1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taking danage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: the day. When you get out the game, they can 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: play don't touchdown, Kansas City the Chiefs. All right, in 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: the thick of a baby, welcome to this edition of 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom. And what an addition we have. This 6 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: one is titled and We're Back, like the show on 7 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: TV or something. You're watching a game show, and We're back. 8 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: And here we are, We're back in the AFC Championship game. 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: A reminder that the Chiefs Podcast Network is brought to 10 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: you by three sixty Vodka, the official vodka of the 11 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. And yes, it will taste much better 12 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs can win this game against the Titans 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: and go to their first Super Bowl in fifty years. 14 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: I'm at Schulter's voice to the Chiefs along with ten 15 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: year National Football League veteran you know him as the 16 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 1: Shop aka Barbershop aka spider Man Sean Barber. All right, 17 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: and we're back. It is not easy to do. I'll 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: mention this on the radio play by play, but it's 19 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: only the sixth time that a team has been able 20 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: to host in the AFL of the AFC back to 21 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: back conference opportunities to win a title and the Chiefs 22 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: this is what the fans have hoped for all your 23 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: long barbershop. It's been a weird twist and turn of 24 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: events to get here. But a year later, the Chiefs 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: will host the AFC Championship Game, and we talk about 26 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: defining success right now, we're talking about, you know, being back. 27 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: How do you how do you? How do you define 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: coming back from a successful season? If we pinpoint to 29 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: Andy or Pat Mahomes, it's it's it's with Andy Reid? 30 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Is the wins right? Can you get this team to 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: a certain twelve wins, thirteen wins, home field advantaged throughout 32 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs? You talk about the quarterback position. Can you 33 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: get five thousand yards? Gonna get fifty touchdowns? Is that 34 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: the way they are defining success based off of last year? 35 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think it's a are we 36 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: growing as a team? Are we doing things more efficiently 37 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball? Defensively? Are we 38 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: making stops? Are we playing great red zone defense? Are 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: we communicating? Do we have trusts and as a team 40 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: special teams including are we doing what it takes to 41 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: start games? Fast? Finished? A half strong, come out of 42 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: third quarter after adjustments and then putting ourselves in a 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: position to win the game. And that's simple. That is 44 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: how I think Andy read in this organization is now 45 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: defining success. And if you weave through our podcast and 46 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: go all the way back to the ones at the 47 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: start of training camp, one thing that has evolved with 48 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: this team is a very strong emotional and mental toughness. 49 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: You do not come down from twenty four to nothing 50 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: and come back if you don't have those traits to 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: set an all time National Football League record, that will 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: be one of the most astonishing things, uh, in our lifetime, really. 53 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: But there's a reason for that, and that is that 54 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 1: emotional and mental strength. Hopefully that carries over to now 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: being back in the AFC Championship game. Yeah, I mean 56 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: I've played on some teams. I gotta admit historically I 57 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: played on some team. I've I've been down two touchdowns, 58 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: three scores, and I've looked at my teammate's eyes and 59 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: I see I see teammates looking at the school board. 60 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: You know what the score is. You know it's first quarters, 61 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: second quarter, you know it's a lot of game left. 62 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: What are you looking at the scoreboard for you want to, 63 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: you want to, you want to remind yourself how much 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: we now you want to remind yourself that we gotta 65 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: you know, scratching claw and it is now it's time 66 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: to you know, do it or don't? I get I 67 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: get caught in emotional I get caught in like an 68 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: emotional fit when I when I when I feel like uh, 69 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: players start to feed in or start to buy into 70 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: the scenario that, uh, you know, hard work pays off 71 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: um um what you do and prepare for yourself. We 72 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: deserved we we we've earned the right. Every game, every snap, 73 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: every series, every moment on that football field is a 74 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: scenario of situational football. Did you eat the arras to 75 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: the occasion and dominate your one on one battle to 76 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: help your team or you get dominated? And it's a 77 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: simple equation as that are you helping your team win 78 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: or are you doing something that leads to them being 79 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: a failure? And he's back, and that is Andy Reid. 80 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: An amazing seventh conference championship game for Andy Reid. Then 81 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: you add the two that he had when he was 82 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: helping coach Brett Farve with the Green Bay Packers on 83 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: Mike Holmgren staff winning the whole shebang in nineteen ninety 84 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: six and then also winning the conference title in nineteen 85 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: ninety seven, losing the Super Bowl to the Broncos, but 86 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: he was there with Philadelphia hosted at three straight years, 87 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: made it to the Super Bowl one year. But now 88 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: Andy and back to back years is there again? The 89 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: experience of Andy Reid in this game. The fact that 90 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: he has done it repeatedly to me and I Mike 91 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: Rabel as a coach. I like him as a person. 92 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: I think he's really good for the National Football League, 93 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: but I can't overlook Andy Reid's experience in conference championship games. Yeah, 94 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: and we can get variable all the kudos and pats 95 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: on the back from being part of that New England 96 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: dynasty that you know, he has playoff in championship experience, 97 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: and he has playoff in championship um on pedigree, But 98 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: his team doesn't. His team when when when it's time 99 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: to go out on the field and it's time to 100 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: kick off the ball and all the lights and it's 101 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: it's it's every snap is gonna be a brick laid 102 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: on that foundation building that house. Uh trying to trying 103 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: to find a path to the Super Bowl. Their team 104 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: has no experience in that, and our team has submerged 105 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: themselves in playoff championship experience. When you talk about Andy Reid, 106 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: talk about coach Spags t Sizzle, Um, there are guys 107 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: throughout this organization that know what it's like to get 108 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: to this game and know how much preparation, how much 109 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: time and effort it takes to make sure that you 110 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: go out there and show your best effort, give a 111 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: championship effort, and then whatever the school is, the school is. 112 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: But you want to go out there and play with 113 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: a lot of pride for yourself, your team, your family. 114 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: And I keep going back to this one thing I 115 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: told my son at some point in the game. You 116 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: got to realize the logo on the side of your 117 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: helmet matters more than the name on the back. You 118 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: gotta give it up for your team, You gotta give 119 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: it up for this organization. If you are a part, 120 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: a member of this Chief's kingdom and you know it 121 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: got championship swagger, then you got a sacrifice and give 122 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: up a little bit of yourself for a greater good 123 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: of this organization. Tennessee is the sixth seed. We all 124 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: know they're working against history here. Pittsburgh won it in 125 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: two thousand and five, that was Ben Roethlisberger's rookie year 126 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: as a sixth seed. The Green Bay Packers won it 127 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: in twenty ten as a sixth seed. But for the Chiefs, 128 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: I thought too, And if this is the first quarter 129 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: of our podcast entitled and We're Back, is He's back? 130 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: Meaning Andy readers back in the championship game? But two, 131 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: I thought to win after trailing twenty four to nothing. 132 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: One of the by products or one of the things 133 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: that led to that was the fact that the younger 134 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: guys on this Chiefs team had won the divisional playoff 135 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: a year ago. I think even with all we've talked 136 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: about how this team has been put together, the younger 137 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: guys had already won in that round in the playoffs, 138 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: thinking well, we can do this. We just got to 139 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: start playing here. But I thought having that winning a 140 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: year ago against the Colts helped them, not only in 141 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: that game to come back, will help them in this championship. 142 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: And you mentioned that cold game. That sparks up something 143 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: to me. You know a year ago when when coas 144 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: are coming in, everybody was talking about how well the 145 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: coach were playing the last ten weeks of the season 146 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: and undefeated, and the numbers their Russian game was doing this, 147 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: and the offensive line was, you know, a melee of people, 148 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: but together they were playing such at an outstanding level 149 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: when Pro Football Focus had their offensive line rated this 150 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: and that, all these numbers in stats. But when I 151 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: watched the film, I saw a offense that shouldn't match 152 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: up well against our defensive pressure. And in this in 153 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: this game on Sunday, I see the same thing I see. 154 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,679 Speaker 1: I see stats and numbers about twenty two Derek Kenry 155 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: doing this about variable being u so dedicated to the 156 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: running game, and and and uh Tannehill be one of 157 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: the most efficient quarterbacks in the last ten games. I 158 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: take my homes, I'll take the offensive line. I'll actually 159 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: take our running backs because of their versatility over the 160 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: uh powerhouse back that day got Um I tight end 161 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: is unquestionable, receiver is unquestionable. Our defense versus they're unquestionable. 162 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: Special teams unquestionable. So it's hard for me to create 163 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: a scenario where I think that there is a outcome 164 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: that doesn't favor our Chiefs coming up victorious. So the 165 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: first quarter and we're back, meaning Andy's back as well. 166 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: The second quarter, and you're segued into it nicely, and 167 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: that is the trench warfare. I'm not gonna steal the 168 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: title of the other podcast, one of the other podcasts 169 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: on our Chiefs podcast network, but we are going to 170 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: talk about the trench warfare in this game because Andy 171 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: Reid in his very first season here in twenty thirteen, 172 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: when I asked him about playoff success, and he's had 173 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: it is he goes. It starts in playoff game. The 174 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: offensive and defensive line are always important in any game 175 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: at any level, but when you get to the playoffs, 176 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: it's amplified. So in the trench warfare, the Titan offensive 177 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: line Derrick Henry and what he's done has been remarkable. 178 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean, ninety six carries in the last three games. 179 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: I said, he's Jimmy Brown, Earl Campbell, and I don't 180 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: know Frank o' harris all wrapped up into one cast. 181 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: But we're overlooking Taylor Lawan, Roger Staffel, the third left guard, 182 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: Ben Jones a really good center, Nate Davis, a rookie 183 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: right guard, and then Jack Conklin who's emerged as a 184 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: really good right tackle the offensive line in the Trench 185 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Warfare against the Chiefs defensive line. To me, Barbara Show, 186 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: Mike Pannell did not play in the game on November 187 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: the tenth. He was a coach's decision and active. The 188 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs played Joey Ivy instead. He's now a Titan. Ironically, 189 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: Frank Clark was still battling the neck injuries. T Sizzle 190 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: wasn't here. Derek Noddy was out there, but he's got 191 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: help now. Colin Saunders is much better, you talker. I 192 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: just don't think that defensive line that the Titans will 193 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: face in this game on Sunday in the AC Championship 194 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: Game resembles what ran on the field in Nashville. This 195 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: is an entirely different front seven for Kansas City. The 196 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: names may be the same, but they're playing at a 197 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: highly a much different level. Yeah, they're actually playing with 198 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: a lot of more trust, confidence, swagger. They're able to 199 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: play off of one another. You've seeing guys penetrate and 200 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: rap and do stunts and techniques that for the first 201 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: half of the season, everybody was just making sure that 202 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: they understood the defense. I gotta make sure I line 203 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: up in the forty or fifty shaded five tech, whatever 204 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: my technique is, you could tell the defensive line and 205 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: every bound. The defense was more focused on making sure 206 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: they lined up in the right place. And when you're 207 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: thinking them on the football field, you spend time thinking. 208 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: Then you can't play, you can't you can't react fast, 209 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: you can't do what you need to show your talents 210 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: and abilities because you're you're you're, you're thinking so much 211 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: on the field. And so we saw guys in the 212 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: early stage of our of our season thinking a lot 213 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: about where to line up and what techniques and how 214 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: to execute. And now fast forward to week twenty of 215 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: a twenty nineteen season, we have a complete defensive unit 216 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: from the front end. You talk about the los the 217 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, battling from the front end all the 218 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: way to the back. There's a level of trust and 219 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: communication that you see throughout this defense that is second 220 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: to none. And it plays and it shows up on 221 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: fourth and short, It shows up on goal line situations, 222 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: red zone situations, whenever there's a crucial play to be made. 223 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: Um that's when confidence and the trusting the teammate rears it. 224 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: It's it's head and more than that, this kans City's 225 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs defense. Talking about that front line. Those guys up 226 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: front have been done a tremendous job of rising to 227 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: the occasion, and it's shown up on the stat sheet. 228 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: The Chiefs defensively in the last half of the season 229 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: second in the NFL and points aloud, just one hundred 230 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: twenty seven points aloud. And it really cranked up the 231 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: week after the Chiefs played the Tennessee Titans in that 232 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: thirty five thirty two loss in Nashville on November the tenth. 233 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: Now in the second quarter, looking at trench warfare and 234 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: the Titans offense against the Chiefs defense, I'm going to 235 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: ask you about something else here, because here's where Mike 236 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: Vrabel and the Titans are a little bit sneaky. When 237 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: I ask people what do you think of the Titans 238 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: and how they approach the game three yards in a 239 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: cloud of dust three, I go not so fast, my friend, 240 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: Lee Corso style, because the Titans in the National Football 241 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: League season with the best team in the league at 242 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: quick strike drives. This is a Titan defensive shop that 243 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: lives off the big play, whether that's the play action 244 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: passing of Ryan Tannehill, who was the number one rated 245 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL and passer rating, or Derek Henry 246 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: getting a sixty nine yard run like you did against 247 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, or a seventy four yard run they had 248 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: the following week, or the runs they had during their 249 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: playoff victories so far. And look at the play pass 250 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: they had early in the Ravens game to Calif Raymond. 251 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: So to me, it's a it's a mask deal here, 252 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: Yes it is. So how do you defend the run 253 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: and how do you then handle the play action pass? 254 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: So I don't get gallused. You neither run or the pass, right. 255 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: I think you do what you've been doing all year. 256 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: You just play confidently. You line up, you know, mino, mino, 257 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: you gotta whip somebody. You gotta um disengage, get off 258 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: a block, swarm to the ball. You gotta have more 259 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: than one guy hit him. Um. If there's a secondary guy, 260 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: you want to you know, you take the pins out. 261 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: You want to uh, you know, the taller to tree, 262 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: the lower you chop. Um. You gotta you gotta have 263 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: that kind of mentality. I want to running back like this. 264 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: You want to take out his pins. Um, you know, 265 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: take out of the spark plugs. You take a spark 266 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: plug and the engiane shuts down um. And that's in 267 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: those all's coaching speak, but it's a mentality. It's a 268 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: way you gotta swarm to the ball and understand, if 269 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: you hit him for a one or two yard game 270 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: and it's a one on one tackle, he has the 271 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: power and he has the size to be able to 272 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: lean forward and get another one or two yards based 273 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: off his physical dominance. But if you're swarming and multiple 274 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: guys are hitting him, holding them up, dragging for the ball, 275 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: that's when the running back starts concerned about becomes more 276 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: concerned about ball security, and then he those legs stop 277 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: pumping because he's worrying about ball people stripping the ball out. Second, 278 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: third man in on the tackle. You get multiple hats 279 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: on him. And that's got to be a mantra that 280 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: goes from the first snap of the game into the 281 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Because this running back, the one thing he 282 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: does that you have to give him credit for, he 283 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: gets stronger as the game goes on. You can hold 284 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: him the fifty yards forty yards in the first half. 285 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: They're gonna keep feeding the monster, feeding the beast, keep 286 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: on until he breaks something late in the game, and 287 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: that's when he's done his most damages late in the game, 288 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: once he's just been wearing on you and wearing on you, 289 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: and that's something we got to be totally aware of, 290 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: totally prepared for. But you you hunt as a team. 291 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: We hunt as a pack of defenders. It's not a 292 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: one on one thing. Once I get off my one 293 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: on one and share my tackle, I'm a madman to 294 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: the ball. But it gotta be the front seven because 295 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: in the secondary, you gotta be alert for the flee ficker. 296 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: You gotta be a look for the reverse pass. There's 297 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: Philly special because Tannehill is a quarterback. So so everybody's 298 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: got to be alert of all these chunk plays because, 299 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: like you said, the running game is something from a staff, 300 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: from a media, from the players. They sell this, we're 301 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: a run first downhill, We're just gonna pound and ground 302 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: you because they want you to buy into that and 303 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: commit so many resources to stop the run. Then when 304 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: they want to go up top, it's it's easy one 305 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: on one. It's a double move, wide receiver wide open, 306 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: and Tannehill never has to fit the ball in the 307 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: tight window. When you play that way, in the second 308 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: half of the season. The Titans were third in the 309 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: NFL in total points scored, Chiefs were sixth, and people 310 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: would be surprised by that, thinking this is in the playoffs. 311 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: They've been a low scoring team. They've also relied off turnovers. 312 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna get to that in a second. But Derrick 313 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: Henry does remind me of plan jump on the guy 314 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: with the ball in the backyard. He's a big kid 315 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: from the end of the street, shows up like ah man, 316 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's here, Hey, go ahead and jump on him. 317 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: Let's get him to the ground, all right. Halftime of 318 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: this edition of Defending the Kingdom, our AFC Championship edition, 319 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: if you will, and it's brought to you by three 320 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: sixty Vodka. This edition entitled and We're back, and we're 321 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: back with the third quarter of our podcast, and it 322 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: now flips it over to the other side. And that 323 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: is the trench warfare that goes with the Chiefs offensive 324 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: line against the Titans defensive front. Barbershop. I will say this, 325 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: in the last two weeks and after I reviewed the 326 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: video of the Houston game, this offensive line for the 327 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: Chiefs is as confident as I've ever seen them, and 328 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 1: I like it. It's not a braggadocious confidence. It is 329 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: a quiet edgy confidence. Whether that's the Canadian doctor lay 330 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: duvern Hrdof, who feels the best he has since the 331 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: beginning of camp, or as Stephan Wisnowski. We didn't mention 332 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: him in his playoff experience. This two years removed from 333 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: being the starting left guard in a Super Bowl championship game. 334 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: Eric Fisher's wiping dudes out two at a time, and 335 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: he's you know, he's now he's become a fan favorite. 336 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: After last week's game, Mitchell Schwartz, Austin Ryder's coming off 337 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: his best game. They took it to Houston, and that 338 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 1: was my biggest concern in the game, was those Houston 339 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: big dinosaurs. Go back and listen to last week's podcast. 340 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: Right now, the Chief's offensive line is ready to clean 341 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 1: out whatever is in front of them. Man. You know, 342 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,719 Speaker 1: a young man, I used to have these action figures 343 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: called Voltron. It was these six different panthers or vehicles 344 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: that you would manipulate and you put them together and 345 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: they formed this robot. That's how I see our offensive line. 346 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: We got five solid players. They're so humble and hard working. 347 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: But when they get on that field and they start 348 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: playing and communicating, tagging up a combo blocking and I 349 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: hashtag this protect and punish because that's what they do. 350 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: They protect our quarterback in the passing game and then 351 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: they punish the d line when it comes time for 352 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: d Williams to get the ball and run the game. 353 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: So as long as they protect and punish and keep 354 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: that voltru mentality to work together, hey man, showtime will 355 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: be showtime. Everything gonna be hunky dory. The offense is 356 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: gonna flow as you flow. But that's how you control 357 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. You have guys that are just selfless, 358 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: selfless in their own credit about how great this offense 359 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: has been and will be, but they work together seamlessly 360 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: as a unit. How do you score forty one and 361 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: answered points? How do you get plus passers? You have 362 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: an offensive line that wants to destroy everything in their path, 363 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: and that's the way these guys are playing. And Patrick 364 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: Mahomes is playing to them. We know what's what he 365 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,719 Speaker 1: did last week in the incredible rally by the Chiefs. 366 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: But the offensive line and going against these guys, now 367 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: here's my danger report of the third quarter. And that 368 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 1: is with this Titan defense, because we saw this in 369 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: the game in Nashville, and this is the way Rabel 370 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: has trained these guys. First of all, when you look 371 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: at him statistically, they're next to last in red zone defense. 372 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: That doesn't fit with the guys they've gotten. I mean, 373 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: you've got some good players on defense. But in the playoffs, 374 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: the reason they're in this game is because of their 375 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: red zone defense. New England was one of three in 376 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: the red zone, so give them credit for that. That's 377 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: not where they're sneaky. They're sneaky in the fact that 378 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,719 Speaker 1: they look for the turnover. They have six takeaways in 379 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: the two playoff games. They're plus five six takes, one give. 380 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: Where do they get them? They get him after positive 381 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: offensive plays. Go back to the game on November tenth 382 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: in Nashville. Damian Williams gets the ball poked out after 383 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: a seven yard plus run on first down. The Chiefs 384 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: are driving to go up by three scores I think 385 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: it was at the time. The ball comes out, dude 386 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: picks it up, runs it back. Actually it was ten 387 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: to seven at the time, and the Chief's trailing, like, 388 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: how are we behind in this game? But as a 389 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: ball carrier, as Pat Mahomes or anybody else, Tyreek Hill, Kelsey, 390 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: all of them. The ability mentally to realize the players 391 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: not done until it's done, and that my mentally, I 392 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: give up, I'm going I got a twenty yard game here. 393 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: That's when they come in and pop it out. Man. 394 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: We call this podcast Defending the Kingdom because it has 395 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: it has it has Kingdom. Ruth has godly rules. You 396 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: know in your life when when when things are going great, 397 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: that's when you got to really protect your process. You 398 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: gotta when it's time to grind and go to work 399 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: and make sure you get all your tea's crossed and 400 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: your ays dot it. It's usually after a great day 401 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: because that's when the devil. That's when somebody comes and 402 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: try to steal your glory, steal your emotions, steal your passion. 403 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: Is when you're riding on cloud nine, everything's going great, 404 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: you don't see it coming and then WoT your legs 405 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: a fight from under you. That's the way the opportunistic 406 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 1: type defense, it goes back to. It's the Patriot way. 407 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: The Patriots defense is one that they'll let you catch 408 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: the ball and get up if they can punch the ball. 409 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: We've seen that from New England, we've seen that at 410 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: Detroit the Dolphins do it, and now Tennessee, like every coordinator, 411 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: every player that's been a part of that defense, it's 412 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 1: okay to let you get a little bit if they 413 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 1: can have an opportunity to take it away, and they 414 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: thrive off that that ball hawking mentality. But you know what, 415 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: on offense, as long as you know that that's their mentality, 416 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: you can make it almost non existent because you know 417 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: that they're gonna do that. So you don't get up 418 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: with your usual over zealous self. You get up protecting 419 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: the ball. You're a ball carrier. You run through the 420 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: tackles with two hands on the ball as a ball 421 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: carrier on the screen or something. When you break to 422 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: the sideline, you anticipate there's a defender coming on that 423 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: outside trying to punch the ball out, and so you 424 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: keep it high and tight. That mentality, that focus, that 425 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: expectation they are going to how to stripe the ball, 426 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: strip the ball. They must win the turnover battle to 427 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: win this ball game. They must have more possessions than us, 428 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: because their offense isn't as effective as eyes drive in 429 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: and drive out. They can't score the way we can 430 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: score unless they find a way to turn that possession 431 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: the possession game over. Right, they have to play field. 432 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: But they have a great punner, right. Their punner is 433 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: one of the most phenomenal weapons on their team because 434 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: he makes the defense go out there and have the 435 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: long field to defend to give them more and more 436 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: opportunities to stripe at that ball. So that's something they've 437 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: been doing well all year, but hearing the playoffs, they've 438 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: turned it up a notch. Everything gets turned and they've 439 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: turned up their defensive hustle. They swarm to the ball, 440 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,239 Speaker 1: they expect turnovers, They go for him, and you just 441 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: have to be so aware that um from the from 442 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: the from the jump, from the first kickoff to the 443 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: last whistle. It's interesting a couple of things here. You 444 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: remind me of a high school or a collegiate wrestler 445 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: that lets the guy up to take him down so 446 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: I can get a major fall, right, I can get 447 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: a major point decision to help my team. So I'm 448 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: gonna let you up and then you're feeling good, and 449 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: then I'll just take you right back down again and 450 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: do it up. That's the one that comes to mind. 451 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: Here good other thing and talking to Tyreek Hill this week, 452 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs I know are emphasizing you talk about getting 453 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: people to the ball. That's what you think about that 454 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: from a defensive standpoint, the Chiefs after a long game, 455 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: the receivers are talking about getting to the ball themselves, 456 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: like do not give up on the play. I sprint 457 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: to the ball. If I'm going to shade somebody, maybe 458 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: a late block or if that ball comes out. Now 459 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: we have some additional hats to the ball. I found 460 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: that interesting because I really haven't thought about that. It's 461 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 1: the offense after You don't want to take your defender 462 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: to the ball, but if I can shield that guy, 463 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: I want to get in the area of the ball. 464 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: So if it's loose, we got more of a chance 465 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: to jump on it. Yeah. From offensive from eba dolphinsive coordinator, 466 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: I know all his position coaches. I know they are 467 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 1: are praising their Gays with the amount of explosive plays. 468 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: But when a play does get thrown twenty thirty yards 469 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: down the field, our receivers can move to get away 470 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: from the defensive guys. It usually is defensive guys have 471 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: more more hats to the ball. They have more people 472 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: in the picture frame you call it when you're watching film. 473 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: You have to challenge the offense and say, hey, man, 474 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: when a play goes beyond ten yards, it's not time 475 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: for us to walk to the huddle. It's not time 476 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: for us to take a deep breath. We have to 477 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: chase the ball. Carry Also, we gotta be ready for 478 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: that guy to break back across the field and pick 479 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: up that one more home run block that can set 480 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: somebody free. Hey, you can play this game long enough 481 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: to realize most long runs over twenty yards. It's not 482 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: the initial blocking that does it. It's a secondary and 483 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: ancillary a down the field wide receiver tight end gets 484 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: in away just enough to create a little hesitation and 485 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: doubt on a defensive player's mind, which allows that offensive 486 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: guy to spring and break into the open. So then 487 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: we go to our fourth quarter of our fc AFC 488 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: Championship edition of Defending the Kingdom, brought to you by 489 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: three sixty Vodka. This edition entitled and We're Back, and 490 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, and We're Back is talking about 491 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: seizing this opportunity and warrioring up. One guy I'm gonna 492 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: put out there is Travis Kelsey. He has warriored up 493 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 1: like no other. I mentioned it before out there the 494 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: first day of rookie training camp and last week shop. 495 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: I saw him during the week, I thought, oh man, 496 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: I hope he can go. I hope he can go. 497 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: Not only did he go, he had to kind of 498 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: fight through a bunch of injuries throughout the entire day 499 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: to set NFL records in that game. To me, Travis 500 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: Kelsey has been underrated from the standpoint of what he's 501 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: had to do to get ready to play and perform 502 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: at the highest level to be part of his historically 503 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: great team in this historic offense. The one the most 504 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: consistent element of our offense all year has been. He's 505 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: been the guy that you can count on for eleven targets, 506 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: seven catches, one hundred and ten yards, two touched, whatever 507 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: is needed to get it done. He's been the guy 508 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: you can always count on to find a soft spot 509 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: in the zone. Last week, even even in a double 510 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: team when he was being doubled. He I call it calcified. 511 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: He calcified the route, put a little extra wiggle on it, 512 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: put a little extra sizzle on it, and then broke 513 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: into the open and Mahomes had enough faith to stay 514 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: with him throughout the route, knowing he was gonna be 515 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: the double team to get a big first down. You 516 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: know how big that is for a quarterback, to having 517 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: a faith and the gutta. You see him getting double 518 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: before the priest snap. The ball is hyped. He's getting 519 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: double team. But you still know the advantage is with 520 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: your guy. That is that's unheard of at this time 521 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: of the moment. During the regular season. That's one thing. 522 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes you face great safeties, not so good safeties. This 523 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: is the playoffs. Everybody's good. Now you know you're facing 524 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: the best of the best. That type of trust communication, 525 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: Uh you talk about Pat Mahome talks about it. The 526 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: defense is designed to take away something. We have to 527 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: find out what that is and then find ways to 528 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: beat it. And we do it consistently, and we from 529 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: from one series to another. We're going at halftime, we 530 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: make adjustments, and we come to second half. We know 531 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: what they're trying to do to take away what they're 532 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: trying to take away from us, and now we got 533 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: to go someplace else that is defensive. One on one, 534 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: take away something the offensive does well and make them 535 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: find another way to beat us. The crazy thing about 536 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs is we have about seven different ways to 537 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: beat you, so you can take away too. And we 538 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: still got five lefts. Five and maybe and another one 539 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: that we didn't think. So the point is last year, 540 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: I remember Kelsey talking to me publicly and privately, dot 541 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: hey man, Patrick's unbelievable. He'll throw me open. I'm covered, 542 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: He'll throw me open. But this year we've seen the 543 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 1: other side of that. And I like your word, kelsify, 544 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: because it's not there. But now Kelsey is making the 545 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: play happen four mosms and now you have this two 546 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: way street going on. And I saw it started in July. 547 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: Even those three or four practices they had. It was 548 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 1: just those two guys working one on one and they 549 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: and saw it during the summertime. It gives me chills 550 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: to talk about it. But these guys, those two I know, 551 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: are ready to seize the opportunity. But for you and I, 552 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: for people who have been around this league for a 553 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: long time, you hope and you pray. God doesn't care 554 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: who wins, but he shows favor, right, he shows favor. 555 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: But here's the opportunity again, Barbershop. This is what the 556 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: Kingdom had hoped for in May, June, July, April, March, September. Oh, 557 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: it's not gonna work. October. This season ain't gonna be 558 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: what we thought. Oh, Mahomes is hurt. It's not gonna work. 559 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: Oh we lost to the Titans. They ain't gonna be 560 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: in a one seat. They're at home in the championship game, 561 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: playing for a chance for the Super Bowl. Sees the 562 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: opportunity every moment droughout the season. You never know how 563 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: today's action is gonna trickle down months later. And each week, 564 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: starting week one, week five, seven, twelve, everybody knew there 565 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: was gonna be a point in time where there need 566 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: to be something done, something some shift where we don't 567 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: only think we're a good team, we know we're a 568 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: great team. And when that switch turned on, everything started 569 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: to fit into place, and we didn't look back and say, well, 570 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: if we would have beat this team, then we would 571 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: have been a number two seats. Now we'll take the 572 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: number three seat going into the final. Wee could have season. 573 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 1: If things happen, Things happen, and what happens, it's magic happens. 574 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: We get t sizzle. All these ancillary pieces fall into place, 575 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: and now we have multiple weapons and multiple things, and 576 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: now we're at home, home field advantage AFC Championship game. 577 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: Not only did we seek and have revenge on the 578 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: Texans for an early season come back, but now we 579 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: get to go against the Titans, face another team that 580 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: um yeah, they got the best of us during the season. 581 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: No matter who we had on the Rocks, no matter 582 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: who was up, they ended up making enough places to 583 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: win the game. So that leaves a little edge, little 584 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: little chip on our shoulder. We get to go in 585 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: the game knowing, yeah, we got a little revenge fact 586 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: against them. Uh. But the one thing we are we 587 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: are as healthy as we have ever been this late 588 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: in the season with two games left to play, and 589 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: we got to create the second game. But right now 590 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: we are as healthy. We have Kelsey, we have Cheetah. 591 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: We got uh black Zoos, we got Z's, uh black Elvis, 592 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: we got um um um, we got we got the 593 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: jet going, we got we got we got enough nicknames 594 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: and certain names going around this building. Uh, I don't 595 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: you know, we don't We're the Avengers. We had eighteen, 596 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: we got superheroes, we got all this thing going around. 597 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: But you know what the guys are doing. I heard 598 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes said early in earlier to day Coach Reid tells, 599 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: these guys, let your personality show. Don't be afraid to 600 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: let your personality show. Have fun in the moment, and 601 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: be focused to go out there and play you the 602 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: best you can. As long as you do that, we'll 603 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: be satisfied with everything. We'll see. We'll make do with 604 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: everything else. Go out there and try your best, give 605 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: your effort, let your personality show. Don't be afraid to 606 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: be special. And we have a bunch of special people 607 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: on this team. He's Sean Barber Barber Shop aka the 608 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: Spider aka Shop. And here's the deal. Andy Reid has 609 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: told me the last two weeks. Just play, just play, 610 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: Just go play and have fun. Just play. You talked 611 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: about all those names. This team has Chief's Kingdom. Here's 612 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 1: the name I want us all to have. At the 613 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: end of Sunday night, Champion and holding the Lamar Hunt 614 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: Trophy for us. Thanks for joining us on this edition 615 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom. Thanks for listening to The Chief's 616 00:31:52,880 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: Official podcast network to touchdown us celebration begin to helhead