WEBVTT - NFL Week 2 Predictions: Eagles-Chiefs REMATCH, Commanders-Packers, Bucs-Texans | Nick Wright 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome in What Driving the Great Episode three sixty four. 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.600 This episode, as always of What's Driving the Grid, is 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.159 presented to you by boost Mobile, and as always, we 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:15.400 encourage you to like, rate, subscribe, review to the podcast 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:19.800 on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify. All of that demands a little 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:24.639 odd episode today in that this is the rare Thursday 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:28.840 episode that is not live and not happening on Thursday. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.720 It is still going to be released on Thursday. However, 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.960 we are doing this episode right now. It is Wednesday, 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.479 which means we are firing into Sunday lines during the 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:42.280 gambling portion of our show, all the way on Wednesday. Now, 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:47.000 there's only one game that is a total stay away 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:49.680 because of that, and that's the Niner game, because we 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.600 don't know who's playing quarterback, but you know, he could 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.920 up the degree of difficulty. We are doing that because Thursday, 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.320 when you guys are hearing this, we will be I 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:03.800 will be probably taping first things first. That is also 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:07.319 always live, except it won't be Thursday because Thursday we 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:10.000 are flying to Kansas City. So I tell you guys 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.479 that on the front end in case there's any late 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:16.279 breaking news, in case the NFL decides there's another player 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.800 they want to suspend for a game, but not suspend 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.360 him for a game. We're not gonna have that information 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.520 you get listen. In fact, I'm just starting there before 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:30.760 we even get to anything. Here's here is did you 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:34.520 read the NFL statement? Did you read those Did they 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:35.280 say two games? 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.080 Do they say it was a one game suspension? 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.080 No? What they said is he is suspended and he's playing. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:45.319 That's what the NFL said. The NFL said that Jalen 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:49.400 Carter is suspended, but he's playing. And so listen, I'm 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:59.240 gonna read you the NFL's self basically ludicrous statement, and 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.040 then we will discuss it briefly before we get to 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.240 the actual game. And by the way, I wasn't calling 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:08.200 for Jalen Carter to be suspended, but this is an 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:13.520 absolute farce. What they wrote. The NFL wrote. Here is 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:19.160 the first line of the NFL statement, and I quote 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:24.440 Philadelphia's Jalen Carter has been suspended by the commissioner for 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:29.440 one game. However, his suspension will be considered served and 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.400 he will be eligible to play in week two. I 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:40.720 am simply asking America if this can finally break the 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:46.359 Chiefs get all the breaks fever that has gripped the country. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:53.160 We saw as my long standing belief that the refs 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.520 don't favor the Chiefs. The refs just aren't that good, 0:02:56.680 --> 0:03:00.480 and the Chiefs playing a lot of standalone games right now, 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.240 you guys watch Vikings Bears Monday night, a standalone game. 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:10.240 Sure felt like a couple truly awful calls really hurt 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.160 the Bears in that spot, all right, where the refs 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.120 all the ref's in the bag for JJ McCarthy. No, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:21.160 they're just not that good. Friday night, we saw ty 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:25.480 your Tart punch Travis Kelce in the face not be 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.760 thrown out of the game and then go ahead. 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.000 I think they take it was a technicality because he 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:32.200 didn't close his fist. 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.840 Yeah, that's not. But here's the thing about technicalities. Technicalities 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.760 technically need to be in the rule book, and there 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.240 is nothing about open hand versus closed fist in the 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.760 rule book. Also, it is that would be a ludicrous 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:51.920 technicality because if people are wearing helmets, you you're better 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.720 off going open hand at that velocity than closed fist. 0:03:55.800 --> 0:04:00.320 But again, I'm not complaining about that because I'm not 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.360 a whiny loser that whinds about refs but I am 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.720 saying if the tire Tart or Jalen Carter thing, it 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:13.560 was Chris Jones, If Chris Jones in week one spit 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:18.120 on Justin Herbert and then the NFL announces Chris Jones 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:23.679 has been suspended and he'll miss zero games. Don't tell 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.080 me if it was the don't And again these aren't 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:30.320 apples to apples, But imagine if the NFL had said, hey, 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.920 Rashid Rice is suspended six games for the car wreck. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.240 As it turns out, he's served him last year when 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.880 he missed the fourteen, like, give me a break, get 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:46.080 and it is the NFL is really trying to have 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:50.000 its cake and eat it too with the since he 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:56.880 never played a down, I maybe maybe Demanse can accept 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:02.560 that if if in fact not, maybe I would accept it. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:07.160 If you got to ejected from a game for something 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:11.160 that happened pregame, if the game has not started and 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:15.000 you get in a fight and they say, okay, you're 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.360 rejected in the NFL, well then you were suspended. Something 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.480 happened you didn't. You weren't a part of the game. 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.000 That game had started, and the NFL is trying to 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:29.560 act as if because he that no, he didn't, but 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:33.200 the game had started. He was not suspended the end, 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:37.760 So again, I don't care. I said on the TV 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:41.800 show that I thought the NFL would look at the 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.159 first game as kind of a de facto suspension and 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:48.200 just find him. That's fine, It's fine with me. I 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.040 don't think spitting on a guy gets you two games, 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.960 and they're saying it got you one. That is, honest 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.560 to God, fine with me. What I am saying is, 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:03.560 if there is any honor or honesty left in the media, 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:09.920 including my dear friend Mike Flourio and a lot of others, 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:16.600 they have to acknowledge that if Chris Jones had spit 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:21.680 on Justin Herbert gotten thrown out. And then the NFL 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.520 said Chris Jones is suspended and it is the first 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:30.280 suspension ever where he'll play the week he's suspended. The 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:36.480 articles and tweets and commentary about all once again, the 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.039 league that is given it to the Chiefs would be 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:44.240 through the roof and everyone knows it. I will add 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:48.440 to it. The weird pretty dumb if you ask me. 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:53.080 Conspiracy from over the summer that the NFL was not 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:56.360 suspending Rashi Rice for the early part of the season, 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.919 which they ended up doing because of the ratings for 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.920 the early part of the season. Chief Slate that same 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:07.599 exact logic would apply to this jail and Carter non 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:12.000 suspension suspension, So just don't give me that nonsense. The 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.440 league office at times is not all that consistent. The 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:20.559 referees are consistently inconsistent. It is not for one team 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:24.000 versus another. Now we can get to the actual show. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.000 How are you, Demanse doing great? 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:26.480 Puffs? 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.080 We have another thing actually, before we get to the 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.760 actual show that you and I have to address. We're 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:38.800 going to address it in the straight voicemail segment not 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:43.640 making the show. Mike McDaniel, listen, he knows dead man walking, 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.240 he says. The good news and positive is I don't 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:48.160 see how could get worse? Oh, he can get worse. 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:54.960 Luca Skinny, Luca nominated for Best Defensive Player at euro Basket. 0:07:55.400 --> 0:08:01.320 And now there's this is Demanse trying to turn himself 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.520 into a tout And this is of course straight to voicemail, 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:08.720 brought to you by boost Mobile. All right, demons, I'm 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:13.160 not really on Instagram that much. Yeah, the producers alerted me. 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:19.040 So you hit your that Caleb, you hit your bet 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:24.679 fifteen bucks to win four hundred. You posted a screenshot 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.200 of it, and you wrote, hit me up if you 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:33.200 want betting advice. Venmo made twenty dollars to initiate the conversation. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.840 I'm told you then raised the price. Yeah, two one 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:39.440 hundred dollars. 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.640 Up to two hundred. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:43.280 Did you get any takers? 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.320 Yeah? I had actually had takers, but all the guys 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.360 that were takers they had my Venmo and they were 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.360 just like, yeah, give me the picks. And like, I'm like, dude, 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.360 you have my Venmo. Where's the what's going on? 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.360 Okay? So you had no one paid you? 0:08:58.400 --> 0:08:59.319 No, nobody paid me. 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:01.520 I was I was just that was just kidding. I 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:02.839 don't I don't post on. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.480 My story often enough for people to kind of understand 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:06.040 my humor. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.200 But I think a lot of people took that seriously 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.480 and like like, well, yeah, because there's a lot of 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:17.679 scammy touts out there. Yeah, and I know you're I 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.160 know you're not. And this is this is a learning 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.480 moment for the for you and the show. You're now 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:32.280 a legitimate public person, and our reputations are too closely 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.760 tied together for you to make that type of joke 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.320 and have it be open to miss to misinterpretation, the 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:45.160 like just the no harm done here. But I don't 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:51.640 I really don't want the just scrolling Twitter and come 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.160 across awful announcing and see the headline. You know what 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:59.439 I mean is demands from the What's Right podcast selling picks. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:02.600 I I don't want that. So we're just gonna tighten 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:05.960 it up a bit. We're done at all. I knew 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:10.880 you weren't actually selling picks. And by the way, we 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.200 provide a free service to the public, like we just 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.880 all we ask is for you to like, rate, subscribe, review, 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.240 I actually sidebar real quick and then we'll we'll get 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.760 into the meat of it. I had a business opportunity 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.240 from a company. I don't want to say the company 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:32.520 because I just don't want to where they wanted. Essentially, 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:37.640 the idea behind it was, hey, have a have a 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:42.600 community that gets exclusive access to your picks. They can 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.920 track it with you, your bets whatever, like a social 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.840 network type thing. And I was like, yeah, I'm I'm 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.040 not opposed to that, and they're like, yeah, so you know, 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.280 we would pay you money, you know, to be a 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.120 part of the team. But then also where the real 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.240 money would come in is you, you know, to be 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.640 a part of your community. It would be like, you know, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.720 a dollar a month, or two dollars or five dollars 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.600 a month. I was like, gold on a second, you 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:14.240 want me to charge people like to be able to 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.880 see my picks early. They're like, yeah, well that's you know, 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.160 that's how people make money on this thing. I was like, 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:23.280 I gotta tell you, I might you know, do something 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.360 with you guys, if you guys can set the entry 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:30.760 fee to join my community at zero dollars. And they, 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.800 by the way, they said they were to their credit, 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:34.720 they said they would. It's just didn't make sense for 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.720 me to do it at the time. But I'm not 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.839 the and again I'm giving you a hard time. I 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:46.320 knew you were kidding. I do not like the I 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.560 totally understand the Patreon or substack or model or whatever 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.920 it is for a lot of things, and that makes 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:58.440 a lot of sense. But if you have a corporation 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:03.400 paying you then trying to also on the back end, 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.800 you know, get a little extra money out of your 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.480 out of folks, I'm not into. Which also why I 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:13.800 never felt comfortable with the cameo thing. It's like I 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:20.719 the you have, well just one actually, okay, are you on? 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:24.920 I guess it wasn't really a cameo. I just took 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.319 a video on Snapchat and sent it to it and sent. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.320 It to somebody because they asked you to. You know what, 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:34.360 Given everything I said, I still though you're in a 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.400 different spot than me. I kind of like the idea 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:41.000 of you having a cameo account like ten Bucks, a 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.600 video and they'll just see who hits it. I mean, 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:47.400 I don't know what is Yeah, exactly, wish you happy 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.400 birthday and ounce fancy draft whatever it is. All right, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.000 probably time to get to the show. Go ahead. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.760 So, yeah, we remember how the super Bowl went, so 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.719 we've got that rematch coming up this weekend, and they 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:03.000 are both coming off of underwhelming divisional performances. The Eagles 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.480 obviously won, but they probably did win in the fashion 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.200 they would have liked, and the Chiefs lost. How close 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.040 to the super Bowl? How close to the super Bowl 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.240 game do you think this will be? 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.400 Oh, I don't listen. I do not think Kansas City 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:23.320 is going to get blown out. I will if Kansas 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:28.439 City gets blown out, I will be concerned. Okay, I 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:33.120 also spoiler alert don't think Kansas City is going to lose. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.840 And I think that the Chiefs being home dogs with 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:45.040 Patrick being healthy is a slap in the face, especially 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.880 because I do think it's fair to say Philly did 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.520 not look overwhelming in Week one, you know what I mean. 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.840 Philly looked fine, but they looked kind of lucky, not lucky, 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.280 but fortunate to get out that game with a win 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:06.079 against a Dallas team that there were no expectations for. Okay, 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:13.160 So I I also think that those of us that 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:18.560 have been hoping for or planning on, you know, the 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.800 Mahomes light show as Brew calls it, to come back, 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.880 going to have to wait some more time because obviously 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.400 they knew they weren't gonna have Hershie Rice in this game, 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.120 but now they also won't have Xavier Worthy in this game. 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:33.960 And so I think it's gonna be a lot of 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.840 ball control, a lot of short intermediate stuff, and a 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:41.440 lot of you know, Mahomes makes some magic. But I 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:47.960 think you have a pissed off urgent Patrick Mahomes, and 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.920 I think he will deliver. I'm going to add to 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:56.440 it that where my where my concern comes in this 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:02.400 game is is Jalen Hurts going to have four seconds 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:06.160 to throw and that chief secondary not be able to 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:10.000 hang in there. Now, I know Jalen threw nothing but 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.960 short except for the one bomb and had nothing but 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:19.040 time against Dallas, But I also know that Justin Herbert 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.880 had nothing but time and carved up the chief secondary. 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.720 The part of the Week one game that was most 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:31.240 dispiriting and most concerning to me Demanse was how the 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:36.120 overall pass defense for Kansas City looks Now? Will Philadelphia 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:41.560 take advantage of it? Okay, like, will Philadelphia lean into 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:45.800 that part of their offense? I don't know. I mean, 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:50.400 aj Brown went fifty eight minutes in Week one without 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:54.760 a target and they they still moved the ball and 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:58.600 Jalen was brilliant scrambling. But that's another piece of this 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:03.280 game that does con me designed pass plays. Jail and 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:07.840 drops back, they wait, they wait, no one the times 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.560 the coverage holds up, no one's open. Jalen's able to run. 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:16.240 So I think Philly will be able to move the 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:21.440 ball if they lean into the passing game. I think 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:25.120 the Chiefs run defense has been one of their underrated 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.160 factors the last couple of years, and even in that 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:32.840 Super Bowl when the Chiefs got annihilated. The run defense 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:37.680 was obviously really impactful, or I did a good job. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.040 I should impact those the wrong word did a good 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:45.400 job against Saquon. The story of the Super Bowl was 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:51.880 the disastrous offensive line play from Kansas City. And now 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:56.520 I'm excited to see it because the Chiefs upgraded a 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:02.240 left tackle obviously, and the Eagles don't have the edges 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.520 they had last year. Now they still do have Jalen 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:07.920 Carter in this game. As we talked about, he is 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.520 suspended for this game, but he's playing in this game. 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:18.199 And how will those matchups look. If Patrick has even 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:23.159 a modicum of time, I believe he will be able 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:28.639 to make Hay against this Eagle secondary that I believe 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.959 is going to be a work in progress throughout the year. Obviously, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.679 Degene is very good and Quinyan Mitchell is excellent, And 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.560 maybe I should call Degene excellent and Quenya Mitchell very good. 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:40.600 But they're both at the very least very good players. 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.920 But there isn't a single other person in that secondary 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:51.919 that you trust I as far as demands, you know, 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:56.680 will you panic? Should I panic? If the Chiefs are 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:01.679 zero to two? I The answer to that is unequivocally known. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:06.439 And here is the thing that it is frustrating is 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:12.600 the wrong word, but annoying that folks don't see folks 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:19.320 speak with authority and don't have the memories. I guess 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:25.000 that I do on what the Chiefs have actually been in, 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:30.199 you know, the Mahomes era. In twenty twenty one, the 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:36.040 Chiefs started three and four, three and four, coming off 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:39.520 getting blown out in the Super Bowl by Tampa. They 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:44.200 started the next year three and four and then found themselves, 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.560 as they always do, at the absolute worst in overtime 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:53.879 of the AFC Championship Game in twenty twenty three. The 0:18:54.000 --> 0:19:00.760 Chiefs in November to December lost. They had stretch where 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:07.159 they lost one, two, yeah, five out of eight, including 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.639 within that stretch where they lost four out of six, 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.320 and in that where they lost three out of four 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.760 and the only win came against the woeful Patriots, where 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:21.080 they didn't even look that good. And they responded to 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:26.600 that by winning the Super Bowl, the idea that they've 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:31.360 never had that had just been seen and even last year, 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:35.160 even though they never lost games, people hated how they 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.480 looked at various points in the regular season and they 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:44.199 found themselves in the Super Bowl again, So it is 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:49.760 just flatly inaccurate to say they haven't faced any regular 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:55.240 season adversity or downswings during this time. It's just that 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:59.359 the baseline is so high that they have been able 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:03.879 to obviously more than overcome it. But I so I 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:09.240 wouldn't panic. I will come on here, you know, Tuesday, 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:13.399 if not before, if they get manhandled by an Eagles 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:15.800 team that I don't think as good as last year 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:19.800 as Eagles team, it is time for real concern, not panic, 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.199 but concern. If it's a really good game and they 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:24.960 end up coming up on the short end of it, 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.560 I won't panic at all. But I think Kansas City 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:35.080 is better than Philadelphia. And I also think this, and 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:35.840 this is the. 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:38.520 With like without the. 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:46.080 Without without Rice and Worthy. Well, so here's the thing 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:53.760 on that I think that when Rice and Worthy are back, 0:20:54.359 --> 0:20:58.160 Philadelphia will be better than they are right now because 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:02.480 I think Philadelphia's defense so many new pieces, it's going 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:04.600 to be a you know, a work in progress, so 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:08.280 to speak. I also like here is and again, people 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.560 can disagree with me. People can say that I'm you know, 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:17.080 uh waving pom poms as Bruce says sometimes and the 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:19.080 you know with the pomp poms when I wave them, 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:22.600 all I see is you've been right every year. But 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:32.000 I firmly believe that given how Philadelphia played in Week one, 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:36.880 that had they been playing the Chargers, they lose similar 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.120 fashion the Chiefs do. And given how the Chiefs played 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:43.679 in Week one, had they been playing the Cowboys and 0:21:43.720 --> 0:21:47.520 that defense, there's no concerns about the Chiefs offense right now. 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:51.399 Like I don't think Philly or Kansas City should be 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:54.199 happy at all about how Week one went. Now, I 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:56.840 know Philadelphia is one to zero and Kansas City's oho 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.919 and one, but it feels to me like both the 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:05.280 those teams had to be pretty uneasy about their performances. 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:08.199 The only thing Philadelphia I thought did really well in 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:12.160 Week one was Jailen. I thought Jail and Scrambles were 0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:16.040 just elite, you know what I mean. Jalen's ability to 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:19.520 make something out of nothing was phenomenal. And the only 0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:22.240 thing the Chiefs did really well in Week one was 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:28.760 the Mahomes kind of magic, broken play craziness. Like nobody 0:22:28.800 --> 0:22:31.800 on the Chiefs or the Eagles outside of their quarterback 0:22:31.840 --> 0:22:35.520 should feel great about Week one and so we'll see 0:22:35.520 --> 0:22:38.880 how they both respond. But to your point, demon's about 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:46.320 without Rice and Worthy for Kansas City. If if Kansas 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:51.159 City wins the game without Rice and Worthy, that is 0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:57.720 a shot in the arm. Well, I listen, I think 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:00.639 Philadelphie's got the infrastructure in the too much time. I 0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:03.399 don't think, like there's not a lot of panic that 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:08.399 should happen in week you know, in week two if like, if. 0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:11.720 Your top competition and they don't have like two of 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:12.720 their best offensive guys. 0:23:12.920 --> 0:23:16.840 So here's the thing, though, I don't this is for 0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:24.480 Philadelphia or Kansas City. I simply don't believe in cross 0:23:24.600 --> 0:23:30.320 conference rivalries in the NFL, And I don't believe in 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:34.760 your top competition ever being someone in the other conference, 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:39.640 like because it has to be such a perfect storm 0:23:40.040 --> 0:23:42.400 for you guys to play in a game that matters. 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:47.120 Like let's just say for the record, or for example, 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:50.600 I should say that Philly does blow out Kansas City, 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:54.000 just annihilates them. It looks just like the Super Bowl. 0:23:55.640 --> 0:24:01.080 While that would reasonably shake anyone's faith that the Chiefs 0:24:01.400 --> 0:24:06.000 can beat the Eagles, it to me should barely shake 0:24:06.080 --> 0:24:08.880 your faith that can the Chiefs win the Super Bowl 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:12.879 because like the Eagles would have to get there as 0:24:13.000 --> 0:24:14.320 the Chiefs would have to get there obviously with the 0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:17.200 Eagles would have to get there, you know. So the 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:22.160 in a weird way like that Charger game and how 0:24:22.200 --> 0:24:26.399 the Chargers exploited what were Chiefs weaknesses was a bigger 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:30.199 concern than anything that could happen Sunday, because the Chargers 0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:33.600 are direct competition. You play them again, you could play 0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:35.919 them in you know, in the first round of the playoffs, 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:42.600 like Philadelphia maybe you know has Kansas City's number, but 0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:45.479 the Packers clip. I mean, it doesn't even matter. And 0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:50.240 so that the it is very rare that a cross 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:55.760 conference rivalry be the rivalry. It has to be almost 0:24:56.080 --> 0:25:02.480 NBA Lebron Cavs STEPH Warriors style, where it's like these 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:07.600 two teams are just dominating. It's inevitable, right that where 0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:10.000 we're gonna end up. And that's just not to me 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:15.639 realistic here. I know you wanted to ask me about 0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:16.880 how I'm watching the game. 0:25:17.280 --> 0:25:18.960 Yeah, what is what's going to be your plan for 0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:21.840 the game? The setup are kicking people out of that. 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:26.040 I think I'm going to be back home. I might 0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:29.680 stay in Kansas City for the game, but I think 0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:32.919 I'm going to be back home. There there is a 0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:36.360 chance I stick around and watch the game in person, 0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:40.600 but I don't think that's what I'm gonna do. So 0:25:41.119 --> 0:25:44.120 I don't have a I guess a good answer there 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:49.159 for you, Well, it'd be a home game, like I 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:51.560 certainly would never watch this a game like this on 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:56.040 the road. And again, if people don't know the reason 0:25:56.160 --> 0:26:00.160 we're recording this Wednesday, the reason all being Kansas City 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.000 is we are doing the show live, the TV show 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:07.960 live from Power and Light two o'clock Central time on Friday, 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:11.840 and I would love any and everyone in Kansas City 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:16.240 to stop by. And again, anyone that shows up with 0:26:16.480 --> 0:26:20.320 a first Thing's first related sign, all bay you a beer. 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:24.720 And so the logistics or legality of that, I don't 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:27.679 really know. But I'm just gonna come there with a 0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.480 pocket full of twenties and hand them out to people 0:26:30.520 --> 0:26:34.920 who have first Things first signs. So that's the plan. 0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:39.280 It'll be great. There is a level, it would seem like, 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:42.199 of trepidation from some other folks of how big the 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:44.720 crowd's gonna be. I think the crowd's gonna be pretty big. 0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:46.440 All right. We'll get to the other Games of the 0:26:46.520 --> 0:26:50.720 weekend and our picks of the weekend. But first reminder 0:26:50.800 --> 0:26:55.480