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Speaker 1: Chiefs go back to the primetime stage this week, but

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Speaker 1: hosting Monday Night Football this time, as they'll host the

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Speaker 1: Washington Commanders, who make their first visit to the Kingdom

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Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen. But the Chiefs just might be the

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Speaker 1: epitome right now of unselfishness and an example for all

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Speaker 1: professional sports teams. Of course, defending the Kingdom is always

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Speaker 1: brought to you by your good friends at Ticketmaster. Reid

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Speaker 1: Humphrey snaps it to Mahomes and his hip. Now Mahomes

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Speaker 2: To touchdown Chansas City.

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Speaker 3: What happens everywhere?

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Speaker 2: Howeveryone?

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Speaker 1: I'm ch Holdes's Voice of the Chiefs along with senior

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Speaker 1: team reporter Met mcmollon. This is the salute to service game,

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Speaker 1: as the Chiefs will entertain the Commanders.

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Speaker 2: On Monday Night Football.

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Speaker 1: The theme of this podcast will be unselfishness. To be

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Speaker 1: unselfish and I can't think of any better example of

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Speaker 1: women or men being unselfish than those who serve us

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Speaker 1: in all of the branches. And it's why we like

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Speaker 1: to highlight it every year. We were one of the

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Speaker 1: a half of where we set. But really, we can't

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Speaker 1: start in selfishness without talking about our women and men

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Speaker 1: in service.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the NFL is awesome because it gives us this

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Speaker 4: incredible platform to lift up the things that are really

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Speaker 5: We do that every single day. But it's cool.

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Speaker 4: The NFL devotes an entire month to it, and in

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Speaker 4: this case, Monday Night Football for us is our salute

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Speaker 4: to service game.

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Speaker 5: Very cool opportunity.

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Speaker 4: You'll be seeing cool stories throughout the week about our

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Speaker 4: incredible military. And you're right, I'm glad we started off

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: Chris McGowan, he was our host along with Shara at

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Speaker 1: West Point. But Chris, this is the epitome of this.

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Speaker 1: I'll just give you an example. His daughter was getting

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Speaker 1: and we sat on his front lawn and we prayed,

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Speaker 1: prayed Psalm ninety one. But I thought, what an act

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the sacrifices are just incredible. When we were at

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Speaker 4: I was thinking about how I wouldn't last about ten

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Speaker 4: They do it to help people they've never met before,

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Speaker 4: and that's really really cool something that like one percent

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Speaker 5: I appreciate them, and.

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Speaker 2: For over a decade.

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Speaker 1: Cale Kirby in our equipment department deserves big mention here

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Speaker 1: because he instead of just like getting a NFL gear

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Speaker 1: Cale takes it to a whole nother level. For years

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Speaker 5: Let's do it. So I have twelve today.

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Speaker 4: I feel like we had a few weeks there where

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Speaker 4: plus announcements. Yes for Jered Wiley. Hopefully we see Jared

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Speaker 4: We have a listener in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Speaker 4: We have a listener in Columbia, Missouri represent We have

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Speaker 4: On Sunday, you can join the Kingdom Bandwagon. We heard

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Speaker 4: YEP via email. We've heard from Ross before, but this

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Speaker 4: You picked the perfect game to come to. What an

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Speaker 4: awesome day here in Kansas City. Zach is in southern Oregon.

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Speaker 4: His area code is five four one mm, so kind

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Speaker 4: We might Lee had a good point. He said, don't

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Speaker 5: Which I don't. I don't know the answer to that.

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Speaker 4: I met Josh on the field on Sunday. He works

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Speaker 5: Football and snapped the Smith Center winning.

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Speaker 2: Stre seventy nine game winning streak. Long.

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Speaker 2: We don't have no excuses. Way to go.

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Speaker 1: Well, okaythers John Riggins Hut School, right, John Riggins went.

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Speaker 4: There, and he mentioned that to me. He also said,

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Speaker 1: Actually, Centralia, you're fueled by corning. Corning Lions carry that team.

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Speaker 4: Well, anyway, he brings all this up because he informed

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Speaker 4: me that actual you remember actual legals. Yeah, so they

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Speaker 1: Keep the seventy nine game. So another one is Andale

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Speaker 1: They were steam rolling towards the seventy nine. The cool

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Speaker 1: You know who's keeping track. So we can do this

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Speaker 4: So, are you guys like the undefeated Dolphins where you

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Speaker 2: Streak you can't smell it on my breath.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, Josh, thought you'd like that. We heard from

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Speaker 4: small world, we've Grantsburg pirate, I guess, so yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 5: I love that it's the Grantsburg Pirates in the middle of.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what's the tie in for the pirates in northwest Wisconsin?

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Speaker 4: We've mentioned Larry from Delaware before, but we had a

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Speaker 4: So great meeting you.

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Speaker 5: Larry.

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Speaker 4: So we didn't know this about him. He was in

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Speaker 4: great meeting you. Then shout out to KK, Brin and Annabelle,

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Speaker 4: their parents, Matt and Meghan as well. They've been making

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Speaker 4: got a bunch of them over the last couple of years,

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Speaker 4: but based on the results from the game on Sunday,

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Speaker 4: I don't think I can ever take this one off.

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Speaker 4: So thank you guys. Wore us the whole game, and

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Speaker 1: And you'll see some of our players wearing them two

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Speaker 5: You're that guy.

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Speaker 5: Then around the world's really taken off.

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Speaker 1: It's taken off. Then Steve Cold, I was in the

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Speaker 2: Bobble heads for people. It was it was, it was awesome.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're not even into football yet.

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Speaker 5: No, it's seventeen minutes.

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Speaker 2: And is it reading Pennsylvania by the way, probably.

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Speaker 4: We have we have a resident penn Sylvanian in here

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Speaker 1: They went to East Stroudsburg. But he was I could

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Speaker 4: Know, it's like Tony reality on PTI Like you called

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Speaker 4: it reading Pennsylvania, it's reading you more on now I know.

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Speaker 1: So anyway you don't, Yeah, Pennsylvania's we got it right anyway.

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Speaker 1: one other matter, all right, unselfishness, the win against the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: There's so many storylines there, but to me, the biggest

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Speaker 5: It's very cool.

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Speaker 4: And think about, like, we have a lot of players

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Speaker 2: What about being unselfish?

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Speaker 7: I mean, shoot, we got so many guys that could

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Speaker 7: I feel like that's where it comes in, and where

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Speaker 7: That's where the unselfish part comes in with this offense.

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Speaker 4: After like a year and a half of waiting, he

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Speaker 5: How much fun was that?

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Speaker 7: Well, I mean it we only played three quarters, so

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Speaker 7: Like I said, I did the mic and when I

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Speaker 1: But I want to ask you about the micd up.

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Speaker 1: It was so awesome because it looked like you were

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Speaker 7: I mean, it's always fun, like you see, it's out

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Speaker 7: Like coach our coach re said, we're super close, So

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Speaker 4: So I've had like multiple people in my life before

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Speaker 5: Like where is this coming from how does that start?

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Speaker 7: The crazy part is I do even know what to

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Speaker 2: Keep going. It's gonna catch on, as you know.

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Speaker 1: guy is like super strong pound for pound. What about

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Speaker 1: people that maybe overlook that in making a tough catch,

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Speaker 1: tough player, you got a block.

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Speaker 7: I mean, so just this game that came about, like

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Speaker 7: the reatest game. I mean, I'm playing with a fully

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Speaker 7: torn even we went up in high ball high point

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Speaker 7: of the ball, So I mean it just kind of

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Speaker 7: shows that I'm willing to go out there and give

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Speaker 7: it all.

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Speaker 3: Get my off of the team.

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Speaker 4: So since you got back in week four, the offensive

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Speaker 4: scored at least twenty eight points every single week. How

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Speaker 4: much fun is the group having collectively just going out

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Speaker 4: there and playing the ball. We kind of knew you

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Speaker 4: guys could play, right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it feels like training camp. We go out there.

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Speaker 7: I mean this past game we had Coach Nax kind

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Speaker 7: of said that we had a nineteen play drive, a

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Speaker 7: fourteen play drive, a thirteen playing drive, and it was

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Speaker 7: long drive drive. I mean we're tired, but I mean

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Speaker 7: we kind of did it in training camp. I mean

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Speaker 7: it felt like practice. So once you go out there

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Speaker 7: and get the repetition that you get in practice and

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Speaker 7: carried it over to the game, it just it starts

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Speaker 7: to get the plumb for you.

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Speaker 1: Final question, Monday Night Football Commanders. Now you got to

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Speaker 1: back it up. You've learned in this league, now to

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Speaker 1: stack it up. How excited are you about the Monday

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Speaker 1: night game against the Commanders.

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Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, the Commanders are. They're a really good team.

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Speaker 7: I mean, don't let the pass games fleet. I mean

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Speaker 7: they're a really good groups as a unit. They showed

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Speaker 7: it last year. So just coming in with a mindset

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Speaker 7: just continue to keep getting better, continue to grow as

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Speaker 7: the team.

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Speaker 2: Xavier Worthy, it's just getting started right. The wave get ready.

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Speaker 1: So again a shout out there to Xavier and again,

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Speaker 1: being unselfish, you mentioned Hollywood. He had sixteen targets in

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Speaker 1: Week one in Brazil against the Chargers. He had four

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Speaker 1: last week, but we'll whoo. Those four resulted in two

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Speaker 1: catches and a touchdown. As I said on the air,

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Speaker 1: he's loving gargling the sweet nectar of the end zone.

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna throw the running backs in here as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we can talk about the wide receivers and tight ends.

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Speaker 1: Think about it. Cream Hunt had fourteen touches in the

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Speaker 1: Baltimore game. But what about last week when Isaiah Pacheco

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Speaker 1: had fifteen touches but he also had a touchdown against

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. So the point here is this team is

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Speaker 1: full of unselfishness, and I'll even put it on the

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Speaker 1: defense as well. Being the same way, and the fact

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Speaker 1: that if this rocket ship is going to continue to

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Speaker 1: move up and you and I anticipated it has to be,

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Speaker 1: you don't know whose week it's going to be. And

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Speaker 1: so I would advise you if you get frustrated on

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Speaker 1: your fantasy team, don't take a chief. Okay, because who

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Speaker 1: knows whose week it's going to be. But for reality

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Speaker 1: football and winning football right now, the Chiefs, I think

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Speaker 1: are the epitome. If you're an NBA team, you want

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Speaker 1: to study us if you're in I don't care an

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Speaker 1: NHL team or an MLB team study us because so

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Speaker 1: many guys, so many gals, so many agents can get

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Speaker 1: caught up in stats. You got to get targets and catches.

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Speaker 1: I need to get endorsements. Let's get and that does

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Speaker 1: not work in the hallways of this place.

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Speaker 4: Eight different players for the Chiefs on Sunday had at

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Speaker 4: least fourteen receiving yards that matched the most for any

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Speaker 4: team in a single game this year. I mean that

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Speaker 4: kind of tells the story right there. This team is

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Speaker 4: so hard to defend right now, because finally, the offense

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Speaker 4: that we've been talking about for like a year and

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Speaker 4: a half, we saw it on Sunday and it's pretty good.

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Speaker 4: And to see it humming like that, I get it.

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Speaker 4: The Raiders defense has been struggling, but still this offense

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Speaker 4: is super, super exciting. I can't wait to see where

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Speaker 4: it goes from here. And you're right, I think it

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Speaker 4: stems from an unselfishness at its core, because nobody really

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Speaker 4: cares who's getting all the numbers as long as the

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Speaker 4: team is winning, and it's fun to talk about these stats.

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Speaker 4: At the very end, because it's not like one or

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Speaker 4: two players is driving the whole thing. Like the guys

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Speaker 4: have been saying, everybody's eating in this offense, and it's

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Speaker 4: fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: Defensively, it's there as well.

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Speaker 1: Jamari Connor was my guest on the Chiefs Kingdom Show

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Speaker 1: before we had the Mahomes Gala. It was a long

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Speaker 1: Monday night. But the fact that Chamorrow something's very interesting

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Speaker 1: about him. He's so willing to play special teams. He

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Speaker 1: wants to do it. It's very rare to see a

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Speaker 1: player who's second untackles he's really close to. Nick Bolton

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Speaker 1: is usually the leader. Nick right now is at fifty

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Speaker 1: five Tomorrow's at forty seven tackles. But then that second

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Speaker 1: or top five tackle leader usually isn't at the top

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Speaker 1: of the special teams tackle charts. And Chamari was leading

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Speaker 1: in special teams tackles until Cooper McDonald had an awesome

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Speaker 1: game and went ahead him by one. That is also

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Speaker 1: being unselfish, where you have first team guys on defense,

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Speaker 1: even offense, but first team defensive players who are ready,

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Speaker 1: willing and able and want to play special teams and

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Speaker 1: Matt I'm telling you, in the National Football League that

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Speaker 1: is not always the case. Many guys will go, no,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna save myself for defense. You're not gonna put

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Speaker 1: me on teams or even a sublime way in body language,

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Speaker 1: you don't want it.

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Speaker 2: Not with a squad.

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Speaker 1: That's really part of the magic of this team is

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Speaker 1: it's in all three phases.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it really is. Can we talk about the defensive

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Speaker 5: domination really quick?

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Speaker 2: Sure?

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Speaker 5: How good it was on Sunday? Because I had to

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Speaker 5: have the three first downs?

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Speaker 2: Three first downs.

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Speaker 4: Three first downs. The Raiders had three first downs on Sunday.

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Speaker 4: It was the fewest for any team in a game

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Speaker 4: since two thousand and eight. The Falcons ironically held the

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Speaker 4: Raiders to only three first towns in that game. You

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Speaker 4: want to guess the quarterbacks in that game? Falcons and

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Speaker 4: Raiders in two thousand.

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Speaker 2: And eight, No, man, no clue, Oh gosh no.

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Speaker 4: So for the Falcons it was some rookie named Matt Ryan. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: it turned out to be a pretty good player.

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Speaker 2: You never heard of him.

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Speaker 5: The Raiders quarterback was JaMarcus Russell. Yep, yep.

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Speaker 4: So that's the last time a team had three first downs.

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Speaker 4: Moral of the story in a game.

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Speaker 1: If they send video home with you in whatever form

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Speaker 1: it is, make sure you watch them.

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Speaker 4: We should watch the video your homework. A team has

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Speaker 4: only had three or fewer first downs in a game

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Speaker 4: five times since two thousand, so that doesn't happen very often.

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Speaker 4: As a result, the Raiders only ran thirty plays on Sunday.

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Speaker 4: That was the second fewest plays in a single game

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Speaker 4: in the Super Bowl era. The only team that ran

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Speaker 4: fewer plays in the Super Bowl era in a game

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Speaker 4: was the nineteen ninety nine expansion Cleveland Browns in Week one.

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Speaker 4: So I'm not saying this to disparage the Raiders. I'm

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Speaker 4: saying it because this was an incredible defensive performance by

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Speaker 4: the Chiefs to stop a team that has some really

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Speaker 4: capable players, guys like Ashton Genty in the backfield, Well,

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Speaker 4: the Chiefs completely shut them down in this defense. I

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Speaker 4: thought it was so cool that a week after shutting

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Speaker 4: down Detroit like they did the whole the number one

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Speaker 4: scoring offense in the NFL to only seventeen points, they

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Speaker 4: didn't kind of start reading their own press clippings and.

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Speaker 5: Say, hey, we're really good.

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Speaker 4: They were fired up and ready for this game to

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Speaker 4: the point where Las Vegas was truly never in it.

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Speaker 5: Offensively. Three first downs is crazy.

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Speaker 4: So again I'm fired up about this defense and now

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Speaker 4: going into week eight, it's now the number three scoring

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Speaker 4: defense in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And we mentioned it there was such a vibe of

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Speaker 1: getting Rushy back to play last week. With that vibe

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Speaker 1: was also felt in the defensive hallway. Tomori actually verified

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Speaker 1: that on the Chiefs Kingdom Show, the Chiefs were this

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Speaker 1: close being tied for first place in the AFC West.

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Speaker 1: Give credit to the Denver Broncos of pulling that game

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Speaker 1: out down twenty six to eight with a remarkable fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter comeback. But our eye on the West is Ari Wolf.

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Speaker 8: Welcome everyone's Week eight out West with Ari Wolf. It

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Speaker 8: is my pleasure today to talk to the voices of

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Speaker 8: the Chiefs defending the Kingdom. We've got Mitch Holtis the

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Speaker 8: voice of the Chiefs, Matt mcmall and gentlemen. Great win

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Speaker 8: for the Chiefs. It was nice to have a stress

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Speaker 8: free Sunday thirty one to nothing. Chiefs look great, it

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Speaker 8: was awesome. It's great to beat a division rival. But

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Speaker 8: let's get into the AFC West, because that's what we

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Speaker 8: do on this part of the podcast. We start at

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Speaker 8: the top of the division We will start with the

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Speaker 8: Denver Broncos, who were held scoreless for three quarters, score

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Speaker 8: thirty three fourth quarter points. It was one of the

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Speaker 8: more incredible fourth quarters I've ever seen. You had potential

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Speaker 8: to be my game of the week, but if you

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Speaker 8: had to watch the first three quarters, the fourth quarter

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Speaker 8: didn't make up for how terrible the first three quarters

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Speaker 8: were bon Knicks, two touchdown passes, two rushing touchdowns all

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Speaker 8: in the fourth quarter. That's never happened before. It's the

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Speaker 8: most points ever scored after being shut out for three

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Speaker 8: quarters in the history of the National Football League. Down

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Speaker 8: eighteen points with six minutes left, somehow Bon Knicks and

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Speaker 8: the Broncos get a win. They're five and two. It

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Speaker 8: was sort of gut wrenching to watch. New York sort

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Speaker 8: of fizzled us away. But I got to say that

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Speaker 8: the Broncos are finding ways to win. They are going

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Speaker 8: to be a tough out. Are they the cream of

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Speaker 8: the crop in the AMC West?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 8: I think we know the Chiefs are that team. But

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Speaker 8: what's your takeaway, guys from the way the Broncos keep

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Speaker 8: finding ways to win?

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Speaker 4: Well, First of all, it was strange being able to

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Speaker 4: watch these games because we were home by like three

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Speaker 4: forty five on Sunday. Not only did we have a

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Speaker 4: noon game, it also lasted like two hours and fifty minutes.

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Speaker 4: So I was watching this game and the Chargers game,

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Speaker 4: which we'll talk about in a minute, kind of simultaneously,

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Speaker 4: and in my brain, the Giants had the Broncos taken

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Speaker 4: care of, like that game was over and the Chargers

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Speaker 4: Colts won was the one that was still kind of

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Speaker 4: up in the air. And then yeah, somehow the Broncos

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Speaker 4: find a way to score all these points in just

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Speaker 4: six minutes. I do give credit to the Broncos for

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Speaker 4: finding ways to win these games. This is three weeks

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Speaker 4: in a row that they very easily could have lost,

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Speaker 4: and they found a way to win. Considering how the

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Speaker 4: Chiefs have won games over the years, I'm not going

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Speaker 4: to disparage that that's impressive. I just all questions about

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Speaker 4: the Broncos offense and having to do that in the

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Speaker 4: fourth quarter, Like they put themselves in a position where

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Speaker 4: they had to score a bunch of points in the

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Speaker 4: fourth quarter. But they figured it out, and I'll give

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Speaker 4: them credit.

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Speaker 5: They found a way.

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Speaker 4: The Jackson Dart interception was the key with all that

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Speaker 4: and you take that out, maybe it's a different outcome.

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Speaker 5: But I'll give them credit. They found a way.

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Speaker 1: Are a one thousand, six hundred and eight teams in

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Speaker 1: a row had leads of eighteen or more in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter and all one. That's one, six, ZHO eight

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Speaker 1: and zero until this game. So give the Broncos credit.

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Speaker 1: Even Sean Payton said it after the game. They're one

659
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Speaker 1: in six last year, and they were one and six

660
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Speaker 1: last year in one possession games including our block field

661
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Speaker 1: goal game. But this year they're four and two. But

662
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Speaker 1: that is six of their seven games or one possession games. Now,

663
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Speaker 1: let's what's the narrative here, because last year for us

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Speaker 1: it was, oh my gosh, you can't live that way.

665
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Speaker 1: They're not blowing anybody out what's going on. And for

666
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Speaker 1: the Broncos, they're just a gritty, gutsy team. So it's

667
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Speaker 1: just a matter of anything like business, politics or sports.

668
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Speaker 1: It's whatever narrative we want to present. But give them credit.

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Speaker 1: They're doing a great job. But I think we kind

670
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Speaker 1: of did the same thing last year. That's another matter.

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Speaker 8: All right, Let's go to the Chargers, who are now

672
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Speaker 8: tied with the Chiefs. But because the Chargers one in

673
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Speaker 8: Week one. They are the number two team currently in

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Speaker 8: the AFC West. They lose to the Colts thirty eight

675
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Speaker 8: to twenty four. This Colts offense continues to just produce

676
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Speaker 8: points every single week. I think you could make a

677
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Speaker 8: compelling case right now, the Shan Steiken is the leader

678
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Speaker 8: for the Coach of the Year, that Daniel Jones is

679
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Speaker 8: the leader for the comeback Player of the Year, and

680
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Speaker 8: the Jonathan Taylor is in the conversation for Offensive Player

681
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Speaker 8: of the Year or potentially even MVP. So with all

682
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Speaker 8: that said, the Chargers more injuries they're dealing. They have

683
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Speaker 8: not had any luck when a term see keeping their

684
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Speaker 8: guys healthy. Herbert throws two more interception. Guys, that's a

685
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Speaker 8: total of six that already doubles all the interceptions he

686
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Speaker 8: threw a year ago. This is the team that's now

687
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Speaker 8: lost three or four games. The shine has come off

688
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Speaker 8: the Chargers. This is a team that really wants to

689
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Speaker 8: run the ball under Harbaugh. They're throwing it a lot,

690
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Speaker 8: but their offensive lines banged up. It appears the Chargers

691
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Speaker 8: are going in the wrong direction. Matt, what was your

692
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Speaker 8: takeaway from the Colts and the Chargers.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, quick note on the Colts. It's crazy at

694
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Speaker 4: this point in the year, we're now seeing like either

695
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Speaker 4: it's traditional rankings or like advanced metrics that have the

696
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Speaker 4: Colts offense up there with like the twenty eighteen Chiefs

697
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Speaker 4: and the seven Patriots and the twenty thirteen Broncos. And

698
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Speaker 4: I still can't wrap my head around it. But I mean,

699
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Speaker 4: I respect what they did against the Chargers in this one,

700
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Speaker 4: because whenever the Chargers would answer, the Colts would just

701
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Speaker 4: go right back down the field and score themselves. The

702
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Speaker 4: Chargers can never get within arms length in this game,

703
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Speaker 4: and I think you're seeing the injuries catching up with

704
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Speaker 4: the Chargers, particularly on their offensive line. I think Herbert's

705
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Speaker 4: the most pressured quarterback in the NFL right now according

706
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Speaker 4: to Pro Football Focus pressure metrics. Very difficult to move

707
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Speaker 4: the football if you're constantly under pressure. The real story here, though,

708
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Speaker 4: for me, is the Chargers defense. It's surprising to me

709
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Speaker 4: because this was a defense that was top five, top

710
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Speaker 4: three scoring defense in the.

711
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Speaker 2: NFL last year.

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Speaker 4: Started the season really well on defense too, but they

713
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Speaker 4: have allowed twenty seven or more points in three straight

714
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Speaker 4: games now and again kind of watching the game on

715
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Speaker 4: Sunday I'm thinking, well, if the Chargers defense can make

716
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Speaker 4: some plays, get a three and out, get a stop,

717
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Speaker 4: and then Herbert can get the ball back and I

718
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Speaker 4: try to score, the Chargers can make a game of it.

719
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Speaker 4: But the Chargers couldn't get any stops defensively, and for

720
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Speaker 4: me kind of watching this Harbaugh iteration of the Chargers,

721
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Speaker 4: that was surprising.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the Colts this year are this week's

723
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Speaker 1: opponent that we've got. They're the commanders of twenty four.

724
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Speaker 1: Like they just burst onto the scene and like, wow,

725
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Speaker 1: look at these guys. And I'm with Matt here. We

726
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Speaker 1: can talk about Herbert, we can talk about being beat

727
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Speaker 1: up on the offensive line.

728
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Speaker 2: I think he's two.

729
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Speaker 1: Games over five hundred in his career and that's something

730
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Speaker 1: that has to be a long term discussion that you

731
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Speaker 1: don't hear again on narratives. But it's their defense now

732
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Speaker 1: isn't completely healthy either, but they're getting a run rough,

733
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Speaker 1: shot over and could not get a stop when they

734
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Speaker 1: needed it. Some of that is the colest But how

735
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Speaker 1: much of this is a mystery about the Chargers. You

736
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Speaker 1: mentioned they have lost three of four. Their only win

737
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Speaker 1: a twenty nine to twenty seven win over Miami. That's it,

738
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Speaker 1: or otherwise they would have lost four in a row.

739
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Speaker 1: So right now the Chargers are trying to you know,

740
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Speaker 1: put it together with great tape and bubble gum and glue.

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Speaker 8: Well, look, they've got to play Thursday night against the

742
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Speaker 8: Minnesota team. And you know, I want to bring up

743
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Speaker 8: Carson Wentz because he was with the Chiefs last year

744
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Speaker 8: as the backup. He was highly touted coming out of

745
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Speaker 8: North Dakota State. The thing about Carson Wentz is he

746
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Speaker 8: does so many things great, but he's just good enough

747
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Speaker 8: to get you beat. He always makes a couple of

748
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Speaker 8: just catastrophic mistakes, and I really he was ever really

749
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Speaker 8: put in that position last year with the Chiefs. But

750
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Speaker 8: you know, you look back at all the stops where

751
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Speaker 8: he's been, he shows flashes of brilliance. I think it

752
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Speaker 8: makes a very compelling game for Thursday, and it feels

753
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Speaker 8: like a must win for the Vikings and for the Chargers.

754
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Speaker 8: We'll get to that in a moment. We get to that.

755
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Speaker 8: But just the Carson Wentz thing is fascinating to me.

756
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Speaker 8: And I know you guys got to know him a

757
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 8: little bit last year. Last week's best game of the Week,

758
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Speaker 8: we had all the eight from me to Thursday night,

759
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Speaker 8: Joe Flacco, Aaron Rodgers, the two forty plus guys. I mean,

760
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Speaker 8: they bawled out. It was a really entertaining game to watch.

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Speaker 8: The back and forth. You know, I know Cincinnati remains

762
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Speaker 8: a threat when you think about Joe Burrow and if

763
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Speaker 8: they can get into the postseason, the last team to

764
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Speaker 8: beat the Chiefs in the AFC. So when I look

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Speaker 8: at the Bengals with Joe Flacco, I can say it

766
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Speaker 8: was fun to watch. If you could take away worrying

767
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Speaker 8: about what the Bengals might be in three months, it

768
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Speaker 8: was just a really fun game to see these two

769
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Speaker 8: forty plus year old guys sling it around. I thought,

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Speaker 8: in particular Flacco just he kept it simple, right. I

771
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Speaker 8: felt like it was like he got with a bunch

772
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Speaker 8: of rod receivers. They were in a sandlot and He's like, look,

773
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Speaker 8: I've got the best wide receiver out here on the field.

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Speaker 8: I'm just gonna get him in the football by any

775
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Speaker 8: means possible. I thought it was a ton of fun

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Speaker 8: to watch the back of We're thirty three thirty one.

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Speaker 8: I assume that it was Thursday night. Hopefully you guys

778
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Speaker 8: weren't too busy, would you guys think of the Thursday

779
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Speaker 8: night game?

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Speaker 1: Well, first of all, this is only your favorite game

781
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: because you're like me, Matt's just so young, and you

782
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 1: know tender this is. You loved it because you're going

783
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: to the gym going I still got it, I got

784
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: next bet, and then with two torn achilles, like ten

785
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Speaker 1: minutes later, you're like dragging yourself.

786
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Speaker 2: Out of the gym.

787
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Speaker 1: We all, all of us who are older, were like

788
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,280
Speaker 1: celebrating this game of like, hey, you get still quarterback

789
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: a game when you're forty three years old. But that

790
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: was somewhat comical, but those guys did ball out. We

791
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Speaker 1: got to talk about Flacco here being able to be

792
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Speaker 1: accurate and at the third level of that offense. Yes,

793
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Speaker 1: they've got weapons, we know that with Higgins and Chase,

794
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 1: but his accuracy he just joined he's trying to they're

795
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: making up stuff in the offense like he doesn't he

796
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: doesn't have that playbook down memorized. So we got to

797
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Speaker 1: give props her to Flacco and what he's doing with

798
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Speaker 1: that team.

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Speaker 5: I remember just yeah, is.

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Speaker 8: There's something so likable about Flackwell, he seems like it's

801
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 8: such a just a regular guy. Like if you saw

802
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 8: him at a bar, you'd sit down, you'd have a

803
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 8: beer with him. Doesn't he come across. It's just like

804
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 8: the most down to earth quarterback in the NFL.

805
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Speaker 4: Well, he doesn't get enough credit for how he's been

806
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 4: able to prolong his career because I remember in twenty

807
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 4: nineteen when he was on the Broncos, his career was

808
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 4: basically over. It's like, all right, this guy's done, like

809
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 4: he's going to retire, and he had some good years

810
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 4: with the Ravens, but he's done.

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Speaker 3: I mean that was.

812
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Speaker 4: Seven eight years ago, and he's not playing still at

813
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Speaker 4: a high level, winning games in primetime. It's really impressive.

814
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Speaker 4: The most impressive thing from that game though, and it

815
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 4: was a fun game to watch overall, was Aaron Rodgers

816
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 4: somehow throwing it seventy yards in the air for that

817
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 4: Hail Mary at the very end. Obviously no one caught it,

818
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 4: but still, I mean that was incredible. I figured at

819
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Speaker 4: the point they were on the field, like he'll get

820
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Speaker 4: it to maybe like the opposing twenty five or something,

821
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Speaker 4: maybe the twenty He got it there, and that was

822
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Speaker 4: the most impressive thing I thought from the night.

823
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Speaker 8: The other thing right, in terms of throwing the hail Mary,

824
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Speaker 8: Aaron Rodgers is the best of all time, right. I

825
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 8: think he's got a handful of ones that you know,

826
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Speaker 8: have one game on Hail Mary's or they've been you know,

827
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Speaker 8: at the half. And I gotta admit I didn't think

828
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Speaker 8: he could get it to the end zone on Thursday night.

829
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Speaker 8: That throw just blew my mind. But what do you

830
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Speaker 8: think of it, Mitch.

831
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Speaker 2: Well, No, I mean he expects that to work.

832
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Speaker 1: Yeah, everybody else is watching it like there's a point

833
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: zero zero three probability this is going to work. And

834
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has going now I've done. I think I've

835
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Speaker 1: got about seventy nine percent chance. I mean, so you

836
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: can see it when he launched it. To me though,

837
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Speaker 1: one of the comical things about the whole scenario with

838
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Speaker 1: Flacco is the fact that Cleveland is now getting it

839
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Speaker 1: put in their face.

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Speaker 2: I know they won this week, but the poor Browns.

841
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Speaker 1: Fans are now they have to deal with this of

842
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: like you've maybe salvage the Bengals season. So right, there's

843
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: not enough copay in the therapy for that.

844
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Speaker 2: That Browns fan base.

845
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Speaker 8: Oh, that Browns fan base has been tortured all right,

846
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 8: I kind of jumped the gun a little bit getting

847
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Speaker 8: to this week's games. I got excited to talk about

848
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Speaker 8: the Thursday night games, and I want to get your

849
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 8: guys take on it. You've got the Vikings, who are

850
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 8: a bit of a wounded team, but that at times

851
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 8: can really create a lot of problems against a Chargers

852
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 8: team that's really banged up. Chargers haven't been able to

853
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Speaker 8: protect and you know, coach Flora is a defense coordinator

854
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Speaker 8: for Minnesota, can make life really challenging on a quarterback.

855
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Speaker 8: I mean feel like they've got, you know, sometimes seven

856
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 8: or eight guys up on the line of scrimmage. What

857
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 8: are your guys' thoughts on the Thursday night game.

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Speaker 4: I think Brian Flores might blitz fifty times in this game.

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Speaker 4: That's my thought process on it, particularly with it being

860
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Speaker 4: a Thursday night er.

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Speaker 5: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I just figure it's going to be tough on this

863
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Speaker 4: Chargers offensive line with all of their injuries against that

864
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Speaker 4: Minnesota pass rush on the other side. Though you mentioned

865
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Speaker 4: all the turnovers for Carson Wentz to Minnesota in recent weeks.

866
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Speaker 4: They have at least two giveaways in each of their

867
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Speaker 4: last three games. I think the Vikings have a really

868
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Speaker 4: good shot in this game because of their pass rush

869
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Speaker 4: and what they can do to the Chargers offense. But

870
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Speaker 4: you can't turn the ball over, particularly on the road,

871
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Speaker 4: and give Herbert a short field. So if the Vikings

872
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Speaker 4: can protect the football, I think they have a great shot.

873
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 4: But they haven't been able to do that in about

874
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 4: a month now, so we'll see.

875
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,359
Speaker 2: I like Carson Wentz, so I like him. It's good

876
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 2: to have him here.

877
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: Last year he had no shot in that Week eighteen game,

878
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: and we had against the Broncos. But it's it's making

879
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: the critical mistake and let's go back to the gym

880
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 1: and saying I still got it. Hey, I got next,

881
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: and they're all looking at you, strange I go over

882
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: to the other gym.

883
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 2: But you have to reinvent yourself, Ari.

884
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: You and I being old now, we've got to reinvent

885
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: ourselves if we're going to be involved in those games.

886
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: And that's where Carson Wentz has to realize. This is

887
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: not the Carson Wentz of the Eagles before he tore

888
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: his ACL.

889
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 2: This is me trying to figure out how to win

890
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 2: a game. If that's throwing a.

891
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: Check down, if that's checking to a run, trying to

892
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: prolong a drive that's better than throwing the game ending pick.

893
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: And I think that's where Wentz has got to be

894
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: mentally going into this game. The Chargers, it's so hard

895
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: to play a Thursday night game and do the quick

896
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: turnaround and what that's got facing them, especially with the

897
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: injuries that they've got. And so and I think Brian

898
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: Flores deserves to be a head coach again.

899
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:58,280
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.

900
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: I just think he got kind of messed over and

901
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 1: somebody will be smart enough.

902
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 2: To hire him.

903
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: But yeah, he's enough of a mastermind to wreck the

904
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: Charger party.

905
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 8: All right. The Raiders are off this week. They get

906
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,919
Speaker 8: a much needed by the only other AFC West game.

907
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 8: We've got the Dallas Cowboys in the Denver Broncos, which

908
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 8: I think is a little sexier of a game that

909
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 8: I might have thought a couple of weeks ago. Dak

910
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 8: Prescott's putting together an incredible season. You've got sixteen touchdown passes,

911
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 8: only three interceptions. Their offense has been exceptional. It looked

912
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 8: great against Washington. You've got a Denver team coming off

913
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 8: this incredible emotional comeback. This is a game I'm not

914
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 8: really sure which way it goes, I think if Dallas

915
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 8: can put up another thirty plus point performance, I'm not

916
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 8: sure the Broncos can match it. What do you guys

917
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 8: think of the Cowboys and the Broncos.

918
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 4: Kind of interesting because it's best on best in a

919
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 4: way where the Cowboys are averaging thirty two points per

920
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 4: game right now, but the Denver defense is legit like

921
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 4: a top five scoring defense, so I'm curious who can

922
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 4: win that battle. But then on the other side, the

923
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 4: Cowboys defense has struggled all year and they have a

924
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 4: bunch of injuries obviously, and the Broncos offense has been

925
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 4: struggling outside of some of these crazy fourth quarters that

926
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 4: they've had, so something has to give on both sides there.

927
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 4: I do think if the Broncos find themselves in another

928
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 4: hole in the second half or fourth quarter, this is

929
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 4: the kind of team in Dallas where you can't just

930
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 4: climb out of an eighteen point deficit in six minutes,

931
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 4: because the Cowboys are going to score thirty points in

932
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 4: the fourth quarter if they need to. They can move

933
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 4: the ball really effectively, particularly now that they're getting healthy

934
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,800
Speaker 4: with their receivers. So if Denver can keep it close

935
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 4: throughout I do think the Broncos have a decent shot,

936
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 4: but this is not a team in Dallas that I

937
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 4: think the Broncos can pull one of these comebacks off against.

938
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 4: And like we talked about Mitch nine on the podcast,

939
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 4: there's an opportunity here for the Chiefs to go into

940
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 4: Monday Night Football with a chance to be tied with

941
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 4: the Broncos for first place in the AFC West. So

942
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 4: I'm hoping the Cowboys can pull this thing out.

943
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: And if that's the case, on Monday Night, ari that

944
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: map behind you, we'll have like a burn hole in

945
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 1: it that will be at Kansas City because the place

946
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 1: will be going crazy if the Chiefs have a chance

947
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,240
Speaker 1: to be tied for first at the end of Monday Night.

948
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: To me, and talking about these matchups, you know, sometimes

949
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: you look at a team and you're going, well, they

950
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: got to fix this or fix that, And there's some

951
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 1: things you're looking at you're going.

952
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,839
Speaker 2: They're just unfixable.

953
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: And right now, the Lions defense kind of reminds me

954
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: of that, although they had a nice performance on Monday

955
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: Night Football. But the Cowboy defense, to me, is one

956
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: of the smallest NFL defenses I've ever seen. That is

957
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: not a group where you're looking at it like they're

958
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 1: really physical. They've got to somehow rely on getting a steal,

959
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: a possession or get a takeaway, and against Denver, I'm

960
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: not sure they can do that. And Denver is just

961
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 1: so physical right now that I think that's the matchup

962
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: that tips this in the Bronco favor.

963
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 8: Okay, all right, let's go to what I think is

964
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 8: potentially the most compelling game for next week. I don't

965
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 8: hope it's going to turn into the best game. I

966
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 8: think it's compelling. We've got the Green Bay Packers on

967
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 8: Sunday night going to play the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, look,

968
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 8: if this game is Atlantambou and Aaron Rodgers's going back

969
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 8: there to play, look like it would be like a

970
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,479
Speaker 8: ratings bonanza. But it's still pretty cool to see Aaron

971
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 8: Rodgers go up against the Packers. I'm sure there'll be

972
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 8: a lot of emotions if we all know they went

973
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 8: to the Jets for a couple of years. But look,

974
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 8: whenever Aaron Rodgers decides to call it a day and

975
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 8: he retires, he'll always be remembered as a Green Bay Packer.

976
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 8: But the game also means a lot right. I mean,

977
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 8: the Steelers are sitting atop the AFC North. The Packers

978
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 8: right now are only have the one loss and the

979
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 8: one tie, and they could end up being the number

980
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 8: one seed in the NFC. I think it's a compelling game.

981
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,439
Speaker 8: I sort of think the Packers are a better team.

982
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 8: But the Steelers are at home. That place is going

983
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 8: to be loud, It's going to be proud those you know,

984
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 8: the yellow towels are gonna be going the terrible towels.

985
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 8: What are your thoughts? Aaron Rodgers hosting his former team,

986
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 8: the Packers on Sunday Night Football.

987
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 4: Well, from the Packers' perspective, the Packers began the year

988
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 4: through the first two weeks looking like maybe the best

989
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,720
Speaker 4: team in football, and even though they've been finding ways

990
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 4: to not necessarily lose a bunch of games in the

991
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 4: time since then, I feel like they've been hanging on

992
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,800
Speaker 4: for dear life. I mean, that game against the Cardinals

993
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,760
Speaker 4: could have gone either way. That was a coin flip

994
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 4: there at the end. So I'm curious if the Packers

995
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,960
Speaker 4: can go out there and put a dominant performance together.

996
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 4: But the Steelers are playing good football too. I do

997
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 4: wonder if Aaron Rodgers is going to throw the ball

998
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 4: approximately one hundred times in this game. I can't imagine

999
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,280
Speaker 4: he's going to hand it off too many times against

1000
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:14,760
Speaker 4: the Packers.

1001
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 5: What do you think?

1002
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: What's sequid distant between Green Bay and Pittsburgh, like Kalamazoo, Michigan.

1003
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 5: Is that the house right there?

1004
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:28,479
Speaker 2: So yeah, there it is. Let me look they house.

1005
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,280
Speaker 1: That's the house where Aaron Rodgers was I think in Kalamazoo, Michigan,

1006
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: in the dark for like a month. Oh right, question

1007
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: is I think he'll go there this week and just

1008
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: be there until right before kickoff. He'll repel from a

1009
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,280
Speaker 1: helicopter down right at kickoff.

1010
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 2: And like, let's go green Bay.

1011
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: To me, I think it's also a contrast to the

1012
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: two divisions, Yes, because we have no idea in the

1013
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: AFC North you could have a nine and eight ten

1014
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,760
Speaker 1: and seven division winner. And you mentioned earlier on about

1015
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: the Vikings needing to win. Yes, they do because now

1016
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: the NFC North looks different than what we thought it

1017
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: was gonna be because you got competitive teams there.

1018
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 2: So to me, it's also a contrast.

1019
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:18,720
Speaker 1: Of two guys that once had you know what currently

1020
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: does or once had Aaron Rodgers as their hopeful quarterback.

1021
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,439
Speaker 1: But it's also two divisions that are clashing that are

1022
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: very different.

1023
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 8: Right now, Yeah, all right to my final thought, and

1024
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 8: I'm so glad that Mitch is here because this has

1025
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 8: a little bit of a historical context to it. My

1026
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 8: final thought, and we're gonna do some blending of sports here.

1027
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 8: So last Friday, it's Game four of the National League

1028
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 8: Championship Series, and Joe he Otani put on a performance

1029
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 8: that I think it's hard to measure against any other sport.

1030
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 8: We've never seen anything like it. I think it's already

1031
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 8: universally understood that it was the greatest game played by

1032
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 8: a baseball player in the history of Major League Baseball.

1033
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 8: And for those of you who don't know some of

1034
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 8: the specifics, I'm gonna give you just a few stats.

1035
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 8: He pitched six shout out innings. Ten of his eighteen

1036
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 8: out seats recorded were strikeouts, so that means the defense

1037
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 8: didn't have to make a play on ten of those

1038
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 8: outs for hitting purposes. They had five runs. He hit

1039
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 8: three home runs, He scored three runs. He had three

1040
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 8: runs driven in, so that's sixty percent of all of it.

1041
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 8: In four played appearances. He had a walk, in three

1042
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 8: home runs. So I was trying to think of a

1043
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 8: way to equate what something on a football team, what

1044
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 8: somebody could do that would be the equivalent. So here's

1045
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 8: what I came up with. It would be Patrick Mahomes

1046
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 8: doing the following. He would throw for over three hundred

1047
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 8: yards and three touchdown. I have a perfect quarterback, Brady.

1048
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 8: He would also play middle linebacker, have ten tackles, a

1049
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 8: pick six, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery, and

1050
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,839
Speaker 8: made two fifty plus yard field goals. Is that a

1051
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:53,479
Speaker 8: fair assessment of the ridiculousness of what we saw from

1052
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 8: show Hey last Friday? I mean, I think it's the

1053
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 8: greatest performance I may have seen in any sport. What's

1054
00:46:58,280 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 8: your guys' take on my final thought?

1055
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:00,960
Speaker 2: So?

1056
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,240
Speaker 4: I think sho Hey o Tani is the greatest baseball

1057
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,279
Speaker 4: player of all time just because he can do a

1058
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,399
Speaker 4: little bit of everything. He, to me, is the kid

1059
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 4: in little league who's just way better than everyone else right,

1060
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,240
Speaker 4: and can pitch and hit for power, he can steal

1061
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,840
Speaker 4: fifty bases like it doesn't make any sense to me

1062
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 4: that a human being can do all these things at

1063
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 4: an elite level. I love baseball, so I remember when

1064
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 4: sho Hay first came over, I was thinking how it

1065
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 4: was kind of ridiculous to think he could do this

1066
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 4: Travis Hunter thing where he's going to pitch and hit,

1067
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 4: and I mean, to his credit, he is the best

1068
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 4: in baseball at both things, so he's amazing. Looking forward

1069
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:42,439
Speaker 4: to watching the World Series. The ALCS Game seven last

1070
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,319
Speaker 4: night was incredible that seventh inning where there's a few

1071
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 4: things better than George Springer coming to the plate and

1072
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 4: you have a moment that could go crazy and he

1073
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 4: comes through and the moment proceeds to be incredible, Like

1074
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 4: it was awesome.

1075
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 5: So anyway, I'm with you on that.

1076
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 4: My parting thought is that we are wearing hoodies right

1077
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 4: now because it is sixty five degrees outside and finally

1078
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 4: we have some fall weather in Kansas City. Mitch and

1079
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,239
Speaker 4: I enjoyed a beautiful fall day on Sunday, was not

1080
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 4: eighty eight degrees like it was the week prior, and

1081
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 4: I think fall has arrived in Kansas City, and selfishly,

1082
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 4: I'm very happy about that.

1083
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1084
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: So a bad sign if you're a Brewers fan is

1085
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: you've only had one run in three games and you've

1086
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,439
Speaker 1: been completely shut down by everybody the Dodgers through out there,

1087
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: and then in Game four to try to survive, you

1088
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 1: have sho hey Otani. Yeah, like that's a bad feeling

1089
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,359
Speaker 1: to have. And the fact that Otani really hadn't done

1090
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: a whole lot at the plate until then, You're going,

1091
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,680
Speaker 1: this isn't this ain't gonna work in game four the

1092
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 1: only thing close to baseball. Go back just a couple

1093
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,360
Speaker 1: months ago Nick Kertz of the A's, go back and

1094
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: look at his like he had six home runs. It

1095
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 1: was called the perfect offensive performance of all time. I

1096
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,879
Speaker 1: think eight at bass. Go back and look it up.

1097
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,399
Speaker 1: But Nick Kertz of the A's had the perfect offensive night.

1098
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: Now he didn't throw like six shutout innings or that

1099
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: would and so the Mahomes equivalent would be I'll go,

1100
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: I'll see what you had. But he would also have

1101
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,719
Speaker 1: a pick six, return a punt for a touchdown, and

1102
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:14,760
Speaker 1: block a kick.

1103
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 2: For a touchdown. Let's just split it that way.

1104
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 1: My final thought is is kind of the theme are

1105
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: two themes of this podcast.

1106
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,320
Speaker 2: One was this is salute to service. That's the hoodies.

1107
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 2: We have.

1108
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: Some of the most important military installations in the world

1109
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:32,479
Speaker 1: are within ninety minutes of US and we've talked about

1110
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,720
Speaker 1: that a lot, but also the unselfishness of this Chiefs

1111
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: team when it's not an agency and you got to

1112
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: get touches and yards and we need endorsements and we

1113
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: got to get something done here. If you're going to

1114
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: be that way in your agents, that way, stand down,

1115
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,880
Speaker 1: go find someone else or else to play. Nine guys

1116
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: caught passes against the Raiders, and two of them just

1117
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 1: had one target and that was for thirty nine and

1118
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,439
Speaker 1: twenty eight yards. Kelsey had three catches, one of those

1119
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:02,359
Speaker 1: for forty four. This rocket has left the pad and

1120
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,919
Speaker 1: nowhere is there any room for unselfishness. It's a great

1121
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:10,200
Speaker 1: example for every NBA team, every MLB team, every NHL team.

1122
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,959
Speaker 2: If you're selfish, leave it at the door, because that'll

1123
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 2: get in the way of winning.

1124
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 8: Let me tell you I agree with that. But it

1125
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 8: also applies to every family, every organization.

1126
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:18,919
Speaker 2: Right.

1127
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 8: Selflessness always helps. You just can't make it about yourself.

1128
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 8: And it was just so wonderful. I have such a

1129
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 8: unique experience now watching the Chiefs games because I'm always

1130
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,279
Speaker 8: thinking about you guys during the game, thinking what's your

1131
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:32,719
Speaker 8: stress level, Like, how's it going this week? So I'm

1132
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 8: glad you guys had a stress free Sunday. I think

1133
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 8: Monday night, you know, hopefully the Broncos go down on

1134
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 8: Sunday and it shapes up for a Monday night where

1135
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 8: the Chiefs can get back where they belong atop the

1136
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 8: AFC West. That's it for out West with ri will wait.

1137
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 2: A minute, I gotta go to the gym. I got next,

1138
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 2: I got.

1139
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 8: Next, You got next? Love you guys, Hamstring.

1140
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:55,720
Speaker 1: So thanks to Ari, the AFC West looks very different

1141
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: than it did after the second week of the season.

1142
00:50:58,120 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 5: We are this close to being tied for first.

1143
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 4: But the exciting thing is, like we talked about, if

1144
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 4: some things can fall our way this weekend and the

1145
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 4: Chiefs can take care of business on Monday, we could

1146
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 4: be in first place this time next week.

1147
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:10,839
Speaker 5: I'd like that plan.

1148
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:14,040
Speaker 1: But to do that, it's beating the Washington Commanders. Really,

1149
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: I use mercurial a lot, but this team in the

1150
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,319
Speaker 1: context of looking at the three and four Commanders in

1151
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, and it's really been about injuries, a

1152
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: plethora of injuries and turnovers. They are minus five in

1153
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,359
Speaker 1: the giveaway takeaway margin. They did not have their top

1154
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:33,399
Speaker 1: three wide receivers against the Dallas Cowboys and their forty

1155
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 1: four to twenty two loss. But I looked at this

1156
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: year in context of last year. If you look at

1157
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: last year, they were top five in most offensive categories.

1158
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,359
Speaker 1: If you look at the Commanders a year ago, they

1159
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: were third in rushing, fifth and scoring. Now they're still

1160
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: running the ball. They're number one in the league in

1161
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: runs of ten plus yards. But this is a Commander

1162
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: team that is just missing a bunch of guys. We

1163
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,200
Speaker 1: don't know if they're going to have Jayden Daniels or not.

1164
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 1: We don't know they're gonna have Deebo Samuel or not.

1165
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,799
Speaker 1: Austin Eckler's already out. Guys that they've been counting on

1166
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:08,319
Speaker 1: are not there. They also went out thinking they were

1167
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: so close twelve and five last year, right, they get

1168
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:12,839
Speaker 1: all the way the NFC Championship Game and give up

1169
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: fifty five points to the Eagles. But they went all

1170
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: in in the offseason. They signed like over a dozen

1171
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:19,840
Speaker 1: free agents and now.

1172
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 2: Here they are.

1173
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 1: But really an interesting study for this Commander team, which

1174
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,280
Speaker 1: still has weapons and they're dangerous.

1175
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, really interesting team here, because like you laid out,

1176
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,840
Speaker 4: this is a group that went twelve and five last season,

1177
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 4: went all the way to the NFC Championship game and

1178
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 4: really kind of were a big surprise and they were

1179
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 4: fun and exciting. I remember that game against the Bengals

1180
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:43,759
Speaker 4: on Monday Night Football last year. That was kind of

1181
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:46,040
Speaker 4: like their announcement to the world, like we're here. This

1182
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:50,400
Speaker 4: isn't your same old Commanders or Washington football team. And

1183
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:53,480
Speaker 4: you know, with teams like that, the most difficult thing

1184
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,160
Speaker 4: to do is to follow it up the next year

1185
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,400
Speaker 4: where you're expected to win. And they've had a lot

1186
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,439
Speaker 4: of adversity this year. You mentioned the injuries. We don't

1187
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 4: know if some of their top playmakers are going to

1188
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:04,359
Speaker 4: play in this game, and they've missed him quite a bit.

1189
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,439
Speaker 4: I mean, Daniels has already missed two games this year

1190
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,680
Speaker 4: with a separate injury to his knee. On the other leg,

1191
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:13,640
Speaker 4: they lose Dorance Armstrong to a ACL injury on Sunday

1192
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:17,160
Speaker 4: against the Cowboys. Yeah, he leaves his team in sacks

1193
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 4: and pressure, so I'm not going to have him the

1194
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:21,760
Speaker 4: rest of the year. So lots of injuries. It's been difficult.

1195
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 4: And it's tough too because this team in so many

1196
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:28,319
Speaker 4: ways was like hyper efficient last year on offense, and

1197
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,719
Speaker 4: part of that is Jaden Daniels is so lethal with

1198
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,000
Speaker 4: his legs. He was second to only Lamar Jackson in

1199
00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 4: terms of rushing by a quarterback last year. Well, when

1200
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,720
Speaker 4: you have a knee injury, you have a hamstring injury,

1201
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 4: you can't quite be as dynamic as a quarterback in

1202
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 4: terms of running the football, and that changes things with

1203
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 4: their offense. So they can still move the ball. We've

1204
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 4: seen that this year. Watch that Chargers game from a

1205
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 4: few weeks ago. They scored twenty seven points unanswered on

1206
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 4: the Chargers. So they're still very dangerous, particularly if they

1207
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 4: get some weapons back here in this game. But their

1208
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 4: defense has struggled this year, and I think they're a

1209
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,719
Speaker 4: team right now kind of going through one of those

1210
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 4: growing pains of we know we're good, we're good last year,

1211
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:05,800
Speaker 4: but you lose two games in a row. How do

1212
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 4: you respond to it. We're going to find out a

1213
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,080
Speaker 4: lot about this iteration of the Commanders over the next

1214
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 4: few weeks.

1215
00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, Well they have Deebo Samuel or not as a

1216
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: big deal too McLaurin. They had his contract issues and

1217
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 1: he gets hurt. I mean that's just been that way

1218
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: for Washington. But we can't set here and not be

1219
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 1: where we were at zero and two thinking, all right,

1220
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,480
Speaker 1: we got a chance to put this together, piece it back,

1221
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,239
Speaker 1: and not respect the Commanders feeling that same way.

1222
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 4: Right, Sure, no, absolutely, I mean this is a team

1223
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 4: that has good leadership I think I think dan Quinn's

1224
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 4: an awesome leader. I mean he turned that thing around

1225
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 4: last year. Right, So they do have a great infrastructure

1226
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 4: and they have good players. Just a matter of kind

1227
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:43,319
Speaker 4: of turning the page and figuring it out. It's tough

1228
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 4: when you have injuries like this, and when your team's

1229
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,399
Speaker 4: built around a handful of players and you lose them

1230
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 4: early in the year, it's difficult. But we've dealt with

1231
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:52,879
Speaker 4: that too. We know what it's like. To the Chiefs credit,

1232
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,720
Speaker 4: they found a way to kind of get over that hump.

1233
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 4: Can't let the Commanders do that on Monday.

1234
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:57,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's weird.

1235
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,960
Speaker 1: They're last in the league and only having seven points

1236
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 1: on first offensive possessions, and last year they were tied

1237
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,520
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs at top seven.

1238
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 2: In the league.

1239
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: But whether it's the first offensive possession, defensive possession, or

1240
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:12,399
Speaker 1: throughout the whole game, I don't care what sport you're

1241
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,799
Speaker 1: in in professional sports or any level. Usually, if it's

1242
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,920
Speaker 1: talented enough, the most unselfish team will win.