1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage On the day when you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: to this game, they can play. Don't touchdown, Kansas City, 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: the cheets all right in the thick of a baby. Well, Hello, 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom, and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: Mitch Alters with your voice of the Chiefs, along with 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: the man would call the shot the barber Shop, the 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: Spider Man, the University of Richmond Spider terrific career in 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: the National Football League and leading our ambassadories. He's been 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: awesome in our community. And former coach as well, and 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: senior team reporter Mac McMullen, the pride of Blue Valley 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: North High School where your some playing Mustangs. Lockdown that corner, Baby, 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: lockdown that corner. He kale football, nothing bigger, big Hello 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: to everybody here. This episode is preceding another Chiefs Bills 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: football game, so we're calling this Chiefs Bills or Ted Lassell. 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: Before we do that, let's take our spin around the world. 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: What do we got, Matt around the world of our 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom Kingdom Defenders yep. So as always thirteen seconds, 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: a little bit different this time. I have ten people 19 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: from around the world listening to DTK and then last 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: week we went over our favorite Raider Week memories. I 21 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: have a few Raider Week memories from people as well. Yes, 22 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: no Bizarro exactly, which last week now being the biggest 23 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: Bizarro Raiders game ever. I think when we do that 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 1: podcast again, we're gonna spend like thirty minutes on just yeah. 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: But we have Ramone in Davenport, Iowa. He claimed it 26 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: as Chief's Kingdom, Big River Bend. We've warried. Yep. We've 27 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: got Mary Patricia and their dog Toto in Weathersfield, Connecticut. 28 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: They'll be here for their first ever Chiefs game on 29 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: Sunday against the Bills, so pretty awesome. We've got Zachary 30 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: out in Duval County, Florida, heart of Jack's Country. Yep. 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: We have a listener from Overbrook, Kansas, but now they 32 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: live in North Platte, Nebraska. The Gophers, Overbrook Gophers, so 33 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: get this. We always hear from Nicki in Hannibal, Missouri. 34 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: We also have Ryan in Hannibal, Missouri. Two listeners in Hannibal, 35 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: Mark Twain yep, big fan of the Chiefs. Oh yeah. 36 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: We've got Skyler in South Korea. He's originally from Springfield. 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: A member of the Air Force stationed in South Korea. 38 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: His family lives in Las Vegas, so he's hoping to 39 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: be on leave and be back for our game against 40 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: the Raiders in Las Vegas later this year. We've got 41 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: Sherry in Orlando, carl and Roaring River, North Carolina, Jeremy 42 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: and Corpus Christi Texas. We've heard from Jeremy before, and 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: then three Raider Week memories. So Jim's first ever Chiefs 44 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: game was a win over the Raiders back in nineteen 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: eighty nine. Then a Chiefs fan ever since. Of course 46 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: sounds like a yes, yep, it was nine to six, 47 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: I believe, but still yes. Yeah. We've got Seth his 48 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: favorite game. We should have talked about this one last week. 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: His favorite one was the twenty thirteen game when Terrell 50 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: Pryor had like the third and forty eight and that 51 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: was the noise record game, the initial noise record game. Yeah, 52 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: we should have talked about that one, but that was 53 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: Seth's favorite one. Who's Abdulah had to pick six as well? 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: That was an awesome one. And then Jonathan remembers the 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: play that I mentioned, Remember Jared Page's interception and the Enzelli. Yeah, 56 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: he remembers exactly where he was when that happened. He 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: was driving east on the Viaduct and Council Bluffs, Iowa 58 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: listening to you. Yeah, Omahawk Council Bluffs. Love it. Tons 59 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: of Chiefs fans there who are anticipating this next Chiefs 60 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 1: Bills game. I say, Chiefs Bills Ted Lasso, why each 61 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: one of these games? Ever since Patrick Mahomes became the 62 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: QB one of the Chiefs and Josh Allen the QB 63 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: one of the Bills shop, it has been like the 64 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: Ted Lasso episodes, the Ted Last Series, which is phenomenal. Okay, 65 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 1: Jason Sudeikis, who is Ted Lasso, a huge Chiefs fan, 66 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: right He grew up Shawnee Mission West High School, played 67 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: for Fort Scott for the Greayhounds. That's his alma maters 68 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: Fort Scott Community College. But we know Sudeikis is a 69 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: big Chiefs fan along with our kind of comedian Chiefs. 70 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: We love them. So that's good. Ways always whenever is 71 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: that that two that two headed monster when it comes 72 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: to the quarterback position. Throughout my career, there's been different 73 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: times in the league where there's been two quarterbacks. Everybody 74 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: knows just as an elite above the rest, it just 75 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: sits on a different plateau. And so when you when 76 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: you have a chance to see those two go head 77 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: to head. Um. I know at some point in the 78 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: season everybody thought it was the Pat Mahomes versus Tom Brady, 79 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: the old goat versus a new goat. But if you 80 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: break down the mindset and the offensive powers that are 81 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: at the Buffalo Bills and at the Kan City Chiefs, 82 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: you'll realize that the one in one A is really 83 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: between the kan City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. Those 84 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: are the two offenses that, no matter how you defend them, 85 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: there is no lead that is safe. There is no um, 86 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: there is no comfort zone in playing those two weeks. 87 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: The defensive coordinator on both teams stays up countless hours 88 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: extra night trying to find a way, some way, some 89 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: formula to put a little bit of extra pressure to 90 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: speed up the clock on both of these guys, and 91 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: both of them lights out. They love to invite pressure, 92 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: they love to strike big, They love throwing the ball 93 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: down the field. I still remember challenging each other who 94 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: can throw it out the stadium? Who when they was 95 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: both young players. One in which one of them could 96 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: throw the ball eighty yards in the air first for 97 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: that long long long throw contest. They're still kind of 98 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: leaving that for us to find out. But we all 99 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: know the one thing we do know. We know Pat 100 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: is a better golfer. We know Patrick, he made that 101 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: very clear in that shootout that he's a better golfer 102 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: than Josh Shallen. But on the field, it's still a 103 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: little bit left to be determined. I mean, we know 104 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: that Patrick got it hometown, we love him. But on 105 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: a national level, man, you know, fantasy football is big 106 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: when it's come time to draft that first quarterback in 107 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: a lot of leagues, i'man Josh Allen was the first 108 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: quarterback taking and Mitch. I feel like when Mahomes first 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: came on the scene in twenty eighteen, we knew he 110 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: was going to be this guy one of the best 111 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: quarterbacks and all the football, a guy that at this 112 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: point we believe is the best quarterback and all the football. 113 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: But immediately you start looking for who is his villain, 114 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: who is his Peyton Manning to his Tom Brady, And 115 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: if for comparing my Chiefs to the Patriots, who is 116 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: our Indianapolis Colts. That rivalry wasn't a division rivalry or anything, 117 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: but those two teams always went at it every single year, 118 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: and you knew the AFC went through one of those 119 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: two stadiums, and I think we have that with Josh 120 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: Allen and the Bills seeing them. This will be the 121 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: fifth time now, just in three seasons, and every year 122 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: we're planning on playing these guys not once but twice, 123 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: and hopefully we get the better of him and this 124 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: first matchup assuming we see him later on in the 125 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: playoffs here in October. Yeah, and just like Ted Lasso episodes, 126 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: it's so well written, you don't there's unique drama in 127 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: every episode, like what's going to happen next? That's the 128 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: feeling you get in these Chiefs Bills games. You mentioned 129 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: there's been four previous matchups, two in the regular season, 130 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: two in the postseason. The twenty twenty weird regular season 131 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: game was in front of no one. There was nobody 132 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: in that stadium. It was COVID, it was raining, Clyde 133 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: Edwards Ler goes for one sixty four. Chiefs looked like 134 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: West Point in the game. This ran the ball every time. 135 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: It was crazy. Then in the postseason, the Chiefs win 136 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: the AFC Championship game in front of a I don't 137 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: know what third field, eh field at Airhood Stadium. Chiefs 138 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: win it. Stefan Digg stands out and watches the Chiefs 139 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: ceremony to win the AFC Championship and get the Lamar 140 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: Hunt Trophy again. Then last year in the regular season, 141 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: another weird script because there was a lightning delay for 142 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: like ninety minutes and the Bills clabered the Chiefs just 143 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: clabered up dominated him throughout the entire game. And then 144 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: the weird thirteen second You could live two lifetimes and 145 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: never see that game again of this battle between these 146 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: two great quarterbacks and the Chiefs tie the game at 147 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: thirteen seconds, got overtime and win it in overtime in 148 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: a game when that game combined was ridiculous. You see 149 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: what those two quarterbacks did in that game. Three twenty 150 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: nine for Josh Allen in that game, and the Chiefs 151 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: had three seventy eight from Patrick Mahomes. So, guys, last 152 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: year and we featured this on the franchise. Before that 153 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: Bills Chief Divisional playoff game, I had the premonition that 154 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: something amazing could happen I'm trying not to overstate this game, 155 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: but honestly, I'm not sure I've done a game like this, 156 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: even Super Bowl fifty four or fifty five. And the 157 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: enormity of the game that's obvious when you look at 158 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: the level of excellence all across the board with these 159 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: two teams, I'm not sure I've seen it like that. 160 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: Me broadcasting this game tonight is as much for posterity 161 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: and history as it is for the person driving on 162 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: I seventy listening to the game. Every moment in this 163 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: game tonight, every moment could be a piece of history. 164 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: I'm living in two worlds tonight, the world of the 165 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: present and the world of the future. Now, when the 166 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 1: Bills play the Chiefs, we're expecting excellence in two shops point. Now, 167 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: this is an NFL history coming up, because you've got 168 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: Mahomes fifteen touchdown passes, Josh Allen's accounted for sixteen touchdowns total. 169 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: If you look at the average touchdowns the two quarterbacks 170 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: meeting together, it's the most in National Football League history 171 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: in the regular season for these two guys coming together. 172 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: So here we go the next episode. What are we 173 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: thinking this is going to happen? I'll let you go first, man, 174 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: instant classic. If you had a polaroid and you wanted 175 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: to take a picture to last forever, you would take 176 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: a picture of these two quarterbacks right meeting at the 177 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: middle of the the field before the game, shaking each other's 178 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: hand because they know it's going to be a shootout. 179 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: They know they know that they're each other's air apparent, 180 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: they know that each other in some way there's a 181 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: necessity for one another. That's how Patrick is so good 182 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: is because he knows every weekend he's got to kind 183 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: of look at the stats and see what did Josh 184 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: Shallen do, what kind of numbers he put up? And 185 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: it just constantly, constantly push each other to greatness. And 186 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: you need that. You need every great athlete knows it 187 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: needs to be somebody in your locker room or some 188 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: opponent there is constantly pushing you. When the lights are 189 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: off and nobody's looking for you, to open up that 190 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: playbook and get back to studying, to watch a little 191 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: bit more film to understand how am I going to 192 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: attack this defense once again? And from a defensive standpoint, man, listen, 193 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: we know that this defense is a little bit of 194 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: a variation of what we do here, Um, Steve Spagnola, 195 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: Sean I mean Dermott, they both kind of come off 196 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: that Jim Johnson Tree, God bless the soul and the 197 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: defense I was a part of. It's high pressure, in 198 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: your face. It's fundamentally sound. They don't do all the 199 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: trick them stuff. They're not trying to put somebody in 200 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: front of Kelsey and only play nine guys on the 201 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: other ten guys. And what we saw last week, it's 202 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: very fundamentally sound defense. They want to challenge you with 203 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: your technique and with your ability to run your plays, 204 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: and then they want to just hit you. They want 205 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: to out hit you. They want to be the tougher 206 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: side of the ball, and they want to dominate the trenches. 207 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: And what we gotta worry about with Buffalo, And yes, 208 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: I am worried about von Miller. I'm worried about what 209 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: he can do coming off the edge. But they have 210 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: a lot of the pass rushers up there. They can 211 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: put some heat on Patrick when needed. So we got 212 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: to do really good job in first downs. We gotta 213 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: make sure our first downs are plus plays. Get us 214 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: in second management, get us in manageable third down plays, 215 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: continue to have that ball, do what we've been doing 216 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: all year long, moving the ball down the field, scoring 217 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 1: when we need to in the red zone, and in defensively, 218 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: just not giving up any of those big chunk plays 219 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: that you know that Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs are 220 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: just going to be pining for it. They're gonna be 221 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: watering out the mouth to try to throw that ball 222 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: down the field against our defense. Let me just tag 223 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: a couple of things here, Matt, get your thoughts before 224 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: I do that. In the fact that the Bills are 225 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: super impressive this year. They're able to get pressure without blitzing. 226 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: They have the highest pressure rate without blitzing in the 227 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: National Football League. And the dudes they can rotate. Now, 228 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: they had some injuries last week they blow out the 229 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: Steelers and still had major injuries. But the fact that 230 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: they've got about eight dudes up front, so Von Miller 231 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: can come in just whenever he wants. They keep him fresh. 232 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: Greg Rousseau, remember he snapped the ball Venus fly trap 233 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: last year on an interception with Patrick Mahomes. Aj Epanessa, 234 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: former Riowa Hawkeye is big here, Boogie Basham. He's a 235 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: really good player. Then in the middle. They got a 236 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: bunch of dudes. They have eight starters. In my opinion, 237 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: there are eight starters in their defensive front that could 238 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: play for anybody, start for anybody, but they're able to rotate. 239 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: None of those guys play more than sixty percent of 240 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: their snaps. They don't wear them down, and so it's 241 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: this is for real now with this front you talk about, well, 242 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: it's the number one scoring defense in the NFL. They're 243 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: allowing just over twelve points per game. The Chiefs right 244 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: now are the number one scoring offense in the NFL. 245 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have more touchdowns than any other team twenty 246 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: touchdowns this year. So it's a total best on best 247 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: kind of game. It's funny because we were just talking 248 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: about this a few weeks ago with the Buccaneers. They 249 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: were the number one scoring defense in the NFL, and 250 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: then Chiefs scored forty one points on him. So hopefully 251 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: we see something similar here in this game. But the 252 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: thing with these quarterbacks is that neither of these guys 253 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: is ever out of the game. Yes, we saw that 254 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football with Patrick Mahomes. We already know 255 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: this with him, but he proved it yet again. It's 256 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: seventeen than nothing against a very hungry division rival who 257 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: knows you well they want nothing more than to beat you, 258 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: and that was an opponent that is fighting for their season. 259 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: They have you down seventeen to nothing. Everything is going 260 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: their way, and there's no panic. Everyone watching that game 261 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: new this game isn't over. No one turned that game 262 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: off and the Chiefs win that game. That's what Patrick 263 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: Mahomes does. Josh Allen does that too, for being honest. 264 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: And we saw that earlier this season against the Baltimore Ravens. 265 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: They had a very raider light game against the Ravens 266 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 1: where nothing was going right. Early on they were down 267 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: twenty to nothing. Ye to your point, they were down 268 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: twenty to nothing. Yep, the Ravens were getting turnovers. I 269 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: mean everything was going to Ravens way. I was watching 270 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: that game in our hotel room before the game that 271 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: we played against Tampa Bay. Yeah, I was watching it, 272 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: just not believing what I was seeing. And then by 273 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: the time I got to Raymond James Stadium, the Bills 274 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: had tied it. So that says what Josh Allen can do. 275 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: So both Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in this game 276 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: neither of them is ever out of the game, and 277 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: that's what you want with the two best quarterbacks in 278 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. Going ahead to head. I'm also excited about 279 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: this game because it's much different in terms of the 280 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: context going into the regular season matchup and last year. 281 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: Last year, the Chiefs were going through some pretty weird 282 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: stuff offensively. At that point, the defense had really struggled 283 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: and the offense was still trying to find its identity 284 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: a little bit because we were seeing these two high 285 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: shell coverages by opposing defenses and we were kind of 286 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to combat that because the 287 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: deep stuff wasn't open. I believe we were two and 288 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: two going into that game, kind of fighting to stay 289 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: afloat a little bit, and the Bills were rolling and 290 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: they got the better side of it in that one. 291 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: We all know that. But this time both teams are 292 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: four and one. Both teams are feeling really good about 293 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: their previous performance. The Bills because they blew out the 294 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: Steelers and the Chiefs because they came back from that 295 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: big deficit. And whoever wins this game, I know it's 296 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: just Week six, but whoever wins it, we'll have the 297 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: top record in the AFC, and I feel much better 298 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: as a Chiefs fan going into this game this time 299 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: around than I did last year. Yeah, and that was 300 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: the deflection game. Remember the ball bounces off Tyreek Hills, 301 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: bad luck, Micah Hyde gets a pick six, and it 302 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: was those kind of things. But I want to ask 303 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: you about because then ted Lasso. We're saying here, you know, 304 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs Bills are ted Lasso, meaning that every one of 305 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: these Bills Chiefs games with Mahomes and Allen has this 306 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: own what's going to happen next? Feel to it? In 307 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: ted Lasso if you follow it, there's Nate, the character 308 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: who's been loyal to ted Lasso. But the last scene 309 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: of the last series or last getting ready for the 310 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: next group that comes out, goes to the dark side. 311 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: He goes to the other side. He goes to the 312 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: villains team, right, And so here's Sean McDermott, who was 313 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: starting at the very beginning stages of his career with 314 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: the Eagles and Andy Reid. So now here's McDermot and 315 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: he's like the Nate figure, like, oh no, he's going 316 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: off and now he wants to destroy. And but I 317 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: want to ask you because the Bills are impressive here 318 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: quick strike drives. They have scored thirty five times in 319 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: their fifty three possessions, thirty five times op in four 320 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: or less place that is crazy. We saw it on 321 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: the ninety eight yard or last week against the Steelers, 322 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: they're at the two whoop, So I would be Gabriel 323 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: Davis ninety eight yards. As a defender, you're a Chief's defender. 324 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: You're playing the crazy at Josh Allen RPO game and 325 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: he can take off and run and he ain't running 326 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: eight yards and sliding. He's going for fifty and yet 327 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: he can wing it down the field. How do you 328 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: play that as a defender and not give up the 329 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: huge play. I think he's got to be smart and 330 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: understand that they are electric, they are exciting. They do 331 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: have this being, the ability to striking and this attack. 332 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: You attack your end zone in one player less and 333 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: with that knowledge, I think we do the exact thing 334 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: that everybody was doing to Patrick last year. You go 335 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: with the two shell, you have deep safeties, You play 336 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: them like they're playing cinephild for baseball, and you kind 337 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: of dare Alan to see if he's courageous enough, discipline 338 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: enough to take what you're giving him and then when 339 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: those underneath receivers catch the ball, you gotta come up 340 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: and dislodge them. You gotta you gotta make a purpose 341 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: to make sure that you're hitting him. And then they 342 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: remember each one of those hits and we had the 343 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: safe piece to do it um on Thornhill, Justin Reid 344 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: and Brian Cook. Those guys are some of the hardest 345 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: hit and safeties in the league this year. And if 346 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: all those threes have that mentality of was keep them 347 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: snapping the ball in front of us, and then once 348 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: they catch the ball, we're gonna go up there and 349 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: hit him to dislodge the ball. That's the difference. And 350 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: if they want to incorporate a lot of that quarterback 351 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: rushing quarterback RPO systems again, I think we have to. 352 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: We saw at firsthand there were some guys on this 353 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: team that were making some game decisions, some business decisions, 354 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: and sometimes they just didn't choose to put their nose 355 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: in there sometimes and they would rather just wrap them 356 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: up and they would being a little bit gentle with 357 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Now, when when when that quarterback breaks that 358 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: huddle and you see him coming on a quarterback sweep 359 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: or a quarterback counter and he breaks through the line 360 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. You hit him like he's a like, like 361 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: he's a Jerome bettis coming through it. You hit him 362 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: like he's all start with the ball. You gotta hit 363 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,239 Speaker 1: them and really put him on his butt, put him 364 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: on his backside in a mean, in the ferocious way 365 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: to let him know. I'm sending a message up into 366 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: the booth to the offensive coordinator. You keep running this 367 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: cat if you want. He might not make it to 368 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: this game, much less the whole season. So you got 369 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: to put some questions in their mind about how they're 370 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: going to be calling those plays for the rest of 371 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: the game. And that puts a little bit of doubt 372 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: I think an offensive coordinator as far as what he 373 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: can call throughout the game. When you talk about those 374 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: quarterback runs. It's a fabulous point something that happened last 375 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: year and we've talked about on the offseason, but in 376 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: that regular season game, when the Chiefs would go to 377 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: their six safety, one linebacker, look, it was green light 378 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: for Josh Allen. It was like big green light because 379 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: what he did was said, we ain't gonna throw it, 380 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: We're gonna run quarterback power we're gonna run quarterback, lead 381 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: and take. They scored in five plays. It was a 382 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: knife through butter. Now, I think the Bills are better 383 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: this year than the twenty twenty one Bills. Of the 384 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Bills. I think right now, right now, the 385 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: Bills are the most complete team in the National Football League. 386 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: But if you do that again, green light might mean 387 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,479 Speaker 1: thighed contusion because the Chief's defense, ain't they are weird different. 388 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: You just nail it. They're weird different than the group 389 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: that was playing that four one six last year. And 390 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: it starts at bolting. We gotta get lesson that young 391 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: man has created a style of hitting. When he touches you, 392 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: you go down. Yeah, like yeah, everybody misses at tackle 393 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: every blue moon. But when he puts his paws on you, 394 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: he puts those bear claws on you, or maybe those 395 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: those tiger claws since he's from Missouri, um and ze 396 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: batty running backs go down right away, and just an 397 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: arrogance of his ability and his understanding of where to 398 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: fit in how to play downhill football as a linebacker. 399 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm sometimes mesmerized just to keep my eye on 400 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: him every snap of every play, and us He's done 401 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: an amazing job and I always like to just tip 402 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: my hat to that young man. Josh Shannon leads the 403 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: Bills in rushing. He has more rushing yards than Clyde 404 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire. All right, but Nate here, the antagonist who 405 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, is probably going to not be just so 406 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: green light to let him run because he may run 407 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: into Nick Bolton on one of those five runs. And 408 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: it was just going to take one shot, hit one shot, 409 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: we know, and I think the Bills have been like, oh, 410 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 1: maybe we want to rethink this little bit, all right. 411 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: To me, the Bills have kind of taken over the 412 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: role of the Chiefs. Shot just talked about it, this 413 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: quick strike, I mean the role of the Chiefs in 414 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: nineteen and twenty. But the Chiefs now to me feel 415 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: like the New England Patriots of the mid two thousands. 416 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: Why they're playing different, but they're being incredibly efficient in 417 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: the red zone. You talk about first down efficiency, that's 418 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: my big thesis of this year. But in the red zone, 419 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: these guys have been awesome. I mean, twenty three possessions 420 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: in the red zone, best in the league, nineteen touchdowns. 421 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken eighteen touchdowns. But they're using tight ends, 422 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: running backs are attacking you latterly, and they're playing arena 423 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: football and doing it better right now than anybody in 424 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: the league. Well, first of all, hearing Shop talk about 425 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: how he wants our guys to wrap up and tackle, 426 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: it reminded me of in the Raiders game. He was 427 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: a big gain by Josh Jacobs, a big run, but 428 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: Justin Reid stood his ground. I was imagining that. You 429 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: just cheering DURINGI and Jacob's tried rolling him over. Yeah, yeah, 430 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: I mean, to his credit, Justin did take a big hit, 431 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: but he still stopped him exact and good for Justin 432 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: to standing his ground. That's what you need against the 433 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And what is that bug in a windshield? 434 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: We saw it a couple of times when it's Bolton, 435 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: it's a bug Za Winshield. I don't care if it 436 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: is Josh Jacobs or Josh Allen. Yeah you can. You 437 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: can run that four one six with Nick Bolton in 438 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: the middle, And I feel really good about that because 439 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: Nick can go out and cover a little bit too. 440 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: And if you're gonna run, he's going to stop you. 441 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: But that's really the key to the game. I mean, 442 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: the Bills are averaging more than six yards on first down, 443 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: that's the most in the NFL. They have the best 444 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: third down offense in the NFL because they don't have 445 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 1: to go very far because they average so much on 446 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: first down. The quarterback power game, like you guys were 447 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: talking about, is the key to all of this, I think, 448 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: because if it's third and three, the Bills are in 449 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: a shotgun. Everyone knows what they're going to do. Everybody knows, 450 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,239 Speaker 1: and you just have to be able to stop it. 451 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: And I think we really do have the personnel now 452 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: to stop it. These guys are a big play offense 453 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: though as well as you said, Mitch, I mean it's 454 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: a big play passing offense. Allen is averaging eight point 455 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: three yards per attempt. He's fourteen passes of twenty five 456 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: or more yards this year and the second best passer 457 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: rating on deep passes in the NFL. The most important 458 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: thing with these guys, you cannot let them be on schedule. 459 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: You can't let them be in a rhythm and feeling it. 460 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: If you can sack Josh Allen, if you can have 461 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: a delay of game penalty, even just stuff to get 462 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: them out of sync, kind of like what we saw 463 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: at the Raiders in the second half in the game 464 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: on Monday, all of a sudden, it's not as easy 465 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. And when they make mistakes, you 466 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: have to capitalize on it. You have to If Josh 467 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: Allen throws you the ball and you're able to pick 468 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: him off at midfield, you've got to go and score 469 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: a touchdown. The one game they lost this year against 470 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, that's what the Dolphins did when they 471 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: turn the ball over, the Dolphins scored. The Bills missed 472 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: a field goal, the Dolphins scored. So this isn't one 473 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: of those games where there's a lot of margin for error. It's, 474 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: in my opinion, the two best teams in the NFL. 475 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: And when you're playing the Buffalo Bills and they make 476 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 1: a mistake, you've got to capitalize on it. And this 477 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: is the same exact conversation they're having an Orchard Park 478 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: right now about away. So that's the important thing here 479 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: with this team is you've got to make sure you 480 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: capitalize on their mistakes if they make them. Yeah, you 481 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: lead to my final point that I want to bring 482 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: up and get your reaction here to it. I have 483 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: found a few cavities here and the Bills they're hard 484 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: to find. I mean you got to dig through the 485 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: find it. But one is their red zone offense. They've 486 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: struggled you. I mean, they're blowing out Pittsburgh, gonna get 487 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: sixty points in that game, but Josh Allen throws a 488 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: red zone pick. They've had some issues. They had issues 489 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: again the Dolphin game, but they're taking the ball away. 490 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: This is a Dolphin sorry Bills defense that will take 491 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: the ball away. They have eleven takeaways, but they have 492 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: nine giveaways. They have fumbles here in interceptions, but they're 493 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: near the top on fumbles and that they've lost five 494 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: of them. The Chiefs are not taking the ball away. 495 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are only four takeaways, four giveaways. We're setting 496 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: at zero. So you've now blinked that light here. The 497 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: next ted Lasso episode could be could the Chiefs get 498 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: some takeaways? So shop, you're playing this high powered offense. 499 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: But the Chiefs have one interception in five games. That's 500 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: the ninety nine yard pick six by Jalen Watson. That's it, okay, 501 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: So how do you turn a team like this over? 502 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: As well as stop. I'll keep it real simple. So 503 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: to me, the formula for creating turnovers on defense is 504 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: you got to play a lot of zone. Zone means 505 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: the defenders are gonna have your eyes on the quarterback. 506 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: Zone defenders able to move on the throw, get to 507 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: the ball. You have three four guys, so any tip 508 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: ball is gonna be picked off and go the other way. 509 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: Man coverage is about making the quarterback hold onto the ball. 510 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: You turn your back around, you're following your guy I 511 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: and the receiver trying to make a play on the 512 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: ball through the receiver's hands, and that you're not gonna 513 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: really get a lot of picks and interceptions and turnovers. 514 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: That allows your defenders to play very aggressive tight coverage. 515 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: That allows the pass rush to get to the quarterback. 516 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: So everything kind of mirrors and goes hand in hand. 517 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: If you want tight coverage and you want the quarterback 518 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: to hold it for the extra second to help the 519 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: pass rushers get there, you got to do a lot more. Man. 520 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 1: If you're okay letting the quarterback throw it in two seconds, 521 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: getting it out of his hand, having them throw it 522 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: in rhythm, which I think that was what the Bills 523 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: like to do, then you play zone and that comes 524 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: down to how accurate is that quarterback? And I think 525 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: the one thing we know this guy, he's an elite quarterback. 526 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: He's very accurate at the ball. So it surprised me 527 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: to see us in a lot of zone coverage, allowing 528 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: those windows with Steffon, Diggs and Gabriels to be able 529 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: to sit down in those zones and you know, like 530 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: you say on first and second day and get a 531 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: lot of chunk plays. So, man, I want our guys 532 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: up there pressing them. I don't care who those guys 533 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: are across. I'm courage I'm encouraged. I'm confident in Fitting, 534 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm confident in Williams, I'm confident in McDuffie comes back, 535 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: any of our guys. We play a lot of man 536 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 1: coverage because as the season goes on and on and 537 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: on the level of competition, you gotta be able to 538 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: man up guys. You can't always run these trick them 539 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: a robber style defenses through through through zones and avoiding 540 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: out what people do to us to try to stop 541 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: patt is they just throw the kitchen seam cannem and 542 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: you're never good at anything. And then when that comes 543 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, you have no confidence in what you 544 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: What we are doing is building fundamental techniques and skills. 545 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: What what the Bills try to do and not do. 546 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: It's not gonna take us off our plan to building 547 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: this defense to be a championship defense. So I think 548 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: we just stay on plan. We continue to go to 549 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: the next chapter, next page. Let this defense, these defensive 550 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: backs get a little bit tighter, a little bit more 551 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: up on these guys, and guess what if they want 552 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: to throw it over the top. We got two safeties 553 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: that can be very rangy on the back end. Let 554 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: that quarterback run the ball if he wants to run it. 555 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: We got bolt in the make up, just to pop 556 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: him a couple of good times. Make sure you point 557 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: up to the offensive coordinator say you keep doing that, 558 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put his lights out. You keep on running 559 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: that play and we're gonna put his lights out. But 560 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: that's the kind of mentality, I think, the kind of 561 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: defensive arrogance you gotta have, and that allows you to 562 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: take away the big plays. You're challenging those guys, challenging 563 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: those throws and not be timing throws, get them off schedule, 564 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,719 Speaker 1: like Matt said, it's just a it's just a arrogance. 565 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: I would love to see our defense play with on Sunday. Yeah, 566 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: we've seen Spags do this. It's like a professor with 567 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:27,479 Speaker 1: a syllabus during a college semester, meaning he is just 568 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: he builds to a crescendo. And we've seen it every 569 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: year in nineteen twenty and twenty one, where October's this, 570 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: September's this, November's this, and Decembers this, and the playoffs 571 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: are this. I mean, so it's interesting to see how 572 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: Spags handle us. And I'd argue that right now they're 573 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,239 Speaker 1: ahead of schedule ye, based on where they then in 574 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: the past. If you look at the almost like at 575 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: late October, yeah, instead of mid October. Yeah. And listen, 576 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: I get the Raiders scored twenty nine points. I mean, 577 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: you don't want to give up twenty nine points. But 578 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: what I love about Monday Nights game is Coachry trusted 579 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: the defense on the field at the end when he 580 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: knows that the Raiders have one of the best kickers 581 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL who can probably kick a sixty three 582 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: yard field goal to win the game, and you trust 583 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: your defense at the end and you show them that 584 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: you trust them and they came through at the end. 585 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: That's awesome. That's what you want to build right now 586 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: at this point in the season. You obviously want to 587 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: win games, but you also want to build your identity 588 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: and build trust amongst your teammates and with your coaches. 589 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: And we saw that in that Monday game. And that's 590 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: why this defense I think, is feeling really good going 591 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: into this game. Because everyone wants to talk about the offense, 592 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: and deservingly so, but this is a great opportunity for 593 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: the Chiefs defense to go out there and bring it 594 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: to Josh Allen and say we play defense in Kansas 595 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: City too, and really get this thing rolling. So I'm 596 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: excited to see what they can do. But Andy Reid 597 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: has never had the defense to be second fiddle. He 598 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,239 Speaker 1: knows it's an orchestra. Oh yeah, I can't just have 599 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: the woodwinds. Hey, you guys, you're yet. You guys are 600 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: awful over here. Andy Reid does that different. Oh you 601 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: saw it on game day, man. You know hey, on 602 00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: game day when they threw that flag, he was the 603 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: first person to come to Chris Jones like, Hey, I 604 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: got it, Chris, I'm gonna get this guy a stern 605 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: talking to because I know what you get, what you're 606 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: going through out there. He didn't just sit to the side. 607 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: I was like, don't worry about the defense your second fiddle. No, man, 608 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: we are brotherhood. You come in as teammates, but you 609 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: leave his family. That's a model. But I mean different 610 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: than you played with. Man. I tried to defend the 611 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: defense back on those days, just saying don't I mean, 612 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: that's just getting me back. Anyway, Here we go again. Chiefs, 613 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: Bills and Matt You said it right. These are the 614 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: two best teams in the National Football League. And just 615 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: like I'm not trying to sell Apple TV here, but 616 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: everybody can't wait to see what's next. And Ted Lashow, 617 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: everybody can't wait to see what's next with the Chiefs 618 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: and Bills touch down down and the celebration. It gets 619 00:29:48,320 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: to their hand. The se