1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Take a vantage on the day. All right, when you 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: get off betuning in this game, you may can playa 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: don't touchdown chance City the Chiefs, all right, in the 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: thick of a baby. Well, welcome to this episode of 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom. Mitch Ultracity Voice to the Chiefs, along 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: with the man who he is known as the Shop, 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: the Barber Shop, the Spider Man, number fifty nine in 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: your program, former Chiefs linebacker Sean Barber. We're gonna dive 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: into it first. Watch Raiders Week, man. All this bust 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: driving and stuff. It's uh, it seems like it's live, man, 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: It's it's real this week man. Raiders Week is something 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: that each season, if you talk about two games, there 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: are two games on the calendar, Raiders coming here to 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: Arrowhead and us going out to face them gnarly narley 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: those man. We want to kick their teeth in and 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: want to punch him in the gut, grab him body, 17 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: you know what's and uh, but it's so exciting to 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: see that rivalry come back to life. And you know, 19 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: people say, hey, can it be a rivalry of one 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: team wins over and over again for the last you know, 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: five six seasons, just totally sweeping them totally, just you know, 22 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: taking them out to the barn and beating them up 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: like your little brother. No, that's not a rivalry, but 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: now it's a rivalry right the circle of the stadium. 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: Do what you want to do. You know what, We're 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: going out to Vegas and guess what my money is 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: gonna be bedding on the Chiefs this weekend. Well, the 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom looking for a win here. 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When the Chiefs 39 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: have had moments. Let's go back through sixty one years 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: of history here, all the way back to the Dallas 41 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: Texans in the AFL days. The Texans won the sixty 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: two AFL title. The next year they moved to Kansas City. 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: They have a losing season. Then the sixty six team 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: wins the AFL title Super Bowl won against the Packers. 45 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: The next year, don't make the playoffs understand different format. 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: Sixty nine they win the Super Bowl Super Bowl. For 47 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: the next year, they don't make the playoffs. In ninety three, 48 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs make the AFC Championship Game. The next year 49 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: nine to seven, Joe Montana trying to make it through 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: the year wildcard team barely and get drilled by Miami. 51 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: Couldn't back it up. You played on the O three 52 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: team nine and oh start people fond of that team. 53 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: The next year we start oh four with two home 54 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: games and start I believe over three and four. Here's 55 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: the point. The franchise, prior to Indy Reid taking over 56 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: the chair, had never been able to follow up a 57 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: great season with the great season. Now in eight years, 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: the Chiefs with eighty five Andy Reid wins, have done 59 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: this for eight consecutive years and gone to the AFC 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: Championship Game, won the Super Bowl, and zeroing in on 61 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: another one. Here's my question to you, because very shortly 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: we are going to hear from Chiefs chairman and CEO 63 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: Clark Kunn about why we have won. You played in 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: this league, you know how hard it is to win 65 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: and win consistently. When you look back at the last 66 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: eight years, why are the Chiefs now a team that 67 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: is winning year in and year out like the Steelers 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: have done for fifty years and the Patriots have done 69 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: for twenty. Well, when you ask me as a player, 70 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: I guess you know. A players always asked to be 71 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: able to focus on the target or the task at hand, 72 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: whether it's the single play, the drive, the game that week, 73 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: that week's opponent. And you add that the coaching staff, 74 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: you ask the general manager, you ask your president and 75 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: the owner of your franchise to have the visionary aspect 76 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: to be able to look beyond just one season, to 77 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: be able to look eight years down the road and 78 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: want to build something. When you call a legacy or 79 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: a dynasty, players just we have to stay in the moment. 80 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: We have to stay in the now. That's how players 81 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: become great at what they do because they have to 82 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,679 Speaker 1: force themselves to standing now, can't look beyond this week's opponent. 83 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: What Andy Reid has done is He's come down and 84 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: laid a format. He blewprinted what a championship team was 85 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: going to look like. He knew it started with a 86 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: legendary quarterback, an elite quarterback. You got to give him 87 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: in the trenches on both sides of the ball. You 88 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: gotta give him somebody to protect the quarterback, and then 89 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: somebody on the defensive side of the ball to get 90 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: after the quarterback. Every team needs a great pass rusher, 91 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: and then you need leadership on both sides of the ball, 92 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: and you need a consistent special teams kicker and hunter. 93 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: Those are the fundamentals when you talk about building an 94 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: Andy Reid's program. What does his teams always have? What 95 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: is the consistency you see season the season, game in 96 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: the game. It's those attributes that have let him lead 97 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: this organization into what we call the Promised Land right 98 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: now right in the Midwest. This is God's country. Everything 99 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: comes up roads. Every time he draws up a player, 100 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: it ends up being a good thing. But that persistency 101 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: and consistency is a obsessiveness with understanding the process is 102 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: so much greater than anyone product. And he believes in 103 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: that process of building a championship team through those key players, 104 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: key figures, and it's only one way to do it. 105 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: You have to be trustworthy, You got to be honest, 106 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: you got to be hard working, you gotta be humble. 107 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: But one thing you gotta be is you gotta be 108 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: obsessed with letting your personality show in the field and 109 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: putting your team in front of yourself. It's like Andy 110 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: had the vision when he took the job. He could 111 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: have taken several jobs, go back to January twenty thirteen. 112 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: But when he took this job, it's like he saw 113 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: what you just said in his mind, like an old 114 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: testament profit and he's lived it to fruition. But I'm 115 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: going to tag it one more thing here before we 116 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: hear from Clark, and it's going to deal with that family. 117 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Clark con had to act decisively and make a big 118 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: investment when he got Andy Reid back in twenty thirteen. 119 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: The investment not just financially, but in every way, shape 120 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: or form by the Hunt family. And I'm Clark and 121 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: his siblings and his mom has been dynamic to me 122 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: and to build this for eight years. Look around this 123 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: league shop. There are so many issues with owners. Look 124 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: in our division, the transfer from one generation to the 125 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 1: next is an issue at all three other division teams 126 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: right now. The Hunt family and how they engineered that 127 00:06:53,320 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: transition but then made a dynamic decision making and their 128 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: commitment to me is unparalleled in the sixty years. And 129 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: not against mister Hunt, the founder, he did it too, 130 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: but this group, it's amazing what they've done and it's 131 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: easy to take it for granted. Well, every player would 132 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: say they want to follow a man that has the 133 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: right type of character, has the right type of integrity, 134 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: that has built the right way. And Andy Reid, no 135 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: matter what's where he stopped at in college and the 136 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: pros in Philadelphia here, he's always He's always been somebody 137 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: who you know that you know where you lie, you 138 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: know where you stand. With coach Andy Reid, he doesn't 139 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't shoo cody, treat you like a man. He 140 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: doesn't try to waste your time. He doesn't meet just 141 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: to meet to kind of keep you out of trouble. 142 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: He expect men to be men, come out, be ready 143 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: to play, be prepared, understand your role on the team. 144 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: He wants to get everybody involved. He wants to be everybody. 145 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: He knows this game. Everybody can't be a part of 146 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: our team every year this team, if you're good, you're 147 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: gonna be a desired about other teams. There's gonna be 148 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: teams willing to pay you more than they can afford 149 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: to pay you. Here, he applauds that he wants guys 150 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: to go and be able to take care of their 151 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: families for generations. He knows how specialty is to play 152 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL, and he wants to bring together fifty 153 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: three guys that all understand how much of a privilege 154 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: it is to be a part of the NFL, but 155 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: not only be a part of the NFL, but be 156 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: a part of the Kana City Chiefs. Again. The commitment 157 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: and development and the putting the right people in the 158 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: right spots. Clark Hunt has been magnificent since the beginning 159 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: of twenty thirteen. Even I mean buying Super Bowl rings 160 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: I've tried to try on my phone. It blows up 161 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: like I can't even figure. I mean, it's crazy what 162 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: the Hunt family has done, and they've really set the 163 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: tone now of being the prototype NFL franchise. Earlier in 164 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: the week, I sit down with Clark Hunt and asking 165 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: the same question, I ask you, why do we win, 166 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: Why have we won consistently at a high level for 167 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: such a long time? Well, as promised in this Defending 168 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: the Kingdom episode, we're focusing on why we win and 169 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: with us as the chairman and CEO of the Kansas 170 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: City Chiefs, Clark Hunt, who has taken the franchise to 171 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: unprecedented levels. First of all, Clark, congratulations on earlier you 172 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: announcing the extension of both head coach Andy Reid and 173 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: also with Brett Veach general manager Mitch. It's great to 174 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: be on with you today and we really really are 175 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: excited to be able to announce Andy and Brett's extension. 176 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: They've done such a great job in their time with 177 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: the franchise, and I'm glad that both of them wanted 178 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: to extend their time with us and help us pursue 179 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: some more World championships. For Brett, it's going to be 180 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: hard not to campaign for him to be Executive of 181 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: the Year to see what he was done had done 182 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: in the off season with the player extensions, and to 183 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: see what he's done to help keep building this franchise. 184 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: He's making a pretty strong case. Clark. Yeah, he's sure is. 185 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: There were a lot of people during the summer as 186 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: we got Patrick's deal done, and then Chris jones Is 187 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: deal done right right behind that, who mentioned that maybe 188 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: Bret should win Executive of the Year before we even 189 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: played the game. And I think there's a lot a 190 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: lot of truth to that. He did a fantastic job 191 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: managing our cap situation, a very very tight cap situation, 192 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: and was able to really bring back virtually the entire 193 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: roster from our Super Bowl fifty four team. So kudos 194 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: to him. I want to ask you about those two 195 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: guys in particular, because it seems like in both cases 196 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: both coach reading with Brent, they are proactive instead of reactive. 197 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: What does that mean in leading and winning at this 198 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: level to be that way? Yeah, and I think that's 199 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: right with both of them. I've always found that your 200 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: best football coaches you your best executives. There's an element 201 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: of impatience to them. They're always thinking about, you know, 202 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: how can I be better? How can I make the 203 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: team better. I think with Andy we often see that 204 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: with any of the creative plays, uh that that he 205 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: pulls out of the bag every week, um, you know which. 206 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: I understand that he designs most of most of those 207 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: while he's sitting on the beach in California during the 208 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: summer um. But you know, it's it's tremendous. Andy at 209 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: this point in his career is still really one of 210 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: the most creative coaches in the league, and he's coming 211 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: up with new ideas every week to help the football 212 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: team better. Uh, same thing with Brett. I mean you 213 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: talked about, you know, somebody who's impatient, somebody who's aggressive. 214 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: I think that defines Brett Beach. Uh. You know, he 215 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: went out and he signed Tyrn Matthew, traded for Frank 216 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: Clark a couple of years ago. We really needed to 217 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: improve on defense. It was probably our defense that that 218 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: prevented us from getting to the Super Bowl in two 219 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: and eighteen, and uh it was our defense that that 220 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: helped us get there and closed the deal last year. 221 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: So you know, credit credit to him for identifying, uh 222 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: ways to make the football team better and then finding 223 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: a way to go out and executed. Same thing on 224 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: retaining our veterans this offseason. Just tremendous job on his part. 225 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: Pluck to take this discussion, maybe go on Google Earth 226 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: at a little bit, and unprecedented levels of winning. I 227 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: mean Andy with eighty five wins and seven a half years, 228 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: five playoff victories, a Super Bowl Championship, back to back 229 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: AFC Championship games, and looking at our great history, it 230 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: was always hard to back up after a great year 231 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: to come back and have another great year. But when 232 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: you look at what's happened in the last seven and 233 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: a half years, is you look at it from you know, 234 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,479 Speaker 1: outside the realm, so to speak. Why has this franchise 235 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: been able to consistently win now for going into an 236 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: eighth season? Yeah, well, I think a lot of that's 237 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: really a credit to Andy Reid and his staff in 238 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: the job he does in leading our football team. One 239 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: of his best qualities is he's very, very consistent over 240 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: the years. He developed a formula that was successful for 241 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: him when he was in Philadelphia that that team you know, 242 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: went through basically over a decade where they were one 243 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: of the most winning teams in the National Football League, 244 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: and he's now been able to repeat it. Uh in 245 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: Kansas City. Uh So, I think I think that's a 246 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: big part too. I think it's keeping everybody humble, right, um, 247 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: you know, and he's a very humble person by by nature. 248 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: Uh So. As Brett veach. But we also have some 249 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: of those leaders in the locker room who, in addition 250 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: to being great players, that they're willing to hold their 251 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: teammates accountable, uh their humble themselves, and they're making sure 252 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: everybody stays dialving and focused. And of course I'm talking 253 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: about Patrick Mahomes turn Matthew. You know, those guys are 254 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: tremendous leaders and on the respective sides of the ball, 255 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: they're they're keeping their guys focused, and I think that's 256 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: been a big part of our success to this point 257 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: in the season. And I'll say this, You've had those 258 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: same attributes as well. But to develop culture is very difficult, 259 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: whether it's in a business, even in a family, but 260 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: for for sure in a National Football League team. But 261 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: what about the culture that has been built here, even 262 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: that it goes beyond the football side throughout the entire organization. Yeah, 263 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: that's probably one of the biggest lessons that I that 264 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: I've learned over the past fourteen fifteen years is how 265 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: important the culture of the team and really the entire 266 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: organization is to being successful on the field. If you 267 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: have a group of people that likes working together, who's 268 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: willing to hold each other accountable and who sees the 269 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: goal and knows where we're headed as an organization. You've 270 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: got a chance of being successful you're in year out. 271 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: And I think with with Andy, with Brett, with Mark 272 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: Donovan on the business side, you know, we have those 273 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: kind of great leaders who are are setting that culture. 274 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: And I think really everybody's bought into that, and it 275 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: extends into the locker room. Um. You know, I learned 276 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: early on if if you have some bad apples in 277 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: the locker locker room, it doesn't matter how talented you are, 278 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: you're not going to be successful. And I think we 279 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: just have a great group of guys in that locker 280 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: room h and they're excited to play with and play 281 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: for their teammates. And what does it mean that the 282 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: quarterback as those attributes almost plus plus? I mean everything 283 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: that you've said here, it seems like Patrick has checks 284 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: all those boxes. Yeah, he sure does. And I think 285 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: we saw it his first year as a starter back 286 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen, you know, when he was, you know, 287 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: twenty three years of age. He just he came into 288 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: the locker room that that way, and even though he 289 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: was a first year starter, his teammates really gravitated towards him, 290 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: and I think that just says a lot about his character. 291 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: They recognized that he was a supreme talent. He was 292 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: somebody who could leave the football team to a lot 293 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: of victories, but they he was also somebody that they 294 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: wanted to play for. And uh, you know, having your 295 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: quarterback really the most important player on an NFL roster, 296 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, have those type of qualities was very, very 297 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: helpful in the team being successful in eighteen and nineteen 298 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: and so far this year, in twenty and so far 299 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: this year in twenty. Setting here at eight and one, 300 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: it's a big week. I look at the rest of 301 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: the AFC, nine teams have records of six and three 302 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: or more. So it's how we've won to this point, 303 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: but then from this point on how difficult it is 304 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: to continue to try to sustain it. Yeah, that's exactly right, 305 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: and it's why Andy Reid doesn't like to spend a 306 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: lot of time, you know, talking about the success we've 307 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: had the past nine weeks and really wants to focus 308 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: on the task at hand, And of course that starts 309 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: this week with the Raiders. This is an incredibly important 310 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: divisional game this week. The Raiders are having an outstanding year. 311 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: They have a very good football team, and if we 312 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: want to go where we would like to go at 313 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: the end of the season, we need to figure out 314 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: how to be better and how to go out to 315 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: Las Vegas and beat the Raiders. And then just you know, 316 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: looking at the rest of the schedule this year, we 317 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: have a number of games against very, very difficult teams, 318 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: so we're definitely going to have to stay focused on 319 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: the task at hand if we want to get back 320 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: to the playoffs in the Super Bowl. I want to 321 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: ask you too, just about the league overall. Let's just 322 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: take our franchise first though, because everybody's dealing, of course 323 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: with the COVID pandemic. We've taken the lead in working 324 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: with this, but just the vigilance that's going to be 325 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: required of everybody in the organization. But then as the 326 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: league and your discussions with the league moving forward, to 327 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: do the best we can with the situation that's been 328 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: handed to us. Yeah, I think, you know, really everybody 329 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: at the league office and certainly throughout our staff deserve 330 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: a lot of credit on helping us get to this 331 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: point where we've made it ten weeks. We have had 332 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: some games that were postponed and had to be rescheduled, 333 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 1: But to this point we've gotten all the games in 334 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: more or less on schedule, and that's taken a herculean 335 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: effort on the part of a lot of people, starting 336 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: with the league and their counterparts at the NFL Players Association, 337 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: who developed the protocols that have largely kept the players, coaches, 338 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: and staff healthy and able to play each week. The 339 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: job is not going to get it easier though, going forward. 340 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: We all know there's a spike in COVID right now 341 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: across the country, and we're just going to have to 342 00:18:54,560 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: remain vigilant, remain humble, remain adaptable because there's likely to 343 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: be things that change, and you know that when that 344 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: change comes, we're just gonna have to be able to 345 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: handle it. So it's not gonna be an easy task 346 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: going forward. But I certainly do want to say thank 347 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: you to all the people who made a contribution in 348 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: helping the league get to this point and for a 349 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: franchise as a follow up. Every time I've gone to 350 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: those five home games, it's been very unique, obviously, but 351 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: seeing how much how painstaking people have been in the 352 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: links that they've taken to make sure that for the 353 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: fans that are there and the folks that are in 354 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: that stadium, just the links that have been taken to 355 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: make sure that's the best environment possible. Yeah, and I 356 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: want to say thanks to our great fans for being 357 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: willing to come out in very difficult circumstances. Um. I 358 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: know that was a tough decision for a lot of 359 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: people in terms of deciding whether it would be safe 360 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: to come to Earrahead this year. And our staff has 361 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: done a great job with protocols making sure that we 362 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: can keep people socially distanced, making sure we can keep 363 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: keep everyone with their mass on handling the ingress and 364 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: egress from the stadium in a way that keeps everybody safe. 365 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: And I think really the most encouraging thing I've heard 366 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: is the fans who've been to games that are had 367 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: almost to a person would say that it was very safe. 368 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: They felt comfortable being there, and that's a credit to 369 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: the job or staffs done. And finally, just the discussions 370 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: with the league looking at the postseason, there have been 371 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: there have been discussions of changing the postseason format, maybe 372 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: adding a team that extra week is in there, possibly 373 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: for rescheduled games just the discussion, because one thing, it's 374 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: been impressive, not only the effort that you give for 375 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: our franchise, but the way you also are a caretaker 376 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: for the rest of the National Football League. What about 377 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: those discussions and how it could look going into the 378 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: months after the regular season. Well, one of the things 379 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: the league has had to grapple with going all the 380 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: way back to March is just contingency planning for everything, 381 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: because with the virus, you don't know you know what 382 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: you're going to be able to do and what you're 383 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: not going to be able to do. And you know, 384 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: those discussions, you know, several weeks ago turned to the 385 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: postseason and what would happen if we had teams who 386 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: weren't able to complete their sixteen game season. So you 387 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 1: have to start thinking about things about, Okay, who qualifies 388 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: for the playoffs and those circumstances. You have one team 389 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: that's played sixteen and a team that's played fourteen, how 390 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: do you decide who makes the playoffs? And so last 391 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: week we approved a contingency plan in the event that 392 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: not everybody plays the same number of games, where the 393 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: playoffs would be expanded from seven teams in each conference 394 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: to eight, and the seating to make the playoffs would 395 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: be based on winning percentage as opposed to just win 396 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: loss record. So those are the type of things that 397 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: the league has really had to think about and the 398 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: type of adjustments that have been contemplated as we've dealt 399 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: with COVID throughout the year. You know, hopefully we're going 400 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: to get through this thing. We're going to get through 401 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: the season and in seventeen or possibly eighteen weeks, everybody's 402 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: going to get to play sixteen games. But if that 403 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: doesn't happen, the great news is there's a contingency plan 404 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: and we'll be off to the playoffs and hopefully concluding 405 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: the season down in Tampa at the Super Bowl. Well, Clark, 406 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: thank you for the commitment that you've made, Tavia, the 407 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: Hunt family, your mother, everything to build this franchise into 408 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: unprecedented winning for all of us in the Chiefs Kingdom. 409 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: Thanks and we look forward to the days and weeks 410 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: ahead where we can continue to try to run it back. Yeah, match, 411 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: great to be on with you and for our great fans. 412 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: We're working day in, day out trying to run it back. 413 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: All right to me? Interesting interview, fashioning interview. He was 414 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: very forthright. I mean he didn't hold back at all. 415 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: Shot he told you what was on his heart. Well, 416 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: do one thing about it. When you when you know 417 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: when somebody's confident, and you know when somebody has a 418 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 1: lot of a true belief in their heart for what 419 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: they do because they're not afraid to share it. Just 420 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: because you know the formula this, because you know the 421 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: recipe with ingredients it takes to build a champion, doesn't 422 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: mean you can go out and get it. There's not 423 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: a coach like Andy Reid lyne around on the corner. 424 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: You can't find a Pat Mahomes or a Honey Badge 425 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: or a Frank Clark. You can't find a Clouds. You 426 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: can't Those guys aren't just sitting around waiting for you 427 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: to bring them to your organization. And then even once 428 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: you get them there, there's so many things that have 429 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: to be done the right way. There has to be 430 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: a commitment and a value system in a vision put 431 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: in place for everybody to follow that same goal, that 432 00:23:55,520 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: same dream, that same vision. And here Kansas City coach 433 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, he sets out such a clear and vivid 434 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: picture of what it takes from each and every individual 435 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: player and coaches and support staff. For this to be 436 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: a championship organization, there is no gray areas. You eliminate 437 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 1: the gray areas. And that's what coach Andy Red does 438 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: better than any of the coach here in the NFL. Yeah, phenomenal. 439 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna close again. This episode of Defending 440 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: the Kingdom is why we win, why we've won for 441 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: eight years, why we're winning now, big week this week 442 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: with the Raiders. But as we close, we need to 443 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: be honest here. How do we keep this going? And 444 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: what's in the way that could derail the train? So 445 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: your thoughts shop as we close this episode, how do 446 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: we keep this going? It's always a great feeling when 447 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,719 Speaker 1: you know there's thirty one other teams in the NFL, 448 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: but there's only one team that keeps the Chiefs from 449 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: being a champion, and that's the Chiefs. Their own desire, 450 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: their own internal for to their own commitment, sacrifice they're 451 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: willing to make every year to come in being the 452 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: most prepared where there's physically, mentally, emotionally to sacrifice for 453 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: one another, to go out there as a family and 454 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: fight for sixty minutes every week and show that they're 455 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: willing to grow, grow every week. They're not worried about 456 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: the scoreboard. They want to grow. So at the end 457 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: of the year, they're playing on all cylinders. And if 458 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: when you know that, and you know you have that 459 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: in your locker room, it's easy to keep coming back, 460 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: easy to do the protocol, easy to stay away from 461 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: your family and your friends for an entire season. All 462 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: of those commitments that everybody thinks it's so difficult to do, 463 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: it becomes easy when you're when you're chasing something that's 464 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: right within your reach, and that the cancer the Chiefs 465 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: when it comes down to and they know in their 466 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: heart the only team, the only team in the NFL 467 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 1: that can stand between them and a championship is themselves. 468 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: Really interesting. This team, and I've said this, resilient, This 469 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: team is focused. This team has incredible a team work. 470 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: That's how that one super Bowl fifty four that has 471 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 1: not changed in this twenty twenty season, even though it's 472 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: been very difficult Raiders week. This week, I'll say this 473 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: as we close too, if you're getting ready for Thanksgiving, 474 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: the thing that condeed we're able to train for any 475 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: team this year is the whole COVID thing. We're going 476 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: into the holidays, it's gonna be very difficult. We're not 477 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: gonna be able to meet with families like we have 478 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: in the past. The only thing we're gonna do. I 479 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: think we're gonna have a zoom call with my dad. 480 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: Maybe do the dinner right with him. We'll go on 481 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: to zoom call. We're eating it. It's like we're eating 482 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: their person to person, but the whole wash your hands, 483 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: watch your distance, wear a mask, but just be really 484 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: wise and unselfish here. It's the key to the Chiefs, 485 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: it's the key to the other thirty one teams. Because 486 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: COVID we've seen it. They've derailed teams and Patriots are 487 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: scrambling because they had COVID issues earlier. That's gonna be 488 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: a big, big deal here, especially coming into the holidays. Well, 489 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: going into the holidays, man, if you're loaning you out there, 490 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: make a meal, stay a blessing, and on Thursdays, celebrate 491 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: with us, celebrate with the Kingdom. Me and Mitch will 492 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: be there available for you. This thing about us in 493 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: your man, man, we love you, if nobody else does. 494 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: We just want everybody to be safe as possible. Have 495 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: a blessed holiday. Think about your loved ones, and if 496 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: you have a moment, say a prayer for those that 497 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: are a little bit less fortunate. Some of some of 498 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: those that don't have the meal in front of them, 499 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: they don't have the turkey and the yams and the 500 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: ham and all the stuff and everything. There's some out 501 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: there that they have nothing. So before you take that 502 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: first bike, say a little prayer for those that are without, 503 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: and hope that they make it through the holidays safe 504 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: and sound. And let's just wish everybody stay safe and 505 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,880 Speaker 1: COVID free. Like you said, though, it's right a week, 506 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: It's right a week, baby, Let's go get this done. 507 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us. Why we win this, Winning 508 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: this fun shop, We're gonna try to keep it rolling 509 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: and run it back. He's Sean Barber, I'm at Choulter's 510 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: Voice of the Chiefs. Thanks for joining us on this 511 00:27:49,680 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: Why We Win edition of Defending the Kingdom.