1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day a right will you'll 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: get opportunity in the game they can play. Oh, don't 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: do what touchdown Kansas City. The Chiefs are right in 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: the thick of a baby. Well. Hello once again, Kingdom Defenders. 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: Welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom is We're 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: just mere I don't know, team shopping days away from 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft that will be held in Kansas City, 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: right here in the capital city of the Chiefs Kingdom. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: I Macholda's Voice of the Chiefs, along with of course, 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: senior team reporter Matt McMullen. In this one, this episode, 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about the lens in which the 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: Chief's Kingdom views everything but for sure the draft. And 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 1: quite honestly, Matt and you and I live it every day, 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: so it's easy to take it for granted. The way 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: that this franchise looks at certain players is different in 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: many ways than all of the other thirty one teams 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: look at players. Yeah, it certainly is, and that's why 18 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: this team has been so good at finding and identifying 19 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: talent over the last several years and turning them into 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions. I still can't believe the impact our 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: rookies had on this Super Bowl Championship season. If you 22 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: look back at the AFC Title Game where like nine 23 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: rookies played significant roles and winning that game over the Bengals, 24 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: and then in the Super Bowl, so many rookies making 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: big plays. That doesn't happen without an evaluation staff and 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: a front office really putting together years of work to 27 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: try to find these guys. And something that really stuck 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: with me a few years ago, we interviewed Mike Borganzi, 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: of course, and that Chi's front office staff at the 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: combine last year, not this most recent combine, but last year, 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: and he was explaining how their guys are legitimately watching 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: players for years and then when they have a chance 33 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: to draft these guys and get them in here, it's 34 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: a culmination of all of this work. It's not like 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: they started learning about them a few months prior like 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: you and I do. They watch these guys for years, 37 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: and it's an art and we're so fortunate to have 38 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: the very best here in Chief's Kingdom. In our building, 39 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: we talk about how the chiefs use versy is probably 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: you have to be athletic enough and have the skills 41 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: and of a certain position. But even to pigeonhole a 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: player in a draft into a position is a mistake 43 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: if you're going to look at the twenty twenty three 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: draft or any draft through the eyes of the Kingdom lens, 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: because the Chiefs look at really, how versatile can a 46 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: player be an edge guy so to speak, may end 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: up being an inside guy or both? Probably both safeties 48 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: do they have corner skills? And Tom Lagerius Sneed is 49 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: exhibit a of this was a corner at Louisiana Tech. 50 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: Then they moved him to safety. But when he came here, 51 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs were on him for years, right, they were 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: viewing him for years, but they saw him as a 53 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: guy that could be maybe the best slot corner in 54 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: the league. Is he a Safety's a corner, He's neither, 55 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: and he's both. And the fact that he is maybe 56 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: the best slot corner blitzer in this league actually can 57 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: make up if you don't have a fifteen sack edge guy, 58 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: you don't have Nick or Joey Bosa or Von Miller, 59 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: You can make up for that scheme wise if you 60 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: have an incredible slot blitzer like an LJ. Snead. So 61 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: that's just an example of when you look at the 62 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: draft and you hear all of the pundits and you 63 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: look at every position and where do they rank and 64 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: where are they projected. This episode is designed to have 65 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: you give you a little bit of a tutorial of 66 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: looking at the Kingdom lens because we have seen and 67 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: Sneed's a great example of that of how the Chiefs 68 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: viewed him, maybe differently than every other team in this league. Yeah, 69 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: that versatility is so important, and we saw that with 70 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs free agent signings as well, with a guy 71 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: like Charles Amnehue coming over from San Francisco. As he 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: just an edge guy, well, no, probably not. He can 73 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: also bounce inside because he's like six five, two hundred 74 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: and eighty pounds. He can do lots of different things 75 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: for you along the defensive line. Juwan Taylor is that 76 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: way for the Chiefs. He can play either tackle spot 77 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: I think with some serious effectiveness. And Drew Tranquill at 78 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: linebacker as a linebacker. Is he a hybrid safety? He 79 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: could do all these different kinds of things for your defense. 80 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: So versatility is truly the name of the game. Because 81 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: you play a seventeen game season, then hopefully some more 82 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: games after that and get to the Super Bowl. You're 83 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: going to lose guys along the way to injury, and 84 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: if you can have guys that can fill those voids 85 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: without losing any effectiveness, that's why the Chiefs have been 86 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: so good of late and offensively. We've talked about receiver. 87 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: Not all receivers fit this scheme, Andy Reid scheme, which 88 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: has been the most difficult to defend with Patrick Mahomes 89 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: or quarterback. But receivers in this scheme have to know 90 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: three languages. Are they ANAX? Are the Z? Are they 91 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: a slot? They're none of that, They're all of that. 92 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 1: Kelsey is the most greatest example of being a versatile 93 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 1: tied D. He can be a ISO y and split 94 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: him up. But then you look at Jodi Fortson nor 95 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: Gray has those same skills. So when you're looking at 96 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: a player, the first thing we would tell you as 97 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: a Kingdom defender to look at this draft is one 98 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: the versatility of each and every player. You look at 99 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: how many things can they do to fit the Kansas 100 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Second is culture. Not everybody's going to fit 101 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: this culture. And we've talked about how great bread Veach 102 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: and his staff is in looking at culture. Can the 103 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: player fit the culture of the Kansas City Chiefs And 104 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two draft class is exhibit a of 105 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: that NFL record set with that many rookies playing on 106 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: defense and special teams in the AFC Championship Game and 107 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. So not everybody fits the Chiefs. The 108 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: Chiefs don't fit everybody. But when you look at evaluating 109 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: a draft, you've got to look at it through the 110 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: lie the lens of how the Chiefs look at it 111 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: here in the Kingdom. Okay, before we get into around 112 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: the world. I'm just gonna pull off for a second 113 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: and just something I find humorous because you know, I 114 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: look at every team. I look at all thirty two teams. 115 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: What's going on free agency, so I have a quick reference. 116 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: Who'd they pick up, who'd they lose, and who'd they keep? 117 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: Not just us, but everybody else, starting with the division teams. 118 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: But the AFC East has caught my eye. They just 119 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: take each other's guys. Listen to this. Buffalo has taken 120 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: Trent Sherfield, the wide receiver from Miami. They took Damian 121 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: Harris from New England running back New England. Wait a minute, 122 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: that's they're gonna take Mike Kasecki from Miami. Why is 123 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: that important? He was the Miami tied end that caught 124 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 1: the pass to beat New England to give the Chiefs 125 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: the one seed in the twenty nineteen playoffs. The Fitz 126 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: Magic Fitz. Yeah right, Kevin Harland doing two games at once. Yeah, Now, 127 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: he was the hero of that for the Chief's Kingdom 128 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: that day. For the Dolphins, now he's a Patriot. What 129 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: they go get James Robinson from the Jets, as do 130 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: the Patriots Miami. Don't leave them out of this. They're 131 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: gonna take Mike White from the Jets. Braxton Barrios and 132 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: Dan Feeney and for the Jets are going, well, don't 133 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: just pill for all our guys. We'll take the punter 134 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: from Miami, Thomas Moristead, most famous for his on site 135 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: kick against the Colts, and he was the Saints kicker 136 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: in his rookie in two thousand and nine. It's all this, 137 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: let's just eat each other up here AFC East. Just 138 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: as a parenthetical moment here, do I have to pull 139 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: this podcast over and get you guys to settle down, 140 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: because that groups just stealing each other's guys. It's a 141 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: weird division, it is, and it's a bunch of teams 142 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: that all have a legitimate shot, particularly once the Jets 143 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: get Aaron Rodgers is sending that happens. Is that going 144 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: to happen? I think okay, I think it's going to happen. 145 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: And the Dolphins, we know, are a competitive team. Not 146 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: sure about the Patriots right now. But I personally love 147 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 1: it because it's making life difficult for the Buffalo Bills. 148 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: You know, Buffalo is sitting there thinking this is our 149 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: time to own the division for like ten straight years. 150 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: Stop trying everyone, and everyone's just becoming kind of pesky. 151 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: So I'm all for it. So the Bill's Maffia, if 152 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: they're they're defending the Mafia, podcast would be what are 153 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: the guys can we steal from the other three division teams? 154 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: All right, let's jump in now to our defending the 155 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: Kingdom tradition of let's go around the world and find 156 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: our Kingdom defenders. Yep, I've got fifteen today, four Patrick 157 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: Mahomes why not? And I actually had a lot more 158 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: that we'll get to next week. Lots of submissions this 159 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: time around, but fifteen today. So we have Jimmy and Windy. 160 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: They're still down in Sedalia looking after Chief's Kingdom Crossroads 161 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: at the junction of Highways fifty and sixty five, home 162 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: of the Missouri State Fair. Yep. Terry is in Oswego, 163 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: New York, in Bill's Country, ironically enough, and says he's 164 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: very obnoxious this year, which I say, why not be careful, man, 165 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: Be careful. They're gonna have you diving on tables. They'll 166 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: just off you up as a sack files. I think 167 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: Terry should enjoy it. Yep. We have a few listeners 168 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: from Germany this week, one of them being secret from Essen, Germany. 169 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: They're very excited for the game over there next year, 170 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: as are we. We have Jerie in Syria. We have 171 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: a listeners first Syrian Kingdom Defenders Yep. They love the 172 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs and Patrick mahomes so first listener in Syria. We 173 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: have Ruby and Henderson, Nevada. They're in enemy territory near Vegas, Vegas. 174 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: Russ is down in Wichita. Ray is in Scottsdale, Arizona. 175 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: Mark and his daughter are in Chattanooga, Tennessee. You can 176 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: say hi to my grandparents who live on top of 177 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: Elder Mountain Rocky Top. Baby We have a listener from Oslo, Norway. 178 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: Joe is in Nevada, Missouri. You got it, there we go. 179 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm learning nailed it, uh, Brent says Pura Vida from 180 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: Costa Rica. Been a fan since Super Bowl four. Coast 181 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: Rica is a beautiful place. If you haven't been there, 182 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: well I want to go. I keep hearing about it. 183 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: It's basic. You and Ellie the coyote went there. I'm 184 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: gonna go there. I'm gonna take my coach there. Yep, 185 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: well worth it. John is in Wichita. I few listeners 186 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: from this week. Happy that Blake Bell is back. Oh yeah, 187 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: we have Jay in Fort Lauderdale. And then I just 188 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 1: got back from my vacation. I went to Ireland with 189 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: my wife. We flew into Dublin and then drove to 190 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: Belfast and I put on Twitter that I was there 191 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: and I heard from some people. So I heard from 192 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: Neil in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and then also no relation 193 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: another Neil in Dublin, Ireland, and both of them were 194 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: giving me tips on what to do. You know, there's 195 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: a Chiefs Bar in Dublin, Ireland. I heard about it 196 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: after the fact and I wish I would have gone 197 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: and I have a really good friend that it's gone 198 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: to Ireland many times and stays in contact with the 199 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: owner of that pub, and it is so think of 200 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: like Big Charlies in South Philly, right, Yeah, this is 201 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: the Big Charlies in Ireland. It's amazing. And they watch 202 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: every game. You know, they have to calculate the time. 203 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: It's like three in the morning or whatever. Yeah, but yes, 204 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are big in Ireland. It's so great that 205 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: you got to visit. Yeah. Well, what was funny is 206 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: I didn't see a ton of NFL stuff over there. 207 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: But we were at a pub in Belfast and I 208 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: saw a guy walk in with a Chief's hat. It 209 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: was the first NFL thing I saw the entire trip, 210 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: and I was like, how about that with a small world? 211 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: And then later on we went to the Titanic Museum 212 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: because the Titanic was built in Belfast, and we were 213 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: getting a cab to go back to our hotel and 214 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: I was wearing my Chief's rain jacket and when I 215 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: opened the door, the cabby was like Kansas City Chiefs 216 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: World Champs. I was like, yeah, in Dublin, Belfast, this 217 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: is in Belfast. Okay, even smaller place. So yeah, the 218 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs are still well represented and well known around the world. 219 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: Love it, yeah, yeah. And I just spoke to a 220 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: group that came here. This is a big company, a 221 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: worldwide company. Their VP's met, they wanted to meet here 222 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: at the side of the World Champions. There were four 223 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: from the UK, there was one from Norway, one from India. 224 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: And I said, they were getting a tour later right 225 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: at the Hall of Honor, and I saw the Norwegian 226 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: guy and I said, you know, one of the members 227 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: of our Hall of Fame is from Norway. So they 228 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: loved it. So Kingdom Defenders you were everywhere, and as 229 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: we defend a kingdom on this episode, we are how 230 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: do you get ready for the draft? Well, if you're 231 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: a fan of the Chiefs, you got to put on 232 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: your Chiefs lenses here and look at this draft in 233 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: the way that the Chiefs Kingdom or Brett Veach and 234 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: the coaching staff led by Andy reid Lee looks at 235 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: players and we're gonna start at wide receiver, because how 236 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: many times a week do you get asked what are 237 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: we going to do at wide receiver? Jiuju Smith Schuster 238 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: is now New England Patriot, right McCole Hardman is now 239 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: a jet speaking of the AFC East taking guys. But 240 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: how many times do you get asked when to do 241 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: about Juju Smith Schuster. So let's look at this draft 242 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: and think, who are the guys that intrigue you looking 243 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: through the lens of the Chiefs Kingdom. Yeah, well, this 244 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: time of year is so much fun, particularly after coming 245 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: off a Super Bowl championship, because we're already riding high 246 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: and then they can fire up all the mock draft 247 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: simulators and just do them all day and I'm technically working. 248 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: It's great. You know, I gotta learn about all these guys, right, 249 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: Someone's gonna sit here all day mock drafting. This wide 250 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: receiver class is interesting to me because I think on 251 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: the outside that might say, hey, this is a weak 252 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: class because there's no like Jamar Chase in the top five. 253 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: There's no slam dunk like Drake London kind of guy 254 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: at the very top. But I think there is decent 255 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: depth through out and some players that make a lot 256 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: of sense for the Chiefs and could be interesting to 257 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs fans. So we're gonna go back and forth here 258 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: right with a few names. Yep, you're get to go first. Okay, 259 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: so one guy who is a first round kind of guy, 260 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: and it's possible he won't even make it to the 261 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: chief set thirty one, but he could and it's realistic 262 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs wanted to trade up. Maybe he could 263 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: be there in the twenties. I don't know. But a 264 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: guy that really intrigues me is Zay Flowers from Boston College. 265 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: Now this is a bit of a left turn from 266 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: what I look forward normally in wide receivers because I 267 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: like guys that have some size to them. Zay Flowers 268 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: really doesn't. He's five foot nine, so he's not very big. 269 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: He's one hundred and eighty two pounds. But he has 270 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: a chance to be special, I think. And he's really 271 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: an Andy Reid prototype receiver in terms of all the 272 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: different things he can do because he's a very exciting 273 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: electric player. He had twelve receptions on targets that took 274 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: place at least twenty yards down field last season, so 275 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: a big time threat with the deep ball. He is 276 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: great speed, but it's more than just that. He also 277 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: has the underneath ability to take a quick pass over 278 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: the middle and then make two guys miss brick it off. 279 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: For a seventy yard touchdown. And that's the special stuff 280 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: that you look for in these guys. It's not just 281 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: their breakaway speed. So he's elusive underneath. He can change 282 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: direction on a dime. He has great bounce. He's probably 283 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: a slot receiver at first in the NFL, which is 284 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: a bit of it that used to be kind of 285 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: a knock. I don't know if it really is anymore, 286 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: because Cooper Cups maybe the best receiver in the NFL 287 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: playing primarily out of the slot. But I think Flowers 288 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: could do even more than just playing on the slot. 289 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: I think you'd see him in motion all the time. 290 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: I think you'd see him in the backfield. And I 291 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: even think even though he's only five foot nine, he 292 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: can play outside as well because of his quickness and 293 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: his ball skills. So just a really exciting player. Now, 294 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: did the Chiefs already have this guy in Kadarius Tony? 295 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: Maybe they're very similar players. But when you have a 296 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,599 Speaker 1: quarterback like Patrick Mahomes and you can get players like 297 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: Kadarius Tony or Zay Flowers that are just electric playmakers 298 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: with the ball in their hands and the defense has 299 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: to respect them, I think the more the Merrier for 300 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. So Zay Flowers is my first guy. I 301 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: love him, and I'm seeing him getting all these visits. 302 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: Now you know, you get the thirty big time visits, 303 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: you can invite him and and all of a sudden, 304 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: Xavloers is visiting fifteen teams. Yeah right, so's he's He's 305 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: on the lens of others as well. But your point 306 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: is what we want to say here as a thesis 307 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: of this podcast is the fact that Zay Flowers can 308 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: do a hundred things. Yeah, and and fits the Andy 309 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: Reed scheme very well. You got me started. I'd kind 310 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: of watched this guy from Afar. But you're going, man 311 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: dig in if you're looking for a Juju Smith Schuster 312 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: replacement in the draft, which again that's presumptuous to say that, 313 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: But look at Jonathan Mingo of Old Miss. Yeah six 314 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: two two twenty five. Not a Blazer, right, nor it 315 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: was Juju, right, He's not a Juju's not going to 316 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: beat Jamar Chase in the hundred meter dash or others. 317 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: But Mingo is four four six, very similar scheme at 318 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: Old Miss. I look at who's running NFL type schemes, 319 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: and Ole Miss is Okay, they run a lot of 320 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: the chief stuff motions orbits, tunnel screens, bubble screens and 321 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: mingo to me looks and you tipped me off. I'm 322 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: gonna get your credit here. And the more I got 323 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: into this guy, the more you see a young version 324 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: of Juju Smith Schuster. Now Larry's airline is it's Larry's Airlines. 325 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: His dad Lanzerline. And I'm gonna give you this tie in. 326 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: Lanzerline's dad, Larry is from Lenora, Kansas. Really yeah, his 327 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: brother Lynn was one of my football coaches at Smith Center. So, 328 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: mister world, Yeah, so brother's airline goes, his roots go back. 329 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to have him on the show. Yeah, 330 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: I've talked to him before. He's a great guy. We'll 331 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: have him on. We'll have him on defending the Kingdom 332 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: and get into Lenora, Kansas and all that. But his 333 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: uncle was one of my high school football coaches. But anyway, 334 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: his comp was an Quan Bolden. And if you say 335 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: you could bring an Quan Bolden, a young version of 336 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: an Quan Bolden to the Chiefs right now? Oh man, 337 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: a man, if you look at him again, he's the 338 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: scheme fits so to speak. But again the chief lens 339 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: is different with scheme fit yards after catch out standing. Now, 340 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: he piled up some big yards against some lesser opponents. 341 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: But I looked at him against Texas A and M, 342 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: against Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl against Alabama, and 343 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: you see a lot of juju here in the fact 344 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: that a tackle breaker, and he is impossible to stop. 345 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: When you get in the red zone and they run 346 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: those bubbles and tunnels, it's like an automatic touchdown. I 347 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: don't care who you're playing. So to me, Jonathan Mingo 348 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: of Ole miss is one that and I look through 349 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: the Kingdom lens go, yeah, I could see him fitting 350 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Yeah. Mingo's one of those guys that when 351 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: I turned his tape on, I was like, this could work. 352 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: This is the kind of guy we could use. He 353 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: kind of and I don't want to get ahead of myself, 354 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: But you know, the other comp I look at here 355 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: was Diebo Samuel. Yeah, is he Diebo? Samuel? All go 356 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: whoa WHOA? WHOA match? Hang on, let's look at Debo 357 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: when he came out of South Carolina five eleven two fourteen, 358 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: Mingoes six two two twenty five, Diebo ran a four, 359 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: eight eight. Now everybody in the league would would take 360 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel. I'm telling you I see a little bit 361 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: of Deebo Samuel in Mingo. Just having that strong, physical 362 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: player who can run over the middle, with great ball 363 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 1: skills and who is tough to bring down. That kind 364 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: of thing is what Juju is so good at for 365 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in his lone year in Kansas City. Jet 366 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: sweeps and flip passes, yeah, and those bubble and wide screens, 367 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of everything. So I mean Mingo would 368 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. I like him a lot 369 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: sticking with that kind of mold of player. Another one 370 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: that I'm interested in is Rashi Rice from SMU. So 371 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: Rashi is six foot one, two hundred and four pounds, 372 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: so not quite as big as Mingo, but still profiles 373 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: is a bigger, physical receiver. He's a guy who could 374 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: be available in round two, round three, and I really 375 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: think he could contribute right away as like a possession 376 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: type receiver. He led SMU and receptions in each of 377 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: the last three seasons, so he's an experienced player. And 378 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 1: here's a few notes from Pro Football Focus on him. 379 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: They wrote, he has body control that's off the charts. 380 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 1: His ability to contort to off target balls is silly. 381 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: He thrives as an intermediate route runner and in contested 382 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: situations he controls and varies his speed very well. He 383 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: will loll corners to sleep. And then PF compared him 384 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: to Adam Feeling. So, just like what you were saying 385 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: about an Quan Bolden, if you could add a young 386 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: Adam Feeling to the Chiefs right now, I think you 387 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: do that in a heartbeat. So again, if you're looking 388 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: for a guy who can maybe try to grow into 389 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: that Juju role, I'm hesitant to say replaced because Juju 390 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: has been in the league long time for rookies, But 391 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: if you're looking for a guy that maybe can grow 392 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: into that role and has that profile, I think Rashi 393 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: Rice could certainly fit the bill. And you are hopeful 394 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: too that sky More will take that next jump up 395 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: when we year one to year two. When you're in 396 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: this system, we've seen it. We saw it with McCall 397 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: and others. So to ask a rookie to come in 398 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 1: and be hey, can you replace the almost one thousand 399 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: yards of Jujus Smith Schuster in the seventy eight catches 400 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: and one hundred one targets. That's presumptuous, but something that 401 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: could be a partial replacement and eventually get to that role. 402 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: Another guy just throwing here is Michael Wilson at a 403 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: Stanford and you cut your eye as well. Six two, 404 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: two thirteen runs a four or five eight, and he's 405 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: been injured a lot. He's only played fourteen games in 406 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: three seasons. But if you are a card carrying, red 407 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: blooded follower of the Chiefs Kingdom, you know now to 408 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: pay attention on Saturday. Don't just look at the glitzie 409 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: days of Thursday and Friday in the draft. If nothing else, 410 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: we present to you the twenty twenty two Chiefs a 411 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: draft class and what happened in rounds four through seven 412 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: and how it led to a Super Bowl championship. To me, 413 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 1: Michael Wilson of Stanford is a guy that could slip 414 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: to that third day right route runner. If you look 415 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: at him, he's leaner than a Jonathan Mingo, so he's 416 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: not quite as the Deebo Samuel body type, but still 417 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: gonna be very effective. Came up a big time high 418 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: school in Shamanad in LA. But when he was healthy, 419 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: he brought energy, a willing blocker could be a gunner. 420 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: If I made a camp in watching him, it would 421 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: be Dane and Hughes of the nineties, our broadcast partner. Yeah, 422 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: you're thinking this what he could help you win in 423 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: a lot of ways, And so Michael Wilson's in that role. Yeah, 424 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: that's what I liked about Wilson is and maybe he 425 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: could grow into a superstar, but not every player needs 426 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: to be comped as a superstar right away. I don't 427 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: think it's a knock to say that he could be 428 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: a great gunner. On special teams, you need those players, 429 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: and those players make huge plays when it matters most. 430 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: So that's why I think Michael Wilson could make a 431 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 1: lot of sense for the Chiefs as well. We're talking 432 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: to edge next, sure, because the next question you get 433 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: after wide receiver is what what are we gonna do 434 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: at edge rusher? How are we going to replace Frank Clark? 435 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: Look what Frank Clark did in the playoffs, And I'm 436 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: with you, man, the Shark's got two rings that will 437 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: bear the logo of the Kansas City Chiefs. And when 438 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: you look at what Frank did thirteen and a half 439 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: career sex in the postseason, third most in NFL history. 440 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: So again, you're not going to replace the shark, but 441 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: you've got a guy like George Carlot this going from 442 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: year one to year two. Look at the way George 443 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: finished the year. But in this draft, who has caught 444 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: your eye among edge rushers? Well, the first thing that 445 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: I think it's important to talk about is the term 446 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: edge is such a wide mbrella now that there's a 447 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: lot of players who are edge rushers who maybe don't 448 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: necessarily fit what the Chiefs have done in the past. 449 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: So just for some context to what we're about to 450 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: talk about, Mike Dana right now is the lightest edge 451 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: rusher on the Chiefs in terms of his weight, He's 452 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty seven pounds. Joshua Kando is two 453 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty pounds, George carloftis two hundred and sixty 454 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: three pounds. Will he carrying is two hundred and seventy 455 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: five pounds, and then the newly signed that Charles Omenihu 456 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: is two hundred and eighty pounds. So why is that important. Well, 457 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: there's some edge rushers in this class, like Nolan Smith, 458 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: for example, who had the blazing combine forty yard dash 459 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: time and is an amazing athlete, and I think he 460 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: will be a good player in the NFL. And I 461 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe he will be a Chief But just 462 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: for the sake of this conversation, the guy is two 463 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty eight pounds. Will McDonald is another one 464 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: who's interesting out of Iowa State. He's also like two 465 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty nine pounds, So really good players. I 466 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: just wonder if they necessarily fit the mold of what 467 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have done in the past. And speaking of versatility, 468 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: can players that are only two hundred and forty pounds 469 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: pounced inside it's much tougher. Maybe they can, but well, 470 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: well you look at what the Chiefs did with Mike Dana. 471 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: Though now it depends on down in distance, situation in 472 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: the game, but all of a sudden, you're like, Mike 473 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: Dana is inside, he's like a three tech. So their 474 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: answer is I think a partial yes, sure, but Mike 475 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: dan is at least two hundred and sixty pounds exam 476 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: And that's where I think if you can find guys 477 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: that have that kind of size, it certainly helps. Now, 478 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: who are some guys that kind of fit that profile 479 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: that could do a lot of different things for the 480 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: Chiefs and make sense maybe, if not day one, on 481 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: Day two. Well, one guy is Keyon White from Georgia Tech. 482 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've watched this guy, but he's 483 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: six foot five, two hundred and eighty five pounds with 484 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: thirty four inch arms, Big time scheme versatility. With this guy, 485 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: you can line up anywhere up front along the defensive line. 486 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: He's super athletic. He was a tight end at Old 487 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: Dominion before switching to defense, then later transferring to Georgia Tech. 488 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: So an athletic player who just put on a bunch 489 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 1: of muscle and is now an edge rusher that's going 490 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: to be in the NFL here shortly. He's a strong 491 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: player off the edge, but can also play the run. 492 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah from NFL dot Com said that he's a 493 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: freaky athlete in coverage as well on tape. He'll mirror 494 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: a running back and stay with him for thirty yards 495 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: down field. That's crazy at two hundred and eighty five pounds. 496 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 1: A few notes from Pro Football Focus on White. They 497 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: call him a true athletic marvel his top speed to 498 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: his size as unheard of his power throughout his entire frame. 499 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: It makes no sense that he weighs as much as 500 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: he does. And he's versatile then the name of this episode, right, 501 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: you can handle almost any alignment along the defensive line. 502 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: So if you're listening to all this, you're like, well, 503 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: why isn't this guy a top ten pick? This all 504 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: sounds really great. Well, he's twenty four years old, so 505 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: he's a little bit of an older prospect. He was 506 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 1: hurt basically all year in twenty twenty one, and he's 507 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: not a finished product by any means. But his physical 508 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: and athletic attributes are very intriguing to me. It's hard 509 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: to find guys like this that can do really a 510 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: little bit of everything. And the d of Keyon White 511 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: being added to this pass rush as an exciting thought 512 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: for me because I think he could be available on 513 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: day two. Yeah, and he's the guy that can move 514 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: inside because he's played physical as you mentioned it still 515 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: has skills. Now, this is going to get close to 516 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: home with the two that I've selected, and the first 517 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: one is Felix Andy duque Uzama from Lee's Summot High School. 518 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: Somewhere Drew Locke in his Seattle quarterback room is going, Hey, 519 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: that's my dog from Lee Summit High. But he was 520 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: incredible at Kansas State, especially in the last year for 521 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: the Wildcats and Chris Kleman sixty three two fifty five. 522 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: If you were looking, and I gotta be careful here, 523 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: but if you're looking for a Frank Clark kind of clone, 524 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: it's Felix. And here's why the motor is there. If 525 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: you look at scheme versatility. He can play inside and outside, 526 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: super smart. But I'm just gonna give you some things 527 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: that you can find him. The twist that he uses 528 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: against Tulane in Texas Tech, he was really good. He 529 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: has got different moves and he's working on It's gonna 530 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: take some work. He's not a finished product, but I 531 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: could see him Carlottas just being going crazy and working 532 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: with each other. His rip and undermove in the Big 533 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: twelve championship game against TCU as NFL ready he is 534 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: outstanding to watch. But here's what I love about him, 535 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: and it's his productivity. This dude like Frank will chase 536 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: the ball. Six force fumbles for Felix and duque Uzama 537 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: that led FBS plus in one game against TCU is 538 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: junior year, he was credited with six sacks that would 539 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: have tied an NCAA record. They took two away from him, 540 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: so he ended up with four. But there's a lot 541 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: of productivity with him. He'll also do the dirty work 542 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: forty six tackles. Now, our guy Lanzerline gave the comp 543 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: to Dante Fowler Junior of the Dallas Cowboys. Who would 544 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: take Dante Fowler Junior the Dallas Cowboys. So here's King Felix, 545 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: and when you look at the camp with him to 546 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: Frank Frank coming out with six three two seventy one 547 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: when he came out of Michigan. Frank did not play 548 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: at two seventy one last year for the Kansas City 549 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: Chiefs and our guy King Felix six three two fifty 550 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: five very similar reach. I'm just telling you Felix and 551 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: ju Duque Yuzama could be there when the Chiefs pick 552 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: at thirty one and would be an interesting as a 553 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: hometown guy from Lee Summit being a chief. I noticed 554 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: he also has a sax celebration down already. Right, it's 555 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: like the spinning thing I was imagining if he's a chief, 556 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: you know, like how George when he got his first 557 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: sack with the Chiefs. He didn't know what to do. Yeah, 558 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: and that's not, you know, the most important thing about 559 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: being a pass rusher. But Felix has that figured out. 560 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: It's already there. Yeah, he knows a SAX celebration. I 561 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: love him. He's a heck of a player. I think 562 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: he's one of the more NF already edge rushers in 563 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: this class who can do a little bit of everything. 564 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, the Dante falercamp is awesome. And then PF 565 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 1: called him Harold Blandry with their compas, so it would 566 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: take Yeah, yeah, So I think that's a great one. 567 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: Another one for me. I'll go from k State to Maszoo. 568 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: How about Isaiah McGuire, Yeah, from Massoo. So six foot four, 569 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty eight pounds with thirty four inch arms. 570 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: He hit a two point nine percent sack rate last 571 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: season that was highest among all SEC defenders. A lot 572 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: of good pass rushers in the SEC. He has a 573 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: great combination of power and speed. He's explosive, he has 574 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: great burst off the line, gets off blocks, and plays 575 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: the run well in addition to being a great pass rusher, 576 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: which is so important. Easy to forget about that, but 577 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: it's more than just the sacks. You have to set 578 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: the edge and play the run well. And if you 579 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: watch Isam McGuire, that's a required course. Yeah. It goes 580 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: back to looking at the lens. Don't just look at sacks. 581 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: If they're not going to play the edge, this place 582 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: is not for you. And you watch Isa McGuire at times, 583 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: even if the runs going the other direction, he will 584 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: pursue the running back and catch up to them from 585 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: behind and blow up the play for a loss. So 586 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: I love seeing that from Isa McGuire didn't play a 587 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: lot inside during his time at Missoo, but because he's 588 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty eight pounds and with room to grow, 589 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,719 Speaker 1: I think he could bounce inside Allah Mike Dana if needed. 590 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: So Isam McGuire is a player to know and just 591 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: twenty one years old, so still very young. I've got 592 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: another one. It's another guy close to home, you know, 593 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: I love these Kingdom Connection guys. Yeah, and another guy 594 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: that absolutely blew up the combine. He became the story 595 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: of the combine in many ways. And he's from North 596 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: Kansas City High School. A fighting hornet, and that's Attie 597 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: Tammia at a bar a of Northwestern six two two 598 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: eighty two. If you look at him incredibly quick when 599 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: you watch his video at the Combine and the Senior Bowl, 600 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: you look at the when they did that, his first 601 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: step is awesome. Twelve and a half career sacks, a 602 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: willing run defender, thirty two point eight arms. When you 603 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: look at the so you think of the guys that 604 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: have fit this role in the Chiefs recently, like Tershaun 605 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: Wharton or Colin Saunders. And even though Colin Saunders was 606 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: much heavier at three twenty four, you can see some 607 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: of the comp there without a war a. He's from 608 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: Nigerian royalty. His lineage is from a from royal family 609 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: in Nigeria. Wow, he's wicked smart. There are times and 610 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: he just played on a Northwestern team that had no offense. 611 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: They had a really good defense, including Pittsburgh, Kansas native 612 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: Trevor Kent, and they had just no offense. So this 613 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: defense was just under the gun all year and he 614 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: played at a high level. He is another guy that 615 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: could slip inside even as a subdown guy right away. Yeah, 616 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: he also has the ability to play some edge. But 617 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: he's smart, tough, willing defender and he's versatile, and these 618 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: two guys that I mentioned are both from Kansas City. 619 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: What are the odds? And I could see him being 620 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: a big time value Day two pick. Yeah, just an 621 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: athletic freak. It doesn't make any sense. You mentioned how 622 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: good his combine was. He ran a four point four 623 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: nine forty yard dash. He's two hundred and eighty two 624 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: pounds two hundred eighty two pounds. It was the fastest 625 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: forty yard dash at the combine by a player two 626 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty pounds or heavier since at least two 627 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: thousand and three, and probably ever they just didn't record 628 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: it before two thousand and three. He also had a 629 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: ten foot five inch broad jump in a thirty seven 630 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: and a half inch vertical jump, which was the third 631 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: best among all edge rushers and the only two guys 632 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: ahead of him where Nolan Smith mentioned him earlier at 633 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty eight pounds and Byron Young from 634 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: Tennessee at two hundred and fifty pounds. He has like 635 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: forty pounds on these guys in his basically matching their 636 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: vertical jump. It doesn't make any sense. And I think about, like, 637 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: if you took a guy like at a Bare and 638 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: sent him back to like nineteen seventy maybe like the 639 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: humans shouldn't be able to do these things. It's amazing. 640 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: He may be Christian Koya. Yeah, right if and so 641 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: the Nigerian Nightmare, we've got maybe Nigerian Nightmare number two 642 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: here without a Timmy at a Bare, but just again 643 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: very versatile. So we'll wrap up this edition of Defending 644 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: the Kingdom trying to get you all like we do 645 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: and have learned in ten years of being around Andy Reid, 646 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: in the last several years of being around Steve Spagnolov 647 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: and trying to think the way Brett Veach thinks. We'll 648 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: close it out this way. Just the fact that Brett 649 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: Veach I was in this discussion over the weekend, I 650 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: was at at an event with Patrick Mahomes and Tyler 651 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: Texas and Ena are talking about this of how everybody 652 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: just thinks like minded. And that's what we're trying to 653 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: get across to all of you, is the way do 654 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: you have to look at these guys the way that 655 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: I think our coaching staff and our scouts look at them, 656 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: and it's and they're evaluated differently. And so that's the 657 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: most fascinating thing about this and it works because let's 658 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: look at the twenty twenty two class. Yeah, that like 659 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: mindedness is unique, and that sounds strange. We mentioned this 660 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: in previous episodes. You would think at this level in 661 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: the NFL, every team would be operating with total harmony 662 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: and fluidity, but they don't. There's so many teams that 663 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: the front office says, this is going to be our team, 664 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff has to figure it out and 665 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: vice versa. But with the chiefs, it truly is like 666 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: everyone's on the same page and they evaluate separately, but 667 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: they think the same way is that when they come together, 668 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: they're on the same page already. And that's why draft 669 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: classes like last year and the year before that, getting 670 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: Creed Humphrey and Tray Smith and Nick Bolton, those don't 671 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: happen by accident. You don't just luck into all these 672 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: players who end up being world champion players. It takes, 673 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: like we said at the very top, years and years 674 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: of work, but also people that are willing to check 675 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: their ego at the door and to work together to 676 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: find the best rookies who are going to help our 677 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: team and propel our window here for years to come. 678 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: And that's why I'm so excited about this draft yet again, 679 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: because the Chiefs have the best quarterback in the game. 680 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: They have perhaps the best pass catcher in the game 681 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: in Travis Kelsey, definitely the best tight end, and the 682 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: best head coach in the NFL and Andy Reid. And 683 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: how do you make sure those components continue to be 684 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: in chances to win Super Bowls? You replenish this roster 685 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: with young talent, good young players who can come in 686 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: and contribute. And that's what the Chiefs have done year 687 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: after year. And let's do it again here with ten 688 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: picks in the draft in just a few weeks. And 689 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: how do you find that good young talent. You look 690 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: at the draft, in any draft through the lens of 691 00:32:44,440 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom. Touchdown and the celebration begin to s