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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three NFL calendar. It's the Chiefs against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: But how does a player get ready for an international

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Speaker 2: Twenty eight yard field goal attempt.

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Speaker 1: Will Lotts and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom.

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Speaker 1: I'm Michold's Voice of the Chiefs along with senior team

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Speaker 1: And you've been there, you did the advanced trip in

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Speaker 3: We're lucky to have you on board because this is

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, absolutely so. Athletic training is all encompassing. We obviously

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Speaker 3: Now, you were with the Chiefs back when we went

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Speaker 5: You know, so guys get stuck in their ways, and

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Speaker 3: Well, doctor Aloya, using your expertise, what has your role

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Speaker 3: That's amazing that just roll right into a practice, and

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Speaker 4: diurnal pattern. That means it sort of we know when

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Speaker 4: to sleep, we know when to wait, we know how

437
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Speaker 4: when to perform at our best, and when we're sort

438
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Speaker 4: of a little bit sleepy after a meal, you know.

439
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,480
Speaker 4: So that is just a normal pattern that we all

440
00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,040
Speaker 4: go through. But we often will have different circadian rhythms,

441
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,080
Speaker 4: and actually some of the younger players may have a

442
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Speaker 4: little later rhythm than some of the older players. That's

443
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Speaker 4: absolutely natural. One of the things that you guys spoke

444
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,960
Speaker 4: about that Coach read really well is keep people on

445
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 4: a routine. And when we look at the data when

446
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,359
Speaker 4: NFL players travel across two or more time zones, we

447
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,640
Speaker 4: find that the ones who recover best are the ones

448
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 4: who are on a routine. So the ones who keep

449
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,639
Speaker 4: to a regular schedule and most people would think of

450
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,480
Speaker 4: their circadian rhythm as a normal bedtime. A regular bedtime,

451
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 4: what's actually more important is a wake time. If you

452
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Speaker 4: keep a normal wake time, and you might have had

453
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Speaker 4: this experience yourself when you go to bed later or earlier,

454
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,359
Speaker 4: that you just wake up at the same time every day.

455
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 4: That's your body clock, right, and we want to sort

456
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Speaker 4: of work with our body clock to get the best

457
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Speaker 4: possible sleep we can, And so we're messing up that

458
00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 4: circadian rhythm when we travel overseas. That's just natural, that's expected,

459
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Speaker 4: and we don't want to shift these guys all the

460
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Speaker 4: way to the European time and then have to shift

461
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Speaker 4: them all the way back. We just try to find

462
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Speaker 4: a happy medium where they can function really well when

463
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Speaker 4: they're there, and we use light to do that. One

464
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Speaker 4: of the reasons we do that is because you might

465
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Speaker 4: have heard the melotonin, a hormone in your body a

466
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Speaker 4: natural home that's sleep inducing. If you have melotonin flooding

467
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 4: your brain and your eyes are closed and I shine

468
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,120
Speaker 4: a light on you, melotonin will decrease. So light controls

469
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 4: melatonin really nicely, and it's a good way to help

470
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 4: these guys get into a new rhythm.

471
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Speaker 3: That's a really good point about how when you wake

472
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Speaker 3: up that's the important thing, not so much when you

473
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Speaker 3: go to sleep. It reminds me of like my own

474
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,040
Speaker 3: life like this. I'll go to sleep super late sometimes,

475
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Speaker 3: but I try to get up at the same time

476
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Speaker 3: every day, and when I sleep in every once in

477
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Speaker 3: a while, I feel like I'm actually more tired, almost

478
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Speaker 3: even though I got more rest. It's weird, but it

479
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Speaker 3: makes sense based on what you said. Now we've talked

480
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Speaker 3: a lot about the flight. What are some best practices

481
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Speaker 3: for when the guys land in Frankfurt. Once they're there,

482
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Speaker 3: how do they keep that circadian rhythm correct and how

483
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Speaker 3: do they make sure that they're awake, they're alert and

484
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Speaker 3: they're getting the most out of that Friday practice.

485
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Speaker 4: Yeah, so one of the best things you can do

486
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Speaker 4: is as soon as you get up, get daylight, and

487
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Speaker 4: really outside light is the best, even if it's a

488
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Speaker 4: cloudy day. Getting outside on a cloudy day gets you

489
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Speaker 4: more light exposure than being inside in a very well

490
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Speaker 4: lit room. So we try to encourage these guys to

491
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,959
Speaker 4: get outside, no sunglasses, you know, get outside under the sunshine,

492
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Speaker 4: even if it's behind a cloud, and that helps decrease

493
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Speaker 4: that melotone and gets you ready for the day. They

494
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Speaker 4: can have caffeine in the morning, they get their exercise

495
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 4: that gets you activated as well. When I would travel overseas,

496
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Speaker 4: I often will get there and get out and go

497
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Speaker 4: for a run. You know. That's my approach because I

498
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Speaker 4: want to get activated and get into my daytime as

499
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Speaker 4: best as possible. Now, then when they go to sleep,

500
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Speaker 4: when they go to go to sleep, they might struggle

501
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Speaker 4: to go to sleep, and that's fine, but they still

502
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Speaker 4: have to get up at the same time every morning

503
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Speaker 4: so that they can sort of start to make that change,

504
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 4: and pretty soon they're going to start going to sleep earlier.

505
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Speaker 4: I mean to be honest, we're probably asking them go

506
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Speaker 4: to sleep sometime around seven pm, you know, their time

507
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Speaker 4: when they get on the flight, and that's going to

508
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 4: be hard, we understand that. But once they're there, they

509
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 4: can start to shift that clock.

510
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Speaker 3: At least for not flying to like Beijing or something. Right,

511
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Speaker 3: I suppose it could be a lot worse than what

512
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 3: we're going to have here, which is a six or

513
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Speaker 3: seven hour time difference.

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Speaker 2: Tiff.

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Speaker 3: Now, I want to ask you about the logistical infrastructure

516
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 3: we have here. I think It's something that fans maybe

517
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,360
Speaker 3: don't know a whole lot about, but we're so fortunate

518
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 3: to have it, and doctor Aloya is part of that.

519
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 3: Just how important is the infrastructure that we have to

520
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,080
Speaker 3: make all of this so seamless, where guys like Patrick

521
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 3: and Travis and all the players and the coaches they

522
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 3: can just worry about the game and everything else happens

523
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 3: around them to get them ready for it.

524
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Speaker 5: Absolutely So in this case, the infrastructure is going to

525
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,439
Speaker 5: be your people and the connections and the relationships that

526
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Speaker 5: we have. So we have multiple departments and multiple people

527
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 5: behind the scenes of the players and the staff and

528
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 5: the coaches that are able to set these relationships up

529
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Speaker 5: so that we can have conversations with sleep number and

530
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Speaker 5: get that information. But then more importantly than we're able

531
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Speaker 5: to have conversations with the people who would be able

532
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Speaker 5: to support us with that. So our airlines, for instance,

533
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Speaker 5: we've already had conversations there to say, Hey, what time

534
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Speaker 5: are we going to have lights out? Or what time

535
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Speaker 5: are we going to start dimming them? And then what

536
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Speaker 5: time are we going to start bringing the lights back

537
00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 5: up up. Same thing when we arrived there with the

538
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Speaker 5: hotel and our operations crew, Mitch Reynolds and his peeps.

539
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Speaker 5: They've already been instructed to make sure that the curtains

540
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Speaker 5: are up so that we can get that natural light

541
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Speaker 5: in as much as possible. We've already had team meetings

542
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 5: where we've said, guys, you can't go to sleep. We've

543
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 5: got to be able to speak in front of those

544
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Speaker 5: guys and give them those hints and tips and say,

545
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Speaker 5: the worst thing for you right now is to try

546
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Speaker 5: to take a quick little nap. That's not going to work.

547
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Speaker 5: So being very front forward with all the education from

548
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Speaker 5: all the staff members is crucial in that aspect. And

549
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Speaker 5: then again kind of following Coach Read's lead where a

550
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Speaker 5: Friday practice is kind of quicker on the meeting side

551
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Speaker 5: of things, and getting right into that exercise, right into

552
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Speaker 5: the practice, and coaches already said, yeah, that one's going

553
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 5: to be tough, but that one's going to be the

554
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Speaker 5: most important one to get us back on track. So

555
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Speaker 5: having a supportive group, everybody on the same page, everybody

556
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Speaker 5: saying the same message, I think really allows these guys

557
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Speaker 5: to prepare to the best of their ability, to focus

558
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Speaker 5: in on being in their routine and not worried about

559
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Speaker 5: how to change the routine. We will do the change

560
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 5: for them. They just have to follow our lead, so

561
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Speaker 5: to speak.

562
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Speaker 3: Well, this is where NFL teams are not equal. And

563
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Speaker 3: I'll close with this, I really appreciate the time that

564
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Speaker 3: both of you have given us here today. We are

565
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Speaker 3: so lucky to have the infrastructure that we have here

566
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,119
Speaker 3: in Kansas City. And the twenty fifteen game that we

567
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 3: talked about earlier is a great example of that. Look

568
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 3: back at that season, the Chiefs started out one and five. Well,

569
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 3: that Lions victory in London was part of a eleven

570
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Speaker 3: game winning streak that led to the first playoff victory

571
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Speaker 3: for Kansas City in a very long time. They don't

572
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Speaker 3: get that win if they don't have the right people

573
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Speaker 3: on board making sure they get enough sleep that they're

574
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Speaker 3: ready for game day. And yeah, tough loss for the

575
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Speaker 3: Chiefs last week, but we have the people in place

576
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 3: to get our guys ready for hopefully a big bounce

577
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 3: back on Sunday against the Dolphins and Frankfurt. All right,

578
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 3: really interesting stuff there. It's one of those things we

579
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Speaker 3: kind of take for granted. We're like, Okay, we're just

580
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Speaker 3: going to go play a football game there. We'll just

581
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,439
Speaker 3: drink a bunch of coffee, right, And for you and me,

582
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 3: maybe that will work. But for elite athletes, they have

583
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Speaker 3: to go perform, and they have to play one of

584
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,159
Speaker 3: the better teams in the NFL and the Dolphins, and

585
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 3: to try and get a win, you got to be

586
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 3: your absolute best. And we're so fortunate here at the

587
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 3: Chiefs to have the logistical infrastructure and the experts who

588
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 3: can help get the guys ready.

589
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Speaker 2: And I'm a huge Tiffany Morton fan. Huge. I've got

590
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 2: a rookie card. I'm trying to get her to sign it.

591
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: She is a cutting edge and our athletic training folks

592
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: are remarkable and she's really turned in now to a

593
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: leader in the industry, which it's been great to see.

594
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: Julie Fremeer is another one. But for a female to

595
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Speaker 1: have the responsibility that she has, and I only say

596
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Speaker 1: that not to for her to take and put a

597
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: female athletic trainer now in this point of responsibility is

598
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: really groundbreaking here. And so when Tiffany talks and says something,

599
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 1: you pay attention. So I love the fact that you

600
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,640
Speaker 1: did that interview, but how many times have people said, hey, well,

601
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: didn't you sleep on the plane Okay, here's a question

602
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 1: for all of you Kingdom defenders. How many of your

603
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 1: bedrooms are in the Oh the motif of an airplane

604
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: and airplane fuselage and your bed. Oh no, your bed's

605
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: a plane seat. I got it. Hey, didn't you sleep

606
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: on the plane?

607
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 2: Oh? Slept like a baby on the plane.

608
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,120
Speaker 1: Come on, people, Yes, we're in the sky right, we're

609
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Speaker 1: flying to Germany in an eight and a half hour period.

610
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: But still to sleep on the plane is a bit

611
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: of an art form, but it's gonna be necessary the

612
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: way the Chiefs are doing this trip.

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00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 2: Yeah.

614
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Speaker 3: I remember after our Chargers game in a primetime last year.

615
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 3: It was so late, and we're getting back late. We're

616
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Speaker 3: going to land at like four or five in the morning, right,

617
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 3: and then, you know, some people can take that Monday off.

618
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 3: We can't take the Monday off. There's still the same

619
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Speaker 3: amount of work we have to get done. So I'm

620
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 3: gonna go home, get a couple hours of sleep maybe,

621
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Speaker 3: and then come back to work. I really admire Josh

622
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Speaker 3: Klingler on the on the radio. Of course, he does

623
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Speaker 3: VESCO in the morning, but he's also your sideline reporter

624
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 3: for the radio broadcast. He sometimes will land and go

625
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 3: straight to audit and just do his morning show. I

626
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 3: don't know how he does it. I remember though, after

627
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 3: that Chargers game, I was trying so hard to fall asleep.

628
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 3: And we have a little TV monitors in front of

629
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 3: us where you can watch movies and stuff. Well there

630
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 3: was this option where you can play just like deep

631
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 3: Space sounds. Just put my headphones and try to like

632
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 3: relax and go to sleep, but I'm so wired from

633
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 3: the game and I just can't fall asleep. And whatever.

634
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 3: For us, it doesn't matter as much. Like I said,

635
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 3: we'll drink some coffee. For the players, it's very, very

636
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 3: important that the athletic training staff gets them ready for

637
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 3: this game, not just physically in terms of injuries and

638
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 3: injury recovery, but also just being one hundred percent there

639
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 3: being rested. It's not easy, and we're lucky that we

640
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 3: have the very best in the NFL getting our guys ready.

641
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: I remember going to London in twenty fifteen, and it

642
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: was last year that the late Lendosin did road games,

643
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: and it was such a blessing for me to work

644
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: a quarter century basically with my boyhood hero. But I

645
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: remember channeling len Okay because we were on the same

646
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: kind of itinerate. You have to put yourself when you

647
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: get on the plane. You've got to put yourself. In

648
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: this instance, it was London time for us. It'll be

649
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: frankfort time. You've got to mentally like figure that out,

650
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: like it's one in the morning. Yeah, and you're not.

651
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: You're thinking it's seven o'clock at night.

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00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: So I go, I got Lena blindfold.

653
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Speaker 1: You're like, you're supposed to wear if you travel internationally,

654
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Speaker 1: and like your dad does.

655
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Speaker 2: I'm sure all the time.

656
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Speaker 1: You know, you get him a little melowtonin You're like, okay, man,

657
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: you've got to sleep like it's it's the middle of

658
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Speaker 1: the night.

659
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Speaker 2: Okay.

660
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Speaker 1: So I'm trying to sleep like it's the middle of

661
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Speaker 1: the night. It's not working. I'm listening to the you know,

662
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Speaker 1: the soft sounds. I mean, I fall asleep and I

663
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: think for a while, I wonder how Len's doing. So

664
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Speaker 1: I peek up under my blindfold. He's watching movies, having food.

665
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Speaker 1: I go, this isn't good. He had his days and

666
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: nights mixed up that whole trip. Oh no, oh no,

667
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: it was I love him, love him, love him, But

668
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Speaker 1: it was like it was the middle of the night

669
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Speaker 1: and he's up, you know, and it's he's anyway you

670
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: can travel and to do these internationally are a little

671
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: bit tougher than people think. I know, it's a first

672
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: world problem for you and me when we get off

673
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: these games at five in the morning and then you

674
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: have to go basically right into work because I've done

675
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: the same thing Kling is done, and then you've got

676
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: the Kingdom show that night. Those those Kingdom shows are

677
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: the longest of my life, like six shix so and

678
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: then you're driving home like bopping and weaving. Okay, that's

679
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: what we got. But get proper sleep. Proper rest, even

680
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: if it's a consistent time is for any age, any age.

681
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: I don't know how Coach does it. He's an alien.

682
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: But for the rest of us who are not an

683
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: alien superhuman like Coach Reid, consistent rest of seven eight

684
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Speaker 1: hours a night, I think has been proven scientifically. It

685
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with overall wellness. Now we'll

686
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: just close this way on doing a quick crop dust

687
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: of this game, and if you can find Kingdom conversations,

688
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: we'll dive into this a little bit more on that.

689
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: You can find it when you travel around with on

690
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: your Chiefs app But this Miami game, to me is

691
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: interesting because the fact that this is arguably the biggest

692
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: game so far in the NFL calendar and it's happening

693
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: in Frankfurt, Germany. Get ready for more of that, folks.

694
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Speaker 1: That's another thesis I'm doing during the bye week is

695
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: that we are very sooner than later, every team will

696
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: play an international game every year. You're gonna open up Brazil,

697
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 1: You're gonna open up Australia. We'll do a podcast in

698
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: the off season about it. But what does that mean?

699
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: You're going to get huge games that are going to

700
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: happen outside of the continental United States. Just get ready

701
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: for it. More of these kind of games will happen

702
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: in locale, that's in a so called neutral site. That

703
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: being said to me, Matt, and I'm curious of your

704
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: thought on this. This is the second straight opponent where

705
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: there's a larger long form narrative as a motivation.

706
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 2: For our an opponent.

707
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: Last week it was the Denver Bronco sick of losing

708
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs sixteen straight times. They were going to

709
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: everything they had into that game. They did and they won.

710
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: Credit to them.

711
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 2: Here's Miami.

712
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Speaker 1: They have won twelve straight games against teams that have

713
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: had a losing record when they played them. It is

714
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: almost like there's a caveat with the Dolphins. They're so powerful,

715
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 1: their stats are crazy, but yet they're.

716
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 2: Going who have they beaten?

717
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: This game is an enormous game for this whole Dolphin

718
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: team because they can say we beat the Chiefs.

719
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Speaker 3: When you were talking about how one day every team's

720
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 3: going to play an international game every single season, it

721
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 3: reminded me that we had a YouTube comment or from

722
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 3: New Zealand that chimed in and wants the Chiefs to

723
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 3: go down to New Zealand and play a game. As

724
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 3: someone who has seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy

725
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 3: approximately one billion times, I would love to do that.

726
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 3: So maybe one of these days will play in New Zealand.

727
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 3: But yeah, you're totally right. If you look at this

728
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 3: Miami team, they're six and two on the year. They

729
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 3: have the same record as the Chiefs right now now,

730
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 3: the Chiefs have the one seed in the AFC through

731
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 3: eight weeks. That's great news. That's where you want to

732
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 3: be right now at this point in the season. But

733
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 3: the Dolphins are right there now. If you look at

734
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 3: the teams the Dolphins have beat. They are six to

735
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 3: zero against teams with losing records this season. To their credit,

736
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 3: you're supposed to win those games, and they have throttled

737
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 3: those opponents. Their average margin of victory this year is

738
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 3: eighteen points. But in their two losses, those being Buffalo

739
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 3: and Philadelphia, the two teams they've played this season with

740
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 3: a winning record, they lost both of those games by

741
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 3: double digits and they did not score more than twenty

742
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,240
Speaker 3: points in either game. So this Dolphins squad is trying

743
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 3: to really announce themselves as a contender in the AFC.

744
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 3: And let's be honest, if they beat the Chiefs here

745
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 3: in this game, they will accomplish that. They will say

746
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 3: we are here for the Chiefs. The mandate is get

747
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 3: back on track. And who better to get back on

748
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 3: track against than a contender, a really good team in

749
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: Miami who's trying to challenge you. And like we talked

750
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 3: about earlier in the show, the Chiefs time and time

751
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 3: again whenever they have faced situations like this, they are

752
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 3: up for that challenge. It will be a challenge, though.

753
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 3: This Miami squad is pretty loaded.

754
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,720
Speaker 1: And think about it long form for the Dolphins because

755
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: people talk about the Bills and the Bengals and the

756
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Ravens, and the Dolphins were smothered for

757
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: two decades by the Patriots run. And they have a

758
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: great history. Think about the seventy two Dolphins having Champagne

759
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: every year because of the last undefeated team, and you

760
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: can look at great players, but it's been a while

761
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: since they have been at this point. And now that's

762
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: why this game. Don't overthink it, but this game is

763
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 1: important to the Miami Dolphins. Now, just a couple quick

764
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: points as we close one quick strike drives. They have

765
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 1: seventy three points on drives of four snaps or less.

766
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 1: The next closest team is San Francisco with thirty five,

767
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: meaning these guys can strike like a bolt of lightning.

768
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 3: The big plays, that's their bread and butter. I mean,

769
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 3: you laid it out. They have eleven scoring drives this

770
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 3: year that consisted of four or fewer plays, by far,

771
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 3: the most of any team in the NFL. Their average

772
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 3: length of their scoring drives is only seven point two

773
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 3: to one plays, third fewest in the NFL, and they

774
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 3: have the most plays of twenty or more yards in

775
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 3: the NFL. They're also very balanced, so they have big

776
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 3: plays coming from the passing game and the running game.

777
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 3: They have the most rushing yards and the most passing

778
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 3: yards of any team in the NFL. A lot of

779
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 3: that though, comes from those big plays, and I talked

780
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 3: about it on Kingdom Conversations. This reminds me a lot

781
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 3: of the Chiefs in twenty twenty one two. I was

782
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 3: in eighteen nineteen twenty. They were a big play offense

783
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 3: and then finally defense is caught up a bit and said,

784
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 3: you're not going to beat us over the top. You

785
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 3: have to go down the field methodically. We're going to

786
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 3: keep everything in front of us. In my mind, this

787
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 3: Dolphins offense is a lot like those early Chiefs offenses

788
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 3: where they want the big play. They want to hit

789
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 3: that over the top every single time, and the Chiefs

790
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 3: cannot allow Miami to do that. Now, look at the

791
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 3: two losses for the Dolphins this year against Buffalo and

792
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 3: against Philly. They were not allowed to play the game

793
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 3: on their terms in those games because what Miami wants

794
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 3: to do they want to get a lead on you,

795
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 3: they want to ambush you, and then they want to

796
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 3: run the football and wear you down. They've done that

797
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 3: time and time again this year for Buffalo and for Philadelphia.

798
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 3: They kept the pressure on Miami and eventually Miami made mistakes.

799
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,959
Speaker 3: And that's what the Chiefs have to do in this game.

800
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 3: Keep the pressure on the Dolphins offensively, do not let

801
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 3: the game be played on their terms. And you cannot

802
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 3: the biggest thing. You cannot let Miami hit you with

803
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 3: big plays consistently, because that's how they beat teams.

804
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,919
Speaker 1: And we'll see an old friend in Tyreek Hill. He's

805
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: on a record setting pace. There's never been a two

806
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,479
Speaker 1: thousand yard receiver in the history of the National Football League,

807
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: although Calvin Johnson was close. He's on pace to shatter that.

808
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: But to me, the point you bring up is really

809
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: interesting because what people do not think about with the

810
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,280
Speaker 1: Dolphins is the fact that they get not only chunk runs,

811
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: they get dynamic touchdown rents. They have four rushes of

812
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: fifty yards or more. There's only been fourteen of those

813
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: in the entire National Football League thus far. In the

814
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: first eight weeks of the season, they have four of them,

815
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: meaning you can forget jet chip wasp. They will run

816
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: the ball for seventy five yards in a touchdown. Raheem

817
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: Moster is a stud. Now the Chiefs are catching a

818
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: break here not having to play Devon Han who's dynamic

819
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: as a runner. But this is a Dolphin team. You

820
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 1: can't necessarily put seven and eight in the box to

821
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 1: try to slow him down on the run because you've

822
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: got to deal with the wattles and Tyreek hills. But

823
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: you cannot let these home run running plays happen to

824
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: beat these guys.

825
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 3: You know, when I was flying to the Combine way

826
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 3: back in February or March, whatever it was, we had

827
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 3: to fly through Dallas and Devin eh Chan was on

828
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 3: our plane. He was just flying to the Combine and

829
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 3: I was I knew a little bit about him, and

830
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 3: now to think what he is in the league is

831
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 3: pretty amazing, really good player.

832
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: You're right the Chiefs are were tested or you attempted

833
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 1: to tamper and go, don't you really want to be

834
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,360
Speaker 1: a Chief? I stayed far away, refuse your draft position

835
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: until But yeah, he's a good player, really fast. Like

836
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: you said, we're fortunate we're missing him. Rahiem Moster though,

837
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: very good player, averaging five point three six yards per

838
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: carry this year, ten rushing touchdowns already. But again, I

839
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,320
Speaker 1: always try to find narratives and the losses for teams

840
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: like Miami, And if you look at those two losses

841
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: against Buffalo and against Philadelphia, he had less than fifty

842
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: rushing yards in both of those. Again, the game was

843
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: not played on their terms. One more thing with this

844
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: Miami offense, though, is how quickly to a tongue of

845
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 1: Valoa gets rid of the football. Really interesting. We had

846
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: a similar conversation earlier this season about Trevor Lawrence because

847
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: he also loves to get rid of the football very quickly.

848
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: Two His average time to throw this year is two

849
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 1: point two eight seconds, by far the fastest of any

850
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL. Sixty two percent of his passes

851
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 1: this year have taken place in less than two point

852
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: five seconds, and according to Pro Football Focus and their

853
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: grading system, he is the best quarterback in the NFL

854
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: when he gets rid of the football quickly. So for

855
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, it's going to be difficult to get pressure

856
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,320
Speaker 1: on him because simply it's physics. The ball is already

857
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,720
Speaker 1: out of his hand right But when he is pressured

858
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: this year, he's completing less than forty percent of his passes.

859
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: So try to cover that first read. Get your hands up.

860
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have been great about that this year, batting

861
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: passes down at the line of scrimmage, and if that

862
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: first read is denied, all of a sudden, Tua is

863
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 1: not as effective when he is pressured. So hopefully that's

864
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: the key for the Chiefs here defensively against this high

865
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: powered offensive attack. We'll do a whole other episode on this,

866
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: but it's also the sun comes up in the west

867
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: with him because you're playing a left handed quarterback and

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Speaker 1: everything gets turned around when you play a left handed quarterback.

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Speaker 1: But we'll close to a tongue of iloa right now.

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Speaker 1: Is his blitz passer rating and because of that quick

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Speaker 1: release is ridiculous. It's like in the one forty eight range.

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Speaker 1: He is the highest rated passer right now on the

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Speaker 1: National Football League.

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Speaker 2: Yep, to a tongue of iloa. So here we go.

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Speaker 1: We're headed to deutsch Lann and the Chiefs taking on

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, trying to rebound and also get a

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Speaker 1: little sleep.

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Speaker 4: The distance to the