1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. Will you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: in every game they can playa don't touchdown Kansas City, 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: The Chiefs all right in the thick of a baby. Hello, 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom, and welcome to another edition of Defending Said Kingdom. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: Bench Altera's with you the Voice of the Chiefs along 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: with Chiefs reporter Matt McMullan. A reminder that the Defending 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: Kingdom is brought to you every episode by the great 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: folks at three sixty Vodka, Kansas City's hometown vodka and 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: the official vodka of the Chief's Kingdom. This episode we 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: will call powering through It using Andy Reid's own words. 11 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: But before we do that, we have we heard from 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: any other parts of the Earth yet? Of course, I 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: mean this is the best part of the week, right 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: an Arctica is it still wide open? And Arctica is 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: still wide open. So if you're watching and you want 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: to place your flag in a place that we have 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: not heard from yet, we need Antarctica. But we do 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: have the Caribbean. We have Nassau, Bahamas, Imian and Nassau Bahamas. 19 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: Like that is listening to Defending the Kingdom. That's it 20 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: for international this week. But there's a few more around 21 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: the country, Carlos and Albuquerque, New Mexico listening to Defending 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: the Kingdom, and then Jeremy in Carleton, Texas. That's part 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: of the DFW area. He says that there's a lot 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: of Chiefs fans in the DFW area and I saw 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: that and thought Lamar would like that watching from a pie. 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: So I'm a lot of Chiefs fans out there in Dallas, 27 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: and since Patrick Mahomes has become the QB one here 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: in Kansas City, even more fans in the Metroplex. Most 29 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: of those are Texas tech fans, but the Metroplex likes 30 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. They like the Cowboys in the NFC, 31 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: but they've kind of adopted the Chiefs in the AFC. 32 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: Easy done, well done. It's legal to do that, although 33 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: for the one week that's coming up in November it 34 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: is not all right. Powering through it and love those locations. 35 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: You know, some of these we need to maybe do 36 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: site visits. I totally agree, don't. I mean the Bahamas, 37 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: we could do a Defending the Kingdom from the Bahamas 38 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: and yeah, I mean and where was the one a 39 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: few weeks ago Uzbekistan, Yeah, Usbekistan. Yeah, go out there 40 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: for a live show, sure, yeah, reroute the charter, yeah yeah. Yeah. 41 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: We've had Iceland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova got the best, 42 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: the best one yet. So here we are powering through it. 43 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: And I got this from Andy Reid on Monday night 44 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: on our Chief's Kingdom show that you can find if 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: you can try to find an archive it. But he 46 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: just said the win over Washington and getting ready to 47 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: play the Tennessee Titans, he said we were able to 48 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: and he kind of said it parenthetically, but just power 49 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: through it. And it struck a nerve with me because 50 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: that second half against Washington was the best half of 51 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: this season, and all three phases were involved. Everybody got 52 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: on that plane feeling like they had a piece of it. 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Wasn't fifty to forty nine. It wasn't three to nothing, 54 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: special teams, too, great punt returns by McCole Hardman. The 55 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: team was able to power through it because you and 56 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: I were within about this distance. You were helping me 57 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 1: spot in that game, and that feeling at halftime or 58 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: with Washington driving to start the third quarter was not 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: a good field. It wasn't and We've been waiting all 60 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: season for the Chiefs to kind of find a way 61 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: to get their mojo back, and the only way to 62 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: do that is to go out there and do it 63 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: on the field. In all three phases, in the first 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: half of that Washington game felt a lot like the 65 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: Chargers game, didn't it. Where the Chiefs were moving the 66 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: ball effectively, they just kept turning the ball over in 67 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: Washington territory and you get nothing for all those yards 68 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: and first downs that you rack up. It's very frustrating 69 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: because you know this team is better than that, and 70 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: they're interceptions that are totally uncharacteristic of this team, like 71 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: the one that bounces off Tyree Hills hands or the 72 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: one Patrick Mahomes threw up in the year and the 73 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: fumble that Nicole Harman had. These are uncharacteristic turnovers, and 74 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: that's been the case throughout the season so far, things 75 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: that this team has never done in the past. And 76 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: the ball bounces an unlucky direction a few times before 77 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: you know it, you're in a dogfight with a good 78 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: football team. So it kind of felt like that in 79 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: the first half. The second half felt like the Kansas 80 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: City Chiefs, and in all three phases. We always talk 81 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: about the offense, but the defense was quietly very good 82 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: last year, really kept this team in a lot of games, 83 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: and the defense was playing like their twenty nineteen self 84 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty self. In the second half against Washington, 85 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: they kept the Chiefs in the game when the offense 86 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: was sputtering in the first half, and then the second 87 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: half they put the hammer down because they allowed a 88 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: total seventy six yards from scrimmage zero points. That's how 89 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: you win football games against hungry teams like the Washington 90 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: football team. That I mean, let's say like it is. 91 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: They're two and four this year, but they had been 92 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: in games. They're averaging twenty five points per game. They 93 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: have four first round picks along the defensive line. They're 94 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: a talented team. And the Chiefs in the second half 95 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: of that game said, wait a minute, we're the Kansas 96 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. And they looked like it. They looked like 97 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: a championship team in that second half. And I'm hoping 98 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: and I really truly believe that by all three phases 99 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: pulling themselves up in the second half and showing what 100 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: they could do, they can carry the momentum in that 101 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: mojo into next week. Yeah, and Washington still had Antonio 102 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: Gibson and they still had Terry McLaurin, two of the 103 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: most underrated players in the league. And this has been 104 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: a tough schedule at this point. Look at all the 105 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: division champion Just take a moment and look at the division. Sorry, 106 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: the division leaders in the AFC, I guess the Chiefs 107 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: have played all three of them. And if you look 108 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: in the NFC, they played Arizona in the preseason in Dallas, 109 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: and Green Bay's coming. The only team they won't play 110 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: that's leading the division is the NFC South, and I'm 111 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: sure the league will figure out a way to have 112 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: some exhibition game that way. But let's get into what 113 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: because this episode of Powering through It, using coach Read's 114 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: own words, is going to sit around mental and physical toughness. 115 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: We love to play fantasy football, we love to play Madden, right, 116 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: get him out, let's go wank walk walk, But you 117 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about being physically maybe mentally tough. 118 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: In some inces has been not physically tough. And this 119 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: is an opponent this week in the Tennessee Titans, where 120 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: it will be required. Sometimes it takes one person to 121 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: light of fuse. McCole Hardman did it. In the twenty 122 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: nineteen run to the Lombardi Trophy. The Chiefs were gasping 123 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: for air down twenty four to nothing. I sit on 124 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: the air. It takes this one guy to light of fuse. 125 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: He returned to kick fifty eight yards. The rest is 126 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: history started a wildfire in this game against Washington in 127 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: the second half. First of all, there's a third and 128 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: two stop and the missfield goal. All right, so everything, 129 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: give Thornhill credit. That's that changed things. But then Darryl Williams, 130 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: all right, the Chiefs were struggling blocking that great front 131 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: that you talked about. Patrick Mahomes wisely just threw a 132 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: check on throw and first down too, Darryl Williams probably 133 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: gonna get a yard or two three at the most 134 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: broken tackle, broken tackle jukes a guy a gain of 135 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: thirteen yards. You and I. I'm looking over at that 136 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: sideline and the whole the everything just started to go 137 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: up and up and up. That sideline was turned on 138 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: by a guy who did it against negative inertia and 139 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: made a powering through it kind of play. Darryl Williams. 140 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: That play was a microcosm of his entire performance. And 141 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot to talk about here with Daryl because 142 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: he's such an awesome story. First of all, the guys 143 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: grinded his entire football career. He was never a starter 144 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: at LSU. Who's behind Leonard Fournette and Darius Guys to 145 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: future first and second round picks. He's never a starter there, 146 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: but whenever he had an opportunity at LSU always showed out. 147 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: He had like fourteen hundred yards and like nineteen touchdowns 148 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: in his career. You just never heard about him. He 149 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: still thinks he's gonna get drafted because he was so 150 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: good at LSU and those limited opportunities doesn't get drafted, 151 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: And he told us last week that his mom cried 152 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: the night he didn't get drafted because she was so 153 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: disappointed for him. She knew that he could do it, 154 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: and she cried because he didn't get drown the first 155 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: time that he ever saw her cry. Well, he signs 156 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,119 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs several years ago and still is never 157 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: a starter here. Thirty nine career games until last week 158 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,679 Speaker 1: had never started, but he always grinded. Like whenever Darrel 159 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: was in the backfield, you could count on him, he 160 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: would get the extra yard. He made big plays. He 161 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: was a closer, and we'll talk about that in some 162 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: big games. But Darryll was always a guy he felt 163 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: good about, even though he was never the feature guy. Well, 164 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: last week he finally had a chance to be the 165 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: feature guy, and you wonder how does he handle that opportunity. 166 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: He killed it. He was amazing. And this is a 167 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: situation where like, we love stats, but looking at the 168 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: box score does not tell the whole story here. Because 169 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: he had sixty two yards rushing and two touchdowns. You 170 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: look at that, you're like, oh, he was pretty good. 171 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: He was outstanding in that game, and it's because of 172 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: how he ran. Every single time he touched the football. 173 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: He never went down at first contact. He had forty nine, 174 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: actually forty nine of his sixty two rushing yards after contact, 175 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: so he kept powering through guys. He never went down 176 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: when guys tried tackling him initially, and his performance really 177 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: characterized the entire Chiefs performance in the second half because 178 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: teams are trying to tackle him, teams are trying to 179 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: get the Chiefs offense off the field, and he says, 180 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: I am not going down unless you force me. Down 181 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: and that was the Chief's mindset throughout the second half, 182 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: and that's the team's mindset moving forward. And Daryl really 183 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: characterized that part of your brilliance. You even used powering 184 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: through it in just a phrase in that answer, which 185 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: was awesome. But here's Daryl Williams. You talk about being 186 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: a finisher. He's two hundred and twenty four pounds, so 187 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: he brings an element to the running back room that 188 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: when you look at McKinnon doesn't have. He's not two 189 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: twenty four, nor is clyded ritulaire. So there's some power 190 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: to finish red zone drives. His two runs. First of all, 191 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: the second one was awesome. The play side, it's a 192 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: right side play side play, it's all clogged up. He 193 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: instinctively worked his way back to the left side and 194 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: then able to get to the end zone. So the 195 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: first thing is you got to have a back that 196 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: can finish red zone drives. He showed that against Washington. 197 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: He did, and that's what you need. We need to 198 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: finish in the red zone against defenses that are trying 199 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: to get the Chiefs off the field, trying to beat 200 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: the Chiefs by forcing us in the field goal situations. 201 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: And consistently he made sure the Chiefs were finishing drives. 202 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: And that's really been the mantra for this entire season. 203 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: When the offense is moving down the field, when you 204 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: have seventeen play drives because defenses are playing two safeties 205 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: deep over the top, you have to finish those drives 206 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: with touchdowns. And when you have a guy like Daryl 207 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: Williams who is never gonna go down at first contact, 208 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: who's going to power through the opponent when they try 209 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: getting to him, and he's going to turn a two 210 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: yard gain into an eight yard gain repeatedly, all of 211 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: a sudden, you start finishing drives. It's super important to 212 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: this offense. And of course we want to get Clyde 213 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: back here, and he'll be back in a few weeks hopefully, 214 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: but we're so lucky to have a guy like Daryl, 215 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: who's experienced, who's talented, has been around this offense, and 216 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: who is ready for this opportunity. Yeah, this powering through 217 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: a phrase feels like a noun at times and it 218 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: feels like a verb of times. And for Darryl Williams, 219 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: he's both. Remember he closed out the Ravens victory in 220 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen on a screen pass of fourteen yards when 221 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs turn it over, who knows what's going 222 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: to happen in that game with Lamar Jackson. So again, 223 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: Darryll Williams gets our first powering through It award because 224 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: he flipped that game. In my opinion, boom, that's it. 225 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: Guy is a little sneakier here and it's Rashad Fenton. Okay. 226 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: Rashad Fenton is a very underrated player in my opinion, 227 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: in the Chiefs Kingdom. First of all, he had great 228 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: performance last week. He was second of Pro Football Focuses 229 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: cornerbacks in Week six. Out of one hundred and eighteen corners, 230 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: Fenton was second. But it's not the first time we've 231 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: seen this. He made the initial stop on the initial 232 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: stop in Super Bowl fifty four. Yeah, he stayed in 233 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: front of Garoppolo and rand him out of bounds. Even 234 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: gave him a little shot that the San Francisco sideline 235 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: thought was personal foul. Rashad Fenton, not the biggest of dudes, 236 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: will power through it when you need it the most, 237 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: because he's a fighter and he's skilled. He is, and 238 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: he's one of those players. He was a sixth round 239 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: pick a few years ago, and he didn't have a 240 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: ton of opportunities his first two years in the league. 241 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: Like he was on the field at times, mostly on 242 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: special teams, but wasn't on the field a ton, But 243 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: when he was on the field, he usually played pretty well. 244 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: Made some big plays in his career, like the interception 245 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: in Mexico City helped steal that game, and just made 246 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: some plays over the course of his young career to 247 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: the point where you figured, if he has to go 248 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: in there and play extended snaps, he can probably hold 249 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: his own. And we're seeing that right now. And when 250 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: Charvarious Ward hasn't been in there in this chief secondary, 251 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: you hope guys like Rashad Finton, who have been around 252 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: a little bit, who know the defense, who were just 253 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: waiting for their opportunity, you hope they can take the 254 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: most of it and make the most of it. And 255 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 1: we're seeing that with Rashad. I mean, we talked about 256 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: it in Kingdom conversations, but when I was spotting for 257 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: you in the booth, basically I'm pointing at names of 258 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: who makes defensive plays, and I felt like, over and 259 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: over again, I was pointing at number twenty seven and 260 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: that's a good thing. And it wasn't like it was 261 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: big plays over the top that he was getting the guys. 262 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: Then it was like plays in the flat. It was short, 263 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: little slance. He was making plays consistently, and we hoped 264 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: we'd see that growth from him this year, and with 265 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: some injuries in the secondary, we're seeing it so far. 266 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: How's your blister on your pointing finger. It's healed up 267 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: for next week. I'm ready to go. That's awesome and 268 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: I can't wait to have you in the booth with me. 269 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: And don't laugh at blisters on defending the Kingdom. Do 270 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: not do that. Just ask Max Scherzer. Go right down 271 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: the line. You're Charlie Morton, work out. Everybody's grinky. Who 272 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: else can we throw with it? Just to make sure 273 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: we're coover there. But anyway, don't laugh at blisters. Okay. 274 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: Another guy that's in this powering through It discussion to 275 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: me is Joe Tuney. Joe Tuney the Chiefs left card, 276 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: two time world champion with the New England Patriots broken hand, 277 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: some thought might be out for the season. Joe Tuney 278 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: got after it against the Washington football team. He just 279 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: powered through it. So Cho's rewind. After he broke his 280 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: hand against the Bills, we were talking because we don't 281 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: know anything about it. We just heard he fractured his hand, 282 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: so we're just talking about it. Like man, I hope 283 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: he doesn't miss too much time. He didn't miss any time. 284 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: He played the very next week, and he didn't just play. 285 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: He played against one of the best defensive fronts in 286 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: all of football and played pretty well. I mean, he's 287 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: not human. If one of us broke our hand, we'd 288 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: probably be out of the office for a while. He's 289 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: out there playing NFL football. It's just a testament to 290 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: his toughness. I mean, as long as he can do 291 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: it safely, which it's been deemed that he can. It's 292 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: all just a mental game at that point. And if 293 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: if you're both mentally and physically tough, you can power 294 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: through it. And I mean nobody is tougher than Joe Tuney. 295 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: When the Chiefs need him, I mean they needed him 296 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: against Washington. You have a tough loss against the Bills. 297 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: You want to go into that Washington game, like I 298 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: said earlier, get your mojo back. You need all your horses, 299 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: and Joe Tuney probably could have been like, hey, now 300 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna take this week off. He's like, no, 301 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to play. And you have to respect that. 302 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: And it helps him. That his right hand is broken 303 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: doesn't help him. But he's a left hand. He plays 304 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: left guard. Could be worse. So, yes, his foot, his 305 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: hand goes in the ground with his left hand. That's 306 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: how he gets his push and pressure. But you remember 307 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: last week? Was it last week? I quoted Dodgeball The 308 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: Underdog Story, one of the great movies really of civilization 309 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: and Patches o Hula, and I'm going to quote it 310 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: again because I want to ask you about the ripple 311 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: effect of these guys, especially Tuney, because it reminds me 312 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: of the scene that Lance Armstrong is some you know, 313 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: signs come off him, the scene where he's sitting there 314 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: with Vince Vaughn. Vince Vaughn's gonna quit on average Joe's 315 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: he sold his team out, and Lance arms Gonna goes, Yeah, 316 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: I had to statcular cancer, but I guess I kind 317 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: of powered through it. And so to me, the ripple 318 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: effect of these guys, especially Tuney, because players know they 319 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: go the dude maybe shouldn't be playing and He's like, no, 320 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. It's Lance Armstrong telling Vince fun 321 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: maybe you could quit, Vince, but probably not. It reminds me. 322 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: And here's a throwback here of Tim Grunhard, because Tim 323 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: Grunhard played like a million games in a row. And 324 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: I wrote an article on Tim a few months ago 325 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: about how he was going into the Ring of Honor 326 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: and asked who was it. I asked one of his teammates. 327 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: It was dave's At. I asked dave's At about how 328 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: Tim's toughness inspired all of them, and he said that 329 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: Tim would play through some things that they could never 330 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: imagine themselves playing through, but he'd be like, the team 331 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: needs me, I'm gonna go out there and play. And 332 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: it inspired the rest of the offensive line, an offensive 333 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: line that was one of the best in football throughout 334 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: the nineties and into the two thousands, that hey, if 335 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Tim's playing through this, we got to play through this. 336 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: And it inspired everyone. And when you have someone like 337 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: Joe Tuney who's doing a similar thing here now, it 338 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: inspires everybody, Like, listen, you know, I'm beat up. It's 339 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: a long season, especially with an extra game here, it's 340 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: a very physical game. But if Joe's kind of play 341 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: through this, I can play through what I'm going through 342 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: and as long as it's not going to be detrimental 343 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: to your health, there make things worse. If you can 344 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: play through it, guys will find a way because that's 345 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: a culture that's being bred here where if you can 346 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: play through it and it's once again it's safe to do. So. 347 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: If you can find a way to do that and 348 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: you can find that toughness inside of yourself, you do it. 349 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: And that's what helps win football games. And as you 350 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: mentioned that, I'm thinking we've talked about three guys here, offense, defense, 351 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: offense again. Everybody got on that plane coming home from 352 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: Washington feeling like that a part of that win. Yeah, 353 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: And guys always talking about missing the locker room when 354 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: they retire, but those winning plane ride homes like a 355 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: game like that where everybody felt a part of it 356 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: that marinates And I'm really interesting to see if that 357 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: won't carry over to this week because that feeling on 358 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: that plane hasn't been there for a while yea, And 359 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: it was great to sense that from the guys well, 360 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: and in retrospect of a victory too, you can look 361 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: at the offense struggling in the first half as almost 362 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: a positive for two reasons. First off, the defense really 363 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: never struggled throughout the game. For the most part, they 364 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: were very good. Except for maybe the touchdown to Ricky 365 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: Seal's Jones. The defense was terrick vict terrific throughout the ballgame. 366 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: Forced the football team into field goals in the red zone, 367 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: forced some puns, force some third downs. They were good 368 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: and kept the Chiefs in the game throughout. So it 369 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: was good for the defense to have an opportunity to 370 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: go out there and say, hey, we had a real 371 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: part of that, because things could have gotten out of hand. 372 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: If the football team scores twenty one points and the 373 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: Chiefs aren't scoring anything offensively, all of a sudden, it's 374 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: an uphill climb. Well, the defense made sure that didn't happen. 375 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: The defense kept the team in the game, and that's 376 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: very important for confidence moving forward. Then also for the 377 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: offense to have things not go well in the first 378 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: half and to be like, oh, here we go again. 379 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: You know, we're turning the ball over, we're not doing 380 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: what we need to do, We're pressing too much for 381 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: them to reset and to go out there on the 382 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: second half and be unstoppable. I mean, just like the 383 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: offense that we're so used to seeing. I think in 384 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: both ways, the fact that the offense struggled in the 385 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: first half, both of those things coming out of it 386 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: is a positive moving forward. And no better example of 387 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: that than Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, maybe his worst play as 388 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: a chief. At the end of the second quarter, We're like, wow, 389 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: who just got into Patrick Mahomes's body? He powered through 390 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: it and in the second half he became Patrick Mahomes 391 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: again and it showed us a lot. And again he 392 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: almost had four hundred yards passing, so the stats take 393 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: care of themselves, but he had to show some toughness 394 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: and again an example the rest of his teammates like, 395 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: I just maybe did the dumbest thing I've ever done, 396 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: But watch this, and it was. It was awesome to 397 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: see it. It was. And so the thing with Mahomes 398 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: is Mahomes magic, Right. We know what he can do. 399 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: He can do things that truly nobody can do with 400 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: the football in his hands, and he's done that over 401 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: the course of his career. Every once in a while 402 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: and this is few and far between, it's not going 403 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: to work out and that's what happened on that ill 404 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: fated third down pass. But what I love about him 405 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: and this team is that he doesn't let it bother him. 406 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: I mean, and this is the mental toughness that we're 407 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: talking about here. How many guys if they threw a 408 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: pick like that would be just go into a shell 409 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: and be like, I can't. I can't. That can't be 410 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: my game. I can't throw the football like that. I 411 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: can't have these crazy broken plays. I need to just 412 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, go down to throw it away. I be 413 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: what makes me me well. His teammates immediately because he 414 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: told us this after the game. His teammates told him, 415 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: don't stop being you. We believe in you. Keep being you. 416 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: We know that nine times out of ten that play 417 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: ends up being a highlight, real play that they're gonna 418 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: be talking about on Sports Center tomorrow. Didn't work out 419 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: that time, but keep being you. He took that advice 420 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: and he believed in himself. Look at the second half 421 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: some of the throws he made, I mean, classic vintage 422 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes throws. The one that stands out to me 423 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: is on the third and six, moving down the field, 424 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are only up by a believe three points 425 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: at this point, three or four points. Yeah, it's still 426 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: a very close game, even though it feels like we're 427 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: out in the end and he's moving to his left, 428 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey's moving into the right, and he shovels it 429 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: like eleven yards. Nobody else can make that play, picks 430 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: up the first down that she's gone and score, and 431 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: it's a route from that point on. If he doesn't 432 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: have the belief in himself after the interception that I 433 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: need to keep being myself, that play doesn't happen. He 434 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: doesn't throw it because he doesn't want to have another 435 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: goofy weird play occur. The belief in himself there was 436 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: critical and the confidence in himself despite a play like 437 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: that that he doesn't never want to see again. I'm 438 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: sure and knowing, Hey, that won't happen again because I 439 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: need to keep being me. And that's what that's so 440 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: important about his mental toughness there so powering through it. 441 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: We saw it. We brought up Daryl Williams, we bring 442 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: up Rashad Fenton, we bring up Joe Tuney. We'll bring 443 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: up Patrick Mahomes who had come back from that embarrassing 444 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: play But if there's a guy in the sixty two 445 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: years of the Kansas City Chiefs slash Dallas Texans that 446 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: comes to mind of thinking powering through it, it's the 447 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: all time leading tackler in Chiefs history DJ, Dereck Johnson, 448 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: the ultimate warrior. And he's a guy that I grew 449 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: up watching. I mean that was like my era of 450 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: being a kid watching Chiefs football is Derek Johnson. And 451 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: we're talking we'll talk later on about making sure that 452 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: you're sure on assignments that you're wrapping up tackles, not 453 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: missing tackles. And Derek Johnson was that guy, all time 454 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: leading tackler in Chiefs history, an absolute legend here in 455 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom. And what a better guy to talk to 456 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: you about powering through it than DJ himself. I caught 457 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: up with him earlier this week talk about powering through 458 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: it and also playing this Titans rushing attack. All right, 459 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: we're joined now by one of my favorite players of 460 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: all time and one of the greatest players in Chiefs 461 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: franchise History's Derek Johnson. And DJ and the theme of 462 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: a podcast here today is powering through And you're a 463 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: great guy to talk to you about this because you 464 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: powered through a lot in your career, not just physically 465 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: as a linebacker, but also mentally. You went through some 466 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: struggles on the football field, but always powered through and 467 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: ended up being one of the greatest players in team history. 468 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: Like I said, when you think about powering through, what 469 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: are some memories that come to mind for you? Oh, 470 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,959 Speaker 1: man powering through that's that. I can talk all day 471 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: about this. I mean, when I think of power through, 472 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: it it's about it's about fighting through adversity, fighting through 473 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: something that doesn't favor you, but when you get through it, 474 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: you'll actually be even better. And that's kind of how 475 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are looked in right now. It's one thing 476 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: where it's like many you know, we were thinking everybod 477 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: be five and one at this time, but at three 478 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: and three. But I'll tell you what they've been. They've 479 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: been through some stuff early on, but it's about peaking 480 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: at the right time. It's more it's more important to 481 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: win in November and December. Trust me that early in 482 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: the year. I'll tell you what man powering through that 483 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: that's that's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. It. 484 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: When I think of powering through I've I've started one 485 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: in five twenty fifteen season with the Chiefs, and I'll 486 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: tell you what. We powered through one and ten or 487 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: eleven straight after that. But it's about getting the right 488 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: pieces together, but getting that chemistry right, still believing in 489 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: what we have in the locker room, and shutting out 490 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: every every other media source that says anything other, dude, 491 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: we think about ourselves. Great things that happened. I mean, 492 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: we have a we have a great nucleus on this 493 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs team, So I'm not worried about that at all. 494 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: The twenty fifteen team is one of my favorite Chiefs 495 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: teams of all time because of that mental toughness that 496 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: you're talking about. Because the team knew that they could 497 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: be better than a one in five start that was 498 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: a total fluke. They knew that they're not a one 499 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: in five team. And to band together and to come 500 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: together and to not just win all those games in 501 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: a row, but to win the first playoff game in 502 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: like twenty years for the Chiefs, it was amazing stuff. 503 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: It was amazing mental toughness. And you kind of talked 504 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: about this just now, but I want to ask you 505 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: about the mental toughness of this year's team, because once 506 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: again we know this is not a three and three 507 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: football team. They're better than that. Some balls haven't bounced 508 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: their way. They've lost some games they feel like they 509 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: should have won. But how do you have a mental 510 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: toughness in the locker room if you're this team to 511 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: know that, hey, we can be better than this. Our 512 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: goals are still all right there in front of us. Well, yeah, 513 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: that's that's what we That's that's what we preach all 514 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: the time. I mean, it's not how you start, it's 515 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: how you finish. But I'll tell you what, man, Football's 516 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: a marathon, it's not a sprint. It's one of those 517 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: things where hey, who we can respond to best after 518 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: adversity will actually be the team that that will be 519 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: hard to stop later on. And that's the plan, right. 520 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: It's one thing to stop a team early, but hey, 521 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: can you stop them when it comes into November and 522 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: December and towards the playoffs. That's that's when things really 523 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: comes together, especially for the Chiefs for the last three years. 524 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 1: But trust me, everybody's gonna get the Chiefs. Everybody's going 525 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: to get everybody's gonna give their best shot. And when 526 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: it comes to the Chiefs because I mean, you see 527 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: the games that they lost. I mean it was like, 528 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: I mean, people want a super Bowl because it's just 529 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: you know, it's one of those things where everybody wants 530 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: to beat the Chiefs and and we've built that over 531 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: the years. But that's a good thing. That's a good thing. 532 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: So we'll get everybody's best shot. But you know what, 533 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: we're strong enough to be that team, to be that 534 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: last team stand at the end of the year, and 535 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: I think I think that late about this year or too. Yeah, 536 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: it kind of feels like every single game is a 537 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: playoff game, certainly for the other team, and the Chiefs 538 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: need to match that intensity every single week. Means that 539 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: they'll be in good shape though in the playoffs two 540 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: roll around that they've been experiencing these kinds of tests 541 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: every single week, so hopefully that does help us team 542 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: here moving forward. Last question for you, I'm just asking 543 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: about Derek Henry because he fits into this whole mindset 544 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: of powering through. The guy powers through opponents quite often 545 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: leads the NFL in rushing yards. He's been a total 546 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: stud throughout his career and particularly this season. As a 547 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: former defensive player from a linebacker, how would you go 548 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: about trying to stop Derrick Henry in this game? We 549 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: know what team defense, team defense, you're talking You talk 550 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: about a big guy that can run fast. I mean 551 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: as far as defensive lignment to linebackers to dbs, I mean, 552 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: everybody has to plug their gaps. I'm telling you, man, 553 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: building that wall, setting the edge on the outside, and 554 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: and corners gotta tackle. You gotta tackle. It's just that 555 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna make you tackle, which is which is which 556 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: is pretty cool, cool, I'm script for you. But at 557 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: the same time, you got to get it done and 558 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: know that the other ten guys, the other eight, nine, 559 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: ten guys are coming. But just hold on, hold on 560 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: and h and and the best way to play defense 561 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: is more than one person around the ball. You got 562 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: to get a lot of people around the ball. Yeah, 563 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: great test for this defense this week. But we saw 564 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: what they could do last week. We see what they 565 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: can do in previous years. Great statement game last week 566 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,719 Speaker 1: for them, and hoping they can build on that here 567 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: in this one. Because if you can stop Derek Henry, 568 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: you can stop just about anybody. DJ. Awesome stuff, man, 569 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Great, Thank you so DJ one of 570 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: my all time favorites. Yours too, But in twenty eight 571 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: years of being the voice of this team, DJ's right 572 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: there near the top of the list of my all 573 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: time favorite players. He could clean up a lot of stuff. 574 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: And speaking of cleaning up stuff and powering through stuff, 575 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: we want to bring up something that's really exciting for 576 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: the entire Chief's Kingdom. We're turning the cold water folks 577 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: turning to cold water washing with Tide, and we're calling 578 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: on you to do the same. It saves money on 579 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: energy bills. That's big. 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And again I use it 599 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: as a noun and as a verb here because of 600 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry and the mentality of the Tennessee Titans. Derrick 601 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: Henry is underrated. It sounds crazy, but he is. He's 602 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: had five thousand rushing yards since the week four of 603 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. No running back in the history of the 604 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: league has ever done that, and the next five behind 605 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: him are all in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 606 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: Because next on the is Jim Brown. Wow. I mean, 607 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: we're looking at the Jim Brown of our time and 608 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry of the Titans. He is a rare breed, 609 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: that's for sure. And we've talked about this all week 610 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: that we don't really see running backs like him anymore. 611 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: We don't only see offenses like this much anymore because 612 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: the running back position nowadays is guys like Christian mcaffrey's, 613 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: guys like Clydeubwards, Hlaire, Alvin Kamara, Darren Sprowles, Guys that 614 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: are athletic, they can be hybrid receiver running backs. Basically, 615 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 1: they're shifty, they're very quick. That's what we're seeing a lot. 616 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: We're not seeing the big, giant, bruising Jim Brown running 617 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: backs much anymore except in Tennessee. And Derrick Henry is 618 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 1: a guy that I'm sure makes Jim Brown proud. You 619 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: mentioned some of his numbers this season, seven hundred and 620 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: eighty three rushing yards going into Week seven. I mean, 621 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: that's insane. He's two hundred and sixty rushing yards ahead 622 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: of second place because he obviously leads the NFL. The 623 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: guy's amazing. And the thing with him, and speaking of 624 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: powering through it, is that voters keep giving him the 625 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,120 Speaker 1: football and he's not going to run for ten yards 626 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: every single time. And look what he did against the 627 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. He had twenty carries in that game. On 628 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: nineteen of those carries he picks up sixty seven yards. 629 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: So that's three and a half yards per carries. If 630 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: you're the Bills, you're feeling pretty good. Okay, we're stuffing 631 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, but you can never take a playoff against 632 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: this dude because when you do, all of a sudden, 633 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: he breaks off a seventy six yard touchdown run in 634 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: the first half and that ended up being the difference 635 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: in the ball game. So Derrick Henry, they're going to 636 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: keep throwing him at the Chiefs over and over and 637 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: over again. And we've seen kind of two sides of 638 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 1: this coin and twenty nineteen. In the regular season, he 639 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: ran all over the Chiefs, but in the AFC title game, 640 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs contained him, kept their focus throughout. He never 641 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: had a big run in that game, and they got 642 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: to make sure they replicate the latter, hopefully in this one. 643 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: I don't care where you are listening or watching to 644 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: this podcast. Defending the Kingdom brought to you by three 645 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: sixty Vodka, by the way, the official vodka other Chiefs 646 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: Kingdom in the hometown Kansas City Vodka. Did you ever 647 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: play like Tackler got the ball? Get the neighborhood kids together? Right? 648 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: We all did that, right, didn't you do that even 649 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: in a stone in Latfia. Yeah, and then that kid 650 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: showed up and you're like, oh no, it's that kid. 651 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: And then he always is the ball and ten kids 652 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: pile on him and can't bring him down, and he's 653 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: like you're you're you know, bumping into acorns in the 654 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: in the tree and you're like knocked out and this 655 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: kid just can't get him down. Or you can play 656 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: middle school football in smith Center, Kansas is a little 657 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: bit you know, Spindley, seventh grader or whatever and trying 658 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: to put EyeBlack on and spat your shoes because that's 659 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: what they do on TV. And then the dude shows 660 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: up that is the early maturation guy, the eighth grader 661 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: that has underarm hair, right we all know and that 662 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: and that guy, and you're like, oh my god, I 663 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: gotta tackle this guy. And you grab him by the leg, 664 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: going we'll help, he'll help here, it'll help. And then 665 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: you get him maybe tackled a couple of times, and 666 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: then you have to do it again and again and again. Yeah, 667 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: that's what he did. In the Buffalo Bills. You alluded 668 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: to it the fact that his average yards per carrying 669 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: the first quarter, meaning Derry Henry. Who's the big kid 670 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: coming in to play tackle the guy with the ball 671 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: in the backyard. Oh, that kid's coming. He's under four yards, 672 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: which is the average in the national football He really 673 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: almost under three. He's six yards to carry in the 674 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, he wears you out. Yeah. Well, remember justin Verlander, 675 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: his thing was always that he got better as the 676 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 1: game went on, like he was throwing him in the 677 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: first Yeah, that's what Derrick Henry is like. And it 678 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: shouldn't work that way because you think are running back 679 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: getting hit over and over again, that you get tired 680 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 1: over the course of a game. But his size, his 681 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: combination of size, strength and speed should shouldn't be allowed. 682 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: And he has that when defenders simply don't. And the 683 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: reality is he tires out defenders to the point where 684 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: when the fourth quarter rolls around, he's still feeling pretty 685 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: good and the defense is like, man, we gotta keep 686 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: tackling this guy. And we've seen that throughout his career. 687 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: The most incredible stat that I can say about Derrick Henry, 688 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: that when you look at it just doesn't make sense, 689 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: is that the only player that has more fifty yard 690 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: touchdowns than him since twenty seventeen is Tyreek Hill. Tyreek 691 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: has fifteen and we all know that, like we use 692 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: that stat all the time. Tyreek is a big play 693 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: machine and you can do it in so many different 694 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: ways as a return man, as a wide receiver, can 695 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: even line him up in the backfield. But Derrick Henry 696 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: has thirteen fifty yard touchdown since twenty seventeen as a big, 697 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: bruising running back going through the tackles, and it's crazy 698 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: and we've seen that time and time again, and you 699 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: just can't let him break free for the big play 700 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: because it changes games and it's excellent. You bring that 701 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 1: point up. He has two this year. He has one 702 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: against Seattle and one the other night against Buffalo. And 703 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: the reason I say that, if you're Tennessee, you're thinking 704 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: you've got to get to thirty points. Yeah, because people 705 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: say you can't run it. You can't do it like 706 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: Tennessee does it anymore. You've got to throw the ball right. 707 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: There's twice as many three hundred yard passing games this 708 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: year as there are hundred yard rushing games. But if 709 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: you have this guy, Derrick Henry, the big kid in 710 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: the backyard, you're trying to play tackle the ball with 711 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: is the fact that they get chunk and big plays 712 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: from him. I went back and looked it up. In 713 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: thirty eight games the Titans have had. In their last 714 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: thirty eight games, they have scored thirty or more points 715 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: exactly half nineteen times nineteen thirty points or more nineteen less. 716 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: In the nineteen they've had thirty points or more eleven 717 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: of the nineteen Derrick Henry had a play or two 718 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: of thirty five yards or more. So you mentioned and 719 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: it's great that you bring up Tyreek Hill run Wash 720 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: gets singled against the guy and run like the Cleveland play, 721 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia play. More you give it to Derrick Henry. 722 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: The same thing's happening. Yeah, it's just doing it in 723 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: a different way. It is. And the thing with me 724 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: with Derrick Henry as well, is also a third down 725 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: third downs very important and keeping the Titans in long 726 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: third downs because he's going to get the big play 727 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: every once in a while for sure, but you can't 728 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: let him get six seven yards on first or second down, 729 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: because if you look at the Titans third down conversion 730 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: rate this year, it's not very good. Then near the 731 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: bottom of the league at thirty eight point eight percent. 732 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: But when they're facing third and four or less, they 733 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: are near the top of the league, they're converting seventy 734 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: percent of those, when many other teams are not. It 735 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: seems like that would be kind of an easy distance, 736 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: but many teams are lower than that, and the Titans 737 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: are doing it almost with ease because they hand it 738 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: to Terrick Henry and that guy can get four yards 739 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: in his sleep. So big plays are very important, but 740 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: also making sure that you're staying on your assignment, being 741 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: technically sound and wrapping him up, not letting him break 742 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: free for another couple extra yards, because you want to 743 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: get this team off the field. Just like teams are 744 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: trying to make sure they're trying to limit Patrick mahomes 745 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: drives offensively, you want to limit Derek Henry's drives offensively 746 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: because they can eat up clock, they can eat up yards, 747 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: and before you know it, the second quarters over and 748 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: you've had the ball one time. You can't allow that 749 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: to happen against this team. Just a different way of 750 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: doing it. But Tennessee he's doing it and nonetheless, so 751 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: again here we go trying to power through it. The 752 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs did it in the second half last week against 753 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: Washington and all three phases. They will power through it 754 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: against power in Derrick Henry, who is the big kid 755 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: in the backyard who shows up playing tackle the guy 756 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: with the ball. Here we go, brother, last time the 757 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs were there, they lost this game thirty five, thirty two. 758 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: Then they peeled off nine straight wins and won the 759 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. So all right, here we go. It's the 760 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs against the Titans, and the Chiefs will try to 761 00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: power through it. All set down and the celebration begins 762 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: in their head.