1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network. Take advantage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: the day. All right, when you'll get opportunity of this game, 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: you make a play right one touchdown Chansas City the Chiefs. 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: All right in the thick of a baby. Well, Hello 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom, and welcome to defending the Kingdom. Mitch Alters 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: with your voice of the Chiefs along with the man 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: man you know now is Barbershop the Shop, spider Man, 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Shapadong our guy. Anyway, It's exciting, Sean, because this week 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: the schedule comes out for the National Football League for 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. We get to release the Chief's schedule at 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: six fifteen on Thursday night on our Chiefs platforms. Are 12 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,639 Speaker 1: you just YouTube page, Facebook page, and Twitter page. We 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: get to release the Chiefs portion the schedule. Then the 14 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: NFL will release the entire schedule at seven o'clock Central time. So, Sean, 15 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: here we are. It starts to get real. Now. You 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: start after the draft, you're like, Okay, what's gonna go 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,279 Speaker 1: on in twenty twenty, And now with the schedule getting released, 18 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: you get more excited. Yeah. Man, you know you're so 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: comfortable with who your team has added via the draft. 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: You see these young guys. You hear all these interviews 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: on social media. The Chiefs added a running back and 22 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: a couple of cornerbacks defensive end and how those guys 23 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: going to be intertwined. But now it's down to hours 24 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: and you know not only who the opponents are, but 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: where is going to happen. Who's coming to the Kingdom 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: where the Chiefs have to go defend their Super Bowl 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: championship on the road. I mean, when those dates come out, man, 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: it's going to be an explosive feeling here in Chiefs Kingdom. 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: And again six or fifteen or yesterday night Central time 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: on our Chiefs YouTube page, twitter page, facebook page, we 31 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: get to release the Chiefs portion of the schedule. All right, now, 32 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna put up the schedule as we know now 33 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: the teams that are home and the teams that are away. 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: When you look at it, for the teams at home, 35 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: for Kansas City to Carolina and Atlanta will visit out 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: of the NFC South and then from the always call 37 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: it the cross Polly Nation, the Chiefs, with being the 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: number one team in their division, they will cross pollinate. 39 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: They get Houston at home and then they have to 40 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: go on the road. To Baltimore in those cross pollin 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Nation games, and then they go against the AFC East 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: meeting New England, and the Jets will come to Arrowhead 43 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: and on the road it'll be a Miami and Buffalo overall. 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: Now overall, what do you see on their schedule, shop Man? 45 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: You know, we talk about how big that home home 46 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: opener is going to be, having a chance to play 47 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans right out of the shoot. Having made 48 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: able to start the Houston Texans as a team that's 49 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: kind of been relevant here lately, they've been they made 50 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: some big moves. Bill O'Brien is taking full control of 51 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: the organization, full control of the staff, full control of 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: the personnel. So it's exciting to see what is going 53 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: to actually happen with that team. That team has been 54 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: in the playoffs in the hunt, was up on US 55 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: twenty four zero, and you gotta respect that a team 56 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: is able to get up on you that fast. You 57 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: know they have ability. But that team has changed a lot, 58 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: the personnel has changed a lot, but they still have 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: the Shawn Watson. Having the Shawn Watson and Pat Mahomes 60 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: on the same field to open the season, I think 61 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: would be Iceland. The Kate. Okay, I'm gonna get you 62 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: because I think you've already given me your answer. But 63 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to who you want the Chiefs to 64 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: open up with at home on Thursday night to open 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: up the season. But these away games, now, when you 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: look at this, the Chiefs were seven and one last 67 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: year on the road. They have been a really good 68 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: road team with Andy Reid, an exceptionally good road team. 69 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: But now you look at going to Tampa Bay, Oh, 70 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: who's the Bucks quarterback? Now? Who who's the Bucks tight end? Now? 71 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: New Orleans, we know what they're like, especially in the 72 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: Dome Baltimore. Some think the two top teams in the NFL, 73 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: not just the AFC, of the Chiefs and the Ravens. 74 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: And then back to the scene of Super Bowl fifty four, Well, 75 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs will take on the Dolphins in Miami and 76 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: then going to Buffalo, who some think might be the 77 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: most improved team in the league. Buffalo is definitely improved. 78 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: Tenos Sean McDermott, a former coach of mine, the dB coach, 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: become a defensive coordinator for Panthers. Had a few years 80 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator and now head coaching at the 81 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. He's changed that atmosphere. That team is definitely 82 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: on the up and coming. That team is they play 83 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: solid defense. I think they're gonna have one of the 84 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: top five defenses in the league this year. And now 85 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: they're just trying to hand the ball over to Josh Allen, 86 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: a young gun slinger, lots of potential, and if they 87 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: can get that running game to match the passing game, 88 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: that is a team that you gotta watch out for 89 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: late in the season. Okay, the cool thing is winning 90 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four. You get confetti on your head, 91 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: you get to have a cool parade, maybe could a ring. 92 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: Then also you get to draft last. But you also 93 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: get to open the season at home. I remember in 94 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: the seventeen season we opened a Thursday night at New England. 95 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: They bring out the big puffy Lombardi trophies that they 96 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: had one. I had all six of them out there, 97 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: or at that point they had five. But anyway, I'm thinking, 98 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: what if we ever got to do this, Well, we 99 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: get to do this, so we get to open the 100 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: season at home on Thursday night. All the rumors were 101 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: out there that it would be something different, but who 102 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: would you want to see that home Thursday night game 103 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: against for the Chiefs to open the season. Man, Like 104 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: I said the Houston Texans man, we know I look 105 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: at that home schedule. The Texans is a team I 106 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: think that coming out of the AFC South is going 107 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: to be one of the teams to beat. I mean, 108 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: I think that the AFC South might be one of 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: the toughest divisions in football next year with the Titans, 110 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: the Jaguas in the Indianapolis Coats with a new quarterback there, Um, 111 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: that's gonna be some reshuffling of the AFC South. But 112 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: I think the Texans, because of Deshaun Watson his youth, 113 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: are still gonna be capable. They're deep, they still got 114 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: JJ Watts on defense. So if from a personnel standpoint, 115 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: that's still gonna be a team to be reckoned with. 116 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: And I think that would that the atmosphere that they 117 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: left the season last year coming to Kansas City and 118 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: that twenty four is zero lead that they let slid 119 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: out of their hands, that we took that championship, we 120 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: took that game from them. I think that that still 121 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: is kind of a throne in their side, and they 122 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: want to try to remove that throne, and we want 123 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: to take that knife and just dig it even deeper, 124 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: make that wound even even bleed more So, I think 125 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of emotion, especially with the 126 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: banner coming down saying that we're Super Bowl champions, defending 127 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: the Kingdom, all that culminating. I would love to see 128 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: the Texans in that first opening game. I love it 129 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 1: when you got all your linebacker going on, it's all, okay, 130 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: my pick is going to be New England. Now, oh 131 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: wait a minute, they don't have Tom Brady, they don't 132 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: have Grounk, or do they have left precisely. I think 133 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: the NFL world wants to see what New England looks 134 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: like without Brady, and I think too it's a revisit 135 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: of the seventeen game, and so the network can go 136 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: back and show all that game back and forth. But 137 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: I do think there's some intrigue because everybody's like, well, 138 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: what will the Patriots look like? And can Belichick, you know, 139 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: form his magic, can be a genius and make them 140 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: to twelve and four again in thirteen and three and 141 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: when the nffc East. So I do think there'd be 142 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: some interest in that game. So I'll go with New England, 143 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: you'll goth Houston. We'll know soon. This is going to 144 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: get me revealed at six to fifteen on Thursday night 145 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: Central daylight time, and we get to reveal our schedule, 146 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: so we'll know the week one opponent that will be 147 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: on our Chiefs YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages. All right, 148 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: now that's the opener. Now let's jump into the division. 149 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: Because you played this game for ten years, you have 150 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: been a coach at camp, so you know that the 151 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: first priority with Andy Reid is the Division. I'm going 152 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: to put it out there. Andy Reid is thirty two 153 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: and ten against the Division since he's been the head 154 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, thirty two and twenty 155 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: seven and three the last five years. All three of 156 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: those losses were on Thursday night games. Chiefs have not 157 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: lost a Sunday Division game since November thirty, twenty fourteen. 158 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: Let's jump into the division. We know that those sixty 159 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: or sixteen games or against those guys, they watch us, 160 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: we watch them. Let's take these one by one and uh, 161 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna start with the Las Vegas Raiders. What do 162 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: you We're gonna ask what do you like and what 163 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: you don't like about them, and we'll go through all 164 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: three of these teams. Your thoughts on the Raiders, Well, 165 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: you know, the Raiders is always going to be Raider Week. Um, 166 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a that's gonna be a game for 167 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: the Ages. That's gonna be a game that's gonna be 168 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: always a rivalry. Here in Kansas City. We hate the Raiders, 169 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: the Raiders hate us. That's gonna be something since uh, 170 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: you know, until the end of time. Um. The Raiders 171 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: have definitely UM with the addition of Mike Mayock getting 172 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: into the scouting department, they definitely made their team faster. 173 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: They went for they went for speed, they went for 174 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: offensive weapons. They're trying to surround David Carr with some 175 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: game changing type players. Um. A year ago they got 176 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: um Um. They running back from Alabama and he's been 177 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: a rookie sensation. Last year he showed that he can 178 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: tote the rock, he can be all a full time 179 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: running back. But now they got themselves on wide receiver weapons, right, 180 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: they can stretch the field. Henry Ruggs has been a 181 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: guy that some people have said is the next Cheatah. 182 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: They said that he has the same ability to stretch 183 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: the field, create all these athletic catches, and he has 184 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: that top end four two speed to get deep on 185 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: you early and often, and pairing them up with a 186 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: new Slash, the wire receiver from Kentucky. He's a guy 187 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: that can play every position. So they got themselves a Slash, 188 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: They got themselves a Taysom Hill that allpens up the offense. 189 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: And then they already have, you know, the tight end Weller, 190 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: the gout it waller. He's been. He was a consistent 191 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: threat all year long, one of the top threats for 192 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: David Carr. So their offense has now been retooled and 193 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: ready to go. It's the defensive side of the ball 194 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: that I think they forgot about. They didn't give the 195 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: defense any any sparks anything to go with. They went 196 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: with David Arquette, the second corn at Ohio State. I 197 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: noticed some people had him drafted, ranked pretty high in 198 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: the draft, but I just didn't see it for a 199 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: complete college career. He came on as a senior one 200 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: year film, but that's now. I didn't see enough to 201 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: rank him as a first round draft pick, a starting 202 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: corner in the league. Here's the thing I like about them. 203 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: I think their overall talent level just continues to rise. 204 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: I think they stacked up a really good draft class 205 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: this year with a really good draft class last year. 206 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: Leaven you guys that have been underrated, like Max Crosby 207 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: on the defensive front. That guy looks like a Derek 208 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: Wolf type, a guy that'll play in this league a 209 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: long time and can wreck your game plan even though 210 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: he wasn't. I mean, he came out of Eastern Michigan. 211 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: So I do like what they've done from an overall 212 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: talent standpoint. The thing that if I'm a Raider fan 213 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: that concerns me is even the move to Las Vegas. 214 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: Here's why are you changing sixty years or your persona. 215 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: Anytime these moves happen, people think you just instantly snap 216 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: into having it work. Look what's happened with the Chargers 217 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: the Rams moving back and forth and back again. It 218 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: throws things off. And even though Vegas is a great destination, 219 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: are is that stadium going to be full of the 220 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: opposing fans? Answer? Yes? And all those fans in the 221 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: black Hole and sixty years of Raiders and the song 222 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: and Al Davis and all that and Darrel Lamonica and 223 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: Kenny Stabler. Does that translate over to Las Vegas. That 224 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: remains to be seen because it's almost like they're reinventing themselves, 225 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: and when that happens in the NFL, that can create 226 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: some issues, at least in the short term, and some 227 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: teams never really get over that. So Baltimore is probably 228 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: the best that made the transition when they went from 229 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: Cleveland to Baltimore, But still there's some questions there. All right, 230 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: let's jump in now to the Chargers. There's Charger team 231 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: that now will be in the new stadium in La 232 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: if it's ready to go. If it's not, I don't 233 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: know where they're going to. Maybe Santa Monica Pier, I 234 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: don't know. But what do you think of this church 235 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: or team and what you're like and don't like? Every 236 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: year we hear that the Chargers are the number one 237 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: threat for the Chiefs reign. The Chiefs has been excellent, 238 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: defending the division, winning the division year in the year out, 239 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: and every year we hear that the Chargers are nipping 240 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: at the hills to take over the division. The Chargers 241 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: lost a integral piece when Philip Rivers left for the Colts, 242 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: and they replaced him right with the with the young quarterback. 243 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: Herbert Herbert is the guy. He's he's gonna have to 244 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: go through the learning curve of the NFL. He's gonna 245 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: throw a lot of turnovers, and so they got rid 246 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: of an old diversion of a turnover machine for a 247 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: younger version. I think, Um, that balanced itself out. Um. 248 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: The one thing I think they did they did did 249 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: they did get a steal on the defensive side of 250 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: the ball. Um, they got a playmaking every down linebacker. 251 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: He goes, he's rangey. UM. I liked. I like his tenacity, 252 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: I like the way he plays. Uh, he's going to 253 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: be in the league for a long time. A lot 254 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: of plays at the linebacker position. But overall the draft 255 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: was so thin because they had to move up to 256 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: get him. They only got a few players in the draft. 257 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: So I don't see them ending up being a threat 258 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: or as big a threat as they was a year 259 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: ago and they lost to the Broncos. Melvin Gordon he 260 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: was an intol part of their rushing attack. I think, 261 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: even though he held out the beginning of the season, 262 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: once he was there, you saw what kind of running 263 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: he was. And I think Austin Eckler needs that that 264 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: one two punch. He's I don't think he can give 265 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: it to you every dawn be a three dawn guy, 266 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: so um, I think he probably it's going to be 267 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: a little bit affected by the wear and tear of 268 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: now being a full time RB. Yeah, and they're trying 269 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: to do what the Chiefs did with Mahomes getting apprentice 270 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: by Alex Smith, with the Tyrod Taylor justin Herbert thing. 271 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: Here's what I really like about them as their defense 272 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: up the middle. You mentioned Murray. I love that pick 273 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: and moving up although it was expensive for them, but 274 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: you look, they still got Bosa and Ingram and then 275 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: they got Derwin James back there at safety, who I 276 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: think is an absolute stud. So when you look at 277 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: them in the middle of that defense, if there's a 278 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 1: defense that I think right now is built to try 279 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: to compete with Pat Holmes and the Chiefs offense, it's 280 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: those guys. Now, what don't I like about them? Go 281 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: back and see what I said about the Las Vegas Raiders. 282 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: This is still a team in flux. They ran a 283 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: popularity poll. This was on Twitter. I think of the 284 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: teams in LA and they were I mean, the Sparks 285 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: were ahead of them the w NBA team, I mean, 286 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: and I'd like the Sparks. I like the w NBA, 287 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: but I mean, really so we all know what the 288 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: Clippers are to the Lakers. We all know what even 289 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: the Angels are to the Dodgers, and we know what 290 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: when you look at you know, the Ducks to the Kings. 291 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: There's this A and B or maybe a C and 292 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers right now, again, it's a pseudo home game 293 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: for every team they play. You played this game to me, 294 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: it would be really hard for me to run in 295 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: to my stadium with our signage job and the fans 296 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: from the other team have the stadium every time. And 297 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: so until that gets resolved and la adopts this team, 298 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: if that's gonna happen with the Rams, you know, getting 299 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: more popularity, then I don't know. I just think it 300 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: puts a lot of pressure on this team, and it 301 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: has the last three years. And we felt a little 302 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: bit about that. Even here in Kansas City, we have 303 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: an awesome fan base sold out for numerous seasons. But 304 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: when the NFL NFC North came in with the Vikings 305 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: and the Packers, those two weeks we got some our 306 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: players were a little agitated the fact that we saw 307 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: so much purple, so much green in our stadium. It 308 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: was unfamiliar territory. You're saying the same thing with the 309 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: Raiders and with the Chargers because they're moved their team 310 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: being on the on the flex, on the flux, you're 311 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: gonna get so much an impact from the away teams 312 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: coming there. Every game's gonna feel like in the way 313 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: away game for them. When you don't, when you don't 314 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: have a true home and you're playing, feel like you're 315 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: playing on the road every week. As the season goes 316 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: on and on, it gets very long, it gets real long. 317 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: I mean, and the bumps and the bruises, and the tiredness, 318 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: the ability to to gear it up one more time 319 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: for that home crowd. I know Coach Formill used to 320 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: tell us, you got to defend home. That's that's one 321 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: thing we wanted to do. We wanted to make sure 322 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: we defend home and win out in divisional games. Well, 323 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: when you're not playing at home, or you feel like 324 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: you're not playing at home for the entire season, that 325 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: that's kind of hard to achieve that goal. So um, 326 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: I see them definitely struggling. Those are two teams. I 327 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: think they have to start out very high. They have 328 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: to start out winning right away to create some draw 329 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: for their fans, to start getting them into the staying stadium. 330 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: But early on first half the season, Um, it's going 331 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: to be like you're saying, away game every week for 332 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: those teams. Again, this is our defending of the Kingdom. 333 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: We're calling it attack the schedule, Attack the schedule, twenty 334 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: twenty schedule. We get to reveal the chief schedule tomorrow 335 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: night six fifteen. As we're putting this podcast together on Wednesday, 336 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: May the six. Tomorrow, on May the seventh, at six 337 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: fifteen Central daylight time, we get to announce the Chiefs schedule. 338 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: Then the NFL will release at all at seven o'clock 339 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: Central time. Okay, starting fast has become critical in the 340 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: National Football League. Andy Reid has put together an incredible 341 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: starting fast resume as the head coach of the Kansas 342 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. You know what, we didn't get any left 343 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: Denver out Why I was getting red say it. I 344 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: was getting saying those donkeys, what about those donkeys? Oh yeah, 345 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: oh no, we got a donkeys. I'm hearing it. I'm 346 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: hearing it. What I'm thinking about a nine straight wins 347 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: over the Donkeys. That's what I'm thinking about. So let's 348 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: jump into the Broncos before we get into the whole 349 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: start fast, and who knows, when we reveal the schedule 350 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: in orrow night, the Broncos may be in one of 351 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: those first four games of the season. But let's talk 352 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: about the Broncos and what you like about them. Well, 353 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: the Broncos, I think, is the team that we that 354 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: we gonna have to really meet head face to face. 355 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to really take them seriously defensively. Um, 356 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: Coach Vick is gonna have that defense humming again. UM. 357 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: I think that was a team. Um. We we we 358 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: beat them, but I think that was the team I 359 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 1: often struggled with the most um every time we play them, 360 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: and we talk about the left hands row coming back 361 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: in the snow, having you know, um at the game 362 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: up there um our offense. We we end up winning 363 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: the game, But it's not it's not that. Um. The 364 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: way we beat the Raiders the way we we would 365 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: we forced the charges to be turnovers teams. We that 366 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: team plays us better than anybody else in the division. 367 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: They got a young gun slinging at quarterback, they have 368 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: two tight ends Noah Fan and Ao that can both 369 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: go vertical. They got Courtland Sudden on one side and 370 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: now they got Judy right, they got weapons. Uh, they 371 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: can go forward vertical and when they go forward vertical, 372 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: they might have the advantage on every defender across the board. 373 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: So um, and now you're talking about uh, Melvin Gordon 374 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: adding to the backfield with Philip Lindsay Lady being there. Um, 375 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: that got a one two punch. So their offense is 376 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: gonna be potent. It's just if the local kid, the 377 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: low key from Missouri can actually handle all the weapons 378 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: he's been given, or will he be able to take 379 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: that team to the next level. And so I'm looking 380 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs to hopefully keep that run against Denver going. 381 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: But that'll be the team out field that we have 382 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: to really prepare for, being the team that might be 383 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: coming after nipping at our heels in the AFC West. Yeah. 384 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: I love Drew. I do love Drew Locke at Missouri 385 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: or least Summit High, and love his dad's restaurant whenever 386 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: we get to go back there again. But I don't 387 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: like Drew it as a Bronco. Sorry it's there. What 388 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: I like about this team. I talked about the Chargers 389 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: being good in the middle defensively. I like where the 390 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: Broncos are in the middle offensively. Adding Melvin Gordon, they 391 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: added some girth and some high level players in the 392 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: middle of their offensive line. And I do they have 393 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: two good young tight ends in Okubanon and also with 394 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: no offense, so that gives them up the middle strength 395 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: on offense. And it does give them options. You mentioned 396 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: the wide receiver options. Here's what I don't like about him. 397 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: They haven't changed the tackle yet. And you go back 398 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: and watch the two Chiefs. I don't know what they're 399 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: going to tackles. They signed Jason Peters. Maybe will they 400 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: But unless they get the tackle deal changed, all that 401 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: could be off. I mean, you could have Judy running 402 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: wide open at twenty yards and drew locks on his back. Right. 403 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: I mean, those guys struggle last year and Garrett Bowles 404 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: has really struggled at left tackle for them, and they 405 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: didn't exercise the option on his fifth year. Okay, there's 406 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: a division. Andy Reid thirty two and ten against the 407 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: Division twenty seven and three in the last thirty games. 408 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: All right, starting fast, and I wanted to start fast, 409 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: too fast. But here we go starting fast. Andy Reid 410 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: has written the paper on this nineteen and five. In 411 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: September as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs ninth, 412 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: teen and five shop, Andy Reid has eleven straight September 413 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: start starting fast. Andy Reid's written the book on you 414 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: gotta start fast, and especially with the new structure with 415 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: the only being one team with the number one seed 416 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: having the bye week, it's gonna be you. You want 417 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 1: to start fast and put the target on your back. 418 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: You want everybody chasing your chasing your tail, putting the 419 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: pressure on everybody else, and you just go. And that's 420 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: what Andy's philosophy had been during the practice. During during 421 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,239 Speaker 1: training camp, he always talks about going fast. Let's go, 422 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: let's go, let's go. He wants the speed, the tempo 423 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: of every practice to be so high that when it 424 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: comes time to a game, everything slows down and it 425 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: puts so much pressure on the other team. UM putting 426 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: the offense in pass hands and letting them go up 427 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: at the ball, calls and plays, getting the tempo going. UM. 428 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: He definitely wants it to be a up tempo, high 429 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: scoring ball game because It puts the pressure on the 430 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: other team to try to keep up with what we 431 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: do well. Our offense is already set. Everybody knows where 432 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: they are. So many other teams are facing some transition 433 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, trying to go 434 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: from a three four to four three when you're offensive 435 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: set and you're ready to go, which we are on 436 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: offens side of the ball. We added one more piece, 437 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: the running back from Lsu. It was hilarious. We added 438 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: him to the mix. But everything else is kept the 439 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: saying all having the chance to Brett Beach bringing twenty 440 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 1: two I mean twenty of twenty two starters back to 441 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: a world champion team, it was almost lights out for 442 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: the rest of the league once he did that. But 443 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: adding some more young pieces to the tool belt, it's 444 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: gonna allow us to really start the season fast, and 445 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: I think it's it's gonna put a lot of pressure 446 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: on these other teams in the AFC to try to 447 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: keep up with the pace. We're gonna be the pace 448 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: setters when you talk about the AFC. Yeah. One of 449 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: the cool things about our revelation of the schedule, lamar 450 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: and added six fifteen on our chase platforms. We'll get 451 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: a chance to talk with any Reid. We're gonna ask 452 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: any read because this virtual world that we're in now, 453 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 1: we're in virtual Ota right. No wasted time with Andy Reid. 454 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: It's one of the most impressive things I've seen about him. 455 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: No wasted time. He's working on getting to a fast 456 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: start in September, in March, May, April, June. I mean 457 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: he thinks that way, and that's the way camp is. 458 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: We've seen it every day at camp. He has this 459 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: team ready to go in nineteen and five in September. 460 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: Doesn't lie the other part. And you played again this 461 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: league for ten years. Start fast and strong, Start fast 462 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: and strong. In December, Andy Reid is twenty three and nine, 463 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: but he's twelve and two in his last fourteen December games. 464 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: So Andy Reid, in this run of the Chiefs winning 465 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: four straight division titles, two AFC Championship games, in a 466 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: Super Bowl championship, he has lived up to the start fast. 467 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: But now, what about ending strong? How do you build 468 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: a team to end strong? Man? You know, when you 469 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: work out all off season, you work out off summer camp, 470 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: it's to build everybody's body up. Right. You want to 471 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: you're gonna be as strong as you ever gonna be 472 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: during the season in week one, and then once you 473 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: get to the meat of the season, those middle seats, 474 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: those middle seeks, you gotta just hold on. You hold 475 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 1: on until you get to the last four or five games. 476 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: And then this when you put the pedal to the medal. 477 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: You want to be hitting on all cylinders once you 478 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,239 Speaker 1: get two weeks ten and eleven, so you can hit 479 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs full momentum running, because any loss after then 480 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: can knock you off your your stride. And so you 481 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: see year after year, the teams that end up holding 482 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: up the trophy, holding up that Lombardi Trophy are usually 483 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: on eight nine game win streaks to win that thing. 484 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: And it's an amazing feeling when you know everything's going right. 485 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: You might not have been the strongest from a record 486 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 1: standpoint the entire season, but when everything starts clicking and 487 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: you look around the room on defense and offense and 488 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: special teams, and you know that everything everybody's on board, 489 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: everybody's on the same page, and you go out there 490 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: and y'all just performing. You're not worrying about score boards 491 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,959 Speaker 1: and anything else. You're worrying about your own communications, everybody 492 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: on the same page, because you're confident that you have 493 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: the team that's capable of winning a championship. And we 494 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: felt that. I think after the Tennessee Titans game last year. 495 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: After that Tennessee Titans game, I think when everybody looked 496 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: around the room and knew we had a championship caliber 497 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: team and now we just had to go and perform. 498 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: And I think we're gonna have that feeling a lot 499 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: earlier this season. Be be careful about that Miami Dolphins 500 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: popping that champagne. They might not pop no champagne this 501 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: entire season. If the Chiefs come out the way we 502 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: think they're gonna come out, that is barbershop, Colin is shot. 503 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: I like it to me. It's also depth. One thing 504 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: bred feat has done with his personnel staff and what 505 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: Andy Reid does is developed death depth. I see this 506 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: again in the springtime that or the summertime or summer camp. 507 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: There will be the offensive line and in a second 508 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: they'll call out a name. Okay, barbershops out, holt Us 509 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: is in and they don't know it. It's not scripted, 510 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: and you have to react. They build a team to 511 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: have depth. I quoted it many many times or quoted again, 512 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,360 Speaker 1: and a quoted to as long as the Lord gives 513 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: me breath on this Earth. Thirteen starters, a significant time 514 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 1: lash onety three quarters of the season. Last year's shop, 515 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: Eric Fisher missed eight games. Damian Williams missed the last 516 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: part of the season. But there's enough depth. Andy Reid 517 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: builds depth, and I think that not enough teams do that. 518 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: If you're if you're two top heavy, or I got 519 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: a couple stars, but I can't fill in behind him, 520 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: then I can't end strong because I don't have any 521 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: dudes left. I mean, this is a game of attrition, 522 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs have proven they can build adequate depth. Definitely. 523 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: I mean, if you can only win one way, if 524 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: you're building your offense around one piece, one player, and 525 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: that player goes down, then you can't morph, you can't adjust, 526 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: and you just fold. Everybody in the organization knows, hey, 527 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: you live and die with his one player. The Chiefs 528 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: a year ago kind of we're built that way off 529 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. He's gonna win somehow, some way, we give 530 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: the ball to Pat, he's gonna win. It went into 531 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: that Broncos game he hurt his knee and he went down. 532 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: We had to refine ourselves. We had to figure out 533 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: is this team a championship team not just a championship quarterback. 534 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: And you saw the defense. They hunted around Chris Jones, 535 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: they hunted around Frank Clark, and they hunted around Tyron 536 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: Matthew and the defense started to carry some of the load. 537 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: The defense wanted to, They wanted that on their shoulders. 538 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: And the team group that that scar tissue became strong 539 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: that all the bond, the communication between the team became stronger. 540 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: And like we said, we saw that that ire a 541 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: tiger mentality start to build. And we being exposed these 542 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: guys on a weekly in a daily basis, we knew 543 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: what we had here in Kansas City. It was just 544 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: amazing to see it on the field on a national 545 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: level once it was released upon the league and we 546 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: saw Pat Mahomes go through that MVP caliber Super Bowl, 547 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: MVP caliber season. Yep, you've got to teach it. You've 548 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: got to get players to provide depth. But then you 549 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: have to invest the time as coaches to develop that 550 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 1: depth and teach them and put them in rolls where 551 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: they can compete. If you need them and you know what, 552 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: you'll need them. That's just the way the league is. 553 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: All right, Shop, So here we go. Schedule comes out Thursday, 554 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: we get to release the Chief's schedule at six to fifteen. 555 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: We'll hear from Mark Donovan. He's going to give us 556 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: the latest on what this is going to look like 557 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: for fans, a lot of questions, and we're going to 558 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: hear from Andy Reid. We're trying to get hooked up 559 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: to with the Landlord Kingdom Landlord Tyron Matthew. But we 560 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: will release the schedule. You will see the chief schedule 561 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: first on the Chiefs YouTube page, twitter page, Facebook page. 562 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: We'll begin our coverage at six fifteen Central time. But 563 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: to me, Shop, this is when it gets real. Once 564 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: that schedule comes out and then we start to get 565 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: more information, clarification of what the league is going to 566 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: look like, how it's going to approach the fall, and 567 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: still being sensitive to handling this coronavirus. That's when I 568 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: think some real emotion. It's going to come in and 569 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: get ready for this season. Man. Once they ask schedules release, 570 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: you're going to see thirty two organizations start clean dates. 571 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: You have a choice to be the hunter or the 572 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: hunt Head. I think the Chiefs are going to be 573 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: on the hunt but running it back to back for 574 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: another back to back championship. So you can circle the 575 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: dates all you want, it ain't gonna matter when when 576 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs come to town, you got to deal with 577 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: our entire team. When you come to Arrowhead Stadium, you 578 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: gotta deal with the sea of red, the twelfth man 579 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: on the field. And so the atmosphere we have is 580 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: is nobody's wrestling in Loyals. We're not gonna let a 581 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: great season in twenty nineteen keep us from having an 582 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: elite season in twenty twenty. I can't wait. Then you're 583 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: fired up today, brother, I like it. I like it 584 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: all right. He is barber shop, the shop, Sean Barbara Chin, 585 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: your NFL veteran, also the Richmond Spider. Thank you so much, 586 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: continue on. I know your family. We keep saying if 587 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: it prayers up. Also, Thursday's the National Day of Prayer. 588 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna remember that too, and our family lifting everybody 589 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: up as we get through this. But he's Sean Barbara 590 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: A Metel this Voice of the Chiefs again tomorrow night 591 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: six fifteen. Chiefs Facebook page, Twitter page and YouTube page. 592 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: We get to release the schedule, at least the Chief schedule, 593 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: and so that is unprecedented in history making. Thanks for 594 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: joining us in this edition of Defending the Kingdom. Let's 595 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: attack the schedule and run it back. Thanks for listening 596 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: to The Chief's official podcast network, touks Down, Walk it Down, 597 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: and the celebration begins in our head.