1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Week eighteen of the regular season. Wait a minute, the 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs already have the buye, They've got the one seed 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. There's nothing to talk about. 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, wha, whoa. 5 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot to talk about, because in Week eighteen, 6 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: it's way more than the obvious, and this addition to 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom will dive right into it. Of course, 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: it's brought to you by Ticketmaster. Don't forget them for 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: what you need for the playoffs and maybe even the 10 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: big game. You're side throwing the end zone to touchdown 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: Kansas City, Justin Watson becomes the hero of the drive. Howeveryone, 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: I'm a child's voice of the Chiefs along with senior 13 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: team reporter Matt McMullen. Week eighteen. This is something you 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: and I talk about all year long. Honestly, I have 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: kept the snap counts from last year's Week eighteen victory 16 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: over the Chargers, where the Chiefs couldn't move the needle. 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: They're the three seed, couldn't move to four, couldn't go 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: to two one. I save those snapcounts because I was 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: so fascinated with the Week eighteen victory thirteen twelve over 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: the Chargers and what it meant beyond the obvious that 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: I just I've looked at it for three hundred and 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: sixty four days or close to it. So we're going 23 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: to dive into week eighteen way beyond the obvious. So 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: your thoughts. Chiefs have the buy First, let's celebrate the buye. 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: We really haven't talked about that. We haven't had an 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: episode since then. But what an amazing accomplishment for the 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, three games in eleven days to do extraordinary. 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 3: Things aside from the Super bowls and playoff wins. I'm 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 3: not sure I've ever seen you more excited and fired 30 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 3: up than you were after that game against the Chargers 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: last year and otherwise completely meaningless game, but you were 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 3: so excited. 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: Mess but we'll get it. Seemingly meaningless but maybe not. 34 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, but it's a big deal having to buy. The 35 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 3: Chiefs had a Week six by this year. Normally, we've 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 3: been very fortunate with the bye week every season, where 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: it's in like Week twelve or something and everyone gets 38 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 3: arrest then we gear up for the postseason run. Not 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 3: the case this year, and I think getting the Week 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: six by was a really difficult challenge for the Chiefs 41 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 3: this year because our off season ended before everyone else's did. 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: Because when you play that Thursday game to open up 43 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 3: the season, you start training camp a week early, so 44 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 3: your offseason is condensed, and then your regular season continues 45 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: after Week six and you're playing all these games in 46 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 3: a row against really good teams. You play three games 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: in eleven days, two of them on the road, and 48 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: two of them against AFC playoff teams. Just very difficult. 49 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 3: So now to have this bye week before the postseason 50 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: really gets going, I think it's really beneficial, really maybe 51 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: for this team more than it would be for anyone else. 52 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 3: And we can get healthy, get Patrick Mahomes ankle healthy, 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 3: get Chris Jones healthy, and let's go take on this 54 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 3: playoff run. And the best part of it, like Mahomes 55 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 3: always says, it's basically like winning a playoff game. You 56 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: don't have to worry about wild card weekend. It's as 57 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 3: if you won and everyone was healthy, and then you 58 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 3: just get to go and play hopefully two games at 59 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: home and then the Super Bowl. 60 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: And half the field just evaporates while you're sitting there 61 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: a watch. Now, also, this team had to play every 62 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: day of the week. We know that, and I'm just 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: waiting for Paramount to, Hey, we're gonna have a Tuesday 64 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: morning nine thirty game. We have to have some juice 65 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: after the Yellowstone Trilogy. So let's get the NFL. It'll 66 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: be the Chiefs at nine thirty in the morning on 67 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: a Tuesday. I'm just waiting for that. But anyway, and 68 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: what these guys did, though, let's just go into this 69 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: before we go around the world and then dive into 70 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: what's not so obvious about Week eighteen to face this 71 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: gauntlet of I don't know, Miles Garrett, Danil Hunter, TJ. Watt, 72 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Will Anderson Junior, all their buddies. This was and now 73 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: with Denver coming up this week, those are probably the 74 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: four top teams in pressuring the quarterback in the NFL, 75 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: with sack leaders all over the place. And the Chiefs 76 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: give up one sack one sack in those three games 77 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: in eleven days, while they got twelve themselves in five 78 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: with that Chris Jones in that game against Pittsburgh. That 79 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: is one accomplishment. You have to go all right way 80 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: to go. 81 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: The only sackle out in that stretch was on a blitz. 82 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: I think it was Christian Harris linebacker for the Texans. 83 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: It wasn't Daniel Hunter or Will Anderson or TJ. Watt 84 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 3: or Alex Highsmith, Miles Garrett, any of these guys, these 85 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: major great pass rushers did not get to Patrick Mahomes 86 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 3: in that stretch. And it's really incredible. It's a testament 87 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 3: to Joe Tooney playing left tackle into left guard Mike Caliendo. 88 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: And we have more on that later because it has 89 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 3: a tie in with a Week eighteen game last year. 90 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 3: But for those guys to step up the way that 91 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: they have and to protect Mahomes and to let this 92 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: offense get on schedule has been huge. And then it's 93 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 3: also turnover margin. So the Chiefs didn't turn the ball 94 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 3: over once in that stretch. They actually haven't turned the 95 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 3: ball over at all since Week twelve. They're the only 96 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: team in the NFL since Week twelve to have zero turnovers. 97 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: They're plus eleven in turnover margin since Week twelve, and 98 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: they're now plus six for the year after being minus 99 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 3: five following Week eleven. 100 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: That's remarkable. 101 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, in that eleven game span or eleven days span 102 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: three games, they go from minus four to plus six, 103 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: tenth in the league. 104 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: Away if you just look at it, like if you're 105 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 3: someone that hasn't followed the Chiefs, you'll look at it 106 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: and be like, Yeah, they've protected the ball this year 107 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: and turned team is over. We had like ten takeaways 108 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: going into the Bills game. 109 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 2: I think. 110 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: Or if you went into a food coma on the 111 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: fourteenth of December and you woke up on Christmas. 112 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: Day after Chris what what? Just what? Yeah? What happened here? Anyway? 113 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: It was remarkable. And the other thing is Patrick mahomes 114 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,679 Speaker 1: part of the no turnover thing. Two hundred and thirty 115 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 1: seven passed attempts with that interception, it's the longest of 116 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: his career. 117 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 2: Wow. And so you think about that. 118 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: And take that into context seven what of the last 119 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: eight games no interceptions? He had two in one game. 120 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: Other than that, zero interceptions in that spam which covers 121 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,679 Speaker 1: almost half the season. It's amazing. 122 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 3: He's been awesome. And how about Hollywood Brown and how 123 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 3: he changes this offense? He really, in my mind, changes everything. 124 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 3: And it's no surprise that I think the Houston game 125 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: and the Pittsburgh game were the two best performances we've 126 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 3: had all year offensively in terms of just the eye 127 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 3: test and really an example of this for me, It 128 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: was I think in the third quarter and we just 129 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: had a false start. It's second and fourteen and we're 130 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 3: only up six at this point. Places going crazy, all 131 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 3: the fans are getting into it and hoping to get 132 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 3: the ball back offensively for Pittsburgh, and Pat drops back 133 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 3: quick RPO finds Hollywood over the middle for a seventeen 134 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 3: yard gain and it's like, oh, okay, just moving the 135 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 3: chains went down. Kareem Hunt scored a touchdown. That was 136 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: basically it. He just changes everything for this offense. You 137 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 3: can see it on a regular basis, and Xavier Worthy 138 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: has been coming into his own as well. I just 139 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 3: think the offense is kind of finding its identity at 140 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 3: the perfect time. 141 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, we've seen how Hollywood helps Xavier, but Xavier helps Hollywood. 142 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: That slant thrown by Pat might have been his best 143 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: pass of the year. 144 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:45,559 Speaker 2: It was awesome. 145 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: It happened so fast, there was no reaction by the Steelers. Okay, 146 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: this is where it gets confusing in our time machine, 147 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: that of course, circles the Earth and looks for Kingdom 148 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: fans everywhere, and we've seen him on all the continents 149 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: except Antarctica. Still waiting still waiting for an autico Antarctica 150 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: we need to hear from you. But confusing, We're we're 151 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: ending the twenty twenty four calendar year starting the twenty five, 152 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: so we've got to set the dial just right. 153 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: Here dot doolut doolut. But let's go. 154 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: Around the world before we dive into week eighteen of 155 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: the NFL twenty four to twenty five season and tell 156 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: you why there's a whole much beyond the obvious. 157 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 2: All right, where are we going? 158 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: Well, quickly, speaking of that, you know what drives me crazy. 159 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 3: I'm curious if it bothers you. The Super Bowl takes 160 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 3: place in February, right, So the Super Bowl this year 161 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 3: will take place in twenty twenty five, but it's for 162 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 3: the twenty twenty four season. 163 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it drives me nuts. And that's why it's 164 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: Roman numerals. That's why Lamar Hunt came up forgetting numerals. 165 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, because I hate when, like if there's someone who 166 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 3: doesn't know a lot about football, or it's like a 167 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 3: news agency and they don't really follow football, and it's 168 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 3: like the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in twenty twenty, Well, 169 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 3: no they didn't twenty nineteen. You know, it drives me crazy. 170 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 3: Drives anyway, I digress, I have nine today, perfect, Maybe 171 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: a big day. 172 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: For Juju smith Suster. Yeah, which he's done sneaky things. 173 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: He's been so good in blocking, like these wide receiver screens, 174 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: tunneled screens and other things. 175 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: It's uh, yeah, it's really cool. 176 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 3: Juju strikes me as a guy who's having the time 177 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: of his life right now, just part of this team, 178 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 3: you know, kind of a second chance with the Chiefs 179 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: going to Pittsburgh and win. I think he's having a 180 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 3: lot of fun. Shout out to Tyler and Lebanon, Missouri. Yeah, 181 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: Lebanon the Yellow Lebanon. 182 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: Not Lebanon, Okay, Lebanon not Lebanon, Kansas not So it's 183 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: the Lebanon Yellow Jackets. 184 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 2: Okay. 185 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 3: Well, actually he grew up and graduated in uh, graduated 186 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 3: the high school in Buffalo, Missouri. Are you familiar with Buffalo, Missouri? 187 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 2: Yes, but don't know the nickname. It's got to be 188 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: the Bison. It's the Bison. Okay, it's got it. It's 189 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: the Bison. Hey, the Buffalo. Now the Bison. You need 190 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: to fire everybody. He wanted to challenge you with that. 191 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: It is kind of an easy one. 192 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 3: But I mean, I feel like oftentimes Buffalo Tigers people 193 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: overthink it, like, yeah, the Buffalo Lions. That doesn't make 194 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: any sense. Just be the bison. Isn't the University of 195 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 3: Buffalo the bison? 196 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: They are the bulls? 197 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 3: Okay, what are we doing? I guess it kind of 198 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 3: makes sense, but still, what are we doing? 199 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 2: State? 200 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: It's bison? So yeah, but it's bison bison. Depends where 201 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: you're at. If you're North Dakota State, if you don't 202 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: say bison, they'll throw in the river. 203 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 2: Good to know. 204 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 3: So, speaking of Lebanon, Ryan congratulated me on saying both 205 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 3: Lebanon and camdenon Camden, Yeah, he said, I said both 206 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: of them wrong last week. So I'm trying to get 207 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: this down. Lebanon, Lebanon, Lebanon, Camdenton, Camdendon, Lebanon, Camdendon. There 208 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 3: we go, trying to shout out to everyone in the Ozarks. 209 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 3: Dylan is from northwest Arkansas. Speaking of that, another listener 210 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 3: is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. We've now had multiple 211 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 3: listeners in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Maybe a road trip 212 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 3: is in the cards. We have a listener in Casper, Wyoming. 213 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 3: I remember talking about Parkville a few weeks ago. So 214 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 3: I heard from Jeremy. His dad was the postal supervisor 215 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 3: for Gladstone, Parkville and Riversides post office in the nineties. 216 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 3: Had to do quite a bit of sandbagging during the 217 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 3: ninety three flood. 218 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, a lot of sand bagging. Is that that 219 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: floods Parkville? That area in Parkville floods like no other 220 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: in this city. 221 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: So I believe it. Yeah. 222 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 3: Carly is in Southampton, England. So Carly is a new 223 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 3: member of Cheos Kingdom after watching our first Super Bowl 224 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 3: last year and apparently Southampton FC had a rough year, 225 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 3: you know, their soccer team, So the Chiefs have been 226 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: a refreshing change of pace. We are happy to be 227 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 3: there for you, Carly. Welcome to Chiefs Kingdom. Ernest is 228 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: in Bangkok, Thailand. 229 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: Sure yeah. 230 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 3: Then we also heard from Madison. Her husband is in 231 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 3: the Navy and they currently live in Naples, Italy. But 232 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 3: they made it here for the Texans game, which is 233 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 3: pretty cool. They're originally from Imperial, Missouri, are you familiar. 234 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: I'm not Imperial, Nebraska, yes, but not Imperial Missouri. 235 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 3: They went to Sekman High School. Sure they did home 236 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 3: of the exc give me a guess. 237 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: Sem it better be something like Saints or like some alliterations. 238 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: It's not that would have been great, But no, what 239 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 2: is it? The Jaguars? 240 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: No? 241 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, come on, I've. 242 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: Got to do nickname consultation. How many jaguars are there 243 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: in Segment high school? 244 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: I'm guessing not many jaguar They're not walking around. They're 245 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 3: sneaky though, you know, know, you. 246 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 2: Could be hiding. Yeah, they can migrate, but yeah, there 247 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 2: you go. Get that. Too many schools just took jaguars. 248 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: It was like an eighties thing, like a late eighties, 249 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: early nineties, and so I don't know if they went 250 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 1: to some seminar and like, let's all pick the jaguars, 251 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: like new schools or consolidated schools and like jaguars, and 252 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: it makes no sense to the geographic area where they're at. 253 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 3: So Jaguars as a mascot, they give me anxiety because 254 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 3: I've learned over time that because of Chris Berman and 255 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 3: how he does the fastest three minutes or whatever, he 256 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 3: would always say jaguar, and I grew up with that, 257 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 3: and then it was revealed to me only a couple 258 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: of years ago that i've been saying Jaguar wrong my 259 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: whole life, and now I overthink it. So I want 260 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: to say, just Jaguar, well it's wrong, but then I overcorrect. 261 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 3: Then I'm like Jaguar, you know. So anyway, I just 262 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 3: call him the Jags. I try to avoid it whenever 263 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 3: I can. 264 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: Do you ever just think? I mean, thank the Lord, 265 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: you're a senior team reporter for the Chiefs and not. 266 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: The jag Wire. I couldn't do it. Can you imagine 267 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 2: doing that every day? I can't throw it? 268 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: Like, well, imagine doing a touchdown call? Touchdown Jacks, yeah, Jaggs. Anyway, well, 269 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 3: here we are, we digress. 270 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: It's week eighteen. Yeah, it's week eighteen. 271 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: Let's go beyond the obvious here and let me give 272 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: you the first statement of this podcast as it pertains 273 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: to week eighteen, and it deals with Coach read So 274 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: I interviewed Coach Reid. 275 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: Always do a one on one kind of. 276 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: A fireside chat that we do during the Chiefs Kingdom 277 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: Show on the Chiefs Radio Network, And if you ever 278 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: get to hear those, he really gets into a place 279 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: where he rarely goes. It's not a media session. It's 280 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: as if you're just sitting down with him, you know, 281 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: having a cup of sider by the fireplace. He really 282 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: gets into that spot. It's awesome. But in this one 283 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: this week, and there's a lot of discuss should we'll 284 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: get into this of who plays, who doesn't play, And 285 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: really there's some practicality here of like we you can't 286 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: set everybody. But the point is he wanted to make 287 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: it loud and clear that he's we are all going 288 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: out there to win this game. Yeah, and if some 289 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: person does not play, don't get it wrong that he 290 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: goes it's we're from America. It's what we do. I'm 291 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: quoting him here. But then later he was like, just 292 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: make it clear we're going there to win this game. 293 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: And that's where we start. Because let me give you 294 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: some examples. You and I talked about this last year 295 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty three game beating the Chargers thirteen 296 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: twelve in a very similar circumstance, Chiefs with a three 297 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: seat can't go to the four, can't go to the two. 298 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 2: They're stuck in the three. So what do you do. 299 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: It's this mix and match of guys that play that set. 300 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: Pat doesn't play, Kels doesn't play, Nags and I Matt 301 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: Naggy and I agree. It was the reason we were 302 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: able to win the Super Bowl last year. Yeah, that one, 303 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: backing up everybody physically, in mentally. You already alluded to it. 304 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: But the Chiefs won that game. Mike Edwards ninety seven 305 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: yard scoop and score, got it. But the Chiefs won 306 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: that game. Let's go back to twenty thirteen coaches first year. 307 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: This is more of an Apple Staples comparison of Week 308 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: eighteen of twenty twenty four slash twenty five. Is that 309 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are going to play the Chargers then in 310 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: San Diego. If the Chiefs can't move the needle, they're 311 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: going to the playoffs. Remember the nine and zero start, 312 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: We're going to the postseason. Can't move the needle, they're stuck. 313 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: If the Chiefs beat the Chargers, the Chargers are out, 314 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: just like if the Chiefs beat the Broncos by by Broncos. 315 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: In this week, Ryan suck Up misses a forty one 316 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: yard field goal. They got that close. Chase Daniel looked 317 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: like he was the Missouri Tiger. Chase Daniel playter butt off. 318 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: He was awesome. Nile Davis became Nile Davis it really 319 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: set him up for what he did in twenty fifteen 320 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: and one hundred and six yard kickoff return. 321 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: All they have to do is make a forty one 322 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: yard field goal, suck up, pushes it. 323 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, Chargers lined up wrong. They had seven 324 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: guys on one side of the center. The officials don't 325 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: call it. If the Chargers are knocked out of the playoffs, 326 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: the Steelers make it in. The Steelers are watching this 327 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: game much like we know that the Dolphins and Bengals 328 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: have a shot. Same deal, same deal. The Chiefs did 329 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: everything they could do to win that game. They're going 330 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: to do the same thing in twenty twenty four. If 331 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: you want to go back and watch twenty thirteen and 332 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: you're going, I think the Chiefs are just kind of 333 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: walk through this or sleep walk through it. Nope, go 334 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: back and try to find the highlights of twenty thirteen 335 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: and you'll go, oh, my gosh, the Chiefs are going 336 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: to the Mile High City to win this game. 337 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 3: First of all, aren't you glad that we don't have 338 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 3: to worry about like all the math, like, oh, we 339 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: need this team. 340 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 2: To win in that time. We've been there and done that, 341 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 2: I know, and That's why. 342 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: We can't lose perspective of how fortunate we are that 343 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 3: we've wrapped this thing up with over a week to 344 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: go to have all this time off as a big 345 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 3: deal and we can go to Denver and try to 346 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: get the win and try to finish the season strong. 347 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 3: It's more than just hey, this game doesn't mean anything whatever, 348 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: like you show up and you play and whatever happens happens. 349 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 3: It's more than that because it's a great opportunity for 350 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 3: so many reasons. So you have an opportunity for players 351 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 3: that normally don't play a whole lot to get in 352 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 3: there and get live reps. And more importantly than that, 353 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 3: they're getting live reps against a team that needs to win. 354 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: You can't simulate that. I mean, there's going to be 355 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 3: players who play in this game who don't normally see 356 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: a ton of playing time and they're going to be 357 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 3: facing a team that is treating it like a playoff game. 358 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 3: You can't simulate it. So a few examples from last 359 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 3: year it stood out to me that make this game 360 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 3: meaningful in a lot of ways. How about Chamari Connor 361 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 3: last year. So Chamari going into Week eighteen, great example, 362 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 3: had never played more than thirty two defensive snaps in 363 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: a game. He had played here and there, had that 364 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 3: pick against the Bills earlier in the season, but hadn't 365 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 3: played consistently on defense well. In the Week eighteen game, 366 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 3: he played seventy nine defensive snaps and whatever you know, 367 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 3: you might think doesn't matter. Well, two weeks later in 368 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: the divisional round against Buffalo, Mike gets a concussion like 369 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 3: three snaps into the game and Chamari's in and he 370 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: ends up playing seventy seven defensive snaps and played really well. 371 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 3: I think he was the highest graded defender on the 372 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 3: Chiefs according to Pro Football Focus in that game. I'm 373 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 3: sure the Week eighteen game helped. He wasn't a deer 374 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 3: in headlights coming in just a couple weeks prior. He 375 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 3: played an entire game defensively, So I think that was 376 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 3: interesting and that could be something that takes place once again. 377 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 3: Who knows who it'll be, but it could. The other 378 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 3: example is with the offensive line, so you only have 379 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: so many people you can put in active or not play. 380 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 3: You can't treat it like a real preseason game because 381 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 3: you don't have a preseason roster. Look at last year, 382 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 3: we had seven inactives and eight guys who were active 383 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 3: but didn't play. That's fifteen guys. Maybe that's a good 384 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 3: kind of barometer for what we'll do here against the Broncos. 385 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 3: But regardless, rather than like resting everyone last year on 386 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 3: the offensive line, they moved him around. Juwan Taylor had 387 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 3: sixteen snaps at left tackle, Creed Humphrey twenty six snaps 388 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 3: at right guard, one at left guard at the big one, 389 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 3: And we forgot about this until we made the switch 390 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: against Cleveland. 391 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: Well, I was looking at having his starts. I was 392 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: looking at his career starts. Uh huh. And we remember 393 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: what he did in Cincinnati in twenty one, but he 394 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: didn't start there. 395 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 3: Here it is Joe Tuney had eighteen snaps at left 396 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 3: tackle against the Chargers and Mike Calliendo had fifty snaps 397 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 3: at left guard in that game. It didn't seem like 398 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 3: any big deal back then. We're just messing around, just tinkering, Well, 399 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 3: what do you know against these great pass rushes that 400 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 3: we faced over the last three weeks, And those were 401 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 3: quasi playoff games in a lot of ways. To get 402 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 3: this by Mike Calliendo at left guard and Joe Touney 403 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 3: at left tackle have combined to help the offensive line 404 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 3: for the Chiefs, like we said earlier, yield just one 405 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: sack in that time. So yeah, it's a game that 406 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 3: in the standings for us, doesn't mean a whole lot, 407 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 3: but it's a chance for players to get out there 408 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 3: and if they don't normally play a whole lot, to 409 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 3: get some experience, some live reps and even better than 410 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 3: last year, against a team that really needs to win, 411 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 3: and also to maybe experiment and tinker with some things 412 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 3: because as you never know when you might need to 413 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 3: make a change. And how fortunate are we that Joe 414 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 3: Touney and Mike Calliendo played next to each other at 415 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 3: least just a little bit, so that when he made 416 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 3: the switch this year, it wasn't that big of a deal. 417 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: Went back and watched that game. This is when Joe 418 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: was taking over his left tackle this season. I thought, 419 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, he started, then they pulled him out 420 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: and he comes back in. Guess who made the key 421 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: blocks on the winning drive with Blaine Gabbart acting like 422 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: he was back in high school running the four hundred 423 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: meters was Joe Touney. Yeah, he led that drive for 424 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: the game winning field goal to win thirteen to twelve. 425 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: And your point about calli endo is awesome. Let me 426 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: give you two others. McCole Hardman had really not been 427 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: on the radar. Remember he was almost he was WR 428 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: one in that game. I think seven targets, six catches, 429 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: seventy seven yards. It set McColl up for the playoffs. 430 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: It put him in a role mentally where it gave 431 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: him back. 432 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 2: His viability and his confidence. 433 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: So when he went it back into the playoffs, that 434 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: game against the Chargers last year put him in a where, oh, 435 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: he could become the guy to make the game winning 436 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: touchdown in Super Bowl, game winning catch in Super Bowl 437 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: fifty eight. 438 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 2: I'll give you another one. Charles Amenaho. 439 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: Charles Emenaho comes up with the key strip of Eastern 440 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: stick on the fumble return by Mike Edwards. It's a 441 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: mena who because stick doesn't seem coming and it was 442 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: the long arm of the law with Charles and Menhu. 443 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 2: Knocking it out. Well, what did that do? 444 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: It set Charles up for the playoffs. In the AFC 445 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 1: Championship game before he got hurt. Charles Emena, who had 446 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: a huge forced fumble with that long reach and so, 447 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: and then he blows out his ACL and you're like, 448 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this will be an injury that'll take 449 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: it well into the twenty twenty four season, which it did. 450 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: But that game against the Chargers with all the guys 451 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: you mentioned, then I'm gonna throw in Hardman and a 452 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: Mena who set the Chiefs up for the playoff runt. 453 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: You don't know what's going to happen in this game. 454 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: Who will step up in the Denver game trying to 455 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: win it. That could lead short term for playoff assistance 456 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: or maybe the game winning play or long term even 457 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: going into twenty twenty five. 458 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 2: It's all a matter of how do you use it? 459 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 2: How do you use it? 460 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 3: This is a great opportunity for the team to go 461 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 3: out there to treat it like it matters in so 462 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: many ways and they will, which they will, and to 463 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 3: utilize it the right way. And you can use it 464 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 3: almost as a springboard. It doesn't matter if Patrick Mahomes 465 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 3: and Travis Kelcey and Chris Jones aren't playing. You can 466 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: still use this as a springboard momentum wise into the 467 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 3: playoffs and hopefully that's what they do. And how about 468 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 3: Carson Wentz. He had the same opportunity last year with 469 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 3: the Rams in a week eighteen, same deal. Matthew Stafford 470 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 3: wasn't playing because of their arresting him, so Carson Wentz 471 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 3: started and he played really well, actually won the game. 472 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 3: He completed seventeen to twenty four passes for one hundred 473 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 3: and sixty three yards and two touchdowns in that game, 474 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 3: also rushed for the game winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. 475 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 3: The Rams are down twenty to seven in the third quarter, 476 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 3: but Carson led them all the way back. And before 477 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 3: you say, hey, the forty nine ers are playing their 478 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 3: backups too, it shouldn't matter. You know who the niners 479 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: backup quarterback was that day. Help me out, Sam Darnold, 480 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 3: who might be the best quarterback in the NFC this year. 481 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 3: So and their running back was Jordan Mason, who's apparently 482 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 3: pretty good too. So it's all to say, you never 483 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 3: know what's gonna happen in these games. It's just a 484 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 3: great chance for the Chiefs to go out there for 485 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 3: players who don't play a whole lot to get some 486 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 3: playing time, put some things on tape, and also tinker 487 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 3: into experiment with some stuff. But it's an awesome opportunity. 488 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 3: We can't overlook it. And it's also low stress. We 489 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 3: don't have to go in there having to do this 490 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 3: and that. I just want to see the team play well. 491 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 3: See these guys go out there and do some good things, 492 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: and let's kick off the playoffs. 493 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,959 Speaker 2: Can you I mentione Bronco fans though, going it's Carson Wentz. 494 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 2: We need this game. It's Carson Wentz. It's their backup Carson. 495 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: It's not Tyler Bray like what, it's Carson Wentz. Was 496 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: he going to be the MVP of the twenty seventeen 497 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: season before he tore his ACL Yeah, the same cat, 498 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: the same guy, top two picks in the draft. That's 499 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, who a quarterback the Chiefs in this. 500 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 3: Game, and Bengals fans have to root for us, which 501 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 3: I think is hilarious. 502 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 2: And here's what and your point about numbers game. 503 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: I'll say this quickly and then we're going to touch 504 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: on the Broncos really quickly before we close. 505 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 2: Is that Keep in mind the fifty three man roster. 506 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: You can elevate a couple guys off the practice squad, 507 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: but you still have to declare inactives. And if you 508 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: bring them up off the practice, you're gonna have forty 509 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: eight humans. But last year you're in the ring. If 510 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: you look at this over the years of when Chiefs 511 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: have been in this scenario, and again, coach is going 512 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: to try to win this game. 513 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 2: He's just know that. 514 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: But you're gonna play this game with about thirty eight guys, 515 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: somewhere between thirty six and thirty eight guys, and this 516 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: team even when you're outside of this realm. I did 517 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: a minute with Mitche on it this week. Juju Smith 518 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 1: Schuster doesn't play special teams. Hollywood Brown doesn't play special teams. 519 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: D Hop does not play special teams. Xavier Worthy doesn't 520 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,959 Speaker 1: play special teams, nor does Isaiah Pacheco, nor does Kareem Hunt. 521 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: And on a normal team, you'll have one or two 522 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: of those wide receivers and maybe one of the running 523 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: backs who will be party four core special teams. Where 524 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: does that put the pressure on the linebackers in the DBS? 525 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: Leo Chanal is a great example of he has had 526 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: to be a four corps special teams player, leads the 527 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: team in special teams tackles, and yet he's a base linebacker. 528 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: We look at last year's game, Cam Jones, save those snapcounts, 529 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: as did you, Jack Cochran. 530 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 2: You could play up. 531 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: The one hundred snaps in this game because you're going 532 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: to be out there on every defensive play and you're 533 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: gonna have to do all special teams. But those those 534 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: guys that are out there for these almost one hundred 535 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: plays against the Broncos are your four core main line 536 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: special teams guys for that divisional playoff game against whomever 537 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: it is. So that is the only peril to me 538 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: in this is you don't want injury, and you're gonna 539 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: have to play other guys. You're gonna have to play 540 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: starting offensive linemen. You don't have enough guys to do 541 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: it otherwise. This isn't a preseason game. So there has 542 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: to be a mix and match. And that's why every 543 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: day in this building, this coaching staff, it's almost like 544 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: training camp. Every day they're going through personnel and they're 545 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: going into the strategy of this game. Who plays, who doesn't, 546 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: How many snaps does a guy get, and so it's 547 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: a daily exercisative. Coach says, hey, we're still trying to 548 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: figure this out. Or it's not gamesmanship. It is really 549 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: trying to handle this in the right way logistically, and 550 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: it's a challenge in that regard. But you're gonna have 551 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: guys who you need in the playoffs who will play 552 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: upwards to one hundred snaps in this game. 553 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, when you hear resting the starters, it makes it 554 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 3: seem like everybody can just take the day off. 555 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 2: Not the case. 556 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 3: Leo played a bunch of snaps last year in that 557 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: Week eighteen game. I'm curious which guys will fall into 558 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: that realm of hey can. 559 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: Start him up for the playoffs too, did Yeah, and 560 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: his force fumble right well, speaking of special teams, he 561 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: blocked the field goal, right yeah, yeah, the pat so yeah, 562 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: for sure, pretty good on special teams. 563 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 3: But anyway, Yeah, you can't rest everybody, and there are 564 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 3: some players who are big time contributors in addition to 565 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 3: special teams, either on offense or on defense, that are 566 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 3: going to have to play a lot of snaps in 567 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 3: this game. You just have so many guys you have 568 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 3: to play them. And we'll see who those guys are 569 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 3: in this one. I think could be a busy day 570 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 3: for Nico Ramihio, though Jayden Hicks could have a busy 571 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 3: day there's several young players who have kind of done 572 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 3: some of things, but I'm excited to see what they 573 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 3: can do with a really heavy snap count in this game, 574 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 3: and we'll. 575 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: See how it plays. That is the fact that Miho 576 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: has been a surge of adrenaline in the return game. 577 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: Jayden Hicks is your personal protector on. 578 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 3: Now they're going to play offense and defense too. There 579 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: you go because you have to, and it's a great 580 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 3: chance and opportunity for them. But yeah, it'll be interesting 581 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 3: for sure. It's just again, I'm the rest factor here. 582 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 3: The mental break is all such a big deal, but 583 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 3: at the same time, you have to attack it. You 584 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 3: have to attack practice. You have to have the mentality 585 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 3: of we're going there to win, because that's how you 586 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 3: maintain your momentum into the playoffs. And I have no 587 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 3: doubt this team will do that because that's how they 588 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 3: handle it every single time. But it's certainly is nice 589 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 3: knowing that we're basically checking off the wild card weekend. Hey, 590 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 3: we want a playoff game. No matter what happens. 591 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: We'll quickly touch on Denver and then we'll close it here. 592 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: But hopefully we've given you some things to think about 593 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: which we try to do in every episode. 594 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 2: Of Defending the Kingdom. There Week eighteen, Week eighteen. 595 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: There is a whole bunch more beyond the obvious of 596 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: like this is not a preseason game for the Chiefs. Okay, 597 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: Denver's defense impressive, number one of the league in sacks. 598 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: This defense is good and it's gotten better. The other 599 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: thing is when you look at them, is five non 600 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: offensive touchdowns. 601 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 2: This is a. 602 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: Team that has two scoop and scores and three pick sixes. 603 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: Not only are they good on defense, they're explosive on defense, 604 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: and we've seen that. So they have been a bit 605 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: of a losing. 606 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 2: Streak here, right. 607 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: They have to win this game to get to the playoffs, 608 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: but it has taken unusual plays. It's taken very good 609 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,719 Speaker 1: plays by good teams to beat them the last two weeks. 610 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 3: Sure, I'm very interested to see though, how they handle 611 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 3: this game, especially if the Bengals on Saturday, because they're 612 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 3: going to be feeling the pressure. And when you have 613 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 3: a young team like the Broncos are, with a young 614 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 3: quarterback and bow Knicks who has impressed us this season. 615 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 3: I think he's gotten steadily better as the year has 616 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 3: gone on, and made a bunch of big throws and 617 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 3: some big plays. But I'm curious in Week eighteen, when 618 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 3: you have to win and you're at home, and let's 619 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 3: say Carson leads to touchdown drive on the opening possession, 620 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 3: how do they respond to that? And for Broncos fans, 621 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 3: they're going to learn a lot about their team this week, 622 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 3: one way or the other, because this is a difficult 623 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 3: situation for a young team to be in. Their defense 624 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 3: is very good, and their pass rush is excellent. Nick 625 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 3: Benito is an awesome player, and it's going to be 626 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 3: a test, I think, depending on what offensive linemen are 627 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 3: out there for the Chiefs, that'll be one of the 628 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 3: things to watch is how can those guys hold up 629 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 3: against one of the best pass rushes in the NFL. 630 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 3: To my point earlier though, that's why it's a great opportunity. 631 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 3: Let's say I don't know Kingsley's back out there, or 632 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 3: Hunter Nordsad gets some snaps, I don't know who's going 633 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 3: to play, But just for the sake of conversation, it's 634 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: a great opportunity for those guys to face one of 635 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 3: the best pass rushes in the NFL in a game 636 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 3: that the other team has to win because you cannot 637 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 3: simulate those reps. You can't simulate that in the preseason 638 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 3: and even last year in Week eighteen, the Chargers were 639 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 3: resting their starters as well in a lot of ways 640 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 3: because they had a lot of injuries. So the Chiefs 641 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 3: weren't necessarily getting all of their best players in this game. 642 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 3: They're going to get all the Broncos' best players and 643 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 3: they need to win to make the postseason. So it's 644 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 3: awesome for these young guys who maybe don't play a 645 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 3: whole lot. Now all of a sudden, you get to 646 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 3: go in a situation where it's like you're playing a 647 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 3: playoff game essentially, and you can't simulate that. 648 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: Nope, it's twenty thirteen all over again. And Zach Allen's 649 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: been a beast. Yeah, he's been an absolute beast. Inside 650 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: was last week too for that defense. And to your 651 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: pressure point, this exacerbates it. The Broncos, after winning the 652 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl have set an NFL record the longest drought 653 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: for a Super Bowl champion not to get back to 654 00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. 655 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 2: Wow, so you're. 656 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: Talking twenty fifteen. The twenty fifteen season, they win Super 657 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty, they've not made the playoffs since then, that's 658 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: an NFL record longest route for anybody that won the 659 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl to the time they get. 660 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: Back to the playoffs. That now just builds the pressure. 661 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: And I would say, even if the Bengals lose, the 662 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: league had it where the Dolphins are playing at the 663 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: same time. Yeah, if the Chiefs beat the Broncos and 664 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: the Dolphins win, it's the Dolphins. 665 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 2: Even if the Bengals win. 666 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: Even if the Bengals win, it's the Dolphins who get 667 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: the seventh seed. So there is pressure on the Denver Broncos. 668 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 3: Speaking of the playoff field, I just think this is 669 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 3: worth repeating. You know, the Chiefs have played the entire 670 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 3: AFC playoff field. As it stands right now, eight of. 671 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: Our sixteen games have been already against the playoff field. 672 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: Seven this will be eight ab eight to the seventeen. 673 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 3: The Chiefs are fifteen to one. They're just the eighth 674 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 3: team in NFL history to win fifteen games. If they 675 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 3: win this game, they'll be just the second team in 676 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 3: NFL history to win sixteen regular season games, only other 677 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 3: team being the seven Patriots. And as it stands now, 678 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 3: we've beaten the number three, number four, number five, number 679 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 3: six and number seven seeds in the AFC and the 680 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 3: number four seed in the NFC, whether it's Atlanta or 681 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 3: Tampa Bay. The Chiefs are back to back defending Super 682 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 3: Bowl champions and they're fifteen and one in the one seed. 683 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 3: These things don't happen often. I think there is a 684 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 3: level of fatigue nationally where no one's really talking about it. 685 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 3: But the Chiefs have an amazing opportunity in front of 686 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 3: them here where if we can win three games in 687 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 3: the postseason, and it won't be easy, it's going to 688 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 3: be against really good teams. But this could be considered 689 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 3: one of the greatest runs, if not the greatest run 690 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 3: of all time. And we're living it so got to 691 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 3: enjoy every minute of it. 692 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: And to that point, of the eight previous back to 693 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: back Super Bowl champions only one even made it to 694 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: the conference championship game, and it was the ninety San 695 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers, and they went fifteen and one 696 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: that year in a sixteen game regular season and lost 697 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: fifteen thirteen to the New York Giants, who went on 698 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: to win the whole thing. That to your point, we 699 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: are truly a historic time and a historic run. Potentially, 700 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: but know this, Know this as we close, there's a 701 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: lot more to Week eighteen than maybe you're thinking about, 702 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs are going to Denver to win the game.