WEBVTT - Jets-Chiefs Game Preview (11/30) 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:06.120 Like on the world you played to win the game? 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:20.440 Jet Touchdown. Your listening to the Official Jets podcast Jets 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:26.480 three sixty Production, Jets Nation. What's going on? Ethan Greenberg 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.480 and Eric Allen back in studio for the Official Jets Podcast. 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:34.480 I have a lot of studio for a couple of hours. 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:37.680 You and I are back in studio for the game preview. 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:44.000 Is that fair to say? Alright, Happy December to you, Greens? Oh? Wow, yeah, December. 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.720 It's coming in real, real hot, and it's like fifty 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:51.680 plus out. It's crazy. It's not December weather. I haven't 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:55.120 checked the forecast for Sunday. Is the Jets finish up 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.840 in their two game homestand against Kansas City Chiefs. That's 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.600 TVD because I haven't checked it either. But the Jets 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.560 right now another tough loss against the Panthers e A. 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.640 What's your biggest takeaway from Sunday's game. No, it's it's 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.639 tough because the Jets are doing a lot of good things. 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.680 You know, if we think about what they did defensively, 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:18.000 five past defenses and all. I thought both Morris Clayborne 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.959 and Buster Screen were extremely effective on the outside. I 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.920 liked a lot of what Todd Bulls and Casey Rodgers 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:27.440 did in terms of pressure packages. When you hold Carolina, 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.520 a team those ranked number one in the National Football 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.000 League in terms of third down efficiency, to just three 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.039 or fourteen, you're doing a lot of things right. Conversely, 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.440 on the other side of the ball, your two receivers 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:42.320 go over a hundred yards Robbie Anderson. Wow, fantastic first 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.480 touchdown that got the Jets back into the game. Josh 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.559 mccount showing the confidence in the second year receiver throwing 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.760 in a double coverage as a key point of the game. 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.360 The Jets are down twelve three and then make a 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:55.040 twelve ten there and they ultimately take the lead on 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:58.880 Robbie's second touchdown in the third quarter. But Green's much 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:03.200 like the Atlanta game. Game, Jet's very close, but unfortunately 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.400 not able to finish. And I think it was a 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.320 very dejected locker room that we were both in on Sunday. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:10.760 I think you hit the nail right on the head, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.480 because there are a lot of good things that Jets 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.120 fans can take away from this game. Josh McCown through 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.799 for three hundred fifty four yards and that's the second 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.200 time this season he's eclipsed the three hundred yard mark. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.800 He threw for three touchdowns. He talked about Robby Anderson. 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.320 I mean Cam Newton only through for a hundred sixty 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:31.720 eight yards, completed fifty of his passes. But conversely is 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.639 that Devin Funchius, the Panthers wide receiver, went for over 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.520 a hundred yards. And so it is kind of a 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.320 different game in that sense because we've heard so much 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:44.120 about finishing, climbing over the hump, and is one of 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.840 those games and I think dejected is the perfect word 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.320 for it. So moving on to the chief This Chiefs team, 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.280 you talked about a desperate team clawing for a victory. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.480 I mean, I don't think anyone fits the bill more 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.520 than the Kansas City Chiefs because they're on a five 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.480 at a six slide, but they still at it off 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:04.320 the season smoking hot. Yeah, both teams actually during this 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:08.280 contest with five losses in their last six games. The 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:11.520 Chiefs opening night at Gillette Stadium, I think they had 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:16.080 more than total yards of offense. Kareem Hunt with a 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:20.040 great introduction in the National Football League, Tyreek Kill, Travis Kelsey, 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:24.320 Alex Smith started the season. I think he had what 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:29.240 sixteen touchdowns zero interceptions or eighteen touchdowns is zero interceptions. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.320 But what stands out to you right now about the 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:38.400 Chiefs is that offense that was surging early, is their 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:43.960 paces slowed down to a snail's pace. Because last week 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.040 Buffalo went in there a struggling defense and they completely 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.160 shut down the run. They did not give up any 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.480 big place to Alex Smith in a passing game, and 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:55.200 the Chiefs were only able to total ten points. So 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.240 this will be a desperate football team. And I'm really 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:03.840 intrigued by match up anytime Andy Reid and his offense 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:07.920 goes against Todd Bowls and his defense, because Todd Bowles, 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.360 of course worked for Andy Read two thousand twelve, was 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.280 a secondary coach for the Eagles and then later that 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:17.400 season became Andy Reath interim defensive coordinator. These guys know 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.240 each other very well. We'll check in with Matt Derrek 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.600 of Chiefs Digests in just a couple of seconds here, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.719 But before we bring him in, what do you think 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.800 has causedes Kansas City offense that had a lot of 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.120 folks believing they would be sitting atop of the a 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.679 f C at this point in the season, and now 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.160 they're scrambling for a hold in the a FC. When 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.320 I see a struggling offense, I always started up front 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:40.479 with the offensive line. I don't even look at the quarterbacks. 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:45.440 So to me, when you see Kareem Hunt being completely 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.520 shut down by the Bills, what that tells me is 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.760 Buffalo sending a lot of guys in the box and 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:56.839 Kansas City is not getting plays down in the field 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.800 like they did early in the season. Because if you 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.960 get plays down the yield, that's gonna loosen up that box. 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.960 So right now, if the Chiefs can't get a run 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.279 game gone, then it's one dimensional and people are taking 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:14.080 away Tyreek Hill down the field. Travis Kelsey is very 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.520 impressive tight end, the favorite target of Alex Smith. But 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:22.479 you're not gonna win just having short gains all the time. 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:26.200 You need explosion plays offensively. Conversely, that's what I love 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:30.960 about the Jets right now. You're seeing some explosion plays offensively, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.920 especially from Robbie Anderson. Hey, wouldn't it be something if 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.960 Robbie Anderson gets matched up with Durrell reevs a Time 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:42.640 War two Because Darrell Reeves knows just how fast Robbie is. Uh, 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.480 he's becoming more of a complete receiver right in front 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.680 of her eyes. Revis coming here. Gonna be interesting to 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.320 see his snap count this week. But across the way, 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.400 watch out for Marcus Peters, one of the NFL's top cornerbacks. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.279 And he's a gambler, he's a risk taker. He's always 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.480 looking for an interception. All right, I think and sounded 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.000 to catch up with Matt Derek. Time to hit the phones, 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:12.760 all right, Greens, Let's bring in Matt Derek from Chiefs Digest. Matt, 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.800 the Chiefs started with a five and all record, but 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.159 suddenly they've lost five out of six. They're hanging on 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.400 to the FC West lead with a six and five record. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:27.279 What has happened in Kansas City? You know, it's it's 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.880 not one thing. It's been kind of a cavalcade of 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.960 a disaster here. Early on, it was the defense that 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.840 couldn't stop anybody. Um there, they're there the season are 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:41.320 still against the pass and the run. Uh, And that's 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.080 what really got to be in trouble. Earlier there, their 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.520 offense was masking a theory to five and no start. 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.080 But when the offense would slowed down, they really had 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.880 a hard time stopping anybody. But in the middle of 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.440 this losing stream. Now they lost five of six. It's 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.880 really reversed itself. The defense instead, and they playing pretty well, 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.000 granted it against them. Off into have been struggling like 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.280 with the Giants in the Bills, but they've they've really 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:06.280 tightened up something. I mean, they they kind up the 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.400 run a little bit against Dallas and it's just been 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.240 improving week by week that the defense looks pretty good. 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.880 And now it's the offense that looks absolutely lost. And 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.240 once again, I don't think you can point to any 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:21.400 one thing. Alex Smith is playing poorly, offensive lines playing poorly, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.640 They can't get a run game going. Uh, it's just 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.360 a mess right now, Matt. What's going on with the 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.160 Chiefs offensively? I know a lot of people in Kansas 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.400 City are very upset with Alex Smith. When I look 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.120 at an offense and I see struggles like the Chiefs 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.240 are having right now, I look up front at the 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:44.960 offensive line, not so much at Alex Smith. Well, absolutely 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.920 do start up front with the offensive lines. And and 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:49.680 that's why I think it's a little bit, you know, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.679 too early to pen all of the problems on Alex Smith, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.240 because the offensive line has not played well, they've had 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.400 some injuries, They've still got some some positions that they're 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.400 trying to firm up and figure out who's the best 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.160 player in those roles. And I'm not convinced that even 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.520 though you've got Mitch Morrison and Laurent du for HRD 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:09.800 has come back, that they're a dent um. It's it 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.440 looks like a little bit like they may have been 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.760 rushed to come back because the offense was kind of 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.200 struggling a little bit in their absence. So it definitely 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.040 starts there. And you know, and and Alex Smith has 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.360 probably had a little bit happy feat lately, and I 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:26.120 think part of that is that he's not completely has 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:27.760 a lot of faith right now in the offense he've line. 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.520 I think that's kind of well hurt um for the 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:34.200 Patrick Mahomes discussion, it was inevitable the moment that they 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.840 drafted him in the first round that there was gonna 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.360 be this conversation at some point if if Alex Smith 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.720 ever struggled, and and we're certainly at that point now 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.400 that people were asking the question, um, but we'll the 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.000 chief to make the move. You know, Andy Reid told 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.160 us last night, I know he's not there right now, 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.600 He's got he's he's got a couple of other things 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:54.360 to work on, and I think that's where his mindset is, 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.120 is that he sees that this offense has a lot 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.319 of problems right now and changing the quarterback, but it 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.400 doesn't do your whole what a good if if the 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.160 offensive line is not performing well, if you can't get 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.160 the run game going, if the wide receivers are not 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.480 on the same page, that that's the change. The quarterback 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.280 doesn't do anything. So I would fully expect it over 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:13.839 the next couple of weeks what he wants to try 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:15.800 and do if he wants to forget an offensive behind, 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.000 he wants to approve their execution, work on their game plan, 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.800 and if they're still stuck, then yeah, I mean, I 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.480 think the quarterback conversation is gonna come up. So if 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.080 you're the Jets defense, how do you attack this Kansas 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.520 City Chiefs offense that we've talked about is struggling as 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.360 of late, because from where we sit is to me, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:37.440 the offense kind of runs through Travis Kelsey and Tyreek Hill. Yeah, 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.520 it does, and it certainly does. And you know, one 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.079 of things the teams have really had a lot of 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.760 success with the last few weeks has been just throwing 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.920 a software soft don't defense that the Chiefs. That's not 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.880 something that that the Chiefs haven't beaten in the past. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.800 They certainly can, but with their timing issues and the 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:56.000 problems that they have, they have not been able to 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:58.839 beat teams deep right now. That's that's really what keeps 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.920 this success early on in season was these big plays. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.520 You know, you're making a fifty yard touchdowns on a 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:06.760 fairly regular basis, and they were had they had a 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.800 streak work in those eight nine games in a row 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.160 where they've had a touchdown a fifty yards or more. 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.520 You're making those big plays. It's it's it's tough to stop. 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.600 And but right now the Chiefs aren't hitting on those, 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:18.719 so teams are playing a little bit of soft zone 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.559 against him and just attacking the ball. You know, that's 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.480 one of the things that you know, Kareem Hunt, who's 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:27.640 so good at finding holes and breaking tackles, right now, 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.280 teams are hitting him at the line of scrim mage 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.680 and where when you do that, when you attack like that, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.520 it's it's difficult to then just to be able to 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.080 move forward to pick up yards so that's what teams 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.520 have been doing lately, and I fully expected after last 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.600 year's game at Arrowhead just probably does I know there's 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.360 guys don't have Jet's teams that have a lot of 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.319 pride and they don't want to see a repeat of 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.040 what happened at Arrowhead last year. We're talking Chief's Football 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:54.680 with Matt Derek from Chief's Digest. Matt, why did the 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:58.320 Chiefs go out and signed Rall Reavos at this point 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.120 so late in the season, And also, do you anticipate 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.840 Reva's plant outside at the cornerback position or perhaps maybe 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.760 Bob Sutton will use him some at safety? You know, 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.679 that's a great question, and I don't know that we're 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:15.560 gonna seem at safety run off to bat. What the 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.160 what the Chiefs like to do with their their three 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.520 four stub packages is they've got Steven Nelson who starts 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.960 at right corner and then he typically moves into the 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.160 slot and a nickel corner comes into his place on 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.280 the right side. Uh, And that's where it seems most 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.960 likely would be a Rev's role eventually is is playing 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:35.280 that right corner and the stub packages, they play a 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:37.600 lot of those stub packages, So you know, it could 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.240 end up be in the fifties sixty percent of the 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.640 snaps from just that alone. But they really like Steven 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.400 Nelson in the slot, So I don't think that they're 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:48.040 gonna be instally using Revous there. They certainly could. I 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:49.800 think they're just they wanted right now that they're going 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:51.560 to probably test a few things to find out what 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.560 really is their best secondary package. But a big part 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:55.840 of the reason why they were signing him was just 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.320 they were just giving up too many yards through the air. Um. 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.680 They've got Marcus Peters on one who has been a 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:04.240 pretty effective shutdown corner, but what it's led people teams 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.280 to do is just to attack that right side of 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.280 the defense. And and Terrence Mitchell, you know, he'd been 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.040 been for a few games, came back, looked it look 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.960 like he had really kind of fixed up some things 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.280 and tightened up some things in his game. Um, but 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.240 he had to the first half of the the season give 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:20.680 up more yards and they may at our corner in 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.560 the league, And a big reason for that was just 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.000 teams were just continually attacking that side of the field 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.520 to avoid Marcus Peters. Man. I got a tremendous amount 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.800 respect for Bob Sutton. He was here for close to 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:33.440 fifteen years as the Jets defensive assistant. Now, of course 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.160 he's a defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. He 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:40.160 has one of the finer cornerbacks in the National Football 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:43.720 League and Marcus Peters. How do they use Peters right now? 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.679 And is it possible he shadows one of the hottest 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:51.160 receivers in the NFL right now, Robby Anderson. That's one 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.160 thing that Setton has not done in Kansas that he 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.720 has ever. Let's let his let his guys travel, he 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.440 has donely said him at that time. There's two sections 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.000 of the field, and you know Marcus Peters has been 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.720 locked down. Their left corner is never moved or traveled. 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.880 Uh So, I I don't think, I mean that's generally 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:09.880 what he has done in Kansas City and over the 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.880 last five seasons, has always been locked down those corners 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.040 and then move his slot to wherever he needs to. 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.480 So I imagining the Reevers is probably gonna play in 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.080 a lot of that right corner because Nelson that his 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.160 stronger position is in the slot. So that's right imagine 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.160 he will be But you know It's hard to tell 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.319 because the designing of Reebs is certainly a game changer 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.720 to a degree with his defense as he's healthy. How 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.960 do you think the Chiefs have handled the loss of 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.440 Eric Barry And what is the safety landscape now without Barry? 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.000 Because with Robby Anderson being on a tear, maybe the 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.480 Jets will take a few shots deep. Yeah, you know, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.959 that's really been interesting because with you know, with Barry 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.200 going out, what they've really had to do with lean 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.600 a lot more on Dan Stewart's and is that in 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.880 that strong safety role and and so into the ass 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.160 as probably one of the better third safeties in the league. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.560 Is he's a very aggressive player in a hard hitter um, 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:03.439 but coverage is not necessarily as forte. He he doesn't 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.200 have quite the speed that that Barry has and covered 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.960 reading abilities that Barry has, So teams have kind of 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:10.920 you know, beat them a little bit there. Uh, And 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.040 they've also have played with struggling trying to figure out 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.920 the right three four lineup and there their inside linebackers. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.120 They've played a lot of safeties in the box. So 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.000 I think that has exposed and deep a little bit. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.800 The last couple of weeks Reggie Raglan, who they picked 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:27.200 up from from Buffalo, has really stepped up in that 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.920 big nickel role. So it's allowed them to go with 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.600 more more of a three or four traditional front and 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.920 allowing those safeties to play a little bit deeper. And 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.440 I do think that certainly helped because the defense has 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.440 looked tighter. They haven't been giving up as many big 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.160 plays through the air. So when the Chiefs are in 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.960 that formation, they look like they're pretty rock and rolling 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.800 right now. It's when they do go to their deeper, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.320 you know, nickel and dime packages and have more says 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.280 than you know, secondary players in the field, then I 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.760 think they get a little bit exposed. Justin Houston still 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.240 rocking and rolling leading the team, I believe with eight 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:01.160 and a half sacks across the way, are the Chiefs 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:07.280 getting good production away from Houston? You know, that's really 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.280 been the struggle because Houston has has had a pretty 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.000 good season overall. I mean, he's had some some slumps 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:14.720 at A big part of that has just been a 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.000 team has been able to double and even triple team 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.960 him at times. Uh d Ford, who was typically on 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:23.120 the other side of defense from Houston, has been banged up, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.080 he's got a bad back. Um, he's only played six 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.720 games this season, so he's really missed a lot of time. 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.520 Uh Tom Bahali who has only played two games this year. 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.800 He was on the puff list first half of the season. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.920 And he's got a rookie to know passenger who who 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.360 shows a lot of promise, but they have only been 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.960 getting him a handful of snaps a snaps per game. 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.000 So as a result of Houston had to play a 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.000 lot out there, he's almost become an every down linebacker. 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.440 And at his age and with his history with his knees, 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.880 I think that's that's really been kind of a stranger. 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.000 I was going a lot from him and they haven't 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.880 been only give him any support. On the other side, 0:15:57.960 --> 0:15:59.840 most of the support that Houston has been getting his 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.480 been from the the defensive interior. Benny Logan, Chris Jones, 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.440 Rakim Ninez, roaches. These guys are a pretty good job. 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.480 I hope to collapse the pocket, but they haven't really 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.080 been able to get a lot of the pass rest 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.160 generated on the other side across opposite from Houston. This 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.440 is a fascinating matchup because the Chiefs right there in 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.360 the playoff mix still lead the FC West with the 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:23.080 six and five mark, but they tasted a lot of 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:27.520 losing lately. Conversely, the Jets each and every week they're 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.840 in ball games, but they've lost five or six themselves. 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.320 So I know both teams are gonna be looking at 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:37.520 this game as one that they have to have and 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.800 also one that they should have. How is the locker 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.600 room in Kansas City? And how do you anticipate they 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:48.480 will respond this weekend on the road. Well, you know, 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.880 I didn't really since that much frustration or that much 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.920 panic in this team until yesterday. That was a very 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.080 quiet locker room after that Bills game, because I think 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.680 there's a lot of just really pondering right now about 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.120 where things are and how they've gotten to this situation, 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.359 because this is a team that's certainly never imagined that 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.240 did he sits in six and five and he's losing 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.040 five of six, and there's a lot of questions I 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.119 think in there right now. Now. You know, Andy Reids, 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.040 one of his strengths of the head coach is that 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.080 he's never really lost the team, and this team has had, 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.240 you know, losing streaks before they opened the season one 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.640 and five back in twenty fifteen, they lost Jamal Charles 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.800 and Andy Reid finds a way to reel off ten 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.960 straight wins. So you know, he has an ability to 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.160 keep these guys together. And right now they're saying all 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.960 the right things about no one's pointing any fingers that 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.800 we that's all that's on all of us and we've 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.320 got to we've got to stick together. So far they're 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:40.000 doing that, So there's none of these times that I 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.520 see of this locker room falling apart. But they've certainly 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.280 at this point they've got to figure out what it 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.480 is that's going on. Um, but they've She's have been huge, 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.720 big favorites. The last two weeks. There were teams that 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:54.160 were coming off big losses on losing streaks and haven't 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:55.879 been able to beat them yet. So at this point, 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.879 it's hard to imagine that she's, you know, going in 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.040 his game feeling like they're the favorite in any way 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:03.400 in this game. They've got I feel like that they're 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:04.840 the end of dogs to the the way they're playing right now. 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:08.520 You can followed him at Matt Derek on Twitter. He 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:12.200 writes for Chief's Digest as a fantastic job, and he's 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.680 coming to MetLife Stadium for the second time in three weeks. Matt, 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:19.399 thank you so much, Free times, great Greens. The one 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:21.440 thing that I take away from Matt Eric right there 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:25.320 is the chief sense of urgency after that Bill's game, 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.080 because suddenly it's five out of six, you gotta still leave. 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:31.399 The f C West was a six and five record, 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.639 But right behind them is an awfully hot l a 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.160 Chargers team who is five and six, who's actually coming 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:40.960 to Montlife Stadium to play the Jets on Christmas Eve. 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.600 But before we start looking at that matchup, we gotta 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.919 continue talking Jets Chiefs. Remember the Chiefs came here a 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.840 couple of weeks ago, faced a struggling Giants team did 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:54.159 got nothing going on offensively, and lost that game and 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.119 overtime to a big blue squad who has had a 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:00.640 lot of blues, a lot of downs to see. Obviously, 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.560 Andy Reid is one of the premier offensive minds in 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.800 the NFL. But to me, it's just it's a very 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:10.000 curious case because the narrative the past couple of seasons 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.000 has has been the Chiefs have been one of the 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:15.600 premier teams in the regular season, and then once the 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.920 postseason comes around, they can't the tail off. And one 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:21.200 that comes to mind is the Colts game in Indianapolis 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:25.760 when they had that huge lead the Colts one. But 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.880 I know what you're talking. But but this year, right 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.760 from the gate, it's it seemed as if the Chiefs 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:34.240 had put that behind them and they were gonna take 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:38.200 that next step. And here we are in December now 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.520 and it's okay, maybe they won't win the a f 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:43.240 C West. So I just think it's very interesting case 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:45.600 as a whole. For this game in particular, they have 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.960 a veteran coach and Andy Reid who said this week 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:52.720 the NFL has its ebbs and flows. So if you're 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.840 in Kansas City right now, are you panicked as a fan? 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:58.679 Probably a little bit. I think it's safe to us 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:00.360 to say that, But I don't, I don't. I don't 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:04.600 know if any reads panicking just yet. And um, a 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:08.679 wounded animal is always the most dangerous animal. For this 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.679