1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Taking vantage on the day. All right, when you get 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: opportunity to this game, you make a play touchdown Chansas 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: City the Chiefs, all right in the thick of a 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: baby on this edition of Defending the Kingdom. Yeah, it's 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: playoff time. We're already at playoff speed. The Choulters with 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: your voice of the Chiefs along with Matt Statt himself. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: Awesome follow If you're a Chief's Kingdom red blooded card, 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: red blooded card, member of the Kingdom, you gotta follow him. 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: I love your backdrop, man, You're already for the playoffs exactly. 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: You know. I'm just channeling some good vibes here, of course, 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: the parade from last year, looking for another great playoff 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: run this year, hopefully ending in another Super Bowl title. 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: I feel like being around these kind of things as 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: good this time of year. I mean, we've been waiting 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: all the year for this to run it back. Right here, 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: we finally are. It's finally our chance. Yep. And that's cool. 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: That Union Station photo behind you on Union Station is 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: really cool right now with the whole run it back, 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: it is really in full playoff regale you there. Thanks 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: to George and all the folks, we're getting that done 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: and speaking to that, I'm in the radio booth. I'm 22 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: just gonna stay here, I think for the next six days. Matt, 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: just send me food, man, I'm already like, don't peak 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: too soon, right, That's what Andy Reid would say. But 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: I'm already in the radio booth, man, I'm just ready 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: to roll. So send me food and water and I'll 27 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: be I'll be probably ready to go. We'll see. This 28 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: is the downside of the bye week because I know 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: it's great for the team they get healthy both physically 30 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: and mentally. But for us, all we want to do 31 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: is watch Chiefs football. We have to wait two full 32 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: weeks after the season and then resting all the starters 33 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: in week seven. Team, we're waiting like a month here 34 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: for a real cheats game. I think both you and 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: I are very ready for this, and you, yeah, for sure. 36 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: I'll find some ways to get food to you because 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: I don't think you're leaving anytime soon. Nope, gonna stay 38 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: right here. Might smell a little weird on Sunday morning, 39 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: but hey, you know, just anyway, I will have my 40 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: bows seven hundred headphones A lot of you have. They 41 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: bought them for Christmas gifts. And holiday gifts. These are awesome. 42 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: You can go to Bows dot com. There is a 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: drop down just headphones and you'll find them this time. 44 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: Now it's for Valentines, and quite honestly, it is a 45 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: very romantic gift. I have seen couples. We heard from 46 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: a couple that watches The Defending Kingdom every week with 47 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Roots in southern California. They said it's totally changed their 48 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: lives romantically by getting these Bows seven hundreds. So maybe 49 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: you and Elie for Valentine. Just saying, Matt just stormed 50 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: out there. Well you mentioned this last week. I think 51 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: you've planted that seed. Now I need some new headphones, 52 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: so this is perfect. I mean I'm being very subtle 53 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: about it, but some new headphones, you know, can really 54 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: help me out. So hopefully hoping that you helped me 55 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: out there, because I think I have a good shot. 56 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: It's Valentine's Day, where your ladies a graduate of the 57 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: University of South Dakota and so come on, let's bring 58 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: a coyote style and get these Bows seven hundred headphones. 59 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: Let's also get ready for these Cleveland Browns. Very interesting. 60 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: The sixth seed makes it in against the one seed. 61 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: The Chiefs taking on Cleveland. Cleveland ambush Pittsburgh twice two 62 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: consecutive weeks to end the regular season. Okay, Pittsburgh's playing 63 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: their backups that nobody saw twenty eight to nothing first 64 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: quarter in the Super Wildcard weekend, Cleveland got after Pittsburgh 65 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: and absolutely wiped them out early. Yeah, and honestly, probably 66 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: the big night in the history of the Cleveland Browns franchise, 67 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: at least this iteration of the franchise, because remember the 68 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: original Browns are now in Baltimore, so this Browns franchise overall, 69 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: they had not won a playoff game six years, hadn't 70 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: won in Pittsburgh a divisional opponent in seventeen years, which 71 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: is crazy to think about. They had not won a 72 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: road a playoff game since nineteen sixty nine, so it's 73 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: been a long time since Browns fans have enjoyed the 74 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: euphoria they had on Sunday night against of course, big 75 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: brother in the Pittsburgh Steelers, and doing all of it 76 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: with Kevin Stefanski, probably the head coach of the Year 77 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL this year, in his basement watching the 78 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,839 Speaker 1: game just like you and me, So you gotta feel 79 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: good for the Browns fans, of course, hoping that Cinderella 80 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: story ends here at Arrowheads Stadium on Sunday. But we 81 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: know what it's like to see a lot of heartbreak 82 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: and the playoffs, and the Browns certainly do as well. 83 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: So feeling good for the Browns. Big win over the 84 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: Steelers and should be a great game on Sunday nineteen 85 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: sixty nine. You're talking leroy A. Kelly days with the 86 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: Browns back in there, but honestly, for the Chief's Kingdom, 87 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: let's just sit here and realized what that twenty fifteen 88 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: playoff when meant in Houston. Now see they see that 89 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: picture behind you and go away. We won the World 90 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: Championship last year and won Super Bowl fifty four. Who 91 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: whoa whoa that first? That broke twenty two years of 92 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: no playoff victories to win that game in Houston that year, 93 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: and no matter who was playing quarterback for the Chiefs 94 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: to win thirty and I think that was a big deal. 95 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 1: You have to start someplace, and this is where Cleveland 96 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: had started. This is a team that I think is 97 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: very well coached, and Matt honestly affect to give these 98 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: guys the biggest compliment in studying them is that when 99 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: they get the opportunity as a team either on both 100 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: sides of the ball here, they make the most of it. 101 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: And that's what they did here in twenty twenty. Absolutely, 102 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: and we saw a kind of a microcosm of that 103 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: in that Steelers game. So they're going up against the 104 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: Steelers team that really beat up on them early in 105 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: the season. But what happens. First play, the snap sales 106 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: over Ben Roethinsberger's head goes in the end zone, they 107 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: recover that for a touchdown, They pick him off a 108 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: few plays later, score touchdown after that, and before you 109 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: know it, it's twenty eight nothing for the Cleveland Browns. 110 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: And the capitalized off takeaways throughout the game. So I 111 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 1: mentioned a few of them there, but five takeaways in 112 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: that game. They scored twenty four points off those takeaways. 113 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: It's very hard to win in the playoffs against a 114 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: good opponent like the Cleveland Brown's a hungry opponent in 115 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: Cleveland when you turn the ball over five times, and 116 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh saw that. I mean, they made a valiant comeback there. 117 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: Made it interesting at the end. I think a lot 118 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: of Browns fans were worrying. They're wondering if they're going 119 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: to hold on in that game. But they do really 120 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: hard to win a football game if you turn the 121 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: ball over five times. And then we'll talk about this 122 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: later on, But when you have a physical team like Cleveland, 123 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: where you can run the ball with guys like Nick 124 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: Chubb and Kareem Hunt over and over again, and you 125 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: keep taking the ball away defensively, it's very tough to 126 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: come back. So the beauty of this Chief's team, as 127 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: we'll discuss later on, don't turn the ball over that much. 128 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: I really can't see that she's turning the ball over 129 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: five times against this Cleveland team. So I suspect kind 130 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: of a different game, a different rhythm here at Arrowheads 131 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: Stadium on Sunday. But yeah, I can't turn the ball 132 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: over against these Cleveland Browns because let't make you pay. 133 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: Browns were plus five and they giveaway takeaway. But when 134 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: they did get takeaway seventy six takeaway points. That goes 135 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: back to when they get a shot, they take it. 136 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: And they've been very opportunistic there. But you mentioned the runners. 137 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: We're gonna get to them in the run game. But 138 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: they broke Pittsburgh's back when they got back within twelve points, 139 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: meaning Pittsburgh and everybody's sense, okay, here come the Steelers 140 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: are gonna work. You know they'll win this fifty to 141 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: forty nine or something. They ran that screen to Nick 142 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: Chubb for the touchdown, and that just wiped out Pittsburgh. 143 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: And something I did intact, I had seen a Steeler 144 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: team because for fifty years they've had three head coaches 145 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: and a ton of pride, but Cleveland just took all 146 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: of that away from them with that screen. Pets. So 147 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: it's not just those runners running, it's those runners receiving 148 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: because they can get some big plays in that regard. 149 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: And it's just being physical. I mean, if you watch 150 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: that game, the Browns were more physical than the Steelers were. 151 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: And like you're saying, I mean, you think of the 152 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, you think give a physical, hard nosed football 153 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: team winning in the trenches. The Browns beat the Steelers 154 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: in the trenches on Sunday night. And as I mentioned, 155 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: the takeaways were a big deal and Pittsburgh got off 156 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: to a horrible start, but they had an opportunity to 157 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: get back in that game. Like you just said, the 158 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: thing is Cleveland maintained that physicality throughout the game, and 159 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: they love to run the football. They throw the ball 160 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: to their backs too. Like you said, eighty receiving yards 161 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: between Chub and Hunt on Sunday, but they run the 162 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: football over and over again. Third most rushing yards in 163 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: the NFL this year with two thousand to three hundred 164 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: and seventy four, behind only Baltimore in Tennessee. Three teams 165 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: playing like a nineteen fifty here in twenty twenty one, 166 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: averaging four point eight yards per carry, and between Shub 167 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: and Hunt they average or they had nearly two thousand 168 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: yards just with those two guys. They had seven runs 169 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: of ten or more yards against the Steelers in that game, 170 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: So just incredible stuff where the Steelers were trying to 171 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: come back, but they just keep hitting you over and 172 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: over again. With Chub, it's really hard to get a 173 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: rhythm and get back into a football game when you 174 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: can't get off the field defensively, So they're quite a 175 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: duo there. The thing with the Chiefs on Sunday is 176 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: matching that physicality, and it's not just the defensive line, 177 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: it's the front seven as a whole. The Chiefs have 178 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: been banged up at linebacker, lately. Hopefully this Bible will 179 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 1: help with that getting guys back, Guys like Ben Nieman, 180 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: Willie Gay, Anthony Hitchens, Damien Wilson, those guys will be 181 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: big on Sunday making sure that Browns can't get big 182 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: chunk runs because that's really what broke the back of 183 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: the Steelers. The takeaways were a big deal and made 184 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: it give them a big hold of dig out of, 185 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: but it was the big runs and the consistent runs 186 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: that really broke their back. Yeah, you got to think 187 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: Ravens and Titans here with these guys. And you mentioned 188 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt coming back to Arrowhead Stadium and he already 189 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: put some stuff out there on Instagram and such. But 190 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: he's not the only Chief alum here. Terrence Mitchells on 191 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: this team playing corner. You can go back and watch 192 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: his twenty sixteen game against the Raiders to know that 193 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: he's part of the Chiefs laure And there's some other oil. 194 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 1: Tedric Thompson's on their roster and he was with us 195 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: in October, so they claimed him after were released him. 196 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: Elijah Lee, former Blue Springs Wildcat, played against US in 197 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four at the forty nine Ers made 198 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: a big hit on McCole Hardman in that game. He's 199 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: back with this team and a couple of guys from 200 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: your alma mater are on this Brown's roster. But let's 201 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: go back to Chub and Hunt and the fact that 202 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: sometimes you mentioned it's like nineteen fifties football, but sometimes 203 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: it's so old school it's new school. We've seen that 204 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: right with the Titans, and we've seen that with the Ravens. 205 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: In the fact that these guys get chunk runs. If 206 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: you look at the Cleveland Browns, they have twenty one 207 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: runs of twenty yards or more and three fifty plus runs. 208 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: So not all the chunks in this game. In the 209 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: game of football now come from the passing game. If 210 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: you get big, huge chunk runs in the running game, man, 211 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,719 Speaker 1: it can be devastating to an opponent. And it's kind 212 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: of like deja what we were saying with Derrick Henry 213 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: and Baltimore. Derek henryands Tennessee. But also Baltimore does the 214 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: same thing last week, where sure it's three yards here 215 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: or four yards there, but then you keep getting hit 216 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: over and over again as a defensive lineman or a linebacker. 217 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: Eventually the running back might break through, so it's imperative 218 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: in this game. The Chiefs, like I said, match at 219 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: physicality where they don't allow the running backs of Cleveland 220 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: to break a big run after you know, two or 221 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: three quarters of a a hardness football. Now. One interesting thing 222 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: to watch in this game, speaking of the running game, 223 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: is the offensive line of Cleveland. They're pretty banged up 224 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: right now, and I'm really curious to see how banged 225 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: up they are coming into this game, so that they 226 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: lose Jack Conklin, a right tackle All Pro against the Steelers. 227 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: He's day to day as of recording here, so we'll 228 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: see what happens with him. It's the playoffs, so I 229 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: bet he plays, but his status and how effective he is, 230 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: it's something to watch in this game. Also Pro Bowl 231 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: guard Joel but Todio, he was on the COVID list 232 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: so he didn't play against the Steelers. Will monitor his 233 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: status as well. But his backup against Pittsburgh was Michael Dunne. 234 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: He got hurt on Sunday, so they had a guy 235 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: who Baker had never met before playing left guard in 236 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: that game against the Steelers. Played pretty well down the stretch, 237 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 1: but the health of this offensive line is something to 238 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: keep an eye on very good in the running game 239 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: and also in the passing game. They allowed the third 240 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: fewest pressures of any offensive line in the NFL on 241 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. So that offensive line is stout. They're really 242 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: good in the trenches. This defensive line for the Chiefs, 243 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity to get after Baker Mayfield, dishr 244 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: up their timing. We know how aggressive he is. We'll 245 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: talk about him later. He can make some mistakes if 246 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: you can get after him. But this health of the 247 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: offensive line of Cleveland is a real storyline to watch him. 248 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: This one for sure. Yeah, that running game can't help him. 249 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: So it's chicken in the egg and very soon here 250 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: we're gonna pivot too, Mark Donovan. But before we do that, 251 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: let's jump into Baker Mayfield here because he's an interesting study. Now, 252 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: fans throughout the country of going to wait a minute, 253 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: wasn't he with Oklahoma and Patrick Mahomes was a Texas 254 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: Tech and they combined for like two thousand yards in 255 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: some game it was like ninety to eighty nine. I mean, 256 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: that's what people are thinking here now. Baker Mayfield this 257 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: year is shown he can win shootouts. I mean, they've 258 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: had forty nine thirty eight games that they've won and 259 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: they're eleven and five record. But Mayfield's interesting study and 260 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: when you look at his giveaways, I think that's been 261 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 1: This team to me, looks well coached. And Alex van Pelt, 262 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: who used to play for the Chiefs, he was a 263 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: backup quarterback back in the day with Kansas City. I 264 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: think he's done a very good job with Baker Mayfield. 265 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: So first, you mentioned that game between Mahomes and Mayfield. 266 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: I have to talk about that back in two and sixteen. 267 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: I wrote this down October twenty second of two sixteen. 268 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: The two teams combined for one seven hundred and eight 269 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: yards in one football game. Mahomes had eight hundred and 270 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: nineteen total yards. I'll buy himself that was an NCAA record. 271 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: I mean, just crazy stuff. A lot of Chiefs Kingdom 272 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: is in Big twelve countries, so they're very familiar with 273 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: that game. The thing that's interesting about it, even though 274 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: we're not going to see a game like that at 275 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: all on Sunday, that's for sure, or in the NFL 276 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: at all, is just the changing of the guard at 277 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: the quarterback position. I think it's kind of fun to 278 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 1: look back at that game and see how these two 279 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: guys are now in the final four of the AFC. 280 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: In The really crazy thing is Patrick Mahomes at just 281 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: twenty five years old, been a starter for three years 282 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: in this league. He's the elder statesman of all the 283 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the AFC remaining in this playoff picture. So 284 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: it's pretty incredible stuff on that note. But Baker Mayfield, Yeah, 285 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: what a season for him. The issue last year for 286 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: Baker was turning the ball over. So I had twenty 287 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: one interceptions. You can't have success. I don't care how 288 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: make touchdowns you throw if you're throwing twenty one interception. 289 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: It's just asked Jameis Winston about that down in Tampa Bay. 290 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: The thing with Baker this year is he's really bounced 291 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: back from that, figured out what was wrong. Just eight 292 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: picks this year still through twenty six touchdowns and just 293 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: two interceptions since Week seven, so it really played good 294 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: football the latter half of the season. One area he's 295 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: really improved is his downfield passing. So he's been since 296 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: Week seven one of the better passers in the NFL 297 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: and passes of ten or more yards, So if you 298 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: can still keep that big playability, but yet you're not 299 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: turning the ball over. That's huge for Baker Mayfield. And 300 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: the thing about him that everyone knows about Baker is 301 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: his attitude. I Mean, the guy is an absolute gamer. 302 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: He's relentless. He was that way at Oklahoma, he's that 303 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: way now in the pros. And it's because he's always 304 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: fought for everything he has. I mean, he was a 305 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: walk on. I mean, he wasn't some five star recruit 306 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: that had everything handed to him. He was a guy 307 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: that had to fight for everything. And you know you 308 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: see that in his play. He's relentless, like I said, 309 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: and you never can count him out. So no matter 310 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: how much you're up, he's always going to be firing. 311 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 1: Now you can take advantage of that. Sometimes of aggressiveness, 312 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: he'll make mistakes and the question is can you take 313 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: advantage of those mistakes. But at the same time, he 314 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: will always keep firing. And I've been really impressed what 315 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: I've seen from Baker Mayfield. This is a young siding 316 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: team with a quarterback. It's kind of perfect for their attitude. 317 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: Good question. And Jarvis Landry, I've always loved his game. Man, 318 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: there's nobody better at running underneath routes and finding to 319 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: get open in that twelve to fifteen yard range. And 320 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry and he was great against Pittsburgh. All Right, 321 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 1: we're gonna pivot here a second. You talk about relentless. Now, 322 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: the Chiefs will host this playoff game, in this divisional 323 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: playoff round, a little after two o'clock on Sunday. For 324 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: what twenty five years, the Chiefs did not win a 325 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: home playoff game, And now if they win this game, 326 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: they will win four in a span of three seasons. 327 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: But just to get to this point, Matt, because go 328 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: back to July and you and I were having casual conversations. 329 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: We've been going to have a season, and if we do, 330 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: what's Arrowhead gonna look like? Can you survive? I mentioned 331 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: one of our podcasts here was the Three Divisions. It's 332 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: been one of the most watched and rewatched of any 333 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: that we put up on defending the Kingdom and had 334 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: to deal with the Chiefs winning not only the AFC West, 335 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: getting them buy in the AFC, but winning the COVID Division. Now, 336 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: very shortly, I'm going to talk with Mark Donovan about 337 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: what the Chiefs have done to get to this point. 338 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: But to me, Matt, it is nothing short of a 339 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: minor miracle that the fourteen and two Chiefs as the 340 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: one seed will host a divisional playoff game Sunday against 341 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. And it's also really a testament to 342 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: everyone in the organization. Right So, as Mark said a 343 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: few days ago during his press conference about these topics, 344 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: NFL is the only sports league to host a full 345 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: season with fans the entire year, and that is not 346 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: easy to do with these crazy times that we're living in. 347 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: It takes everyone. It takes people on fan experience, people 348 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: in stadium operations to figure out a plan to make 349 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: this work and to do it throughout the year, to adapt, 350 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: to figure out how you can get fans in the 351 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: building safely and let them enjoy the Arrowhead experience in 352 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: the way that they can go home and know it 353 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: was safe as safe as possible. And you know that 354 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: having fans in the building makes a difference. I mean, 355 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: we've been in stadiums that are totally empty and I 356 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: mean you can hear a pen drop, it's not very 357 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: How can you feed off the energy because there is none. 358 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: You have to create energy on your bench and it's 359 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: very difficult even when you have fifteen seventeen thousand. However, 360 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: many thousand fans in the stands. The players feed off 361 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: of that, and it's absolutely huge. I know for a fact. 362 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: I've talked to several players about this. It is made. 363 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: It's so much easier to play at Arrowhead Stadium and 364 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: so much more fun to play at Arrowhead, and they 365 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: fed off the energy all season long. I can't wait 366 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: to see what the stadium is like on Sunday. I 367 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: understand it's not a normal Arrowhead capacity crowd, but we 368 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: know how starved these fans are for some playoff football 369 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: after a full year of trying to get back to 370 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: this moment, and here we are. They're going to be 371 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: so ready and so excited. I cannot wait to see 372 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: the atmosphere on Sunday. It's a playoff speed man. These 373 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: fans will be ready to go, all right. Earlier in 374 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: the week, I had a chance to talk to Mark 375 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: Donovan about a variety of things, who amplifies just exactly 376 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: what you said. Here's that chat with Mark. We're gonna 377 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: pivot just a bit here on defending the Kingdom, and 378 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: we're blessed today to have the president of the Kansas 379 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: City Chiefs with us, Mark Donovan. I don't know who 380 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: called you all presidente first, me or Travis Kelcey, but 381 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: he loves to call you ill presidente. But you have 382 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: certainly had to take on a lot these last ten months. 383 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: But before we get to that, I think one of 384 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: the worst things I do, Mark, is take things for granted. 385 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: Eight years ago, last week everything changed, and today I 386 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: see what's going on in the league. Seven teams are 387 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: looking for coaches, and not only that, many of them 388 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 1: are just looking for something, some continuity and what happened 389 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: eight years ago. I just don't want to take it 390 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: for granted. Yeah, I don't think any of us take 391 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: it for granted. Um, you and I have had a 392 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 1: lot of conversations about the four years preceding that and 393 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: then what we're going to do coming out of that, 394 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: and that was pivotable for our organization. It goes back 395 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:30,360 Speaker 1: to you know, Clark. Clark went into that by being really, 396 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: really decisive and making some really big decisions, and that's 397 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: what should not be overlooked. And we were in a 398 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: precipice of going a couple different directions, but he made 399 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: some pretty big commitments, and and here we are today, um, 400 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: you know, on just about the opportunity to have another 401 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: record breaking successful season and hopefully string a lot of 402 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: these together. And we have the ability to do that 403 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: right now. You know. I love the way we revere 404 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: our founder, Lamar Hunt, but it's like Clark is building 405 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: his own legacy. There's a lot on the line this 406 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: week against Cleveland. But if we win that game, three 407 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: straight AFC championship games at home mark and the fifty 408 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: eight years prior to that none, No. I mean, there's 409 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: there's history being made every day here. Yeah, And I 410 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: think we talk a lot about giving ourselves the opportunity. 411 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: You put yourself in a position to have an opportunity, 412 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: and it's really hard to do what we did as 413 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: a team this year when you are the one being hunted, 414 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: when everybody's bringing you, giving you their best shot. And 415 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: you hear the players and coaches talk about that, and 416 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: all credit goes to them for being able to mentally, 417 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: emotionally get to this point. But it does go back 418 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: to those decisions and making sure that you're empowering the 419 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: right people and making sure you're give them the right 420 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: people the opportunities and Clarks, you get a lot of 421 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: credit for that. To your point, we like to talk 422 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: about you've never been done before breaking records, and in 423 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: the past we were able to talk about that, but 424 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: now we have actually say it, statement took fact, and 425 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: we did it last year. We've done it again this year, 426 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: and we continue to have opportunities to do that. We 427 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: got to take care of business Sunday and then take 428 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: care of business next week. But we're gonna do on 429 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: one piece at a time. I don't know if you'll 430 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: ever write a book, but I'll buy it because I 431 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: want to read the chapters on the last ten months. 432 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: Back in July. Back in July, we're thinking, are we 433 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: even going to have a season? Now here we are 434 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: at fourteen and two with a buying going in, getting 435 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: ready for a divisional playoff game. What has happened just 436 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 1: to get us to this point? Yeah, First of all, 437 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: we should give credit to the National Football League, you know, 438 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: to be the only professional sports league I know of 439 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: that actually had an entire ragular season, every single game 440 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: played of a noble regular season. And we had to 441 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: switch days and had to make a bunch of adjustments, 442 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: but we got through the entire season, it did it safely. 443 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: That's a significant accomplishment. Really proud of our team and 444 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: the fact that we had the opportunity to be the 445 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: first team out of the gates and show the world 446 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: that we could do this, that we could do it 447 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: safely and we could do it successfully. And then to 448 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: be able to do it every single home game and 449 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: keep posting fans and keep finding ways to make it 450 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: better and better. And look, I'm a big, big believer 451 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: and don't field advantage. I think that the airhead experience 452 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: is powerful, and I love to have seventy five, but 453 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: it's still very powerful with seventeen and that really matters. 454 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: And our team, not only the team that works here 455 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: every single day, who came up with the plans, who 456 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: came up and had the meetings with the health department, 457 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: negotiated how we could do this, figured out ways to 458 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: do not only general seating, club seating, but found it 459 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: a very unique and I think the only one in 460 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: the league way to do it on the suite level, 461 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: finding ways to get our fans in your safely. But 462 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: then you know, we've got two thousand people who work 463 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: for us one day a week in a little bit 464 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: going through all kinds of different protocols and doing their 465 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: jobs differently and doing it every single week so that 466 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: our fans can experience Arrowhead and proud to be a 467 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: part of that organization. And now getting ready for the playoffs. 468 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: We saw Buffalo host with fans, and we saw some 469 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: teams do it in the wildcard round. Anything specific for 470 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: this divisional playoff round that we need to be aware of, yeah, 471 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: so interesting. We went back a couple of weeks ago 472 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: and sort of looked at the calendar and figured out 473 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: if we want a couple of games and we'd have 474 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: to buy and then we'd have a little bit of 475 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: time to get ready for our first hosting a game. 476 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: And we took on the challenge of what can we 477 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: do to step it up another level? What can we 478 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: do to bring back some of the feelings and Arrowhead 479 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: that we've been missing this year and just celebrate what 480 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 1: makes aaraw Heads special. We look at this as an 481 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 1: opportunity in a national stage just to celebrate what makes 482 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: Arwad special. So our team came up with two really 483 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: cool ideas that really do build on that tradition. The 484 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: first years we're going to actually bring tailgating back they're 485 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,239 Speaker 1: doing in a socially distance and safe way. With our 486 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: tailgate suites, we're gonna actually going to set them up 487 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: in the parking one. I think it'll be a cool 488 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: gathering place for our fans, but also just a way 489 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: to continue reader it just how important tailgating is to 490 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 1: Arrowhead and the experience. And then we found ways. We've 491 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: talked before about how we divided the venue. Arrowad is 492 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: now divided into eleven different venues to keep people safe 493 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: well within those venues, could we identify as some spaces 494 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: we can provide a different product for the playoffs, And 495 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: we came up with two different all inclusive opportunities where 496 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: if you're seated in one of these two zones, you'll 497 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: be able to actually have an all inclusive clublike experience 498 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: on the lower levels, so in our Founders Club and 499 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: in our draft room you'll be able to get back 500 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: and forth and then during the game. And it's just 501 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: another way of saying, hey, we want our fans to 502 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: be together to celebrate a socially distance to way, following 503 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: all the protocols, but doing any way that brings back 504 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: some of those great tradition that is awesome. You know, 505 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: I've had conversations over the past several months. I get 506 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to our coaches via zoom call 507 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: and let's get to see him in person. I miss 508 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: those personal contacts. But I've had talks with Kirsten Krug 509 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: a lot. I've had talks with Rick Burke Coulter. Just 510 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: the immense toll it's taken. But not just that that 511 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: the task that the staff has taken and taken it 512 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: and done beyond the call of duty. What about the 513 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: sacrifices that staff have made here to make this even possible. Yeah, 514 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: I can't even describe the sacrifices that we made this year. 515 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: I think for me having lived through it with most 516 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: of those people, the one thing that comes crystal clear 517 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: is the commitment level of our staff is is just different. 518 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: It's special, and this year proved it more so than 519 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: any other. When you've got a team of people who 520 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: are getting called at three thirty in the morning to 521 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: figure out who tested positively didn't test by it, and 522 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: then at that point it kicks in. Now we got 523 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: to do the contact tracing. Now we're going to figure 524 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: out what we do with practice. Now we're gonna a 525 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: schedule and now we're gonna do everything else that takes 526 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: an army of people, and it's every single day for 527 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,479 Speaker 1: an entire NFL season. And then you're taking those same 528 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: people and say, okay, how we're gonna figure how to 529 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: handle our staff. The fact that Clark and the family 530 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: said early on, we're not gonna furlough, We're not gonna 531 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: lay off, We're gonna figure this out. We're gonna keep 532 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: our staff safe, and we're gonna keep them stable through 533 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: this entire season. To be able to work for an 534 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: organization like that, it is a privilege, but also to 535 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: be a part of it and to see it actually 536 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: happening every single day, you really do stop at certain 537 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: points to in the season, we just stop and go. 538 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: As much as this is really hard and it's a 539 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: challenge every days, it's special be a part of and 540 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: the people are what make it special. So you mentioned 541 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: a few of them, you know, and it's hard to 542 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: make the list because it just is too long. Every 543 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: single department in our building, every single department has stepped 544 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 1: up and done more than they I've ever done before. 545 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 1: And what I'm really excited about as a leader in 546 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: the organization is when you're on a team that's able 547 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: to do that, continuously stretch your bounds, and when we 548 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: get back to some form of what it used to be, 549 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 1: those same people are going to be able to perform 550 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: at that same level and really really take this organization further. 551 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: And they've proved it to themselves, they've proved it to 552 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: each other. The bonding that's gone over, you know, it's 553 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: a little different when you're on the phone every couple 554 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: of nine and three thirty in the morning when somebody 555 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: who work with as opposed to seeing them a copy 556 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: of nine and the things, the challenges you take on together, 557 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: they really matter and they really build those bonds that 558 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: I think are going to pay dividends for the entire 559 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: organization going forward. Final question, and I love the traits 560 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: of this team. I love this twenty twenty Kansas City 561 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs team in its own unique way. But the discipline 562 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: that has been shown by our players and the leaderships 563 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: owned by Andy Reid. Let's just take the coaches and 564 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: the players sacrifices they've made and said, no, we're going 565 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: to try to run this back to go fourteen and 566 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: two with a rock hard schedule, go eight and on 567 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: the road with the teams we played, but then also 568 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: to say, Okay, we're following these protocols, we're going to 569 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: sacrifice time with family, We're going to get this done. 570 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: What has happened there that the fans need to know about? 571 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: You think, well, I just you know, you hear so 572 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: much about the partnership between Brett and Andy. You know, 573 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 1: i'd throw Rick Ercolder in on that with this particular issue. 574 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: To be able to not only stand up in front 575 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: of the players and communicate it, but to have a 576 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: culture where the players immediately accept that challenge and they 577 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: all appreciate and they bond over the fact that they're 578 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: going to work together to make sure that they are 579 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: as successful as they possibly can be. We talked about 580 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: it early on. The team that has the most disciplined, 581 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: the team that does this correctly, is going to be 582 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,719 Speaker 1: the team that has the most success. And you know, 583 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: we've been fortunate so far. Anything can happen any day. 584 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: This virus is unpredictable. But we've done a really good 585 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: job of communicating to the players, presenting the challenge to them, 586 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: and they've done an amazing job of accepting that challenge. 587 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: Coaches have reiterated, and not only does the coach have 588 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: to reiterated, the coach has to take the same challenge. 589 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: They've got to be just as discipline. And look, we've 590 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: had our little campfires that we've had to put out, 591 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: we've had to isolate people, we've had to take but 592 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: that's part of the challenge too. It's like you've got 593 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: to be set up in a way that can be 594 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 1: efficient and say, Okay, we identified what it is, we 595 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: identify where it came from. Here's what we're gonna do 596 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: to isolate and keep that away. We've had to make 597 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: sacrifice that players miss games and that coaches miss games, 598 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: but we've had to all appreciate that we're all in 599 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: this together and our overall success is going to be 600 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: depending on our individual contributions. Well, Mark, thanks for being 601 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: what they say. I guess I'll close the way we began. 602 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: Just thanks for your leadership ship in direction when this 603 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: has been as hard as maybe as it's ever been 604 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 1: for you. But it's just so proud of this organization 605 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: and looking at the past eight years and what the 606 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: next eight years could be. He is just very exciting. 607 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: We're very excited to find up let's go get a 608 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: win on Sunday. Yes, Sir Mark Donovan, president of the 609 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Again, Mark Donovan, like I said at 610 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: that interview, when he writes his book, I want to 611 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: read the chapters on this last ten months because there's 612 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: a whole lot of stories we don't even know if 613 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: people have sacrificed to make this happen. All Right, we're 614 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: gonna wrap things up here on the Cleveland Browns Defending 615 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: the Kingdom podcast talking about playoff speed and how just 616 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: playoff regular season speed, then there's warp speed of the playoffs. 617 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: This Cleveland defense, to me is interesting. It really starts 618 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: with Miles Garrett, the number one pick in the year 619 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs took Patrick Mahomes in that twenty seventeen draft, 620 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: but their front dismantled Pittsburgh. I thought secondary has struggled. 621 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: Terrence Mitchell, we mentioned Chiefs former Chiefs alum is back there. 622 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: But they rotate a lot of guys on their front 623 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: seven and they'll try to make things difficult for Patrick 624 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: Mahomes definitely, and Miles Garrett, he mentioned him. He is 625 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: the game wrecker on this team at twelve sacks for him, 626 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: and also he might have seen that Steelers were triple 627 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: teaming him at one point and he was still getting 628 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: some pressure. So we've got to know where Miles Garrett 629 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: is on the field at all times. One of the 630 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: best pass rushers in all of football. He's the beating 631 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: heart of this Cleveland defense. Also, just a lot of 632 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: guys on this defensive line that you just know of. 633 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: I mean, they've been around the league for a while, 634 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: guys like Olivier Vernon, Shldon Richardson, former Maszoo Tiger. Also 635 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: Adrian Clayborne, he's been in the league forever. I feel 636 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: like he's on the team. All these guys can create 637 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: pass rush and get after the passer. If you look 638 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: at their numbers overall defensively, they're pretty much middle of 639 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: the pack everywhere you look. I mean, they're not a 640 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: team that is going to get the opposing passer five 641 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,479 Speaker 1: or six times in the game, but they'll create constant 642 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: pressure and they have guys that you have to respect. 643 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: So I will see what this offensive line could do 644 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: against these guys. That's another area where having the bye 645 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: week is great for this offensive line to get healthy, 646 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: to get ready for a pretty good pass rush in 647 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: these Cleveland Browns. The thing is you can score on 648 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: this team. I mean they're allowing twenty six point two 649 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: points per game, eleventh most passing yards allowed in the 650 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: NFL this season. They've also allowed thirty three passing plays 651 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: of twenty five or more yards, at sixth most in 652 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. And we know what this Chiefs offense can do, 653 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: so they're certainly a challenge. They have some good players 654 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: on this defense. Denzel Ward, the number four overall pick. 655 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: A few years ago, he was on the COVID list 656 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: against the Steelers. We'll look it for his status this sweek, 657 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: see if he's out there. Mentioned Terrence Mitchell, funny story 658 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: about him when I was an intern here Mitch back 659 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. He's the first guy I ever wrote 660 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: a story on when he had that big game against 661 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Pretty cool to see him still in the 662 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: league playing pretty good football. But yeah, they have some 663 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: guys on that defense that can make plays. We know that. 664 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: But overall the middle of the pack, we'll see what 665 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: this Chiefs offense can do against them. I got a 666 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: Mitch match stat for you, though, When you look at 667 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: this team in the yards they've given up passing wise. Okay, 668 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: they have given up three hundred yards passing six times. 669 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: Even Dak Prescott through for five oh four. Cleveland won 670 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: every one of those games. They did not lose a 671 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: game against a high volume passer. Twice it was Joe 672 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: Burrow right down the line. They beat Tennessee when Tannehill 673 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: through for three eighty nine and so very interesting. Here 674 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: again a team that takes advantage of its opportunities in Mayfield, 675 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: he wins shootouts. Somebody has done it this year. The 676 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: other think of interesting about Cleveland. They crossed pollinated against 677 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: the NFC East this year, plus they were the four 678 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: seed in their cross against They played the Raiders and 679 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: they played the Jets. They lost to the Jets. They've 680 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: played Cincinnati twice, so nine of their sixteen games were 681 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: against teams with losing records, but they went eight and 682 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: one in those games. So when you look at the 683 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, a sign of a team that's growing is 684 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: they win those games. So this is a team with 685 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have got to get on it and take 686 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: care of business in the divisional playoffs. Totally agree, They're 687 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: definitely a team on the rise. You can tell a 688 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: lot of young talent on this team and doing a 689 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: lot of that without Odell Beckham Jr. Probably their best 690 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: player on offense gets hurt mid season, they don't have 691 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: him for most of the year. Now. One thing I 692 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: do want to mention here is the Chiefs of defense 693 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: doesn't get a lot of credit nationally when we're talking 694 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: about how they can defend Mayfield here, but they held 695 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: the opposition under twenty one points nine times this season. 696 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: I Mean, people don't really talk about that, but it's 697 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: a fact that was third most of any team in 698 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: the NFL. The Browns they get in shootouts, like you said, 699 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: but in games where they were held the under twenty points, 700 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: they're two and four in those games. So as much 701 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: as this game will be made about Patrick Mahomes going 702 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: against Baker Mayfield, if the Chiefs defense can contain what 703 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: Mayfield's trying to do through the year keep those running 704 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: backs at bay, this Chief's defense could be the story 705 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: of this game and could be a big win here 706 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs trying to get back to the AFC 707 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: Championship Game. If they win this game, match, they'll be 708 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: the first team in AFC history to host three consecutive 709 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: AFC title games. Only one other team has done that 710 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: in NFL history, the Philadelphia Eagles, coached by Andy Reid 711 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: from two two thousand and four. So cannot wait to 712 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: see if we can do that again here at Arrowhead Stadium. 713 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: It's pretty wild to think that we waited so long 714 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: to win a playoff game, the hero here at Arrowhead 715 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: to host a AFC championship game, and now here we 716 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: are with a chance to host three consecutive ones, and 717 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 1: standing in the way Cleveland Browns, very young siding team 718 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: that will be around in the AFC for a long time. 719 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: Should be a great matchup after fifty eight years of 720 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: never hosting an AFC championship game. All right, we'll close 721 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: it out here. Red zone, red zone, red zone to me. 722 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: Red zone defense. The Chiefs we know here last. It's 723 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: driving spags crazy. Not a lot of trips to the 724 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: red zone by the opponent. But the Chiefs are last 725 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: in the NFL, and the Browns mentioned they take advantage 726 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: of opportunities. They're third in red zone offense at seventy. 727 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: Now we know of the great romances in Chiefs Kingdom. 728 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: We know about Patrick and Brittany. Right now, when we 729 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: know about Matt and Ellie and these bows seven hundred headphones. 730 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's magical. Buddy, you get one of 731 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: these for Valentines. You'll be at playoff speed all year long. 732 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: He's Matt McMullan and I'm Mitcheld's Voice of the Chiefs. 733 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. It's playoff speed here on defending 734 00:33:49,240 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: the Kingdom.