1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Taking damage on the day. All right. When you get 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: opportunity in this game, you may can play, Oh, Michael, 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: don't do it? What touchdown? Kansas City? The cheats, all right, 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: in the thick of a baby. Welcome to this edition 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom. Mitch Alter's with you the voice 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs, along with the man we call the Shop, 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: the barber Shop, the spider Man, the tenure National Football 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: League veteran and leader in our community, Sean Barber. Before 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: we get started, in fact, this episode we've entitled Smell 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: the Flower, and we're gonna look at some things historically 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: going on around us that we want to appreciate while 12 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: they're here, and we also want to appreciate where you're 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: at right now. Sean joins us from the Richmond, Virginia area, 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: where he's involved in a celebration of life. In a 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: celebration really with your family, your father passing not that 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: long ago, Smoke Barber, the pride of the Florida and 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: m Rattlers. But Smelling the Flower and by the way, 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: way brought to you by our bows headphones, right seven 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: hundreds in fact, your family would be a great holiday 20 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: gift idea, but just like we did on Chiefs rewind 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: Sunday after the victory. We want to kind of dedicate 22 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: this to your dad too, Smoke Barber. But it's only 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: fitting that we're gonna smell the flower today of what 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: we've seen in them with the Chiefs right now and 25 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: do the same for your family because you're experiencing this 26 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: first hand. Man, I'm so appreciative and humbled by the 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: amount of arms, the prayers, the thoughts, all the blessings 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: that have poured in from the Kansas City area and 29 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: also my hometown friends and family have come like you 30 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: would imagine how the woodworks, just as to what show 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: us how much they loved and appreciate it. One William Barber, 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: like you said, the pride of the Florida A and Rattlers, 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: having the pleasure to be down there and coached by 34 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: one of the Hall of Fame coach Coach Data down 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: at Florida and m and all his teammates and the universe. 36 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: He has been so so amazing to reach out to 37 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: tell us what an amazing a man he was on 38 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: and off the field. So you talk about among the 39 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: roses and being appreciative and remembering and having a chance 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: to be in so so thoughtful about what we actually 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: have right now. There's no better episode though, to commemorate 42 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: his life in this episode, right now as we smell 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: the roses and appreciate what we have with our Kansas 44 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: City Chiefs, no question. And again, these bows seven hundreds 45 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 1: are great for your family for a holiday gift idea, 46 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: And just go to Bose dot com. There's a drop 47 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: down for headphones. You'll find him and great gift idea. 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: All right, I'm wearing to share it here one and 49 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: not done. That means the Chiefs of One a fifth 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: consecutive AFC West title. But there's no parades and no confetti. However, 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: Coach read and now we're talking about this earlier this 52 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: week on The Chiefs Kingdom Show. It's he's taught me 53 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: this in eight years to not let everything around you 54 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: because we're busy and you're you guys are gonna your 55 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: family will scatter after you're together and living on life, 56 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: but you will, you'll remember your dead and what it 57 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: meant seeing those pictures behind you. Just the legacy, but 58 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: it also is a way of carrying you on forard. 59 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: Nobody's having a ring or a parade after a division title. 60 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: But when I was growing up on that farm in 61 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: Smith County, Kansas, there would be lilacs, and I remember 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: just the fragrance of those lilacs, and you would just 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: stop on the way to your next piece of work 64 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: and smith the lilac and then move on. That's what 65 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: we're gonna do here, because what we're seeing shop around us, 66 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: that you and I are living every day and the 67 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: rest of the Chiefs Kingdom is unprecedented. Let's take Travis Kelsey, 68 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, ninety catches twelve hundred and fifty yards. 69 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: That's four hundred more than the next closest tight end, 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: Darren Waller, who's having a really good year. It is 71 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: ten less catches than Stefan Diggs in eighty three more yards. 72 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: His yards per catch average is thirteen nine, eclipsed of 73 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: the top fifteen receivers not tight ends only by oh 74 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: his teammate Tyree Kill at fifteen o pop and DK 75 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: Metcalf at seventeen. A catch we're not. We have never 76 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: seen this before in the NFL of a tight end 77 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: doing this. We're living history that twenty five years from 78 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: now we're going. Then you called his games what was that, like, 79 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: was that crazy barbershop? We got to smell the flower here? 80 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: And what Travis Kelsey is doing, man, Travis Kelsey is 81 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: playing out of his world. He's playing out of his 82 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: mind right now. So you can tell because when you 83 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: interview him sometimes he can't even put it in words. 84 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: When you talk about what is his mindset and what 85 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: is he doing to prepare himself for the next game, 86 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: he always talks about the details. He takes it back 87 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: to training him. He takes it back to the smallest 88 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: nuances of being able to work extra hours, extra plays 89 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: with Pat, making sure they're on the same page, making 90 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: sure they're seeing the defense the same way, and it's 91 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: paying off multiple times a return on our investment. When 92 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: you talk about what Pat is doing, the connection, the 93 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: one two punch he has right now with Travis Kelsey, 94 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: the return on investment is like he's always open and 95 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: every in every play, no matter if he's covered or 96 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: not throwing his way, he'll make a play. And even 97 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: when he's covered, he becomes uncovered. Like we saw in 98 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: that touchdown play last week, there was four or five 99 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: defenders around with no one to cover but Kelsey, and 100 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: somehow he still found that open area to create that touchdown, 101 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: to give his quarterback that that that that that lane, 102 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: the zooming in there and scored that touchdown. They are 103 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: clicking right now, um on a on a on a rate, 104 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: which is it's like instinct. It's like when they're thinking, 105 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: they're seeing things through the same set of eyes. And 106 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: I don't think we've seen that from the from that 107 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: that tightened position since Tony Gonzalez was here with Kansas 108 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: City and even a tea Guns and he's a friend 109 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: of yours and mine, uh and love calling his games 110 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: and you he was a teammate of yours. Even t 111 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 1: Guns wasn't doing this. I mean he wasn't ripping it 112 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: off at fourteen to catch like and being compared to 113 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: the receivers he's he's there with d hop I mean, 114 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: go right down the line, Keenan Allen, this is a 115 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: tight end that's in the receiver conversation. If he leads 116 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: the NFL and receiving, it's never been done in the 117 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: history of the league. And so getting ready for the 118 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Saints game. Man, it's gonna be a big game. But 119 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: you know, take a sniff of this flyer that we've 120 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: got in Travis Kelsey's historic season. I can't remember that 121 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: the last time a tight end has been in the 122 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: running for Offensive Player of the year. If there's any 123 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: year that a tight end should be not not in 124 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: the conversation, but he should be the first person you 125 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: bring up when talking about Offensive Player of the year 126 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: because he's doing something so amazing at a position that 127 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: that that historically hasn't been able to perform with those 128 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: type of numbers, he's blowing past everybody else's one season 129 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: totals when you talk about catches and yards. But he's 130 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: such an integral part of our offense. It's not like 131 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: it's a surprise on Sunday, Oh, Kelsey's available. He's so 132 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: you know, he's part of this offense. He's a main, 133 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: major part of this offense on a week week week basists, 134 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: and he's still putting up tremendous, monumental numbers. This is 135 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: going to be a season, a season for the ages 136 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: when you talk about the tight end position, um, this 137 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: is the season they're going to be measured by, no question. 138 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: And then let's throw on Tyreek Hill. They're sitting there 139 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: at seventy seven catches, almost twelve hundred yards, fifteen yards 140 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: of catch. Putting those two together now we have not 141 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: seen in Chiefs history and rarely seen in NFL history. 142 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: This is like a Marvin Harrison Reggie Wayne of the 143 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: Colts with Peyton Manning, um gosh the other combinations that 144 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: have happened down throughout the years. This is reaching now 145 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: historical levels, not just for the Chiefs but for the 146 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: National Football League to throw Tyreek Hill in this historical 147 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: smell the flower discussion. Yeah, like Jerry Rice and um 148 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: who have John Taylor Taylor? Yeah, like like some some 149 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: some great duos like that from the past, or the 150 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: here in Risk and Land, the Art Monks and Sanders 151 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: and the the Trio, the three Amigos they had here. Um, 152 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: when you're able to use the tight end position to 153 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: control the middle of the field, and you're able to 154 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: pair that up with somebody who is so explosive, like 155 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: like Tyreek Hill. Tyreek Hill is the ultimate short, middle 156 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: and deep threat. He's commanding respect for crossing routes, running 157 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: the ball, deep over routes, and home run throws. When 158 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: you have one receiver, the demands that a type of attention, 159 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: and then you have a tight end position who you 160 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: can't put on any linebacker. Any linebacker in the league 161 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: is a you basically a given us the first down. 162 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: And even last week when Rowe was covering you put 163 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: Dbs on him, he was still unguardable. When when Pat 164 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: Mahomes Tyreek Hill and Zeus what we call Kelsey is 165 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: clicking on all cylinders, I think that you just have 166 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: to defensively put your hands up and ride at the 167 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: tide and wait for us to wait for the moment 168 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: to pass, because we're going to go down the field 169 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: and we're going to score, and you just got to 170 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: hope that you can keep the scoreboard lit up with us. 171 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: And what we're trying to do here is we're not 172 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: watching this on some NFL films documentary. We're not reading 173 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: this in some coffee table book of like wow, that 174 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: was really something. No, we're living this shop. We're right 175 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: in the middle of this. That will be in a 176 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: coffee book already is in some instances, or however we're 177 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: watching video in twenty years, it'll be like, wow, those 178 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: guys are all together at the same time. That's crazy. 179 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: Now we throw in my homes into the smell of 180 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: the flyer discussion. He's been so good it's easy to 181 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: take it for granted. You think about this in forty 182 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: This will be his forty fifth game, coming up against 183 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: the Saints this weekend. He's already, after forty four games, 184 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: the all times NFL leader in passing yards, completion percentage, attempts, 185 00:09:54,360 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: fewest interceptions, touchdown passes ever. I mean, after forty four games. 186 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: And here's wait for it, wait for it, he's twenty 187 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: and four on the road. Twenty and four on the road, 188 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: and so too. It's just easy going. Hey, that's just 189 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: during the week at Saint Swick. Let's go get on, 190 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: let's get it done. Or wait a minute, we might 191 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: have the greatest quarterback of all time. Let's cheer as 192 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: long as the football fields one hundred yards and fifty 193 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: three and a quarter yard wide, and we're playing by 194 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: the same rules. You have to you have to account 195 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: for Pat as the glitz. You talk about the movie 196 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: The Matrix, He's the glitz to the Matrix. He's neo, 197 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: all right, he's the chosen one. But when you talk 198 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: about that, there's also this thing called the cheat code. 199 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: And anybody who's played Mad and played these video games, 200 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: you know about the up down, up down abab left, right, 201 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: left right. All of that is how you get your 202 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: team a boost. But Kelsey is the up up Kelsey 203 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: and then you go down down Terry Kill left right, left, right, 204 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: clad Hill Air which abab Bell And that's not even 205 00:10:53,960 --> 00:11:00,080 Speaker 1: mentioning Robinson, that's not mentioning McCole Harman. That's not mentioned there. 206 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: There's a plethora. It's it's amazing. What is when you 207 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 1: open the cabinet here in Kansas City and you talk 208 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: about offensive weapons on the shelf, you have the choice 209 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: between so many this unguardable, elusive weapons and you put 210 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: that on top of the creativity in the mind of 211 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: one big red Andy Reid and Eric the enemy, it's 212 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: just the right, the rich get richer. It's an amazing 213 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: time right now when you talk about being able to 214 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: live through a legacy, to be able to witness a 215 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: dynasty and to make it. There are notes to being 216 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: taken right now that a decade from now people are 217 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: gonna be looking at how in the world the chiefs 218 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: collects so many elite pieces and be on one team 219 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: for so long. And I think that's when you have 220 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: to take your hats off to Brett Beach and as 221 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: the general manager putting these pieces together and convincing them 222 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: to come back for the running Back Tour, and for 223 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: Clark Hunt to be so involved and make the investments 224 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: and be all in as the chairman CEO of this team. 225 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: That can be easy to overlooked too. So we're smelling 226 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: the flower today. Nothing's been accomplished. We have won the 227 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: division championship for fifth straight year. That's a big deal. 228 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: But trying to win the next box, which is get 229 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: the buye in the AFC, which actually could be accomplished 230 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,599 Speaker 1: this week. If the Chiefs win in New Orleans. It 231 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: would take a Buffalo loss and a Pittsburgh loss, which 232 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: was that's not probable. But here's another thing that I 233 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: wanted to take into account on this podcast. If the 234 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs can win at the Superdome on Sunday against a really, really, 235 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: really good Saints team which is also fighting for the 236 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: one seed the bye in the NFC with the Packers 237 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: tied at ten and three, and they too, can wrap 238 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: up their fourth consecutive NFC South Division title just by 239 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: beating the Chiefs this week. The Chiefs, if they beat 240 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: the Saints, will be shop Get this. Let's all wait 241 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: a second eight and O on the road eight and 242 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: oh oh. That would include wins over the Ravens, the Bills, 243 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: the Offense, the Bucks, the Raiders, and the Saints. The 244 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: only other time the Chiefs have been undefeated on the 245 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: road in franchise history with a Super Bowl one nineteen 246 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 1: sixty six Kansas City Chiefs that went seven to o 247 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: on the road in a fourteen game season. Thanks to 248 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: Matt McMullen for help there. But the Chiefs could be 249 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: eight and oz against playoff teams. There's nobody in the 250 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: league you'd say, well, stack up your best road wins. 251 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: It's like legos. You can't stack them up. Ashidh as 252 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs head, they go eight. No, talk about smelling 253 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: a flower on the road. That's crazy, shop man. When 254 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: you build a team to win in January and you 255 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: want to win, you talk about postseason. You talk about 256 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: how to build a team to win in the postseason, 257 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: How to build a team to win win when all 258 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: the chips are in for the Super Bowl. You don't 259 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: want a cake schedule. You don't want a schedule full 260 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: of non playoff teams. You build up all this false 261 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: confidence like we can we can put up forty fifty 262 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: points on anybody. Our defense is we can hold anybody 263 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: to ten points. But then you look about what we 264 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: Who were the opponents when you held them to ten? 265 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: Who was your opponents when you scored forty and fifty 266 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: When you look at the chief schedule and you look 267 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: up how we did it and who we did it against. 268 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: Like you said, those teams you named, all all of 269 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: those teams are vying the playoff spots. They are all 270 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: good ball teams. They have great coaching, great quarterbacks, they 271 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: have a great scheme with scheme players. But what you're 272 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: realizing against the Chiefs, our guys are outperforming everybody at 273 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: their best. They're outperforming everybody with knowing that the targets 274 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: on their back because they are returning Super Bowl champions, 275 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: and any team, any team can hang their hat to 276 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: say we beat the Super Bowl champions. They come out 277 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: here and give it. They're all every time when they're 278 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: facing the Chiefs. We play people on their best and 279 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: we still outduel them, outwork them, find a way to win. 280 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: Like we say, all the wins aren't beautiful, but an 281 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: ugly win sometimes is better than a beautiful loss. And 282 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: our team has been doing that week after week, one 283 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: game at a time, mentality, next man up, mentality, find 284 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: a way to win, find a way to get together, persevere, 285 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: work together, trust one another, all of the things that 286 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: Coach Reid is put on that vision board. The team 287 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: is getting closer and closer. They're coming together. They're coming together, Mitch. 288 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: And when the super Bowl comes, our team is gonna 289 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: be like this, like a double fisted hammer. And I hey, God, 290 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: whoever the nail is, you better be ready. The Chiefs 291 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: are coming baby. And finally, if we look back at 292 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: this twenty twenty season smelling the flower, we'll get a 293 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: long way to go. So we know we're locked in here. 294 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: But this is just like your experience in with your 295 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: family this week and or a bit of reflection as 296 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: you move on. Definitely could play. We look back on 297 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: a season and go, wait a minute, they played Tom 298 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: Brady and maybe his last year. Next, they played Drew 299 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: Brees's team in the same season on the road, and 300 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: they played Lamar Jackson. That that was all in the 301 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: same season. I mean, we can look as that too. 302 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if Freeze is gonna play this week 303 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: or not. Looks like it's gonna be Taysom Hill, but 304 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: still think about a twenty years from now, they're gonna 305 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: play on the road. That same season they played Lamar Jackson, 306 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Drew Brees's team. I mean, that's phenomenal. 307 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: That's a phenomenal regular season. But it's all just preliminary 308 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: and it's all in preparation, right, It's all in preparation 309 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: to know that you faced you face the best the 310 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: regular season, that there is no tougher regular season in 311 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: what we've played, and knowing that you've faced that and 312 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: prepared your guys to go play on any format, in 313 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: any arena, any state. You travel well, no matter and 314 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: you battle with the COVID bug. We battled against the 315 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: injury bug. We battled with all the things the great 316 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: teams battle with and found a way to persevere. And 317 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: you do it consistently. You do it consistently. There is 318 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: no blowouts versus the chiefs. There is no certain things 319 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: that teams deal with as far as inner squad and 320 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: off the field, and everybody is laser focused. And that's 321 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: the thing to coach Spagnola, coach Andy Reid, coach the enemy. 322 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: Having those great minds in the building, they create an 323 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: environment allows guys to focus on their job at hand, 324 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: be consistent, and really have a brother at family mentality. 325 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: We talk about what it means to be a chief. 326 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: You come in the stadium, you come in the locker 327 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: room as a teammate, but you leave and you go 328 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: out on that field as a family, and you see 329 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: our team. We fight for each other every snap, every down, 330 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: and every quarter and consistently. When you show that type 331 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: of effort, commitment and sacrifice, your team will arise and 332 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: be champions. And this ultimate becomes a motivation for trying 333 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: to do this again. Just like now, we'll close it 334 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: out this way and you're with your loved ones and 335 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: family saying goodbye to Smoke Barber right, and your dad 336 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: had to be I mean so proud of you. Look 337 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: at that collage over your right shoulder. If your a 338 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: great career, these are things to celebrate. It's like when 339 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: I'll smell a lilac. Now, it takes me back to 340 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: the time growing up as a kid on the farm, 341 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: headed to the work. He had work to do. But 342 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 1: just take a moment and smell those lilacs, because what 343 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: happens now, Shot, I'll smell a Lilac and guess where 344 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: it takes me right back to that place. Yes, it's 345 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: a good thing, but it also motivates me to make 346 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: the most out of the rest of that day. So 347 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: as we smell the flower on this episode, that has 348 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: nothing to do with being satisfied, in fact, just the opposite. 349 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: It becomes a catalyst for moving forward. Man, being obsessed 350 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: with the mission and understanding your passion and your purpose 351 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: can all fit together and motivates you and progress you 352 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: down the line. You talk about what puts elite players 353 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 1: in a zone. What makes game day so special? For 354 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes, it's because the way he commits himself every 355 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: day to practice. He practices every day, every throw, every 356 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: snap to be performing at such a high level. Then 357 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: when the game comes, I'm not gonna say it's easy, 358 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,919 Speaker 1: but it's it's it's very a very comforting place. The 359 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: stage is never too big because he puts so much 360 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: pressure on himself to understand the alignment, signment responsibilities of 361 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: that position on a day to day snap by snap, 362 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: and he holds himself accountable, but he also holds the 363 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: rest of the team accountable. And with a leader like that, 364 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: you pair him up with the visionary of pet of 365 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Andy Reid and the rest of the guys. We didn't 366 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: even speak about Honey Badger, Chris Jones, Frank, the other 367 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: weapons they have on this team, and return ability of 368 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: McCole Hartman, all the things this team has going for him. 369 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 1: It's the way they attack each day. Details, the perseverance, 370 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: and those are the ways that we choose to remember 371 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: Smoke Barber because those are his lessons He taught me 372 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 1: as a little man. Is not the you don't have 373 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: to worry about the bark of the dog, it's the 374 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: bite and he when it talks about a dog with 375 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: a big bike. Smoke Barber has left a long legacy 376 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: of up and coming coaches and people that own him 377 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,719 Speaker 1: busin here in Richmond, Virginia. The number of people on 378 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: a day to day I run by and they said, man, 379 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: your dad was a He was a high class guy, 380 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: but it was his mentality, his mindset for hard being 381 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: hard working and always you know, pour your poor, your 382 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: passion into everything you do on a daily basis, and 383 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: you don't have no regrets. I mean, that's that's the 384 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: way I've lived my life. That's the way I choose 385 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: to raise my family, and that's the way I've been 386 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,719 Speaker 1: in my career. So shouts out obviously my dad. He's 387 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: above me, hovering over. He hovered over the team last 388 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 1: week in Miami as they faced the Dolphins. Um, this 389 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: is gonna be his run, man, he's gonna he's gonna 390 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: follow the team the rest of the season long, and 391 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: he's gonna gonna help motivate those guys to realize they're 392 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: on the mission. And we can appreciate that. Well. Blessings 393 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: to you and your family. Safe travels back and perfect 394 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: that you're there and challenge going through what you're going through. 395 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: But it's also perfect for just illustrating what we're trying 396 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: to say today and what's going on with this team. 397 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: It's okay to take just a second and smell the 398 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: flower as you also keep working hard to try to 399 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: run it back. He's Sean Barbara Mitchelter's voice to the Chiefs. 400 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us in this edition of Defending the Kingdom.