1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: The Kansas City Chiefs are only the third team in 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: National Football League history to make four Super Bowls in 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: a five year span. They are back, this time headed 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: to Las Vegas, Nevada, for Super Bowl fifty eight. It's 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: just that the path has been different, but the destination 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: the same. This defending the Kingdom gets you ready for 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty eight and of course brought to you 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: by Ticketmaster. 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: This game is over, and you can doubt the Chiefs, 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: you can dislike the Chiefs, you can disrespect the Chiefs. 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 2: You're gonna have to deal with the Chiefs being the 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: AFC champions for the fourth time in five seasons. 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 3: The Chiefs have the. 14 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: Lamar Hunt Trophy and they're taking it to Vegas for 15 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: Super Bowl fifty eight. 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: Howeveryone, I'm Mitch Holta's voice of the Chiefs along with 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: senior team reporter Matt McMullen. Yep, we're sporting the AFC 18 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: championship gear for one more week and then we will 19 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: dive into Vegas and get ready to try to win 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty eight. This has been a fascinating season here. 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are again the Buffalo Bills of the early nineties. 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: Remember four straight Super Bowls that had to be excruciatingly painful. 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't even imagine to go to four straight 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 3: and to not win one. 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it's just torment. But then the New 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: England Patriots fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, winning three of those, 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: winning in the even numbered years fourteen, sixteen and eighteen, 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: and we know about the eighteen trip beating Kansas City 29 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: here to win that AFC Championship game. Those are the 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: only two teams other than the Kansas City Chiefs to 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: go to four Super Bowls in five seasons. And the 32 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs are here again. But we will explore that this 33 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: is a much different path than the Chiefs have taken before, 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: but nonetheless the destination is the same, the super Bowl. 35 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, and just what a run, What a run this 36 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: particular postseason has been. To play in the fourth coldest 37 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 3: game in NFL history feels like forever ago now, but 38 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: against the Dolphins and the wildcar around to win that 39 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: game despite those conditions. Then to go to Buffalo as 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: an underdog and we were there, we felt that environment. 41 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: You talk about Buffalo losing four straight Super Bowls, that 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 3: is a city so hungry for their moment. The Chiefs 43 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: go in there and they win that game against Josh 44 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 3: Allen and the Bills. And then this past weekend they 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 3: go to Baltimore the number one seed. The Ravens had 46 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: been so good all year, so dominant, just blowing out 47 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 3: some of the best teams in the NFL. The Chiefs 48 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 3: go into Baltimore and ruin their moment. They win that game, 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: and I mean just to see the podium out there 50 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 3: and then maybe five thousand Chiefs fans in the stands, 51 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 3: the rest of the stadium was empty, and to see 52 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes and Clark Hunt and Travis Kelcey and Coach 53 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 3: Reid hoisted Lamar Hunt Trophy again, it just doesn't get 54 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 3: any better than that. So this run has been nothing 55 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 3: short of remarkable. Now let's just go finish it in Vegas. 56 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: And the run as a result, and we're going to 57 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: explore this over the next several minutes. It's the result 58 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: of a team that has been resilient and tough. And 59 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: I'll bring up a theory. Now on hindsight here has 60 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: proven it, but getting the three seed was actually a blessing. 61 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: We'll jump into this as we go on, but the 62 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: fact that the toughness required to win, and you just 63 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: laid it out, Matt perfectly. But to win minus twenty 64 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: eight win shield, winning at Buffalo, winning at Baltimore is 65 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: an amazing show of character and depth in this team 66 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: and toughness to do what they did, and it makes 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: them battle tested. To win Super Bowl fifty eight against 68 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: the good San Francisco team, We're going to spend more 69 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: time looking at the forty nine ers in this matchup. 70 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: Next week when Matt and I are in Las Vegas, 71 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna actually bring you to defending the Kingdoms from 72 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: Vegas and then we'll do a complete dive and swim 73 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: the entire one hundred meters. But this one is going 74 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: to be more reflective of this path that the Chiefs 75 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: have taken, and it's different than the past the Chiefs 76 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: have taken to win Super Bowl fifty four and win 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty seven and get the super Bowl fifty five. 78 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: But it's a path that to me has been one 79 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: that is in a way more heroic. But it just 80 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: lists this team in my mind from a historical perspective 81 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: of what they've done and how they've done it. 82 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, just amazing stuff. It's kind of funny that looking 83 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: back at how the run has gone, I'm almost glad 84 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 3: that we were the three seed and had to go 85 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 3: on the road and win these games, because in retrospect 86 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 3: it makes it all the more gratifying and epic. But 87 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 3: going into the postseason it's a tall task. And this 88 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 3: is a shout out to my buddy. Thomas Chapman. Used 89 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 3: to be an intern with the Chiefs, went and worked 90 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: for the Steelers for a while. Now it works for 91 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 3: NFL Online Media Guide, which is a godsend for us 92 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: and every team in the NFL and many teams and 93 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 3: other sports. He's like a stat nerd like we are, 94 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 3: and this is his research. He let me know that 95 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: as far as he can tell, since the seeding became 96 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: what it currently is in our current format, I think 97 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: since nineteen ninety so, since six teams in each conference 98 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: made the postseason, the three seed has made the super 99 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 3: Bowl only twice before. It's hard when you're the three 100 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 3: seed because you've had a really good season, but it 101 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 3: means that if the chalk holds, you're gonna have to 102 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 3: go play the two seed and the one seed in 103 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 3: their place. After getting through the wildcard game and that's 104 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 3: what we've done, and a lot of people do not 105 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: believe that the Chiefs could do it. We believed people 106 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 3: watching this podcast believed, but you turn on sport talk radio, 107 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: national sport talk radio, or national sport shows, a lot 108 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: of people didn't think the Chiefs could do this. And 109 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 3: to prove everyone wrong, and not just to prove them wrong, 110 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: to prove them wrong with everything they've accomplished in the 111 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 3: past as well, to be the defending champion, and to 112 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 3: say you might have home field Buffalo, you might have 113 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 3: home field Baltimore, but it still goes through us even 114 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 3: though we're on the road. I mean, that's the stuff 115 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 3: of dynasties, right, That's the stuff of champions, and that's 116 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 3: what we've seen here is the heart of a champion. 117 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 3: It's just been so much fun to watch and follow along. 118 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: This team has also debunked false narratives and they've debunked 119 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: the perception. The NFL is so much about perception, and 120 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: it's the way I started the broadcast in the Baltimore 121 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: game was the fact that every game means so much. 122 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: The league is so popular, but every NFL game is 123 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: the equivalent of roughly ten MLB games. I'm talking regular 124 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: season here and the equivalent of five NBA games or 125 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: five NHL games, and that makes every week so important. 126 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: But what that leads to, though, is overreaction Mondays or 127 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: overreaction Tuesdays and then some recency bias, and those kind 128 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: of sometimes become a recipe for some false narratives. But 129 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: we were kind of trying to spew out in including 130 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: these defending the kingdoms. But everything that you and I 131 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: do was the fact that, yes the Chief led the 132 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: league in drops in the regular season, Yes they had 133 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: the most holding calls on offense. Yes they were minus 134 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 1: eleven in the giveaway takeaway, but even at the low point, 135 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: they were still nine and six and they still ended 136 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: up winning eleven games and won the division. So if 137 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: that happened, what does that mean? That means there's this 138 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: pillar that is there, that's standing there in the wins 139 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: that if the wins die down, or if you dictate 140 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: and clean up those areas where it's been a problem, 141 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: you become a force even stronger than maybe before. And 142 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: that's what we've seen happen. 143 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 3: And it's also a marathon and not a sprint. Now, 144 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: you don't want to lose three of five games. We 145 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: all know that we want to win every single game, 146 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: but what do you learn from those experiences? The beauty 147 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 3: of a regular season game is that the sun comes 148 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 3: up tomorrow and you're going to play another team the 149 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: following week. So when you lose a game, what happens 150 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: you learn from it? And it's kind of funny because 151 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: after losses we would talk about that and it might 152 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: sound cliche or like coach speak or you know, just 153 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 3: trying to be super positive. It's real, what do you 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: learn from a loss? Well, some teams learn nothing and 155 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 3: they keep just going on making the same mistakes and 156 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: they're they lose in the first round of the playoffs. 157 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: This Chiefs team, particularly after the Christmas Day game like that, 158 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: changed everything, and coach Reed even mentioned it during his 159 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 3: media session on Monday. He said it was kind of 160 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 3: a wake up call. And what are you going to 161 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 3: do after a performance like that? Are you going to 162 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: say it's not our year? Or are you going to say, 163 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: let's figure this out. Let's use what we have that 164 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: is working and build on that and get rid of 165 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 3: the stuff that isn't working. And from that Cincinnati game on, 166 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 3: this team has been the best team in the NFL, 167 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: and all they've done is beat all the other really 168 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: good teams in the NFL. They're going to face another 169 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 3: one here in San Francisco. But I really believe the 170 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: resolve and the mentality of this team is why we're 171 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 3: in this moment. Because in the playoffs, everybody is good, 172 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 3: every team is good. The margins are so thin, So 173 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 3: how do you make up in those margins and win 174 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 3: these games. You're a little bit better because of what 175 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 3: you learned from the difficult times in the season, and 176 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 3: that's a testament to this team, and it makes this 177 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 3: run maybe the sweetest one we've had so far. 178 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: The NFL is so popular, people love to play fantasy football, 179 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: Matt and I talking about it all the time, but 180 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: reality football goes to higher magnitude in the playoffs. But 181 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: psychological and mental toughness is such a part of making 182 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: these kind of runs. And the Chiefs are precisely that. 183 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna get into it in a minute, So 184 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: hold the thought to on that Raiders game on Christmas Day, 185 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: because that became the flipping game. Actually, the Tuesday after 186 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: that game became the flip that started this run. But first, 187 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: let's go around the world. We're not leaving you out. 188 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: Let's jump on your space station and make a revolution. 189 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, what a cold open. We've been going for like 190 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 3: ten minutes or so. This is what we did. This 191 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 3: is Mitch and I. Well, let's talk to each other 192 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 3: for hours about this kind of stuff. We could go forever. 193 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 3: Let's go around the world. I've got five today, got 194 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 3: a lot of submissions, but just five today, so we 195 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: can get back to talking about playoff football. First of all, 196 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 3: for five straight wins, yes wins since the Raiders loss, Yes, sir, 197 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 3: and let's make it six straight. 198 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. 199 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 3: Shout out to Doug. 200 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: So. 201 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 3: I go to trivia every week at a brewery here 202 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 3: in town and ran into Doug who came over and 203 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: said Hi, talked about our keys to victory against the Ravens, 204 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 3: and I have a feeling Doug is in a great 205 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: mood here today. So shout out to you, Doug, thanks 206 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 3: for saying hi. Shout out to Dane. 207 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: So it's just sports trivia or music trivia or anything. 208 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 3: She's general trivia. They have different categories. Ever, your wife 209 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 3: go with you? Yeah, yeah, she's probably a master at it. 210 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: She's really good. I'm very so so I try to 211 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 3: chime in. There's like sixty questions. There's six rounds of 212 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 3: ten questions each. If I get like two or three, 213 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: I'm feeling great. But you don't want to You don't 214 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 3: want to feel really confident about an answer and tell 215 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 3: your group, Hey, this is what it's going to be, 216 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 3: and then it's wrong. Yeah, not good, especially if Ellie 217 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 3: thinks that it's something else and I say, no, it's this, 218 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: and then she was right. 219 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: Not good. Not good. So if she's Mahomes, who are 220 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: you in this trivia thing? Let's see. 221 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 3: I don't think I'm on the team. No, I think 222 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 3: I'm probably an undrafted free agent. 223 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: I was gonna put you like Rushie, Rice or Justin. 224 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 3: She's Mahomes. We have people that come along with us. 225 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 3: You know, there's a Kelsey, there's a Rushie, there's a 226 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 3: Creed Humphrey. I'm the UDFA, maybe bounce in between the 227 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 3: practic squad and the roster, but hey, I'm part of 228 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 3: the team. Shout out to Dane. So Dane works here 229 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 3: in stadium services and is working at various events around 230 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 3: the stadium. I saw him in the locker room club 231 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 3: when we had media availability last week because the way 232 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 3: that it works. Media availability during a regular season week 233 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: is just here in the practice facility, but there's more 234 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 3: media that comes in prior to the AFC Championship game, 235 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 3: so it's over at the stadium in the big press 236 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 3: conference room. So he was helping escort people and he said, Hi, 237 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 3: listens to allar stuff. So shout out to you, Dane. 238 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 3: Thanks for introducing yourself. Chase is in Fairbanks, Alaska. So 239 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 3: he's originally from Drexel, Missouri. Do you know where that is? 240 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: Oh? Yeah, for sure, Ports Drexel. It's right on the 241 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: Kansas Missouri border, straight across from Kansas, like it's the 242 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: Preview High School, but it's south of Harrisonville. But it's 243 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: right on the border. All right. 244 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 3: What's where Chase is from? Originally now in Fairbanks. He's 245 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 3: also a veteran of the military. Thank you for your service, Chase, 246 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 3: and thanks for listening to DDK and representing the kingdom 247 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 3: up in Alaska. Marianne is from New Mexico. 248 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: By the way, you know one of the things bucket lists, 249 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: So I interrupted, I go ahead, used to go to 250 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: a uaf Nannooks basketball game, University of Alaska, Fairbank. We'll 251 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: do this together. 252 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: Let's take on the road. 253 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: They used to have a tournament called the Top of 254 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: the World Classic. Wow, yeah, they got and they had 255 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: big teams, remember that, like the Maui Classic or whatever, 256 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: and the University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted it and it 257 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: was a big deal around Thanksgiving. That's gone. But I'm 258 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: just I want to go to a NANUS basketball game. 259 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: Hockey's also big up there. But UAF baby, shout out 260 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: to the nan Knooks of UAF, totally in. 261 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 3: Let's get some some budget in here for that road 262 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: trip up to Fairbanks. 263 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: I'm totally in. 264 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 3: Marianne is in New Mexico, but originally from Leewood. She 265 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 3: went to school with Lynn Dawson's daughter Lisa, oh way 266 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: back in the day. Marian's seventy years old. 267 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: Just saw Lisa did Buddy's funeral. 268 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 3: Okay, all right? Well, such a small world, yep. And 269 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 3: she remembers when you started with the Chiefs all these 270 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 3: years ago and has thanked to you for all your 271 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 3: years of service bringing the kingdom alive to her. So 272 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 3: shout out to you, Marianne, and lastly, shout out to 273 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 3: Bill in Cambodia. So we were talking about how our 274 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 3: German fans up to stay up kind of late for games, 275 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 3: and Bill says he doesn't really feel sorry for them 276 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: because he was up at three am watching our game. 277 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: Kickoff was at three am in Cambodia. He has not 278 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 3: missed a game in twenty years. That is dedication. So 279 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 3: shout out to you, Bill, thanks for representing the kingdom 280 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 3: in Cambodia. 281 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: That's awesome. 282 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: Love that that's all I got. 283 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Well, that's a really good list. So this episode, 284 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: again we're calling it the path has been different, but 285 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: the destination's the same, and we're gonna look at kind 286 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: of run through these. There's four the the and it's 287 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: the defense, the heroes, the unsung heroes, and then the depth. 288 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: And it's really why we're here getting ready for Super 289 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty eight. And let's jump into the defense. If 290 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: I went to your trivia night and Elie Mahomes is 291 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: setting there and we played some word or number game 292 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: and I just listed six seven three zero six zero 293 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: seven to three, what would the answer be? And that 294 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: would be the amount of second half points given up 295 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: in eight consecutive games by the Kansas City Chiefs defense. 296 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: That is two months and four of those eight games 297 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: have been two games against the Bills, a game against Miami, 298 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: and a game against the Ravens. Six seven three zero 299 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: six zero seven three. Wow, that's ridiculous. 300 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 3: It's absolutely ridiculous. And you're right against really good offenses. 301 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: And during this playoff run, they've allowed a grand total 302 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: of ten points in the second half to those three teams. 303 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: They shut out Miami in the second half, allowed a 304 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 3: touchdown to Buffalo and a field goal to Baltimore. Just incredible, 305 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 3: incredible stuff from this defense. Let's talk specifically about the 306 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 3: Ravens game. That Baltimore offense was the number four scoring 307 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: offense in the NFL. There were times this year where 308 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: they were legitimately unstoppable and what did the Chiefs do. 309 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 3: They hauled them to ten points on ten true possessions, 310 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: forced three turnovers, most turnovers the Ravens had in the 311 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 3: game since Week five, two three and outs. And this 312 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: Ravens offense was the number one rushing offense in the NFL. 313 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 3: They averaged one hundred and fifty six rushing yards per game. 314 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 3: The week prior against Houston they had like two hundred 315 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: and fifty rushing yards. How many rushing yards did they 316 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 3: have against the Chiefs eighty one. Now, a lot of 317 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 3: Ravens fans got my mentions and they're like, well, we 318 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 3: didn't run the ball. That's why we didn't have rushing yards. 319 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 3: The defense dictates what you're going to do, and the 320 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 3: Chiefs defense was saying, throw the ball. Let's see if 321 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 3: you can throw the ball. And consistently they were forcing 322 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 3: the Ravens off the field. So the Chiefs defense was 323 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 3: just remarkable. Those eighty one rushing yards was the lowest 324 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 3: total for the Ravens in a game since Week one 325 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 3: of the twenty twenty two season. That's a span of 326 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 3: thirty six games. And here's one of my favorite stats 327 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: from the game, which is just remarkable, and it's kind 328 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: of a stat that goes hand in hand with the 329 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: offense and the defense. It's time of possession, which can 330 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 3: misleading some times. I mean the Chiefs for second. 331 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: Year Bills game, that's yeah, yeah, Like we had forty 332 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: three snaps, he had seventy eight. That's where it can 333 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: be a little bit convoluted. But this one not so much. 334 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: Not so much. 335 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, sometimes it doesn't really tell the full story, but 336 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: this game it does. The Chiefs outpossessed Baltimore by fifteen minutes. 337 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 3: The Baltimore Ravens, a team that wants to run the 338 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 3: ball and grind you into dust and bully you. The 339 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 3: Chiefs outpossessed them by fifteen minutes. The Ravens had the 340 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 3: ball for twenty two minutes in thirty seconds. It was 341 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: their lowest time of possession mark since twenty fourteen, a decade. 342 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: Just unbelievable. The Ravens did not have the ball in 343 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 3: this game. The Chiefs consistently had the football, and when 344 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: the Ravens were on the field, more often than not, 345 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 3: the Chiefs defense was getting them off the field. So 346 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: hats off to this defense. We saw the best defense 347 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 3: in the NFL in this game, but it wasn't the 348 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 3: defense everyone nationally thought it was. It wasn't the Ravens. 349 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 3: It was the Kansas City Chiefs. The best defense in football? 350 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, can we talk about that now? It's the way 351 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: I ended the game in Germany when you were sitting 352 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: right by me. Can we talk about this Chiefs defense? 353 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: That was way back in early November, and the three 354 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: best defenses generally, statistically ironically have been Kansas City, Baltimore, 355 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: San Francisco. But the Chiefs have always been listed third 356 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: in that. Okay, maybe we need to look at it differently. 357 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: Now go back to how we opened the podcast when 358 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: we said, all right, the Chiefs were sitting there at 359 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: nine and six, but one of the areas they struggled 360 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: in they just didn't take the ball away. They were 361 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: minus eleven. The Chiefs were near the bottom of the 362 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: league and give away takeaway at that point of the season. Well, 363 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: what would happen if that flipped, because it wouldn't be 364 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: that crazy to think, oh hey, it could flip. It 365 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: has flipped. In the postseason, the Chiefs are plus two. 366 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: They have four takeaways. They took the ball away, as 367 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: you mentioned, three times from the Ravens. They took it 368 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: away with an interception against the Dolphins. So and they 369 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: have two red zone takeaways in that game against the Ravens, 370 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: the punch out by snead on Jay Flowers recovered by 371 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: McDuffie and the interception by Dion Bush who hadn't had 372 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: one since what two thousand and one, twenty twenty one, Sorry, no, 373 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: he was an infant thing, but twenty twenty one when 374 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: he had in the end zone and to get red 375 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: zone takeaways, and in the playoffs it counts like double 376 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: because the psychological warfare that you get when you strip 377 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: the ball from Zay Flowers pretty much wiped him out 378 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: for the rest of the game, and Lamar Jackson throwing 379 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: that pick into triple coverage didn't do him any psychological 380 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: favors either. This defense has been spectacular better than the 381 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: other defenses that got Chiefs to Super Bowls. That's why 382 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: this path is different. But those takeaways showed up and 383 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: it's been outstanding. 384 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 3: That's why going into this game, I have a lot 385 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 3: of respect for the Baltimore defense. They're really really good, 386 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 3: historically good. You keep hearing that they're historically and they are, 387 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 3: and they are, they are. But what I didn't quite 388 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: understand is it didn't seem like people wanted to give 389 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,239 Speaker 3: the Chiefs defense credit for being just as good as 390 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 3: the Baltimore defense is. And here's the thing. Baltimore allowed 391 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 3: the fewest offensive points in the NFL. The Chiefs allowed 392 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,719 Speaker 3: the second fewest offensive points. The gap was ten points, 393 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 3: so the Ravens allowed ten fewer offensive points than the 394 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 3: Chiefs did. But the Ravens had thirty one takeaways this year. 395 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 3: Led the NFL. That's really good. They had like fifteen 396 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 3: more takeaways than the Chiefs did defensively, I get it, 397 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 3: that's great, but what does it mean. It means the 398 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 3: Chiefs were on the field longer and allowed just ten 399 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 3: more points. So to me, I was like, I think 400 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 3: the Chiefs defense might be better than the Baltimore defense 401 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: because turnovers are kind of random. The turnovers come with variants. 402 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 3: You can't count on turnovers and what happens when all 403 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 3: of a sudden in a vacuum in a game like 404 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,479 Speaker 3: this four quarters, the Chiefs defense is the one that 405 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 3: forces the three turnovers. The Baltimore defense isn't able to 406 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 3: what happens in that game. Well, we saw the result. 407 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 3: The Chiefs defense was the much better defense on Sunday night. 408 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: The defense first part of the different paths, same destination. 409 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: Now the heroes would be kind of same path, same destination. 410 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: But we need to mention him because they've elevated their 411 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: play even more so. I mean Travis Kelsey before the game, 412 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: I've never seen him so fired up to play a 413 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: single game than that game against Baltimore. I mean it 414 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: was the eyes of Zeus looking at him like he 415 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: was not going to be stopped. And with eleven targets 416 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: eleven catches, but the fact that he is the all 417 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: time leading receiver in NFL history in the playoffs, taking 418 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: out Jerry Rice, that's crazy. 419 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 3: So we have to really think about this. Okay, say 420 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 3: it one more time. He is the all time reception 421 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 3: leader in the playoffs in NFL history. We are watching 422 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 3: Jerry Rice on the Chiefs, that's what he is. He 423 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 3: actually has more catches than Jerry Rice in the postseason, 424 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 3: also only three touchdown shy of tying Jerry Rice for 425 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 3: the most postseason touchdowns in NFL history. Also had his 426 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 3: eighth one hundred yard game in the playoffs that tied 427 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 3: Jerry Rice for the most one hundred yard games in 428 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 3: the playoffs in NFL history. Eleven targets, eleven receptions in 429 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 3: that game. He wasn't going to be denied when the 430 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: ball was thrown his way. He was catching the football. 431 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: And think about like big moments too. I mean that 432 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 3: great catch on fourth down to extend the initial drive, 433 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: the incredible touchdown grab against Kyle Hamilton, one of the 434 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 3: best safeties in the NFL, had not a loot of 435 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: touchdown all year to a tight end the very first drive. 436 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 3: The target Kyle Hamilton and Travnicks an incredible and let's. 437 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,479 Speaker 1: Be honest, Kyle Hamilton could not have covered that play anything. 438 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 3: No, I mean, it was a perfectly thrown ball and 439 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: caught pass. 440 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: He will watch that video all off season and go, 441 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: what am I supposed to do there? 442 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 3: You can't do anything? 443 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: And as I said on the radio and the play 444 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: by play called, Patrick basically took gray tape and just 445 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: took that around Kelsey's torso and just put the ball there. 446 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: And just I mean it was, man, all the amazing 447 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: plays we can talk about Kelsey and Mahomes together, that's 448 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: top three. 449 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 3: It's up there for sure me. And also the acrobatic 450 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 3: catch on third down on the second drive. I mean, 451 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,479 Speaker 3: it's just one of those things. You're right, like, he 452 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 3: was so locked in that if the ball was thrown 453 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 3: his way, he was catching it no matter what. And 454 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 3: to have eleven catches on eleven targets for one hundred 455 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 3: and sixteen yards and a touchdown. Four of his eleven 456 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 3: catches moved the chains on either third or fourth down 457 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: just incredible. I mean, big time players make big time 458 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 3: plays in big time moments. And that's what we saw 459 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 3: from Travis Kelce. Incredible stuff in. 460 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: Mahomes path, same destination. Part of the hero discussion here. 461 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: Oh wait a minute, Patrick Mahomes has never won a 462 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: road playoff game. He's never played in one. Don't get 463 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: me started. Super Bowl fifty five was a road playoff game. 464 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: It wasn't neutral like a normal Super Bowl. It just 465 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: wasn't free tickets giving away to people that were cooped 466 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: up for five months coming out like shooting bottle rockets. 467 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: Stop it. He was a road game. Okay. That being said. 468 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: He goes to Buffalo and wins, goes to Baltimore and wins, 469 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: and when you look at his numbers, it's stupid. This 470 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: guy is fourteen and three in the playoffs. The fourteenth 471 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: win tied the career record of Peyton Manning, John Elway, 472 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: and Terry Bradshaw. His AFC Championship games, he's got fifteen 473 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: touchdowns and two picks and his QB rating is like 474 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: one one two. In the AFC Championship game, he is 475 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: now what thirty eight touchdown passes thirty nine in the 476 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: playoffs in his career with seven picks. He's gone two 477 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: postseasons without a pick. But you know what, he's won 478 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: two road games, he shared the playoffs. 479 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 3: And now he's played seventeen postseason games, right, and he 480 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 3: has thirty eight touchdown passes, so he essentially has a 481 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 3: full season of postseason experience. And he's like has like 482 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 3: an MVP caliber season in the playoffs. It's absolutely unbelievable. 483 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 3: And think about what he did in this game, so 484 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 3: thirty to thirty nine for two hundred and forty one 485 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 3: yards in a touchdown, and think about the efficiency. So 486 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 3: the efficiency really stood out to me when he took 487 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 3: what was given and he had the razors edge mentality 488 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 3: to know, here's where I have to push it a 489 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 3: little bit, and here's where we need to slow things 490 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 3: down a little bit. And I mentioned the time of 491 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 3: possession earlier. The first drive ten plays showed a whole 492 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 3: bunch of formations on that first drive. Credit to coach Read, 493 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 3: coach Naggie, the whole offensive staff and took the wind 494 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: right out of the stadium. And Peter Schrager talked about 495 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 3: this in Good Morning Football yesterday. He was fired up 496 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: because he was one of the few nationally to pick 497 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,360 Speaker 3: us to win. And he's right, like consistently the Baltimore 498 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 3: crob is getting super loud, like, all right, this third down, 499 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 3: get loud, everybody. Mahomes to Kelsey, first down, like all right, 500 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 3: let's get loud. 501 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: Here we go. 502 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 3: Fourth down, Mahomes to Kelsey, Mahomes de Rice touchdown. You know, 503 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 3: And second drive was the same thing. At second drive, 504 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 3: sixteen plays, ran nine minutes of clock. Touchdown. Isaiah Pacheco, 505 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 3: I mean, just the wind was taken right out of 506 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 3: that stadium because of the offense early and then in 507 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 3: the second half. I get they didn't score and they 508 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 3: want to score, obviously, but what's some the positive of it. 509 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 3: No mistakes, didn't turn the ball over, and whenever they 510 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 3: got the ball, more often than not, they ran clock off. 511 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 3: And then they played field position and said, all right, Baltimore, 512 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 3: here you go. You have to start again from your 513 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 3: twenty five or that one drive where you're starting from 514 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: your one, and consistently, Baltimore, they throw their hands up 515 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: in the air, like, what do we got to do? 516 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 3: Is that to keep going back and trying and trying, 517 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 3: and they kept making mistakes and the Chiefs offense kept 518 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 3: putting them behind the eight ball. So Patrick Mahomes in 519 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 3: this game just laser focused, scored enough points to win, 520 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 3: and then made sure that Baltimore's offense was consistently in 521 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: bad situation as the rest of the game. 522 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen it, try to go to our 523 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: go to the app and find the postgame interview with 524 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: him with Patrick, because he really kind of lays this out. 525 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 1: He said, I wasn't going to take a chance, but 526 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 1: part of your discussion was so well done about staying 527 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: on the field and having the time of possession. It's 528 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: getting the Ravens off, but staying on the field and 529 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: especially in the second half. And Patrick did that final 530 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: hero to mention, and then we're going to go into 531 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: the unsung heroes, but it is Harrison Bucker. I mean, 532 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: he's got seven field goals in this postseason, but he 533 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: has a fifty two yarder that tied his postseason career 534 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: high and tied him with Adam vint Terry, who is 535 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: thought to be the most heroic kicker probably in postseason history, 536 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: with all those kicks he made for the Patriots, but 537 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: just tied him with that fifth fifty plus yard field goal. 538 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: These aren't just made field goals. These are clutch made 539 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: field goals. These are three pointers at the end of 540 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: the shot clock. In basketball, that's the com and. 541 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 3: We need a big piece of wood right here, right 542 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 3: to knock on wood because we don't want to Jingshon. 543 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 3: But just what a professional just comes in here and 544 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 3: he's just automatic, he's just money. Hasn't missed an extra 545 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 3: point all year. Think about like when a team scores 546 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 3: a touchdown and everyone's excited, and then you missed the 547 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: extra point. Everyone's like, ah, you know, like, well, you know, 548 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 3: I'm excited still, but that's a bummer. That hasn't happened 549 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 3: all year with Harrison, and consistently, when they trot him 550 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 3: out there for a field goal attempt, no matter how 551 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,239 Speaker 3: far away it is, you feel really good that he's 552 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 3: going to go out there and take care of business 553 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: and just locked in. Doesn't let the crowd and Buffalo 554 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 3: or Baltimore or the cold weather here in Kansas City 555 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 3: for that Dolphins game get in the way. He's been 556 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 3: perfect in the postseason. Let's keep that rolling here now 557 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 3: into the super Bowl. 558 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: And we said it before he was kicking fire hydrants 559 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: in that Miami game. He put his leg on the line. 560 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: These last two were going to kind of lump together, 561 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: and that's the unsung heroes and then the depth because 562 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: these two kind of work hand in hand. Here as 563 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: again this theme of our defending the kingdom, this one 564 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: as we have the so called bye week before Super 565 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty eight. But the unsung Heroes, let's go back 566 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: to what you said way before here about fifteen to 567 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: twenty minutes ago on this podcast about the days after 568 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: the Raiders game. The Chiefs lose on Christmas Day. Give 569 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: Raiders credit. They took the fight to the Chiefs. And 570 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are nine and six. They still have not 571 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: wrapped up their eighth consecutive the Chiefs wrapped up their 572 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: eight consecutive division title. It was the offensive line all 573 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: this discussion that we've been talking about, the genesis was 574 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 1: the offensive line. On the Tuesday after that game, they 575 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: were embarrassed. The Raiders took the fight to them, and 576 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: think about Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith and Joe Tooney 577 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: and Donovan Smith and Juwan Taylor and Nick Calagretty and 578 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: Nick Calagretti becomes one of the lead stories here on 579 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: the unsung Heroes. But we don't think about those guys. 580 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: They said, we are taking the lead here no more. 581 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have won five straight games, including this playoff 582 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: run that we've talked about, is unusual and a big reason, 583 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: maybe the main reason for sure. The starting point was 584 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: the offensive line. 585 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 3: And how good were they against the Ravens. 586 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. 587 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 3: This Ravens defensive front is nasty, like really really good. 588 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: You have Jadeveon Clowney, You've got Kyle van Noy, You've 589 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 3: Justin Medabike, who I think is the third best interior 590 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 3: defensive lineman in the NFL at this point, behind Aaron 591 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 3: Donald and Chris Jones. You have thirteen sacks this year 592 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 3: as an interior defensive lineman. That was the assignment for 593 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 3: Nick Allagretti go block Justin Metabeke and consistently the offense 594 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 3: was not in a bunch of negative situations. The Ravens 595 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 3: defensive front got him a couple times. That's gonna happen, 596 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 3: But they did not wreck the game like they did 597 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 3: against the Texans the week prior and wrecked so many 598 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 3: offensive lines over the course of the season. This offensive 599 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 3: line brought the fight to them, and I don't know 600 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: if the Ravens were ready for that. The Ravens have 601 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 3: been bullying people all year long. The Ravens really never 602 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 3: trailed this season hardily at all. I didn't verify this, 603 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 3: but I saw their team reporter tweek this out that 604 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,239 Speaker 3: they had not trailed by ten points this season. I mean, 605 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 3: they just bullied people the entire season. It began upfront 606 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 3: with their defensive line and their offensive line, and the 607 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 3: Chiefs kind of flipped the script in this game. They said, 608 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 3: we're here, We're the defending champions. We don't care that 609 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 3: we're in your house. We don't care how good you 610 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 3: were all year, we don't care that you led the 611 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 3: NFL in sacks with sixty. We're bringing the fight to you. 612 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 3: That's a mentality thing. And yeah, they've shown it here 613 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 3: over the last several weeks. They definitely showed it on Sunday. 614 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: In getting that Butcker field goal of fifty two yards 615 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: to go up seventeen to seven and a half. Big. 616 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: It was a huge psychological boost to the Chiefs and 617 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: detriment to the Ravens. We saw the playoff experience. You 618 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: and I talked about this too, and people kind of 619 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: buzzed this off. But the fact that the Chiefs roster 620 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: now the roster that would go on the plane to 621 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: go to Las Vegas to play Super Bowl fifty eight 622 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: has a combined three hundred and fifty three playoff wins. 623 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: Think about the rookies this year, so go down the line, 624 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: Rice and Connor and others, Janie Morris, and then you 625 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: add in the last year's group, which set an NFL 626 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: record for the most rookies on defense and special teams. 627 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: They are combined. Last year took the sophomore class and 628 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: freshman class of this team fifty eight wins and no 629 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: losses in the playoffs. What fifty eight wins and no 630 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: losses in the playoffs that showed up in the Ravens game. 631 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: So that's kind of the part of the unsung hero 632 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: depth on this team. I'm just gonna quickly mention James 633 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: Winchester is one. Don't overlook what he has done as 634 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: a long snapper in tough conditions, brutal conditions, and he's 635 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: been perfect or near perfect. We mentioned Alec, Mike Panell, 636 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: Turk Wharton on the defensive line. With the loss of 637 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: Noddy Drew Tranquilla, I'm gonna lead you into this one, 638 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: Drew Tranku. People think that they have overlooked leo'shanal in 639 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: these plays. He has been great all year. He's been 640 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: even better in the playoffs. 641 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 2: Uh. 642 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: Dion Bush gets the interception. So the unsung heroes here 643 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: of this playoff run also is in a testament, UH 644 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: to the depth of this roster. So give Brett Veach 645 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: and his folks credit for what they have done, because 646 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: we've seen it manifested in these three playoff wins. 647 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 3: Do you know how many snaps defensively Dion Bush played 648 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 3: on Sunday? 649 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: I did not look at that. 650 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 3: He played three. He played three defensive snaps. He came 651 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 3: in from Mike Capboards when Mike got hurt briefly on 652 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 3: the drive that ended in Dion's interception, came in for 653 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 3: three snaps. His third snap was an interception in the 654 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 3: end zone. That's an example of what you're talking about, 655 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 3: that you have depth, and you have experienced and you 656 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 3: have guys that can step in there. We talk about 657 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 3: next man up. Is that just a cliche? No, it's real. 658 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 3: De Humbusch goes in there and he picks off Lamar 659 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: Jackson in the end zone on his third defensive snap 660 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 3: of the game. Another example of that is a player 661 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 3: that played every single snap in Lagarius Sneed. So let's 662 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 3: talk about one of the most important sequences in the game. 663 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 3: Lagarius Need. He talked about it after the game. He 664 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 3: got a little messed up on a deep route by 665 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 3: Jay Flowers. Say, Flowers gets down the field, makes a 666 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 3: huge play, and Lagarius was like, h that was on me, right. 667 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 3: It would be so easy for a player to be 668 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 3: thinking about how they're playing in the AFC Championship game 669 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 3: and they allowed a huge completion like fifty yards, Like, 670 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 3: oh man, like are they going to get back into it? 671 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 3: Like is this my fault? Like what could I have 672 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 3: done differently? I'm thinking about that, right. Lagerius Need didn't 673 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 3: think about it. He moved on to the next play. 674 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 3: And what happened. 675 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: Just right there to accentuate this matter, Zay Flowers, who's 676 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: in his second playoff game of his life, Uh huh, 677 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: decides I'll spin the ball on the face of Lagerius 678 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: Sneed and kind of and taunts him. 679 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 3: Okay, that those fifteen yards, but it just makes. 680 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: This whole scenario that I'm glad you're bringing it up. 681 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: It just makes it more intense. 682 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 3: It does, and Lagarius doesn't take the bait. He just 683 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 3: moves on to the next play. And what happens. Lamar 684 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 3: hits Zay Flowers over the middle, looks like a sure touchdown. 685 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 3: He extends the ball, Lagarious punches the ball out Chiefs football. 686 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 3: The Ravens go from being this close to a touchdown 687 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 3: and plung within three points to its Chiefs ball, and 688 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 3: once again what we talked about earlier, all right, the 689 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 3: Chiefs are gonna milk four minutes off the clock now 690 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 3: and then Penny, you back at your own twenty five 691 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 3: and you have to start all over. I mean, it's demoralizing. 692 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 3: And this Chief's defense, like I talked about on Chiefs Rewind, 693 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 3: they just defend every single blade of grass and they 694 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 3: move on to the next play like no defense in 695 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 3: the league. They just move on. They're like, all right, 696 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 3: you got us there, but you have to beat us 697 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 3: now again again again, and it's so hard to do. 698 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 3: And that's why this defense has been so good all 699 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 3: year long. And for Lagarius to do that in that moment, 700 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 3: to me, to get back to your point, shows his 701 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 3: postseason experience. He knows that he is only as good 702 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 3: as the next play. It doesn't matter what just happened, 703 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 3: you can make a play on this next snap and 704 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 3: change everything, and he did and just an amazing punch 705 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 3: out right. I still when it happened, I was like, Oh, 706 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 3: because we're in the stadium, it's hard to tell. I 707 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 3: was like, oh, man, he probably scored. It was probably 708 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 3: after the fact. And you can see Lamar run over 709 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 3: and he has his hands up and they slowly just 710 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 3: go down. When they play the replay, it's like, man, 711 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 3: what a play. So hats off to Lugerius. Maybe the 712 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,439 Speaker 3: best corner and the NFL this year, and he proved 713 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 3: it on that play. 714 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 1: Again, a unique toughness in this team, a unique toughness 715 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty three, twenty four Kansas City Chiefs. 716 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: They will play four playoff games. That's never happened in 717 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs history. And if you want to look 718 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: at a parallel for this team to win, that goes 719 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: back to my final point I want to say, and 720 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: get your thought and then we'll wrap it up. It was, 721 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: now hindsight, a blessing for this team to have the 722 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,720 Speaker 1: three seed. Why they got the week of rest against 723 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: the Chargers from a homes it was a mental and 724 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: emotional just back it up, helped Blaine Gabbert beat the Chargers, oh, 725 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: which they did thirteen to twelve. That put a shot 726 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: of adrenaline into the heart of this team. Kelsey to 727 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: back up physically for the starters to basically rest and 728 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: get rejuvenated. That's what the three seed did. But then 729 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: to go on the road and beat Buffalo set them 730 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: up to go on the road and be Baltimore, and 731 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: all these sequences of things happening, and even having the 732 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: guts to win the game in minus thirty win chill. 733 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: If you want to look in history at a Chiefs 734 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: team that had to do the same. It was the 735 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: first Super Bowl champion in Kansas City Chiefs history. They won, 736 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: They made that path to Super Bowl four without a 737 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: home game. They played in brutal cold to beat the Jets, 738 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: who were the deal and the defending Super Bowl champions. 739 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,320 Speaker 1: And then they had to go win at the Raiders 740 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: in and knock down, drag out against the team that 741 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: had blown them out earlier before. Sounded like the Bills, 742 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: All right, That's what the Chiefs did to win Super 743 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: Bowl four. That's the toughness of this twenty twenty three 744 00:35:58,800 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs team. 745 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 3: It's resiliency and it's the heart of a champion and 746 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 3: a guy that we haven't talked about yet that I 747 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 3: think epitomizes that is Mark weitz Valdez Scantling. Good Marklin, 748 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 3: Mark weis Valdez Scantling this year heard it from a 749 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 3: lot of people. And there was some games where he 750 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 3: had an opportunity to make a play. Play wasn't made. Again, 751 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 3: it would be so easy as a human being to 752 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 3: get down on yourself in that moment to you know, 753 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 3: not my year. 754 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: Let's move on. 755 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 3: What did he do? Mark weis Valdez Scantling won the game. 756 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,760 Speaker 3: He sealed the game against the Ravens in the AFC 757 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 3: Championship Game and sent the Chiefs to the Super Bowl. 758 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 3: It reminded me of sky Moore last year in the 759 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 3: AFC Championship Game. It's poetic, truly. Think about what happened 760 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 3: in the AFC Championship Game last year. Skymore had the 761 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,919 Speaker 3: muffed punts right, Well, he's the one that's back there 762 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 3: to field the punt with a minute left against the Bengals, 763 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 3: gets a huge return, eventually sets up Harrisonbutcker's game winning 764 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 3: field goal. What happens here against the Ravens third and nine, 765 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,719 Speaker 3: a little over two minutes left. The Ravens are going 766 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 3: to come after Patrick Mahomes zero blitz. They can force 767 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 3: an incompletion. They're gonna get the ball before the two 768 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 3: minute warning and have a chance to go down and 769 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 3: tie it. What does Patrick do? He trusts Marquez. He 770 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 3: puts it up there and gives his guy a chance 771 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 3: to make a play, and Marquez came through for him. 772 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 3: That's the triumph of the human spirit right there. That's 773 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 3: a guy that went through some tough times this season 774 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,319 Speaker 3: and he used that to make him better and in 775 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 3: the biggest moment of his career, the guy came through. 776 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 3: And it's just you can't you can't make it up 777 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 3: because if it was a movie, it would be cheesy 778 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 3: and not realistic. But it happened in real life. It 779 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 3: happened in Baltimore, and we're going to the super Bowl 780 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 3: in part because of MVS. And that says a lot 781 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,800 Speaker 3: about who he is as a person and as a player. 782 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: An MVS sets a record to play off huge receptions 783 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: on his butt cheeks. He did it last week. It 784 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: gets last week. Last year. He gets Cincinnati for the 785 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,240 Speaker 1: touchdown right on this tush. Sure he does this one 786 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: on his backside as well. Great one because it gives 787 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 1: you an indication that this Kansas City Chiefs team has 788 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: hitded a super Bowl. We'll have two defending the Kingdoms 789 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: next week from Las Vegas. But we wanted to set 790 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: you up because this has been a different path with 791 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 1: the same destination.