1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Thank advantage of the day when you get opportunity in game, 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: they can play. Don't do one touchdown? Kansas City, the 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs all right, nothing thing of a baby. Hi everybody, 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: and welcome Chiefs Kingdom to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Mitch Alter's with you Voice of the Chiefs, along with 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs reporter Matt McMullen, and joined also by the man 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: that we know is the barber Shop, the shop the 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: Spider Man, Sean Barber over a decade in the National 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Football League as a player, terrific man, now in the 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: community and leading the way for the Chiefs Ambassadors. I 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: even mentioned that at the fifteen in Mahomi's gala, I 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: was giving you a shout out. I wish I had 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: to see you. I didn't know you're out there. I 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: was like, hey, what's up. I was in the crowd. 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: I was in the crowd myself, John Littlemeyer and some 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: other guys should have moved to that back there, did you? 17 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: But anyway, you're you are leading the way with the Ambassadors, 18 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: and so appreciate that. As always, every episode of the 19 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: Thing to the Kingdom brought to you by three sixty Vodka, 20 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: The hometown Vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom and the official vodka, 21 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: the Chief's Kingdom three sixty vodka. Perfect for the holidays. 22 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: All right, this episode is going to be called for 23 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: those of you that are listening and watching, and then 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: I'll spell it out for those of you just listening. 25 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: Is it's fill in the blank capital D lowercase blank, 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: lowercase blank, lowercase blank, lowercase blank, lowercase blank. Week. You 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: fill in the blank and let us know capital D, 28 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: and then there's what five lowercase you get to fill 29 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: in the blank. You can direct message any of us. 30 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure you follow all three of us on Twitter. 31 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: Just let us know how you're going to fill in 32 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: that blank and use your imagination. It's D blank bank 33 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: blank blank blank blank blank week. Here we go, the 34 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: Broncos come to town. Now, before we jump into D 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: blank blank blank blank blank week, let's check in with 36 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: our defending the Kingdom worldwide spin around the world. Who's 37 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: listening and watching? Yeah, a lot this week, and it's 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: been so much fun to see how this has grown 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: where we're getting more and more every week and gonna 40 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: keep reading him. If this turns into like a twenty 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,279 Speaker 1: minute segment, We're gonna keep going with it, But lots 42 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: of names this week, so we'll start with our four 43 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: international ones. We have Timo in Germany he direct messaged 44 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: me on Twitter two what's up Timo? Carlos and the 45 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: Dominican Republic. Then a fan in Mexico, and then Terry 46 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: in Australia, and then lots all over the country, so 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: bear with me here. We have a fan in Cody, Wyoming. Yeah, 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Rob in Rolette, Texas, suburb of d Metroflex, Robert in Yorktown, Virginia, 49 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: Tadrick and Tampa says he still flies a cheese flag 50 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: proudly even though the Super Bowl loss. He's still flags 51 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: flies his flag proudly, which we appreciate. A fan in Providence, 52 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: Rhode Island. A fan in Milwaukee, Jimmy and Waco, a 53 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: fan in Hawaii, Michael in Manchester, New York, Ryan in Newark, 54 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: and then Bruce in Northwest Kansas just south of Smith Center. Wow. Yeah, 55 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: did he give this specific town now? Just northwest Kansas? Oh? 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: Come on, man, you gotta give I mean, send in 57 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: the specific town. What's his name? Bruce? Spruce? Come on, dog, 58 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: you got to give Matt the specific towns. We can 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: really get interested in it, and I don't know if 60 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: we as Ted lasso on there yet from yet, so 61 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: waiting on all right, Ted? Actually, Jason Sidekis is a 62 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: huge Chiefs fan, as you know. Former basketball player Juco 63 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: Ball played at what shunny Mission West maybe your South anyway, 64 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: So it is capital D lowercase blank blank blank blank 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: blank blank week here we go, Broncos come to town. 66 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: Shop will start with you because the AFC West, all 67 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: eyes are on this division, the only division in the 68 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: National Football League where every team has a winning record 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: and one game separates first to last. And we're headed 70 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: to the next six weeks. Af the AFC West has 71 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: been exciting, right, being able to start from the bottom 72 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: and now we're at the top. I think as a 73 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: song sound something like that. But what we've done is 74 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: we've been so consistent, right, We've been so consistent, especially 75 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: the people that's actually in the building. The confidence level 76 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: here with Arkansa City Chiefs, even in the first couple 77 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: of weeks when it's something statistically didn't alway show our 78 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: best efforts and show our best abilities in the building 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: where it counts. The competence level in that locker room, 80 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: within each other on the defense, offense, and special teams. 81 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: All three phases knew how effected this team can be 82 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: when they start playing complimentary football. And for the last 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: four weeks, we've seen it. We've seen exactly what it 84 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: means to be complimentary of one another playing chief style football. 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: And I think we've now got the attention of everybody 86 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: in the AFC. Yeah, I couldn't agree more with that. 87 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: And I think something that we've learned over the last 88 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: several weeks, there's no matter how good your team is 89 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: or how much talent that you have, it's not always 90 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: going to be fourteen and two, right, especially when you're 91 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: the hunted. I mean, you're gonna get everyone's best shot. 92 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: And that's kind of a tired line now, but it's true. 93 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: I mean, look at the Buffalo Bills. They've got their 94 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: best shot in that game, and we're still getting everyone's 95 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 1: best shot moving forward. But it's how do you adapt, 96 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: how do you react, how do you make how do 97 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: you grow from those things? You know? And there's gonna 98 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: be tough losses sometimes and those aren't fun. But to 99 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: think that this team started three and four and has 100 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: now fought all they were way back to get to 101 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: seven and four now in first place in the AFC 102 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: West with all these divisional games coming up, it's just 103 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: really exciting. And you think about how special this season 104 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: has the potential to be. Because I said on previous episodes, 105 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: this one thing to go fourteen and two. When the 106 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: division run the table all year long, that's a lot 107 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: of fun. We all know that. But to see this 108 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: team battle and struggle early on and to pull themselves 109 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: up and to have this opportunity now, it's almost even 110 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: more special seeing what this team has done. Yeah, there's 111 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: two dynamics that come to mind for me, and thinking 112 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: about the AFC West is one. How the Chiefs have 113 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: adjusted These eleven weeks have been about adjusting and changing. 114 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: The offense had to switch up how it's doing based 115 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: on what defenses due to them, and then being very 116 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: good at it. Seeing the running back position kind of 117 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: emerge with a now a two headed monster with Clyde 118 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: and Darryl Williams, and darry Williams have one hundred yards 119 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: receiving against the Raiders. But it's also fascinating to me, 120 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: and this is going to sound arrogant or myopics, so 121 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: just bear with me. How all three other Division teams 122 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: have tried to structure their raw so they could be 123 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: in this position to challenge the Chiefs. This team this week. 124 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: The Broncos have an outstanding secondary. Arguably that maybe the 125 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: best in the league when you look at what they did. 126 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: They drafted Patrick Certan. Mac Jones was there. They took 127 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Certan the second because of that, to me, they 128 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: go spend money on Kyle Fuller. Justin Simmons is very good, 129 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: but they had to put to get Darby's good. They 130 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: had to put together a secondary to beat the Chiefs. 131 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: The Chargers did it with the linebackers. They had to 132 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: get faster linebackers. It's left them vulnerable to teams who 133 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: just run it right up their gizmo. All right, So 134 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: you just write down the line here with the other 135 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: Division teams and the Raiders trying to get faster or 136 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: working on the edge, getting Yannick and Gokway to team 137 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: up with Max Crosby. Each one of these teams has 138 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: been and I think of the help me out general 139 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,799 Speaker 1: manager of the Raiders and blanket out Mayock. But Mike Mayock, 140 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: who's you know, you saw him on the draft coverage 141 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: of NFL Network, said Hey, this division is the Chiefs. 142 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: We're all chasing the Chiefs. And to me setting here 143 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: after eleven weeks, Shop and Matt, we're seeing that very thing. 144 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: What we're definitely seeing m draft capital being used each 145 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: year in the secondary. If it's not David One from 146 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: Ohio State by the Raiders, Um, if it's not Um 147 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: James for the Chargers, very high draft capital. And then 148 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: you said Pat certain Obviously Pat will be back in Towns. 149 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: Everybody's nos. Pat is returning the Chiefs Kingdom. Um. I 150 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: don't think he will be supporting Kansa the Chiefs, though 151 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: he will be here supporting his son. Had a chance 152 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: to talk to him. I know you cash check Star, 153 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: so just remember that you cash some checks here. But 154 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: he's excited to see a great matchup and having his 155 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: son be on the corner. And man, I've been watching 156 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: tape of his sin son is doing an excellent job. 157 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: He's one of the top points other than who we 158 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: just faced, Digs, Tavon Digs. Other than him, he might 159 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: be one of the top young corners. Um that is 160 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: upping rise and trending up in the league. I've heard 161 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: comparisons to Talib and the Champ Bailey. That's that's some 162 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: pretty strong comparisons, but I wouldn't argue against it right now. Yeah, 163 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: he's a stud. And I was actually there last week, 164 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: so we talked about this on Kingdom Conversations. For bye week, 165 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: when you have a break from football, what do you do? 166 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: You go watch some more football. I went out to 167 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: Denver and watched the Broncos play the Chargers. Might you 168 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: not only watch football, you watch the next week's opponent, 169 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: exactly which I put on Twitter. You saw the Spy 170 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: versus Spy cartoon and you were a perfect spy. I was. So. 171 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: My in laws live in the Denver area, so we 172 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: went out there for Thanksgiving and for bye week, and 173 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: they asked if I wanted to go to the game. 174 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, let's go to the game. I'll see 175 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: how the Broncos are looking. And you know, they're playing 176 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: the Chargers, so we're going to come out of this 177 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: with something good happening, at least because one of our 178 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,239 Speaker 1: division rivals will lose. But yeah, I was wearing a mask, sunglasses, 179 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: and a hat, total incognito mode, you know, and just 180 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: a very nondescript crew neck, just watching the Broncos. They 181 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: had no idea. I was there and we were texting 182 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: about it. We're getting our thoughts, but kept texting him 183 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: these gifts. I had the mission impossible, you know, so 184 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: I send him all these spy gifts. And he was 185 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: very well done, because you know what they do if 186 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: they capture spies. Got out of there alive. Well done, 187 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: my friend, Well done the Chiefs Kingdom. Give Matt a 188 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: you know, give him a gold star here for doing 189 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: a great job a spy work here getting ready for 190 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: the Broncos. All right, jump into the Bronco team. Other 191 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: than the secondary this defense, why they're dangerous and Matt 192 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: and I talked about the same Kingdom conversations. If those 193 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: of you having a chance to watch HIV Chiefs insighter 194 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: this week on broadcast, you'll see us talk about that. 195 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: But it's it's worth a discussion here why this team 196 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: is dangerous and to me, shop they're hard to score upon. 197 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: I mean they're third in the league and offensive points aloud, 198 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: now that you're going what are points other than offensive points? Yeah, 199 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: there are, there are returns or defensive scores. Let's take 200 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: those out. They are third in the league, behind only 201 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: Buffalo in New England. And points aloud. That gets your attention, man. 202 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 1: They got a fast secondary. They got a young, fast 203 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: secondary full of playmakers. You missed you mentioned Justin Simmons 204 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: at the safety position, but then you also mentioned Fuller, 205 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: And then you said a young Champ Billy. That is 206 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: the guy who I looked at and compared pastor Team 207 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: Junior two on film. His body style, his mannerisms, the 208 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: way he plays a rolled up zone and feathers out 209 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: under that interception he had in the end zone last week, 210 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: all of that reminded me to pick six. I saw 211 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: Champ Bailey, a young Champ Bailey out there on the field. 212 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: It's the remake it. It was ridiculous. So and then 213 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: their linebacker position they got younger. No more is it 214 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: the Trevathan, No more is it the Brandon Marshall. Right, 215 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: those are those old thumper right long in the teeth. 216 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: They knew how to line and sign, they know the defense. No. 217 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: Now they got young Browning and young and those guys 218 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: sideline the sideline, flying around, hitting anything that moves. They're 219 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: young and exciting. They don't do many things on defense. 220 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: They only do a few things, but they run to 221 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: the ball and hit punched the ball out, create turnovers. 222 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: Those are the things that they're hanging their hats. One. 223 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: When it comes to the defense side of the ball, 224 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 1: Baron Browning had a sack classic that was negated, ended 225 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: up not counting him because of a penalty elsewhere. But 226 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: he's impressive, and their secondary just overall is very impressive. 227 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: So they're an interesting study because when I was there 228 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: watching the game, it didn't seem like their front seven 229 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: was getting a ton of pressure initially, but they did. 230 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: They had nineteen pressures in that game and Herbert was 231 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: running for his life. But just by watching it, I 232 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: got the sense that it was mostly because of the coverage, 233 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: and if you look at Pro Football Focus numbers, Herbert, 234 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: on sixty two percent of his dropbacks, was holding the 235 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: ball longer than two point five seconds, and all of 236 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: a sudden, if your first read isn't there, your second 237 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: read isn't there, the pressure is going to get to 238 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: you in the NFL, and that's kind of how it 239 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: seemed throughout that game. Herbert's first read was rarely there, 240 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: and he was in a funk the entire game because 241 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: of that. It was just a really impressive showing by 242 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: the Broncos secondary kind of picking up their pass rush 243 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,599 Speaker 1: and helping their passwords be effective because they were so 244 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: effective on the back end. You mentioned the nineteen pressures 245 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Draymond Jones had seven by himself. So 246 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: we could talk about what the Chiefs did against the Cowboys, 247 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: and now Chris Jones just wrecked it. I mean, I've 248 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: rarely seen a performance from an individual defensive lineman, particularly 249 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: an inter lineman like that. Okay, he beat the shot, 250 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: he beat the right, the right guard, the left guard. 251 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: He only didn't beat the center because he didn't line 252 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: up as a zero tech. But he beat them all 253 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 1: and I've never seen he just wrecked them. But there 254 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: was some of that that I saw the Broncos do 255 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: last week against the Chargers, and so protection becomes an issue. 256 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: The other thing I want to ask you guys about 257 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: two the other staff that pops off the page with 258 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 1: me in what makes the Broncos dangerous against the Chiefs 259 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: stingy to score against, but their top ten in yards 260 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: after catch disallowed. Okay, that's very different than the other 261 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: two division opponents here. The Cowboys were last in the 262 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: league in yards after catch allowed. This team, you may 263 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: get a twelve yard game, but you're not going to 264 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: get a thirty two yard or because they're disallowing yards 265 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: after catch. They swarm and tackle as a whole unit. 266 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: They don't play much press man where he's just one 267 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: on one. Once you make that guy miss, it's twenty 268 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: yards and the next guy gets to you. They play 269 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: off man, they play catch zone, They play a lot 270 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: of things that it gives the quarterback a little bit 271 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: of a gray area for a few counts until you 272 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: feel out figure out how this defensive secondary is actually 273 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: morphing into the actual coverage. And then once you throw 274 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: the ball, there are a lot of times on the backside, 275 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: eyes are on the quarterback and they are zooming there. 276 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: They are chasing that ball on the long arm of 277 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: the quarterback, and so when the receiver catches the ball, 278 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: there's four or five hats within five yards all trying 279 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: to hit them, and that makes them even more aggressive 280 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: for trying to punch the ball out. Because there's so 281 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: many guys there, you don't have to worry about missing 282 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: the tackle. There's another three four guys there to make 283 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: up for your miss, and so you don't see a 284 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: lot of yards. You have to catch. You do see 285 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: a lot of completions. You can see a lot of completions. 286 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: They play it soft, but they count on what that 287 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: pass rush eventually getting there. You making a mistake throwing 288 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: it behind your running back on that arrow route and 289 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: they have a corner sitting there for a pick six. 290 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: Those are the type of players that they're just waiting on. 291 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: It's kind of like a bait and switch type defense, 292 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: and they just they allow you to make underneath coverage, 293 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: allow you to throw it underneath, swarming tackle, swarm and tackle, 294 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: try to be the aggressive, the aggressor, and let their 295 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: speed and technique take over and win the ball game. 296 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: That has some genius of the Vic Fangio style of defense, 297 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: and he's so highly regarded. But it's also why they're 298 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: near the bottom of goal. Wait a minute, they're giving 299 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: up a lot of first downs. Their third down defense 300 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: isn't awesome, but the red zone defense and scoring defense 301 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: is and that's what matters. Yeah, fewest red zone drives 302 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: allowed in the NFL. So they're letting teams get chunks, 303 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: but all of a sudden, they're not letting them into 304 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: the red zone, not letting them score. So for the 305 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs in this game. We've seen over the course of 306 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: the season, they've found ways to move the ball down 307 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: the field, taking what the defense is giving them. That's 308 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: paramount this week because the Broncos will give you gains, 309 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: but you can break a tackle that's even more. But 310 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: you have to make sure you're moving your way down 311 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: the field, just like we've been saying all year long. 312 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: And when you get to the red zone, you gotta 313 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: finish against these guys. Yeah, And just a side note 314 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: here because the twenty two giveaways we always we've talked 315 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: about this the Chiefs, only the Jets have more than 316 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs twenty two giveaways. We're just gonna pull off 317 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: the side of the road here a second, because I 318 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: did a minute with Mitch. I just did it. Is 319 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: can you have a giveaways and win a Super Bowl? 320 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: There are two that come to mind. One the twenty 321 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: fifteen Denver Broncos. Ironically enough, Peyton Manning through twenty three 322 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: picks that year. They had thirty one giveaways and won 323 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Why because that defense right all right too. 324 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: The two thousand and seven New York Giants had thirty 325 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: four giveaways and won the World Championship. Who was the 326 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: defensive cord in industry, Spagnola. So can you do it? Yeah? 327 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: If you got a world champion quarterback Michael Mahomes and Spagnola, 328 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: run in your defense and a defense that's coming on 329 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs. All right, that was just a sidestop. 330 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: I hope we went to the restroom. I had a 331 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: little time. Now we're back on the road. Kids. You 332 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: kids settled down or I'll pull this car over. Now, 333 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: let's go to the offensive side of the ball, because 334 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: back is like you guys, you kids settled down, all right? 335 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: So Chris's vacation the looking at the offense of the Broncos. 336 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: This is where people kind of like scrunch their face 337 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: when they see it. But why are they dangerous to 338 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: meet Teddy Bridgewater? He's dangerous because he can manage a game. 339 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: Keep in mind, he had the ball in his hands 340 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: last year at gha field at Arrowhead Stadium, down thirty 341 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: three thirty one, a field goal would beat the Chiefs. 342 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: He's quarterbacking the Carolina Panthers and thrown over for three 343 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: hundred yards and had the Panthers in position. Teddy Bridgewater 344 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: and what he's done, first of all. You have to 345 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: admire it because his life was in jeopardy with that 346 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: injury in Minnesota, and now he's back. But this Broncho's 347 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: offense in Bridgewater, well, so I have a tattoo him arm. 348 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: You can't see it, but it says patience is a 349 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: virtie and that describes Teddy Bridgewater. He is so patient. 350 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: He will take every little flat route, every little whack 351 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: curl wastick. He will never force the ball into double coverage. 352 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: He's not throwing fifty fifty balls. He's so patient with 353 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: the ball and loves how his offensive coordinator is now 354 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: handing the ball off to that double headed backfield right 355 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: Gordon and Williams. Those guys are explosive and exciting, and 356 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: he's like, why do I need to throw the ball 357 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: more than twenty times? I can run a bootleg. I 358 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: can run. It's is either day it isn't. Now. I 359 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: can run with the ball when I need to. If 360 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: you take away all the downfield stuff though. That is 361 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: such a low risk, high reward type quarterback. And he's done. 362 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: He's doing it in a very effective manner right now. 363 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: His thing throughout his career, just like Sean said, has 364 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: been taking what the defense gives him, and he's been 365 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: very good at it, and you can make quite a 366 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: living doing that. He's at his best when he's taking 367 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: advantage of that underneath passing game and the timing is 368 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: working and it's quick passes and he's seeing guys open 369 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 1: and they can make plays after that. And that's what 370 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: he did. He did with Carolina last year, and he's 371 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 1: doing that for the most part when they're successful with 372 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: the Broncos. Now, if you look at how he can struggle, 373 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: it's when that timing can be thrown off. And it's 374 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: kind of an interesting study here. So he's done really well. 375 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: Actually against the Blitz, he's been one of the better 376 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL. They have the best Blitzer passing 377 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: routing in the league. Yeah, the Broncos too, he's been 378 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: good at it. Now. Interestingly enough, though, under pressure, he 379 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: hasn't been very good. So you can kind of deduce 380 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: there that it's when there's four man fronts getting pressure. 381 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,719 Speaker 1: He's actually been pressured on forty percent of his drop 382 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: back the season, So among quarterbacks with ten or more 383 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: games played, that's the second most in the NFL, behind 384 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: only justin fields. So He's been pressured a bunch. Good 385 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: against the blitz, but not so much when it's a 386 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: four man rush getting pressure on him, and that disrupts 387 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: his timing, and we saw that at times against the 388 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: Chargers last week. There was one play ended up being 389 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: They reviewed it and it was an incomplete forward pass, 390 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: but Derwin James came off a blitz on Bridge Rawter's 391 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: blindside and hit him and the ball went flying. I 392 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: thought it was a fumble at first, it wasn't. That's 393 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: the kind of thing they can disrupt their timing, and 394 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: he's been pressured a lot this season. Now, when they 395 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: get their running game going. You mentioned there two runners 396 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: with Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon. Both of those guys 397 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: are averaging four point eight yards per carry. They can 398 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: get that going. The running game is working, and also 399 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:43,959 Speaker 1: the short passing game is working. But if you can 400 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: get pressure, particularly with four, and try to stop that 401 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: running game. Luckily, two things that Chefs have done well lately. 402 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: Stopping the run and also getting pressure with four, you 403 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: can't disrupt what he wants to do. You're gonna jump 404 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: in making the Broncos throw the ball more than twenty 405 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: times it bast the twenty five to thirty attempts. That's 406 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: going to be a win for the Chiefs, allowing them 407 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: to have twenty or more rushing attempts, allowing that two 408 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: headed monster to both touch a twenty combined twenty times 409 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: out of the backfield, adding about five, four or five checkdowns, 410 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: and we cannot let Javonte Williams get that screen game going. 411 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: He is a beast. He's explosive about that backfield. You 412 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: get him in the flats one on one coverage, it's 413 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: gonna be tough for anybody. We have some tough linebackers. 414 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: We can go sideline sideline Willie Gay and Bolton. I'll 415 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: put them up against anybody, but we don't want to 416 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: make a living trying to tackle him one on one 417 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: in the flats. In the game you spied he had 418 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: five receptions did Terry Bridgewater to the running backs and 419 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: four to the tight ends? You mentioned why sticks and 420 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: why curls? Right now, Teddy Bridgewater is targeting the tight 421 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: end the fourth most of any quarterback in the league. 422 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: And there's a pretty good group of tight ends. No 423 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: a fan for you, While Hawkeye fans Albert Okuwaban, I'm 424 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: for you Miszoo fans stop, Okay, thank you, I'm working 425 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: on it. And then Soberg earlier talking about a Drake 426 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: Bulldog in the NFL league, but sovereigns in that group too. 427 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: He had a touchdown last week in the game that 428 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: you spied. The other thing Chiefs fans may forget is 429 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: the fact that Teddy Bridgewater beat the Chiefs as a 430 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: Minnesota Viking quarterback in the ancient of days of twenty fifteen. 431 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: And how did he win that game? Sixteen to ten? Okay, 432 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: that's when they were playing at the University of Minnesota Stadium. 433 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: But Bridgewater was prior to his injury with the Vikings. 434 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: But he was exactly like you guys, and we've talked 435 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: about here and described That's how he played and beat 436 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in twenty fifteen. Yeah, always always looking to 437 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: take the safe throw, never really wanted a risky throw. 438 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: He picks his poise and he picks the times the 439 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 1: end of a half, the end of the game, when 440 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: I'm damn about you know, a touchdown, I need to 441 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: do it, then I'll do it. But up until then, 442 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: everything that's adverse to turnovers, everything is I'm not risky 443 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: He's going to be the safest quarterback and probably the 444 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: most effective quarterback we play, because obviously the way our 445 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: defense has been rolling, you gotta do something to try 446 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: to counter our pressure. Buy up four guys. I've been 447 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: listening to some of the Broncos broadcast. The one guy 448 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: that they are fearful of Melbourne Ingram. They cannot believe 449 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: the Steelers let us get Melvin Ingram. They've been watching 450 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: film and they call him a game record. They know 451 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: that Frank Clarkey is who he is, Chris Jones is 452 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: a phenom. But the way Melbourne Ingram has been taking 453 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,959 Speaker 1: control in depositing offensive lineman in the backfield, that's the 454 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: player that they're gonna come game planning and try to 455 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 1: create an offensive game plan to try to take advantage of. 456 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: I don't think we've talked about Melvin Ingram enough, and 457 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: not just the fact of his impact on the football field. 458 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: I think he's affected the whole not only defensive line room, 459 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: the whole defensive room. And just in chatting with him 460 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: after the road victory against the Raiders, who're like going, 461 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, where has this guy been? You know, 462 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding him. I said, for nine years, I 463 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: prepared my spotting boards and you're sitting right there just 464 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: like jumping off the page, and now you're on our team. 465 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: It's just like it's the kid you've competed against in 466 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: high school year after year, and then he moves to 467 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: your year for the senior year, and you're like, cool, 468 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: he's on our side. Melbourne is a stud. Yeah. The 469 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: combination of getting healthy as a defense and adding a 470 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: plug and play guy like Melvin Ingram has paid dividends. 471 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: I mean it's been awesome to watch. First of all, 472 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: if you're just watching, you can tell the energy and 473 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: the passion, the tenacity they're all playing with. And it's 474 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: also turned into numbers and stats. So between Week eight 475 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: and eleven. Week eight is that Giants victory that really 476 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: turned things around. The Chiefs were second and points allowed 477 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: per game at just eleven point eight points allowed, second 478 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: and rushing yards allowed per game, second and third down 479 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: conversion rate in sixth, and net yards allowed per game. 480 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: They have been absolutely awesome. And if you're looking at 481 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: this winning streak, it's too it's true complimentary football. In 482 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,719 Speaker 1: so many ways, the offense has done enough to get 483 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: the job done In most cases had the huge game 484 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: against Vegas, but for the most part, they made plays 485 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: when they need to and have gotten out to big leads, 486 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: generally at the beginning, and the defense has held on 487 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: to those leads, and the defense repeatedly whenever the opposition, 488 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: think about Green Bay or New York, wanted to get 489 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: back into the game, the defense shut the door. And 490 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure you watching probably got fired up watching how 491 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: this defense has been playing. But it's really at all 492 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 1: three levels, and it's exciting going into this time of 493 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: year because this is when you want to be playing 494 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: your best of football. And the defense certainly is let's say, 495 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: all three levels of the defense, but it's always the 496 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: parenthetical discussion of football. But it's all three levels of 497 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: this team because special teams in this four game winning 498 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: streak has gone back to the Andy Reid Dave Tobe 499 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: form of twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen. This is shop 500 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: like Clark Griswold trying to put the lights together and 501 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: do they come on? And the neighborhood goes winging and 502 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: it doesn't turn on, and Nico, your son goes downstairs 503 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: and goes, hey, it's not plugged in. Down in the 504 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 1: basement and then he plugs it in. Guess who's plugging 505 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: it in, Dave Tobe. Because what have we seen over 506 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: the last month from special teams. We have seen a 507 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: punter who has averaged in a single game fifty six 508 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: and a half net punting and had four inside the fifteen. 509 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: Oh and a fake punt for seventeen yards. All right. 510 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: We've seen a place kicker who's on the cusp of 511 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: setting an all time record for the Chiefs Kingdom of 512 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: fifty plus yard field goals in a single year. We 513 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: got that, We got Chris Lamon's turning into like Larry 514 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: Izzo or Slater from New England. Because this team right now, 515 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: you guys, is number one in covering kicks and they're 516 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: number one in covering punts. Like, we're seeing a dominant 517 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: special teams play. And by the way, the Broncos filling 518 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: the blankets d blank blank blank blank blank blank, however 519 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: you want to fill it in our lasting kickoff returns 520 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: and kickoff coverage. Again, this is a game where you 521 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: could obliterate special teams At that phase we always call 522 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: tip of the spear because it's the first thing that 523 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: pierces your armory. Every game begins with a special teams kickoff, 524 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: kickoff return, and we got one of the best return guys. 525 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: Pringle is fearless no matter how deep an ends one. 526 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: I guess, so I know he's bringing it out. If 527 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: he touches the ball, he's bringing it out. And the 528 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: other team has to prepare that way. All guys are blocking, 529 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: expecting them to bring it out. Whether we get to 530 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: the twenty thirty five, it's the potential of bringing it 531 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: out that makes me excited. And then our return game, 532 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,719 Speaker 1: like you said, when we have the opportunity to go 533 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: and cover punting, cover kicks, we got guys that are 534 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: willing that they don't. That's not a punishment. They are 535 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: willing participants to be one third of a starter unit 536 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: of this team. The special teams here are treated as 537 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: starters on this team. That's that's that's the way you 538 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: gotta do it. And you've talked about twenty six. I'm 539 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: thirty one. Backup running backs out there participate on all 540 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: four phases of special teams, and then our linebackers, we 541 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: are the quarterbacks of that special teams, that coverage unit. 542 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: We've got guys that are willing forty four or fifty six. 543 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: All these guys are willing to get down there and 544 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: get their hands dirty and get their nose involved in 545 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,719 Speaker 1: making sure that people don't get big returns against us. 546 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: And our punt is doing a great job of doing 547 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: what hang time. You gotta have hang time, whether it's kickoff, 548 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: kickoff returning punts, those things. Hang time matters and it 549 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: allows our gunners and to get down the field and 550 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: make good plays. And you mentioned the potato chip Pringle 551 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: or the door hand should call him a one h 552 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: four last year against the Broncos. It's the only thing, Matt, 553 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: we're lacking on special teams is to explode super punter 554 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: kokoff return for the sweet nectar. That's the only thing 555 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: it's missing. Everything else bing bing bing for the special teams. Yeah, well, 556 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: and who do we get an explosive kickoff return against 557 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: last year? It's the Denver Broncos at Byron Pringle. It's 558 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: gonna say, I'm very lucky because most people are. Some 559 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: people don't like their in laws. I like my in 560 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: laws a lot. They're really cool, they're really awesome people. 561 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: And even though my wife's dad is a Broncos fan, 562 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: loves football. So when I was out there over the bye, 563 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: we just talked about football forever, Like my wife would 564 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: go to sleep for a while and we just be 565 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: talking about football for like two hours, eat and ships. 566 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: It was great. But truly, the difference between a good 567 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: team and a great team is special teams generally here 568 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: because the NFL, everyone's good, Like even the worst team 569 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL, all those players were like the best 570 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: player from their town, Like they're amazing players, right, So 571 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL, the margin for error is so razor thin, 572 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: and special teams often is the difference. And in talking 573 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: to my wife's dad, he watches the Broncos every week, 574 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: special teams consistently have been the issue for them, and 575 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: they're just making mistakes on special teams, blunders on special teams, 576 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: where the Chiefs, on the other hand, are excelling and 577 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: we've been doing that for years and the Broncos, ironically enough, 578 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: we're actually pretty good on special teams last week against 579 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers, but it showed when they play a perfect 580 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: football game, when they're very efficient on offense, when they're 581 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: playing suffocating defense and good special teams, they could be 582 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: very dangerous. But typically their special teams have not played 583 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: that way, so hopefully we get a bit of what 584 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: we've seen previously from their special teams here in this 585 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: game where they're not playing very well. But it just 586 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: goes to show how important special teams is to the 587 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: Chiefs because truly, when you're a good team with talent, 588 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: if you don't have the special teams to match, it 589 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: can mean the difference in losing two or three more games. 590 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: And you talk about the dominance that special teams play, 591 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: Imagine for twenty years the Patriots who are the special 592 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: team players, that is Zo Slater, go scouts like their 593 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: kicker and those gunners, and their special teams were always 594 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: a constant in every Pro Bowl, vinitaryvinitary, year after year 595 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: after year. That, like you said, that is the difference 596 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: between good and great, the degree of emphasis you put 597 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 1: on your special teams. How consistently your special teams play 598 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: weekend and week out. That's the difference between a fourteen 599 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: and three record and a ten and seven record. Yep, 600 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: you said it best shop and it's the culture that 601 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: you have. Matt and I talk about this all the time, 602 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: but the culture and you're building is a special team. 603 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: Something you get relegated to or is it a badge 604 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: of honor? And it's a badge of honor with this 605 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs team, and it has been ever since 606 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen when Andy Reid and Dave tob Road rolled 607 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 1: into ten all right to close out this episode of 608 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom, which again it is capital D. Fill 609 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: in the blanks. You get to fill it in lowercase, lowercase, lowercase, lowercase, lowercase, 610 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: use your imagination. You can let any of the three, 611 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: all three of us know how you filled in those blanks. 612 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Be nice? Maybe Okay, Now we're going to close it 613 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: this way. And a reminder that every Defending the Kingdom 614 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: episode is brought to you by three sixty Vodka, Kansas 615 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: City's hometown vodka, the official vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom. 616 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: We mentioned this in the Raiders show. It's not rivalry 617 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: unless you have a greatest moment against the Broncos or 618 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: against the Arrival in your worst moment. There has to 619 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: be one of each. I've got one of each. So 620 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna go around the room here and go through it. Now, 621 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: you you wrecked. Uh Matt went back and found some 622 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: awesome moments of you against the Raiders. Did we find 623 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: anything him against the Broncos, Yeah, send them to you 624 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 1: gave a chance to look at it, Yeah I did. 625 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: I did. You know. I'm not too proud of to 626 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: win loss record. You know, I've actually played in three 627 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: games against some loss to one one. But against the Broncos. 628 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: You know what I remember. I remember Clinton Porters and 629 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: I remember Shannon Shark. It's tough everything. I mean, I 630 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: don't the quarterback. I don't really know who the quarterback was, 631 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: but it's those two because it was so personal to 632 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: me going against that running back. Clinton Ports was just 633 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: so explosive. He kind of reminds me of the William 634 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: kids they got Now. Yeah, obviously Shannon Shark, right, one 635 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: of the best tight ends ever played the game, gold court, 636 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: gold court, coaked, Hall of Fame type tight end. And 637 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: that was a challenge for me practicing every week against 638 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: Tony Gonzalez as I prepared to go get some of 639 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: the best tight ends in the league, and he was 640 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: one that I considered the best. Yeah, I'd see my 641 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: best and worst moments, So the best one against the Broncos. 642 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: There's lots of them, because Broncho Week is fun and 643 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: special and we've had so many fun ones, like they 644 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: got real special for you and you marry Ellie. Yeah, 645 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: well now of a sudden you married into the other side. Yeah. 646 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: And I'll mention that since I met Ellie, the Chiefs 647 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: have not lost to the Broncos, so there's some good 648 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: news there. Will hopefully keep that going here. I could 649 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: go all different kinds of directions. I could go to 650 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: done Terry Poe touchdown pass that was awesome, But I 651 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: think because I'm nostalgic and I can't help myself, I 652 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: think my favorite one was Thanksgiving in two thousand and 653 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: six because that was one of the first Chiefs Broncos 654 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: games I ever attended. Went with my dad on Thanksgiving. 655 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: That was the first time there was a primetime Thanksgiving game. 656 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: It was a new thing, and the stadium was rocking, 657 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: and we got a huge win over the Broncos and 658 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: it was just so much fun. And I was still 659 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: pretty young then and just being indoctrinated into everything and 660 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: realizing how special, you know, this place could be was 661 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: a lot of fun, and so I think that was 662 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: my favorite. The low point was twenty fifteen on Thursday 663 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 1: Night Football. I mean think I have to go with 664 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: that one where Jamal had the fumble at the end 665 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: because the game was right there, seconds to overton. Yeah, 666 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: it was right there, seconds to overtime, and we played 667 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: so well, you know, but I think that was the 668 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: last time he lost to the Broncos, right it was, Yeah, 669 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: and that was the last time. So a lot of 670 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: good memories since them. But if I have to say 671 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: a low point, it was probably that game, so eleven 672 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: in a row, right, if you keeping track at I 673 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: got a bad man, I'm keeping donc we beat the Donkeys. 674 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: I put a little mark on I just like. But 675 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: obviously what um Dante Hall? Yeah, yeah, I don't recall 676 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: that being the Broncos game. I just recall when I 677 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: was envisioned it was seeing a bunch of Broncos chase 678 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: after him. So I guess it must game that has 679 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: to be one of the highlights for sure. And just 680 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: speaking of that, I don't want to hijack what yours 681 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: is matched I don't know what it is. But also 682 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: Dante had that amazing reception in Denver where he made 683 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: two guys like each other joystick. It was the human joystick. 684 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: That's the night I busted it out. Yeah, because if 685 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: you talk to Dante, everyone always wants to talk about 686 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: the kick return, yea, the pot return, But he always 687 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: wants to talk about that play because that showed what 688 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: he could do as a receiver, which I think is 689 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Yeah, he's the only guy I saw that 690 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: could run four directions at once at once. Now, I 691 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: love the two thousand and six Thanksgiving Night game because 692 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: actually the NFL did that as a favorite Lamar hunt, 693 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: because Lamar was pushing for that a third game because 694 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: Denver always gets I mean, sorry, Dallas gets the late 695 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: afternoon and Detroit gets the early game. What about the 696 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: third game? And Lamar was always pushing it. He got 697 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: to host it, and he was ill at the time 698 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: and then passed away not long after that. But my 699 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: favorite Bronco game was the ushering end of the era 700 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: that we now live in, and it was that second 701 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: game of the twenty fifteen season at Mile High because 702 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning was quarterbacking and the Chiefs nailed them. There 703 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: were eleven possessions. Go back and check this out for 704 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: you folks in the Kingdom. I think there were six 705 00:32:55,720 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: three and outs and five turnovers. Five turnovers in eleven 706 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: possessions that was, and the Chiefs basically just dominated Peyton Manning. 707 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: Now theyre going to win the Super Bowl, give him credit, 708 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: but they've not lost to that team since Shark. Hendrick 709 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: West had a big game on an angle route for 710 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I can still see it. So that was 711 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: a night where that game, it was one of those games. 712 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: It not only meant that game, but it started as 713 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: something else. Five and one half years of winning over 714 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: the Broncos and runnin sheet rock, putting all those hitches 715 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: up there in Mars. The worst moment was an nineteen 716 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 1: ninety seven playoff game. If there was replay now, and 717 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: it would have been reviews in New York, the Chiefs 718 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: might have gone on that year because that team was 719 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: a good team. But Gonzalez was ruled out of bounds. 720 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: It was his rookie season and it looks like he 721 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: was in bounds, and they just replayed that when they 722 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: were doing Gonzalez on the feature incomplete a narrow victory 723 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: by the Bronchos. Even Mike Shanahan said at one point 724 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: he goes in that whole run to the World Championship, 725 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: it was the Chiefs game that was the biggest game 726 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: and so gosh, replay where were you? But that one 727 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: hurt losing to Elway, But and then heidel My Mansion 728 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: was my rookie season and they still have this game 729 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 1: on a kiosk at the Pro Football Hall of Fame 730 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: in Canton, Ohio. Was the Montana beating Elway Monday Night 731 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: game Willie Davis at the right front pylon. Yeah, and 732 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,760 Speaker 1: that was my rookie season to do that game, Elway 733 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: versus Montana. Elway breaks the heart again. Oh no, the 734 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: hero comes out and pulls the Kingdom off the train 735 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: tracks right before the train hits. So there's been so 736 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: many awesome moments, but that was to make this rivalry cool. Yeah. Well, 737 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: I'll I had one more too, One that I didn't 738 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: experience personally, but that as a Chiefs fan everyone knows 739 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 1: about and that I've learned about over time. Was the 740 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: game where Elway couldn't hear where the Rafts were trying 741 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: to penalize the crowd because it was so loud. And 742 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: that's truly one of the games where Kansas City became 743 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City the football town, you know, because everyone always 744 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: looks back at that game. And I had a chance. 745 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,360 Speaker 1: So the ref that made the announcement that he was 746 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: going to penalize the crowd. He since passed away, but 747 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: I had a chance to talk to another ref on 748 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: that crew about that day a few years ago. I 749 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: always reposted the article because it was so interesting and 750 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: they had never experienced a crowd like that. They had 751 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: only used that rule or thought about using that rule 752 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: at places like the Kingdom, like inside, and here we 753 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: were outside and John Elway couldn't hear and the crowd 754 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: was going crazy, and the refs didn't know what to do. 755 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: They ended up not assessing a penalty. But when I 756 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: talked to these guys about it, they're just like, yeah, 757 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: we never forgot that day, and it's just so cool that. 758 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: You know. That shows how the crowd can be a 759 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: part of it. You're not just there to watch, You 760 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 1: were there to help the Chiefs win. And we're still 761 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: seeing that here in twenty twenty one. You both met 762 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: my dad. Your dad's smoke. We lost him, but my 763 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,240 Speaker 1: dad would always say be careful with fire. That watching 764 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: that game and having that referee go hey, if y'all 765 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,799 Speaker 1: don't quiet down, you're gonna get a penalty, Like, why 766 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: don't you just pour gas on the fire. Yeah, that's 767 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: like the dumbest thing you could have said, Like, dude, 768 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: it ain't gonna work. Yeah, Like, we're gonna be here 769 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: all night, so just give us penalties because we ain't 770 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: shutting up. Remember Elway looked back again at the raft 771 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 1: and the rest. Yeah, it's fantastic. So thanks for remembering that. 772 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: But it's now up to you, all of you that 773 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: are watching and listening or listening, uh you fill in 774 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: the blank, send it to us. It's capital the lowercase lowercase, lowercase, 775 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: lowercase lowercase week to touch down, down, and the celebration 776 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:24,640 Speaker 1: begins in their hand