WEBVTT - NFL REPORT: Who has it better than the Harbaugh’s? 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.200 This is Dave Canalis OC for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:09.920 and this is the NFL Report. 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:14.880 Welcome to the NFL Report. James Palmer. Rhett lewis with you. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:17.599 We're gonna have to have Dave Canalis do another one 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.599 of those because the title is incorrect rhet. Rhett is 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:25.159 filling in for Steve Witch. We have a boatload of 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.880 faces rhet that we are gonna get to, including Dante Hall, 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.280 the human joy Stay, one of the most entertaining players 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:34.479 to watch Chiefs Legend. We also have Oma Owez Stacy 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.839 Dale's covering us for the NFC side of things. Baldi 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:40.320 will be with us as well for Baldi's favorite films. 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.720 I'm so glad you joined us on a show where 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:44.120 there's so little to talk about. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.239 Yeah, I mean, that's why you had to bring me in, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.720 right as the content specialist, as the conversationalist here. This 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.040 is That's why I'm here. Yeah, man, It's it's exciting, 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:54.960 and this is this is like my favorite time of 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:57.080 the year because we get to merge you know, my 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.320 favorite worlds, right which are you know? You get the 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:01.840 NFL post season, which is impossible to beat, but it's 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.200 also the beginning of draft season, right, So we're gonna 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.160 have all star games coming up next week. I'm getting 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.480 ready to head to Frisco, Texas for the ninety ninth 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:13.280 annual East West Shrine Bowls. Senior Bowl kicks off next week, 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:15.000 and I'm gonna have a little bit, a little bit 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.240 of a little bit of something for you on some 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:19.600 names to watch from those games later in the show. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.319 I like it. I like it. I like it. Let's 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.559 get to these head coaching changes. I said it, Rhett. 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.760 Dave Canalis is no longer the offensive coordinator for the 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.040 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is the new head coach of 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:35.360 the Carolina Panthers. When this hire happened just a little 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.000 bit before we started this show, what was the first 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.720 thing that went through your mind? Right? Wow? 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.720 I mean it really was, because it feels like a 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:48.360 dramatic star rise and a star turn for Dave Canalis 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:52.480 jp one year as the offensive coordinator play caller in 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.240 Tampa and now is getting his shot as a head coach. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.000 And the one thing that I that I know is 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:59.360 for certain. I mean, the Panthers have gone through this process, right, 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.280 they brought in a ton of different guys. We know 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.200 this is a demanding ownership group, right with David Tepper 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.200 just hired their new GM under Statemle Ran. Yep, Yep, 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:13.919 probably a little bit. I really like Dan Morgan as 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.760 a GM. He's been there as the assistant. He knows 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.959 what good programs are like and how to build them, 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.760 and he knows what it means to be. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:22.359 In lockstep with a head coach. 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.280 He saw it with Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott up 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:28.040 in Buffalo when he was up with that crew, and 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.600 so now coming here to Carolina, I feel like that's 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.200 what you're gonna get with Morgan, with Canalis and this 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.800 brain trust moving forward, trying to get Bryce Young and 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:38.200 this Carolina Panthers team. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.000 Movement, and that's the ticket right there. What is your 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.040 plan for Bryce Young? You know, it was asked to 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.800 every single guy who interviewed there with David Tepper, and 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.480 I think what we've seen Dave Knalison, he's been on 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:51.360 this show, He's talked to us at length about his 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.200 offensive philosophies. I think that's gonna be what a lot 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.480 of us are watching and what he does with Bryce Young. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.040 He has Baker Mayfield coming in and the one year. 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.440 There together, he's up for Comeback Player of the Year, 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.360 not only also before that Gino Smith and before that 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.000 Russell Wilson. What he's conveyed to us r at that 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.320 I think is so impressive is he said, really, everything 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.960 we do is molded to our quarterback. His ability to 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.800 change his offense for the skill set of his quarterback, 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.040 I think is one of his best traits. That he 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.280 continues to find concepts that work and then builds the 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.480 offense off those concepts and things that just don't work 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.200 for that quarterback are thrown out, as well as changing 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.679 other aspects around the quarterback. Look the shuffling he did 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.280 on that offensive line in Tampa. I want you here. 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.680 You used to play here, now you're over here, and 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.640 he changed it all to fit their skill sets, their 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.640 body types, and they ran the football better. He was 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.120 also able to build that entire offense off of a 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.520 wide receiver like Mike Evans and then figure out how 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:52.000 to play what defenses do play off of that. I 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.360 think it's an impressive offensive mind that has shown us 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.240 over the last couple of years that he has the 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.600 ability to adapt and change like nobody's business. All right, 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.760 let's move on to another head coach, Ratt that is 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.720 not getting his start. He is an old hat at 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.040 this game, coming off of a national championship. And is 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.280 Jim Harbaugh going to the Chargers. He is back in 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.280 the NFL, going to the place where you know, he 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:17.839 just couldn't get in the Lombardi Trophy in college. It 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.799 was always the thing that was driving him. He lands 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.800 with the Chargers. What will we see differently in Los Angeles? 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:24.000 Now? 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:25.480 Yeah, Well, I. 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:29.599 Think you're gonna see offense and team philosophy operated operated 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:30.479 in a much different way. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:31.920 I think this is going to be a gritty, er, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:32.719 tougher team. 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:34.960 I mean, that's that has been the hallmark of Jim 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.560 Harbaugh coach teams wherever he's been. I mean kind of 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.120 famously when he was at Stanford, got like all the 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.440 parents of all the players like locked into that, Hey, 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.800 bring your lunch, Paale, the work mentality. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.400 You know, we've got blue collars. 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.599 We might wear red jerseys, but we're making sure the 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:50.960 blue stays with the way. 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:51.359 That we play. 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:54.640 And the interesting thing here is what's he gonna do? 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:58.240 What does this look like for Justin Herbert. Obviously, Jim 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.479 Harbaugh has coached in sane mainly talented quarterbacks before. See 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.880 Andrew Luck at Stafford now at Stanford. Now, while they 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.120 didn't put up like ridiculous video game type numbers through 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:14.279 the air, everyone knew that Andrew Luck was an immense talent, right, 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.000 and Jim Harbost. 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:16.880 Brought that out in him. 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.279 So how he tailors this offense and his offensive staff 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.080 to accentuate Justin Herbert's skill set is going to be 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.479 really intriguing. I think there's gonna be an emphasis put 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.120 on building that offensive line even more than it already 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.000 has been. With their two first round picks the last 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.840 couple of years and Rashaan Slater and Zion Johnson, I 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.919 wouldn't be surprised if there's another high draft resource spent 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.320 on that front to get that roll in. And then 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.040 I think that this is this at number five overall 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.680 in this year's draft where the Chargers are picking. I 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.600 think this squarely puts brock Bowers the top tight end 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:53.240 in this class. In the conversation, right, that's high for 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:53.800 a tight end. 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:54.760 That's rich, I get it. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.760 But this is a tough, gritty dude. Even though he's 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.720 from Napa, California. He's a tough, gritty dude. He can 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.160 get dirty in the run game. He's an insane athlete. 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.919 He's great after the catch, phenomenal hands. Look at what 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.320 Jim Harbaugh did jp with the tight ends at Michigan 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.560 Colson Loveland. AJ Barner is going to be playing in 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.720 the Senior Bowl. They were dominant Luke Schoonmaker last year. 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.839 Drafted in the second round by the Cowboys. They're big 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.479 pieces of the offense. That's why I think that that 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.240 could be an opportunity to see brock Bauers come off 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:22.560 the board when we get to Detroit. 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:24.600 As you get your. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.240 Hands dirty going after grapes in the soil up there, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.000 and now it's fine, you get gritty and listen, tight 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.200 ends have flourished, especially rookies this past season. We've always 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:33.960 seen the run game, even though it was Andrew Luck 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:35.960 by the way, He's always had an emphasis on the 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.160 run game no matter where he has been, and you're right, 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.039 tight end's always a big part of what he does. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.680 Real quickly, I'll say, I think it's an identity, right. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.080 I think that has been lacking since this team moved 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.280 from San Diego to Los Angeles. They haven't even had 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.400 an identity in their own building, especially in their own city. 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.800 Now they bring in a head coach who was essentially, 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.680 look at us, make sure you pay attention to us. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.240 And they get somebody that is going to make sure 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:00.880 that they win football games and to make sure that 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.600 people notice that they're winning football games. And I think, honestly, 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.520 that's something that's been lacking with the Chargers. Let's go 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.280 to his brother real quickly before we get out of here, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.160 and look at the Ravens because this is a big 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.600 weekend for the Harbas. What do you see from the 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:19.240 Baltimore Ravens One part going into that AFC Championship game 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:20.080 that sticks out to you. 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.240 Yeah, one thing that really sticks out to me is 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:23.200 the way they've utilized the. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.880 Tight ends this year and obviously Mark and when he 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.480 got an All Pro type in Mark Andrews. That's easy 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.440 to do and easy to say, like, yeah, we want 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.000 to get Mark Andrews in the football. Well, he's been 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.040 out right for a couple months now with the injury, 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:35.840 although it sounds like he is on his way back 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.520 again fully participatingly like it just this week there, James, 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.960 but Isaiah likely has been tremendous as a target for 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:48.000 Lamar Jackson, especially in Mark Andrews's absence, and it's stuff 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.120 you talk to people around the Ravens and I saw 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.600 it this summer, spending some time with them like they 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.120 always knew that this is who Isaiah likely was. We 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.880 saw it in flashes his rookie year too. He's now 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.560 just getting those opportunities right with Mark Andrew's gone, So 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.720 I imagine even if Mark comes back, they're going to 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:06.360 find ways to accentuate what Isaiah likely can bring to 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:08.280 this team. So I'm getting to the end zone, you know, 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.800 a week ago, and basically, you know, I think he's 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:15.520 been really well developed, both having a stud like Mark 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.920 Andrews there, his tight ends coach George Gatzi is kind 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:19.600 of underrated in NFL circles. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:21.600 Think he does a great job getting those guys together. 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.800 And I'm just hoping that they can get. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:27.720 A dance club scene going in that locker room afterwards, 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.560 so we can see an encore from George Gatzi. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.560 We need more of it, right, where's Georgie? 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:34.240 Let's fight there? 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.280 A moment build right there. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:42.640 Gatzi just slow playing it just now and there he 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:47.560 goes and anywhere's it? Love it from George and they 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.760 don't run two tight end sets very often rhet so 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.080 it's going to be interesting to see what they change 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.559 offensively philosophy wise, if they want to get both these 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.960 guys on the field at the same time. I'm going 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.240 to go on the defensive side of the ball and 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.360 go with me. Maybe the only player in this game 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.559 that is a member of MENSA that is all Pro 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.840 safety Kyle Hamilton with one hundred and thirty two IQ. 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.520 This is a game full of versatile players that have 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.800 high football IQs. He might be at the top of 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.240 all those guys that are playing in this game. He's 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:18.600 gonna have the assignment a lot in this game. They're 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:22.560 gonna throw different things at Travis Kelcey, but he's gonna 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.640 have the assignment quite a bit. And what he does 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.920 against the future Hall of Famer is going to be 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.000 just one of the things that he does to impact 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.400 this game. He can rush the quarterback like an hedge rusher. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:33.800 He can play the safety spot, he can cover deep, 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.360 he can tackle like a linebacker. He can play about 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.040 five different positions for this defense. One of the most 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.320 versatile talented players in the NFL, and he missed two 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.520 games this year. I know it's a small sample size, 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.600 rat this defense arguably the best in all of football. 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.600 The two games he missed, statistically, those were two of 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.480 the worst performances we saw from a defense this season. 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:57.280 And that's just without one player. And that's the MENSA 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:01.800 member in Kyle Hamilton. Well, we got another versat guy 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.000 coming up. Rap, that's Dante Hall. How about that the 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.199 human Joycenick. I wonder if that's his favorite nickname. I'm 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.560 gonna ask him that next on the NFL. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.280 He's gonna be the MVP for a reason. I mean, 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:22.000 he goes out there, he leads his team, he scores, 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:24.959 he runs, he throws, he does whatever it takes to win. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.840 And that's what the great greats do. And uh, like 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:29.320 I said, it'd be great challenge for our defense, but 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.520 also a great challenge for offense going against their defense. 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:33.559 So it's gonna take a full team effort if we 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:34.520 want to find a way to get a win. 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.920 He's a great quarterback, definitely, hall of famer is not 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:40.320 even it's a new brain. He's definitely a Hall of Famer. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.679 But it's just I believe it's just to to two 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.560 greats up and coming Greats just going to the two 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.320 you know, like a heavyweight fight, heavyweight matchup. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:51.600 That's that's just what I see. 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.439 Welcome back to the NFL Report. James Palmer, Rhett Lewis 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.720 with you, And if you're gonna have a heavyweight fight, 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.960 I need more trash talk. Maybe Don day Haul the 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.440 Chiefs great can bring some of that trash talk into this. Listen. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.520 Too many compliments on there. I'm not gonna lie too 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.520 many compliments between those two great players as we're heading 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.560 into this AFC Championship game. I appreciate you joining us, 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:13.880 and I have to get this out of the way 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.800 first before we continue. What is your favorite nickname for you, 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.000 because you have a lot of them. 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:25.960 My favorite is the Humane and the gotta be. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:28.760 It's just a great name, right. 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:32.640 And before I picked up the golf, I was an 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:34.120 avid gamer. 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.440 So at the time that Mitch Holtess. 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:40.160 Gave me that monitor, I was like n D playing 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.319 video games nine I was a day and it also 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:47.160 physical playing style, so it works perfectly. 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:50.080 I agree. 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.319 I think I think that's I mean it was. 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.280 It was terrific because it was organic too, and uh, 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:56.600 you know, Mitch is one of the best in the 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.280 business obviously in the in the radio play by playworld 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.640 here in the NFL, and so hearing him call some 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:06.040 of your touchdowns was a childhood memory of mine. You know, 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.440 I love it, and you know you had the opportunity 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.000 to not only do it on some great, you know, 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.319 regular season teams with the Chiefs, but you guys got 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.960 into the postseason two where we're sitting here now, you know, 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.520 on the verge of the Super Bowl now for the Chiefs, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:20.959 a familiar spot for him. But like, I go back 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:22.760 to that O four game, you know, and I don't 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:24.120 I know, you don't want to get into the results 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.240 of that game against the Colts, but you went off. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.120 They called that the no punt game. 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:34.120 That's right, see, and I kind of believe that that 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.880 we could see something like that this week with Patrick 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:38.120 Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.559 The way these two defense I disagree. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:41.240 I disagree. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.200 I think you got what the number one defense and 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:46.280 the Ravens, you got the number three miss and and uh. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.440 Jeeves, I don't think you're going to see a no 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:49.240 punt game. 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.880 And this particular, I understand why you're going that because 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.320 of the dynamics of each quarterback with these defenses when 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.360 we when we played in that Old four game, I 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:02.600 think our defense was ranked like thirty and you. 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:03.440 Had to post it. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.240 Some work close by said no, I don't think we're 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:07.439 going to see that this Sunday. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:09.920 So but but I wanted to ask you that too 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.640 because of the you know, like your performance in that 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.000 game was incredible. Obviously you had the kick return touchdown, 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.120 you had the receiving touchdowns, So you know what it 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.480 feels like to make those big plays in those big moments, 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.000 and just hearing these two quarterbacks talk about the plays 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.360 that they want to make and you know the respect 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.880 they have for each other. What was that feeling like 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.720 to know the impact you had on a game. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:32.880 At that stage. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.000 I'm gonna be honest with you, I was, even though 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.200 I had a great individual performance, I truly felt that 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.960 year we had a team that can make it all 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:43.920 the way to the super Bowl. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.040 We just had to win two games. That era hit. 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.760 We started a season ten to zero, so it was 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:53.840 very disappointing to not only lose the game, but lose 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.959 the game and the fashion that we lost it. Peyton 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:01.160 Manning comes in and scores thirty eight points in errorhead 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.440 like that just cannot happen. Even though I had a 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:08.199 great game, I did not feel any type of happiness 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.040 whatsoever after that loss. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.960 Dottie, we know you're still a Chiefs fan. We saw 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:15.760 you were thrown on a Chief's hat, you know before 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.280 we got started. Is there any part of you that 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.280 sits here and looks at the mind that Andy Reid 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.280 has and you didn't have him as a head coach 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:28.160 and the playmaking ability Patrick Mahomes has at the quarterback spot, 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.440 and if you went if I would have just played 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.200 a little later, if I could have been with these two, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.480 how could they have used the talents that I bring 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.320 to a football field? Did that ever cross your vibe? 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:44.840 Every single Sunday? That crosses mind? 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.880 And I'll never forget the first time I went on 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:52.440 the road to watch this Andy Reid Chief's offense was 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:58.400 in Jacksonville's home opener in Jacksonville, I'm sorry, the season opener. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.840 And I remember from this watching them play develop like 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.080 it's different when you're watching on TV. I'm at the 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:08.280 game and I'm saying a guy running over and then up. 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.320 I had never seen that concept before, and at that moment, 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.840 all to myself, Wow, I wish I was Tyreek Hill 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:16.280 right now. 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:23.280 Yeah, yeah, and Dante, you know, in the post Tyreek 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.040 Hill era for the Chiefs, I think we've seen some 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.680 evolution with this offense, right and the way they want 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.440 to attack defenses, and the way Andy Reid has schemed 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.600 things up in the evolution of the run game too 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.480 with Isaiah Pacheco, Like, what has impressed you most about 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.320 the way that they're trying to find ways in different 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.200 ways to find success attacking defenses and winning games, just 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:45.000 hit it on the head. 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:49.440 I've been impressed by them basically suppressing their ego, realizing 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.080 the cars that they have in their hands, and playing 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.800 those cars perfectly. Last week you saw a lot more 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.800 two three tight end sets, a lot more emphasis on 0:15:58.840 --> 0:15:59.600 the run game. 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.520 I just it just showed me that these guys. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.760 Understand how to win, know how to win, and it 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.960 doesn't matter if it's DNC and dunks or if his 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.440 bombs over bag that it does not matter. Like they're 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.280 going to find a way to win in They're gonna 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.440 use the pieces that they have. And I think that's 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:18.560 a testament to a great coordinating and also great head coaching. 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:23.520 And the staff in terms of developing players dot you 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.280 mentioned dink and dunk. The teams have taken away a 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.479 lot of the deep stuff and you see these underneath 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.640 crossing routes where you see a guy like Rashi Rice, 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.120 a rookie kind of be able to kind of work 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.720 his way across the field, find some of those voids 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.400 and defenses and then make plays with the ball once 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.760 it gets in his hands after he makes Because what 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.680 have you seen from the rookie receiver that kind of 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:48.080 has just really just grown and grown himself and as 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.200 a role in this offense. 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.680 Yeah, I remember early on, as far as back as 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.120 the preseason, he had a case of the drops. So 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.760 the fact that he was able to get over the 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.640 drop seas I think I've seen maybe one or two 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.960 drops in this latter part of the season. So he's 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.960 continued to get better and grow, and that's all you 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.960 can ask from a young guy, right, just don't continue 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.159 making the same mistakes. 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.919 He's eliminated that drop passes. 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.960 And it seems like to me that he has an 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:19.879 understanding and more of the offense because they are incorporating 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.280 him more in the offense. I think early on he 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.760 wasn't able to get this much playing time because he 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:28.040 didn't have a grass on the playbook, have the trust 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.160 in Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. But that all seems 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:35.160 to have gotten better and developed nicely at the right time. 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:39.439 Yeah, and Dante, I think you know, in terms of 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:43.199 your personal story, we obviously came to know you for 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.320 your skills in the return game, but I feel like 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:49.200 you the further along you got your career, we started 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.240 to see the nuances of your game as a total 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.840 package wide receiver, you know as well on the offensive 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.000 side of the ball. And looking at that to follow 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.280 up on Rashid Rice, like what were some of the 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:02.320 nuances of the posiition that you picked up along the 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.800 way that allowed you to become a more focal a 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.320 bigger focal point for the offense, not just in the 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.639 return game. Whereas we're kind of seeing some of that 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.480 same stuff within this season in terms of Rashid Rice's 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.280 arc as a wide receiver from start to where we're 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.320 at now. So, like, what are some of the things 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.800 that facilitate that improvement from a wide receiver. 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.040 So it's like when you first come into the league, 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:27.320 right your brain is already moving one hundred miles Fowers. 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:29.800 So your body intends to do with your brain going 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:30.680 once you. 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:35.800 Learn concepts where to be, when to be there, landmarks, 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.199