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Speaker 2: It, baby, everybody, and welcome to this edition of Defending

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Speaker 2: the Kingdom. Mitch hold us with your Voice of the Chiefs,

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Speaker 2: along as senior team reporter Matt McMullin. Of course, we're

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Speaker 2: brought to you by Ticketmaster, who could be your new

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Speaker 2: best friends. When you look at the Chiefs twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: I mean, the twenty twenty three schedules incredible, the best

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Speaker 3: And we're in June now, it's starting to get hot

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Speaker 3: outside all of a sudden, it's like football. It's not

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Speaker 2: And by the way, sixty fourth year the franchise, I

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Speaker 1: Ramstein is so important. It's saved so many lives.

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Speaker 1: Euros, you had your euros.

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Speaker 3: Got my euross, ye got my euros.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to show you around.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: We know how important OTRs OTAs are to this franchise

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Speaker 1: Well, part of that is in one impress as.

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Speaker 2: We've watched the OTAs now over the last several weeks,

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Speaker 3: It's incredible. And just in case you haven't listened to

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Speaker 2: And not just the install but it's also the teaching

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Speaker 2: where we start. Let's talk about the defensive side of

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Speaker 2: what I've noticed, and to me, it is the overall depth.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to bring out hyperbole here because I

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Speaker 2: think this isn't going too far over my skis, but

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Speaker 2: this might be the best defensive depth the Chiefs had

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Speaker 2: in the eleven seasons with Andy Reid. We have seen

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Speaker 2: and I'll get into the udfas in a second, but

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Speaker 2: we have seen increased depth, especially at linebacker and the secondary.

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Speaker 2: That really shows up over the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 3: I'm so excited about the depth that we have on

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Speaker 3: defense this year because they have to go out and

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Speaker 3: do it, but I think this has a great chance

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Speaker 3: to be maybe the best defense that we've had in

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Speaker 3: the Patrick Mahomes era. They got to go do it,

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Speaker 3: but at least right now, in June. That's my hope.

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Speaker 3: Just looking at what we're seeing and the defensive back

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Speaker 3: room is something I'm very excited about because you think

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Speaker 3: about how these guys came in here last year, the

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Speaker 3: five dbs that were drafted, and all of them played

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Speaker 3: a role that led to a Super Bowl championship. And

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Speaker 3: I asked you Spagnolo a few days ago, how do

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Speaker 3: you feel they are now versus where they were at

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Speaker 3: this point last year? And he said, they are light

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Speaker 3: years ahead. And think about how those guys were good

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Speaker 3: last season. They came right in and they made play

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Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, guys like Trent McDuffie, Jalen Watson,

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Speaker 3: Joshua Williams, Brian Cook, and Nazzi Johnson. Don't forget about Nazi.

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Speaker 3: Those guys are light years ahead right now from where

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Speaker 3: they were this time a year ago. I expect all

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Speaker 3: those guys to take a big step forward this upcoming season.

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Speaker 3: And Justin Reid's also part of that. Spags also make

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Speaker 3: sure to include him because he had Justin Reid's a

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Speaker 3: veteran in this league, but last year was his first

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Speaker 3: year in the system.

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Speaker 1: Well this is his second year.

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Speaker 3: He feels way more comfortable, and I just feel really

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Speaker 3: good about this dB room and Nazi in particular just

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Speaker 3: has really caught my eye and the open practices that

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Speaker 3: were allowed to watch has just been making plays out there,

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Speaker 3: whether they be pbu's or just being in the right

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Speaker 3: place at the right time. Nazzi Johnson is someone who

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Speaker 3: I'm very excited to watch here in training camp.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of got lost in the shuffle last year.

480
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Speaker 2: What you mentioned the other guys, but also a special

481
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Speaker 2: teams he could become a really really good special teams

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Speaker 2: player for this Chiefs defense. Also look at the draft

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Speaker 2: picks and what they've already done. It's been a little

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Speaker 2: bit slower start for Felix. And you do Kaz as

485
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Speaker 2: he was injured in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama and

486
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Speaker 2: he's playing for k State. But I see BJ Thompson,

487
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Speaker 2: I see Jamari Conner, Nick Jones, Nick Jones, Nick Jones,

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Speaker 2: the seventh round pick out of ball State will be

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Speaker 2: interesting to watch at camp. The other part is before

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Speaker 2: we transition to offense, here's our OTA update is the

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Speaker 2: undrafted free agents. I know we touched on it in

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Speaker 2: a previous episode, but these guys have followed up linebackers

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Speaker 2: like Isaiah Moore or Cam Jones, and then Boydo Echo Boydo,

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Speaker 2: the kid from k State who wasn't even drafted, not

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Speaker 2: even drafted, he wasn't even a UDFA. He tried out

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Speaker 2: and now all of a sudden, it's like he could

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Speaker 2: have been drafted.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: He just has kind of morphed the into everybody else.

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Speaker 2: It's not some guy sticking out, always the dryout guy.

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Speaker 2: But these undrafted free agents on defense are a big

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Speaker 2: part I think of helping what could be the deepest

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Speaker 2: defensive team going into training camp.

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Speaker 3: So when you're following the Chiefs in mini camp which

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Speaker 3: is next week, and then throughout training camp and you

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Speaker 3: hear names like Eco Boydo at corner or Truman Jones

507
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Speaker 3: at defensive end or Cam Jones at linebacker. Sure it

508
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Speaker 3: might be a long shot for guys like that to

509
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Speaker 3: make the team, but the way the practice squad works

510
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Speaker 3: nowadays is that those guys end up on the practice squad,

511
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Speaker 3: they could be up on the roster in week two.

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Speaker 3: Look at Jack Cochran from last year. I always mentioned Jack,

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Speaker 3: but Jack did not make the team out of training camp,

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Speaker 3: but then went on to appear in fifteen games for

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs. So I look at this undrafted free agent

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Speaker 3: class and these defensive players, and sure you're looking at

517
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Speaker 3: roster math, You're like, I don't know, is there enough

518
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Speaker 3: room for these guys. That doesn't always matter, because I

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Speaker 3: guarantee you one of these udfas at some point is

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Speaker 3: going to make a play for the Chiefs that helps

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Speaker 3: Kansas City win a game.

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Speaker 2: Roster math this year could be like series and differential equations.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to the offensive side here as we close

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Speaker 2: out this podcast, And to me, what has been I

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Speaker 2: guess a surprise over watching the OTAs over the last

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Speaker 2: several weeks has been backup quarterback playing Gabbart. I know

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Speaker 2: you saw him at Missoo. Chiefs Kingdom fans are familiar

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Speaker 2: with him. When I look at what he's done sixty

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Speaker 2: seven games of forty eight starts in his career, then

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Speaker 2: I look back, he has had touchdown passes a seventy four,

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Speaker 2: eighty sixty seven, seventy five, fifty two and seventy one.

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Speaker 2: That's six touchdown passes and fifty two.

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Speaker 1: Yards or more.

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Speaker 2: And now I see why footwork, he emplacement, his ability

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Speaker 2: to get the ball out fast. Don't want to compare

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Speaker 2: him to Chad Henny here because Chad just led the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs on a ninety eight yard drive to win a

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Speaker 2: divisional playoff game. But to me, I was surprisingly pleased

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Speaker 2: by the ability of Blaine Gabbert as a backup quarterback.

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Speaker 3: We need to ask, Blaine, are you ready to lead

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Speaker 3: a crucial drive or make a gigantic play in the

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Speaker 3: division round of the playoffs, because that's Chad Henny's legacy

543
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Speaker 3: in Kansas City. He's not just against the Jags, it's

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Speaker 3: also against the Browns a few years ago, throwing the

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Speaker 3: ball on fourth bound when the Chiefs are only up

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Speaker 3: by four late in the game. Chad Henny was such

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Speaker 3: a luxury for the Chiefs because we always knew if

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Speaker 3: Patrick Mahone, God forbid, God hurt, you have faith that

549
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Speaker 3: Chad can come in and he can run the offense.

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Speaker 3: He's a veteran, he's been around, he knows what he's doing,

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Speaker 3: and at least so far watching Blaine Gabbert, he's also

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Speaker 3: that guy. And keep in mind he just spent I

553
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Speaker 3: think three or four years with Tom Brady. I mean,

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Speaker 3: who better to learn from just to see how you

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Speaker 3: go about your business and Blaine's been around a long time.

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Speaker 3: He's back in Missouri where he's originally from, and has

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Speaker 3: a chance to back up Patrick Mahomes. Hopefully he never

558
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Speaker 3: has to play, but if he does, based on what

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Speaker 3: we've seen, we have faith that he can go in there,

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Speaker 3: at least as of this moment and help the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Win.

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Speaker 2: Also excited about what I've seen in the depth oft

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Speaker 2: offensive line and tied in.

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Speaker 1: I know you're going to ask about wide receiver. Every

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Speaker 1: day people talk about wide receives. He got notes and

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Speaker 1: wide receivers.

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Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about a little bit. But I think

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Speaker 2: here the buy word is going to be patience. Everybody

569
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Speaker 2: wants some definitive answer right now in OTA's with the

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Speaker 2: wide receivers, and I do think because there's a bunch

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Speaker 2: of folks to talk about here is just let this

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Speaker 2: one flow. There's nothing here on the middle of that

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Speaker 2: we're going to say this is definitive, and this is definitive.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a flow that goes into training camp.

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Speaker 2: But there has been enough when you see plays like

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Speaker 2: and Rashi Rice and they put a lot on his plate.

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Speaker 2: Sky Moore looks like he's taking that year one to

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Speaker 2: year two jump. But then there's a bunch of other

579
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Speaker 2: guys and there's like eleven wide receivers on this roster

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Speaker 2: right now. But to say, hey, this, this and this

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Speaker 2: and this to be definitive at this point would be premature.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. Now, what you look for in these practices is growth.

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Speaker 3: Are guys making the same mistake twice or do they

584
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Speaker 3: learn from that previous mistake? Our guys coming out here

585
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Speaker 3: and just gradually improving, and for the young guys, that

586
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Speaker 3: truly is the name of the game. And Rashi Rice,

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Speaker 3: I think I saw that between week one and week two.

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Speaker 1: So the way this.

589
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Speaker 3: Works is the Chiefs have like three or four OTA

590
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Speaker 3: practices every week, but only one is open to the medias.

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Speaker 3: We get to watch that one practice each week, so

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Speaker 3: it's a small sample size. But Rashi from that first

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Speaker 3: practice to his second practice last week just looked like

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Speaker 3: he really was proving to me he's so twitchy in

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Speaker 3: the open field, and what do I mean by that?

596
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Speaker 3: He can go any which direction, He's so quick. And

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Speaker 3: Brett Viach talked about how they loved that skill set

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Speaker 3: that he had when he was at SMU. I'm seeing

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Speaker 3: that here on the practice fields. He also made a

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Speaker 3: great catch in the back of the end zone during

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Speaker 3: an offensive red zone install period just high pointed the

602
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Speaker 3: ball got both feet down. Just an excellent play in

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Speaker 3: the red zone that was really impressive. But Sky Morey

604
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Speaker 3: mentioned him. He has also looked really good throughout this camp,

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Speaker 3: I think, and they continue to throw a lot at him,

606
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Speaker 3: but he just looks like he is a confident player

607
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Speaker 3: who knows that he belongs. And that's where his performance

608
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Speaker 3: in the AFC Title Game and in the Super Bowl

609
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Speaker 3: is so important because I think that carries over now

610
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Speaker 3: into this season and how he can attack this season.

611
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Speaker 3: Because he knows he belongs, he can make big plays

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Speaker 3: in the biggest of moments, and I really think we're

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Speaker 3: seeing that so far in this camp. He had a

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Speaker 3: great catch last week where it was in traffic. He

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Speaker 3: was over the middle and he was a vacuum. He

616
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Speaker 3: caught it and then made a big play. So Sky

617
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Speaker 3: is someone else.

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Speaker 2: So I'm very excited for I'm too, And I just

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Speaker 2: just talked to him a little bit ago, and it's

620
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Speaker 2: not even like you're talking to the same guy. And

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Speaker 2: I like the fact that you brought up that punt

622
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Speaker 2: return against Cincinnati to help win the AFC Championship and

623
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Speaker 2: then his touchdown the first ever of his NFL life

624
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Speaker 2: in Super Bowl fifty seven. Just he feels like it's

625
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Speaker 2: made him a different person. So we'll just close out

626
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Speaker 2: here too. Udfas, we kind of alluded to this. I

627
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Speaker 2: kind of put it out on Twitter a little bit,

628
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Speaker 2: but Deneric Prince is a guy running back out of

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Speaker 2: Tulsa that has got our attention here during OTAs.

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Speaker 1: And then Nico Remigio, who is kind.

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Speaker 2: I put him down as a utch and people on

632
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Speaker 2: Twitter is like, well, what's utch? I put it out

633
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Speaker 2: his utility and the fact that this is a guy

634
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Speaker 2: that can do a lot of stuff. We've seen him

635
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Speaker 2: move around, but he'll be fun to watch a training camp.

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Speaker 2: But those are two udfas that I think deserve mentioned.

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Speaker 3: And for those guys, sure maybe they can contribute on offense,

638
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Speaker 3: but think about like the kick return game. We talked

639
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Speaker 3: to coach Tobe about this a few days ago. With

640
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Speaker 3: Isaiah Pacheco taking on a larger role on offense, presumably

641
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 3: it's unlikely he's going to be the primary kick return man,

642
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Speaker 3: and coach Tob said as much just a few days ago,

643
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Speaker 3: mentioning that it's very likely that we see some new

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Speaker 3: faces back there, and that creates opportunities for guys like

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Speaker 3: Remigio and Generic Prince. And we've got a joked about this,

646
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Speaker 3: and coach Tobe even said it Generic Prince is like

647
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Speaker 3: a Nile Davis clone.

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Speaker 1: It looked the exact same just come back and another body, Yeah, wow,

649
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Speaker 1: so he could.

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Speaker 3: I mean, long way to go here, But if he

651
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Speaker 3: has a shot to make this team and be the

652
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Speaker 3: primary kickoff return man, he's got to earn that responsibility.

653
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Speaker 3: But there is an avenue for him to do that. So, uh,

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Speaker 3: just another reminder that even if guys aren't drafted, it

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Speaker 3: doesn't matter. Like when you get to this camp, you're

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Speaker 3: truly given every opportunity to find success and to make

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Speaker 3: this team. And uh, this was a really solid undrafted

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Speaker 3: free agent class for the Chiefs. We're saying it every

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Speaker 3: time we've had a chance to watch practice that there's

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Speaker 3: some players I think that would have been drafted in

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Speaker 3: previous years that are in our camp as Uda face.

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Speaker 1: So we'll close this way.

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Speaker 2: Next week we'll have mandatory mini camp and we'll do

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Speaker 2: an update after that, which kind of closes out summer.

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Speaker 1: School and that's all opens. We can really talk about it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we can let her fly, but we also want

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Speaker 2: to close with the way we began and in a

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Speaker 2: proper tribute for all of the Chief Kingdom all around

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Speaker 2: the world, that we lost the forever Queen of the

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Speaker 2: Chief Kingdom. So prayers go out for comfort for the

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Speaker 2: Hunt family, but also just thinking and being very thankful

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Speaker 2: with a lot of gratitude for a remarkable life of

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Speaker 2: Norma Hunt.

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Speaker 1: He's Matt McMullen. I'm Mitch Holtis.

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Speaker 2: We'll give you next week an update on mandatory Mini camp,

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Speaker 2: but will do so remembering the Forever Queen of the

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Speaker 2: Chief Kingdom.

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Speaker 1: Talks down down and the celebration begins. To their head,

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Speaker 1: nothing