1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: So many successful long term businesses have the formula. If 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: you go to the Koch Museum in Atlanta, you get 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: that feel. Chick fil A, they've got their own formula 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: how they do things and be so incredibly successful. It 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: is the same with the Kansas City Chiefs. Yes they 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: have a formula. Welcome back to DTK and it's brought 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: to you by Ticketmaster, your new best friend. As we 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: do kick off officially now the twenty twenty four season. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: McKinnon is in at running back. First time and goal 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: to go, play action. 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: Fake right side door touchdown dudsas city hook Toll Hartman, 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Hook Toll, Hartman, what the catch on the right side? 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 2: A three yard touchdown? 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: Passing over time and Hi everybody, I'm Mitch Old's voice 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs along with senior team reporter Matt McMullen. 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: And Yes, the Chiefs will open the curtain once again 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: on the entire National Football League schedule grid as they'll 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: open things up a GHA field at Arrowhead Stadium on 19 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC Championship rematch. 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: But we're going to talk about the formula on this 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: episode because it's become the theme of the twenty twenty 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: four team. But you look at it not in just 23 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: the context of this season, or last season, or the 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: last two seasons, but if you look in the context 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: of Andy Reid's twelve years here, you can very definitely 26 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: see a distinct formula of why this team now has 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: had eleven straight winning seasons in a league which is 28 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 1: designed for that not to happen. 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: First of all, we are so back. You believe we 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: play a game We're gonna play lest that week? Did 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: it stop? I'm just starting to when did it stop? 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: But now it's for real, right, we don't have to 33 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: talk about OTAs or the draft or mini camp or 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: camp camp. 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: But yeah, it's here and we like that stuff. 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: But we can actually play a game here next week 37 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 3: and talk about a game and an opponent and get 38 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: into it. And we've talked all lot off season about 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: chasing this history. Well we can finally start doing that 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: here next week. So so excited we actually have real 41 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: football to talk about. I'm with you on the formula. 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 3: Can I give you a few results of the formula? 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? 44 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 3: Okay, So under head coach Andy Reid here in Kansas City, 45 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: we have eleven consecutive winning seasons, cruise that hasn't talked 46 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: about a lot. The Steelers always emphasize the non losing 47 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: seasons because they have some, like eight and eight seasons 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 3: eighty ny the Chiefs have posted a winning season, so 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: at least nine victories in eleven consecutive years. It's the 50 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 3: fifth longest streak in the Super Bowl era, so doesn't 51 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: happen very often. Nine straight seasons with double digit wins 52 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 3: third longest in NFL history. Only New England was seventeen 53 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 3: and San Francisco was sixteen. Way back in the day 54 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 3: posted longer streaks. Eight straight AFC West titles second longest 55 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: streak for any team since nineteen seventy. Only New England, 56 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 3: with eleven AFC East titles from twenty nine to nineteen, 57 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 3: is longer. The Chiefs are forty one and seven against 58 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 3: divisional opponents in that span, easily the best in the NFL. 59 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 3: Can you guess who's next closest against their own division. 60 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: In that span? In that span, who's the next closest 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: in that span. 62 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 3: Is beating their own division? 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 2: Oh man, it would be Buffalo Bills. 64 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 3: It's not kind of surprised me. Yeah, it's Dallas at 65 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 3: thirty five and thirteen against the NFC East. Wouldn't have 66 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: guessed it you could win a lot up, Yeah, you 67 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 3: sure could. I'd checked for that, of guest for that, 68 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 3: and I ve lastly Hivy gift card the Chiefs. Since 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: twenty thirteen, since head coach Andy Reid took over, they 70 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: are one hundred and twenty eight and fifty one in 71 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: the regular season, most in the NFL, and they have 72 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 3: sixteen playoff wins in that span, three more than second 73 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: place New England, most in the NFL. So it's all 74 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: to say the formula has been pretty effective, I'd say, yeah. 75 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: And we're going to dive more into this of why 76 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: you and I think that it has happened to this 77 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: point in why teams look at it and maybe kind 78 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: of jealous of it. But unless they're willing to replicate it, 79 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: than you know, good luck. And I don't say that 80 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: with Hubris because this team is totally locked in on 81 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: this season in and of itself, and that's part of 82 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: the formula actually, and it has been since Andy Reid 83 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: drove into town. But we have our own formula and 84 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom, and that is including going around the world. Now, 85 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: there's a lot of news out there about like stranded 86 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: astronauts that have to stay at the space station until 87 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Right, we've seen that go on like 88 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: that'd be kind of terrifying, But ours does not stop. 89 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: We have not We're still spanning the globe looking for 90 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: our around the world, and I just love it how 91 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: people will come up and you know, hey, put me 92 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: in there, so it's fine, but let's go around the world. 93 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 3: What do you got, Well, we've been offline for like 94 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 3: two and a half weeks, so I've written it. 95 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean we haven't been doing anything. It's been crazy. Yeah, 96 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: come a ready to pass out and we haven't even 97 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: started yet. It's like, wow, get your I feel like 98 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: mid season it's been just super and a lot of 99 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: activity going on. 100 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 2: That's okay. First rule problem. 101 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: I think people assume for our jobs that the season 102 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: is really busy. In the off season we're just not 103 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: doing anything, where it's actually almost the opposite, because in 104 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 3: the season, we know what we're doing every single day. 105 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: There's a DTK every single week. We're always record them 106 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 3: on Tuesday or Wednesday, and all of our stuff is 107 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 3: very systematic, but in the off season and especially during 108 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,799 Speaker 3: training camp in the preseason, just random things on random days. 109 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 3: And I feel like nine months have passed since training 110 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 3: camp began. 111 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: In mid July. 112 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 3: I'm so glad the season's finally here because we have 113 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 3: actually a routine to get into. But I do have 114 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: ten around the world today, ten from over the last 115 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 3: like several. 116 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: Weeks, and I'll throw it at eleventh just for fun. Perfect. 117 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: So the first is I heard from Steve in ann Arbor, Michigan. 118 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 3: We've heard from Steve before. He wrote me during the 119 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 3: preseason and told a story about how he remembered when 120 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: he was a kid, he would watch the Chiefs play 121 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 3: during the preseason against the College All Stars. 122 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: Remember that? 123 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, pretty cool. Kind of love that game. Yeah, 124 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: and that was the start. I'm sorry, that was the start. 125 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: It wasn't the Hall of Fame game like it is now. 126 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: You waited all this time for football, and it was 127 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: the College All Stars playing the defending world champion. Yeah, 128 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: and they had these stars on their their shoulder pads 129 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: on their on their uniforms and it was always like, 130 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: you know, Era Parsigian coaching them, And yeah, that was 131 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: that was way cool. 132 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 3: I love that game that would never happen today, for obviously, 133 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 3: are you kidding? 134 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: But like, though I'm getting fifty snaps against the defending 135 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: world champions, how much. 136 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 3: Would you give to watch the College All Stars play 137 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: against the Chiefs. It'd be so cool. I would want 138 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 3: to see what would happen. 139 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: As a little kid, I love that game because you know, 140 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: we're just star for football and there were a few 141 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: times the College All Stars would win, and not very 142 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: often though, but yeah, just now it looks ridiculous actually, 143 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: but yes, I'm all for it. 144 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 3: Maybe in an ultimate universe. One day we heard it 145 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 3: from Dan. Dan wanted to shout out his son Mitchell 146 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: and his in law Danny. They live in Austin, Texas, 147 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: but just got married near Saint Louis and Danny's surprised 148 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 3: Mitchell with a casey wolf appearance at the wedding. 149 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 2: Isn't that great? The wolf? He's everywhere, He is, truly everywhere. 150 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 3: He could be in space right now for all we know. 151 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: Well, and I've kind of been everywhere, uh if it's true, 152 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: even since the eighth of July. But it seems like 153 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: the wolf has either been there right before him there, 154 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: or he's coming right behind me, like the wolf is, yeah, 155 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: he's I think he replicates himself. 156 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 3: Like you're walking in and the wolf is walking. Wolf 157 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: was here two days ago, Like where you've been you're 158 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 3: tracking in Like. 159 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Erksville, Missouri And they go, yeah, wolf 160 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: was just here. 161 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 3: I'm like, wolf is everywhere, including out their wedding. Congratulations, 162 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 3: that's cool. 163 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: That's a good idea. 164 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: Now watch the wolf get bazillions of requests the wedding. 165 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: Let's have wolf with the wedding. We should do a 166 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: DTK from a wedding. That'd be awesomewhere in the Kingdom. 167 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, here they come though. 168 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: The wedding planners all over going. 169 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: I heard from Jean and Gary up at training camp. 170 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 3: They came up and said, hi, awesome couple. They had 171 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: a cool story. So they were in Thailand during last 172 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 3: year's Super Bowl and Bangkok had to stay up super 173 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 3: late to watch it. But then they were wearing their 174 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: Chief skier proudly around Bangkok the day after the Super Bowl. 175 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: And what they pointed out, what I think is so 176 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 3: cool is the local population. A lot of people recognize 177 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: the Chief's logo and we're saying hey, Chiefs, congrats Chiefs. 178 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: I mean if I told you that ten years ago, 179 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,239 Speaker 3: I don't think anyone in Thailand would recognize the arrowhead logo. 180 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 3: But I think it's awesome that people over in Thailand 181 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: we're familiar with the Chiefs, knew the Chiefs won the 182 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: Super Bowl, and we're congratulating Gene and Gary. 183 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: So the Hangover was it part three? That was part two? Yeah, 184 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: Well it wasn't a chief slogo in that movie every. 185 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: I don't think so maybe in part four we'll see 186 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: a Chiefs logo. Shout out to Mike. Met Mike up 187 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: at camp along with his two sons. I really enjoyed 188 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 3: talking with them. Then I saw Mike again at the 189 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 3: Lions preseason game. He was there with his eighty year 190 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: old dad. 191 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 2: John Best. 192 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 3: They got to see the behind the back pass, so 193 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 3: pretty cool. 194 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 2: Don't let the old man in, John. 195 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 3: I met Matt at the Lions game as well. He 196 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 3: was there with his daughters, Caitlin I believe she goes 197 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 3: by KK though, Brenn and Annabelle. Wonderful family. It's great 198 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 3: meeting you all. Also met Aj at that game. We 199 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: met his family a few years ago up at camp. 200 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: They were from Australia, remember that. Yeah, he came down 201 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: and said hi and said, you guys met my family 202 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: a couple of years ago, so shout out to you all. 203 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 3: I met Patricio up at camp. Came all the way 204 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: from Mexico City just to watch and Chie's practice. Yeah, 205 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: pretty awesome. How about all fifty states? And do we 206 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: forget how many foreign countries came to camp? 207 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: Oh? I bet it was a lot, because that's it's 208 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: on the app. 209 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, you can ask someone. 210 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: But all fifty states? That was That was terrific, just amazing. 211 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 3: Met Elise from Washington, d C up at camp, So 212 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 3: all fifty states in Washington, d C. Don't forget that. 213 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 3: Met Andy and Meghan up at camp. There were the 214 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 3: case state alums that you talked to as well. Really 215 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 3: great people. Andy loves picking up like stats and facts 216 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 3: and notes just like we do. So we were nerding 217 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: out about like pro football reference filters and things like that. 218 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 2: So great to meet you both. Do you remember one 219 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 2: of his nerdiest stats? 220 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I can't remember. He had some good stuff though. 221 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 3: We're having a great time going back and forth. Then 222 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: also met David up at camp. He grew up in California, 223 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 3: but his parents were in the military, so they moved around. 224 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: His dad was a Chiefs fan. It kind of stuck 225 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: with him. Now he lives in Kansas City and he's 226 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: a season ticket member, so stuck with him his whole life. 227 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 3: So great meeting you, David. To everyone who came up 228 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 3: to us at camp, it was awesome meeting you. Thank 229 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 3: you so much for making the trip, first of all, 230 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 3: but also saying hi to us. It's one of the 231 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 3: most favorite things that we do is talking with people 232 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 3: up at camp and sharing our love and passion of 233 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 3: the Chiefs with you all, and vice versa. So if 234 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 3: we saw you at camp, you said hi, it was 235 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 3: great to see you. 236 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: So many kids, so many kids at camp. It's maybe 237 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: my favorite thing of training camp. And you want to 238 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: get autographed or fist pump or whatever. And I just 239 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: made it a deal with almost all of you because 240 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: I said, your first day of school, which most of 241 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: you have started by now, just tell the teacher you 242 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: want to start with the whole class, ripping off touchdown 243 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: cans A City, and then let the school year begin. 244 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: I don't know how many of those kids are in detention. 245 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: Right now that they might, but they're they're they're looking 246 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: at me like, Okay, you're crazy, but I might try it. Yeah, 247 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: So I hope they did training when they're young. I've 248 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: got one around the world. These are three guys, actually four, 249 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, and they have been really good in 250 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: helping Ronald McDonald house charities. And we know Trent Green 251 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: is behind that in Red Wednesday is coming up. You 252 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: can get your flag at McDonald's participating the area of 253 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: participating McDonald's location with just five dollars or shop dot 254 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs dot com for ten and got it. I was 255 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: trying to think of memory. But the point is these 256 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: these flags have become collector's items in many ways. I 257 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: see a lot of your offices and you've got them all. 258 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: Ri T Department actually here has them all. It's there 259 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: a wallpaper if you will, their actual wallpaper, not their 260 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: you know, electric wallpaper, electronic wallpaper. So anyway, these guys 261 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: are great. But they represent the Albany, Missouri Warriors, the 262 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 1: Polo Missouri Panthers, and the Parkway West Longhorns, which is 263 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: actually Saint Louis, but all being in Polo right really 264 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: close to the epicenter of the Chief Kingdom. They're all 265 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: William Jewell alums, Kevin Ward, DWIGHTE. Medberry, Darren Ward, and 266 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: Matt Lemur. Who I think that Texas independent baseball. 267 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 3: Team is Laredo Lemurs. 268 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: The Laredo Lemurs. I think they're named after me. You 269 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 2: think so? Yeah? Yeah, or he changed his name because 270 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 2: of the Laredo Lemurs. Yeah. One of our favorite independent baseball. 271 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 3: The American Association of Professional Baseball. When I worked for 272 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 3: the Kansas City t Bones way back in the day, 273 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 3: now known as the Monarchs, the Laredo Lemurs would take 274 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: like a sixteen hour bus ride for a three game 275 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 3: series against the t Bones. It was crazy. That's real 276 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 3: commitment to your craft right there. 277 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: And they have a month long road trip. 278 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 3: You're just gone for a month. 279 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: They're gone for a month, eating rotisserie hot dogs, go 280 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: to Winnipeg, goo to Fargo. You know the little plastic 281 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: cereals that you peel open and put a little milk on. 282 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: You're good to go. So shout out to Laredo Lemurs. 283 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, we're gonna jump o. Thanks and shout out 284 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: to those guys. They do a ton to help. The 285 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: Ronald McDonald House Charities, which of course is the benefactor 286 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: for our Red Wednesday, which we kind of like, we 287 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: love Red Friday, but it's Red Wednesday. It means you 288 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl and you're going to open the 289 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: season on Thursday, which is of course what's going on 290 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: this season. But again, make sure you get your flag 291 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: and with net proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald HOU'SE Charities, 292 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: And it's crazy how much money we're raising for that. 293 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: It's pretty cool. 294 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: But jumping into the formula, you've always kind you've already 295 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: kind of alluded to the result of it. 296 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 2: But I'm going to start with this one. 297 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: And again this is something I talk about actually with 298 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: businesses across. 299 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: The nation because they want to go what's going on there? Why? 300 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: And so part of the formula, and we'll start with 301 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: this way is there is no one who is the 302 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: smartest guy or gall in the room. This eleven years 303 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: of winning and hopefully into the twelve really starts with talent, 304 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: but talent with humility and respect that goes horizontally and vertically. 305 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: It starts with the Hunt family, our chairman and CEO, 306 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: Clark Hunt, and the Hunt family, Tavia and the rest 307 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: of the Crew. You go down to Lamar Junior, Sharon, 308 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: Dan will leave nobody out. They're incredibly humble owners. They're purposeful, 309 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: they're on point, they want to win. They're very competitive. 310 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: But I'm going to compare him to other owners of 311 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: other professional sports teams, and I think that's where it starts, 312 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: because then Matt that evolves into Andy Reid, who now 313 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: is on arguably Mount rushmore of NFL head coaches when 314 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: you look at only three ahead of him and overall wins. Oh, 315 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: and those three are Papa Bear, Hollis, Don Shulan, Bill Belichick. 316 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: The fact that Andy's got twenty six postseason wins, Belichick 317 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: has thirty one, and the last I checked, Belichick is 318 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: not employed. So if he stays stuck, Andy could pass him. 319 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: But Andy's not a self promoter. You don't see him 320 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: out being crazy. He's very humbled and he's very purposed. 321 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: Same thing with bred Beach. He just continues on the 322 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: treadmill man. He just goes, goes, goes, goes, goes. And 323 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: let's just take a side note and your thoughts on 324 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: these late moves that he made. I was at the 325 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: kickoff luncheon and Bloom boom boom. I don't get notifications. 326 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: In fact, I even the sad part of it. I 327 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: had introduced some guys on the team, and by the talk, 328 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: by the time they got back to the practice facility, 329 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: they weren't. 330 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: On the team. Yeah, that stanks. 331 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: But I think that we're going to take a side 332 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: note here because Veitch has just stayed on it. Very humble, 333 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: but he's also talented and resourceful. But he goes and 334 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: gets somemajp Ryan. Yeah, so fired up about this, super fired. 335 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: Up about it. 336 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 3: You and I spent about ten minutes upstairs just watching 337 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 3: smajp Ryan catch screen passes. That's where we're at right now. 338 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 3: It's exciting stuff. Samajp Ryan is a major pickup to 339 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 3: get a guy like that in late August. I mean, 340 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 3: that's your third downback. I mean he's one of the 341 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 3: best third down backs in the league. 342 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: And what's been one of our big concerns is the 343 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: Jerick McKinnon replacement. 344 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 3: And he can fill that role. I mean Jack McKinnon. 345 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 3: I'm not sure people realize just how impactful and important 346 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 3: he was over the last couple of years, particularly in 347 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 3: the passing game as a protector and a receiver. Out 348 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 3: of the backfield. Smaji p Ryan can do both of 349 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 3: those things really really well. Look at last year for 350 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: p Ryan got fifty passes for four hundred and eighty 351 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 3: seven yards. That yardage total ranked seventh among all running backs, 352 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 3: and his nine point one catch average ranked third in 353 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: the NFL among all running backs. He's going to help 354 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 3: his team a lot, think about little dump offs, screens, 355 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 3: so many different ways he can help this team in 356 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 3: the short passing game. So the good a player like 357 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 3: that is a big deal. And Cam Thomas as well. 358 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 3: Getting Cam Thomas from the Arizona Cardinals, a top one 359 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 3: hundred pick just a couple of years ago. Defensive end 360 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 3: at San Diego State, but kind of out of position 361 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 3: with Arizona because of the scheme that they run. He 362 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 3: was a stand up kind of outside linebacker edge rusher 363 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: there doesn't really play to his strengths. In my opinion, 364 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: He's a player that, let's see, six foot, five hundred 365 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 3: and seventy pounds, he is at his best I think 366 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 3: when his hands in the dirt. But he's big enough 367 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 3: where he can play inside as well. So this is 368 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 3: a player that sees Bagnelo can use off the edge, 369 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 3: can use inside. It's like he does with players like 370 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 3: Mike Dana and Tresham Wharton. And he had good production 371 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: while he was in Arizona on his limited opportunities, thirty 372 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 3: five pressures over the last two years, despite not a 373 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 3: whole lot of pass rushing chances for him. So I 374 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 3: like adding Cam Thomas quite a bit. Another rotational defensive 375 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 3: end that at least helps us foreseeable future, but certainly 376 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 3: right now. While Charles Amanni he was out. 377 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: People know we nerd out on the draft. If you're 378 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: defending the kingdom our kingdom defenders all across the world. 379 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 2: You know that. 380 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: Matt and I do that. Cam Thomas when he was 381 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: in the draft, we both liked him like he was 382 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: highly regarded coming out of San Diego State, and you 383 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: nailed that. This feels like a Mike Dana type who 384 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: can play on the edge, hold the edge, but still 385 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: play inside depending on down in distance. We've seen Chris 386 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: Jones go inside to outside. And it leads into my 387 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: second point. Overall of the part of the formula, in 388 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: my opinion, is the fact that and I'll just use 389 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: the term in concert here, this is a team and 390 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 1: a franchise, which is one now for eleven straight years, 391 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: hopefully twelve. Not just with this respect and understanding and 392 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: listening and humility and staying on point and purpose horizontally 393 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: and vertically, but to do so in concert. Football teams 394 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: and I mentioned this, so many times are fractured, so 395 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: many ways at all levels. This can go all the 396 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: way down to a small school, high school confracture. You 397 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: can get individual players or even parents that try to 398 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: wreck the wreck the train, or individual players or offense defense, 399 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: you know, kind of sniping back and forth. But this 400 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: is a franchise that has been in concert. I'm going 401 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: to give the Detroit Lions here a little bit of props. 402 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: We might have talked about this before, but to me, 403 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: the Lions have kind of got this figured out. I'm 404 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: not sure how many other teams do. Meaning Brad Holmes 405 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: is walking step with step with the entire coaching staff, 406 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: Dan Campbell and the rest of the Lions coaching staff. 407 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: So now let's talk about cam Thomas as an example 408 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: of that. And I actually talked with Jamari Connor there. 409 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: This is exhibitar of me and also Jaden Hicks, because 410 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: when Brent Veach and his coach or his scouting staff. 411 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: They listen to the coaches. Coaches listen to them. But 412 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: I ask those guys because they're asked to do they're 413 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: asking to do this hybrid role on the back end. Right, 414 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: how much do I asked bred Veach, how much do 415 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: you look at scheme fit or the scheme they played 416 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: in or what they did or how that and that's 417 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: he goes, That's that's huge. That's something that we look 418 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: at more than other teams. So let's look at a 419 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: Cam Thomas if he becomes another Mike Dana type, or 420 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: we see Chris Jones can move from inside to outside. 421 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: You get all these pieces. 422 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: Moving around when a team works in concert like that, 423 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: leave your ego at the door, just put it there. 424 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you get this energy and you 425 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: find cam Thomas's and you find other players that can 426 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: ask and do the things that Steve Spagnolo or Andy 427 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: Reid asked them to do, which in many cases is 428 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: the most complicated scheme in both offense and defense in 429 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: the national Footballer. 430 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, when I was at the Combine earlier this year, 431 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 3: it feels like a million years ago now, but I 432 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 3: had a chance to talk to a lot of our 433 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 3: kind of mid level scouts, the scouts that you don't 434 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 3: really hear about. They're not in front of cameras often, 435 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 3: but they're doing like the dirty work, really working with 436 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 3: the area scouts, learning what players are all about, what 437 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 3: players are going to be on our draft board, how 438 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 3: are we going to rank them, stuff like that. And 439 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 3: they explicitly talked about how they scout players based on 440 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 3: what they know the coaching staff likes, and that seems 441 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 3: like an obvious point, why doesn't everyone do that? But 442 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 3: the reality is, we're so fortunate to have like a 443 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 3: rock solid regime here in Kansas City leadership wise and 444 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 3: on the coaching staff that other teams and franchises don't 445 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 3: always have. If you're a team that maybe is struggling 446 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: and you have a new front office and new coaching 447 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 3: staff in place, well the front office and the coaching 448 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 3: staff have to both look out for themselves. They don't 449 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 3: know if the other is going to be there. But 450 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 3: with the chiefs, Brett Vich, coach read everyone, they're here 451 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 3: for the long haul. We all know that they can 452 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 3: work together and build this thing for years to come. 453 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 3: If you're a different team and you're the front office, 454 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 3: you're not necessarily looking for players just to fit your 455 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 3: coaching staff, because who knows that that coaching staff is 456 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 3: going to work out. You don't know. Maybe you have 457 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 3: to move on from that coaching staff in a couple 458 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 3: of years and those players won't fit that coach's scheme, 459 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 3: So it didn't make sense to look only for players 460 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 3: that fit that scheme. We're so fortunate here that everyone 461 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 3: is on the same page. Everyone every day knows what 462 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 3: the other wants. And another thing that is kind of 463 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: unique here that doesn't happen everywhere that should happen everywhere, 464 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 3: is the coaching staff is brought in to these scouting discussions. 465 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 3: When they're working on certain position groups, grinding tape, trying 466 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 3: to figure out how they're going to stack certain players 467 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 3: on the draft board. They'll bring in Stiespagnolo or Matt 468 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 3: Nagi or Joe Cullen, whoever it may be, to say, 469 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 3: what do you think of this guy? How would you 470 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: rank these two players? Not every front office does that 471 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 3: because the egos get involved and the egos get the way, 472 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: and you would think with Kansas City, with all the success, 473 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 3: maybe there would be a lot of egos. Remarkably there's 474 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 3: really not. Everyone is just here with their lunch paal 475 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 3: working together at one common goal. And you're right, that's 476 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 3: part of the formula that's made us so successful over 477 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: the last several years. Does not happen a lot of places, 478 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 3: seems obvious, but it just doesn't happen everywhere else around 479 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 3: the NFL. 480 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: I'd say very few places around the NFL. And I 481 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: even extend that to professional sports. So the Big Four, 482 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: it's rare what the chiefs have in their formula with 483 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: that because they just don't care against the credit. There's 484 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: no Wizard of Oz factor. Many times a general manager 485 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: will be the Wizard of Oz, bring me the witches broom. 486 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: They want to control the coach or the coach it's 487 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: the bill parcels I'm going to you know, I want 488 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: to buy the groceries and all that. That just does 489 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: not exist here and it's refreshing. But you also see 490 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: the byproduct of it, and that is this consistent winning. 491 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: Let me give you another position group that is a 492 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: prime example of this, and that's wide receiver. Because you'll 493 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: see all kinds of different ways. Let's go back to 494 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: the Jamari Connor and Jaden Hicks example. So they may 495 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: not have the fastest forty time. They may not have 496 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: the most reps at two twenty five, but they're talented 497 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: enough and they could be really talented. Even la Jerius 498 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: Snead fit this in the fact that though Virginia Tech, 499 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: more than most colleges, was at RASK was asking Connor 500 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: to do almost precisely what Spags wants him to do. 501 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: Same with Washington State. And when I talked to both 502 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: of those guys, both formally and informally, they go, yeah, 503 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: heck yeah, like this isn't something completely foreign to me. 504 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 2: That's big. 505 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: But wide receiver is another one, because we mentioned this 506 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: many times and when your fiens, look, hey, go grab 507 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: this guy, go grab this guy. In free agency, Coach 508 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: Reid wants every receiver to play every position. You're not 509 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: an AX, you're not a slot, you're not a Z. 510 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: You're everything. And that's rare too in the National Football League. 511 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: Because we want to get a big X, we're all 512 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: we're going to do is throw him nine routes and 513 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 1: fades right or and we know who those guys are 514 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: around the league. That's not Coach's deal. What the formula 515 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: here is you can do everything, and that will drive 516 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: defenses crazy, and that's why you get Hollywood Brown. If 517 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: you get him healthy, worthy fits this category and the 518 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: rest of the receiving corps for the most part. But 519 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: that's unique. But it's a great example of being in 520 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: concert and very rare. 521 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 3: And that scheme is why the Chiefs are able to 522 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 3: weather injuries when they happen. The whole next man up 523 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 3: philosophy only works if the next man up is able 524 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 3: to fill in the role of the player that is injured, 525 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 3: and then you only have so many players in your roster. 526 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 3: It's hard to do that sometimes. A good example of 527 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 3: this is during the preseason, Cornell Powell had that great 528 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 3: touchdown right, it's physical, long touchdown against the Lions. Apparently 529 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 3: he wasn't supposed to be in there on that play. 530 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 3: I can't remember who was, but a player got hurt. 531 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 3: Cornell had to go in and on one snap scores 532 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 3: a touchdown. That's the preseason, it's different, but that kind 533 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 3: of thing happens in the regular season all the time. 534 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 3: There are so many plays over the years where it's 535 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 3: a great memorable play in Chief's history. Well, some player 536 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 3: was in there, maybe wasn't supposed to be, but someone 537 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 3: got hurt. This guy had to fill in and help 538 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 3: to create a moment that we all remember. Those things 539 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 3: only happen because coach Reed knows how to put people 540 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 3: in place to succeed. And if you only rely on 541 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,120 Speaker 3: your starters on paper, you're not going to get very 542 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 3: far in the NFL. That's why this time of year 543 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 3: is so important to refine the roster, to find every 544 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 3: single player who maybe you're not going to see a 545 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 3: whole lot on offense or defense during the year, but 546 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 3: when they have their opportunity late in the season, if 547 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: a player is hurt, they have to be able to 548 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 3: go out there and play and find success. And that 549 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 3: versatility point and that mental readiness point that we look 550 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 3: for and players that are going to fill those roles, 551 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 3: that's important. It's hard to find those guys, and our 552 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 3: scouting staff and our coaching staff is the best at 553 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 3: finding those players in my opinion. 554 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: Well stated a next area of the formulating my opinion 555 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: of why the Chiefs have been able to win consistently 556 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: in the league. That's set up. Not to do that 557 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: is always remain creative. This is a franchise and this 558 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: is part of not being the smartest guy or Gallon 559 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: the room, even though you might be because coaches most 560 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: of the time will be, or Patrick will be. But 561 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: the point is the fact that you always stay creative. 562 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: Now we know about Patrick behind the back passes and 563 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: Nola passes and left handed passes. That's creative. But I 564 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: also mean within structure. This is a franchise that go, well, 565 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: this is what we do. Here's what we do, and 566 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: you're going to deal with it. There is a template, 567 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: there's a base. But for twelve years, I have seen 568 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: this team in all three phases, all three phases, including 569 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: special teams, try to remain creative. For example, the Ravens 570 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: are coming to town on Thursday, pretty fresh played them 571 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship game. There is a whole bunch 572 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: of stuff the Ravens have not seen because in this 573 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: offseason coach Read and Spags have put together new stuff. 574 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: They just stay on the cutting edge all the time. 575 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 1: For businesses who have the R and D department, the 576 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: chiefs are in the R and D research and development 577 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: phase all the time. And I think as a professional 578 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL, or any professional franchise, any college team 579 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: for that matter, you can get stuck. You can get stuck. 580 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: This has been successful. Here's what we are, here's what 581 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: we do. Recruit to this, go get free agents to 582 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: this where the Chiefs all the time are trying to 583 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: keep it fresh and new. And I admire him about that, 584 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: and I think that is a rare trait in professional 585 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: sports overall. 586 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 2: In the NFL and specific. 587 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 3: Can I give you an example of coach Treats adaptability 588 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: over the years. So I give his exact anecdote on 589 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 3: the radio a little while ago. If you listen to that. 590 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 3: I apologize for repeating myself right now, but this is incredible. 591 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 3: So during Coach Reed's first five years in Philadelphia, the 592 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 3: Eagles ran four thousand, nine hundred and sixteen offensive places. Okay, 593 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 3: of those, twenty nine of them took place out of 594 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 3: the shotgun. Just incredible, Like they did not run hardly 595 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 3: any plays out of the shotgun. Okay, just last year alone, 596 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 3: the Chiefs ran eight hundred and sixty nine snaps out 597 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 3: of the shotgun. He's completely changed his offensive formula, completely 598 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 3: changed it. So like you're saying some coaches they have 599 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 3: their system, I am a genius. This system works. I 600 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 3: have brought it to the league. This is going to 601 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 3: work forever and then when it stops working, those coaches 602 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 3: get phased out, and we can all think of these 603 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: coaches that have been these geniuses and then they go 604 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 3: away when their system didn't work anymore. Coach Reed is 605 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 3: running a completely different offensive scheme and system today than 606 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 3: he was when he first came into the league twenty 607 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 3: years ago. And he's still the best offensive mind in 608 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: the NFL because he continually finds ways to take advantage 609 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 3: of the opponent, to put his players in the best 610 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 3: position to succeed, to take advantage of what his players 611 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 3: do well. So many coaches don't do that. They say, 612 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 3: this is my system. I'm going to put my players 613 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: into my system and it will work. If it doesn't work, 614 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 3: it's the player's fault. CoA Tree doesn't look at it 615 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 3: that way. He says, how can I put my players 616 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 3: in a position to succeed? And he's done that over 617 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 3: the course of his career, and it's so fun to 618 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 3: look at really the raw numbers about how much he 619 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 3: has changed because Coach Reed today. I think if you 620 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 3: took Coach Reid from nineteen ninety nine and said, hey, 621 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 3: look at this scheme you're going to be running in 622 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 3: twenty years he'd be like, what is this? But it's 623 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 3: what he's figured out over the years, and it works 624 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 3: for him now and hopefully he coaches more years in 625 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 3: the future and have more creative and crazy ideas up 626 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 3: his sleeve. 627 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: Let me give you another example. When he first came here, 628 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: he sought out Chris Alt who was the defender, who 629 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: was the creator, by the way, the original creator of 630 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: the pistol offense at the University of Nevada. So he 631 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: sought him out, had him as consultant basically. And then 632 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: Brad Childers, you remember he was here originally and of 633 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: course was a coach in Philadelphia and went all the 634 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: way back to Northern Arizona. This is one of the 635 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: things I love about coach and I mentioned this too before. 636 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: He extracted something from every one of his coaching stops, 637 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: whether it's San Francisco State, think a coach Melvin played 638 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: for him. He's still here utep that's Dave Tobe where 639 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: he got that. You can look at the influence he 640 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: had at the University of Missouri that includes tob there. 641 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: Northern a Arizona was Brad Childress the time in Green Bay. 642 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: You know his relationships with John Gruden, which we saw 643 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: this year at training camp, or Mooch or those guys 644 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: that were on that staff and then with his group 645 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: and now he's got his own disciples. But when he goes, 646 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: I've got to study the pistol because he didn't run 647 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: the pistol at all at Philadelphia. And we'll be in 648 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: the pistol more than you think sometimes. 649 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 3: Because back then that wasn't a pro style offense. 650 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 1: You don't run a college. You can't run college in 651 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: the pros. Coach doesn't care. But Spags is the same way. 652 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: And Spags is always thinking mad scientists because he has 653 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: some of the most exotic blitzes in the National Football League. 654 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: But to do that, it leads to my final point, 655 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: and I think in the formula to do this stuff, 656 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: first of all, you have got to look at mental 657 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: and physical toughness. Okay, we can talk about that a 658 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: lot at football at all levels and in the NFL. 659 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: You got to be tough to play this game, yes, 660 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 1: But I'm going to add something that's part of the 661 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: formula here, and that is looking for intelligence and emotional 662 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: and mental maturity. That's the reason a team can be 663 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: down by twenty four and win by twenty. A team 664 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: can be down by ten and win the Super Bowl 665 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: three straight times. We've trailed by ten points in every 666 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: one of these Super Bowl championships. And an exhibit a 667 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,959 Speaker 1: of this is Patrick Mahomes. He is we see all 668 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: the crazy physical skills and all that, and going back 669 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: to the humility, he and Travis Kelsey both are never 670 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: one to say I've got to be the highest paid 671 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: guy at my position. I even know what that means. 672 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: Guys will do that in the last ten minutes. Those 673 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: guys will go, wait a minute, I'm going to get paid. Okay, here, 674 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: we'll figure this out. We'll work in concert and get 675 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: it done. And by the way, then you're throwing I 676 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: mean okay. So and Kelsey is the highest paid tight 677 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: end now, but he was, you know, George Kittle gave 678 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: him crap about not he can break the market. Well, 679 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: he is with one hundred million dollar podcast, or he's 680 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: Saturday Night Live, he's Adam Sandler movie like it's all 681 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: the other stuff. He'll have way more than anybody else. 682 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: But when you look at their mental and emotional, physical toughness, 683 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: mental toughness, and their maturity and the twenty twenty two 684 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: draft class is this group Carloftis McDuffie, Brian Cook, go 685 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,239 Speaker 1: right down the line, jaywill Leo Chanal. That's how you 686 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: win on the road in the postseason, and that's how 687 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: you win when you're ten points down because they have 688 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: a certain level of emotional and mental maturity they bring 689 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,719 Speaker 1: to work every day. So if you don't recruit to that, 690 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: if you don't go look for that, if that's not 691 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: a priority for you, then there's no way you can 692 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: get this formula. 693 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 3: And they're always steady no matter what's going on. Look 694 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 3: at the peaks and valleys of the last couple of years. 695 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 3: When things are going really, really well, you don't see 696 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 3: them going crazy throwing a party for winning a regular 697 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 3: season game. They're going to smile and enjoy it in 698 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 3: the locker room, but then it's on to the next one. 699 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 3: And at the same time, when things are not going well, 700 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 3: it's human nature to be like, hey, you should get mad, 701 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 3: you should lash out, you should say something in the media, 702 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 3: call somebody out. None of them do it. They just 703 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 3: put all the blame on themselves. They take accountability for 704 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 3: whatever happened, even if it wasn't their fault, and look 705 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 3: inwards and they get better because of that, the team 706 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,479 Speaker 3: stays together. Think about last year. Things could have completely 707 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 3: gone off the rails after the Christmas game and it 708 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 3: was the total opposite. Says everything about the character and 709 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 3: the maturity emotionally and mentally of this team. How they 710 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 3: handled that, because that was a crossroads, it would be 711 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 3: very easy to say it is not our year. Let's 712 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 3: pack it in. You know, we'll play out the rest 713 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 3: of the season, we'll retool the offseason, see what happens 714 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 3: next year, or we can learn about what happened here, 715 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 3: take accountability for what happened internally, don't point fingers, and 716 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 3: get better because of this. And what do you know, 717 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 3: They didn't lose a game the rest of the way 718 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 3: won the division, won the AFC, won the Super Bowl. 719 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 3: That says everything you need to know about this team. 720 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 3: And really, I think that is forged every year in 721 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 3: Saint Joe. As much as Saint Joe is used for 722 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 3: the physical aspect, preparing your body physically for the football season, 723 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 3: it's also a matter of mental and emotional toughness because 724 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 3: you're going up to Saint Joe, away from your family, 725 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 3: away from your friends, away from everything else for about 726 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 3: a month, and every day it's hot, you're out there practicing. 727 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 3: It's repetitive. Every day is difficult. But when you come 728 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 3: out of it and the players that make this team, 729 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 3: you're bonded together for the year, and when you're down 730 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 3: ten points in the super Bowl, you look at your teammates, 731 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 3: know what you've gone through with them, and think that 732 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 3: you can accomplish and achieve anything with them. That's a 733 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 3: cool thing. I feel that with you. I mean, when 734 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 3: we're doing our stuff throughout the year and things aren't 735 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 3: going well, we've been through stuff together, you know, and 736 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 3: that equates to a football team as well. Not every 737 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 3: team is like that. Not every team really cares to 738 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 3: be like that. And what's so exciting about this team 739 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 3: is they want to be that way because it matters 740 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 3: in the end. 741 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm glad you brought up the Raiders game. 742 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: I brag up the twenty two draft class, and I 743 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: always say you'd hire every one of them, you'd work 744 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: for every one of them. But the twenty one draft 745 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 1: class was a group last year too, because those guys 746 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: kind of led the way at that point of the season, 747 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 1: most notably Creed Humphrey and tray Smith, the defensive line 748 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: took they said no, no, we're going to take this 749 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 1: on and that's not going to happen again because they 750 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: felt responsible for it. 751 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 2: And the Raiders had a great. 752 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: Pass Russian scheme that day. And then Patrick's always there 753 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: with that. But that twenty one and Nick Bolton fits 754 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: this rule. Okay, these guys are right in the middle 755 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: of it that sometimes they don't have to say a word. 756 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes they do. But the fact that they are just 757 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: so mentally and physically tough and emotionally and mentally mature 758 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: makes them an elite level along with their athletic talent. 759 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: And again that's easily overlooked or taken for granted. And 760 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: unless you're a team that wants to say, hey, we're 761 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: going to leave all of our egos at the door 762 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: here and recruit that way, or look for free agency, 763 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: or have your whole organization be that way, because this 764 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: organization is that way, starting with the Hunt family, then 765 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: just continue to chase because you can be jealous. It's 766 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: kind of counterculture right now, to be honest with you, 767 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 1: this is such an egocentric thing. I got to be 768 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,840 Speaker 1: the highest paid dude. I'm going to try to you know, 769 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to try to run the team as a player. 770 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,359 Speaker 1: I've got to be a GM that's you know, it's 771 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: my team or no team. And where the coach tries 772 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: to do a coupd ata. I mean that's stuff. I've 773 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: lived all that, man, and I've lived all that, and 774 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: it just does not work. What the Chiefs have now, 775 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: this formula is a prototype for every professional franchise. 776 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 3: And you need buy in from everyone to the leadership 777 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 3: for it to work. One thing to talk about it. 778 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 3: I think a lot of coaches have good intentions and 779 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 3: want to establish a culture like that, but it's difficult 780 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 3: to do so. The thing that we're so fortunate to 781 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 3: have here with the Chiefs is that Coach Red has 782 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,400 Speaker 3: the agency where he demands that buy in. But people 783 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 3: want to buy in because they believe in it, they've 784 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 3: seen the results of it. And when you establish a 785 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 3: culture like that, it kind of snowballs in a good 786 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 3: way over time, where no matter what happens. Think about 787 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 3: a couple of years ago, the Chiefs start three and 788 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 3: four and we had that disastrous game in Tennessee. Nobody panicked. 789 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 3: Nobody panicked from then on out made it all the 790 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 3: way to the AFC Championship Game, a game we hosted. 791 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 3: So when you have a coach like coach read ownership 792 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 3: like the Hunt family, you have Brett Veach in a 793 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 3: position where he's putting this roster together. Everyone believes in 794 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 3: these guys. They believe in them because they've they have 795 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,239 Speaker 3: the benefit of the doubt, they've earned it, and that 796 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 3: creates a culture that then dissipates throughout the entire team. 797 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 3: We're fortunate that we have that here because it is 798 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,880 Speaker 3: only going to get better here over the years. It 799 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 3: doesn't happen everywhere, and many teams, many people will go 800 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 3: their whole life and never see their team have that 801 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 3: kind of culture. So very fortunate to have the formula 802 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,359 Speaker 3: here in Kansas City. Let's see what it produces here 803 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:30,319 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty four. 804 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: Well, I wish we had Alan Wright and his horn 805 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: going eh, which means a period change, yep, But he 806 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: means the curtain is ready to open on the twenty 807 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: twenty fourth season. Everyone knows the Chiefs are chasing history 808 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: and they'll do so by using the formula. And we'll 809 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: see where this goes from here 810 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:04,320 Speaker 2: To the