1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. When you get out 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: the game, they can play Michael one touchdown, Kansas City. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: The Chiefs all right, in the thick of it, baby, 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: you wanted it, You've got it. It's defending the Kingdom. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: And we are back everybody on Mitch Alter's Voice to 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, along with Matt stat himself, the Chiefs reporter, 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: Matt mccollan, And it has been a flurry of activity, 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: especially over the past three weeks. But here we are, Matt. 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna jump back into it and get after it. Yeah. Yeah, 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: it's been a crazy couple of months. It was almost 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: two months ago exactly we had our last show preview 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship Game. A lot has happened since then. 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: Of course, February is kind of a slow month for 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: us after losing the AFC title game, but March was 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: just as crazy as February was not crazy. And the 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: AFC West, the whole AFC. Everyone's trying to load up 17 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: and catch the Chiefs, but we don't think they will. 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: But lots of news going on over the last several weeks, 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: and we'll try our best to talk about as much 20 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: as we can. We got a lot to recap here, 21 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: and if you haven't seen it, I was on with 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Ceciliana last week on the NFL Network and I 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: got asked the question, has the AFC West passed the 24 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: Chiefs up? And as you know, if you've seen it, 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: the fur got up on the back of my neck. 26 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: But you can go back and find that. You can 27 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,639 Speaker 1: find it various places. But this episode of Defending the Kingdom, 28 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: we're going to go in three different directions. The first 29 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: direction is what I call Spider Man jammies. You get 30 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: to that in a second too, is we're going to 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: spend some time with Mark quiz Valdes Scantling the new 32 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs formerly of the 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. And then thirdly, new windows. Sometimes springs 34 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: meet gets window replacements. Well, a new window has flown 35 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: open for the Kansas City Chiefs, so get ready for that. 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: But before we dive into this into the deep end 37 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: of the pool, we have heard from the Kingdom, which 38 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: means we've heard from all around the world. So the 39 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: last episode we did the AFC Championship Game episode, as 40 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: always we said, hey, let us know where you're listening. 41 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: Let us know where you're watching us, and we got 42 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: a whole bunch, I think, more than we ever have. 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: And just because we went on hiatus for two months 44 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: doesn't mean we forgot about this. So I have five 45 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: pages of people listening all over the world that I'm 46 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: going to read, So get comfortable and bear with me 47 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: here and we'll start with our international listeners. So we 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: have Hovey in Argentina and Rique from Mexico City, Jay 49 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: from the Philippines, Cal in Saudi Arabia, Gail and Oxford, UK, 50 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: Charles at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. Pretty cool, 51 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: Adam and Turkey. He also shouted out his uncle Scott 52 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: and Kelly as well. We have a fan in Singapore, 53 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: a fan in Canada, a fan in India, Ali from 54 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: South London, England, Hector in Mexico City, another fan from England, Amy, 55 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Julian and Ruby from Santiago, Chile. And a fan from 56 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: the UK who came over with the Arrowheads abroad a 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: few years ago. Now, lots of people all over the 58 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: country as always, So we have Ravenna in Charleston, South Carolina, 59 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: a fan since nineteen sixty four, Tyler and Windsor, Connecticut, 60 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: and some of these have planted their flag right, Oh yeah, 61 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: I've claimed the sovereignty of their area for the Chiefs King. 62 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: We'll get to that. There's plenty of those we were 63 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: early on in this process. We also have a fan 64 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: in Fresno, California, Jimmy and Wendy from Sedalia, Missouri, Whalon 65 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: in Salt Lake City. Then another fan from Utah, Destiny 66 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: in San Diego, red In Arkansas, Brett and Casey kay 67 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: Eric in Warrensburg, Missouri, Denise and Saint Louis, David and Canton, Georgia. 68 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: A fan from Blue Springs Raymond in Leadville, Colorado, Justin 69 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: and Upstate New York. And he was mentioning how that 70 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: was right after the thirteen seconds spills game and he 71 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: was just flying his Chiefs flag proudly and wasn't very 72 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: well liked, but we support you Upstate New York, Mark 73 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: in Juan, Oklahoma, Jeremy and Carrolton, Texas. He's a repeat listener. 74 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: Jim and Sedro Woollee Washington, Justin and Lebanon, Missouri. Nick 75 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: in the Tri Cities, Washington. I worked some Tri Cities 76 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Dust Devil's games back on the day when I worked 77 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: in minor league baseball. Yeah, Nicki in Hannibal, Missouri. A 78 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: fan in Rockford, Minnesota, Charles in Unionville, Missouri, Keith and 79 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: Saint Louis, Gilbert and California, Louis and Washington. A fan 80 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: in mountain View, Wyoming. Mike from Lincoln, Nebraska, Kevin from Aiken, 81 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: South Carolina. Daniel in Seymour, Missouri, just east of Springfield. 82 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know that area. A fan in Joplin, 83 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: David and Louisville, Kentucky. Chris and Bloomfield, New Mexico. A 84 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: fan from California, Derek and that Providence, Rhode island Mark 85 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: from Idaho Springs, Colorado. Gary from Topeka. We've shouted out 86 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: Gary before. Chris and Yorba Linda, California, Shiski and Hampton, Virginia. 87 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: Mary and Patricia in Weathersfield, Connecticut. And Ronda in Virginia. 88 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: Now you mentioned the people planting their flag all over 89 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: the Kingdom, which challenge you to do it. Yeah, claims 90 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: sovereignty for the Kingdom exactly. We have provinces all the 91 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: hope for the Earth. It started with a fan in 92 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara, California. They were gonna say, hey, this is 93 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: Chief's Kingdom west right. While I encouraged every body, as 94 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: you just mentioned, it's like, let us know where you're 95 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: listening and claim it for the kingdom. Well everyone did that, 96 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: and we have several more here. So we have a 97 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: fan that has declared themselves the duke of their county 98 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: in chief's Kingdom. We don't know where this is, but 99 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: they are the Duke of their county in chiefs Kingdom. 100 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: Frank declared the island of Kawai'i, so, of course one 101 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: of the Hawaiian islands as arrowhead far far West. Mark 102 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: declared Thailand as Arrowhead far far southeast. Susan declared Costa 103 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: Rica as Chief's Kingdom further south. Joel declared La Paz, 104 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: Bolivia as chiefs Kingdom South America. Terry declared Queensland, Australia 105 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: as Kingdom down Under. And now we have some repeats 106 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: because obviously there's only so many directions, right, so nothing 107 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 1: wrong with repeats. You guys can figure this out for yourselves. 108 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: We have Jordan declared Tokyo, Japan as arrowhead far far East. 109 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: A fan also declared Yokohama, Japan as Arrowhead far far East, 110 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: and actually Pat Mahomes, So Patrick Mahomes, Dad, So the 111 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,119 Speaker 1: baseball player pitched in Japan. I didn't know. That's pretty cool. 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: That is arrowhead far far east. Then we have four 113 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: arrowhead North, so we have Carlos and Hertford, Connecticut, a 114 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: Fan in Omaha, Nebraska, Mark and Glasgow, Montana, and then 115 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: Andy in Minnesota. That's all Arrowhead or Kingdom North. Oay. 116 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: We have three Northeast. So Eric declared Brooklyn, New York, 117 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: Pamela declared New Jersey, and then Billy in Providence, Rhode Island. 118 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: They all have either Arrowhead or Kingdom Northeast behind enemy 119 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: Lions or the Patriots. Exactly, exactly, we have lots of those. Actually, 120 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: we have another one I'll get too here in a moment. 121 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: We have two centrals. So Norma declared Independence as chiefs 122 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: Kingdom Central, and Tony in Fulton, Missouri claim that as 123 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:47,679 Speaker 1: Kingdom Central, and then Richard declared Dallas as chiefs Kingdom Texas. 124 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: Jimmy declared Waco, Texas as Kingdom I thirty five Deep South. 125 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: I like that. Rob declared raw Let, Texas as chiefs 126 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: Kingdom Deep South. Derek Johnson would like the Waco one. 127 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: By the way. Yeah, o high lion, So yep, here 128 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: we go. We've a fan in Midland, Texas declared West 129 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: Texas Kingdom. I just hear Friday night lights like you 130 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: from Midland. You know we have we have Terry. She 131 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: declared Aurora, Colorado as Mountain time at kingdom almost at 132 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: the end tier. We have three Northwest, so we have 133 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: a fan in Burnaby, Canada declared Arrowhead Northwest. A fan 134 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: in Portland, Oregon. They decided to secede from Seahawk Nation 135 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: in their Portland Kingdom Northwest. And then Stephen declared Lewiston, 136 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: Idaho as Arrowhead Pacific Northwest. We have Matthew. He declared 137 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: Rock Island, Illinois as Arrowhead Prime. It's kind of cool. 138 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: Eduardo declared port of Villarta, Mexico as Chiefs Kingdom Mexico. 139 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: Rosta and their fiance Rachel declared Calabash, North Carolina as 140 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: the Kingdom in Carolina. Kind of like that, it's unique. 141 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: And lastly, Zulu declared Las Vegas as Kingdom Southwest. Well, 142 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: that's definitely behind enemy territory being in Vegas. Next challenge 143 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: would be if someone would let us get to send 144 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: us a photo of this authenticated either from the International 145 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: date Line or the equator. Okay, because we're claiming all 146 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: points of the Earth. If we had some antarticle though 147 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: didn't we at one point? If we had, we've had 148 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: and it's the one place we have not wide open territory, 149 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: a penguin or something. You know, Yeah, we need something. 150 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: If you're in Antarctica and claim it for the Chief's kingdom. 151 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: But next would be if you're on the International date line, 152 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: stop show us a picture. It's saying you're there, or 153 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: the equator, anywhere point the equator. You know. I did 154 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: a similar thing once. My dad and I used to 155 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: throw the baseball and play catch in different places around 156 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: the world than we did it in Ecuador over the 157 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: equator once. It's pretty cool. That's why you're the match dad, 158 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: see you just you've done things if none of us 159 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: have ever done. Okay, playing catch on the equator, that's 160 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: always good. Let's jump in now to this get into 161 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: the meat of the matter here. Let's start with what 162 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: I call spider Man jammies free agency and what it's 163 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: become of the National Football League and not just the 164 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: ringing the bell like the New York Stock Exchange. To 165 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: start the frenzy. Oh, now we have the twenty four 166 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: to forty eight hours legal tampering, which causes everybody to 167 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: lose their mind, and then free agency starts. But what 168 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: I call it Spider Man Jamie's because to me, this 169 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: is the equivalent of Black Friday shopping after Thanksgiving. Right, 170 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: people can't get it online or they're told they can't 171 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: get it online, so they're gonna line up outside of 172 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: the store at three am, and the store doesn't open 173 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: on nine, but they're gonna wait six hours and go 174 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: through fasting and having Sterno cans just to wait to 175 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: get into the store to get a Spider Man Jammie. Now, 176 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: you can get them a week later at twenty percent less, 177 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: or get them on sale after January, but you gotta 178 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: have it on Black Friday. You catch my drift here 179 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: right or heading the electronics and headed for the latest 180 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: gadget to get it. But that to me is what 181 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: NFL free agency is like. In the first four or 182 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: five days, and we saw, particularly the AFC West, go 183 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: absolutely crazy. Yeah we did. Also, legal tampering is kind 184 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: of an oxymoron, it seems like that. Yeah, But but but 185 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: we saw a lot and we're just refreshing, be not speed. 186 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: People drive safely except the twenty four hours in advance 187 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: of that. You can just drive however fast you want. 188 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: I don't get it, but it's turned into craziness. Yeah, 189 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: well we saw that across the league, and we're just 190 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: refreshing Twitter like everyone else, trying to see where these 191 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: guys are ending up. And we mentioned how the AFC 192 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: West and the AFC as a whole is maybe a 193 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: bit tired of seeing the Chiefs host the AFC title 194 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: game every single year and years exactly, and they're doing 195 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: whatever they can in free agency to find a way 196 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: to catch up to the Chiefs. So we saw the 197 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: Chargers trading for Khalil Mack, signing JC Jackson to a 198 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: huge deal, making a lot of moves along the defensive line. 199 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: So the Broncos of course trade for Russell Wilson and 200 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: do some other things like get Randy Gregory, and then 201 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: you know the Raiders of course signing Chandler Jones, signing 202 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: Max Crosby to a big extension, and trading for Davante Adams. 203 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: So these teams in the AFC West and in the 204 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: AFC as a whole, we saw what the Bills did 205 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: going after von miller Um. They're trying to load up 206 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: and get all their horses to see what they can 207 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: do in the season gets here. It's gonna be a 208 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun. I know a lot of people are 209 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: saying that the AFC West could be the best division 210 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: in NFL history. We'll see if it plays out that way. 211 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: But as you mentioned on NFL Network just a few 212 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: days ago, who's the six time defending AFC West champion, 213 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: who has Patrick Mahomes and coach Reid? We do, so 214 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: it should be a lot of a lot of fun 215 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: seeing how this all plays out. But they're coming for us, 216 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: for sure. They're doing what they can in free agency 217 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: to try to come after the Chiefs. And it's not 218 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: as if the Chiefs have just set on the side 219 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: and go, oh okay, just let us know when this 220 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: is all over, because the Chiefs have been active as well. 221 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: Now let's talk about the cost here. This is Spider 222 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: Man Jamie's right on the Friday of Black Friday, and 223 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: you're paying one hundred bucks for the Spider Man Jamie's 224 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: whose eyes light up. That's what it feels like like, Really, 225 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: we're going to spend one hundred bucks on that. Now, 226 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: this is some why spending. However, with the salary cap 227 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: rat keep in mind it's like your credit card. You're 228 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: still gonna have to pay your credit card bill. The 229 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: Raiders Davante Adam Steel is one hundred forty one million 230 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: dollars over five years, basically twenty eight million a year. 231 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: Took the market of wide receivers up. Would get to 232 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: that in a second that you mentioned the Max Crosby redo, 233 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: really good player, tough the block, high energy, fifty three 234 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: million guaranteed guaranteed, not funny money guaranteed for the Chargers. 235 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: Two deals forty million dollars guaranteed for both Mike Williams 236 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: and a good corner in JC Jackson really good in 237 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: New England fourteen million guaranteed. And you mentioned the Russ 238 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: Wilson deal that also included losing draft capital and sending 239 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: players like no Offense off to a Seattle to play 240 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: for the Seahawks. It does not come without cost, and 241 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: we have seen it, the Chiefs have gone through it. 242 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: When you do this, it's to me it's an all 243 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: in for twenty twenty two and twenty three maybe, but 244 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: there is cost here, yea. And when you do it, 245 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to deal with it at some point. Well, 246 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: And what we're seeing is these teams, notably the Bills, 247 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and the Raiders to an extent, are trying 248 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: to take advantage of not paying the quarterback a ton 249 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: of money right now. And when you have Justin Herbert 250 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: on their rookie deal, you haven't given them their big 251 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: mega extension yet. You can afford to pay a lot 252 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: of these players. But yeah, and we've gone through that 253 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: right sure, Yeah, and we enjoyed it, just the normal 254 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: laps around the track we talked about. Yeah, but how 255 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: does the team handle the second portion of that once 256 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: you pay your quarterback? And that's what we're seeing the 257 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: Chiefs handle right now, and I think handling it in 258 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: a very forward thinking way. I think we'll get into 259 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: that later, but it'll be interesting to see these contracts 260 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: for teams like the Bills, when you give von Miller 261 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: all that money, or the Chargers, when you give all 262 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: that guaranteed money to players, how that affects them in 263 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: a couple of years. And that story will write itself. 264 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: But a lot of competition for sure in the AFC 265 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: part of the correction here, for the Chiefs too, and 266 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: dealing with that because they are in the So what 267 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: we call the second lap of Patrick Mahomes career and 268 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: now his extension and his bigger contract has been the 269 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: way the Chiefs have started to put together their roster. 270 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: Now we're going to touch on this a little bit 271 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: later in the New Windows portion of this Defending the 272 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: Kingdom podcast, But the Chiefs have been busy. Let's start 273 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,359 Speaker 1: here with Justin Reid, the safety from the Houston Texans. 274 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: A guy who has been highly productive there was highly 275 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: thought of coming out of Stanford. But a physical player, 276 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: an athletic player, ball skills here, and for the most part, 277 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: has been very durable, had some injury issues last year, 278 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: but durable and reliable. He seems to be like a 279 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: safety that compliments one Thornhill very well. And what Steve 280 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: Spagnola likes to do and the fact that he asks 281 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: his safeties. Remember we play three safety nickel a lot, 282 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: or we'll play three safety dimes sixty b's a lot, 283 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: and Reid seems to fit that scheme and the skill 284 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: set that Spags wants. Yeah, super excited for this kid. 285 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: First of all, he's young, He's only twenty five years old, 286 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: so you're investing in the fact that he's going to 287 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: get better over the next several years. But really it's 288 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: three things for me when I look at Justin Reid. 289 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: It's size, he's six ft two hundred and three pounds. 290 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: He's exceptionally athletic and you hinted at that. And also 291 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: he's versatile. He's super He can play all over the place, 292 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: so you can play him at free safety, but you 293 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: can also put him in the box, you can put 294 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: him at slot corner if you need to. He can 295 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: even be your kicker. He sell those videos of him 296 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: and the preseason last year for the Texans, like booting 297 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: a kickoff, and this also shows his athleticism because on 298 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: one of those kickoffs, which first of all, what as 299 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: safety is kicking the ball off like an NFL kicker 300 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: could and actually doing a really good job of it. 301 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: But he also got down the field in coverage and 302 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: made a tackle on one of those kickoffs. So it 303 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: shows just how athletic this kid is. And like I mentioned, 304 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: you're investing in the fact that he's only going to 305 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: get better over time. He made a ton of big 306 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: plays for the Texans in his time there, plays that 307 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: won games for the Texans, particularly in his first two 308 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: years as a player in this league. The Texans overall 309 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: just haven't had a ton of success as a team. 310 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: We all know that. But he's one of the bright 311 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: spots on that group. So really excited for Justin Reed 312 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: to be a member of this defense. He's physical, doesn't afraid, 313 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: not afraid to tackle. Remember the hit he had on 314 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill actually in the playoffs. That was a big 315 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: time hit. To think about a three safety nickel here, 316 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: a quasi safety corner hybrid in sneed. If you have 317 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: Snead Reid in Thornhill, you have got three high level 318 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: athletes in that coverage scheme. All right, let's go quickly 319 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: with Deon Bush from the Bears coming over, great special 320 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: teams guy, eight special teams tackles last year for Chicago. 321 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: Let's jump into these offensive guys. Though, Juju Smith Schuster 322 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: got everybody's attention now, everybody in the Chiefs Kingdom going, hey, 323 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: give us the twenty eighteen Juju Smith Schuster because he 324 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: was phenomenal in that season. Just get him healthy and 325 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: ready to go. But we know the talent's there. Yeah, 326 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: the talent is certainly there. First of all, this guy 327 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: has size. We all know that he's a bigger bodied receiver, 328 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: but he can also stretch the field vertically, particularly in 329 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: that twenty eighteen season where he was so good for 330 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: the Steelers, he could stretch the field vertically with the 331 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: best of him. Where he's really been utilized lately, though, 332 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: is in the short intermediate routes out of the slot. 333 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: So sixty two percent of his targets over the last 334 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: two seasons we're on those short routes between one and 335 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: ten yards from the line of scrimmage. I think if 336 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: teams are going to defend the Chiefs a certain way, 337 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: and we'll see what they do next year with Tyree 338 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: Hill no longer being in the fold for the Chiefs. 339 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: But if you want to open up the middle of 340 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: the field, Juju Smith Schuster is going to live there 341 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: over and over again. And he's the kind of receiver 342 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: that can get himself open. You don't need to scheme 343 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: open Juju Smith Schuster. He's a capable, veteran receiver in 344 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: this league that can get himself open and read a 345 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: defense and adjust accordingly. So I'm really excited to see 346 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: what a healthy Juju Smith Schuster can do in this offense. 347 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: And as we'll talk about with other players, his team 348 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: is adding, it's several veteran capable receivers that know how 349 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: to read a defense and know how to get themselves open. 350 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: And when you have lots of different players that can 351 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: do that, if you're a defense, you can't key in 352 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: on just one guy. You can't key in on Travis Kelsey, 353 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: you can't just key in on Juju Smith Schuster. So 354 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: if he can stay healthy once again, I expect a 355 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: big year from Juju as both an intermediate short game 356 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 1: threat and a vertical threat down the field. Yeah, and 357 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: he's spent around winning football. Was with a high level 358 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: quarterback in Ben roethlisbergerl at the end of his career 359 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, but in eighteen, Big Ben 360 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: was still slinging it. Now the other thing here, and 361 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: will be honest with Tyreek Hill. We know about his 362 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: speed and the wasp and all that, but last year 363 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: only Justin Jefferson was better in third down receptions for 364 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: first down, So who's going to fill that void? Because 365 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: that's the sneaky void. You've got the chain mover basically, 366 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: and these guys all can do that. But Juju Smith 367 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: schuster ability to get open in that second part of 368 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 1: the field is big I think for this team. All right, 369 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: quickly go to Ronald Jones Junior. Now, there are some 370 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: plays that are etched into my brain that I just 371 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: can't see anything else about that. But when we got 372 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: Ronald Jones Junior, it was the throw in the flat 373 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs in the twenty twenty regular season game 374 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: in Tampa. He was outstanding on that play and that's 375 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: his only receiving touchdown. But keep in mind, now we're 376 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: talking a lot of productivity and a tough, physical runner 377 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: that is athletic, kind of in the Damian Williams mood 378 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: here road here. But the fact that you've got a bigger, stronger, 379 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: faster back to compliment the guys that are already in 380 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: that RB room, I think that's the biggest thing. He's 381 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: a compliment in this RB room. And he's not very old. 382 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: He's only been in the league at four years. He 383 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: was like a spirited a longer week. It does. It 384 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: seems like he's been in the league a long time. 385 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: But this kid is still super young in his mid twenties. 386 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: Room to grow, just like a guy like Justin Reid, 387 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: and when you think about what he does best, it's 388 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: in between the tackles, downhill running and the chiefs that's 389 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: an area where they could really use the guy who 390 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: can really do that with effectiveness. Just a season removed, 391 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: of course, from nine hundred and seventy eight rushing yards 392 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 1: and eight total touchdowns while averaging five point one yards 393 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: per carry, that was among the best numbers in the 394 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: NFL for running backs in terms of that yards per 395 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: carry average. I mean, he was their starter for the 396 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: most part until Leonard Furnette really started taking all the 397 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: carries in Tampa back to back seasons with a thousand 398 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage between the nineteen and twenty seasons. So 399 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: he's done this recently. And I mentioned between the tackles. 400 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: Back in twenty twenty, he rushed for seven hundred and 401 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: twelve yards and averaged five point eight yards per carry 402 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: between the tackles. So if you need three or four yards, 403 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: Ronald Jones traditionally has been a guy you can turn 404 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: around and give him the football and he can find 405 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: a way to get that yardage. So I'm excited to 406 00:19:58,160 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: see how he kind of fits in to what the 407 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: just want to do once again with no Tyreek Hill 408 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: on this team anymore. I think the scheme, it's an 409 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: opportunity for the scheme to evolve in a lot of ways, 410 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: and Ronald Jones being part of this team now should 411 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: be an interesting part of that and part of that 412 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: chain moving thing I was talking about. Third and short 413 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: doesn't always necessarily throwing the ball, and so Ronald Jones 414 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: Junior can provide that. The other thing good for Ronald 415 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: Joones Junior and good for the Chiefs is the fact 416 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: that you're not asking him to carry it twenty five 417 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: times or have thirty touches he can get. That takes 418 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: some load off of him and use him when he's needed. 419 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: That actually helps him in his career and helps play 420 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: to his game. All right, now, second part of the 421 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom podcast here is the next piece of 422 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: the acquisitions. That's mark Quiz Valdes Scantling. We played this 423 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: guy twice, played him in nineteen, played him last year 424 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: when the Packers came to Arrowhead and Ghi Field. That 425 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: Arrowhead stayed him on both occasions. But Markus Valdes Scantling, 426 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: when you look at it, and during this podcast, in 427 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: this interview, you'll see I had my boards from when 428 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: we played him. I put him up to the screen, 429 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: but on there you see some of the biggest plays 430 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: in the National Football League of twenty yards or more 431 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: from this guy. He's got speed and size. He led 432 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: the NFL an average depth of target two years in 433 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: a row, last year and the year before that. He's 434 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: six four, two hundred and six pounds, but serious speed 435 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: to go with that size. You really don't find guys 436 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: like that very much who are that big but can 437 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: also stretch the field. If you're trying to find ways 438 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: to replicate kind of what Tyreek Hill did for you, 439 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he is Tyreek Hill, but he can 440 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: do those same kind of things where he can run 441 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: down the field and if you're a safety or a corner, 442 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: you have to acknowledge it and know that he can 443 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 1: get himself open down the field. But also I think 444 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: the part of his game that can grow really in 445 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: Kansas City, and excited to see kind of how he 446 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: does grow is with that size as a red zone threat, 447 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: as a short yardage chains mover. So really excited to 448 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: see what Marquez Valdez Scanley can do in Kansas City, 449 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: and it's been a while since the Chiefs have had 450 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: a guy this fast, in this tall, as you alluded to. Now, 451 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you open up what the Chargers 452 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: do with Mike Williams back shoulder throws, high point plays, 453 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: corner routes in the red zone. But you also got 454 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: the big place seventy five yard touchdown last year at 455 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: Minnesota seventy eight and a seventy two and twenty twenty 456 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: against the Raiders in nineteen to seventy four yard touchdown 457 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: and four catches one hundred fifteen yards against Tampa Bay 458 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Or it could have been Green Bay 459 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: playing the Chiefs in Super Bowl fifty five. We had 460 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: to play a team on their home field. All that 461 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,239 Speaker 1: being said, though, I love it when you and I 462 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: both get the chance to talk to our guys and 463 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to talk to Marquis Valdez scantling, and 464 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: here is that conversation. Well, as we pivot just a 465 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: bit here on defending the Kingdom, we give the official 466 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom Welcome to one of the more explosive receivers 467 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: in the National Football League over the past four years, 468 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: Marquez Valdez Scantling and MVS. Welcome. This is your first 469 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: official welcome really to the Chiefs Kingdom. Welcome, my friend, 470 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 1: thanks up for having me. It's awesome to have you here. 471 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: This is where you were in twenty nineteen on my 472 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: boards getting ready to play the Packers. And here's where 473 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: you were last year on my boards getting ready to play. 474 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: And on these it's like best yards per reception in 475 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: the National Football League. You had five to forty yard 476 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: catchers before we played your nineteen Just about what would 477 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: you tell in the Kingdom? Hey, this is what I'm 478 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: bringing to the table for this team and for this offense. 479 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: I bring a lot to the table into this offense, 480 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: you know. Obviously that's just one of the things that 481 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: I can do. Obviously, when with those sides, I was 482 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: top of the league. So that's why I gets talked 483 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: about the most. But I did a lot of other 484 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 1: things too, So you get a true competitor, and I'm 485 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: excited for the opportunity in this offense, much like you 486 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: had in Green Bay. You're asked to do a lot 487 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: of things at where you play. What would you say 488 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: about folks they say, Wow, he's a great run in 489 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: nine routes. I mean the sky blow right by you 490 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: twenty plus miles per hour. What have you learned in 491 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: this league about route running and being able to adjust? Yeah? Obviously, 492 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: you know, obviously I ran a four three and to 493 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: combine that puts a lot of fear and a lot 494 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: of guy's hearts. So you know, get too many guys 495 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: up in your face trying to press you, and they 496 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: know that you can run by him at any time. 497 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: So obviously you got to learn how to be guys 498 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: in different ways. And I had a great teacher and 499 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: Devin Adams, you know, throughout my four years. And you know, 500 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: I think that connects a better guy to kind of 501 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: show me out to be a pro. You played with 502 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: Aaron the first four years. Now you get to play 503 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: with Patrick. The play after the play I've told us 504 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: going back and preparing when we played you guys, and 505 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: now to have you on our team, there's the play call, 506 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: you've got your route and with those two guys, then 507 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: there's the play after the play. What have you learned 508 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: about adjusting, adjusting to the quarterback and sometimes hey we 509 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: got to go off scripture? Yeah, absolutely, playing with twelve, 510 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: he's the best at it. Um, you know he's great 511 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: at improvising and at a lot of screment same something 512 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't like and get into a whole separate play 513 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 1: you know. And you know we had to learn it's 514 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: the playbook. You have to learn aaran's playbook. And there 515 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: are two temper of playbooks. And so obviously with a 516 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: guy like that, who's that intelligent and seeing it all 517 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: for seventeen years, eighteen years, whatever the number is, he's 518 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,959 Speaker 1: able to get guys into great with us to be successful. 519 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: And so obviously I've seen a younger version of that 520 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: and Pat and I'm excited for the opportunity to you know, 521 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: go and play with the same level of talented guy, 522 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: um and see what he can bring to the table. 523 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: And how much if you've seen watching him from afar 524 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 1: is there's Coach's playbook and then there's Patrick's playbook. Yeah, obviously, Um, 525 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: every every week I'm looking at the exposed to plays 526 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: around the league and you see the Chiefs pop up, 527 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: you know, week out, so obviously doing something right over 528 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: here and see him get out there and you know, 529 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: make all kind of throws and change stuff by the line, 530 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: and you can get guys into great positions. You know, 531 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: he's he's one of the best. What was going through 532 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: your mind, body and soul when there's a discussion with 533 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: your people, thinking where's my next stop here? And you 534 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: were thinking, wow, this Chiefs thing could be real. What 535 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: was going through your thoughts processing? I mean, well, the 536 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs weren't even a thought in my head early in 537 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: the free agency process. Obviously they had a bunch of 538 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: guys that they were, you know, set on. They had 539 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: reached out to my agent, you know, saying that day 540 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: they had some interest. They didn't know, you know, how 541 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: interested I would be in the situation obviously, coming from 542 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: Green Bay, you know, and having the opportunity to go 543 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: back and be hearing Rogers number one target. They didn't 544 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: know how interesting that would be in that conversation. But 545 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: then they made the tray and say, hey, you know, 546 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: we're still circling back to see if you have any 547 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: interest in coming out here. I said, you know, I'll 548 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: listen to what you gotta have to say and get 549 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: on the plane and see what happens and coming home 550 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: as a chief. So it all worked up. How much 551 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: a part of the deal was you get to wear 552 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: eleven again, which is what you were at ucf US 553 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: or USL my bad, bad, bad baby. It was definitely 554 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: a major factor into it. You know, eleven was going 555 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: to be the number I picked wherever I went next. 556 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,360 Speaker 1: That wasn't up for debate. They didn't have it open 557 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: when I was drafted to Green Bay, which is the 558 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 1: only reason why I didn't wear it. Almost changed it 559 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: going into my thirty year, but as I want to 560 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: have to feel bad for all the fans I had, 561 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: you know, got my jersey and I switched my number, 562 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: so I said I wouldn't change my number. Less I 563 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 1: where anywhere else and somewhere else and I'm back in 564 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: back in eleven. Well, there'll be people in the Kingdom 565 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: behind eleven jerseys now with the NVA that's on there. 566 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: So it was eight plus three eleven. Is that what 567 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: you did with the packers? Yeah? Almost Yeah, A good 568 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: way to put it. Well, you could wear it now 569 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: the double ones. That's that's great. Um. And speaking of that, 570 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: you've got an awesome clothing line. Man, you're just going 571 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 1: on your website. That's pretty good. Have you been into 572 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: that like all your life. I've always been in a 573 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: fashion pretty much my whole life, and then me and 574 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: my two best friends we sat at the all partner 575 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: up and and create some some dope stuff, you know, 576 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: sixth Selection sik selection dot com and you know, we 577 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: we just we're doing it, you know, and we want 578 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: to continue to grow this thing as much as we 579 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: can because we're all entrepreneurs all and in different aspects 580 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: of life doing doing great things. Um. The SIK stands 581 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: for Successful Innovative Kings. So that's kind of how we 582 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: got the name. And we're just excited to throughout this 583 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: process to keep it, keep it growing. M Just check 584 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: it out, go to his website and you'll say, WHOA, Okay, 585 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: this guy's a businessman. But you must have got it 586 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: from your mom because she looks like a heck of 587 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,719 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur in Saint Pete and Tampa. Yeah she is, Uh, 588 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: she is. She is the brains behind everything. She's about everything, 589 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: and she can't figure it out. She's gonna find somebody 590 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: who can't figure it out. And I think that's the 591 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: best at treat that my mom has. Um. She's taught 592 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: me so much. She's got me into real estate, she's 593 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,239 Speaker 1: got me into so many different business ventures. Um, and 594 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: she's opened up so many doors for me. She's actually 595 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: the person who got me in touch with my agent. 596 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: So she just she knows everybody everywhere. She's she's just 597 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: the boss, true boss. You're gonna have a kingdom. People 598 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: want to buy stock in your company. Here, go public 599 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: on the stock exchange. Yeah, man, rotis thank you love 600 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: for them to get behind it and go and support 601 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: it in any way they can. And your stepdad must 602 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: be important to you. I mean you mentioned that in 603 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: your formal pressure. It's part of your name. But what 604 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: is your stepdad meant to you? He's meant everything to me. 605 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: You know, I don't even call him step dad. He's 606 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: my dad, you know, that's why I have his last name. Um. 607 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: He's my role model. Um, he's the person I would 608 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: want to grow to be like. You know, in every aspect. 609 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: I think he's a hell of a man and anything 610 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: he would ever need, it wouldn't be a question. And 611 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: the best part about the whole thing is throughout my 612 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: entire life he's our actions for anything, you know, to 613 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: come in and raised me the way he did poor 614 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: me to what you did. I'm forever grateful for him. 615 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,239 Speaker 1: I was excited your mom and dad about you being 616 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: a chief. They were very excited. My mom was a 617 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: little more excited than my dad was excited, to be honest. 618 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: Only a few times and she was super excited. Um, 619 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: so I'm just I'm happy that it made them happy. Okay, 620 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: we'll close it out this way. You've played twice. I 621 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: showed you the boards, but both of those times you 622 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: played at Arrowhead Stadium. And I've been to Lambo so 623 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: many times. It's a special place. But now Arrowhead as 624 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: your home? What does that mean to you? And knowing 625 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: it's rare that an NFC guy would play in this 626 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: AFC stadium twice in a span of nineteen in twenty one, 627 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: twice in three years, what did you learn about Arrowhead 628 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: And how much does it fire up you think I'm 629 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: gonna this is my new place? Well for starters, I 630 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: love the love the grass. Definitely one of the better 631 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: grasses in the NFL, believe it or not. I played 632 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: in a lot of football stadiums and I love I 633 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: love the grass, and that's a huge fact into it. Um, 634 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: you know the Saints. I was a little afraid because 635 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: it is Harry not gonna lie, But I love the grass. 636 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: And then that stadium gets loud. I obviously got on 637 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: the other the other side of it, you know, and 638 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: uh that that thing gets loud, and I'm super excited 639 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: just to be a part of that. It's going a 640 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: lot of touchdowns in there, and you know, the more 641 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: lambo leaps. But we'll definitely get some some figured out 642 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,959 Speaker 1: to celebrate. Oh yeah, they'll wait for your new kingdom. Man, 643 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: They'll they'll do it some way. It's incredible to have 644 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: you here. It's awesome to have you here. And the 645 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: best news for everyone is you're back in eleven. Man, 646 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: turn it loose. Yes there, all right, congrats brother, and 647 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: we'll see you soon. Man. Welcome to the kingdom again. 648 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate it. So interesting sometimes the number thing, 649 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: it's a big deal that he's gonna wear eleven. Yeah, 650 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: like that's one of the big reasons I came to 651 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: Kansas City. It's like what that in the field. He 652 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: loves the field, he loved playing on the Bermuda Rye 653 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: grass mix at gha field at stadium. It's if you 654 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: would never think about I mean, we're not NFL athletes, 655 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: we don't think about these things. But yeah, the number 656 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: is very important with some of these guys. It's very 657 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: important to MVS and the grass. I mean, it's just 658 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: so interesting that he goes out there and he realizes, 659 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: I like this grass. And he was talking about because 660 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: New Orleans was another city he was considering going to 661 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: and he didn't want to play on the turf in 662 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: New Orleans, and he was comparing that to what the 663 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: grass is like here, and pretty cool. I had never 664 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: thought about it before, but I guess that's an advantage 665 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 1: trying to recruit free agents. Is our grass, thanks for 666 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: Travis Hogan and all our people that work on that 667 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: field all year long. But it's an advantage. And if 668 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: Mark Quisveldo's scanting blows up here, as we all hope 669 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,959 Speaker 1: he does, it just might be the playing surface at 670 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: GHA field at Earlhead Stadium. All Right, to close out here, 671 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: the third part of our podcast Defending the King and 672 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: podcast is new Windows. The new window that's open. People 673 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: want to think that was kind of the Siciliano interview 674 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: a little bit alluding well, the Chief's windows closed. Goodbye. 675 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: See now you guys are done. Who woa, whoa whoa 676 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: whoa whoa? Because I answered, I said I'm gonna answer 677 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: question with the questions the quarterbacks, still here? Is the 678 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: head coach still here? This head coach has won nineteen 679 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: playoff games. The other three AFC West coaches, I respect 680 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: them all. Remember Nate Hackett when he was a ball boy, 681 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: tells you how old I am for the Chiefs. He 682 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: was a ball boy for the Chiefs. But the combined 683 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: total wins of the all three of those coaches in 684 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: the division twenty wins total in their lives. Coach Reid 685 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: has nineteen in the playoffs. We all know he's top 686 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: five in the NFL in the history. He's not going anywhere, 687 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: and he's still got it, and he's that engine is 688 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: per and faster than it's ever you know, hum before 689 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: he's unfull throttle. But now the Chiefs, because of Brett 690 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: Veach and his moves, have opened up an opportunity. Let's 691 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: start with the cap. Room that this thing flunctuates, depend 692 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: on the signings. But when the time that we put 693 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: this podcast together, the Chiefs were somewhere in the range 694 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: of twenty three million under the cap. Under the cap, 695 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: and remember it wasn't that long ago. Everybody's freaking out, 696 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: like how they're gonna get under the cap like you 697 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: know the world's going to blow up. Yeah, it's funny, 698 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,239 Speaker 1: And I was sure by the time this gets out there, 699 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: we'll have already made several more moves and this will 700 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: be instantly outdated. But you know, that's the interesting thing 701 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: about the Tyree Hill trade. And the thing with you 702 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,439 Speaker 1: and I is you and I are Chiefs fans first 703 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: and foremost. We grew up Chiefs fans, and we get 704 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: to work here every day. But we love this team 705 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: as fans just as we do as employees. And when 706 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: we find out Tyreek Hills being traded, of course, at 707 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: first it's hard because we love Tyreek Hill both as 708 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: a player and a person. I took around that. I 709 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 1: think I went through all five stages of grief in 710 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: one day. But of course you end up at acceptance 711 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: and you start thinking about it and you think about 712 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: how we have a generational talent and Patrick Mahomes at quarterback, 713 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 1: we have a future Hall of Fame head coach and 714 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: Andy Reid. We have things in here, ingredients in this 715 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: recipe that most teams do not have. So how do 716 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: you surround him with talent for years to come? So 717 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: you are competing for championships every single year. That's a 718 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: difficult thing to do in the era of the salary cap. 719 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 1: That's why most teams aren't able to do it. But 720 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: I credit Brett Veach for thinking through this and seeing 721 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity to be what the Chiefs are having. This 722 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: great culture that we have in a great quarterback and 723 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: a great head coach and great pieces on this roster, 724 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 1: a future Hall of Fame tight end as one of 725 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: those pieces in finding a way to have at one 726 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: point the most cap space in the NFL and the 727 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: most draft picks in the NFL. And it's hard to 728 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: see Tyreek Hill go. But I think this is a 729 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: situation where it works out well for all parties. It 730 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: works out for Tyreek in Miami, and it works out 731 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs here where they can extend their window 732 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: from being maybe two or three more years with this 733 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,840 Speaker 1: current band of players and then you reset or you 734 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: get ahead of it. You still have a lot of 735 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: great players here and you have a chance to replenish 736 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: through free agency and the draft and to open up 737 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 1: this window for maybe ten years and seven years from now, 738 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: we're looking back at this and saying, wow, that was 739 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 1: a watershed moment where we got so and so and 740 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: so and so and the draft and really set us 741 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: up for success moving forward. So a weird week in 742 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: Chief's kingdom. But I think it's a real opportunity here 743 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: to really, as you said, extend this window for a 744 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: long time and in some ways a luxury, but in 745 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: many other ways is a necessity. That's that second lap 746 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: of Patrick's career. But and I didn't say this on 747 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 1: the interview with Andrew, was how many times do you 748 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: see an NFL team that has won six straight division titles, 749 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: been to the AFC Championship Game four straight years, won 750 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, finished runner up in another one that 751 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: is going into the fifth year after that four or 752 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: six year run. The next year with cap room and 753 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: picks will close this way. You mentioned the draft and 754 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: touched on it and are defending the kingdoms as we 755 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: get closer to the draft, will focus more than the 756 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two NFL Draft. But the Chiefs now have 757 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: how many times you see a team that's been that successful. 758 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: If the Chiefs don't have control over the twenty twenty 759 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,439 Speaker 1: two draft, they're going to have a lot to say 760 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: with what happens with six picks in the first one 761 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: hundred and three and two first, two seconds, two thirds 762 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: and two fours. What it gives a Tabrett Veachan in 763 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: the crew is collateral. Those picks move up or down. 764 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: But now you have collateral cap room. And what the 765 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 1: Chiefs have shown when they've had collateral and cap room, 766 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 1: they're very dangerous in building. That's the new window that 767 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 1: you're putting in this spring for the Chiefs Kingdom. There's 768 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,919 Speaker 1: no window closing. You're just starting a new window. Yeah, 769 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 1: and eight picks in the top one thirty five, I mean, 770 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: so many high draft picks. The Chiefs have to hit 771 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: on these picks, but you're right, they have currency to 772 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: move around if they need to. And you know I 773 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier about how when you have a Justin Herbert 774 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: still on their rookie deal, eventually you have to pay 775 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 1: that player. Right, if the Chiefs can hit on some 776 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,720 Speaker 1: of the players in this draft, some of these guys 777 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: that they're picking in the top one hundred, all of 778 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: a sudden, the Chiefs have young, controllable players around their 779 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: star quarterback who's already paid. Meanwhile, these other teams in 780 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,439 Speaker 1: the AFC that right now, yes are loading up. They're 781 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: hitting a situation where they have to pay their quarterback, 782 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: they have to pay all their stars, and that's where 783 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: this thing could really take off for the Chiefs. So 784 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,319 Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs are going to be competitive of 785 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 1: course this season and this season after that, but keep 786 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: that in mind here that this draft could be a 787 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,720 Speaker 1: real big moment for the Chiefs affecting these other AFC 788 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: teams when they have to start paying their quarterback generational money. 789 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,280 Speaker 1: You're gonna see it here in the next couple of years. 790 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: This draft is a big deal. It's a big deal 791 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, and they bet on themselves, They bet 792 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: on their quarterback, on their head coach rightfully, So I 793 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,439 Speaker 1: think that they can hit in this draft and find 794 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: some really good players that are gonna hopefully bring the 795 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 1: city more championships for years to come. Hall of Fame, coach, 796 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,240 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, quarterback cap room, and picks. That should 797 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: be a warning to the rest of the division, the 798 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:32,840 Speaker 1: rest of the AFC, and the rest of the NFL 799 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs Kingdom isn't going anywhere anytime soon. So 800 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 1: on this podcast, we got it. We heard her from 801 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: around the world, plus Spider Man Jammie's MVS in the 802 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: new window. He's met mcmullanheim Machulti's voice of the Chiefs, 803 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,239 Speaker 1: and we are back. Folks, join us again for our 804 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,560 Speaker 1: next episode of Defending the Kingdom. Touchdown