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Speaker 1: So this show Defending the Kingdom show is entitled the

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Speaker 1: Kingdom beckins, what do you want to know? As the

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Speaker 1: one of the great long time Chiefs fans, but he's

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Speaker 1: talking about and asking about complimentary defense. We talked about

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Speaker 1: the resurgence of the NFL's best defense here over the

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Speaker 1: past five weeks. When you look at all the main metrics,

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Speaker 1: bring more pressure. Add on blitz. We call it green dog.

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Speaker 1: and we're watching the video. Kevin Pierre Lewis has him

428
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Speaker 1: covered like a blank right, and Patrick Mahomes is flushed.

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Speaker 1: She's been rushed, He's flushed to his right, Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: and velcrows a ball right to the left ventricle of

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Speaker 1: Spencer Ware. Who caught that ball? People forget spencer Ware.

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Speaker 1: He can move a pile. I love the fact that

433
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Speaker 1: on third and one he can move a pile. The

434
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Speaker 1: cat that was still a center fielder at LSU. He

435
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,440
Speaker 1: can turn both shoulders and catch footballs. The second guy

436
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Speaker 1: that comes to line here is Williams in that game

437
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Speaker 1: because oh he can play clarinet, or he puts it

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Speaker 1: down and picks up his trumpet when he hit Because

439
00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 1: we talked about the mismatch against the linebacker Qutkowski, once

440
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Speaker 1: he hit it on that swing pass, it was over.

441
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 1: We could see it way early in this song. But

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Speaker 1: the fact that different guys can do different things is

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Speaker 1: also something that's been by design. Brett Veach knows it,

444
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Speaker 1: but Coach reads uses it. Yeah, it's one thing to say, well,

445
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Speaker 1: we have a mismatch a linebacker versus running back. It's

446
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Speaker 1: another thing to make that thing payoff for dividends, like

447
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,320
Speaker 1: to be able to hold that that wild card until

448
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Speaker 1: you're within the ten yard line, so instead of that

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Speaker 1: just being the first down, as a touchdown because you

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Speaker 1: could have went to that. You could we could have

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Speaker 1: went to that shift in motion against Man anytime we

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Speaker 1: wanted to in the field. But to have the commonist

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Speaker 1: enough to save that until you're you want to make

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Speaker 1: that payoff for a touchdown, that swing pass rubbed, that

455
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Speaker 1: rub route, you know the forty four is gonna have

456
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Speaker 1: him once the balls in his hands. We already knew

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Speaker 1: it was a touchdown. And you go back to talking

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Speaker 1: about that expensive wear catch Man. I looked at that

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Speaker 1: two or three times. That's a tough catch. That's a

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Speaker 1: that's a catch that a lot of wide receivers would

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Speaker 1: struggle catching with a guy defensive guy's arm already in there,

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Speaker 1: and he was able to, like you say, bell crow

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Speaker 1: that with almost one hand and catch it. And then

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Speaker 1: he just it wasn't catching and go down. He also

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Speaker 1: a fought for more yardage. I think ended up being

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Speaker 1: like a twelve yard catch Onman on a simple checkdown.

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Speaker 1: The way we've been able to get big chunk plays,

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Speaker 1: and people talk to big chunk plays, I'm not talking

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Speaker 1: about twenty thirty yards down field. I'm talking about seven

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Speaker 1: eight consistently up for second and short third and short.

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Speaker 1: That was our offensive play calls dream dawns. That's when

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Speaker 1: you can do anything. Everything opens up, and we've been

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Speaker 1: doing a great job of getting our offense. We put

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Speaker 1: in front of the chains instead of behind the chains. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we headed to the fourth quarter. Now of this

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Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom podcast, our holiday edition, the Kingdom beccons.

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Speaker 1: We're using your questions from the Kingdom and this one

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Speaker 1: comes from the legendary Big Chief Eric aka Big BC,

479
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Speaker 1: who was at the show the other night that you

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Speaker 1: were with me on your first time on that Chiefs

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Speaker 1: Kingdom show. But it has to deal and this gets

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Speaker 1: into Chargers week now as the Chiefs close out the

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Speaker 1: regular season, and Andy Reid has given a really strong

484
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Speaker 1: message this week, don't be peeking ahead to the playoffs.

485
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Speaker 1: Don't peek ahead. Let's just lay it out again what

486
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Speaker 1: this game can mean. The Chiefs can still get the

487
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Speaker 1: two seed, right, and you're saying, well, the Dolphins won't

488
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Speaker 1: beat the Patriots. You believe in Santa Claus, right back

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Speaker 1: up man, So Santa Claus, let's go, Na Claus will

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Speaker 1: be quarterback in the Patriots this weekend, all right, But

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Speaker 1: you also want to protect the third seed because you

492
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Speaker 1: can lose it to Houston. You lose the type breaker

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Speaker 1: on the head to head to Houston because of the

494
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Speaker 1: October lost to them. The Chiefs can go twenty seven

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Speaker 1: and three against the division in five years. No team

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Speaker 1: get this, No team has done that since the merger

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy been that dominant against their division. And the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs can win twelve games in a row in the

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Speaker 1: regular season for the first time ever in back to

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Speaker 1: back regular seasons. But to check all those boxes, it

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Speaker 1: is you must beat the Chargers. The question from Big

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Speaker 1: Chief Eric is a good one. How do you keep

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Speaker 1: the momentum going in all three phases? Going back to

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Speaker 1: the first quarter we talk about this is all working together,

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Speaker 1: complimentary football. How do you keep the flamethrower hot? Man,

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Speaker 1: It's it's late in the season. It's you've fought through

507
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: training camp, you made adjustments, you made trades, you've done

508
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Speaker 1: everything that windows open, you made some free agent acquisitions.

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Speaker 1: Now you have a team and you want to know

510
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Speaker 1: in week seventeen, how do you keep the flame hot?

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Speaker 1: How do you keep everybody folkus on what to do.

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Speaker 1: Perseverance proceeds to having character. Character proceeds to having hope.

513
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: This team has playoff hopes and dreams to keep alive,

514
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Speaker 1: but they understand the process begins with the perseverance and

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Speaker 1: the sacrifice that starts today each week going through that

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Speaker 1: same process. That is why we've been so dominant against

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Speaker 1: the FC West. That's what we've always been so dominant

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Speaker 1: season in the seasons and out is because Andy Reid

519
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Speaker 1: has a process that he goes through, and it's not

520
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Speaker 1: always a product orientated thing. You win some, you lose some.

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Speaker 1: The schoolboards takes care of itself. But when you talk

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Speaker 1: about preparing a guy a mindset to go win, you

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Speaker 1: gotta have some guys that are hungry, that are pursuing

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Speaker 1: perfection on a daily basis. When we talk about the

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Speaker 1: Honey Badger, when he got here, it was it was

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Speaker 1: a even when we lost some of those early games,

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Speaker 1: he was a I like what I see back there.

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Speaker 1: I like with the guys. I'm working with some guys.

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Speaker 1: I really like the way they're working. And we just

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Speaker 1: lost the game. But then we see him point to

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Speaker 1: his head like I'm smarter than this. I've been around

532
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Speaker 1: too long to see guys abandon the game playing, abandon

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Speaker 1: your fundamentals just to go win a ball game just

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Speaker 1: to get a win. But that causes confusion at the

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Speaker 1: end of the year because are we doing it the

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Speaker 1: way we did in a week seven or week six?

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Speaker 1: Are we doing like we are we still making that

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Speaker 1: same check or not. These guys have been doing it consistently,

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Speaker 1: building right, consistently putting brick upon brick like bricklayers, not

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Speaker 1: taking any shortcuts to get to where we are. Now,

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Speaker 1: do you think that those veterans are gonna let up

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Speaker 1: for one instance based off of the scenario, maybe we

543
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Speaker 1: need to take the No. These guys, they want that

544
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Speaker 1: momentum flowing at an all time high going into the

545
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Speaker 1: playoffs because they've been around too long to see how

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, the Giants, how other teams have won Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: No matter what seat you are, if you're hot rolling

548
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Speaker 1: in the January and you're hat rolling in the playoffs,

549
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Speaker 1: that is what matters when it comes to playoff football.

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Speaker 1: To me, one of the answers to BC's question is

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Speaker 1: stay aggressive. Be aggressive in this game against the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Treat it like it is the game of the world,

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Speaker 1: and flat Duke get after these dudes. I mean, when

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Speaker 1: you look at a Chief's offense against their defense. There's

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Speaker 1: still Bosa going another Pro Bowl. There's still Ingram. You

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Speaker 1: look at the secondary, they get Darwin James, you know,

557
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Speaker 1: outstanding safety on this team. This is still a defense

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Speaker 1: that's very very representative. Kind of reminds me of Chicago's defense.

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Speaker 1: This is a good defense. Stay aggressive, attack these dudes

560
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Speaker 1: and get after him. But go back to I mean,

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Speaker 1: complimentary football. The biggest thing about Patrick Mahomes to me

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Speaker 1: this year is he has learned. He has learned. Are

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Speaker 1: you gonna give me this? I'll take that. I'll take

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Speaker 1: that too, and I'll take this and just when then

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Speaker 1: I'll then here's Hardman for forty eight or eighty three,

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Speaker 1: or I'll find Tyreek Hill for forty one and I'll

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Speaker 1: get third. I'll overcome third and seventeen or second and

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Speaker 1: twenty eight. I think Patrick Mahomes has grown by leaps

569
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Speaker 1: and bounces yea. His his his ability to keep his

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00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: vision down the field and communicate what he sees. But

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Speaker 1: coach Andy Reid has left it, like you said, um,

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Speaker 1: just because there's a guy running down the sideline free,

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00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: we don't even need to take every shot deep just

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Speaker 1: because the defense gives it to us. It's almost at

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Speaker 1: a point where him and Coach Andy I'm telling about

576
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Speaker 1: Pat Patton Coach Andy on on the same a core

577
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Speaker 1: where there are certain things they want to see. They

578
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,479
Speaker 1: want to warm up into this thing because they know

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Speaker 1: that in the second half, that's when your money counts.

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Speaker 1: That's that's when those UH players really counts. That's when

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Speaker 1: you go after the juggle of a team. And so

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00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: it's just setting things up. You're setting you're setting up

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Speaker 1: um um plays for complimentary plays later on in the game.

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Speaker 1: And so sometimes we just take a first down and

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Speaker 1: take a short shot and you look at Pat, He's

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00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: still got his eyes down field because he oh, I

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Speaker 1: recognize that opened up later on. I recognize how that

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00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 1: double moves opened up later on. So when I want

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Speaker 1: to go back to it, I can. That's what really

590
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 1: takes him to another level. It's his vision, it is

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00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: his trust offense. But it's also the way he anticipates

592
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: routes uncovering laid in the downs, and he has enough

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00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: ability in himself to stay alive whether you're facing pressure,

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Speaker 1: step it up in the pocket. I love the way

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Speaker 1: he is now stepping up into the pocket instead of

596
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 1: bailing out and fading back so much. So, like you

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00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: said that, that's a that's a small step, but it's

598
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: going in the right direction and it's going to pay

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00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: off big dividends for this team, not only this year,

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Speaker 1: not only in the postseason, but your years to come.

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Speaker 1: And Andy, i mean Pat would tell you it's been

602
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and Mike Kafka working with him on that constantly,

603
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: just to put that in his muscle memory as well.

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Speaker 1: But if you look real close in the back of

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00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,719
Speaker 1: Patrick mahomes helmet, you'll see the little pinhole the eye

606
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: in the back of his head that nobody else has,

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00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: you know, look back at the refs. Just a penalty

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Speaker 1: or not, because I'm gonna take And as we close

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Speaker 1: out this edition of the Defending the Kingdom podcast, the

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Speaker 1: Kingdom beckons, we appreciate your questions and we'll do this

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00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: from time to time. It's fun. These are great questions.

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Speaker 1: By the way, is the fact that stay aggressive on

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Speaker 1: this charger offense. Attack these dudes. The Chiefs have been

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers ten of the last eleven times after he

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Speaker 1: won seventeen or thirteen of the first seventeen, they have

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Speaker 1: sacked him in that eleven game span twenty times. They

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Speaker 1: I was twenty eight times and they picked him twenty times,

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Speaker 1: picked him four times in Mexico City. Listen, I know

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Speaker 1: he's a good guy, but I do the piece earlier.

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Speaker 1: You'll see it on your show. Before the game. I

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Speaker 1: did storytime Hero versus the Villain. Right, this is Batman

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Speaker 1: against the Joker. But this could be the last time

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Speaker 1: he comes here. He's fourteen and fourteen against the Chiefs,

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00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: loses this game fourteen and fifteen, maybe for the last time.

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00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: He can't ever get back over a five hundred. Attack him,

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Speaker 1: get after these guys and defend this run game and

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00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: the runners as receivers. Yeah. The last thing I say

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00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: is a mindset, not only for the Chiefs throughout the season,

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Speaker 1: but going in the playoffs. Fear nothing, attack everything. Valan

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Speaker 1: football wins. Valan football creates pressure. We create the pressure,

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Speaker 1: We dictate what we want to do. This is Chiefs Kingdom.

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00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: We're gonna bring that playoff. When we're gonna play, were

633
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: gonna were gonna bring that type of fire to every game.

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Speaker 1: And that's two of the four postulists of Andy Reid.

635
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: The others eliminate distractions and create energy, create energy. Do

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Speaker 1: that at arrowheadstand if you're gonna be at the game.

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Speaker 1: So many people have been connected with our podcast. We

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Speaker 1: appreciate all of you. We wish you a happy new Year.

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Speaker 1: By the way, and the best way to bring in

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Speaker 1: the new year is a Chiefs victory is also three

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