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Speaker 1: Welcome to a special edition of Defending the Kingdom. Tonight.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about a lot because the number

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Speaker 1: one team in the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs, will

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Speaker 1: play the number one team in the NFC, the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: Sound familiar, Well, that's what happened back in February in

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty seven. Also on this edition of Defending

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Speaker 1: the Kingdom, we'll check into history here because this game

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Speaker 1: coming up is very historic and it's only fitting that

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Speaker 1: we do it at a historic location. If you ever

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Speaker 1: come to Kansas City come to Geha Field Arrowhead Stadium

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Speaker 1: for a game, you must come to Tom's Town, right.

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Speaker 1: It is the location fantastic food and drink that you

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Speaker 1: will enjoy. Unique, but it's named after Boss Tom Pendergast.

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Speaker 1: If you study the history of Kansas City, Boss Tom

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Speaker 1: interesting dude in the twenties and the early nighte teen

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Speaker 1: thirties as the mayor of Kansas City and pretty much

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Speaker 1: ran the whole town. But we're at Tomstown tonight. A

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Speaker 1: reminder that Defending the Kingdom is brought to you by Ticketmaster.

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Speaker 1: They are your new best friend. As we have some

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Speaker 1: awesome home games coming up, starting with the Philadelphia Eagles. Oh,

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills are coming to town. Oh, the Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: free treating pressure on the outside, Duncon McKenna fifteen muetennon

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Speaker 1: The Atlantic and we are now here at Tomstown. Mitchelt

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Speaker 1: is with you, the voice of the Chiefs, along with

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Speaker 1: the senior team reporter himself, Matt McMullen, and on this

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Speaker 1: episode a bunch of initials to throw at you. STS

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Speaker 1: for Salute to Service, PTC for Parent Teachers Conference. This

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Speaker 1: is our defending the king Imparent Teachers Conference after the

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Speaker 1: first nine weeks of the season and lastly SBR Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl rematch. It's the Chiefs and the Eagles. But Matt,

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Speaker 1: before we do all of that, we're at Tomstown. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you and I love Kansas City history. I feel like

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Speaker 1: Boss Tom's sitting here with us.

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Speaker 2: Well, how cool is this? We have a live audience,

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Speaker 2: I think for the first time ever.

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Speaker 1: On defending the Kingdom. This is super cool.

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Speaker 3: Normally this is Mitch and I just in the studio

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Speaker 3: and this should be an awesome episode. We have been

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Speaker 3: on a bit of a hiatus. We our last episode

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Speaker 3: It feels like forever ago. But now here we are

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Speaker 3: two weeks later. And what better way to come off

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Speaker 3: the buye than a Super Bowl rematch on Monday Night football.

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Speaker 1: It's our Salute to Service game on Monday Night Football

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Speaker 1: against the Eagles. That's why Matt and I have those

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Speaker 1: of you who are watching this episode of Defending the

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Speaker 1: Kingdom cus and our Salute to Service gear. But we're

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Speaker 1: make sure that we give respect to our military and

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Speaker 1: some of the most important military installations in the world

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Speaker 1: or right here in the Chief Kingdom. Honestly, within about

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Speaker 1: When you think about Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, folks, there

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Speaker 2: It was the coolest thing ever. I was in the

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Speaker 1: And you get to cross the red line, which meant.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it's fitting that our Salute to Service

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Speaker 3: We're over in Germany and here's Chief's Kingdom right in

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Speaker 1: You'll see a lot of German members of the German

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Speaker 1: Air Force actually trained Rosecrans, which is the Air National

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just all around us, and it's so awesome.

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Speaker 1: And we're going to salute all of that during the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, just once again, the NFL obviously has a

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Speaker 1: That you do. For sure, now we hear it was

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Speaker 1: They watch and listen to the podcast Defending the Kingdom. Gosh,

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to think. People came up from Wiesbaden and

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Speaker 3: So the way this works is people right in where

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Speaker 3: But long story short, I was walking around the outside

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Speaker 3: He told me he flew in from Australia for the game.

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Speaker 3: He's a huge Chiefs fan. Flew into Frankfurt from Australia

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Speaker 3: That's what I got for today.

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Speaker 1: So you came back like me with euros burning in

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Speaker 2: Sure did?

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Speaker 1: I had the next time. I still do have some

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Speaker 1: of them. Well, it was just a incredible trip. Now

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Speaker 1: hand our team eighteen points and let us sprinkle it around.

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Speaker 1: And we're seven and two and number one in the

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Speaker 1: AFC going into that. My point, I'll get you fired

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Speaker 1: up here. The drops people have talked about it. We

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Speaker 1: have eighteen drops. Okay, that is tied for the most

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Speaker 1: in the league. Now, if you take our average passing play,

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Speaker 1: which is ten point seven yards, do the math, that's

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Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety two yards. Uh oh, there's another

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Speaker 1: fourteen points we can put on the fire, or half

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Speaker 1: of it. Just take seven if you want to be realistic.

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Speaker 1: But the fact that are compared to Philadelphia, which only

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Speaker 1: has five drops so far this year and we have eighteen,

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Speaker 1: you know that's going to get cleaned up. And so

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Speaker 1: that's another area where offensively we can improve. When you

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Speaker 1: do the numbers, though, and you do some analytics and

447
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Speaker 1: nerd out, you're going, hmmm, I could see with the

448
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Speaker 1: second half could be really fun.

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Speaker 3: And it's interesting because a lot of the things that

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Speaker 3: have hurt the Chiefs offensively in the first half, things

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Speaker 3: like penalties and turnovers and drops, are kind of random variables,

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Speaker 3: like those things will swing up and down like it's

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Speaker 3: not going to continue all year, because that's just how

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Speaker 3: the math works out. And like you said, if the

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Speaker 3: Chiefs are seven and two despite those issues offensively early

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Speaker 3: in the season, if those things go in the Chiefs

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Speaker 3: direction just a little bit, all of a sudden, the

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Speaker 3: offense goes from scoring twenty three points a game to

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Speaker 3: twenty eight points a game. And if you look at

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Speaker 3: around the league, offense is down across the board. The

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Speaker 3: Chiefs are still the number thirteen scoring offense in the

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Speaker 3: NFL right now, despite not being really themselves. If they

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Speaker 3: can figure it out just a little bit, with the

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Speaker 3: way the defense is playing, and we'll talk about them

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Speaker 3: here in a minute, this team is going to be

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Speaker 3: very tough to beat.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And if you again kind of want to work

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Speaker 1: on this and nerd it out. Because we have folks

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Speaker 1: who are from Colorado State University. They flew in for

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Speaker 1: the show. Go Rams, my father in law of the

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Speaker 1: Ram soilt Fort Collins, Colorado, one of the great spots

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Speaker 1: on Earth. And we also have a guy that flew

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Speaker 1: in from Morgantown, West Virginia just for the show, just

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Speaker 1: to be here at Tomstown. That's pretty go Mountaineers, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you've into Morgantown. Okay, you get a fly into Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: and drive. But anyway, once you get there, it's fun

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Speaker 1: to get there. Now, you want to nerd out on

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Speaker 1: this over the next eight weeks, keep track of what

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs do on first down on offense. Right now,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs are twenty fifth in the league out of

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Speaker 1: thirty two teams with the average yards to go on

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Speaker 1: second down. Some of that's the penalties, some of it

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Speaker 1: is not being crisp enough on first down. If you

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Speaker 1: just tighten the screws a little bit, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you see where the numbers can go crazy good. So

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Speaker 1: have some fun track first down productivity starting with this

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Speaker 1: Eagles game on both sides of the ball. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to the Eagles in a second, but you can see

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Speaker 1: where this team has a lot of improvement and maybe

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Speaker 1: we'll get a B or an A in geometry over

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Speaker 1: the next nine weeks. Let's get into the defense, because

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Speaker 1: they now are the child at the parent teachers conference

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Speaker 1: where you're going, well, they normally get what they're getting

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Speaker 1: an A. They're getting an A. It would be my

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Speaker 1: parents going he's getting an A in math? What happened

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Speaker 1: to him? That's where the defense is.

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Speaker 3: Well, what's the most basic stat to track defense. There's

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Speaker 3: so many complicated numbers out there like EPA and all

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Speaker 3: this adjust.

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Speaker 2: Stuff, and what's the most important stuck is points.

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Speaker 3: And the Chiefs have allowed the fewest offensive points in

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Speaker 3: the NFL. And we're going into Week eleven, they've allowed

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Speaker 3: one hundred and thirty four points.

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Speaker 2: Think just think about that, the fewest.

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Speaker 1: It's the best in thirty years for this franchise.

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Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. They've been incredible.

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Speaker 3: They are the only team in the NFL to allow

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Speaker 3: no more than twenty four points in all of their

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Speaker 3: games this season, no more than twenty four points in

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Speaker 3: the NFL. And we're entering we're almost the Thanksgiving and

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Speaker 3: they haven't allowed more than twenty four points this year.

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Speaker 3: They've allowed just twenty four plays of twenty or more

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Speaker 3: yards this season. That's fewest in the NFL. And they

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Speaker 3: just played the Dolphins, who had easily the most of

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Speaker 3: any team in the NFL. They helped Miami to two

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Speaker 3: plays of twenty or more yards, by far, the lowest

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins have had all year. And how about just

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Speaker 3: big plays and critical moments, right, It's not just like

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Speaker 3: empty stats with.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs defense.

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Speaker 3: I mean big stops against the Jaguars, against the Vikings,

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Speaker 3: against the Chargers, against the Dolphins, like I mentioned, just

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Speaker 3: really great plays. That Brian Cook fumble recovery for a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: I've still watched it one hundred times. I'm not sure

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Speaker 3: how it happened, but to make plays like that against

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Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins in a huge game is just awesome.

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Speaker 1: Then you look at the fact that the Chiefs are

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Speaker 1: tied for third in the league with thirty one sacks.

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Speaker 1: Baltimore and Buffalo are the only two teams ahead of them.

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Speaker 1: Think about that in context right now. If you're talking

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Speaker 1: about dabass defenses in the NFL at the first nine weeks,

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Speaker 1: you are looking at or ten weeks with our buy

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Speaker 1: You're looking at OH Baltimore expected, You're looking at OH

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Speaker 1: Buffalo kind of expected. You're looking at San Francisco for sure,

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Speaker 1: and the Chiefs unexpected and.

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Speaker 3: A big reason why is the performance of the chief

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Speaker 3: second year defenders. So many players in the Chiefs defense

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Speaker 3: last year were rookies and they played really well. But

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Speaker 3: what we talked about all summer was can they take

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Speaker 3: the next step and make this defense truly a top

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Speaker 3: five defense in the NFL. And we've seen that. I mean,

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Speaker 3: look at George carloftus this year forty four pressures, that's

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Speaker 3: eleventh in the NFL, already matched his sack total from

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Speaker 3: all of last season. He has six sacks this year

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Speaker 3: that leads the team. He has six sacks all of

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Speaker 3: last year. So impressive stuff from George. Trip McDuffie has

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Speaker 3: been a superstar this season. Again, if you look at

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Speaker 3: pro football focused numbers, he is the number eight cornerback

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Speaker 3: in the NFL and he leads the NFL and forced

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Speaker 3: fumbles with four. And he's also going to have an

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Speaker 3: interception this weekend against the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: And then Leo Chanell. We've been calling it every week,

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Speaker 2: it's going to happen this year.

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Speaker 1: Every week he's this close close. I'll go with ZIRP

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Speaker 1: when it happens.

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Speaker 3: Leo Chanell, we don't talk about Leo a lot, but

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Speaker 3: he has three sacks and nine pressures on thirty one

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Speaker 3: pass rushing snaps. That means on a third of his

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Speaker 3: pass rushing snaps this year, he's gotten pressure on the

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Speaker 3: quarterback and he has three sacks. So and Chalan Watson,

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Speaker 3: Joshua Williams, Brian Cook all made plays as well. So

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Speaker 3: the young defenders on the Chiefs defense, the guys that

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Speaker 3: were rookies last year and helped this team win a

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl, have all taken a collective huge step this year.

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Speaker 3: It's a big reason why this defense is right now

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Speaker 3: the best defense in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And yet in the total thought of parent teachers conferences. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Mitchie's getting an a in, but he can improve in

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Speaker 1: certain areas. The defense can improve in certain areas and

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Speaker 1: change things around, change things around, even for the offense.

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Speaker 1: I'll let you touch on the red zone, but where

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go is field position and forcing three

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Speaker 1: and outs. They've only forced twenty one to three and

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Speaker 1: outs so far this season. It will be paramount against

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Speaker 1: the Eagles of just getting one or two of those,

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Speaker 1: because if you do think of the field in a

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Speaker 1: computer generated field and you're following the field with maybe

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Speaker 1: like a colored bar graph, let's say for Monday night's

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Speaker 1: game red or green. The Chiefs in the early days

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Speaker 1: of Andy Reid the first six or seven years, through

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Speaker 1: defense and special teams would create opportunities because they would

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Speaker 1: make that field shift red. Right now, this defense to

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Speaker 1: take the next step, we'll get other offenses off the

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Speaker 1: field with more regularity and give the offense the football

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Speaker 1: more opportunities. In fact, we only four teams have fewer

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Speaker 1: offensive series than we do. So it's not just getting

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Speaker 1: the ball, it's like how often do you get it? Well,

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Speaker 1: if the defense can give the ball to your offense

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Speaker 1: more often and say here, Patrick, go for it, and

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Speaker 1: then try to improve on all those statistics we gave

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Speaker 1: you five minutes ago, you'll see how the defense now

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Speaker 1: can have a even bigger impact than they have already.

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Speaker 3: And one other way to do that is taking the

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Speaker 3: ball away. That's one area the defense can improve. Just

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Speaker 3: thirteen takeaways this year hasn't mattered a whole lot because

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Speaker 3: they've been so stout otherwise. Now I'll preface with this,

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Speaker 3: it's kind of ironic because a lot of times defenses,

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Speaker 3: their numbers are buoyed by like great red zone numbers

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Speaker 3: or a lot of takeaways. The Eagles are kind of

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Speaker 3: like that last year. We'll talk about this later, but

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Speaker 3: the Eagles at this point last year had twenty takeaways

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Speaker 3: by far, the most in the NFL. That's not sustainable,

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Speaker 3: and they're not doing that this year. The Eagles have

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Speaker 3: just eleven this year. At this point, a defense that

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Speaker 3: has a ton of takeaways or is really really good

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Speaker 3: in the red zone, it kind of makes you think

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Speaker 3: that's kind of fool's goal, that's not sustainable. That defense

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Speaker 3: might not be as good as they are. The Chiefs

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Speaker 3: defense in terms of red zone efficiency is kind of

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Speaker 3: middle of the pack.

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Speaker 2: Same with turnovers.

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Speaker 3: So that tells you it is sustainable because they've been

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Speaker 3: really good in all the areas that really matter.

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Speaker 2: Now we know they're good.

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Speaker 3: If they can be a bit better in the red

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Speaker 3: zone and take the football away a little bit more,

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Speaker 3: that's really exciting, because as good as they've been, if

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Speaker 3: they've flipped the field a little bit or get the

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Speaker 3: ball back to Patrick Mahomes a little bit more often,

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Speaker 3: the defense is even scarier. One more thing I'd be

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Speaker 3: interested to see from this defense is the progression of

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Speaker 3: Felix and new d k Uzama, the first rounder at

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Speaker 3: a K state. So I kind of compare him to

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Speaker 3: George Carloftis because last year George didn't do a whole

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Speaker 3: lot in the early part of the season, but came

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Speaker 3: on really strong late. He had six games in a

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Speaker 3: row where he had a sack and including in the

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Speaker 3: AFC Championship game. Felix right now is only playing around

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Speaker 3: twenty percent of the snaps. But as we go here,

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Speaker 3: as guys maybe need a break more often, get some

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Speaker 3: fresh legs incorporated in our pass rush, it's going to

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Speaker 3: be an opportunity for Felix to get in there and

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Speaker 3: show what he can do.

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Speaker 2: And he doesn't need.

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Speaker 3: Six sacks, but if he can have like two or

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Speaker 3: three sacks or a couple of big plays in big moment,

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Speaker 3: that'll be big for his progression moving forwards. That's one

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Speaker 3: other thing I'm looking forward to in the second half

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Speaker 3: of the season.

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Speaker 1: Interesting point because one of the great assets of our

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Speaker 1: defense is we can mix and match. Let's just take

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Speaker 1: the defense afront with Chris Jones can play inside and outside,

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Speaker 1: Carl Loftis can play outside and inside. Mike Danny has

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Speaker 1: been the most underrated guy in this entire football team.

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Speaker 1: When you look at the year he's having, I did

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Speaker 1: Charles a Menahu. They can play inside and outside, So

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Speaker 1: when you play inside, you have to be willing to

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Speaker 1: play the run and not just go chase a sack.

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Speaker 1: Felix fits that. He came in. It's one of the

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Speaker 1: reasons they drafted him. So his demeanor is the same

651
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,479
Speaker 1: as a car Loftis, or as a Dana or as

652
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: a Chris Jones or as a Menahu. So it's not

653
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Speaker 1: like you have to train him to do that. He

654
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Speaker 1: can be there. It's just a matter of him having

655
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Speaker 1: fresh legs, colder weather coming into play again to show

656
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Speaker 1: you just you don't have to do a whole lot

657
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: here just to see how, oh my goodness, we could

658
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Speaker 1: make a big rush here and push in the second

659
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: half of the season. We're gonna throw special teams in

660
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Speaker 1: on this right. This is like your extracurricular activities in

661
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: the parent teacher conference. But the valedictorian of this group

662
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: is Harrison Butcker. We are not talking enough about Harrison Bucker.

663
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Speaker 1: It's you getting an A plus and your teachers looking

664
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Speaker 1: at you and going, Okay, maybe he can trim his

665
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Speaker 1: beard a little better. Oh no, it's perfectly trimmed. Oh

666
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: my gosh, he's eighteen out of eighteen on field goals.

667
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: I'm not sure it's even been close to the upright

668
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: when I call these this down the middle, down the middle.

669
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Speaker 1: The only dude that's better is this Brandon Aubrey guy

670
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: who's a soccer guy who actually played for FC Dallas

671
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: I think, and he's nineteen out of nineteen. Other than that,

672
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: Bucker's just hitting everything and his kickoffs have been outstanding.

673
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: I mean, part of the reason, big reason we're seven

674
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Speaker 1: and two is Harrison Bunker.

675
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Speaker 3: He's also twenty two of twenty two one extra points,

676
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 3: and nothing's more deflating than like when the Chiefs score

677
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 3: and then they missed.

678
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Speaker 2: The extra point.

679
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Speaker 3: It's like, oh, I'm still excited, but nah, it stinks.

680
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 3: He's twenty two of two I need to do on

681
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 3: extra points. So he has not missed the kick all

682
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Speaker 3: year long.

683
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Speaker 2: Knock on wood. We joke around about this.

684
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 3: It's like telling the guy that has the no hitter

685
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 3: in the eighth inning, like, hey man, you have a

686
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 3: no hitter, so don't turn on Homer. Yeah, we try

687
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 3: not to tell him that he's been perfect on the year.

688
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 3: Obviously he knows it. But uh, when you have a

689
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 3: kicker who can be truly automatic like he's been just

690
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 3: what a weapon really from any distance, no matter the circumstances,

691
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 3: no matter the weather.

692
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Speaker 2: He's been amazing all year long. Let's just keep it going.

693
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Speaker 1: It's it's awesome. Yep. So where can special teams improve?

694
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, ye, okay, we can improve here. Those

695
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: penalties that I mentioned, seven have been on special teams.

696
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: Three have been holes. Those are brutal because they are

697
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: half the distance penalties usually meaning you start now, you

698
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: give and Patrick the ball at the seven, the six,

699
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Speaker 1: or the five instead of having the ball at the

700
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Speaker 1: twenty five of the thirty. If you do the numbers

701
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: on the probability charts of that, it's crazy how the

702
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: numbers go up in your chance to score. So that

703
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: needs to be better. Are three holes on space teams?

704
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: Only Green Bay, Tampa Bay, and Carolina have more. If

705
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: you look at field position, we're twenty second in the

706
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 1: league in average starting field position. So again, if you

707
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: just kind of grind it a bit and you get

708
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: to fifteen or fourteen or thirteen, and now we get

709
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: the ball at the oh, the thirty two instead of

710
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: the nine. It can make a giant difference.

711
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Speaker 3: Little things like that make a big difference in the NFL.

712
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 3: And there's been a few mental mistakes inside the five

713
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 3: this season fielding punts. It's like you can't feel the

714
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,479
Speaker 3: punt like the one yard line, right. That's stuff that

715
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 3: is fixable and the guys can work on because it's

716
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 3: like you said, difficult starting a drive from the two

717
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 3: versus the twenty five. But little things like that are

718
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 3: fixable and we're when we're picking knits like this on

719
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Speaker 3: the Special Teams unit, it shows that things are going

720
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Speaker 3: pretty well overall.

721
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Speaker 1: Again, we want to just give a shout out to Tomstown,

722
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: which is our locale tonight. Those of you who are

723
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: listening on the podcast, you hear all of that ambient sound.

724
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Speaker 1: Those are crazy. He's enjoying what Tom'stown can provide, which

725
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Speaker 1: is liquid encouragement, some of the most amazing cocktails in

726
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 1: the Chief's Kingdoms. Well, I'm telling a lot of folks

727
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: that watch or listen to the podcast, go can't wait

728
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: to come there? What do we do come to Tomstown?

729
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: That's got to be a bucket list for you and

730
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: have a little something and then study how interesting Tom

731
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Speaker 1: Pendergas was. Okay, he was an interesting guy, and his

732
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: headquarters was like right across the street. But this is

733
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: a refurbished place. It's just awesome. One of my favorite

734
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Speaker 1: places in the city to enjoy an evening. So again

735
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Speaker 1: here at Tomstown Parent Teachers' Conference is over. You've brought

736
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Speaker 1: the apple to the teacher. I brought a caramel apple,

737
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: trying to think maybe get a B in geometry. We'll see.

738
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Speaker 1: But now we turn to the matter at hand, and

739
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: that is the third acronym that we have here, which

740
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: is SBR, which is Super Bowl Rematch. It is interesting

741
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: that into this far into the season, the teams that

742
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Speaker 1: played in the Super Bowl have the best records in

743
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: the AFC and NFC respective and here they'll meet on

744
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: Monday Night football at Geha Field at Arrowheads Stadium. There

745
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: is so many elements to this game that will just

746
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,720
Speaker 1: kind of crop dust it tonight. But what a Monday

747
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: night game is coming up with the Chiefs and Eagles.

748
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Speaker 3: It's unbelievable. I mean, to have a Super Bowl rematch

749
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,799
Speaker 3: on Monday night football. Both teams are coming off of

750
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: bye and going to be ready for this game. Both

751
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 3: teams are relatively healthy. I'm glad it's at home. The

752
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 3: environment's going to be incredible. And one of my favorite

753
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 3: narratives around this game is Coach Reid, if he wins

754
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 3: on Monday Night, will become the winningest head coach in

755
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 3: Chief's history, most wins in Chief's history. He's already the

756
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 3: Eagles all time leader and wins as a head coach,

757
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 3: and if he wins on Monday, he will be the

758
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Speaker 3: first head coach in NFL history to be the all

759
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Speaker 3: time wins leader for multiple franchises, and he could do

760
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 3: it against the Eagles. I mean, it's unbelievable. You can't

761
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 3: make this stuff up. It's amazing. Hopefully he gets it done.

762
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 3: But Coach Read, how lucky are we to have him?

763
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 3: Of course, laid an incredible culture and foundation in Philadelphia.

764
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 3: I know they still really love him there, but I'm

765
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 3: glad he's in Kansas City now.

766
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: And let's take this just one step further, because there's

767
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 1: poetry here. This is symmetry, as you just heard, and Matt,

768
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,240
Speaker 1: you laid it up. But I'm going back to October

769
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty one. You and I went to Lincoln

770
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: Financial Field. It was the Chiefs against the Eagles. If

771
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 1: Andy Reid won that game, it would be his one

772
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: hundredth win as the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.

773
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Speaker 1: He would become the first head coach in NFL history

774
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Speaker 1: to win one hundred games with two separate franchises. He

775
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Speaker 1: did it against the Eagles, and now.

776
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 2: What are the odds? I mean, it's crazy.

777
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: He could do this against the Eagles. We don't play

778
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: him that often. It's so cool, It's symmetric and poetic

779
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:45,760
Speaker 1: and awesome.

780
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 2: It's unbelievable.

781
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 1: Ted Lasso's writers couldn't make this up. Seriously, they couldn't

782
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: make this up.

783
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 3: And you know, looking at one of the things I

784
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 3: feel good about going into this game. This is like

785
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 3: the most well known stat in Chiefs Kingdom. Everyone knows this,

786
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 3: but coach reads twenty one and are you following a

787
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 3: buye in his career? Nobody's better after a buy in

788
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 3: his career because he has extra time to work on

789
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 3: the opponent. We joke around about this. Coachree doesn't really

790
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 3: relax or go on vacation. He just thinks about football

791
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 3: all the time. And he's been thinking about this matchup

792
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 3: here for two weeks.

793
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: And he does his own parent teachers conference. That's the

794
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: other thing. Not only does he prepare for the opponent,

795
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: he does as good as self scout. I think it's

796
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: really fascinating to watch because he just goes around his desk. Right,

797
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: he'll be the teacher and go, andy, what do you

798
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: think he can improve upon? Then he comes around and

799
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: then he's the student. Now I'm just teazing, but he

800
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: might do it if you give him that idea. But

801
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: he is phenomenal when he has a chance to kind

802
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: of self examine and then really dig into an opponent.

803
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: It's why he's been so good against the Division thirty

804
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: nine and six since twenty sixteen, because he has a

805
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: chance to do that all year long. He knows he's

806
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: going to play our division, so he spends all that

807
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: time working on our division. Oh, in April and May,

808
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: in June and July, and so now he's had some

809
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: time to get on to work on this Eagles team,

810
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: and he'll need to. This is a very complete team.

811
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: In fact, you could argue that the Eagles right now

812
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: here in mid November are the most complete team in

813
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: the National Football League.

814
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 3: And let's start with their offense. So we all watch

815
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 3: them in the Super Bowl. We have an idea of

816
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 3: what they like to do. But their offense is really interesting.

817
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 3: So it's the number three scoring offense in the NFL.

818
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 3: They're averaging twenty eight points per game, number one third

819
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 3: down offense. But the thing with them is ball control.

820
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 3: They're not like the Dolphins who want to have four

821
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 3: plays and score a touchdown. They're kind of the anti

822
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 3: Dolphins in a lot of ways, but it still works

823
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 3: for them. So they have the most scoring drives of

824
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 3: ten or more plays in the NFL this year with

825
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 3: twenty one. They have the second longest average time of

826
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 3: possession in the NFL at thirty three minutes and twenty

827
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 3: six seconds. Their average scoring drive where they score a

828
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 3: touchdown takes nine plays and at least four minutes. They

829
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 3: limit the chances that you can score offensively.

830
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 2: They keep the ball away from you.

831
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Speaker 3: They've faced the fewest offensive possessions of any team in

832
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 3: the NFL this year with ninety one. So they play

833
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 3: ball control, they play keep away, and they finish their

834
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 3: drives with touchdowns. And it's very difficult to beat a

835
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 3: team that's doing that. Now, what have teams that have

836
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 3: given them trouble done like the Jets, for example, get

837
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 3: them out of their rhythm, make Jalen Hurts turn the

838
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 3: football over, make them go three and out. All of

839
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 3: a sudden, the game isn't played on their terms. They

840
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,479
Speaker 3: want to play the game on their terms all night long.

841
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 3: Where they possess the ball, they're the one getting four

842
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 3: yards of play, five yards of play. Not a lot

843
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 3: of big plays with these guys, but they play ball control.

844
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 3: The Chiefs have to get them out of their rhythm

845
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 3: because that's how they beat you.

846
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: And to take this another step further that and you

847
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: put it out there. Let me just anybody see the

848
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: movie Step Brothers, which is like a classic movie of

849
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: our time. It's so awesome when Will Ferrell can get

850
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 1: in and mess up John c Riley's drums, you know, drums.

851
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,240
Speaker 2: Set Uh huh.

852
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: That's that's the image I got when you said you

853
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 1: got to throw them off rhythm. We need to chip

854
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: their drumstick. Right, So you go in there, It's like,

855
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: were you messing with my drums? No? I don't think so,

856
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: Yeah we were. Let's mess with Jalen Hurts's drums. But

857
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: to your point, seriously, here they are the most efficient

858
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: team in the NFL. Well, it's their terms. Okay, you're

859
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: gonna play the Eagles. Here's the terms. Here's how you're

860
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: gonna play it. Here's how you're gonna do it. And

861
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: the Jets got them off the grid. The efficiency of

862
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: the Eagles on offense. They've had ninety three drives. They

863
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 1: have had fifty six advancements per game. That's the best

864
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: in the league by far. Of their ninety three drives,

865
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: forty five have resulted in scores, including twenty seven touchdowns,

866
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: by far, the best in the league. Not only are

867
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: they keeping it away from you, so you can't have

868
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 1: the ball while they're holding the ball from you. Oh,

869
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna figure out a go way to go down

870
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 1: and score. So what happens they get the lead. Now

871
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: they're on script. John c Riley's playing the drums for

872
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. We got to have a little well feral

873
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: in us. Okay, if you can get them off rhythm,

874
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: give them off script. We saw it in the Super Bowl.

875
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 1: When they get off script, they don't like it much.

876
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 3: And what's interesting is we had kind of a similar

877
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 3: narrative when we talked about the Dolphins game. But their

878
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 3: rhythm and their script is much different. It's all lightning quick.

879
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 3: It's the first read, zip, get the ball out to

880
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 3: a tongue of Loe. Two weeks ago, I had the

881
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 3: fastest average time to throw of any quarterback in the NFL.

882
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 3: Very hard to defend that kind of player that She's

883
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 3: found a way. Jalen Hurts is different. Jalen Hurts holds

884
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,439
Speaker 3: onto the football almost a full second longer than Tua does.

885
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 3: Now a second doesn't seem like a lot, but in football,

886
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 3: it truly is. His average time to throw is three

887
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 3: point one four seconds. That's the third longest average time

888
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,320
Speaker 3: to throw in the NFL. It's a great opportunity for

889
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 3: our pass rush, which has the third most sacks in

890
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 3: the NFL this year, to wreak some havoc, to mess

891
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 3: with that rhythm, and I'm confident they can do it.

892
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: They're also the best on fourth down conversions. They have

893
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: thirteen of them. Nobody's even close to that. And Hurts

894
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: can run the ball. He has thirty three rushing touchdowns.

895
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: That's the most by any quarterback in Eagles history. Now

896
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: think about that list and the runners, oh, Michael Vick,

897
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: m Randall, Cunningham. Hurts has been the best of all

898
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:56,439
Speaker 1: of them, and you know what, and they're twenty five

899
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,800
Speaker 1: and two in their last twenty seven regular season games.

900
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 1: That's pretty good. All right, that's what's coming in to

901
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: take us. But I was really impressed with Jalen Hurts

902
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 1: last year at the one oh one. Kim was there,

903
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 1: he got the NFC Player of the Year. Now would

904
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: I have the year before want to go to Cincinnati

905
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: to their AFC championship? Who had you know who? And

906
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: then and they're like, hey, we want to give you

907
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 1: an award. You know what, I'll pass. Jalen Hurts showed

908
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: so much class in coming here and seeing all of

909
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 1: us celebrate the Super Bowl championship. Oh over him and

910
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: his team. He's impressive. He's an impressive dude, and it's

911
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: hard to not root for him. But I'm not going

912
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: to root for him in Monday night. But he is

913
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: a leader, he's tough, he can run, he can throw,

914
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:39,720
Speaker 1: he's a good quarterback.

915
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 3: Not to get off track, but you mentioned the One

916
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 3: on ones four years ago. Now, Kyle Shanahan came to

917
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 3: the One on Ones only about a month after the

918
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 3: Chiefs had beaten the Niners in the Super Bowl, and

919
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 3: we had like meet and greets like before the one

920
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 3: on ones officially began, and it was my job to

921
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 3: moderate the q and a with Kyle Shanahan just Chiefs fans.

922
00:41:58,719 --> 00:41:59,959
Speaker 2: You know, he was actually really great.

923
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: Hed to give you a flat build hat.

924
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 3: I hope you give him that wish he did, no,

925
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 3: but he handled it really well. But that was a

926
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 3: difficult assignment. I'm with you though Jalen hurts as I

927
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 3: respect the heck out of him. You learn a lot

928
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 3: about players in their darkest moments. And after he lost

929
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 3: the Super Bowl, he handled it really well, like how

930
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 3: we talked to the press, talked about how he would

931
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 3: respond and how he would come out of that situation.

932
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:22,959
Speaker 2: And we've seen that this year.

933
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 3: I mean, the Eagles are the only team in the

934
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 3: NFL to have a better record than the Chiefs. They've

935
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 3: been great, but now once again opportunity to beat Jalen

936
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 3: and to claim the best record in the NFL for

937
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:34,760
Speaker 3: Kansas City.

938
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 1: My nerds from Fort Collins, my Colorado State Rams who

939
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: are on our research team now for defending the Kingdom.

940
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: Now you're hooked. You're gonna have to watch or listen

941
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: to every podcast do this, keep track of Philadelphia's first

942
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: round efficiency in this game. They must have it offensively.

943
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: They want to play on their terms, so they can

944
00:42:54,239 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: do the tush push right, do the brotherly shove. But

945
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: in the first quarter they've outscored opponents sixty five to seventeen.

946
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 1: They get ahead are terms John c Riley playing the drums.

947
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 1: They're also fifty six to thirty one in the I'm sorry,

948
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 1: fifty six to thirty one in the first quarter, sixty

949
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,959
Speaker 1: five to seventeen in the third. Those quarters. Keep track

950
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 1: of that because again, try to get them off script.

951
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: It starts with the very second, in the first breath

952
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:23,720
Speaker 1: of this game.

953
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 2: And it's doable.

954
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 3: You talk about the Eagles and you watch the performance

955
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:28,879
Speaker 3: in the Super Bowl, you'd think they're like top five

956
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: in every offensive category.

957
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: They're not.

958
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 3: I mean, the Eagles are twelfth in red zone efficiency,

959
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 3: eleventh and plays of twenty or more yards. The Chiefs

960
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 3: actually have more runs of ten or more yards than

961
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 3: Philadelphia does. The Chiefs have twenty seven of those, Philadelphia

962
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 3: has twenty one, and they're minus two and turnover differential.

963
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 3: So these guys are not perfect. They're very efficient, and

964
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 3: when they're playing their game, they're very difficult to beat,

965
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 3: but teams have found ways to get them off their script.

966
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 3: The Jets did at the best, and it'll be up

967
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 3: to the Chiefs on Monday to hopefully force a turnover

968
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 3: or two, create negative plays.

969
00:43:58,520 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 2: On first down.

970
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 3: Then all of a sudd the efficiency of that offense

971
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 3: can't really do what it does so well.

972
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: They're the best in defense in the league, only allowed

973
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 1: twelve to ten twelve ten plus runs. They're the best

974
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,280
Speaker 1: in the league and only allowing sixty six rushing yards

975
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: a game. But keep in mind, playing on their terms,

976
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: they work ahead, teams throw more, they don't run as much,

977
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: so that stat can be somewhat convoluted. And this is

978
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: to your point. Playing on their terms, they are second

979
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 1: in the league in opponent time of possession. You just

980
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: don't get the ball from them, so that's where you

981
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: play complimentary football to try to get it back, and

982
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 1: special teams comes into play. They have five twenty plus

983
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: punt returns, that's the most in the league. Don't let

984
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: them get out the gate, goodfield position, first down, tush

985
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: push hobbedy abdi. You don't get the ball and then

986
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: they go score. Now it's on their terms, so you

987
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: can see. Getting them off the grid is big on

988
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: this Monday night game.

989
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 3: And that's why it's important for the Chiefs offense, which

990
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 3: has turned the ball over more this year than we're

991
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 3: accustomed to. You can't turn the ball over against these

992
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 3: guys because they play such great ball control offense. When

993
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 3: you have the football, because you're probably not going to

994
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 3: have a lot of possessions in this game, you got

995
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 3: to score. And if you don't score, you have to

996
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 3: at least flip the field, and the Chiefs did a

997
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 3: great job of that at times against Miami. That opening

998
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 3: drive was a thing of beauty. I mean, just surgical right.

999
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,280
Speaker 3: The ninety five yard drive later in the game was perfect.

1000
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 3: If they can execute those kinds of drives against this

1001
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 3: Philadelphia offense, keeps the pressure on Philadelphia throughout the game

1002
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 3: and the game isn't on their terms. But again, just

1003
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 3: can't turn the ball over. And that's one thing, like

1004
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 3: I mentioned earlier, that Philadelphia was so good at last

1005
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 3: year this point last year, they had twenty takeaways, most

1006
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 3: in the NFL. They're difficult to beat the Eagles if

1007
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 3: they're forcing that many takeaways. Right they only have eleven

1008
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 3: takeaways right now. The Chiefs have more than they do

1009
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 3: their middle of the pack. Think they're like sixteenth in

1010
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 3: the NFL. Can't turn the ball over against these guys,

1011
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 3: and fortunately they're not forcing a lot of turnovers at

1012
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 3: the moment.

1013
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: And for these scals having their girls night out, just

1014
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: think of the step Brothers movie and trying to mess

1015
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,760
Speaker 1: up the drum set, right, just mess up the drum set.

1016
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: So it's about It is about sts salute to Service,

1017
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:02,320
Speaker 1: it is about PTC Parent Teachers conferences, and it's also

1018
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: about SBR Super Bowl rematch. Now we're going to open

1019
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: it up for questions. Something that's a first in the

1020
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,760
Speaker 1: history of Defending the Kingdom is questions from our live

1021
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: audience here at tom'stown. And so no question about Tom

1022
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: Pendergass and his tax paying taxes.

1023
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 3: Or Lucy has a microphone, so if you have a question,

1024
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 3: just raise your hand and Lucy will run the microphone.

1025
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: Ever or who what political opponment may be buried inside

1026
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 1: of the old Kansas City parer and life building.

1027
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,919
Speaker 4: Could you talk about the concept of the ugly win

1028
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 4: and how that ultimately affects your schedulety end of the year.

1029
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 1: Terrific question, because we've had some ugly wins. We had

1030
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,839
Speaker 1: ugly wins last year. In the eleven years with Andy Reid,

1031
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: we've had a plethora of ugly wins. In this day

1032
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: and age in the National Football League, you better win

1033
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 1: over half your game's ugly fashion, meaning it's not necessary

1034
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,959
Speaker 1: going to meet your fantasy league requirements. You're not going

1035
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: to get Mahomes to always throw for three hundred and

1036
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: fifty yards and four touchdown passes, but you're gonna get

1037
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: him to grind out some four minute drive at the

1038
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: end to preserve a victory. What beauty's in the eyes

1039
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: of the beholder, Sometimes ugly wins can be gorgeous, particularly

1040
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: the way we've been able to win and close out

1041
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: games defensively, like we did against the Miami Dolphins. So

1042
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: the ugly win is it doesn't look real pretty statistically,

1043
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: But it's the old first Rocky movie that you can

1044
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,919
Speaker 1: remember when Adrian, I don't know what she's looking like early,

1045
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 1: but at the end of the movie, Hey, right, that's

1046
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:51,439
Speaker 1: the ugly win Rocky. Yeah, but she came back looking

1047
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:56,240
Speaker 1: even better than Rocky too, And what happened? What happened

1048
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: when she goes, hey, come here, come here, like Rocky

1049
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,640
Speaker 1: goes gonna, I'm gonna, yeah, I won't mix it up

1050
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: with Creed no more. And she goes, what did she say? Win?

1051
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: And the bell goes dong dong, and he goes and

1052
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: wins Rocky two, three, four and five. I don't know,

1053
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: so your thoughts on the ugly win versus the beautiful win.

1054
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 3: I'd add that the Jets game earlier this year is

1055
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,879
Speaker 3: one of my favorite games of the season. And it's

1056
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 3: funny because if you look at just the box score,

1057
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 3: not a great game for the Chiefs for a lot

1058
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 3: of reasons, but the way the Chiefs ended that game offensively.

1059
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 3: When it's third and twenty three and Mahome scrambles for

1060
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 3: twenty five yards, it's third and eight and he scrambles

1061
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 3: for nine yards to end the game, and he's standing

1062
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,759
Speaker 3: like this with all of New York looking at him.

1063
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 3: That's why he's the MVP of the NFL. The stats

1064
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,719
Speaker 3: are awesome and the numbers are great, but to be

1065
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 3: that player and that moment, even though things weren't going well,

1066
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 3: says a lot about the character of your team. And

1067
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 3: that's why ugly wins are almost a good thing, because

1068
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 3: I think if you blow everybody out the entire season.

1069
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 3: We saw this with the Bills back in twenty twenty one.

1070
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,479
Speaker 3: I think you're blowing all these teams out. You feel

1071
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,240
Speaker 3: really good about it. You have all the style points,

1072
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 3: but when you're finally challenged in the end, you don't

1073
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 3: have that experience. The Chiefs have that experience and they've

1074
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 3: won those moments. And to the second part of your question,

1075
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 3: the tiebreakers at the end of the year are so important.

1076
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,720
Speaker 3: I mean, the Chiefs scored nineteen points against the Jags.

1077
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 3: That doesn't matter if at the end of the season

1078
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 3: the Chiefs and the Jags at the same record and

1079
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 3: the Chiefs get the home game because the Jags lost

1080
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 3: to the Chiefs nineteen to fourteen or whatever it was

1081
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 3: way back in Week two. Doesn't matter how you win

1082
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 3: in the NFL, just win because it's really hard for

1083
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:28,320
Speaker 3: the gals.

1084
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: Here. We could give you a choice. You can go

1085
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: out with either John c Riley, as I mentioned earlier,

1086
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,399
Speaker 1: or Matthew McConaughey. Right, you may have a lot better

1087
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 1: time with John c Radley because he's a really funny dude.

1088
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: You'll be laughing all night long. Any other questions.

1089
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,440
Speaker 4: Parent teacher conference, you both are the teachers. What surprises

1090
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 4: you the most coming into this halftime part with the

1091
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:57,000
Speaker 4: Chiefs offensively being in the top third, but going into

1092
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 4: last year losing Tyreek, we led the NFL and just

1093
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:03,280
Speaker 4: every metric, So where we are now, or the Chiefs

1094
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 4: having one of the best defenses in the NFL, what's

1095
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 4: the biggest surprise.

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00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 3: Well, I'd say the biggest surprise I wouldn't see the defense.

1097
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 3: I would go with the defense, but I wouldn't say

1098
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 3: it's a surprise because I think we saw the potential,

1099
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 3: but you still have to do it right. And I

1100
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 3: think to see that potential turn into a practical top

1101
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,280
Speaker 3: five defense in the NFL has been super, super exciting

1102
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,360
Speaker 3: because we've been talking about the players that we have

1103
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,280
Speaker 3: here for so long. This has been building for years,

1104
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 3: like drafting Nick Bolton, drafting Willie Gay and also getting

1105
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 3: the rewards of the Tyrek trade. You get Trent McDuffie.

1106
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,360
Speaker 3: We don't get Trent McDuffie without trading Tyreek. You probably

1107
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 3: don't get Brian Cook without trading Tyreek. And for those

1108
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 3: players to make big time plays in big time moments

1109
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 3: and to keep getting better, I think is not a surprise.

1110
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 3: Once again, but maybe one of the most exciting parts

1111
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 3: of the season so far for.

1112
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:55,320
Speaker 1: Me in poetry that they were the two of the

1113
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: three main culprits to get the ball from Tyreek and

1114
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 1: they get that play that decided the game. I love

1115
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:06,720
Speaker 1: poetry and Ted Lasso couldn't have Our writers couldn't written

1116
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: that script either. To me, it is the fact that

1117
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:13,840
Speaker 1: and I'm going to do a minute with Mitch, I

1118
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,360
Speaker 1: do another feature. I'm gonna do this the Patriots week.

1119
00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:20,360
Speaker 1: The fact that we have now emulated the Patriots in

1120
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,359
Speaker 1: their twenty year run. And here's why. In that twenty

1121
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 1: year run, the constant was Tom Brady, we know, but

1122
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,319
Speaker 1: they figure out about ten to twelve different ways to

1123
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: win during that twenty years. It wasn't always Rob Gronkowski

1124
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: and oh there were times they had Randy Moss or

1125
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: there's time they lived off field position in defense. They

1126
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: just figured out a way to win. And for the

1127
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, what's most exciting about what's going on

1128
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: is we have the best quarterback in the National Football League,

1129
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: but we're now writing a really good cookbook on different

1130
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: ways to win other than just throwing jet chip. Wasp

1131
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:59,200
Speaker 1: makes sense and we're now. So my thesis, you're you're

1132
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: getting the the trailer here. If you can't beat him,

1133
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,239
Speaker 1: join him, and once you join him, you beat him.

1134
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 1: Any other questions, just man, that's over here. Lucy by

1135
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: the way, Loyola Chicago Rambler.

1136
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,440
Speaker 2: So, who's our sleeper for the rest of the year.

1137
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,640
Speaker 2: Who's jersey are we going to be buying in January?

1138
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,560
Speaker 1: Oh? What a great question. You go first. That's a

1139
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,759
Speaker 1: hard one. It's hard. I got a lot of I'm

1140
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 1: thinking of a lot of thoughts here. Trent McDuffie, you'll

1141
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: buy his jersey. He's going to get an interception, and

1142
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,720
Speaker 1: once he gets one, he's going to get him in bunches.

1143
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:41,880
Speaker 1: You would hire him, you would work for him, You

1144
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:46,359
Speaker 1: would want your child to marry him. He is an

1145
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 1: amazing cat. And I'll just say this about our whole team.

1146
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,240
Speaker 1: This is only my thirtieth year of being the voice

1147
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 1: of the Chiefs. We have an amazing group of humans

1148
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: on this team. If you have a chance to archive,

1149
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,360
Speaker 1: because I'll have him on each week during the Chiefs

1150
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,759
Speaker 1: Kingdom Show and we'll spend a little bit of time

1151
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 1: on football, but mostly we dive into what makes them click.

1152
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: The stories and the emotional and mental maturity of these

1153
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:19,600
Speaker 1: guys is uncommon, and McDuffie is a great example of that.

1154
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with Trent mcguffie, you wont a

1155
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,240
Speaker 1: twenty two jersey at Christmas.

1156
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 3: I'll say someone who we talked about earlier who's already

1157
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:27,920
Speaker 3: showing what he can do.

1158
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:28,799
Speaker 2: It's Rashie Rice.

1159
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:32,400
Speaker 3: And I think Rashie has been really impressive through the

1160
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,240
Speaker 3: first nine games of the year. Like I said earlier,

1161
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 3: almost four hundred yards, receiving four touchdowns, almost six touchdowns.

1162
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:38,279
Speaker 2: He's been really good.

1163
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 3: But he's showing us things that I don't know if

1164
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 3: we would normally expect from a rookie wide receiver and

1165
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 3: Coach Reed's offense, he has a chance to really take

1166
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 3: off here in the second half of the season because

1167
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 3: the Chiefs are finding out how to use him effectively.

1168
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 3: And I mean, he's what twenty two years old and

1169
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 3: to already kind of establish himself as one of the

1170
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 3: go to guys for Patrick is super exciting because it

1171
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 3: takes two to ten go any Patrick mahomes to trust you,

1172
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 3: and he clearly trusts Rushi Rice and Rush she's making

1173
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,799
Speaker 3: him making big plays routinely, so I'm really excited for

1174
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:09,360
Speaker 3: his future.

1175
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:10,759
Speaker 2: I think the second half of the year he's going

1176
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 2: to really take off.

1177
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:15,919
Speaker 1: I'm gonna mention, uh, just an ancillary thought here too,

1178
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: because one of the things that Matt and I talk about,

1179
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:22,080
Speaker 1: and I said all the time, any level of football,

1180
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: any level, high school, middle school, college, or favorite team.

1181
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: You find me a good team without a with a

1182
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:31,880
Speaker 1: bad offensive line, It'll be the first team. You cannot

1183
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:34,200
Speaker 1: have a good football team without a good offensive line.

1184
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: We take these guys for granted, we're number one in

1185
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 1: the league in fewest sacks allowed. And Tray Smith, you

1186
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,600
Speaker 1: would same thing with with McDuffie. You want, you'd work

1187
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:50,280
Speaker 1: for him, you'd you'd hire him. Creed Humphrey saying Joe

1188
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 1: Toney quieter, but he's a three time Super Bowl champion.

1189
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,360
Speaker 1: I mean, he's an amazing cat. And we have really,

1190
00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 1: i think underestimated the progress that Jawan Taylor has made

1191
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 1: a right tackle and Donovan Smith at left tackle since

1192
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. In that game against the Lions.

1193
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 3: And I'd add Patrick would be the first to say this,

1194
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 3: it's difficult to block for Patrick Mahomes. He hangs on

1195
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:13,319
Speaker 3: to the ball. He runs all over the place. It's

1196
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 3: part of what makes him so great. But it makes

1197
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,840
Speaker 3: being an offensive lineman very difficult. It's a bit simpler

1198
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 3: to block for Tom Brady, who's just gonna stand there,

1199
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 3: you know. But for our offensive line to be as

1200
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 3: good as they are, to have the fewest sacks allowed

1201
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 3: in the NFL while blocking for Patrick Mahomes, who's a

1202
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 3: unique player back there at quarterback, is a testament to them.

1203
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,920
Speaker 1: And get to know him, get to know Trey Smith.

1204
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:36,399
Speaker 1: It'll blow you away. He's such a good dude, amazing guy.

1205
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:37,640
Speaker 2: And got him in the sixth round.

1206
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 1: He'll be CEO of a company though someday he's that

1207
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:48,240
Speaker 1: bright girls night out. This is gonna be a good one.

1208
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they've been partying here since noon. All right.

1209
00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:53,360
Speaker 2: So I'm a big k State.

1210
00:55:53,239 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: Fan, imah, yeah, and so Colorado you're with us in this.

1211
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,040
Speaker 2: I'm really hoping Felix can turn the corner.

1212
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,439
Speaker 4: What do you think he needs to do to get

1213
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:07,399
Speaker 4: that done.

1214
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 1: Matt, I'll let you start.

1215
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 2: It's opportunities. I think it's just opportunities.

1216
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 3: So the Chiefs were fortunate where they have a rotation

1217
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,960
Speaker 3: of defensive lineman where they don't need Felix to come

1218
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 3: in and be like a ten.

1219
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:19,400
Speaker 2: Sack guy right away.

1220
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 3: I mean they have guys like Charles and Menihu, George Carloftis,

1221
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:25,399
Speaker 3: Mike Dana, really good players who are starting for this team.

1222
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:27,399
Speaker 3: And like I said earlier, Felix has only played twenty

1223
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,799
Speaker 3: percent of the snaps. But as a season goes on,

1224
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 3: we're gonna need him and he's going to have opportunities.

1225
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 3: And it's what does he do with those opportunities. And

1226
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,560
Speaker 3: like I said earlier about George, George really made the.

1227
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:38,040
Speaker 2: Most of those.

1228
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:40,399
Speaker 3: I mean six sacks to close out the year. Let's

1229
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,400
Speaker 3: see what Felix can do. But Felix is an NFL

1230
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 3: Pro ready player. He's not like a project kind of player.

1231
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 3: He's someone who can play. Just a matter of getting opportunities,

1232
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 3: and I think he'll get him later this year.

1233
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: And I would add to that his season is only

1234
00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: starting now. We forget that on the last player the

1235
00:56:56,560 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: Sugar Bowl against Alabama, he broke his hand the last play,

1236
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:06,919
Speaker 1: which meant that he was His progress was impeded during

1237
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,319
Speaker 1: rookie mini camp. In fact, he didn't participate in our

1238
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:13,919
Speaker 1: OTAs in the summertime, which Andy Reid. Well, everybody else

1239
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: is flying kites and you know, throwing frisbees stuff. Andy

1240
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: Reid is emphasizing getting ready for the season in June.

1241
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 1: And then Felix was a slow goer in training camp.

1242
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:27,040
Speaker 1: They did not give him as many reps. So I

1243
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:29,800
Speaker 1: would tell you here we are mid November and the

1244
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:32,960
Speaker 1: engine is just getting revved up. Now, you, being a

1245
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,600
Speaker 1: k State fan, saw what happens when he gets revved up.

1246
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: Go watch his TCU game from the twenty twenty one season.

1247
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: He wrecked the whole thing. He wrecked the whole game.

1248
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:44,680
Speaker 1: Me had six sacks in the game. They only gave

1249
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 1: him four, which was they redid it. But I mean,

1250
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: he looked like the late Derrick Thomas and so he's

1251
00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 1: got that in him. But then he fits right in

1252
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:55,040
Speaker 1: with these other dudes that are in that room with him.

1253
00:57:55,400 --> 00:57:59,040
Speaker 1: It's a unique group. That's unselfish. They'll do They've got

1254
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 1: to do the dirty work. It's not just getting sacks.

1255
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 1: I've got to play the run in this game. I've

1256
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 1: got to win on first down against the Eagles. They

1257
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: understand that and know that. And Derek Noddy's probably the

1258
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: second most unrated guy on this team past Mike Dana,

1259
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,640
Speaker 1: but the fact that they're willing to go inside and

1260
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 1: outside to be unselfish. I'll do my work so Matt

1261
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:22,000
Speaker 1: can get the sack, but I'm unselfish enough knowing that

1262
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 1: if I do that, I might be in a parade

1263
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 1: in February. That's hard, guy, That's the way they're wired.

1264
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 3: So and still, what a cool story Felix is that

1265
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,280
Speaker 3: there was eighteen players invited to the draft from all

1266
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 3: over the country. Felix was not one of them, but

1267
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 3: just like went to the draft as a fan and

1268
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 3: he's the final pick of the first round with all

1269
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 3: the circumstance and all the craziness going on, It was

1270
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,600
Speaker 3: so cool. He's an awesome guy. Obviously we've had a

1271
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 3: chance to get to know him. His time is coming,

1272
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:51,600
Speaker 3: just a matter of opportunities.

1273
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,600
Speaker 1: We have a draft fest every year when we introduce

1274
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:57,919
Speaker 1: our usually our first round draft pick the day after

1275
00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 1: they're selected or the two days after, and we're always

1276
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,000
Speaker 1: sweating it out, like we're flying him in from you

1277
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: know who knows where, and we're like, no, not with Felix.

1278
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:09,480
Speaker 1: He's twenty minutes away. Like he beat drops him off, Yeah,

1279
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 1: Mom dropped him off at school like he beat us there.

1280
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 1: He was like, Okay, yeah, Felix is at least Summit,

1281
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 1: But hey, great dude, he's another guy to get to know.

1282
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 1: You'd hire him, you'd work for him. Same thing with

1283
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:23,440
Speaker 1: these guys. Unique bunch of dudes. Thanks to all of

1284
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:30,360
Speaker 1: you for sure, thanks to Tomstown. If you it's great

1285
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: to have Morgantown and Fort Collins here tonight. I think

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Speaker 1: Matt would join me if you have some out of

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Speaker 1: town guests and you invite him to a game or hey,

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Speaker 1: let's do something. Kansas City ish. This is a place

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Speaker 1: to come to because it's historic, it's fun, and it's

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Speaker 1: great food and other stuff. So anyway, he's Matt McMullen,

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Speaker 1: Senior team reporter. I'm mitche oltis the voice of the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us on this special episode of

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Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom than