1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taken Dannage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: the day. When you get off the game, they can 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: playa Don't do what touchdown Kansas City, the chefs all 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: right in the thick of a baby and welcome once 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: again to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. Our Chiefs 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: podcast network is brought to you by Kansas City's own 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: three sixty Vodka, the official vodka the Kansas City Chiefs 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: gets you ready for watch and listen to this game 9 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: against the Tennessee Titans three sixty Vodka. And so many 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: people have weighed in that are listening to the podcast. 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: We've heard from the East Coast. I think you're guys 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: back in Washington when you played for the Redskins. We've 13 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: heard from Frederick, Maryland. We've heard the Canadian provinces. We've 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: heard from south of the border. We're headed there next week, 15 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: so we appreciate all of you in the Chiefs Kingdom listening. 16 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: We've heard from Richmond, Virginia another ss. Yes, I'm telling 17 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: you Richmond, Virginia's wighing in here. But this week, the Chiefs, 18 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: after their exhilarating victory over the Minnesota Vikings, which felt 19 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: like two is like I said on the play by 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: play six and three, never felt so good to beat 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: a team like that with six starters out and missing 22 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. Now it looks like the band will be 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: together for the most part as the Chiefs go to 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: Nashville to take on the Titans. But this podcast is 25 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: dealing barbershop. Mitch Alters with your voice to the Chiefs, 26 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: by the way, along with Sean Barber, ten year NFL 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: veteran aka the Barbershop aka the Shop aka Spider Man. 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: This podcast deals with when does football assimil aid baseball? 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: And to me, it is when you close the game. 30 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: Let's give a shout out to the twenty fourteen Kansas 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: City Royals first of all, the first team that made 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the world serious and Sadie five and that team made 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: it to me because they could close games barbershop like 34 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: no other. Yeah, they had a special triple hit monster. 35 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: I think we talked with hdh her Rra, Davis and 36 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: Holland came in once. Once we entered a baseball game 37 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: in the seventh inning UM and we had the league. 38 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: It was basically a win. We knew that those three 39 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: guys was gonna come in H one two three one 40 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: two three one two three ball game. Um. And they 41 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: did it the entire year and then through the postseason, 42 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 1: and that that does have a lot of similarities to 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: a to a football game. UM. They're a point in 44 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: the game where, um, you get to that seven minute 45 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: mark before the end of the game. And there are 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: certain ways that you have to execute on offense, defense, 47 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: and special teams that you can either shut the door. 48 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: We call it stepping on the jugular right cutting off 49 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: their air, closing the door, or do you leave the 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: door open? You do you leave just a crack open 51 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: so that that that teams you've been having down, that 52 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: you that you have down can actually come back and 53 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: force you to score one more time or get another 54 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: first down, or make another stop and give themselves a 55 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 1: chance to win. The great teams that the teams that 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: end up I think you know, raising trophies time and 57 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: time again, are those that know how to finish and 58 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: close out close ball games. This is the first quarter 59 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: of the Defending the Kingdom episode of closing it learning 60 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: how to close as you know you're defending Kingdom, Brethren, 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: Now that I've been with us all year, now that 62 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: we break this down into quarters the fifteen World champion 63 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: Royals had. They didn't have Hogland, but they had Davis. 64 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: I don't think he gave up ahead all year. But 65 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: what led me to this topic with Hugh Barber Shap 66 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: is the way the Chiefs closed the game last week 67 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: against the Minnesota Vikings. It was brilliant. I watched this 68 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: game twice. She usually I don't have time to watch 69 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: him twice, but I wanted to watch this again, mainly 70 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: because of the way the defense the last two series. 71 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: It's just set us up again. The Vikings. Good team, 72 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: they could be in the NFC championship game. Good team 73 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: has a three point lead and the ball to your point. 74 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: You're gonna leave a crack open. There's the crack. Whoops, 75 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: shut three out in one minute and thirteen seconds. Defended 76 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: the boot, defended, cook, defended Cook punt. But then the 77 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs get a fifty four yard field goal, but the 78 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: Vikings had the ball tied. They go get it. They 79 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: gonna get it done. They can win the game. Boom 80 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: forty seven seconds batted down pass, blown up screen by 81 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 1: dirty Dan Sorensen. Batted down pass Colin Saunders, pressure Chris 82 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: Jones agbun others and the chief sees the game and 83 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,799 Speaker 1: finished it against the Viking team that had been finishing 84 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: earlier in the year. What did that sequence tell you 85 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: potentially about the Kansas City Chiefs finishing game? Man, I 86 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: tell you they had the heart of a champion. And 87 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: that's the thing that you hope that this team has 88 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: been growing towards. Not not worrying about wins and losses 89 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: for the first half the season, but you want to 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: make sure they're growing and developing into a team that 91 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: has confidence in one another, trusting one another. And that's 92 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: coaches and players. The coaches trusted put a play in 93 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: a situation it might be tough. The player trusted when 94 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 1: the coach puts him that situation, he has a skill 95 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: to be successful in that situation. I think when when 96 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: when most people talk about ball games and you analyze 97 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: the ball game, everybody says, hey, each ball game has 98 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: four or five players that could go either way, and 99 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: whoever wins those four or five usually wins the ball game. 100 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: You just rattled off almost nine different plays that had 101 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: to happen in the Chiefs excelled and succeeded at nine 102 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: out of nine. To give them chance, give themselves a 103 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: chance to kick a field goal and win the game 104 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: and close the door. That rarely happens in the football game, 105 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: that the momentum tilts to one side, that drastically over 106 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: and over and over again, and that same team comes 107 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: up big over and over again. You bring up and 108 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: with three four field goals in the game, but three 109 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: closing field goals by Bud Kurt. Really one of the 110 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: second half, the one to tie it from fifty four, 111 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: the one to win it from forty four in difficult conditions. 112 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: Dustin Colkwood told me earlier this week, he said, I 113 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: think it's top three difficult conditions in my fifteen years 114 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: at the Arrowhead because of the wind. Really tricky wins. 115 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: But let's talk about closing the game. And you've been 116 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: around great kickers. When you look at an Adam Dytarian 117 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: in his prime, okay, you look at the great kickers 118 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: that ever played in the NFL, those were closers. You knew, 119 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: I don't care it's a fifty forty fifty six, they're 120 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: gonna close it and hit it. He hit four, but 121 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: three big time second half and two when everything's on 122 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: the line. And I think when you talk about the 123 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: wind and dust and talk pre game. I mean I 124 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: watched a little pregame. He wasn't the most accurate. I mean, 125 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: he was missing a few. He was off to the left, 126 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: off to the right, you know, um, not really dead 127 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: center like he usually is on pre game. And to 128 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: make the adjustment going from pre game being a little 129 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: bit off, a little bit not as you know, not 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: as dead center as you usually are. And then when 131 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: the pressures up and his focus gets a laser laser 132 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: focus and he needs to perform at the highest level 133 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: with all that pressure and anxiety, he comes through not 134 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: only once, not twice, three, four times in a ball game. 135 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: I think that's the that's the sign, that's the mark 136 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: of a chance, that's the that's the mark of a 137 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: true competitor. That went with all the pressure and everything 138 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: going on, he's able to just zone it on out 139 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: and it becomes just him the ball in that field goal, 140 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: and he drilled him. He did a great job. All 141 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: game defenses can close, kickers can close. Let's don't overlook 142 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: the snapper Winchester here and the holder with coal Quit 143 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: and the protection. It had to happen four times, yes, 144 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: against a pretty good kickblocking team. In Minnesota. But you 145 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: had everybody had to be on to close it out. 146 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: Everybody had to be on the same page and do 147 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: it all right. They did it all right. Yeah. You know, 148 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: people take that for granted, right to snap the whole. 149 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: They take all that, you know, and they say, hey, 150 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: it's all about the kicker. He has to make it now. 151 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: All these other people the protection, right, the other eight 152 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: guys up there lining up to protect, to keep the 153 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: other team from getting All of those things have to 154 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: work in unison for just to give the opportunity for 155 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: that kicker to get the ball up and pass the 156 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Uh. And then he asked, I mean 157 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: he hit that ball so sweet. You just knew it 158 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: was good right when the foot And then to see 159 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: the amount of excitement from the entire team when that 160 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: that final field goal went through. In our quarterback Pat 161 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: Mahomes jumps, jumps out there on the field and starts 162 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: joining the celebration. I mean, that was a big win. 163 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: That was a big win. I'm after having two home 164 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: losses in a row. Um, you know, you just felt 165 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs needed to uh kind of kind of 166 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 1: climb that mountain and uh and overcome some things. Um, 167 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: and they did it. They did it in a big 168 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: way versus the Minnesota Vikings. And the reason they won 169 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: that game they were able to finish, baby, And that's 170 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: what we're dealing with, finishing games. The great teams in 171 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: this league just close it out and finished games. That 172 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: leads us to the next point, the second quarter. Dealing 173 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: with this week's game against the Tennessee Titans. I mean, 174 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: here they are, uh, and it's so one of the 175 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: things we're gonna do on the radio pregame if you listen. 176 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: I had a chance to talk earlier this week with 177 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: Eric band I mean I asked him about this topic, 178 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 1: just getting ready for this podcast Barbershop. His eyes lit 179 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: up and he looked like Will Ferrell with like the 180 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: Odin of fire eyes. He goes and he just took off. Yeah, okay, 181 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: about closing games. How you close games in the league. 182 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: I thought, I struck a nerve, and you know how 183 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: he is man. When the nerve gets struck, the dude's 184 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: locked on. But I want to talk about this opponent, 185 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: and it brings up some history here. We'll deal with 186 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 1: some history in coach reads first year. And one of 187 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: the things I love was working with you guys on 188 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: field past two before the game. Unbj kissel I do 189 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: a feature now called story Time. It's like bringing Grampa 190 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: and tell the story. But the greatest turnaround from one 191 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: dismal season to the next was Andy Reid's first year 192 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: here in Kansas City. Twenty thirteen. Chiefs were two and fourteen. 193 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: It was as dark as the darkest night. When coach 194 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: was hired, things started to light up a bit at 195 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: a time, like the movie Pleasantville. You know, people start 196 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: turning into color every bit. That's where it was a 197 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: nine and oh star to the next. It was the 198 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: greatest turner in the NFL history. It's why San Francisco 199 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: is doing it now. It led five wins last year, 200 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: but it's bringing up that, Oh look at the Chiefs 201 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: of thirteen. In the middle of that nine game streak 202 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: was a game against the Tennessee Titans Barbershop. They were tough, 203 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: but the Chiefs were able to do exactly what we're 204 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: talking about. That's our second quarter here is dealing with 205 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: this Titan game. Our second quarter on the podcast, defending 206 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: the Kingdom, dealing with the Titans. And that's when I 207 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: learned from coach read how you close games out in 208 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: all three phases because they did it special teams that day, 209 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: offense and defense. Well, you talked about a running back coach. 210 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: You mentioned coach b Enemy and the fire that jumps 211 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: into his eye. That's the nature that beast. When you're 212 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: a running back coach, you know that when you have 213 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: a league and you're going into the final minutes of 214 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: a game, if you can run the ball and keep 215 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: the clock moving and create a couple first downs, then 216 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: you get to finish the game with the offensive on 217 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: the field. There is no better a feeling than to 218 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: know your position, your position group. You're running backs and 219 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: you know he's office coordinating now, but he's by nature 220 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: a running back. He did so many great years of 221 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: running the ball, not only in the league by the 222 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: University of Colorado Buffalos. But when when you know that 223 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: one of your guys in that backfield is the guy 224 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: that toted the rock when the other team know you 225 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: was gonna run it, and you still ran the ball, 226 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: still grounded three to four yards to carry and continue 227 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: to get first down first downs, taking off that that 228 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: last five six minutes off the clock and able to 229 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: ride raise your hand in victory. After that game is over, 230 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: you know that you're a better man than that other team. 231 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 1: That that kind of man, the man um there's that. 232 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: There's not so many scenarios in a football game where 233 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: you get to go mono or mino. It's just you know, uh, 234 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: you know we're about to do and no matter how 235 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: bad you want to stop us, we're gonna run this 236 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: ball down your throat and end this game with us 237 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: on the field. We're not gonna have the defense go back. 238 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna end the game the right way. Scenarios like 239 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: that is what championship football is all about. And I 240 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: think coach the enemy coach read they've seen it enough 241 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: times and no, you have to be able to do 242 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: that late in the season. You have to be able 243 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: to run the ball, get tough first downs, no matter 244 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: if they know you're running then and uh continue to 245 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: grind that that that that that time of possession away 246 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: from the other team. Well, and people kid me when 247 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: I say put the hammer down on the Monday night, 248 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: chiefscad exactly what it is. Or I start the fourth quarter, 249 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: I say, you know what time it is in the 250 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, It's time to put the hammer down. People 251 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: are gonna joke or make fun of it, but honestly, 252 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: there's a message there because the best teams put the 253 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: hammer down. Um now, let's let's let's just deal with 254 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: reality here. And it goes back with past history with 255 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, because here comes Derrick Henry again. And 256 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: to me, Derrick Henry is the kid, and you're always 257 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: the big kid, and you were a big kid. I 258 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: was a kid. No, I was a man. The big kid. 259 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: The big kid was zis. He's got zits and facial hair, 260 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: he's got body odor, you know what I'm talking about. 261 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: I knew a couple of kids there were six foot 262 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: uh since the six seventh grade, So I knew a 263 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: couple of big kids, a little overgrown kids. I was. 264 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: I was a little skinny dude. Man. I was five 265 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: eleven hundred sixty pounds until I graduated high school. You know, 266 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: they give to dude the ball every time. Yes, when 267 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: you jump on him and you try to get in 268 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: and your carriage you for five yards yards, he's gonna 269 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: get it get in. And I'm telling you, Jeric Henry 270 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: is the NFL's version. He's two forty seven. Yeah, he's 271 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: been that way his whole life. He's been a big 272 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: his Alabama. He's been trucking guys and running over him. 273 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: He don't try to avoid contact. He's a physical style runner. 274 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: And to marry him up with a coach like coach Rabel, 275 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: who is a physical style like like. He wants to 276 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: make the game a line of scrimmage game. It doesn't 277 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 1: want to be played on the perimeter. He's not He's 278 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: not trying to go out and get himself a fast 279 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: or a physical receiver. He's not trying to have a 280 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: prolific passer. He wants to hand the ball off to 281 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: a beast and have him run downhill, power beer game 282 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: off tackle and continue to have you know, four or 283 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: five yards in the cloud of dust, picking you up 284 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: off the ground and tell you we're gonna do it 285 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: again and again and again until late in the game 286 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: you don't want to hit no more. That's that's the 287 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: mentality of a Tennessee Titans game, and that's the mentality 288 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: of their entire team. Well, and let's be honest, some 289 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: bad history here. Twenty sixteen regular season Chiefs get upset 290 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: twelve and four. Chiefs team lose. Nineteen seventeen at home 291 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: to the Titans. Why Derrick Henry, the big kids got 292 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: the ball, and he's gonna close it out. Twenty seventeen playoffs. 293 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: This one gets hard. Man gets hard for me. This 294 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: is called steering wheel pounders. I'm at the red light, 295 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: you're in front of me, but I'm pounding the steering 296 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: wheel because I'm thinking of the seventeen playoffs. Yeah, I 297 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: think a Jeff Triplett's non call. I think a Mariota 298 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: throwing a pass back to himself. But mainly I see 299 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry fourth quarter, hammer time, taking the game over. 300 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: Now the Chiefs are gonna play him again in Nashville. 301 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: Here's what I'm talking about. You close the game out 302 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: on this guy, You tackle the big kid, you take 303 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: your big kids in small edge and tackling. You closed 304 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: the game on this guy. This Yeah, I think I 305 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: think the scenario is a little bit different now. I 306 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: think you know, in the history of our defense, uh, 307 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: we've been playing with the tackles of the pass rushers, 308 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: right we we we we honored and we took we 309 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: took a lot of credit with getting to the past 310 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: or creating sacks. Now we got now we got, we got, 311 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: we got some studs in the middle. Now we got 312 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: Naughty and Sanders. We got guys that love taking on 313 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: double teams, love holding the double team um and letting 314 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: the linebackers coming, relieving them. Um, you saw you saw 315 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: him all that penetration, Uh, Derek Naughty had and creating 316 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: uh tackles for loss and and and having having Uh 317 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: a cook going going east and west, not north and south. 318 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: That's what you talk You talk about a running back. Um, 319 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: you get a running back going east and west south 320 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: out of the sideline. Um, that's gonna be a long 321 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: day for the running back. They always trying to find 322 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: an avenue of a route to get north and south. 323 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: Our guys are two guys did a phenomenal job last week, 324 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: and they're gonna have to do a better job this 325 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: week because for the focus of this running game is 326 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: a downhill power game. They're gonna they're gonna run right 327 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: at your zero techniques, your one techniques or three techniques. 328 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: They're not worrying about getting on the edges as much. 329 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: They're trying to get to the end zone in as 330 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: few yards as possible. And that's going north south. Almost 331 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: broke out to amen, I'm just gonna amen, keep preaching, brother, 332 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: because as fans, we get so caught up in sacks. 333 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: That's how we play fantasy football. We need something. Sacks 334 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: and picks, give me something. I want a defensive front 335 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: that will shut down the run and close games. And 336 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: you know what, they'll get their sacks, they'll come, but 337 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: close down the run and the way that defensive group 338 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: played last week against Dalvin Cook, especially at the end 339 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: of game. Amen and Amen. Halftime of this edition of 340 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: Defending the kingdomber on to you by three sixty Vodka, 341 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: the official vodka of the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City 342 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: based uh three sixty vodka. You know in the NFL 343 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: you only get twelve minutes quick is now college or halftime? 344 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: You get an orange, You do your thing biologically, and 345 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: then you get right back on the field for the 346 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom podcast. Those of you who follow us 347 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: to all year, No, it's one second there. Now we 348 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: go to the third quarter as the Chiefs getting ready 349 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: to play the Titans, and we're dealing with finishing. When 350 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: does football assimilate baseball? The good teams finish, you put 351 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: the closer on the game, game is over. Now I'm 352 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: going to ask you, I'm learning on your expertise here 353 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: because I'm looking for the characteristics of a player who 354 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: is built or learns to finish in the National Football League. 355 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: Easier said than done. But when I say, who were 356 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: the finishers in your ten year career that come to mind? 357 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: Who comes to mind for you that you played with 358 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: and why were they that? Well? Man? First and foremost 359 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: is Brian Dawkins. Hey man. We know he's a Hall 360 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: of Fame guy. He knows the great man, man of faith. 361 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: I'm building bit of men he has. Brian Dawkins found 362 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,479 Speaker 1: they all those great things about him. But on the field, 363 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: he was such an emotional leader. He was such a 364 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: physical He led by actions, now by where it was 365 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: and what came out of his mouth. It was his 366 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: body language. You never saw him tired or looking tired. 367 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure he was exhausted after all the energy he's spent, 368 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: but you never saw him physically leaning over or lyne down, 369 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: or staying on the ground or having his head drape, 370 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: you know, looking down at the ground. He was always 371 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: looking up, expecting our defense to rise up to every occasion, 372 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: in every moment in the fourth quarter, he knew the 373 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: importance of how to win and finish each play, how 374 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: to finish each drive, how to finish each game throughout 375 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 1: the end of the season. So it starts with the play, right, 376 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: you want to finish the play. So he always talked 377 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: about we played through the echo of the whistle. We 378 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: don't just play until we think the guy's getting tackled. 379 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: We play until not that we first hit the while whistle, 380 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: but until that whistle blows and there's an echo after 381 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: the whistle. You want to be the last guy moving. 382 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: You want to finish with yourself on top of them. 383 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: You driving that running back back. You never should have 384 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: to worry about a running back getting away and getting 385 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: some extra yardis because you pursue and you hunt as 386 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: a unit through the echo of the whistle to finish 387 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: every play. And then when you talk about finishing every drive, 388 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: the drives that happened in the fourth quarter of the game. 389 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: When it comes to play scenario, each drive is important. 390 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: But the end of the drive right before half, that 391 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: has like double bonus. We know if you score right 392 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: before half, that's a double bonus. But the last possession 393 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: of the game, you can either tie the ball game, 394 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: you can go up you get to go. There's so 395 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: many scenarios that will influence the outcome of that ball game. 396 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: When you're the last person on the field standing and 397 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: you get to dictate how that game is finished, is 398 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: no better experience. And that's no better it's no greater 399 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: emotion that you can have to know that you were 400 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: on that field and your side of the ball, whether 401 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: it's special teams, offensive defense, you've finished a game and 402 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: finished that drive the right way, and you can finish 403 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: on an offense too. I think of some examples this year, 404 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: the fourteen yards screen pass against the Ravens. Pat Mahomes 405 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: is a finisher. To me, people like man four thousand 406 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: yards blow out, five thousand yards, fifty in red own, touchdown, touchdown. 407 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: He has shown me in the NFL in his young 408 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: career he can finish a game Ravens this year fourteen 409 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: yards screen Darryl Williams game over, first down, kneel down. 410 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: The other was the Detroit game. He's got the ball 411 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: in his hands, we're gonna go win the game on 412 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: the road against a good Detroit defense. He takes it 413 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: down and does it. The other example to me, or 414 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: the you go book at the Super Bowl four Chiefs 415 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: Championship team, Willie Lanier, Bobby Bell, Curly Colp. I'm going 416 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: to am at Thomas. There were six Hall of famers 417 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: on that team at all three levels, but a Willie Lanier. 418 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: If you study that cat, he was going to finish 419 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: the game. I remember the Jets at the one yard line, 420 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: first and goal at the one he goes, I saw 421 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: heads down. I was not going to let them conceive. Yes, sir, 422 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: we closed. We finish it right here. That's what you're 423 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: talking about it. I had a chance to actually have 424 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: dinner with Willie Lanier and Yarn Sinnery and we talked 425 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: about that experience and we brought up that exact scenario 426 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: that drive when the Jets got down to the one 427 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: yard line and Willie Lania looked at his teammate and 428 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: he knew something had to happen. He saw men who 429 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: were a little bit defeated. They felt sorry for themselves, 430 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 1: and they thought that they were gonna give up a 431 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: score and he had to do something. So what he 432 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: did is took it upon his own shoulders. He said, 433 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: I took up I took a gap. I knew that 434 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: I could jump the count if I was offside, it 435 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: would be a half yard a penalty, but if they 436 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: fall started, it would cost him five yards and we 437 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: would have a better chance. So he said, he anticipated 438 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: the call, he anticipated the count, and he just blitz 439 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: the a gap and he end up getting the tackle 440 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: for loss, which then made it second and four. And 441 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: then the defense gave him a little breath, gave him 442 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: a little bit of okay, okay, feeling some excitement. And 443 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: then they made a great uh stop on the running 444 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: back uh for no game And that led to a 445 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: third day where Bobby Bell actually covered the running back 446 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: um um uh Joe Joe Joe hub Joe Namath couldn't 447 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: complete the pass and that was the big stand. That 448 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,959 Speaker 1: was the standard that game that led to that victory, 449 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: and he remembers it to this day of the emotion 450 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: and the leadership it took for him to at that 451 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: at that one inch line, to draw that line and say, hey, 452 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: they get no more. They don't get another inch, not 453 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: another yard. And then from a personal standpoint, him invoking 454 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: enough energy and excitement um to overcome whatever ailments he 455 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: had in his body, to let his will uh be 456 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: be what overtook that that scenario that's an amazing m 457 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: part of Chief's history. It's the most forgotten sequence in 458 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: that run of that entire season to a world championship. 459 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: You're going, wait, minut, dude, you're living in the past 460 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: while you're bringing all that up, because I saw it 461 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: last week against the Vikings. I saw it from that 462 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: defense saying we're down three punt, we tied it. Now 463 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: we're you could nope, We're gonna go win it. And 464 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: to me, that was a gigantic step forward for this defense. 465 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: But we've also brought up how an offense can finish 466 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: the game. We brought up how special teams can finish 467 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: your game. Now, as we under the fourth quarter of 468 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: this podcast, Defending the Kingdom episode Windows Football Assimilate Baseball. Closing, 469 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: it goes to and coach Reid, we're getting mad at me. 470 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: I thinks for this, I think you'd make me even 471 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: wash my mouth out was soap. But the fourth quarter 472 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: deals with finishing this season. Now seven games to go 473 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: in the regular season, we'll just take it at that 474 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: six of the seven, or against the AFC four or 475 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: against the Division. Of the two that are not against 476 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: the Division. Here you go, Chiefs Kingdom fans. The last 477 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: two or against teams were the last two to beat 478 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom in the playoffs. This week against the 479 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: Titans seventeen, last week against the pay last one against 480 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: the last year against the pass in eighteen. That's what's 481 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: in front of you. I know, how do you close this? 482 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: It's so tough for me as a player to go 483 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,239 Speaker 1: against how I was coached. You know, looking at it, 484 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: there's four quarters right now. We're in the third quarters 485 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: of the season. We took care of business last week 486 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: starting one and oh it's three more. We have three 487 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: more games as part of this quarter. We don't look 488 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: at the fourth quarter game. We're not looking at those 489 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: last four quarters yet. But for this, but this podcast, 490 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: I will I will allow myself to go with outside 491 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: of my comfort zone and look at the entire second 492 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: half of the season as a second half of the 493 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: season and go against my breaking it down to the quarters. 494 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: But six or seven teams are all AFC. We know 495 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: AFC games matter more because it comes to the conference tiebreakers. 496 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: Only one NC NFC team and that one's against the Bears. 497 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: And you know that that means a lot to our 498 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: players and our coaching staff because one of our own. 499 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: It's sitting over there, and we want we want to 500 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: make sure that we play play our best at Chicago. 501 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: But then those two teams that we lost to in 502 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs, facing the Patriots and the Titans, and having 503 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: a sense of revenge and retribution and having a little 504 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: bit of edge on our shoulder to pay those guys 505 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: back because they ended our seasons. The lad that they 506 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: ended our possible run to a Super Bowl was at 507 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: the hands of the New England Patriots in the Tennessee Titans, 508 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: and we have a chance this week in their home 509 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: at the Titans in Nashville, to get a little bit 510 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: of payback, get a little bit of retribute, get a 511 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: little bit of that respect back. We're earning it every 512 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: week we got We're doing the things we need to 513 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: do in the practice field as a staff, as an 514 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: organization to earn our respect. But it would be nothing 515 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 1: as a player, as a former player, it would be 516 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: nothing more sweeter than to get a win versus a 517 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: team to ended your season and getting guys back. The 518 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: dynamic of getting guys back. I put it out on Twitter. 519 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: One hundred and thirty seven washed uh games from starters 520 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: combined that's crazy, um, And that that's your quivalent of 521 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: having no starters for the game and a half, and 522 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: yet you're six and three. But now guys come back, 523 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: So how does this integration work and trying to finish 524 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: this and close out this week's game. Well, I think 525 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: the guys that are coming back have to utilize your 526 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: fresh legs, right, they have, they should have. Their body 527 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: should be fresh, no bumps, no bruises. Um. So, yet 528 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: you expect those guys to be the first and second 529 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: quarter like throwing gasoline on the fire. They should have 530 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: some explosion and some something. We said the fresh legs 531 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: having some rejuvenation that allow the guys have been doing 532 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: it since week one U to to to to hold 533 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: on and continue to just churn, churn, churn and get better. Um. 534 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: But it should add some depth to the ranks. Um. 535 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: Our d line gets a little bit deeper. We have 536 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: some linebackers that are able to rotate around. We have 537 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: some some we've seen uh twenty seven, we've seen some 538 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: some some cornerback plays, we've seen some safeties. We've seen 539 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 1: the Chow Chow number twenty four or get some playing time. 540 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 1: So we have some faith in some guys some confidence, 541 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: some guys that if everybody the starting eleven on both 542 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: sides to stay healthy, you still have some question marks 543 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: if the backups can't even play or not. But we've 544 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: had to deal with so many as you if you 545 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: recalled one hundred and some misquarters of football from our starters. 546 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: We've had to rely through the rinks for them, the 547 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: guys to rise up and show they can play at 548 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: this level. And they've done that over and over again. 549 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: They've shown they can play at this level and they 550 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: have some room for growth. But now we're getting those 551 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: starters back, so the depth in every room is getting 552 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: back to where we're hitting on all cylinders, and there's 553 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: no better time to hit on all cylinders in the 554 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: second half of the season into the playoffs. So as 555 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: we close this edition of Defending the Kingdom, we've come 556 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: to conclusion you can close the game on offense, you 557 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: can close the game on defense, and you can close 558 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,360 Speaker 1: the game on special teams. Here we go barber shop 559 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: and man. Trust in communication. I think that's something the 560 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: Chiefs has more of that than any other team in 561 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 1: the league, and that's why we still every weekend has 562 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: faith in our team can guard didn't get it done. 563 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: Versus anybody any place, anywhere you want to. You want 564 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: to cleanse your soul as a fan, you want a 565 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: little bit of how do I get ready for the 566 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans game? Hey, tune into the Defending the Kingdom podcast. 567 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: Allow us to cleanse your soul, to renew your mind, 568 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: renew your body as you're prepared for that that that 569 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: new game is coming on Sunday. Baby, I'm telling you cold, hot, wet, 570 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: dry home road, seal it, win it. Closing. Thanks for 571 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: listening to the Chief's official podcast network Touchdown and the 572 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: Celebration to get into their own hand