1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: The old adage is you can't go home again. Well 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: that's not true. In the Chief's Kingdom, you can return home. 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: And on this Defending the Kingdom, we welcome back McCole 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: Hardman to the fold, who says I'm back to the 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: chief Kingdom with a electrifying punt return to help the 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: Chiefs beat the Chargers. Of course, Defending the Kingdom is 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: brought to you by Ticketmaster m coole Hardman takes it 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: at his own fifteen stops waits, comes up to the near. 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 2: Side, breaks a tackle at the forty yard line. M 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 2: coole Hardman midfield gets a block on his feek in 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 2: out of bounds at the charger thirty three yard line. 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: McCole Hardman, welcome back to the Chiefs Kingdom. 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 3: Where you belong. 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: And Hi everyone. 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: I'm Mi Chelda's Voice of the Chiefs along with senior 16 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: team reporter Matt McMullen. This episode is entitled return Home, 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: but back on the Road. And before we talk about 18 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: returning home, let's jump into the satellite that is the 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: mat Stat and take our trip around the world on 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: our own little virtual Defending the Kingdom satellite. 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 4: That was a good segue. That was good We have 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 4: some good ones this week. We have Ryan checking in 23 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 4: from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. All familiar with Bartlesville. 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Phillips the company Phillips, Right, okay, Phillips sixty six. 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: That's Bartlesville. I had no idea. Shout out to Ryan. 26 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Also Oklahoma Christian Con so they have a 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: college there. It's yeah for sure, all right? Ye. 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 4: Shout out to Carro and Mattis from Dortmund, Germany. We've 29 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 4: shouted them out before, but I mentioned it because they 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 4: were here for the home opener against the Lions. Feels 31 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 4: like forever ago now, but seven weeks ago, and they 32 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 4: wrote kind of a memoir about their time here and 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 4: how exciting it was. Of course they would have liked 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 4: to see a win, but they said they had an 35 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 4: amazing time in Kansas City doing all the Kansas City stuff, 36 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 4: and they will be back and we'll see them here 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 4: in a couple of weeks, which is hard to believe 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 4: it's almost here. 39 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: And speaking of that, at the Chiefs Kingdom show this week, 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: a family from Frankfurt, Germany came in for the Charger game. 41 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: Four little kids, right, wow, Yeah, it was like fools 42 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: is even like you know, so they came in because 43 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: they wanted to see it. They're having such a great 44 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: time at the Kingdom Show. They didn't want it to end, right, 45 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: Think about us being little kids coming and they're headed 46 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: back to Frankfurt, Germany, and we'll see them seeing too. 47 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: I wish I've gotten their names. I feel badly, but 48 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: I'm thinking what this family came in for the game? 49 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: Yeah? 50 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a ways away. When I was there in May, 51 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 4: you realize how far away you are. And I think 52 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: it's so cool that people are coming here from Germany 53 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 4: just to experience not just the Chiefs, but to experience 54 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 4: Kansas City. I think it's so cool and that's a 55 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 4: connection that's just now growing and going to continue growing 56 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: here for years to come. Speaking of far away, we 57 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 4: have a listener in Sydney, Australia and a listener in Wollongong, Australia. 58 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 4: Never heard of Wollongong's south of Sydney. I mapped it, 59 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 4: but shout out to both. 60 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: Of you on the coast. Yeah okay, yeah not in Loandon, 61 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 2: New South Wales. Yeah, learned that today. You know the 62 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 2: NFL is gonna have a game there soon, right, they 63 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: sure will. 64 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 4: I always look at the international footprints if you don't 65 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 4: know how this works. So the Chiefs, for example, are 66 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 4: allowed to market in Germany, the Mexico, Austria, and Switzerland. 67 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 4: Those are the only countries internationally the Chiefs are allowed 68 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 4: to market in. Other teams have their own markets too, 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 4: though I think the Rams have Australia and New Zealand. 70 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 4: So I always look at the schedule for future years 71 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: and it's like, this possible we could go one of 72 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 4: these places around the world. 73 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: Now, even those one off ennis like we're playing the 74 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: Eagles this year, right, even a one off game, huh, 75 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: could be against the Rams in Melbourne or Sydney. 76 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: Or sure could get those travel miles. 77 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 4: Russ is in Fresno, California, surrounded by Raider fans, he says, 78 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: but trying his best to convert them. And then lastly, 79 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: I was watching the Kansas City Marathon on Saturday because 80 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 4: one of my best friends, Sierra, was running in it. 81 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: Shout out to her. She finished in like five hours. 82 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 4: I could never do that, but there were Sierra from 83 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 4: She's from from Dallas, South Dakota. 84 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: Dallas, Yeah, South Dakota, Uh huh yeah, right. 85 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 4: Little teeny town. But anyway, watching the marathon, we're just 86 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: hanging out. We went to different locations to kind of 87 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 4: cheer her on, and there was the same guy throughout 88 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 4: the race would see me and say hi and said 89 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 4: he listens to defending the kingdom. So I didn't catch 90 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: his name, but shout out to you and congratulations on 91 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: running the marathon. 92 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: I could he was running the marathon. He was running 93 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: the marathon. He saw me. Hey, I love this. 94 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I could never run a marathon. I ran like 95 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 4: five k's in high school. I can't even imagine doing 96 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 4: that now. So shout out to everyone who ran the 97 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: Kansas City Marathon, especially that guy. 98 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 2: But he had enough oxygen his lungs to shout out 99 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 2: to you. 100 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: It was like no problem at all, Like he was 101 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 4: like on a stroll around the park or something, running 102 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 4: like twenty six miles. I don't get it, but very 103 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 4: impressive stuff. 104 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: That finish line, of course means everything to that twenty 105 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: six point two miles that they run, but it also 106 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: means something to people when they return home. The National 107 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: Football League is interesting that and I remember this, and 108 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: I was talking to McCole about it, but I saw 109 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: his family right before it was the game day. It 110 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: was game day of Super Bowl fifty seven, and I'm thinking, 111 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, he had been dealing with the injury, but 112 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: it was his whole family, right, and it's such a 113 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: great family. In a background, I thought, but what happens 114 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: after today? And then he became a free agent? You 115 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: know that last day of school. Everybody scatters and you're like, 116 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: am I going to see this guy again? Or this 117 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: guy again? And so he signs with the Jets. But 118 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: now McCole is back. And when he ran that fifty 119 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: yard punt return against the Chargers, to watch the video 120 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: if you can go back and find it, to find 121 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: the All twenty two. Watch the reaction of the team. 122 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: It was like their little brother came back home and 123 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: just made the honor roll. It was terrific to see 124 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: the reaction that you can come home again, and how 125 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: happy is McCole Harman to be here? 126 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, really really awesome having McCole back. I can't remember 127 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 4: who told me this. This was years ago when I 128 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 4: first started working in sports, and someone mentioned this that 129 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 4: when a season, whether it be with a championship or 130 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 4: with a heartbreaking loss or whatever it may be, the 131 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 4: cold reality is that team will never be fully together again. 132 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 4: The stars might be back and a lot of the 133 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 4: players might be back, but the entire team will never 134 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 4: be together again, just the way that the business works 135 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: and the way. 136 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 2: That sports work. 137 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 4: And McCole obviously left in the off season, and you 138 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 4: and I are doing our jobs. We get to know 139 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 4: these guys as people, and McCole has always been one 140 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 4: of my favorite guys in this building. He is warm, 141 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: he's funny, he's energetic. He helps us win on the field, 142 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 4: but he's also so friendly and awesome off of the field. 143 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 4: And it's again the business of the NFL. Guys lead 144 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 4: to go elsewhere, and I was happy for him. I 145 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 4: wanted him to succeed in New York. But it's almost 146 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: surreal that now, after six seven months, he's back here 147 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 4: and he right away is making big plays to help 148 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 4: the Chiefs win. I'm just so excited that he's back here. 149 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 4: And whenever he has the football in his hands, he's 150 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 4: capable of making a big play. We saw that on Sunday, 151 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: that fifty yard punt return, and then on third down, 152 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes goes to him to move the chains that 153 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 4: keeps that last drive going. Isaiba Cheko was in the 154 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 4: end zone. One snap later after that third down play 155 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 4: that ice the game, Nicole Harbon helped us win four 156 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 4: days after getting back here. I'm just so happy for him. 157 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, of course, just my thirtieth season is 158 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: the voice of the Chiefs. And I grew up with 159 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: it as a little kid, right, the little kids out 160 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: there in the Kingdom. I was that kid, and so 161 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: were youep growing up with this team. But honestly, I'm 162 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: not sure I've been around a guy that has had 163 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: so many big plays in the history of this team 164 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: that is soone to appreciate it about those plays, uh huh, 165 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: it's really interesting, and a lot of them have been 166 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: like complimentary plays to set up something. His fifty eight 167 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: yard kickoff return. I said this over and over and 168 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: over again. The Chiefs were down twenty four to nothing 169 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: to the Houston Texans. No momentum, zero moment I said 170 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: on the air. All that's going to take is a spark. 171 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: Somebody has to give this team a spark because it 172 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: looked as bleak as it could possibly look. Right, Yeah, 173 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: and peel Oh, it's another playoff loss, and gosh, there's 174 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: teams and all of a sudden. He has a fifty 175 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: eight yard kickoff return, which I loved about the punt 176 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: return the other day. 177 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: I told you this before we started the podcast. 178 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: It was almost the exact path of the fifty eight 179 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: yard kickoff return against Houston. Once McCole had that kickoff return, 180 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: it set up a month long explosion that led to 181 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four. There's countless plays like that and 182 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: McColl chief's career that people don't appreciate enough. 183 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 4: We don't win the Super Bowl without McColl in twenty 184 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 4: nineteen because we don't win that Texans game without McCole, 185 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 4: because you're right, we needed the spark. How about the 186 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 4: thirteen seconds game against the Bills, maybe the greatest game 187 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: of all time? Right, you go back and watch the highlights. 188 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 4: One of the clips you never see is McCole had 189 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 4: that huge little drag route that he took for like 190 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: twenty five yards that set up the game winning walk 191 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 4: off touchdown to Travis Kelce. He never really see that highlight, 192 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 4: but that play set it up and he was playing 193 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 4: hurt in that game. And also, how about San Francisco 194 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 4: last year, So the Niners have dropped two games in 195 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 4: a row before that they had not lost a regular 196 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 4: season game since they lost to the Chiefs in the 197 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 4: middle of the year last year. McCole had like three 198 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 4: touchdowns in that game. We just don't ever really talk 199 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 4: about it. But he's a playmaker, that's what he is. 200 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 4: He makes plays. And I'm just so glad he's back 201 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 4: here in Kansas City and again wasted no time. I mean, 202 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 4: it's not easy to come to a new place, even 203 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 4: the place that you've been before, and contribute right away. 204 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 4: He had been here for four days, one real practice, 205 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 4: two technical practices, goes out there in the next place. 206 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 2: It's awesome. 207 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: His play against the Ravens, it was like an eighty 208 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: yard touchdown. His sixty seven yard punt return against the Dolphins, 209 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: and the COVID year of twenty twenty. I don't know 210 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: why the kingdom has forgotten those plays. And you know 211 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: what's a unique dynamic right now about McCole, Hardman, It's 212 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: almost like he's getting more respect now because he left 213 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: and came back than he had when he was here. 214 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: The other thing is he can also influence the game 215 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: without the ball in his hands. Here's why he brings 216 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: an element on the Chief's laud the Jets sweep the 217 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: flip pass and he gets to the edge. That San 218 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: Francisco game is a great example. He will get under 219 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: the armpit of a speed rusher like a Nick Bosa 220 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: in that case, or and then it sets up in 221 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: respects or it makes defenses respect all the shifts and 222 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: motions that the Chiefs do, because you have to think 223 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: about that speed and quickness getting off the edge. And 224 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: people have said, well, we already have Kadarius Tony. Don't 225 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: overlook the fact that those two could be in the 226 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: game at the same time, and you could. Again, he 227 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: does not have to affect the game with the ball 228 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: in his hands. He can do it just being a 229 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: threat at what he does. 230 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: We were so excited about the prospect of Nicole and 231 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 4: Cadarius being on the field at the same time last year, 232 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 4: but the way it worked out, they never. 233 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: Truly were because we traded for Caadarius. 234 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 4: I think his first game was the Titans game, and 235 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 4: McCole played in the Titans game but was hurt immediately 236 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 4: after that and then only played again in the AFC 237 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 4: Championship game and didn't play a lot in that game, 238 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 4: so we never really saw them on the field. At 239 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 4: the same time when they're both ingrained in the offense 240 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 4: and we might now which is super exciting. You're right 241 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 4: though about the Jets sweeps. His speed is so smooth 242 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 4: around the edge. It's hard to quantify that, but just 243 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: watching it, he can do it like really, no one 244 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 4: else can. His speed is so smooth around the edge. 245 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 4: He doesn't break stride, and he knows how to hit 246 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 4: the hole outside around the edge. That's where he's so dangerous, 247 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 4: and also just stretching the field. You have to respect 248 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 4: his speed deep as well. So again Nicole Harbon back 249 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 4: in the building already making plays and he's only going 250 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 4: to grow on this offense moving forward. 251 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: And people say two jets now because we have Jerke McKinnon. Well, 252 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: part of the allure of these guys is the fact 253 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: that they were both like highly regarded five star quarterbacks 254 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: in Georgia, right, so they both have the tho these 255 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: jets were made in Georgia and create all kinds of opportunities. 256 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: But I love it the fact that you had a 257 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: chance to finally catch up with McCole and people are 258 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: not gonna they're gonna feel the excitement of him being back. 259 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm bummed out that you weren't here for it, 260 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 4: because like a million things are going on today and 261 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 4: we have like a one hour time frame where we're 262 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 4: supposed to do like fourteen things, and it just worked 263 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 4: out where more Mitch had to go do something else. 264 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 4: But I got to chat with McCole just a few 265 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 4: minutes ago, just about football, about life and being back 266 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 4: in Kansas City. He is back, the jet is back, McCole. 267 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 4: Harbin only been here about a week and already making 268 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 4: an impact helping the Chiefs win a game on Sunday. 269 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 4: McCole just, first of all, how does it feel to 270 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: be back in Kansas City? 271 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 3: Excuse me, you do your thing? 272 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, cool, It's great, man. I love being back 273 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 5: with y'all guys. You know all the coaches and you 274 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 5: know the coaching staff, the players, just the atmosphere and 275 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 5: the energy here. 276 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 3: You know, I'm excited to be back. 277 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 4: When you found out you were gonna come back here 278 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 4: and you found out the Chiefs wanted you back, what 279 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 4: were the emotions like initially? 280 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 5: Oh no, it definitely no emotions everywhere, because you know, 281 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 5: you're still had an organization that you still want to 282 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 5: know be a part of. And do things with you know, 283 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 5: obviously it didn't work out, and I just you know, 284 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 5: coming back to your old team, it's like kind of 285 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 5: like a blestment because you don't have to, you know, 286 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 5: relearn nothing. 287 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 3: You know, to like learn new offense. 288 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 5: You ain't got to meet new people in you know, 289 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 5: a new city and you know, get acquainted with certain things, 290 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 5: and just to come back to something that you know 291 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 5: and that you're very familiar with is you know, is 292 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 5: a plus. 293 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 4: There's all the footage of you out there at practice 294 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 4: on your first day of practice I think was Thursday. 295 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 4: You're just dancing with the guys. It's like you never left. 296 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 4: I mean, was it kind of surreal that there was 297 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 4: like this six month gap but you were just right 298 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 4: back where you started right. 299 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 5: No, It's it was just like that moment of energy 300 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 5: that I always have to always bring and I think, 301 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 5: I'm just just gonna continue to bring the energy to here, 302 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 5: the depositive energy and the excitement, and you know, just 303 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 5: do that the best way I can to try to 304 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 5: keep everybody, you know, full of energy. 305 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 4: So and people like on the radio and everything wondering 306 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 4: if you were going to play. In my mind, I'm 307 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 4: like he's definitely playing on Sunday and you made an 308 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 4: impact that fifty yard punt return. Walk me through that, 309 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 4: and then what's it like as a return man when 310 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 4: you make that first guy miss and you hear the 311 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 4: crowd start to get louder and louder, Like, what's that feeling? 312 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: Like? 313 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, So, I mean the fun before I should 314 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 5: have ended up catching, but I let it go and 315 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 5: I thought I was gonna go on the end zone 316 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 5: and actually a great point. 317 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 3: By JK, but it told like, hey go get that man. 318 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 3: I'm like, all right, cool. 319 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 5: So the next one like I'm gonna catch this no 320 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 5: matter what, Like if I get hit, I get hit, 321 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 5: and I had a lot of room. I'm like, oh man, 322 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 5: And then the first person missed. When's that first person 323 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 5: miss Especially when you're in the middle of the field, 324 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 5: It's like, oh yeah, this is like a sixty seven 325 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 5: city chance. I can score this the touch down and 326 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 5: uh just go through my head was like trying to 327 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 5: get to outside and cut back, but I never got 328 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 5: a lane to cut back. 329 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 3: And but fifty yards I'll take it. 330 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: It's pretty good. 331 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 4: Set up the game winning touchdown drive or game ceiling 332 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 4: touchdown drive. You're doing your under the Helmet interview a 333 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 4: few minutes ago. I was listening to it your planning 334 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 4: because Dante Hall was being honored, being putting that you 335 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 4: saw the fame, You're gonna throw up the X if 336 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 4: you scored. 337 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 5: But yes, the plan, Yes, that was the plan, like 338 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 5: I because I didn't know he was getting inducted until 339 00:14:59,000 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 5: like Saturday. 340 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 3: I think I'm like, man, you know, it's trade. 341 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 5: If I returned one man kick off for a punk return, 342 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 5: I should throw the excelf in the zone that it'd 343 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 5: be like iconic type thing, you know, And and I 344 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 5: should have still did it when when I went to 345 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 5: the end zone like celebrating, but I wanted to score 346 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 5: so bad just to just that it came because I 347 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 5: you know, I like Dante actually a good friend. Every 348 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 5: time I say him, we speak, you know, we have 349 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 5: conversation and everything. So definitely one of those guys that 350 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 5: you that I've watched film on and the seen what 351 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 5: he've done back there and how he did certain things. 352 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 5: So definitely somebody you can learn from. But just the 353 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 5: other have been crazy. 354 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 2: Though. Now the punt return is huge. 355 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 4: Obviously people are going to remember that what people might 356 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 4: not remember, and they should is your third down catch 357 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 4: because that extended to drive them One play later, Isaiah 358 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 4: was in the end zone. Were you the first read 359 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 4: on that and had it feel to get the football 360 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 4: in your hands offensively and get that first down? 361 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: Yeah? 362 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 3: Blame Pat. I didn't score. I could have. 363 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 5: I could have ended the game, okay, you know, because 364 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 5: I am the first read on there, and I don't 365 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 5: know what he was looking at first, Probably trave because 366 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 5: he came. 367 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 3: I think traffic came open to as well. 368 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 5: It was kind of like, man, I believe they ran 369 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 5: and I had just a you know, a drag over route, 370 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 5: and if he hit me early in stride, I think 371 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 5: I think I scored right there. But you know, overall, 372 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 5: I just make the catching, you know, first down, and 373 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 5: you know everything. 374 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 3: I guess it's history. 375 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, Isaiah, Now you talked about this a few days 376 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 4: ago at your press conference, but I think a lot 377 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 4: of people don't realize what you had to go through 378 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: last year to get back to the AFC Championship game. 379 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 4: You missed all that time you had the injury. Just 380 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 4: walk me through what that was like, fighting through that, 381 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 4: getting back to the title game and then getting fully 382 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 4: healthy in the off season. 383 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, so it was definitely a struggle because actually I 384 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 5: don't think I said him in the press, but me, 385 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 5: actually Team I drawing was a blessing in the skies. 386 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 3: I don't think I said that. I should have. 387 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: Said it, but that was in the title game that happened. 388 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was ante championship game. Yep. 389 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 5: So going back, I was just, you know, I was 390 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 5: working back as they knew what I was. Nobody know 391 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 5: I was in the hospital or whatever. But after the 392 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 5: hospital and everything and that that rehabbing and actually we 393 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 5: started coming back pretty pretty fast, started running full speed 394 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 5: and things like that. But when I started to practice, 395 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 5: my drawings would go out, or my pelvis would start 396 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 5: locking up, or it would start shifting, or I just 397 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 5: keep getting cramps, and I just never could get fully healthy. 398 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 3: And I never knew why. 399 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 5: I'm like, dang, like you because the doctors are telling 400 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 5: me like every week, you're gonna get better, like You're 401 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 5: just gonna get better, better and better. I'm like, okay, cool, 402 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 5: but I never I never seen that effect until like 403 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 5: the first four or five weeks. Maybe I was getting 404 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 5: better better, better than I just went to a standstill, 405 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 5: and they was kind of was declining in the sense 406 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 5: and I didn't know why. Then finally, you know, obviously 407 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 5: the playoffs get here. I'm like, man, I'm gonna play 408 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 5: in the playoffs. So we had the Bube believe and 409 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 5: then we played the Jaguars. 410 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 3: Jaguars, we beat them. 411 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 5: I'm going to come out the next game against the 412 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 5: Bengals and so we played, you know, did whatever. I 413 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 5: felt good probably seven percent sixty percent, and I'm like, 414 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 5: I'm still gonna play now. On that catch when I 415 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 5: got hit for the first down, I tore my drawing 416 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 5: and actually when I tore my drawing and then I 417 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 5: went to go have surgery and Philly with doctor Myers. 418 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 5: He when he opened me up, he was like, I 419 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 5: had like crazy infected tissue wow under my like what 420 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 5: my pelvits at, Like it was like crazy infected. And 421 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 5: I'm like, dang, that's why I kept feeling like my 422 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 5: rowing and stuff. Like he was like, yeah, like you 423 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 5: was like I had to clean it out basically, so 424 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 5: like instead of me like having like growing repair on 425 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 5: my both sides, he actually repaired my pelvits, like the 426 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 5: tissue that was above my pelvis or wherever it was 427 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 5: at to get the out the infected area out because 428 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 5: it was a mess. 429 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 3: He said. 430 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 5: It was like he said, it was a mess down there, 431 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 5: like I had to really clean you up. And so 432 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 5: usually it was like a simple surgery that really got 433 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 5: a little complicated because he had to clean me up 434 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 5: a little bit. And I didn't know that because I 435 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 5: woke up. I think it was me and Marii Cooper 436 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 5: was there. Uh who else was there? I can't even think, Uh, 437 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 5: somebody else had the same surgery. I think Sauce Gardner 438 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 5: was there. I believe we was all there the same surgery. 439 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 5: But I was kind of like more messed up. I'm like, 440 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 5: why y'all walking and I'm I'm hurting to do whatever, 441 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 5: you know. I kind of figured I was that, and 442 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 5: then but after that they happened, you know, finally went 443 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 5: got the OTAs, didn't do oas training camp, and finally, 444 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 5: you know, didn't get healthy property like a week before 445 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 5: the first game, and then after that I was doing 446 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 5: pretty good. 447 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, well you look pretty good right now and looking 448 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 4: good on Sunday. I want to ask you about the 449 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 4: culture here. And this is nothing against the Jets, because 450 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 4: I have a lot of respect for those guys. But 451 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 4: just now that you've had a chance to go away 452 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 4: and then come back, just what's special about the culture 453 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 4: here in this locker room? 454 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 2: Yeah? 455 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 5: The standard, man is, it's crazy, you know, but you 456 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 5: know when you go somewhere else and actually like here, 457 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 5: so we would have been to like you know a 458 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 5: few super Bowls and so now here, the standard is 459 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 5: is you know, is that is winning is get to that, 460 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 5: you know, and over there is more. So like you know, 461 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 5: we're trying to establish the standard, you know, the culture 462 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 5: will to establish what we're about. So that way we 463 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 5: can you know, play to that and then you know, 464 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 5: and with the mindset of that getting to the big game. 465 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, but like. 466 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: It's already set, it's already established, and that's how we 467 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 5: go about things. Is no you know, working the way 468 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 5: in or we're gonna change is to change that like 469 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 5: when I got back, instead the same thing we practicing, 470 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 5: how we practice, we play, how we play, you know 471 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 5: what I'm saying, And Coach Ree ain't changed. 472 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 3: Nobody changed. Everything is you know, still the. 473 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: Same absolutely, And lastly, playing the Broncos this weekend, I 474 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 4: think your first hundred yard game was that mile high 475 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 4: back in twenty twenty one. It's your thoughts on playing 476 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 4: the Broncos on Sunday. 477 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 5: Looking forward to you know, haven't seen the playbook yet 478 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 5: or the game playing. Hopefully I'm in there a little 479 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 5: bit so I can touch the touch the football a 480 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 5: little bit more, you know, But I'm excited. I love 481 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 5: to playing my Hou's gonna beil a cold game, which 482 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 5: is great. Kind of missed the cold a little bit. 483 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 5: So just been out there with the team again, man, 484 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 5: and you know, play my role, do the best way 485 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 5: I can, and hopefully with a win. 486 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: Well, I'm so fired up year back. Man. 487 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 4: I think about back in twenty nineteen, we don't win 488 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 4: that Texans game without you starting everything with that huge 489 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: kickoff return. Yeah, man, think about the thirteen seconds game. 490 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 4: We don't win that game without you having that huge 491 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: play that set up Travis's touchdown to beat the Bills. 492 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 3: Talk about it. 493 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 5: First of all, That's what I don't like because I 494 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 5: see all the highlights of Trav catching the ball on 495 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: it and it is on the right side. But it's like, 496 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 5: y'all don't show so to play before how we got 497 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 5: down there, like and remind you and remind you I 498 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 5: was hurt too. 499 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 4: Well, I remember that because I interviewed you after the 500 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 4: game and I was like you excited and you're like, 501 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 4: I'm hurting, bro. 502 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 5: I was hurt like I had like a it was 503 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 5: a hip pointer or like something oblique. It was something 504 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 5: where like I had to go in the locker room 505 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 5: to come back out, like I was hurt that bad. 506 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 5: And then literally like three plays later, like they called 507 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 5: the overall I catched it. 508 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 3: I guess that it's like a ten. 509 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 5: And I'm like, if I wasn't hurt out the score, 510 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 5: but hey, can we show this play like you know 511 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 5: this set it up? 512 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 3: But I'm glad you said that. 513 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, of course I remember these things. 514 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 4: And also, so the Niners have lost two games in 515 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 4: a row, and everyone's talking about how the Niners hadn't 516 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 4: lost all these regular season hadn't lost a regular season 517 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 4: games since we beat them last year when you had 518 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 4: like three touchdowns against them. 519 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 2: So yeah, I. 520 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 4: Remember these things. Yeah, CH's kingdom, remember these things. We're 521 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 4: glad you're back. You're my mom's favorite player, you know that. 522 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 2: Ooh hey yeah yeah. 523 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 4: When when we heard your coming back, she texted me 524 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 4: like an All Caps saying like McColl was back. 525 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 3: I'm like, appreciate it moment. I appreciate that. 526 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 2: I appreciate you. Man appreciate it again. 527 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: He's got an infectious personality, but his football skills helped 528 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: this team last year. He talked about it in this presser, 529 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: and you and I were getting the indication that it 530 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: was very, very serious of what he was going through 531 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: last year, and we even heard some you know, it 532 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: could be really bad, but the fact that he was 533 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: trying to get back to that AFC championship game to 534 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: be in the playoff run but to d was really 535 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: kind of a scary ailment. But to see him recover 536 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: from that is now a story that everybody is seeing. 537 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a testament to him. 538 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 4: It's one of those things where the public didn't know 539 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 4: about it until he spoke about it a few days 540 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: ago at his opening press conference last week, and he 541 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 4: kind of laid it all out there, and I think 542 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 4: people will have a newfound respect and understanding for what 543 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 4: he went through because he was just away from the team, 544 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 4: he wasn't practicing. People didn't know, you assume much just 545 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 4: a run of the mill injury, but he was really 546 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 4: going through some stuff and then hurt his groin in 547 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: the AFC Championship game. So he was working so hard 548 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 4: to get back to that game. It meant so much 549 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 4: to him. And to his credit, he made it pack 550 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 4: for that game and played and then got hurt again. 551 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 4: And I was so beating up for him that he 552 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 4: couldn't play in the Super Bowl. But now he's back 553 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 4: in Kansas City and hopefully he can play in the 554 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 4: Super Bowl this year. 555 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: Why not and playing this week because we're talking about yeah, 556 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: you can go home again, right home again, but back 557 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: on the road, and back on the road means going 558 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: to Denver for the second time and essentially a. 559 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 2: Three week period. It's a auditing in the schedule. 560 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: It's happened now and time and again throughout the National 561 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: Football League. But this Denver Bronco team, and I'm going 562 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: to give them some credit here. They beat Green Bay 563 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: last week by a nineteen seventeen score, held US to 564 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: nineteen points in that nineteen six win on that Thursday 565 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: night football game. I'm sounding the alarm this week because 566 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have got to be ready to be on 567 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: their a game to beat a Denver Bronco team that 568 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: is no lost its resolve. That's the best compliment I 569 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: could give this team right now for Denver is they 570 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: believe they can win this game and the Chiefs are 571 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: going to have to beat them to beat them. 572 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, a lot of respect for them right now, because 573 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 4: it would have been very easy after that Thursday night 574 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: game that we played them just a few weeks ago 575 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 4: and beat them, for them to say, all right, let's 576 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 4: trade everybody away, let's just pack it in for the season. 577 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 4: They didn't do that. I mean, this is a team 578 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,719 Speaker 4: that sure is two and five in the standings, but 579 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 4: that went over Green Bay gives them the look of 580 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 4: a team that believes they can turn this thing around. 581 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 4: And the AFC is wide open. I mean, there's seven 582 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 4: spots in the playoffs right Like, they don't think they're 583 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 4: out of it, and they're playing like they don't think 584 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 4: they're out of it, and especially against us, they want 585 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 4: to beat us like it's the most important thing in 586 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 4: the world. So the Chiefs will have to be ready 587 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 4: for this game. This is a team that obviously has 588 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 4: a lot of talent. They've had a lot of bad 589 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 4: luck over the last couple of years. But it'll be 590 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 4: a challenge for sure. 591 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: And can it change in two weeks three weeks really well, yeah, 592 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: the Broncos have a healthier Javan Tay Williams back, and 593 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: he was able to have. Looking at it, he had 594 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: eighty two yards rushing in the game against Green Bay. 595 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: That's the first time he has been eighty yards or 596 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: more since Week thirteen of twenty twenty one. Remember, he 597 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: had the ACL injury. But now he's healthier, better, maybe 598 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: even more impactful perhaps than he was in that Thursday 599 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: night game. They have Baron browningback, who they brought off 600 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: the injury list with the Chiefs. Though, now you're looking 601 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: at Charles and Menaho and you got Mkole Hardman, and 602 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: the Broncers are going, wait a minute, we didn't see 603 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: those guys two weeks ago. But a Mena who to me, 604 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: I got so excited to see what he could mean 605 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: to this defense because this defense, to me, this Chiefs 606 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: defense has not even scratched the surface yet. 607 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, welcome to Kansas City. Charleston min who his Chief's debut. 608 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 4: He has four pressures, played fifty one percent of the snaps, 609 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 4: had a sack, and also had a batted pass that 610 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 4: resulted in an interception in the red zone. I mean, 611 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 4: he was awesome. He's everything that we talked about what 612 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 4: he could be in camp and in his first game 613 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 4: with the Chiefs. He has fresh legs and he was 614 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 4: just incredible last week. Let's keep that going here in 615 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 4: this game against the Broncos offense. That they only scored 616 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: nineteen points last week, but I'll give them some credit. 617 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 4: They found a way to win the game. We talk 618 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 4: about the Chiefs in that sense a lot. We don't 619 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 4: worry about what the stats in the scoreboard are as 620 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 4: long as we win. They find a way to win. 621 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 4: Broncos found a way to win last week. Russell Wilson 622 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 4: played well, completed twenty of twenty nine passes for one 623 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 4: hundred and ninety four yards in a touchdown. Cortland Sutton 624 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 4: had a nice game, had seventy six receiving yards. Jerry 625 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 4: Judy nice game, sixty four receiving yards and big plays. 626 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 4: So Judy had an eighteen yard catch, Sutton had a 627 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 4: thirty three yard catch and an eighteen yard touchdown. And 628 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: you mentioned Javonte Williams, good young player who I think 629 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: is finally getting healthy. But also Julia McLoughlin is a 630 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 4: guy that we talked about going into the last Denver game. 631 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 4: They don't give him the ball a lot, but whenever 632 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 4: they do, he just makes things happen. I mean, last 633 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 4: week he had five rushes for forty five yards, including 634 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 4: a twenty three yard r This dude's averaging six point 635 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 4: nine yards per carry. 636 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: Now. 637 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 4: He has not had more than ten carries in a 638 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: game this season. He had seven carries for thirty yards 639 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 4: against US a couple weeks ago. 640 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 2: But he's a guy to be weary of. 641 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 4: And if you're this Chief's defensive line, if you're this 642 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 4: Chief's defense in general, which going into this game is 643 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 4: the number two scoring defense in the NFL, by the way, 644 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 4: has not allowed an opponent to score more than twenty 645 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: one points in a game all season. Got to be 646 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 4: ready for the challenge of all these playmakers, notably to 647 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 4: start Javonta Williams and Jalil McLoughlin. Not allow Russell Wilson 648 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 4: to have that play action passing game working as well, 649 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 4: because he has the receivers to have big plays. 650 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: One of the things the Chiefs did in to mitigate 651 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: the Broncos attack in that Thursday night game was to 652 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 1: stay away from the big runs. Right now, in this league, 653 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: I believe I've got this right. Only Arizona and Miami 654 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: have more twenty plus runs than the Broncos. Okay, and 655 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: they had three guys that had twenty plus runs in 656 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: the win over Green Bay, the aforementioned Gavonte Williams, the 657 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: afore mentioned Julia McLoughlin, and Russell Wilson. Wilson is still 658 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: fourth in NFL history among quarterbacks in rushing yards. But 659 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: the thing that the Chiefs did to help win that 660 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: game on that Thursday night is something that will be 661 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: paramount in this game Sunday, and that is to slow 662 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 1: down the Bronco runners as receivers if you look at 663 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: what they have done. We know about some ijp Ryme. 664 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: We mentioned him and that before the first match, and 665 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: go back and watch his forty one yard screen pass 666 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: for a touchdown with the Bengals against the Chiefs in 667 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: that AFC Championship game in twenty twenty one. But these 668 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 1: guys have had big passing plays as a runner. So 669 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: what does that do that gives the Broncos a chance 670 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: to even have like a one wide receiver look without 671 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: being Courtland Sutton, who had six targets against the Chiefs, 672 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: six targets in the game you mentioned and leaven go 673 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: with two running backs at the same time. We talk 674 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: about McCole and Kadarius being together at the same time. 675 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: The Broncos can do that and have a threat to 676 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: run it and to throw it. I just think there's 677 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: issues here that the Chiefs have again got to be 678 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: on their a game. You cannot look pass this game 679 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: if you remember the Chiefs kingdom and then defensively with 680 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: Nick Benito and what he's been able to be disruptive 681 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: and hack the ball out mentioned Baron Brown comeback. The 682 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs were one of five in the red zone against 683 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: this team in that game on a Thursday night football. 684 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: And so here's an interesting stat. Green Bay in this 685 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: game on Sunday had what seven different guys catch passes, 686 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: but none for over thirty yards or more. It was 687 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: nuts or it might have been ten guys. I think 688 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: it was ten guys. That goes back to nineteen fifty, 689 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: meaning it was the Broncos that prevented the big play. 690 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: So going into this game, there's enough there on the 691 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: plate for the Chiefs to take care of them, to 692 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: try to beat these guys. 693 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 4: The Broncos really had a reset defensively last week and 694 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 4: truly against the Chiefs. 695 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 2: Kind of started against the Chiefs. 696 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 4: Thinkah, yeah, the Chiefs had a lot of yards against 697 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 4: the Broncos, and that's why we weren't too concerned about 698 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 4: the Chiefs offensive output because they had three hundred and 699 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 4: eighty nine yards of offense and Patrick Mahomes threw for 700 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 4: three hundred and six yards against them, but they held 701 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 4: the Chiefs to nineteen points. Now, this Broncos defense had 702 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 4: their struggles at the beginning of the year, notably that 703 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 4: Miami game, but that really skews all the numbers overall. 704 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 4: Like when you allow seventy points in seven hundred total yards, 705 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 4: it's going to skew the numbers for this season. The 706 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 4: Broncos defense has a proud defense that has a lot 707 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 4: of really good players on it that were there last 708 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 4: year when it was among the best defenses in the NFL. 709 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 4: So it doesn't surprise me that they have played well 710 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 4: in recent weeks and played really well against the Packers 711 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 4: last week. You mentioned it though. The key for the 712 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 4: Chiefs in this game is red zone. You cannot go 713 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 4: one for five in the red zone. The Chiefs against 714 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 4: the Broncos two weeks ago had eleven possessions, nine of 715 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 4: them ended in Broncos territory, and in the first half 716 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 4: they had drives that ended at the Denver seventeen yard line, 717 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 4: fifteen yard line, six yard line, and three yard line 718 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 4: in the first half. Only got ten points off of 719 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 4: those four drives. That's not Chiefs football now. Fortunately, they 720 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 4: looked a lot better in the red zone last week 721 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 4: against the Chargers. I think McCole Harbin helps us a 722 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 4: lot in the red zone for the reasons that we've mentioned. 723 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 4: Look back at the San Francisco game last year. How 724 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 4: leaf he can be in the red zone. But you're right, 725 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 4: you cannot overlook them. They have a lot of talent 726 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 4: guys like Justin Simmons on the back end, Pats or 727 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 4: Tan on the back end. It'll be a challenge for sure. 728 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 4: But the red zone, I think is where this game 729 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 4: will be won. 730 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 2: And it's supposed to be thirty seven degrees and snow. Okay, 731 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 2: there's eighty five degrees here yesterday. 732 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: If you're going to try to upset a team that 733 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: has beaten you, and I'm not even gonna say the streak, 734 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm not even to talk about. 735 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 2: It because it doesn't matter doesn't matter, as this game 736 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 2: is what it is. 737 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: And we look at what the Chiefs have been able 738 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: to do on the road in the division, which is 739 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: amazing to think that Patrick Mahomes is sixteen and zher 740 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: against the AFC West on the road, even better at home, 741 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: I mean down the road than at home. Andy Reid 742 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: is twenty and one in the last twenty one games 743 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: on the road against the division. Doesn't matter, That's what 744 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: coach is preaching this week. It does not matter. But 745 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: can Denver pull off an upset? First of all, they 746 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: believe they can win. That's the resolve. Two runners as runners, 747 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: runners as receivers, a defense that's stingy when you get 748 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: down to the and then we didn't mention Mims. 749 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 2: Mims as the return of the rookie out. 750 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: Of Oklahoma a ninety nine yard kickoff return against Washington. 751 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: He's had another explosive sixty yard plus return in the 752 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: punting game. They can get chunk plays in the return 753 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: game as well. Just saying the Chiefs have got to 754 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: take care of their business this week and go out 755 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: and beat these guys. But you're gonna have to knock 756 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 1: them out. This won't be This won't be by decision. 757 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 4: Can I leave you with a very fun stat. Sure, 758 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 4: this is a great stat. This is super We have 759 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 4: to Are we off the satellite? 760 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 2: Now? Are we still going around the Earth? Well? 761 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 4: This is this is kind of like a satellite. Like 762 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 4: someone way smarter than me came up with this. But 763 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 4: I saw it earlier today and I think it's great. 764 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 4: So there is a stat out there called DVA. Many 765 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 4: of you probably know what that is. It's defense adjusted 766 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 4: value over average. I do not know how it's calculated. 767 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 4: Computers figure all this out. It basically tells you how 768 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 4: good an offense is, how good a defense is, and 769 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 4: how good a special teams unit is relative to the 770 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,719 Speaker 4: rest of the league. This is all figured out by 771 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 4: a guy named Aaron Shatz. Says the Chiefs are the 772 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 4: first team to be in the top five in all 773 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 4: three phases so offense, defense, and special teams and DVOA 774 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,479 Speaker 4: as of week seven since the nineteen ninety nine Rams. 775 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 2: We know how that team was pretty good. 776 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 4: They are the number three offense according to his metrics, 777 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 4: the number five defense, and the number two special teams unit. 778 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 4: Just the seventh team since he started tracking this stuff, 779 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 4: which dates back to the eighties. To be top five 780 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 4: in all three units in week seven of the season 781 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 4: pretty amazing. So yeah, pretty cool. 782 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 2: Huh. 783 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 4: We're so used to the offense being so good. The 784 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 4: defense has gotten better and better every year, but right 785 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 4: now we are in uncharted waters with how good this 786 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 4: defense is playing. The offense was electric last week against 787 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,800 Speaker 4: the Chargers. We know what they can do. And the 788 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 4: special teams unit, Harrison Bucker has been incredible this season 789 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 4: and you just add McCole harbin to the mix. We 790 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 4: saw what he did on Sunday. This is a special 791 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 4: team and I think we can't lose sight of that. 792 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: But you got to take care of business in this 793 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: league every week. We see it. Every week somebody gets ambushed. 794 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: Take care of your business this week against the Broncos. 795 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: And this defense and offensive yards allowed is the best 796 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,439 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs since the nineteen ninety seven Chiefs. You're 797 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: going back to the days of the late Derek Thomas 798 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: and Neil Smith. But when I watched it the rewatch 799 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 1: the game against the Chargers, and there was a different 800 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: combinations that go back a couple of episodes on Defending 801 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. But when that group had Chris Jones at 802 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,720 Speaker 1: left defensive in a mena, who at left or left tackle, 803 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: I should say different guys at right tackle. 804 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 2: Right. 805 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: It could be Felix, it could be Mike Dana, it 806 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: could be Turk Worton, and then Carlotus at a right 807 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: defensive d It took me back to like my real 808 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: childhood of the Buck Buchanan, Curly Cult, Jerry Mays days 809 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: because they were a wrecking crew that we haven't seen 810 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: a front play like that across the board really, I 811 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: think since way back when with the Hankstram led Chiefs. 812 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 2: But we know this. 813 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: You can go home, you can return home, but you 814 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: also have to go back on the road.