WEBVTT - NFL REPORT: Deep Divisional Round Dive & Head Coaching Vacancies 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:05.720 EVO. 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:08.240 Samuel Front of San Francisco forty nine is in. 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:10.000 This is the NFL. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.840 Report, EVO. 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:15.680 Looks real relaxed you just sitting there. We entered the 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:19.119 divisional round. James Palmer, Steve White with you on the 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:23.120 NFL Report. A slammed show Today. All pro quarterback from 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.200 the Chiefs Trent McDuffie. 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:25.400 Joins the show. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.360 Former Falcons general manager and former Patriots scout Thomas de 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:33.120 Mitchroff also joins the show. Baldy's Favorite films breaking down 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.160 everything you need to know Steven the postseason, as well 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:38.519 as Judy Batista telling us everything we need to know 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.920 about Bill Belichick to the Falcons. This is weird, though, Steve. 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:43.680 This isn't where I normally see you. 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:44.640 What's going on here? 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:45.159 No? 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.640 I mean I'm in my hotel room over in Honolulu, JP. 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:52.519 You know there's no NFL team. Oh here, I'm as 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.440 you see right here, the Polynesian Bowl. It's be broadcast 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:59.600 Friday evening on NFL Network. It is the greatest collection 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.600 of high school football stars All Star Game. Dylan Rayola, 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.880 the number one quarterback in the country, the son of 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:11.120 Dominic Raiola, who decommitted from Georgia right to go to 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.000 Nebraska where his father played. 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:14.800 He's gonna be the big highlight of the game. 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:18.000 But some of the best players in high school football 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.240 who are going to matriculate to the NFL. We've seen 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.880 guys like Talano, Hufanga, Hohoka Nakua, so many guys who've 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:25.720 played in this game. For Jean Robinson go to the 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.760 NFL from fired up, I'll be on the call with 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:33.119 Cadoa Lahea. But JB, let's get to this wildcard weekend 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.000 because the one thing you see with the remaining teams 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.559 is kind of you have a healthy quarterback, you played 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:39.920 most of the season, You had a good shot to 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.080 get to this point. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.040 What quarterback matchup? 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:49.920 Because they're so good this weekend really intrigued you the most. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:52.960 Steve, there is one quarterback matchup that we all should 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.800 be focused on. It is the new Tom Brady versus 0:01:55.800 --> 0:02:00.080 Peyton Manning. It is Josh Allen versus Patrick Mahomes. So 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.480 the first time in the postseason on the road for Mahomes, 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.360 I've covered this game. I think I've covered almost every 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.520 single matchup that they've had outside. 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:08.519 Of the one. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.000 God the Mahomes played up there in Orchard Park. It 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.400 was during COVID, no fans there, so he is getting 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.639 his first experience playing on the road in Buffalo in 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.080 this game. Now, what I find fascinating about this is 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:25.359 they are both just dynamite quarterbacks, but what they're doing 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.000 right now with both teams are I feel like it's 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.760 the word resiliency Steve, And that's not usually what you 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:33.120 would think of when you think of the Bills and 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.320 the Chiefs over the last couple of years, but that's 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.720 where they're both at right now. With the Bills have 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.440 overcome and how they've gotten to the spot they're at 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.280 as red hot as they are, with Josh Allen putting 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.120 this team on his back at times and really going 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.480 out there and carrying the Bills and willing them to wins. 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:53.480 Patrick Mahomes, on the other hand, has been utilizing his. 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.440 Defense, his run game. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.160 When I talked to coaches in Kansas City, they say 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.720 his adaptability this year is the number one trait that 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.120 has stood out to them in the eyes of Patrick 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.320 Mahomes and what he's done differently. He has learned a 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.600 lot to where it's okay Steve to take the check down, 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.359 to flip the field to hunt the football in the 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.000 postseason and protect it a different mentality. But we talked 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.480 about it on a previous show, Steve. Could this be 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.639 the formula for the Chiefs. That's why I find this fascinating. 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.960 They're not playing like we've seen them both play in 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:25.679 the past. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.040 And that's okay, and JP the one thing that's I've 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:28.760 talked about enough. 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.600 We talk about it so much with Josh Allen and 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.680 Lamar Jackson, but Patrick Mahomes running the ball to move 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.600 the sticks seems to be a constant trait in the 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.000 postseason with this team. I love that matchup and we're 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.000 gonna have Judy Batista. She'll be at the game in 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:46.080 Baltimore this weekend between the Texans and Ravens. Talk about 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.840 that dynamic matchup with c. J. Straud and Lamar Jackson. 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.400 Later with JP. How could I not go with my 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:57.960 guy Rock Hurry against Jordan Love a big Saturday Saturday 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:58.440 evening game. 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.240 Okay, I see the face, But here's why. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:05.560 Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers is playing better 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:10.600 than any quarterback in the NFL right now. In the 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:16.480 past five games, Jordan Love twelve touchdowns, zero interceptions. 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.159 He's taking care of the ball. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.080 He's making plays as you're seeing right here against Dallas 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.479 when he carved up throwing the ball, there's twenty one 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.839 times in all kinds of different ways from the pocket 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.640 rolling out. Now he has not played the defense like 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:33.400 the rested Niners are going to be throwing in his face. 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.799 But if Green Bay can run the balls, there's somewhat 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.600 of a degree like they've been running it. This could 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.919 set up things very interesting. Now, now I gotta go 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.520 to my guy Brock. Perty Look after that four interception 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.400 game against Baltimore, he has played much more like the 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:50.200 Brock party that we know that is controlled, that is 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.960 from the pocket, and that is operating on time. He's 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.560 not operating on time in this highlight right here against Washington. 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:59.080 This is also a part of his game nobody talks about. 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.120 We had deep Deebo. Samuel introduced us and when we 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.719 interviewed him last week, he talked about how much Hurry 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.599 has got that killer in him. Right, He's got the 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:10.880 thing that pushed things over the top and how they 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:12.239 pushed the ball down field. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:12.559 JP. 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.560 This isn't just a dink and donk quarterback. This is 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.760 somebody who can win games all right. JP. 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.920 Coming up next the Detroit Lions, I mean a team 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:23.440 we've been on since the very beginning. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.360 They're playing a sleeper team, excuse me, a sleeper team. 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.600 And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looked really good and destroying 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.640 the Eagles in the wildcard round. What is something they 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:36.080 could do or what is something the Lions can do 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.839 for Detroit to get to the conference championship game. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:43.880 I'll let you handle Detroit because I want to go 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.880 down to Florida. I want to go to Tampa Bay, 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.600 where maybe there's not enough credit. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.159 Steve, we talked about the tones of the Detroit Lions. 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.920 I think we could say also, this Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.720 team is extremely tough and extremely resist You look at 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.479 everything that they've been through with their quarterback and battle 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.760 as we call it, with Baker Mayfield winning it this 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.560 past offseason. We have to remember their offensive quarter Dave Canalis, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:07.960 who was on this show last week. He's been to 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.840 the postseason regularly when he was in Seattle. This team 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.360 with the Buccaneers, we're in the postseason over the last 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.000 several years with Tom Brady as their quarterback. 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:16.440 They have been there. 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.440 And you mentioned what they did against the Philadelphia Eagles, 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.599 one of the best offensive lines in football. They manhandled 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.720 them at the line of scrimmage. Line played brilliantly. This 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.359 is another very good offensive line, one of the best 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.279 in football that the Detroit Lions have. 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.920 And if this team can get physical upfront and. 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.279 They can cause some issues in the timing and the 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.240 way that Jared Golf operates this offense, this could be 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.640 a sneaky interesting matchup and a sneaky potential upset. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.280 Possibly Steve or it really good Buccaneers. 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:47.440 It really couldn't. 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.160 And we're gonna have Brian Baldinger on later to talk 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.560 about this game because this is something he really wants 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.960 to sink his teeth and two after watching film. But 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:55.920 I'm gonna go back to this and I talked about 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.680 this or Detroit when they played the Rams in a 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.920 wildcat round, and I think it showed up. And that 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:05.680 is the center of their defense. Chauncey Gardner Johnson, who's 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.000 been a little Twitter beef with Baker Mayfield this week 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:13.680 in kind of that interior slot corner position, Herbie Joseph 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.240 at safety, some of the things that they do, and 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.080 Brian Branch, my gosh, how good has this rookie bent 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.400 Oh yeah, where does Tampa and Baker like to drive 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:23.280 the ball? We saw it last week. It is kind 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:24.640 of the middle of the field. A lot of the 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.200 crossing routes set up some of the over the top 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.400 stuff to Mike Evans, which they really couldn't get going. 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.800 And I think this is going to be something that 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.400 Detroit is gonna have to use. I know their offense 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.400 is gonna have some tough sledding against this defense. We're 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.880 watching Aiden Hutchinson here on the highlight put pressure. They're 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.119 gonna have to generate some of that pressure to flush 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.200 Baker Mayfield to maybe get the ball out of his 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.600 hands a little quicker. And again that's are some of 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:54.200 those guys in that secondary, particularly at the safeties. Brian 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:58.720 Branch caused some problems in that passing game for Tampa Bay. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:07:59.080 JP. 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.080 This is gonna be a fun game, and I'm with you. 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:06.240 I think the Buccaneers not be underestimated. Really, JP. We 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:10.200 know there's some great coaches coming down in this round here, 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.200 this divisional round. Is there any that has any greater 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.800 pressure than the other coming into this level? 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.480 I would say, Steve, it's kind of the two guys 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.240 that had the number one seed in the bye. I 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:24.080 look at Harball and what John Harball is up against 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:25.960 in Baltimore, because the last time they were in this 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.080 situation was twenty nineteen and Lamar won the NB good 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.920 they had to buy and then they went and they 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.240 lost to the Titans in the Divisional round and their 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.680 postseason was over. I think this is for John Harbaugh 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.880 and for Lamar Jackson as well, to get over a 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.199 parobial hump because a lot of people have them as 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:44.000 a super Bowl. 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:45.520 Favorite, and I'm one hundred scent way you with the 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:46.120 number one team. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.080 Kyle Shanahan, no one's going to doubt how great of 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.040 a coach he is, but he's gonna go down as 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:53.800 a great regular season coach or a great postseason coach. 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.000 And this is where to me, the NFC is a 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:58.880 very clear path for the forty nine ers. 0:08:58.880 --> 0:08:59.120 Guys. 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.880 It's gonna be tough for the but this is gonna 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.400 be a game they need to win and keep on rolling. 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.480 So this weekend, I think the forty nine ers, who 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.280 are well rested, we know they were nicked up when 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.800 the end of the season. They need to finish strong. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.040 This again, they're playing a red hot Packers team. It's 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.280 gonna be a heck of a challenge. They have it 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:21.160 at Levi's Well, JP, you know what coming up next? 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.120 We just talked about slot corners, right, I talked about 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:27.200 Brian Branch. We've got the first team all post slot corner. 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.760 That's the Chiefs trying to be joining us. Oh, JP, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:32.920 this is gonna be good. Don't be anywhere. 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:53.760 Love back after the break for the nflbum. 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:45.760 They just like the Bahamas. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:52.079 Huh Hey, great job, probaty guys. 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:54.360 Make sure you have your cell phones. 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:58.920 We'll let you know. You know when we're playing. Make 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.200 sure you take care of yourself. If you're nicked up, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.560 let's get taken care of. We get ourselves back in 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.040 there and get ready to go. Oh how beautiful is 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:11.040 this man? How about those gotta love it? Gotta love it? 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.120 Hey, for real, take care of your body this weekend. 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:14.480 Make sure you're ready to go next week. 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:15.959 We ain't done so chase something. 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.240 Welcome back into the NFL report, James Palmer, Steve Whites 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:22.120 with you and we have. 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:26.360 All pro Steve Yeah. Back of the Kansas City Chiefs. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.440 Trent McDuffie, Trent I gotta ask you to start off 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:30.480 with this right here. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:34.200 What do you feel like the slot corner spot actually 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.120 getting this recognition in the all pro situation because on 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:39.959 this show we talked about slot corners being one of 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.320 the most valuable positions in all football. 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.200 Yeah, kind of like you said, I feel like this 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.720 slot cornerback position though, is definitely one that I feel 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.440 like it's starting to get more recognition because, I mean, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:52.920 you look at it. We do so much. I mean, 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.360 we got a blitz. They want us to play the 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.440 line game, we gotta go cover the wide receivers, tight ends. 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.079 I mean, they expect a lot out of us. So 0:10:59.880 --> 0:11:02.360 just that recognition, I always say, is a big blessing 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.600 and I think just goes to show just how much 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.800 I've been able to help out this team and this defense. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.400 Well, Frank, congrats on that and this week. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.520 I mean, your role, as we saw the first time 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.600 you played them, is highly valuable because we know how 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.720 they like to work the middle of the field with 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:18.920 their tight ends to kind of slip cook out there 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.680 and coverage, but to also keep an eye on Josh 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.719 Allen in the run game, and you guys bottle them up. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:26.240 The first time you played. 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.040 I mean how much I'll put it this way, what 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.240 is it like preparing knowing that he can slip out 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:34.520 in the run game. You always have to have eyes 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:38.080 on him while also protecting your duties in the passing game. 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.680 Right yeah. I mean whenever you play a quarterback that 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.400 can throw it, run it. I mean, Josh Allens are 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.480 those guys that can just do it all. It always 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.240 adds just a little more dynamic challenge for the defense because, 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:50.640 like you said, we can't just as a defender. I 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.439 can't just play my man and not worry about what 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.800 the quarterback is going to do. And he's also just 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.840 extending plays, which on the back game he was to 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:00.560 talk about this plaster and just out working theis and 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:02.640 I mean, he's one of those guys that can just 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.840 pose a problem on all downs, all field distances, and 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:08.600 one of those guys that at all times you got 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.760 nowhere he's at. So I feel like he does a 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.880 really good job at gating the ballots and receivers and 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.880 like you said, using his tight ends really well. And 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.480 they've been fishing, especially after playing us, they've gone a 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:22.600 little run so we know the advantages and disadvantages that 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:24.720 they're going to bring to the game and for preparing 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:25.320 for those. 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.760 Truent With that said, you guys are so versatile specifically 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.839 in the secondary too, that you can move guys playing 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.040 different spots and you can give so many different looks. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.400 With what you're saying about what Josh does in the 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:37.160 run game. 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.360 I don't give anything away, but like you have the 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.040 ability to have somebody spy in probably and then that 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.920 person can change spots. What is the advantage when you 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:46.920 have to go against a guy that is dynamic in 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.480 multiple ways like Josh Allen is, But you guys have 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.880 the ability to have so many guys play different spots 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:53.640 that you can kind of try to confuse him at 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:54.280 the same time. 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.640 Yeah, I think that's huge what you said. I feel 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:59.800 like we have a group of players on this team 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:01.640 that can really do it all. I mean, you got 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:05.440 guys like me LJ. Shamar Connor who all played three 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.480 different positions. Jay Reed comes down at dime at safety, 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.319 you got Willy Gaye playing multiple positions like this defense 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.840 is very unique in a way that everybody can do 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:15.680 a little bit of everything. And when you play a 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.480 quarterback like this, being able to throw off his timing 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.760 with the receivers being able to confuse and pre snap 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:23.840 is huge because when you just give him one look, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:25.520 a lot of these quarterbacks they know where the ball 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.120 wants to go. And a guy like Josh Allen, I mean, 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:29.920 if you just sit everybody out wide and play man, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:31.640 I mean, he's ready to take off at any point. 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.719 So Spag's definitely does a great job at giving different disguises, 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.600 different looks and making a lot of the same defenses 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.080 look the same but do different things out of them. 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:42.640 So definitely, just the. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.559 Movement wise in the back end on the front end, 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.040 and just making sure he doesn't know just exactly where 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:48.920 to go and give him just such an easy play 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.839 each and every down is going to be huge. 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:53.599 I'm kind of glad you ran on that roster for 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:57.319 your teammates, and you mentioned LJ luxurious need. We've talked 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.560 on the show all season long how there might not 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.680 be an out tight corner who's had a better season 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.200 than him. I mean, what has been so effective and 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.480 impactful for him? Why can't he lock up a Stefan 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.600 Diggs or another team's best receiver? What has worked so 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.840 well as where he's really really climbed the ladder this season. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:15.959 Yeah. 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:19.360 I mean I think that dude is probably top two, 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.560 if two, best cornerbacks in the league. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:23.520 I mean when you look at. 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.560 Somebody who every week literally goes out there guards the 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:31.120 number one receiver, all plays, all downs, doesn't complain, doesn't 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.680 be like oh I need help over the top, is 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.040 just a dog out there. And I feel like it 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:37.800 all goes back to what he does off the field. 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.320 I mean, he comes in each and every day practice 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.280 is hard, watches film constantly asking questions. I mean we 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.480 talk all the time about what receivers are going to do, 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.480 splits and stuff like that. So just the knowledge of 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:50.520 the game that he has, and also just the confidence. 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.520 I mean, when you're a guy like that who's to 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.600 go out on the island and cover the best receivers 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.080 day in and day out, the confidences got to be 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.000 at a high. And he's one of those guys that 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.880 is able to have that compon confidence and also just 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.320 making sure he does his job well and he's able 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.080 to use his help and understands the defense. And I 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:08.760 know for us on the back end, we love when 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.520 we can just look out No. Lj's out there and 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:12.160 be like, Okay, that's going to count a lot of guy. 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:13.680 Let's focus on these guys over here. 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.160 Yeah, I tryed, I got to bring this up. 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.240 We gotta look, we're looking forward in the division round, 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.360 but I gotta look back real quick. 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.000 When you guys were in the film room. 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.920 And you watch him jam Tyreek Hill with the line 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:28.280 of scrimmage on that one play. What was the reaction 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.720 in the film room when everybody got a chance to 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:31.640 see that play together. 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.080 I mean, you already know, guys were who in the 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.840 holler and the energy was high. And I gotta say, 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:38.520 this is the first time. You know, this isn't the 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.480 first time we seen LJ do this. I mean you 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.680 go back game in and game out. I think he 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.840 literally has done this every single game against these big 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.000 time receivers. So I think it just goes back to 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.080 the skills that he has and just the ability to, 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:54.480 like I said, play the dB position so well locked 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.680 in and it just technique wise, is just one of 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:58.320 the best out there. I think right now. 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.920 Even had to get praised because he was just like, yeah, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.200 he jam My, you know what all the way to Cancun. 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:05.080 Hey. 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.720 But you know, defensively, we're talking so much about your defense. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.920 What about the change and identity of this team, because 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.080 we've always known the Chiefs to be this great offensive team, 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:19.120 but now we're like, this is a lock down defense. 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:20.640 What about that identity change? 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.600 And how much you guys kind of walk around like, yeah, 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:24.440 you know we're him so to speak. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.440 Yeah, I think it just goes back to our off 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.400 season and Coach Back's coming in and being like, we 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.840 know we won the super Bowl, but uh o, we're 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.200 playing the Super Bowl and how many points we gave up? 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.360 Everybody was like that wasn't our best showing. So all 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.600 off season training camp, I mean throughout this whole year, 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.000 Coach Back has been honest about being consistent, about being 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.000 relentless about trusting each other, and I felt like just 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.440 the communication, just the overall chemistry out there on the field, 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.720 it's just huge. I mean, guys trust each other, Guys 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.400 know who we're going to be. That noncommunication that we 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.040 can just look out and know what each other are doing. 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.600 I feel like has been so huge for us this year. 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.720 And I keep saying, where a defense that knows what 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:05.320 our offense can do. I mean, we got Patrick ma 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:06.080 Hohomes on the other. 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:06.600 Side, travel. 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.520 I mean, our offense is explosive, and so being able 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:11.600 to go out there, get down on third down, stop 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:13.639 them all fourth downs, give the offense the ball on 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:16.560 good field positions. I mean, everything we can do to 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.120 help this offense go put once on the board has 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.159 been a big thing for us. And I'm just happy 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.320 that everybody around here continues to just keep working. You know, 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.120 there's never a game where we're like, oh, we can 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:27.960 be relaxed. You know, we going each and every week 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.959 knowing that it's going to be a game, and everybody 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:32.680 around here trust each other and goes out and does 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:33.600 their job very well. 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.800 Trent, I'm curious to take us back to training camp 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.800 when you're seeing Rashi Rice for the very first time 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.920 and you're going against him in camp where Andy runs 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.600 just such a grueling camp up there, and say Joe like, 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.960 did you see what's happening now back in camp going? 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.520 He has the ability, if he developed something with Patrick, 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:54.600