1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Hey, you Dan, until the day when you get off 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: during this game, you may can play. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: Touchdown Chansas City the Chiefs. 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: All right, the think of it. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: Baby, everybody, and welcome once again to this edition of 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: Defending the Kingdom, which holds with your voice to the 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 2: Chiefs along the senior team reporter Matt McCullum. And now 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: we're in this time the closest thing the NFL has 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: to a plant shut down, and that's over the next 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 2: several weeks. But we're gonna keep rolling here for a 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: while and do a review of what has happened here 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: in the recent pass for the Kansas City Chiefs and 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: the Chiefs Kingdom, dealing with the ring ceremony, and then 14 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: also mandatory mini camp. But before we do that, Matt, 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: it's a defending the Kingdom tradition. I've been on the road, 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: you know, with a lot of appearances here and a 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 2: lot of you have told me how much you enjoy 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: defending the Kingdom and how much you enjoy around the world. 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: I even Metagal, who is from Germany working now in 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: the States. Loves the Chiefs from Dusseldorf, like forty five 21 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 2: kilometers from Duscheldorf. 22 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: Who's all about it. 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: So let's go around the world before we even jump 24 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,199 Speaker 2: into what we've got today for the matter at hand. 25 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, Mitch called me earlier this week and he's on 26 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 3: the road to who knows where. He's going to Omaha 27 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 3: and Hutchinson and Wichita. 28 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: And Western Kansas, every radio. 29 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: Well's catch up while he's driving all these different places. 30 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 3: But let's indeed go around the world. I forgot to 31 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 3: mention a couple of people that I met when I 32 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 3: was in Germany that I want to give shout outs to. 33 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 3: Shout out to Marcus. He's the chairman of the German Arrowheads. 34 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: That's one of the main chiefs fan clubs in Germany. 35 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 3: So shout out to Marcus. Awesome guy. I'm sure we'll 36 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 3: see a lot of him in the years to come. 37 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: Where's the headquarters of that? Is it in Frankfurt? 38 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 3: That's a good question. It might be Munich, I'm sure 39 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 3: he told me well off to ask him. But you'll 40 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 3: you'll meet Marcus, I'm sure at some point, so we'll 41 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 3: find out then. In there also shout out to Charles 42 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 3: at Ramstein Air Force Base. So if you watched your 43 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: episode a few weeks ago, that I talked about our trip. 44 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 3: I was at the b X, which is like a 45 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 3: shopping center essentially on base at Ramstein, and our cheerleaders 46 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 3: in Dotte Hall were signing autographs for hundreds of servicemen 47 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: and women that were coming through there. Well, Charles came 48 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 3: over to me with a Chief's helmet and he was like, 49 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: I'm a Kingdom defender. I love listening to the podcast 50 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: and I love listening to you and Mitch. So shout 51 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 3: out to you, Charles, thank you for defending the Kingdom 52 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 3: over there at Ramstein Air Force Base. We also have 53 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 3: Alan from Queensland, Australia. We have a listener in Surinam, 54 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 3: South America. Pretty cool hitting all the continents. 55 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Here. We have Derek. 56 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but was raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn. 57 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 3: So we said the Kingdom is represented in both places. 58 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 3: And then lastly, a shout out to Eric and Brittany 59 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: from Springfield, Missouri aka the mecca of the Chief's Kingdom 60 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: outside of Kansas City, because we always have listeners from Springfield. Eric, Yeah, right, 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: Eric and Brittany drove up here a few weeks ago 62 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 3: for our production day. We let a few lucky fans, 63 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 3: come watch behind the scenes. Look at production day, which 64 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: is where we get all of our media material for 65 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 3: the entire season with all the players, and Eric and 66 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 3: Brittany were like, hey, by the way, we love defending 67 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 3: the Kingdom. So shout out to Eric and Brittany. 68 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: You mentioned Brooklyn. 69 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 2: I was in Brooklyn not that long ago and saw 70 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: chief stuff, right, and you're going chiefs and there are chiefs. 71 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 2: It was in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn, which is 72 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: like dumblo flying elephants. No, it's down under the Manhattan 73 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: Bridge underpass, like overpass whatever anyway, So of course Chiefs 74 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: fans acronyms, love them a Chiefs fans in Brooklyn. 75 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: You're right there, love you. 76 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: We're coming your way, by the way, because we'll be 77 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: playing the Jets this year in Gotham, So awesome there. 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 2: All right, this episode is going to deal with two things. 79 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: One is the ring ceremony, and then we're really going 80 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: to spend most of the time on what you and 81 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: I saw throughout OTAs and defending the Kingdom here in 82 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: the off season. Here's a little bit like watching ted 83 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: Lasso episodes. There's kind of a prerequisite here. It's almost 84 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: like going back and watching the last two or three 85 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: defending the kingdoms for this one, particularly as it relates 86 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: to the OTAs and mandatory mini camp, but basically their 87 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: observation as a compilation of what we've seen over the 88 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: last five to six weeks with this team getting ready 89 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: for twenty twenty three. But before we do that, the 90 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 2: ring ceremony was phenomenal. It was a night it felt 91 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 2: like a fairy tale. It was so incredible. It was 92 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: like a dream for a little kid growing up in 93 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: the Chief's Kingdom to experience it, like you didn't want 94 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: the night to end. But to me, it started with 95 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 2: the Hunt family and the tribute to Norma Hunt, who 96 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: we lost just recently, was so well done by our 97 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: sixty five TPT crew. But then to see how much 98 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 2: the Hunt family put into that night, how much they 99 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 2: put in not only to the Super Bowl fifty seven rings, 100 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: but how special the Hunt family made that night to 101 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 2: make it unforgettable. 102 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll preface with this that we are living charmed 103 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 3: lives that we can compare our super Bowl victories to 104 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: one another, of winning super Bowl fifty seven and Super 105 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 3: Bowl fifty four, super Bowl fifty four was one right 106 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: on the precipice of the pandemic. So what many people 107 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 3: might not realize is we didn't have any of that 108 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 3: kind of stuff that we just enjoyed for fifty seven 109 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 3: right after Super Bowl fifty four because of COVID, we 110 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 3: couldn't do anything. Our ring ceremony as employees was like 111 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 3: a drive through event because that's the only thing that 112 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: we could do, And I mean, we were just happy 113 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 3: to get rings at all, which, again, the Hunt family 114 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 3: is so incredible that they take care of not just 115 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 3: the players and the front office staff, but also the 116 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: entire business staff, and so many game day workers even 117 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 3: get rings. Not every team does that, and we're so 118 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 3: fortunate to work for such an amazing organization that is 119 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 3: owned by such an amazing family that takes care of 120 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 3: us and knows. 121 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: That we're a part of it. 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: But with all that in mind, to have a chance 123 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: to really truly have a party and to celebrate and 124 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 3: to be with the players and our fellow business staffers 125 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 3: for Super Bowl fifty seven and to celebrate it the 126 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 3: right way for those of us that have been here 127 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 3: for both them, it kind of felt like we were 128 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 3: celebrating both of them right, and that was pretty cool. 129 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's well put. And then it was fun. We 130 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: had some fun on the red carpet. Glenn Connelly's helping 131 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 2: produce this episode. You know, he and I were together 132 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: on the red carpet interviewing guys and you were doing 133 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: the same. But the joy seeing the joy of those 134 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: guys pull up and then walk out on that red carpet, 135 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: and not just the stars that you know, but the 136 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: guys who are part of this Super Bowl Championship, guys 137 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: like DiCaprio, Bootle and just but having the night of 138 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: their life and being treated like a king or a 139 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 2: queen because of how the Hunt family approached this evening 140 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: was it was just truly remarkable and so well done. 141 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: And for them to share it with their families, I mean, 142 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: the players give everything they have to do this, and 143 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: their families don't see them a lot during the season, 144 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: and especially an off season like this where there's been 145 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 3: so much going on, there really hasn't been a moment 146 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 3: to breathe. I mean, teams that didn't make the playoffs 147 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: had two extra months off when compared to our guys, 148 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 3: and yeah, that's a great problem to have, but for 149 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 3: them to be able to bring their families along to 150 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 3: this amazing event, and for them to experience it and 151 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 3: to be a part of it was once again really cool. 152 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: You know Tray Smith brought his dad. Yeah, it was 153 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: so cool. 154 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 2: And I just I've learned to appreciate Trey's family so 155 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: much and his father. But it was well end of 156 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: the night, right, and everybody's already got the rings, and 157 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 2: I saw Trey and I go, where's your dad. He's 158 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 2: out there, like he's like hanging with flow, right, you know, 159 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: he's out there on the dance floor somewhere. So it 160 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: was just when you mentioned it was a family event 161 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 2: for many of the players and for the coaches who 162 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: spent so much time and so much sacrifice to help 163 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: the Chiefs Kingdom win. It was great to see just 164 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 2: all that be rewarded in one special evening. But if 165 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 2: you're a Chiefs fan and you're concerned about, oh, well, 166 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: they're hanging on to the twenty twenty two season, they're 167 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: hanging onto Super Bowl fifty seven, let Matt and I 168 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: put you at rest right now. Because this team, and 169 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 2: I've mentioned the three h's here. If you grow up 170 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 2: in rural areas they talk about four hs. You could 171 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: be involved in four h Let me give you three 172 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: hs that is humble, hungry, and hopeful. And this team 173 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: going into twenty twenty three of what you and I 174 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 2: saw over a basically a six week period of the 175 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: OTAs and the mandatory mini camp is a twenty twenty 176 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: three football team that is acting like they've never won 177 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: a Super Bowl before. So if you think that this 178 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: team is resting on its laurels, think again. I know 179 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 2: how tough the AFC is. Everybody's all in. You start 180 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: to rank the quarterbacks in the NFL, most of them 181 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 2: of those tops seven or eight or nine or ten 182 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 2: are in the AFC. Matt and I get all that, 183 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 2: But Matt, we saw a lot of work already done 184 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: to get ready for training camp. This twenty twenty three 185 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: Chiefs team excited about receiving rings, but there is no 186 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 2: satisfaction or resting on their laurels. 187 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 3: Which is pretty amazing. Now, keep in mind that a 188 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 3: lot of the players that were on the Super Bowl 189 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 3: fifty seven team were not on the Super Bowl fifty 190 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 3: four team. The vast majority of them were not on it. 191 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: So a lot of these guys are hungry to win 192 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 3: another one because they just got their first championship, or 193 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 3: it's a matter of bringing rookies in or young players 194 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 3: or players from other teams who have never won a 195 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: Super Bowl and they saw how awesome that was and 196 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 3: they're like, hey, I want to win mine. And you 197 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: couple that with the fact that Patrick Mahomes and Travis 198 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 3: Kelcey are the two most competitive people on planet Earth 199 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 3: and are never going to be complacent with two championships. 200 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 3: And I actually have a quote I wanted to read you. 201 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 3: This is something that Patrick said a few days ago 202 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 3: that really stood out to me and I think really 203 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: epitomizes him as a competitor. So he was asked about 204 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 3: how he doesn't burn out, How do you keep motivated? 205 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: Why are you still so hungry after being so successful 206 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: early on in your career. Here's what he said. For me, 207 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 3: It's about maximizing the moment. I know that I'm not 208 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 3: always going to have this team. I never have regrets 209 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 3: about when I play my best and we lose, But 210 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: I don't ever want to have the regret of not 211 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 3: giving my best every single day and looking back and saying, hey, 212 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 3: we had the team and I didn't do what I 213 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 3: needed to do in order to put us in the 214 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: right position. It's not always about winning the Super Bowl. 215 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: It's about leaving everything out there every single day to 216 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 3: give yourself the best chance. I think about fans and 217 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 3: we're just fans at the end of the day, and 218 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 3: media members, and they'll often ask players when they don't 219 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 3: win the championship, was the season of failure? And I 220 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 3: think Patrick Mahomes, if presented with that question, would answer 221 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 3: with this that as long as he goes out there 222 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 3: and gives it everything he has, he can live with that. 223 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: And I really respect that. 224 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: And that's why a guy like Patrick, who has achieved 225 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 3: so much already in his young career, he knows that 226 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 3: every single time he goes out there, he has to 227 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 3: give us all. And when he looks back on his career, 228 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 3: I think he's going to have a whole bunch more 229 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 3: super Bowl titles. But I think the thing he'll be 230 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 3: most proud of is that every single season he gave 231 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 3: it all that he had and always gave his team 232 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 3: a chance to win. That's the beauty of this team. 233 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 2: And he does it because he wants to do it 234 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: for the rest of his teammates. Let me put this 235 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: in perspective, so Patrick Mahomes last year, just to review, 236 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 2: was the fifth quarterback in the life as forty seasons 237 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 2: to have forty plus touchdowns. All those the four previous 238 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 2: before Patrick, we're all in the MVPs of that season. 239 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: All four of those went to the Super Bowl and lost. 240 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 2: So Patrick all time record in total offensive yards, breaking 241 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 2: Drew Brees' record, which Patrick did in twenty twenty two 242 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: forty one touchdown passes, but wins the Super Bowl, first 243 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 2: human ever to do that in the history of the 244 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: National Football League. And yet to watch him work during 245 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 2: the OTAs him and Travis Kelcey. We know about the 246 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: seven one thousand yard seasons and what Kelsey has done. 247 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 2: Now only Jerry Rice has eclipsed Travis Kelcey in the 248 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 2: postseason as far as touchdown productivity. But Matt, there's five 249 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 2: observations we want to make quickly in this Defending the 250 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: Kingdom podcast. The first one is the work habits of 251 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey during the off season is 252 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: something that is energy and motivates everybody on this rosters 253 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 2: phenomenal to watch them work as if they're trying to 254 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 2: make the team. 255 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,239 Speaker 1: As an undrafted free agent. 256 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: And I've said this almost during almost all of our 257 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 3: offseason episodes at this point about Patrick and Travis. But 258 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 3: for Patrick, who is the first reigning Super Bowl and 259 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 3: NFL MVP since Kurt Warner in nineteen ninety nine, for 260 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 3: him to come out here and play the way that 261 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 3: he does when he doesn't need to do this, he 262 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 3: does it because he wants to get better. And the 263 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 3: same for Travis, who has seven consecutive one thousand yard seasons, 264 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 3: is going to Canton one day as probably the greatest 265 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 3: tight end of all time. You have those two guys 266 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: out here working like they're trying to make the squad. 267 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 3: If you are any other player on this roster, you 268 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 3: see that and you say, I have to work as 269 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 3: hard as those guys because of those guys who would 270 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: be in the Hall of Fame today if they're retired, 271 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: If they're working this hard in May and in June, 272 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 3: I need to work that hard. And that culture permeates 273 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: throughout the entire roster. 274 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: And we've seen other big time quarterbacks in this league 275 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: actually skip OTAs leave it to somebody else. 276 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 2: I'll see a training camp and to me, it's unimaginable 277 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: that they would do that. When I see Patrick Mahomes 278 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: and Travis Kelsey work the way they do, We're lucky 279 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 2: is what we are, oh man. And second is the 280 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: increase in talent. Now, this is where if you haven't 281 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: watched the last several episodes of Defending the Kingdom, kind 282 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: of go back and binge it if you want to. 283 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: But this is a compilation of leading up to a thought. 284 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 2: Here is the increase in talent. It starts with an 285 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: increase in talent. And what happened with the unstricted unrestricted 286 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 2: free agents during the free agent season. The adding of 287 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 2: two starting offensive tackles basically in Donovan Smith and Jawan Taylor. 288 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 2: Blaine Gabbert impressed me during the OTAs. I mean, this 289 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 2: guy is a talented cat who's now the backup quarterback. 290 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: He had a Richie James at wide receiver. We're excited 291 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: about the addition of Drew Tranquil at linebacker. But those 292 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 2: unrestricted free agents, the pro free agents who have been 293 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 2: a veteran free agents somewhere else, I think has elevated 294 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 2: the overall talent of this team. And we're going now 295 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 2: down the line, but that group to me impressive of 296 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 2: this offseason. 297 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 3: The Chiefs have been really good in the Brettveitch era 298 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 3: of not getting too absorbed in big money free agency. 299 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 3: But when they find the right guy, they will give 300 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 3: them a large contract. And otherwise they supplement the roster 301 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 3: with really good, solid players who they don't have to 302 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 3: throw a gigantic amount of capital at, but the right 303 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 3: amount and they can bring these guys in and they 304 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 3: all make up the hole. And a lot of the 305 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: guys you mentioned really fall into that category. But also 306 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 3: Mike Edwards on defense safety from the Tampa Bay He's 307 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 3: been injured through much of OTA's but he's a player 308 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 3: that will be in the mix in this defensive back room. 309 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 3: Dion Bush from a couple of years ago is a 310 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: guy that comes to mind. Not a big name free 311 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 3: agent by any means, but becomes a four core special teamer. 312 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 3: And if you go back and watch the game the 313 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 3: Chiefs beat the Chargers in La that interception at the 314 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 3: very end of the game, Deon Bush was the one 315 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 3: that deflected that pass that landed in Nick Bolton's arms, 316 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 3: and Charles minihewe as a player I'm very excited about 317 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 3: along the Chief's defensive line. He was second the forty 318 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 3: nine ers in pressures last season behind only Nick Bosa. 319 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: And he's a versatile defender. You can play him outside 320 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: as an edge rusher, but also inside as a major 321 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 3: mismatch against guards because of his length and power. So 322 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 3: what the Chiefs have been so good at is merging 323 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 3: all the different ways you can acquire players. And we'll 324 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 3: talk about the other ways, but first round picks, late 325 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 3: round draft picks, u DFAs, and free agents who maybe 326 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 3: aren't going to break the bank. They combine all of that, 327 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 3: I really think better than any other team. 328 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: And what do you do with the draft class as 329 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: good as the twenty twenty two class, Well, you put 330 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: bring in some dudes in the twenty three class. Now, 331 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 2: Felix Ndadukio Ozama who was injured and the last play 332 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: the Sugar Bowl against Alabama was a little bit slow 333 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: because he's recovering from some surgery in the offseason, but 334 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 2: Rashi Rice getting up the speed at wide receiver Chamari Connor, 335 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: you could see how jan Ye Morris, who was working 336 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 2: all over the place, left tackle, right tackle, guard, you 337 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 2: could see kind of the long term thoughts for him. 338 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 2: And then a guy like Nick Jones, a seventh round 339 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: pick at a ball State, who you and I are going? 340 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: How did he like to the seventh round? More elevation 341 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: of talent from this draft class. 342 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 3: When you're talking about how the Chiefs overall talent level 343 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 3: and their depth has increased in recent years, the defensive 344 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: back room is a great example of that, just how 345 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 3: it's grown over the last two seasons. They've almost completely 346 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 3: overhauled it. With the exception of Lagerius Sneed, almost everyone 347 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: else is new and they're all good, athletic and young. 348 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 3: You take the Fab five from last year, which was 349 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 3: Trent McDuffie, Brian Cook, Joshua Williams, Nazi Johnson, and Jalen Watson. 350 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 3: All those five guys who all contributed to a Super 351 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 3: Bowl championship last year. They're all going to get better 352 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: going into this season. Justin Reid said as much earlier 353 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 3: this offseason. He said, those guys are light years ahead 354 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 3: of where they were during this time last year. So 355 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 3: get excited about that. But you then supplement those guys 356 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 3: who are all going to be contributors with a player 357 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 3: like Nick Jones at a ball State or Tamari Connor 358 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 3: out of Virginia Tech, and all of a sudden, you 359 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 3: have an embarrassment of riches here where you have a 360 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 3: bunch of very young athletic players who can come in 361 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 3: and compete and you don't necessarily have to rely on 362 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 3: them to be filling shoes that are greater than what 363 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 3: they're ready for. You can expect them to come in 364 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 3: play their role, and if one of them gets injured 365 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: or for some reason isn't as effective one week or 366 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 3: the other, you have other players that can step in 367 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 3: and fill that void. And the Chiefs have not always 368 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 3: had that during the Patrick Mahomes era. So the defensive 369 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 3: back room, based on what they've done, particularly through the draft, 370 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: is very exciting. 371 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 2: You can go back, We're going to kind of crop 372 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: ust this one, and that's the undrafted free agents. Even 373 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 2: a trout guy like Echo Boido that's a previous episode, 374 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 2: but a guy like Generic Prince gets real exciting at 375 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: the University of Tulsa when you look at the linebackers 376 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 2: that they had Cam Jones coming in and. 377 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: It's just ahead of those guys not get drafted. 378 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: I mean, but that's gonna be something to watch during 379 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 2: training camp and something that will emphasize. But what this 380 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 2: has led to now and I think you and I 381 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 2: agree on this is the fact that this Chiefs team, 382 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 2: which has been notable for its creativity on offense specifically, 383 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: but it's underrated on its creativity on defense. With this 384 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 2: infusion of even more talent, Matt, I think going into 385 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three season, we're seeing even more creativity 386 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 2: on both sides of the ball now with what you 387 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 2: talked about with that dB room and with the linebacker 388 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: room in specific, elevating talent over the last two to 389 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: three seasons. Now Steve Spagnolo can do very unique and 390 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 2: even more different things than he's even done in the 391 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: last couple of seasons. And that's where it gets excited, 392 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 2: because that gives you an edge in an uber competitive AFC. 393 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 3: We've been banging the drum of versatility over the last 394 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 3: several months, and that's because we truly believe this might 395 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 3: be the most versatile defense Spags has had in his 396 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 3: time here. And that's an exciting thought because, like I 397 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 3: was mentioning about the defensive backs, you can mix and 398 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 3: match guys, so many guys are interchangeable because there's not 399 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 3: much of a drop off. The Chiefs have had I 400 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 3: think better defenses in recent seasons than they get credit for. 401 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 3: But if you go back and look at some recent defenses, 402 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 3: I think at times they were a bit top heavy 403 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 3: and maybe the depth wasn't necessarily always there over the 404 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 3: course of a long season. I don't really believe that 405 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 3: with this defense. I think it's really strong all the 406 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: way throughout, and that doesn't mean that they won't have 407 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: growing pains at times, but I have confidence that we're 408 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 3: going to see growth from this entire group, from the 409 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 3: best guy on defense to the guy fighting to make 410 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 3: the roster on defense, really throughout this season. And that's 411 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 3: just exciting if you're a Chiefs fan. Because Patrick Mahomes 412 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 3: in this offense, we know they're going to be good, 413 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 3: and this defense, I truly believe, might have a chance 414 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 3: to be the best defense, at least on paper that 415 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 3: we've seen in the Patrick Mahomes era. 416 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 2: And in the Andy Reider I think too, and this 417 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 2: eleventh season of coach Reid. So that'll be something to 418 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 2: monitor during the time in Saint Joseph. But again, the 419 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: defensive talent in specific, and then people go, what can 420 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 2: they do more creative on offense? They've already run snow globe, 421 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 2: they've run corn Dog, They've run Jet Chip Wasp, They've 422 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: run the nineteen forty eight Rose Bowl play. 423 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: Just get ready. 424 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: There's a whole another batch of stuff that this team 425 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 2: is bringing, and with the skill set that they're going 426 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 2: to bring to training camp on the offensive side, the 427 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 2: creativity is not stopping. In fact, it's enhanced as well. 428 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 3: And I'll tell you the position to watch is full back. 429 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 3: And you're probably saying, Matt, we don't have a full 430 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 3: back on the roster for the first twenty thirteen. I 431 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 3: know that, but that doesn't mean it's going away in 432 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 3: this offense. Just watch what coach Reed does with the 433 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 3: full back spot this season. You're going to see so 434 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 3: many different players line up in that spot and used 435 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 3: in all these different kinds of ways, and defenses are 436 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 3: not going to know how to stop it. An example 437 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 3: of that that we even saw in the Super Bowl 438 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 3: is go back and watch the first drive of the 439 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 3: second half. This is the drive that set the tone 440 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 3: for the rest of the game. There was a third 441 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 3: and short and Sky Moore was at running back. Jerick 442 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 3: McKinnon was in the traditional fullback spot. It was a 443 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 3: quick trap handoff to Jeric, who broke free for like 444 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: a fifteen yard gain really got the offense rolling out 445 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: and score. You know how that story ended, Expect more 446 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: of that. We're going to see a lot of different 447 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: players in the backfield, a lot of different guys utilized 448 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 3: in that fullback spot. I'm excited about how Coach Reed 449 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: is going to utilize that area. It's weird not having 450 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 3: a fullback for the first time in ten years, but 451 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 3: I'm excited to see what Coach Reed does with that 452 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 3: spot because just because there's not a player with an 453 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 3: FB next to their name, you're going to see that 454 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 3: spot utilized a lot in this offense. 455 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 2: And the tight end group, to me, was very impressive, 456 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 2: even guy like Kendall Blanton or Matt Bushman that joins 457 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 2: the other four that are already here, and that the 458 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 2: versatility of that tight end group leads you to that, hey, hype, 459 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 2: what are you going to do without a fullback? But 460 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: there's all kinds of we're not giving away government secrets here. 461 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: There's going to be all kinds of different mix and 462 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 2: match that Coach Reid will do along with Matt Naggy 463 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 2: on this offense. And that's where you get excited. If 464 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 2: you think you're going to know what the Chiefs are 465 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 2: running based on personnel or what they've done of the 466 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 2: past several years. Think again, a whole bunch of stuff 467 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: coming that it's going to be defenses are going to 468 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: have to prepare for or be surprised by. And again 469 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 2: that gives you an edge in an uber competitive AFC. 470 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 2: And finally, our final point is it's something that you 471 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 2: and I saw very early on in the spring, was 472 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 2: with this increase in talent, would be a renaissance of 473 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 2: sorts of the Chiefs. 474 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: Being dominant, dominant in every. 475 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 2: Special team's face. Let's put it in perspective. From twenty 476 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 2: thirteen to twenty twenty, in those first years of the 477 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: Andy Reid time here in Kansas City, the Chiefs had 478 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 2: thirteen special teams scores. The Chiefs were twelve and one 479 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 2: in those thirteen games. Now, the last two seasons in 480 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 2: the regular season, there have been no special team scores. 481 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: It's not just a punt returner kick return. 482 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 2: I'm talking to block kick or being explosive in those areas. 483 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 2: With this increase in talent on both the offensive and 484 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 2: defensive side of the ball, my prediction will be a 485 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 2: return to being explosive and Special Teams in twenty twenty three, 486 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 2: again in an incredibly competitive AFC that gives you another 487 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: edge in winning games that you may not have the 488 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 2: chance to win. Just think of Super Bowl fifty seven 489 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 2: and Kadarius Tony's sixty. 490 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: Five yard punt return. 491 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: You get that on a regular basis during the regular season, 492 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 2: and you put a pressure on an opponent in all 493 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 2: three phases. That's where you become a decimating foe for others. 494 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 3: The saga of the Chief Special Teams Unit last year 495 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 3: is so fascinating to look back on because we all 496 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 3: know there were struggles, at times uncharacteristic struggles during the 497 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: season for the Chief Special Teams Unit, and as you said, 498 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 3: they grew from that, and without the Chief Special Teams 499 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 3: that they don't win the AFC. The Chief Special Teams 500 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 3: Unit helped win that AFC Towle game against the Bengals 501 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 3: and helped win the Super Bowl. So it was an 502 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 3: amazing story. And it's not the guys we all know 503 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 3: about like Harrison Bucker and Tommy Townsend, James Winchester. It's 504 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 3: the guys on the blocking units. It's the guys in coverage. 505 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 3: A lot of players were new to that system last year, 506 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 3: and for the guys returning, they have a year under 507 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 3: their belt now. So I expect the special teams to 508 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 3: be better even if because of that, because guys like 509 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 3: Nazi Johnson, who I think has a chance to be 510 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 3: one of the best special teamers in the NFL this year, 511 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 3: has a full year under his belt. A guy like 512 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 3: Jack Cochran has a year under his belt in the 513 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: special teams unit, so that helps. But also drafting players 514 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 3: like Tamari Connor and BJ Thompson and Nick Jones, who 515 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 3: you when you saw him drafted for the Chiefs during 516 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 3: draft weekend you probably say to yourself, well, I don't 517 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 3: think they're starters right away. Well think again, because they 518 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 3: could end up starting on special teams and that's important. 519 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,719 Speaker 3: Jamari Connor was an excellent special teamer during his time 520 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 3: at Virginia Tech. Just go back and watch him as 521 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 3: a coverage player, excellent, excellent special teams player. We're adding 522 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 3: him to this unit. And guys like Nick Jones and 523 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 3: BJ Thompson, who Bj Thompson could be like a Tono 524 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 3: Passieno kind player on field goal blocks. He's so long 525 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 3: and athletic and has big, long arms where you can 526 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 3: swat a kick out of the sky. So those guys 527 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 3: are coming into a group that already has a year 528 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 3: of experience under their belt. I definitely expect this group 529 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 3: to be better. And you mentioned Denrek Prince earlier. I 530 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 3: think he has a great shot to be our kickoff 531 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 3: return man this year. He's got to earn that. But 532 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 3: that group could be very good as well. 533 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 2: Again, if you're an opponent and you're playing the Chiefs, 534 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: they're so hard to prepare to play when you look 535 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 2: at the volume of offense that the Chiefs present. If 536 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: you're looking at a defensive group that could be Spags 537 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 2: as best and deepest and most creative, and then a 538 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 2: special teams unit that does not let you rest in 539 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 2: the way they cover, in the way they return, and 540 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 2: the way they kick. All of a sudden, Now you 541 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 2: just put pressure on an opponent in every phase, and 542 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 2: that's the way you try to repeat and become a 543 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: Super Bowl champion in Super Bowl fifty eight against an 544 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: AFC that's just loaded and ready to take you out. 545 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 3: And there's players that maybe won't make the roster right 546 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 3: away as undrafted free agents, but could make the practice 547 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 3: squad and could be elevated at some point, and I 548 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 3: feel really good about the crop of players we have 549 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 3: kind of in that realm. A player like Cam Jones, 550 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 3: a linebacker from Indiana, really good player who would have 551 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 3: been drafted if he didn't hurt his foot early in 552 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 3: the season. Isaiah Moore, another linebacker from NC State, and 553 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 3: Isaiah Norman, a dB from Marshall. Just players that have 554 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 3: stood out and would really fit that mold as a 555 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 3: really good coverage special teamer. And maybe they don't make 556 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 3: the roster in late August, but if they're on that 557 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 3: practice squad and you need them for a game in 558 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 3: Week ten, you can rely on these guys to make place. 559 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 3: So I just feel really good about the talent throughout 560 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 3: this entire roster. You always want to say that every summer, 561 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 3: but I really truly believe it. And you don't typically 562 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 3: have a Super Bowl champion who has money invested in 563 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 3: their quarterback and in other players that are able to 564 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 3: say that because they're normally going all in. Well, the 565 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 3: Chiefs have done a great job of managing this window 566 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 3: where they can supplement their roster with not just great players, 567 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 3: but also a whole bunch of really solid, good players 568 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 3: who can come in and play a role. 569 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 2: It was a night we'll never forget. It's a ring that, 570 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 2: in many ways is the most spectacular ring in National 571 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: Football League history. We should have worn it today, should 572 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 2: have Yeah, but know this, Chiefs Kingdom, This is a 573 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 2: team that is never satisfied. Tun tucks down, wash it down, 574 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 2: and the celebration begins to their head.