1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. All right, when you 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: get out the tun game, you may can play. OHI Michaels, 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: I'll do it. What touchdown Chansas City the Chefs all 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: right in the thick of a baby. Well, hello once 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: again everyone, and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: By the way, it's brought to you by three sixty Vodka, 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: the official vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom, of course, the 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: hometown Kansas City Vodka, three sixty Vodka. Mitch holds us 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: with you boys, the Chiefs, along with Matt Stadt himself, 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: Chiefs reporter Matt McMullen. So I'm those of you who 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: are watching hand listing. We've busted out the Cheese Run 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: the West T shirts that we got with the there 13 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: you go with the sixth consecutive AFC West title. So 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: now this will be probably the last time we wear 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: this T shirt unless we're working out in the off season, 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: because now it's onto the playoffs. But this episode is 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: entitled The Mad Scramble, and oh my gosh, is the 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: NFL right now add scrambles? So is the Chief's Kingdom. 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: But Matt, before we get into some of the specifics 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: of why we're in the mad scramble some of our 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: folks who listen and watch around the world to defending 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. Every week this grows, and every week I 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: say this because it's true. This is like the best 24 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: part of my week is seeing all the people all 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: over the world and all over the country listening to 26 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: the show and just taking thirty minutes out of their 27 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: day and just thinking and talking about the chiefs. It's awesome. 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: And there's This is probably the longest list that we've 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: had since we started doing this, which is so cool. 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: It took me like twenty minutes just to write all 31 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: these names down, so bear with me. I hope you're comfortable. 32 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: So around the world, we'll start with those people. We 33 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: have James and Amsterdam, Charles and Tokyo. He's originally from 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: Excelsior Springs but now lives out there in Japan. Donna 35 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: and Belize. We have a fan in Germany, Carlos and 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: the Dominican Republic, Reyner in Germany, a fan in bankok 37 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: Callie and Sheffield, UK. We have Brad and ho Chi 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: Min City, Vietnam. Doug and Kissimu Kenya, Jim in Fiji, 39 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Larry in Dundee, Scotland, Steve and Morocco, then Thurston in Germany. 40 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: So we have three people in Germany and also several 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: people in Asia. I feel like for all the people 42 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: around the world listening, we haven't had a huge Asian contingent, 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: so we're building up our stock here in Asia, which 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: is good. Now. We just have tons of people all 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: over the country here as well. So we have Dean 46 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: from Parrington, Texas. Jacob sent your name in Dean, Georgia 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: and Northern California. A fan in South Hill, Virginia, Bob 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: in San Antonio, Pamela in Box Site, Arkansas. Carla and McGirk, Missouri, 49 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: Dino in Las Vegas, Greg in Winter Garden, Florida, Gail 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: and Springfield, Missouri, Jody in Marshfield, Missouri. A fan in Papelion, Nebraska, 51 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: John and Elkins, West Virginia. A fan in Council Bluffs, Iowa. 52 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: Sandy in Beatrice. I went to a site to figure 53 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: out how to say this correctly. Sandy Beatrice, Nebraska, not 54 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Beatrice beast I think that's right, Beatrice, Nebraska. Oh, it's 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: I knew you knew that. Enrique from Minnesota. Terry in 56 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: South Dakota, Kirk and Humboldt, Iowa. He's been a fan 57 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: for thirty years. A fan in Hannibal, Missouri, a fan 58 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: in Plano, Texas, Stewart and Brookfield, Missouri. Bob and Littleton, Colorado, 59 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: John in Wichita, Kansas. Anthony from Joplin, Missouri. But he 60 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: drives a truck all over the country and has his 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: chief decals presented proudly. So what's up to Anthony? We've 62 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: Scott and Corpus Christi, Texas, Chris and Montgomery, Texas, Paul 63 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: and Leesville, Louisiana. Says it's the heart of Saints Country. 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: He represents the Chiefs. Bob and Unionville, Missouri. Mike and Manchester, 65 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: New York, Steve and Saginaw, Texas, Mark and Idaho Springs, Colorado. 66 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: Garrett in Hemmingford, Nebraska. He actually spent time in Smith 67 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: Center growing up, though, including in eighth grade he played 68 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: a season in Smith Center. And then lastly, Nancy. She 69 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: did not tell me where she's from, but she reached 70 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: out over Twitter. She loves the show, so I think 71 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: she deserves a shout out. But people all over the world, 72 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: all over the country listening to DTK, Hello to all 73 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: of you, and thank you so much as always for listening. Yeah, 74 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: I didn't know where were so big in Hoochiman City 75 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: of Vietnam, but hey, that's awesome. That's two Vietnam's this year. 76 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: And then the Germans, so three Germans on that list. 77 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: Of course, we you know, we broke that news when 78 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: we were we were in Los Angeles. I think yeah, 79 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: or maybe or yeah, we broke the news that we 80 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: have like marketing rights in Germany. So it's gonna be 81 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: fun to see what happens in the country of Germany 82 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: over the next several years. So exciting there with all 83 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: of our folks that are watching and listening to defending 84 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. This episode is entired entitled The Mad Scramble, 85 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: and let's talk about the first Mad Scramble, which has 86 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: been the entire National Football League season. The league, matt 87 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: got what they wanted. They add a seventeenth game. They're thinking, 88 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: we want drama in the seventeenth week. But to get 89 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: to this point, there was a point after twelve weeks 90 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: in the season, twenty five games had been decided on 91 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: the last play of the game. And we saw it 92 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: in week fifteen with the Chiefs walkoff against against the 93 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Chargers and overtime, and then we saw it last week 94 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: basically a walk off on the last play of the 95 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: game by the Bengals to win thirty four thirty one. 96 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: This has been nuts, But now all of a sudden, 97 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: there is this flow chart of games in Week eighteen, 98 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: the seventeenth week for all teams that starts with the Chiefs. 99 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: The fuse gets lit at three thirty Saturdays, three thirty 100 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: Central Time, two thirty Mountain Time. But that lights the 101 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: fuse for this huge flow chart of stuff, a scramble, 102 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: if you will, and it has been wild this whole year. Yeah, 103 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: you're right. This is what the NFL wanted for sure. 104 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: This is also why they pushed all the divisional games 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: toward the last several games of the season, because they 106 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: wanted these things to be decided late. I think the 107 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: NFL is getting tired of Week seventeen. Back before we 108 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: had a Week eighteen, they were getting tired of Week 109 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: seventeen not really meaning much for many teams. I mean, 110 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: why are fantasy playoffs ending a week early. It's because 111 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: so many teams were sitting players in the final week 112 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 1: of the season because things had already been decided. I 113 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: could be wrong, but I think the Packers are the 114 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: only team that truly have nothing to gain from the 115 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: final week of the season. Even teams that are firmly 116 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: in the playoffs or seating could change a little bit 117 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: based on what happens in this final week. This is 118 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: what the NFL wanted, and I'm kind of glad our 119 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: game is on a Saturday. Honestly, I think the players 120 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: have said this as well, because after Cincinnati, which was 121 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: a bummer of a game, if we're being honest, it's 122 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: a game that we feel like we probably should have won, 123 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: all you want to do is get back out there 124 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: and play right. And the players have echoed that sentiment. 125 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: I think they're excited to get back out there on 126 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: a Saturday. And it's one of those games where I 127 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: think the Broncos are going to feel the fury of 128 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: a thousand sons from the Chiefs because the Chiefs are 129 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: not happy with how the game last week ended. They 130 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: want to go back out there and prove what they 131 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: can do and feel good heading into the postseason. So 132 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: very excited to have this game on a Saturday. Then 133 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: see all the chaos ensue after our game. It has 134 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: been chaotic all year long throughout the National Football League. 135 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: But that's why go back to last week week episode 136 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: on Defending the Kingdom, what's the best reality show? I mean, 137 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: it's been exactly that, and no scriptwriter could write this 138 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: like this. The second part of the mad Scramble has 139 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: been unfortunately COVID nineteen. Now, we've seen that it's impact 140 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: throughout the globe for the last two years basically we're 141 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: getting close to twenty four months now. But in the 142 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 1: National Football League in specific, over the past one hundred days, 143 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: it has been crazy. Take the Denver Broncos, this week's opponent, 144 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: as an example. I went back and looked and last 145 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: week they were affected, nineteen different players affected on the 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: COVID list. They had fifty seven transactions. I want to 147 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: get this right. From December the twenty ninth to January three, 148 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: that's the span of six days, they had fifty seven transactions. 149 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: People added to the COVID list, COVID replacements, reinstated, practice 150 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: squad ads, practice squad deletes. It's just been this crazy 151 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: mishmash where teams it's been not to follow this and again, 152 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs went through it the week before the 153 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh game. It was talked about the first foe the 154 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: minute with Mitch I did the very first week of 155 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, and that now it's back. The Chiefs had 156 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get this right again. Forty five transactions in 157 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: a span of ten days from December sixteen to Christmas. 158 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: It's been crazy with the COVID nineteen, Who's in, Who's out, 159 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: Who's in? For the Who's out? Is the who out 160 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: back in? Yeah, it's been crazy. It's one of those 161 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: things where every week you and I are waiting for 162 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: the transactions to come out just to make sure that 163 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: we're good to proceed to the next day. And whenever 164 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: we don't have players pop up on that list, it's 165 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: like I have a pep in my step, you know, 166 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, we're at full strength here. Because, Yeah, 167 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: that last couple of weeks where we had a lot 168 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: of guys on the list, that was stressful and a 169 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: peek behind the curtain for what we do. We shoot 170 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: our stuff, our Kingdom Conversation segment that goes into hivy 171 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs Insider on a Tuesday. Well, the one week where 172 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: we had all those different guys added to the list. 173 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: We found that out that we had some guys added 174 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: like minutes before our segment, and we're wondering, are we 175 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: going to have more guys added, like after we shoot this, 176 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: this is going to air on a Saturday. It was 177 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: just lots of confusion, but it's stressful and this time 178 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: of year, for sure, you want to be playing your 179 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: best football, obviously, but you also want to have all 180 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: your guys because you work so hard all year long 181 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: to get to this point, to have a chance to 182 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: win a championship, and you want all your players healthy 183 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: and ready to go to pursue that championship. The good 184 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: news for the Chiefs is my hope at least as 185 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: they got through that bump in the road and they 186 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: actually went two and oh through their two games where 187 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: they're missing guys with COVID, which is excellent news. But 188 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: hopefully we don't have to worry about that anymore. We're 189 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: seeing teams all around the league. Cincinnati today, ironically enough 190 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: is having some COVID issues themselves. So Joe Mixon go 191 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: on that list, and Hendrickson yesterday went on the list, 192 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: So it's happening still in the league. Just got to 193 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: make sure We're keeping our eye on the prize here, 194 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: but hopefully no more COVID issues for the Chiefs. Hopefully 195 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: that's a thing of the past for this team and 196 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: the Broncos. We'll see where this goes. But they're in 197 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: the spot the Chiefs were prior to the Pittsburgh game 198 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: because they're a great kick or Brandon McManus and Sam Martin, 199 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: they're veteran punter, are both COVID lists. I mean, they 200 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: may have to play this game with a backup. Is 201 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: Elliot Fry going to sign with them? And like we 202 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: could see Elliot Fry kicking for the Broncos this week 203 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: after he was kicking for the Chiefs two weeks ago. 204 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: That's just how nutty this has been. And again we're 205 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: just prayers and thoughts if we can get through this pandemic, 206 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: but it's made the NFL just nuts on a day 207 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: to day basis. The third part of the Mad Scramble 208 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: happened on Saturday night. I'm sorry, Sunday night, Sunday night 209 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: after the Bronco after the Bengals game. Sunday night after 210 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals game, and I'm in the van. We had 211 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: to drive to Cincinnati. You know the redo of vacation 212 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: here with Clark Griswold driving to Cincinnati. We're on the 213 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: way back. Everybody's tired, not in a great mood after 214 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: that Bengals loss, and everybody's kind of halfway comatose. And 215 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: then you know, Andrew Feeley, I think, gave out the 216 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: beck and call flexed flexed or forward flexed. It's like, 217 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: what and know that the Bronco game is going to 218 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: be twenty four hours in advance of what is going 219 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: to be because that game has been moved forward. Usually 220 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: flex means moving back, but now it is moving forward 221 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. And since that first second of finding 222 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: that out and in talking to coach Read and talking 223 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: to Spags and talking to Eb and I've talked to 224 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: people in the organization, it has been indeed a mad 225 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: scramble because logistically, I said, football teams are aircraft carriers. 226 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: They're not cruisers or pt boats or speed boats. There 227 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: is a lot involved, and you go, oh, well, you 228 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: know what, let's just move that game up twenty four hours. 229 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 1: What do you think, Matt? It has been nuts in 230 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: that regard just getting ready to play this game against 231 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: Denver because of the forward flex NFL teams. In NFL 232 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: players are perhaps the greatest creatures of habit ever, everything 233 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: is so routine oriented. That's why Thursday night games are 234 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: such an issue in a lot of ways for teams, 235 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: particularly teams that go on the road on Thursday night. 236 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: The Chiefs obviously overcame that in the Chargers game earlier 237 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: this year. But I don't have the number. I don't 238 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: have the number off the top of my head, but 239 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: I bet if you looked at teams on Thursday night games, 240 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: the road team probably is losing those games two thirds 241 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: of the time. And the reason behind that is because 242 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: of the routine scramble that they have to go through. 243 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: A Saturday game isn't quite that, but it's close in 244 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: a lot of ways. Because Saturday, if you're going on 245 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: the road, is normally your travel day. Well, all of 246 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: a sudden, Friday is the travel day. Everything gets moved 247 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: up a bit. And if you don't have the foresight, 248 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: because you don't know the game's coming up, I'm gonna 249 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: be on a Saturday to get ready for that game 250 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: a little early, little ahead of time. It's very difficult 251 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: all of a sudden waking up on a Monday and realizing, oh, 252 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: we play a day sooner than we originally thought. It's 253 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: quite difficult. The good news for the Chiefs as they 254 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: have the best in the business in terms of coaches 255 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: and guys getting ready for this kind of thing, getting 256 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: the players prepared. And also we have the luxury of 257 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: knowing the Broncos. We've played them once already this year. 258 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: We played the Broncos twice a year every year, so 259 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: it's not quite as difficult as if it was a 260 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: team that we haven't played in a long time that 261 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: you don't have film and intel on, so it helps it. 262 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: It's the Broncos, but still not easy being a Saturday game. 263 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: Like I mentioned, though, I do think the players just 264 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: from a competitive standpoint like that it's a little earlier though, 265 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: because this way, once again they can get back out 266 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: there on the field and show what they can do. 267 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: Because after a game like Sunday against the Bengals, you 268 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: just have a bad taste in your mouth, you know, 269 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: So I think the guys are excited to get back 270 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: out there. But from a preparation and routine standpoint, Saturday 271 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: games are tough. You and I know this, and sometimes 272 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: part of the defending Kingdom podcast is let people have 273 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: a peak or listen behind the curtain if you will, 274 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: or a behind the audio wall, because this is when 275 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: I'm most proud of what this franchise can do and 276 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: how they do it, because the infrastructure of this team 277 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: is so strong, and it really starts with tread but 278 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: a guy like Mitch Reynolds, it's just one that comes 279 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 1: into play because just think about it. With you've got 280 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: a football team, you're gonna have what somewhere in the 281 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: vicinity of maybe eighty hotel rooms to one hundred hotel rooms. 282 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: You have to have meeting rooms lined up for with 283 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: a v set up in every one of those rooms 284 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: for I'm getting down to the root of entry levels 285 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: here now. When all that's set up for Saturday night 286 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: and you're going, oh, yeah, let's just do that Friday night. 287 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: Oh is the Knights of Klemus having their meeting in 288 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: there the night before? Or is I don't know, is 289 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: your wife's former still having a prom night in there? 290 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's like, well, no, we're not, We're 291 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: booked up. It is crazy to think a hotel doesn't 292 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: set there and have hold all these rooms for a 293 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: night before thinking good you know what, they might get 294 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: forward flex to be the first team to do that 295 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: to No. Seven, let's go ahead and meet. You just 296 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: put that now and the team flies in a seven 297 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: to sixty seven, like the team doesn't own its own plane. 298 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: That just sets in a hangar at the back and call. 299 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: They use a provider. There's a second provider here, a vendor, 300 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: and they're going, yeah, you know what, we got like 301 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: ten of those. Let's just get hey's a seven sixty 302 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: seven ready to go. It's crazy to think of mad 303 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: scramble that has to go. Hey, everything's moved up twenty 304 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: four hours to get this put in place. It is. 305 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: It's gonna take again a yeoman's effort by everybody here 306 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: in the Chief's Kingdom inner circle to pull us off. Yeah, 307 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: it's difficult. That early puts it in perspective because there's 308 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: so many things that happened to make an NFL game occur. 309 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: The guy whos don't just show up and the lights 310 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: turn on, the TV's turn on, and hey, the game's starting. No, 311 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: there's so much that goes on behind the scenes for 312 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: a game to happen. I am glad in some ways 313 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: that it's not a home game, just for all of 314 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: our co worker's sake. All the things that happened to 315 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: put on a game presentation is a lot And if 316 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you realize that you're doing a 317 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: game a day early, it's very difficult. So I'm not 318 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: envious of the Broncos people. They have to do all 319 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: the stuff at Mile High that they weren't expecting they 320 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: have to do twenty four hours earlier. But yeah, there's 321 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: just a lot that goes into it. And Mitch Reynolds, 322 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: you mentioned him. He helps arrange all the stuff for 323 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: the team and get the team from point A to 324 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: point B with no issues, because that's what you want 325 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: for the football team. You don't want them to worry 326 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: about how we're getting to Denver, or where we're staying, 327 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: or where the meeting rooms are. Coach Read isn't going 328 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: to have to worry about any of that because he 329 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: has people that worry about that. But yeah, quite a 330 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: test here for Reynolds and his staff to get everything 331 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: moved up twenty four hours. Definitely a lot harder than just, hey, 332 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: we'll just do it a day sooner. No big deal 333 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: right now, It's a very big deal. I mean, the 334 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: team has seven buses that go everywhere. So the hotel's 335 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: got to be ready, they've got to be available. You 336 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: have to have all those rooms available, all those meeting 337 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: rooms available. There's just a lot of things in play 338 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: here to say, ah, let's just move it up twenty 339 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: four hours. And from what I can tell, there wasn't 340 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: a whole lot of notice for anybody in the organization. 341 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: Like it was kind of like us in that man 342 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: like what okay Man's amble. The final part of this 343 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom episode, Mad Scramble, is dealing with the 344 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: probabilities into this week all right, in the Denver game, 345 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: some have said in the Chiefs Kingdom, I've heard discussion 346 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: public and privately about well, why would you even want 347 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: to win this game? Like, just you know, rest guys, 348 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: what you want to get at least the two seed. 349 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: If Tennessee wins, they get the one seed. We know that, 350 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: But you want to get the two seat because if 351 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: you can win your first game, you want another home game. 352 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: Oh and if the one seed gets upset, like, oh, 353 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. Twenty nineteen, the Chiefs were not the 354 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: one seed that year, they were the two seat. You 355 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: want to be able to be in a position to 356 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: get a home game. All right, that being said, the 357 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: mad scramble here possibilities, probabilities, Chiefs win, Titans win, the 358 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs of the two Titans lose, Chiefs win, whoops, the 359 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: one you get to buy about fifty percent chance, I 360 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: think is what people are saying there. But other than that, again, 361 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: let's go back to the way we started the show. 362 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: This Chiefs Broncos game three thirty Saturday afternoon Central time 363 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: in the States. For those of you who are around 364 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: the world, lights the fuse for this whole flow chart 365 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: of stuff that's going to happen over the next thirty hours. Yeah, 366 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: a lot could happen, a lot could change. I'm with you. 367 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: I understand that there's all different kinds of probabilities and things, 368 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: and people wondering, well the Chiefs were they want to 369 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: be the two seed. Yes, the Chiefs want to be 370 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: the two seed because you want to have home filled 371 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: advantage as long as you possibly can. And if the 372 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs get the two seed, all you need to happen 373 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: is for Tennessee to lose at some point and all 374 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: of a sudden you have an opportunity to host a 375 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: fourth consecutive AFC title game here in Kansas City. That's 376 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: what you want, So we'll just state that obviously. Now 377 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: we all know that if the Titans loose of the Texans, 378 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: like you said, and the Chiefs win, we will be 379 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 1: the one seed we will have to buy. We'll be 380 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: hanging out eating chips and salsa during wild Card weekend. 381 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: That's the hope. But if we just assume, because of 382 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: probabilities and all that, that the Titans win and the 383 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 1: Chiefs win, because this is a Chiefs podcast and we're 384 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: gonna we want the Chiefs to win. So we're assuming 385 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs win and these scenarios and the Titans win. 386 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: We're now looking at probabilities for the seven seed because 387 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: that's the team that the Chiefs would play in the 388 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: wild card round. So I saw these probabilities on Twitter. 389 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: I did not calculate them myself. I saw them from 390 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: real Bird Lawyer. He's a great follow on Twitter, actually, 391 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: Duke Chiefs fan, just stuff for Sports Illustrateds, so thank 392 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: you for these. But right now he has the Chargers 393 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: at a forty five percent chance of being the seven seed. 394 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: So seeing the Chargers for a third time, the Colts 395 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 1: at a twenty seven percent chance, the Bills at an 396 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: eleven percent chance, the Patriots at a nine percent chance, 397 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 1: the Raiders at six percent, and the Steelers at two percent. 398 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: If you want to watch some games and figure out 399 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: what they mean if games go the way that you 400 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: would assume they would go, if the favorites win all 401 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: the games outside of the games I'm talking about, if 402 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: the Chargers beat the Raiders, we're probably gonna play the 403 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: Chargers in the first round. Okay, if the Raiders beat 404 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers, we're going to probably play the Colts in 405 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: the first round. Now, if the Colts lose to the Jags, 406 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: it gets crazy, like it opens up doors for us 407 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: to play the Steelers, even the Ravens maybe in the 408 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: first round. So all kinds of crazy things could happen. 409 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: But if you assume that teams that are supposed to 410 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: win win right now, the team that we're most likely 411 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: to play is the Chargers, which the NFL would absolutely love, 412 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure, because we've had drama between these two teams 413 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: both times they've played this year. Two of the best 414 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks in the NFL, of course, and Patrick Mahomes 415 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert but then also the Colts. That's an 416 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: interesting matchup as well, because you have Jonathan Taylor and 417 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: you have that great Colts squad that's been They were 418 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: down at the beginning of the year and really caught 419 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: fire in the middle of the year. And Jonathan Taylor 420 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: is a legitimate MVP candidate, So lots of possibilities and 421 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: interesting things that could happen here for the Chiefs. And 422 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: I know this because I've been around this team for 423 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: a long time. Now, all they care about is Denver. 424 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: They're not worrying about any of this stuff, and we'll 425 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: let the cards just fall. But it's fun for us 426 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: as fans to be watching games and having an idea 427 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,959 Speaker 1: of kind of what they could dictate for later on. 428 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens over the course of the weekend. 429 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: But the first order of business is beating Denver yep, 430 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: and that'll be a tall task. I think Denver is 431 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: gonna play with a lot of pride in this game. 432 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: They have talent and if anybody thinks this is going 433 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: to be a walk on the park, they're wrong, and 434 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: that she's trying to get a thirteenth consecutive win. But 435 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: we'll close it out this way because I know people 436 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: have asked you. They asked me on a daily basis, 437 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: probably six or seven times, whether I'm in a studio 438 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: like this or getting a text message, who do you 439 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: want to play in the playoffs? And I will give 440 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: you any read has taught me. Bring it on. It 441 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: does not matter when, where, or why or how. I'll 442 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: bring it on. You give me all the Marvel Comics 443 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: villains all at once. Just line them up in front 444 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: of me, take them on. Just let's have at it. 445 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: But that's where we're at. We've had a mad scramble, 446 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: mad scramble with COVID to get to this mad scramble 447 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: weekend that leads to a mad scramble in the playoffs. Absolutely. 448 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: And you know one thing that I've been thinking about 449 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: after the Bengals game and after some games earlier this season, 450 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: that we'd like to have back. It's a great opportunity 451 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: to learn and to get better for this time. And 452 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: what my point is is things that happened against the Bengals. 453 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: We did some good things in that game, but things 454 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: happened against the Bengals that are maybe uncharacteristic of this 455 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: team or went in the Bengals favor that didn't go 456 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: in the Chiefs favor. The beauty of this game is 457 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs may have another opportunity to play the 458 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: Bengals in the playoffs, or to play the Bills, who 459 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: we lost to earlier this year, or the Titans. And 460 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: what we have an opportunity to do here if we 461 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,479 Speaker 1: play those teams again, is we have games on tape 462 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: where the other team did things to us that worked. Well. 463 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: What can we do now? We can learn from those 464 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: And that's the beautiful thing. If you face the Bengals 465 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: or the Chargers, even who we lost to earlier this year, 466 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: you can look at those games and say, hey, they 467 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: did this, well, how do we stop it? And that's 468 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: just a real luxury. Look at twenty nineteen, people forget 469 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: about this, but the path to the Lombardi Trophy. We 470 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: lost to the Texans and lost the Titans in the 471 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: regular season that year. And what we do we learn 472 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: from those games and beat those teams when it really counted. 473 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: So that's my hope this time around. If we see 474 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: those teams again here in the postseason, we'll see how 475 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: the chips all fall. But the beauty of coach read 476 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: and of this coaching staff, as they always look at 477 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 1: what happened previously and they learn from it. And almost 478 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: when you lose, if you're looking for any kind of 479 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: silver lining and loss, if you lose, it makes you 480 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: look at it maybe a little bit harder, and all 481 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: of a sudden you faced those teams again. You can 482 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: learn from those mistakes. So that's the good thing I 483 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: guess about losing games. I don't know. I want the 484 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: Chiefs to go twenty and l every single year, but 485 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: losing the good playoff teams is a good experience in 486 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: a lot of ways to take what happened in that 487 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: game and make sure the bad things don't happen again 488 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: and the good things are amplified. So we'll see if 489 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: that happens here again in the playoffs. But to that 490 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: time of year, a bitch, we finally made it. It's 491 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: hard to believe. The season is kind of flown by, 492 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: but once again seeking a Lombardi Trophy. And I'll add too, 493 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: if we can win this game, will become just a 494 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: fifth team in NFL history to win twelve or more 495 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: games in four straight seasons. Think about that, and there's 496 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: lots of reasons to win this game on Saturday afternoon. 497 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: You mentioned something interested will close this way because I'll 498 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: just have the fans. We'll get into this next week 499 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: we do our playoff preview show. But just go through 500 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: the chief schedule. Start with week one. Cleveland's been eliminated, 501 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,959 Speaker 1: but at the time, think about what they were like. 502 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: Just go down through the schedule and go, Yep, they're 503 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: still in it. Oh they're in it. Oh they're still 504 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: in it. Oh they're in it. Oh they're still in it. 505 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: It has been a season, fold a mad scramble season, 506 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: if you will, full of playing playoff caliber teams every 507 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 1: week for the most part, maybe sans one. Okay. The 508 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 1: other thing you mentioned will close this way is the 509 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: psychology of the Chiefs. For a long time with the hunter, 510 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: then they were the hunted. Even think look at the 511 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: way this season started, revenge tour by the Ravens, by 512 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: the Bills, by the Titans. They all want to okay, 513 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: now it flips back to me psychologically that the Chiefs 514 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: are back to being the hunter, and sometimes you hunt 515 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: and it's a mad scramble to touch down, all sit 516 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: down and the celebration begins to their head