WEBVTT - NFL REPORT: Chiefs Dynasty in the Making 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.400 We just never lost it in Vegas and that's a 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:08.160 bottom line. 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:14.280 Oh yeah, welcome to the post Super Bowl NFL Report, 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.520 White and my co pilot James Oliver. And that sound 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.600 you heard was Titan Travis Kelcey last June at a 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.040 golf tournament in Hawaii that I hope MC for Patrick 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.800 Mahomes Foundation. He made it abundantly clear we don't lose 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:32.879 in Vegas, JP, and we saw Sunday they sure as 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:33.440 hell do. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.040 They do not, Steve. We have a slam Pak show today. 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.800 We have Nate Taylor from the Athletic for the chief 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:43.200 side of things. We have Matt Moyoko from NBC Bay 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.000 Area on the forty nine ers thing. Ian Rappaport's gonna 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.519 break down what it might take to move up to 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:51.160 number one and get that spot from the Chicago Bears. 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.800 But we're gonna start with bigger news and the guy 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.160 of the hour, Patrick Mahomes. I had to ask Brett Veach, 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:01.640 the general manager on the field in Las Vegas, you 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.440 thought he was the best player on the planet when 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:05.520 you evaluated and moved up to trade for him. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.679 Now what's your evaluation, Prett? No different? 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:11.640 I've got you know, I kind of thought, if you 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:13.880 just tell him a field goal, how we'll find a way. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.280 And I am not surprised at all. In fact, there 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.200 was an air of confidence, you know, in our in 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:22.120 our stands, we were sitting, you know, once I hit 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:23.479 the field gold, all kind. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:23.679 Of all center. 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:25.399 So we're gonna win the same we're gonna win the state. 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:26.959 Because that's how good Pat is, and that's how much 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.600 your faith and trust we have in him. So you 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.039 know he's the best. And you know when you play 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.280 a teacher about score touchdowns, man, you can't be fall 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.200 in fifteen ten. It's came over. 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.479 He did not live, He did not tell a lot 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:45.040 right there. Absolutely r JP. 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.960 Let's get to bigger news, man, because it is absolutely 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:49.440 that time. 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:50.960 So the bigger news. 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:55.760 Patrick Mahomes doing it again, winning his third Super Bowl 0:01:55.800 --> 0:02:00.760 and third Super Bowl MVP or that great chief defense 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:06.200 limiting Niners receivers George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:10.800 to a total of zero touchdowns, eighty six yards and 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:11.960 eight catches. 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.440 This is tough, and I want to talk to defense, 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.160 and I hope you give me the opportunity to, but 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.200 I have to say it's Patrick Mahomes. I mean we 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:23.560 are entering rarefied air now. As at twenty eight years old, 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:27.840 he already has the third most postseason wins of all time, 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.480 only behind Tom Brady and Joe Montana. And what he 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.639 was able to do late in this game, and I 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.680 want to specifically talk about what he did with his legs. 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.840 I had a conversation with David Gardi, their quarterback coach, 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:41.440 on the field after the game, and he told me 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.760 we were very calm heading into that overtime. Our conversation 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:47.680 on the sideline was this, if they keep sinking back, Steve, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.160 take the underneath stuff and use your legs. And you're 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.960 seeing him do it again right here. Their faith in 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.720 him as a runner is much more than probably people think. 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.400 And when I've talked to his personal people around him 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:02.839 that worked with him, they believe that The Chiefs think 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.919 he can take hits like a running back. He can 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:06.960 move just as well as anybody else in the field. 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:09.760 They put in work so he knows who and where 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:11.680 he can go on the field, who we can run around. 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:15.320 It's just every added element he has to make him 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.880 the best player on the field when things aren't even 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:21.680 going right, just makes him all the more unstoppable and 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.560 adding that element in the fourth quarter, just you knew 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.160 once he took the field, just like Brett Veach told us, 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.520 they kicked a field goal, Mahomes is going to go 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.280 down there and get a touchdown and in a Super 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:32.520 Bowl against a team as. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:33.400 Good as a Niner. Steve. 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:35.920 To have that thought while we're sitting next to each 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.120 other in the press box is remarkable. 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:40.960 Yeah, just like, Okay, he's got this. They're really going 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:41.600 to do this for us. 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.600 We were talking to Matt Mayoko of NBC Bay Areas 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.680 Sports a little bit more about that, but it's obviously 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:48.400 Patrick Mahomes. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.120 Like you said, we're watching history right now. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.440 We're seeing Tom Brady and Peyton Manning with the ability 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:57.480 to run, and we saw some of these quarterbacks, especially 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.000 in crunch time, think they've got to make the spectacle 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.280 played to win the ball game. He's like, no, I'm 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.520 seeing Travis Kelcey getting manned up against Fred Warner, one 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.000 of the best linebackers in the NFL. We're gonna hit 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:11.240 him on a crossing route because Kelsey has his body 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.640 towards him and he's got the speed on him. So 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.920 let's just go ahead and make that work. We're seeing 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.479 highlights here of rashe Rice, but he's just taking it. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:19.719 We don't need to we don't need to win it 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.039 right away, right We're just gonna do what we have 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.240 to do because that's how we've had to win for 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.160 the past three years when defenses started to change when 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.919 they played it so JP, I hope everybody you know. 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.160 A big question all week, and I hate it because 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.200 it's kind of lazy commentary. Is what if a lady 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.200 say to people who are getting tired of the chief success. 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:42.239 I'm like, well, you better enjoy it because number fifteen 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.400 is that dude, and he is not going anywhere. And 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.840 to add, he's got to be one of the most 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.080 likable people in the NFL. 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:55.320 He really is holy respect everything about Patrick. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.080 Mahomes it is remarkable. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.960 And I mentioned I want to mention the defense because 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.640 Trent McDuffie told me on the field Steve after the game, 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.880 I said, what'd you guys change? He goes Spags came 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.880 to us in the secondary and said, we're going, man, 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:09.279 I'm going to lean on you. 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.280 Our front's going to take care of the run. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.640 We need you guys to take care of business, and 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.440 I saw these stats and they blew me away. They 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.000 went cover zero Steve twenty one percent of the time, 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.160 the average against the forty nine ers six cover one 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.360 forty percent of the time, the average for the year 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.880 twenty three percent. He went man sixty four percent of 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.760 the time. Teams only did that about thirty percent of 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.560 time against the Niners. And this group was able to 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.840 go out and handle that entire group. Lugarius Need told me, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:38.360 I want to take the hearts out of their chest. 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.560 That's a talented, talented group back there that did things 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.760 against the Niners formationally that nobody had the guts to do. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.120 And Steve Spagnola went out and did it. What's our 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.839 next bigger news, Steve, We're going bigger news. 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.880 The Niners players saying that they weren't aware of the 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:57.400 playoff overtime rules or jp the boxed punt return the 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:01.120 final moments of the third quarter that's guarded four consecutive 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.119 scores by the Chiefs, allowing them to tie the game 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.120 and to go into overtime. 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.960 I'm gonna say the botch punt because what the Chiefs 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.039 do is they hang around, they wait for a mistake, 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:12.719 and then bam. 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:13.360 They pounced. 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.200 Because I want to take you back to what happened 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.159 before this punt. Remember, Steve, they come out of halftime, 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.880 the snap goes bad, the pitch goes bad. Do they 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.239 lose twelve yards trying to get to Isaiah Pacheco? 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:25.320 Third and one? They have to call time out. I 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.440 don't know why, but then they still don't get it. 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.800 In third and one, they punt and then they get 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:31.640 you know, they get down back in you know, their 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:32.360 own territory. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:32.800 Once again. 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.080 They had nothing. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:38.440 Going offensively until this mishap and then one play touchdown, 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.320 and they scored on every drive. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.400 After it was you know that play and first off, 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.200 that was not a Ray Ray McLeod the punt returner. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.800 He was trying to get on that great point. Well 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.839 hit a teammate, so you know, people need to stop, 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.760 you know, giving him grief. But that changed everything. The Niners, 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.840 as ineffective as they were in terms of capitalizing on opportunities, 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.040 that opened the door. You know, the Chiefs get the ball, 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.320 they score on the next play on the touchdown pass 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:04.080 mvs I. 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.960 Believe, and that's that thing's in motion. 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:11.200 That's when everybody in that stadium felt Okay, here we go, 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.080 right and then don't forget the Niners went down and 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.400 scored a couple times after that, but they kicked field goals, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.119 and that was the huge thing going on right here. 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.400 The chief was scoring touchdowns, the Niners were scoring field goals. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.600 You know, we're going to talk to Matt Mayoko about 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:29.080 all of the discussion about the overtime rules. But frankly, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.160 had that mistake on the punt return not happened, I 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.520 don't think we're going here. Let's also not forget the 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.600 Niners had a pat blocked. That's not getting enough discussion 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:44.240 when it talks about them not capitalizing, because if they 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.520 convert that pat, that game could have been over in regulation. 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.040 That's a great point, Steve. We don't talk about special 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.240 teams enough. We probably don't talk about Harrison Bucker enough 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.520 of what he's done this entire postseason. And then oh yeah, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.160 he bangs a fifty seven yarder on the next drive. 0:07:58.200 --> 0:07:59.840 After you mentioned when the forty nine ers went down, 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.640 answered you had a brilliant, brilliant postseason for the Kansas 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.480 City Chiefs. And speaking of the Chiefs, we're going to 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.000 have Nate Taylor of the Athletic join the NFL Report 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.520 next to talk about Andy Reid and how much longer 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:14.600 is he going to be coaching in Kansas City. It 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.600 could be years to come. 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It was like a who's who 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.840 of people and one picture that's standing out to be 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.800 the most. As Nate Taylor joins us from the Athletic 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.960 Steve is Mahomes on the ground with his hands up 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.800 and if you've seen the ZAC, same pick sure of 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.000 Michael Jordan with the ball laying on the ground in 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.920 almost the exact same pose. That's the comp we're starting 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.959 to have Nate for Patrick Mahomes. But I want to 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.080 go to the man before we start this chat that 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.320 runs this entire thing, and that's Big Red Andy Reid. 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:21.160 Where there was speculation about him potentially retiring before this game. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.600 So that was the very first question I wanted to 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:25.880 ask owner Clark Hunt when I had a chance to 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.720 speak with him right after the game. 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:29.640 Roll the tape, Elsie, what. 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:31.839 Is your pitch as owner Clark to just make sure 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.600 Andy stays as long as humanly possible in Kansas City. 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.679 My pitch to him is Patrick's under contract for another 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:43.360 eight years. I know Andy loves what he's doing. We 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:47.720 certainly appreciate him as a family. Our organization is what 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.720 it is because of Andy, and he's got a special 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.760 relationship with everybody in it. I'm expecting him to be 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:54.720 back next year and we'll be going for the three. 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:58.560 P Absolutely great stuff right there, from Clark Hunt to Nate. 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.160 Let me bring you into this now, because James and 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.720 I we know Andy well, we know people around him well, 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.079 and without coaching, it seems like Andy would. 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:09.920 Be almost lost. 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.520 Was there ever any real thought from the people you've 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.560 spoken with to him not coming back next season? 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:16.920 No? 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:17.880 No, Steve. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.920 You know, it's been one of the more I guess, 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.880 fascinating subplots of this past season, the fact that Indy 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:28.280 Reed could potentially retire. I know, as it stands right now, 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.160 he's the oldest coach in the NFL, but he's still 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.760 got multiple years on his contract. I actually think, you know, 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.600 one of the things we can discuss maybe at the 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.720 Combine in a few weeks, is will Clark give Andy 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.600 Reid an extension another one or two years onto his 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.800 deal just because I Andy Ree could coach probably until 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:48.240 he's about seventy. You know, we saw his wife Tammy 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.560 on the field after the game. She clearly wants him 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.240 to continue coaching. There's no rush from the family standpoint 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.160 for him to stop working. So given where he is 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.160 right now, given where the franchise is, I expect Andrey 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.800 not only the coach in twenty twenty four, but likely 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.480 twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six, and even twenty twenty 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.120 eight as it currently stands right. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.680 Now, based on everyone I've talked to in the organization. 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:15.000 There we go, There we know right, Nay. 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.120 I had a really interesting nugget told to me on 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.160 the sideline pregame, speaking to one of the coaches who's 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.839 been tight with Andy he for a long time now, 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.320 and I said, is there any chance Andy retires? He 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.959 was like, hell no, and this was the reason why. 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.480 And I found this fascinating. He said, Back when I 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.560 started with Andy, it was about Andy sleeping on the 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.320 couch till about week seven every year, where he felt 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.360 like he had to spend all of his time at 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.480 the facility finding a way to call the perfect game. 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:44.800 And that's the way he felt about it. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:45.120 He said. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.520 You fast forward to now, in the last couple of years, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.400 Andy is leaving the facility. 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.440 Earlier and earlier and earlier. 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.480 Because there is an added comfort level of working with 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:00.560 Patrick that he hasn't added. Feel that it is worked 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:05.359 out probably faster. Mahomes keeps carrying more himself. The communication 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.360 continues to grow, and if Andy's days aren't like what 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:12.000 I described years ago, I'm not sure if that holds 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.360 him back by any stretch and going years to come. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:15.440 If it's starting. 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.520 I don't want to say the NFL is easy, but 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.960 if it just the process of it during the week 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:25.560 is less time consuming to some extent, right. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.719 And you have to realize too that Andy Reed has 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.240 never had it better, He's never had it this good, 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.320 even though we all know he's a future Hall of Famer. 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.440 But not only does he have the best quarterback in 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.840 the league, but he has one of the best defenses 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.120 in the league, which was the youngest unit this season 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.839 on that side of the all. So with everything going on, 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.440 he still has the Spagnolo, he still has Matt n Aggie. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.760 Even Eric you and Me obviously is sort of out 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:52.480 there as a free agent coach. I wonder if he 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.760 will have some conversations with Andy about potentially joining the 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:59.520 staff again. Obviously, he's got a collection of players the most. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.640 You know, the probably the two biggest free agents for 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.560 the Chiefs are Lagarious Need and Chris Jones. So if 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.760 they're able to, you know, retain those guys, then obviously 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:11.120 a three pet is in real it's a real possibility, 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.400 even despite the fact that the league is very hard 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.720 obviously to win, even back to back. So because of 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.600 the way everything nd Reed has structured right now, I 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.000 do get the sense that there would be no reason 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:25.080 for him to burn the midnight oil the way he 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.080 used to. But at the same time, he's got a 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.160 lot of trust with Brett Veach, the front office and 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.000 obviously his coaching staff that he's really maintained and cultivated 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.520 over the last decade since he's been in Kansas City. 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.480 Nay, since you just mentioned Lagarious Need and Chris Joes, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.360 who you know are going to be free agents coming up, 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:46.680 what is the focus on retaining them? Because the one 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.320 thing we've seen out of the Chiefs the past couple 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.640 of years, they've gotten rid of big ticket players and 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:52.800 continued to win. 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.400 Yes, and just to name a few, one of the 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.000 bigger surprises with Tyron Matthew a couple of years ago, 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.760 they obviously place him to Justin Reid. Frank Clark is 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.960 no longer on the team right Orlando Brown was a 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:08.160 Pro Bowl left tackle. They let him walk in free agency. 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.240 So there's obviously a chance that one of these guys 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:12.680 may not be on the team next year, whether word 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.760 it's Lagarious Need or Chris Jones. The easier way for 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.760 the Chiefs right now is it is in my perspective, 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.720 and what I've been told is it's probably easier for 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.120 the Chiefs to maintain Lagarious Need. They can obviously use 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.720 the franchise tag if they want to have more time 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.880 to negotiate with him on a potential two to three 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.400 year deal to keep him, you know, over the course 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.720 of the prime of his career. He's twenty seven. It's 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.200 going to be a lot harder potentially for Chris Jones, 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.360 just because one of the reasons his holdout was so 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:41.160 interesting last year, Steve is because he wanted the possibility 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:42.840 to be a free agent, and now he's going to 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.920 get that opportunity as an unrestricted free agent in basically 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:47.960 a couple of weeks. So the Chiefs are going to 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.320 try their best to retain Chris Jones. They still want 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:54.120 to get him under contract to some extent. But you know, 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.120 right now, I understand why Pro Football focused and why 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.200 other services have him as the number one free agent 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.560 in this year's draft, or excuse me, in this year's 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.200 pre agency class. And so for all that to be said, 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.040 Chris Jones wants to stay with the Chiefs, but he 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.320 also wants to be paid, you know, near the thirty 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.520 million dollar mark. That's something I reported last year. I 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.200 don't think that's necessarily gonna change because he helped the 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.920 Chiefs win another Super Bowl. So if there's a free 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.360 agent team that wants to add, you know, some championship pedigree, 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.360 some immediate pass rush help, Chris Jones is going to 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:28.600 be very coveted come March. And for you know, Andy 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.760 Reid and Brett Veach, they're gonna have to be very 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.520 creative in terms of trying to structure a contract that 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.320 makes Chris Jones feel like he's prioritized, like he's one 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.920 of the highest paid defensive players in the league. But 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:42.000 also you still have to have that path flexibility considering 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:46.080 Patrick Mahomes' contract obviously will continue to rise as he 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.680 goes through his career. Considering that he still has you know, 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.480 as Clark contat hat another eight years guaranteed on the 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:52.400 deal as of right now. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.840 Yeah, and this is not just an outside edge rusher. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:57.440 This is a guy that can line up anywhere on 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.520 the defensive line. Stuff to run. The entire run onceptis 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.480 based off of Chris Jones. Everything he does is phenomenal. 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.399 What you're saying, Nay, you know you're able to let 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.439 these guys go if you keep drafting players the way 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:08.960 Brett Veach is. And he's gonna have to pay some 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.800 of those too. Remember Tray Smith, Creed Humphord right around 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.520 the corner. The keys to that offensive line are set 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.400 to be paid coming off their rookie contracts. So all 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.400 of that, we're looking at how that Brett Viach manages this. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.800 And we have to talk about the man, the myth, 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:26.840 and really the legend. Now, Patrick Mahomes, you've been with 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.080 him through all of this, and you've seen the numbers 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:30.640 he's put up over some of these other years. 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:31.800 But it was very interesting. 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.439 On the last day availability I was having a private 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.280 conversation with Matt Nague where he told me this year 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.719 actually might mean more to his career moving forward because 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.560 of how he had to play and adjust than we're thinking. 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.480 This might be a huge year in the growth of 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.960 Patrick Mahomes. And to me that's terrifying for the other 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:52.200 thirty one teams. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:56.560 It is because I think mentally he's just gotten so 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.600 good that you know, Steve will so you could kind 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.720 of see it on the broadcast, particularly late in the 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.120 fourth quarter and obviously overtime. What do I call right 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.800 now to get my defense to put any pressure, to 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:12.760 put any sort of advantage on that side of the ball. 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.160 And obviously Patrick Mahomes, once he saw pretty much forty 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:18.760 nine ers had to offer, he had the correct answer. 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.640 He used his legs, He used a collection of playmakers right. 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.159 He somehow got Mark Wes Valdez Scalen to be a 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:28.240 viable option, even though Mark Wes had his worst season 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:29.080 of his career. 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.240 And I think from a leadership standpoint, kind of to add. 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.520 To what Matt Naggy told you, James is he's become 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.640 the ultimate leader now. His voice not only carries well, 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.560 but he's able to use his actions to sort of 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.000 fortify his own words. And most notably what is fascinating 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.520 to me is you know where she Rice is wide 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.679 open for the game potential winning touchdown at the end 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.119 of regulation. But because Creed Humphrey has a low snap 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:55.879 you know where she Rice doesn't know that. So Patrick 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:59.000 has to inform him in a very creative expletive manner 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:03.600