the interceptions and

1179
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: Geno Smith's been capable. He's won a lot of games

1180
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,160
Speaker 1: as a starting quarterback, especially in those four years as

1181
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,839
Speaker 1: a starter with the Seahawks, but he only had one

1182
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,320
Speaker 1: attempt over ten yards against Tennessee. So it looks like

1183
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: they've tried to kind of condense things for him. His

1184
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: total quarterback rating is thirty seven point one, thirty first

1185
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,400
Speaker 1: in the league. But you know he's capable of getting

1186
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: a click.

1187
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, we've seen Geno Smith have a lot of success

1188
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,720
Speaker 3: in the NFL, and he's with his guy and Pete Carroll,

1189
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 3: who knows what he can do better than anybody, and

1190
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 3: Chip Kelly's there calling the play. Has obviously been around

1191
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,799
Speaker 3: a long time. Kind of surprising so far for Geno

1192
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 3: because I think the in their mind they have these

1193
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 3: young players and gent and Bowers, and you plug in

1194
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 3: a veteran quarterback to kind of stabilize things. Well, Gino

1195
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:10,279
Speaker 3: struggled this year for the reasons that you said. The

1196
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 3: giveaways is the primary reason this Raider offense hasn't really

1197
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,440
Speaker 3: been able to move the ball. The other being their

1198
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 3: red zone offense has really struggled. This is the number

1199
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Speaker 3: thirty one red zone offense in the NFL. They're only

1200
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:24,360
Speaker 3: scoring touchdowns at a thirty nine percent clip. So they're talented,

1201
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 3: they have good players, and at times they've moved the

1202
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,320
Speaker 3: football just a lot of times instead of a touchdown,

1203
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:31,840
Speaker 3: they're either having a red zone field goal or turning

1204
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 3: the football over. And for the Chiefs in this game,

1205
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 3: they got to keep that going in both those categories.

1206
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 3: Got to make sure you take the ball away from

1207
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 3: Geno Smith and make sure they don't score when they

1208
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:42,839
Speaker 3: make it to the red zone, because again, you can't

1209
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 3: let Las Vegas hang around in this game. And that

1210
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 3: was the issue with the Jacksonville game. The Chiefs had

1211
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 3: numerous opportunities a couple weeks ago to put that game

1212
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:52,880
Speaker 3: away and they couldn't do it. To their credit, against Detroit,

1213
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 3: they did. Detroit pulled within a field goal early in

1214
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,279
Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, and I'm sure a lot of people

1215
00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 3: were saying, okay, here the Lions go. Well, the Chiefs

1216
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:01,959
Speaker 3: defense and shut the door, and the offense also shut

1217
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 3: the door by keeping pressure on Detroit. Got to have

1218
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:07,040
Speaker 3: see a similar performance here in this game from the Chiefs.

1219
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:10,239
Speaker 3: Turn the football over from the Raiders offense and stop

1220
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:11,839
Speaker 3: him in the red zone, because those are the two

1221
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 3: areas the Raiders have struggled all year.

1222
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:15,840
Speaker 2: Long, and defensively they've struggled.

1223
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: But if Max Crosby gets off the bus, nobody's played

1224
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:21,760
Speaker 1: more snaps than Max Crosby, at least on a percentage

1225
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 1: among defensive linemen. He's out there all the time, and

1226
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 1: he can also wreck a game where we saw the

1227
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: ninety nine yard pick six against Jacksonville flipped that game.

1228
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: The Raiders have the ability to take the ball away,

1229
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:39,480
Speaker 1: but none more profound than Max Crosby, who's one of

1230
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: the most difficult guys in this league to block, and

1231
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,640
Speaker 1: the Chiefs have struggled to block him and try to

1232
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 1: influence him, like he kind of knows the Chiefs tricks.

1233
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 1: And it's kind of interesting back and forth how the

1234
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,920
Speaker 1: Chiefs offense and pat in particular were like, well, we

1235
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,880
Speaker 1: know your tricks, Max, and then Max will do the

1236
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:56,839
Speaker 1: trick beyond the trick.

1237
00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:00,440
Speaker 2: It's like a battle of superheroes. But Max Crosby is

1238
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 2: a force and has to.

1239
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:03,960
Speaker 3: Be dealt with and he's super old school like he

1240
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 3: just absolutely despises us, which I appreciate it. That's how

1241
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 3: Chiefs and Raiders should be. I think it's great, and

1242
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,399
Speaker 3: you know, he's a great player. This Raiders defensive front

1243
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,800
Speaker 3: in general can get after the quarterback. They have fourteen

1244
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:19,320
Speaker 3: sacks this year. Crosby leads the way with four of those.

1245
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 3: Also has twenty five pressures, but second year defensive tackle

1246
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 3: Jonah Lalou Jonah Lalou. It's close, Yeah, it's close enough.

1247
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 3: He's been pretty good for him. He's four sacks already.

1248
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:32,279
Speaker 3: And then Malcolm Kootz is still on this team, and

1249
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 3: he brought up the Christmas Day game earlier in the podcast.

1250
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:37,280
Speaker 3: Last time we saw Malcolm Koontz, he had three sacks

1251
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:40,359
Speaker 3: on Christmas Day. Block Malcolm Koontz. Don't allow these guys

1252
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:41,000
Speaker 3: to blow up the day.

1253
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:42,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, but you got to deal with Crosby and those

1254
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:45,120
Speaker 1: things open up. And koot Smiths last year, Yeah, people

1255
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,240
Speaker 1: forget he had the injuries. We've seen him since Christmas,

1256
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:48,959
Speaker 1: we have not and that wiped him out of twenty

1257
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,440
Speaker 1: twenty four. Well, he's back and he looks to be

1258
00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: a something to have to be dealt with. But this week, hey,

1259
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:00,840
Speaker 1: it's about area codes and zip codes, because earlier in

1260
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:04,120
Speaker 1: the podcast, we dialed up the five one four area

1261
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 1: code could be nine eight oh or a zip code

1262
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: of eight seven eight three two four