WEBVTT - 'Pads!' - Chiefs Training Camp Update | Defending The Kingdom 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.240 Well, we're a little past halfway at training camp in 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:04.400 Saint Joseph, Missouri. 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:05.400 Is Kansas City. 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.920 The Chiefs get ready for their sixty seventh season. But 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:11.960 the pads are on again here at camp and in 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:15.280 this episode of Defending the Kingdom. Even our own Matt 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:19.400 McMullen is in pads for this episode. It's brought to 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:23.079 you by Mosaic, the official presenting sponsor of Kansas City 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:26.599 Chiefs training Camp. Here in Saint Joseph, the homes in 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.600 the pocket will step up, You'll scrabble ten fides diving 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:36.800 touchdown Chansas City. Tenex dot AI is the official cybersecurity 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.599 partner of the Kansas City Chiefs. 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That means you 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:16.759 put the pads on, you got you look. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:17.200 Good in pads. 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.560 I wonder how much ridicule kind of open myself up to. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.320 We're gonna find out two years in a row. Now 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.039 the Social team has no faith in me. They think 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.160 I can't go out there and like catch some balls 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.640 in the jugs machine and do some pott return go 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.160 through the gauntlet. So I'm up for the challenge. So 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.800 after this I'm gonna do some drills. We'll see how 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:34.039 I do. 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:36.520 We know a lot of you, most of you just 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.640 listen to Defending the Kingdom, but more and more you're 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.840 going to want to watch and listen to Defending the Kingdom. 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.240 And this episode is a perfect example why because if 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.840 you're just listening, you may want to find the video 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:53.640 portion of this because Matt is padded up for this episode. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.080 But yeah, the Chiefs went three straight days in pads, 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.120 then at ten ten ten, right back to pads that 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.280 we just finished that practice. Here we're on the practice 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:06.600 field as we speak, your thought as a chart starts 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.240 to feel like the dog days of camp. 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.359 Yeah, it's really kind of the groundhog day sort of vibe. Now, 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:15.840 this is always difficult because you think about coach Read's process. 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.520 It's all about pushing and pulling and really pushing the 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:22.400 guys for three straight days in pads, which keep in mind, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.560 the guys had not been in pads all offseason. The 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:28.079 league rules don't allow that, So first time in pads 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.480 since last season ended. And then you do it three 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.960 straight days. Kind of a lighter day yesterday, more of 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.640 a mental day. But now you're backing pads today. How 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.959 do you respond to that? And I mean it's hot 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:39.880 out here. You could tell the guys are kind of 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.000 going through it. Two hours and twenty five minutes we 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.400 finished the ramp up. No more kind of easing into it. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.560 It's all about these long practices and the heat and 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.360 in pads. But saw some good things overall. And this 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.680 is when true football evaluation can take place, because guys 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:55.240 can go out there and look good in shorts. They 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.120 can look good on the first couple days of pads, 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.760 but who really flashes on days like this? Those are 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:01.120 the guys that are going to make your team and 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:02.560 make a difference later on in the year. 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.600 Matt and I've seen this syllabus. This is the fourteenth 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.959 year that coach has been here. And it's a great 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.600 point that you make of the ramp up, take a breath, 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.760 and then ramp back up again. But it's all a 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.960 series of like taking pop quizzes throughout the semester, and 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:17.800 your point's a really good one. This is a pop 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.040 quiz after a ten ten to ten nopad shells practice 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.119 to come right back out after it. How do guys respond? 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.960 The next one will be and we'll talk about it 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.880 after the first preseason game because it's back here in 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.560 Saint Joseph and back for time in Pats. So it's 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.160 just a series of these tests physically, mentally and emotionally. 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.680 And those of you watching are listening here the obligatory 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.520 lawnmar in the background, which tells you we're not virtually 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:41.920 doing this. 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.040 Now we're here, we're on the field right now. You know, 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.320 one thing that we were talking about before it started 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.360 shooting is the amazing condition the field is in. It's 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.080 incredible the condition they keep this field in. It's not easy. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:53.720 I mean, the guys are out here every single day, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:54.640 but the field looks great. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.160 Yeah, and our players love the surface. It's a rye 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.640 bermuta mix. It's a tight surface, fast surface, natural grass 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.360 and Travis Hogan does an incredible job with all of 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.160 his guys and gals. In fact, we share the dorm 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.480 with them. They get little crazy, sometimes a little steam off, 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.600 but they're awesome in what they do. We're going to 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.320 get in to in this episode some of the guys 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.000 that we have seen kind of rise up in Pads 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.640 and there have been a few surprises with this. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:23.320 I'm going to start with Chamary Connor. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:27.080 Chamarry Connor is now back in a safety position where 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.640 he's facing the play. Last year he played a lot 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.120 of slot kind of a hybrid safety slot corner position, 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.880 but many times, depending on the coverage and depending on 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.919 the scheme, he had to turn his back to the play, 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.320 or turn his hips or turn his shoulders. Right now, 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.360 for the most point, most time he's seeing the play 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.039 in front of him with the shoulder square to the 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.960 line of scrimmage. In pads, that turns him loose. We 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.440 have seen him make physical plays, We've seen him make 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.520 plays on the ball and skills. He's thrilled because this 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.680 is the way he was two years ago. And remember 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:02.200 his game defining play against the Cincinnati Bengals, essentially one 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:02.640 net game. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.000 Yeah, think about early in Shamari's career, he was always 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.480 around the football. That play against the Bengals comes to mind, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.520 but also the interception against Josh Allen against the Bills 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.600 a couple of years ago, and then in the playoffs 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.359 that year, I think Mike Edwards got hurt on the 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.280 very first snap of the game and Chamari had to 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.479 go in and played really well in lieu of Mike Edwards. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.880 We know Chamari can be a really effective safety in 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.200 the NFL. He's been playing a lot of the slot 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:26.960 position the last couple of years, and that's a really 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:30.320 tough position to play. I think having more slot centric 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:32.720 players in camp this year has been a major benefit 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:36.120 for him. We have guys like Chris Rowland, Wallace Caterkoho, 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.279 and Jaden Kennedy who can all go in the slot 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.040 and play really effective football. 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:41.839 That lets Chamorroi go back to playing more of a 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:43.000 traditional safety role. 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.040 And Yeah, like you said, he's talked about how much 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.200 he loves playing just safety, and he's been around the 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:48.920 football like we're used to seeing with him when he's 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.760 playing safety. Throughout this camp, had multiple takeaways we mentioned 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:54.760 on the live stream a few days ago when there 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:56.560 was a tip ball line of scrimmage, he was the 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:57.920 one that went down with the football. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:05:59.760 Some guys just find themselves. 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.840 Around the b Mike Edwards was that way too, just 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.040 kind of always around the football, and when Chamari is 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:06.560 playing safety, kind of feels like he's always around the football. 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.240 So I think, you know, with our secondary overall, we've 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.200 talked about how it has the potential to be maybe 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.599 even deeper this year if guys can reach their full potential. 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.240 I think having players that can fill that slot role 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.200 and a lot of Shamari go back and play traditional 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.720 safety again just makes this group better and deeper. 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.240 So I'm pretty excited about that. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.599 Yeah, the play you mentioned the interception happ at the 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.440 goal line. I also saw him in red zone fill 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.240 a gap and physical against the run against Breshard Smith. 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:34.960 So again with the pads on, Shamari Connor looks very good. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.279 Another guy, and I was curious how he would be 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.000 because I just I think he's on a bit of 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.120 a meteoric rise here. I guess that doesn't make sense. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.680 He's a meteoric rise. That's the left guard. Kingsley matia 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.599 and with the pads on, he looks fast and he 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.600 looks physical, whether he's pulling or doing a play side. 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.680 I think we have an emerging story there because we 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:55.960 know the other two guys to his right, Trey Smith 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.719 and Creed Humphrey, are Pro Bowl level players, but Kingsley's 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:01.680 playing like it could be a potential pro bowler. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.720 I think he looks comfortable and confident. Think about last year, 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.560 he was kind of learning the position on the fly, 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:08.320 did a little bit of it at the end of 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.720 the season a couple of years ago. And remember Zach 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.200 Allen in that Week eighteen game didn't have a single 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.400 pressure on. Carson wentzon that one and told Kingsley afterward, hey, 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.160 you're pretty good at this. At Kingsley's first ever start 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.800 at guard. Then last year was kind of an experiment. 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.920 Can he do that throughout the entire year? And the 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:25.680 answer is yes. I think he showed us some really 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.800 good things throughout the season, but it was still new 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.800 to him. I think he's coming into this camp. You 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.520 can tell he's comfortable and confident in his ability. He 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:34.400 knows what he's doing. And one thing we always talk 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.240 about is the importance of guys being able to go 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.560 out there and play fast. You're not thinking too much. 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.280 And I don't think Kingsley has to think too much 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.280 right now. He knows how to play the position. He 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.040 can go out there and play fast, and we're seeing 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.679 it so far, and we had high hopes. But again, 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.520 before the pads come on, it's just impossible to evaluate 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.240 these guys. Since the pads came on earlier this week, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:54.400 we've been pretty impressed. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.880 Yeah, we got something going on there with the offensive line. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.800 Another one is tied in Noah Gray. Really good camp 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.240 and arguably his best camp yet. But once the pads 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.600 came on, he just looks physically different. You just talk 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.800 to him, and we're going to feature him on a 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:12.160 live stream. You can find that too. But the fact 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:16.240 that Noah looks more physical, he's made better plays. Two 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.960 wonderful catches in the red zone a couple days ago. 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.080 But Noah looks like he's poised. Remember that spurt he 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:24.680 had a couple of years ago. And if he can 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:27.520 take the heat off and he and Walker both take 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.760 the heat off Kelsey in the red zone especially, then 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.760 you're not gonna have guys like biting, pinching and just 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.720 driving three guys into the ground with kelse If, Noah 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.680 grays a threat on a consistent basis and to be physical. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:40.800 Keep in mind he has to do a lot of things. 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.640 I just talked to him about the fact that he 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.360 has to play in line tight in, he has to 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.480 play slot. But people go, what if you have to 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.160 use a fullback. He's the fallback. He's the h back 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.320 of this team. Yeah, but he's better suited to do 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.480 it because I think he looks better physically, especially the 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.880 upper body, and when the pads came on, he's played 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:58.760 really really well. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:00.760 That practice a few days ago that you're talking about 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.000 was reminiscent of when he had four touchdowns in two weeks, 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.280 two against the Bills and then two against the Panthers. 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.280 It looked a lot like that Bill's game because all 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.680 of his touchdowns were red zone touchdowns. I think he 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:12.720 had four total if you include seven on seven. He 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.040 was just everywhere in the red zone a couple of 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:16.840 days ago, and that's the kind of player he can be. 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.920 His numbers dipped a little bit last year, but rewind 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.240 the clock two years ago. Just a really effective weapon 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.760 for this team, especially in the red zone and I 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.240 think this is where having an effective running game is 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.240 going to help everybody, because if you have an effective 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.280 running game in goal to go or red zone situations, 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.920 it's going to open up situations and opportunities. I think 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.960 for players like Noah Jared Wiley has looked really good 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:41.959 throughout this camp as well. Looks strong, looks physical. Keep 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.000 in mind, all of last year he was kind of 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.199 rehabbing that knee injury. His rookie season was wiped out 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.679 by that, and last year didn't appear until halfway through 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.000 the season, and even then still kind of getting your 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:55.079 confidence back. He looks strong, he looks physical, and he 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.800 looked good throughout this camp. And Jake Brenningstool is another 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.439 one where you kind of put him on the shelf. 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.400 Last year got hurt in training camp. We were so 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.880 excited about what he could do, but got hurt in 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.439 mid August. But he's back now and looked great. We 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:09.120 made a lot of highlight reel kind of catches up 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.240 the middle. So the whole tight end room in general, 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.160 we don't have a lot of bodies right now, not 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.760 a super deep room in terms of personnel, but the 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.000 players that we do have behind Travis Kelcey obviously have 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.400 been pretty impressive, and I'm excited about those guys. Let's 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:23.880 keep it going now into the preseason. 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.720 They're asked to do so much in the tight end 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.800 position and tons of blocking. That's what we don't Rewy's pinpoint, 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.680 because we want to see the catches in the yards 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.960 and the touchdowns, but they must block. And in the 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:39.160 case of both Noah Gray and Jared Wiley, Matt they've 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:42.439 got to be impact special teams players. They have to become, 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.880 if not four cores, three cores, two cores, special teams players, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.679 and we've seen Noah do it, if Jared Wiley can 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:50.600 do it on a consistent basis, all of a sudden, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.560 that tight end room can have more impact than fans think. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.160 But to me, it's not a luxury. It's a necessity 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:57.520 from those guys to make the jump. 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.680 Yeah, I think so too, And really with Wiley and 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.360 with Brenning Stool, I think they were kind of wild 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.760 cards coming into this camp, like what do we have there, 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.800 just because we haven't seen them a lot on the field, 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.000 and I've come away pleasantly surprised by both of them, 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.120 where I think we might have something in both those guys. 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.200 I was really excited about Wiley a couple of years 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.600 ago because at TCU he led all FBS tight ends 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.480 and touchdown grabs. I was like, this guy can be 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.319 a redzin weapon for us. Well, the injury happens, he's 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.240 a rookie and then, like I said, wipes out most 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.640 of last season as well. We just haven't had a 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.080 chance to really see what he can do. And really 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.560 in this camp he looks healthy, looks strong, getting a 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.480 lot of looks. So we'll see if that continues now 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:36.319 into the preseason. 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.880 Another one, This may not be a surprise, but once 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.680 the pads went on here, George Karloff just took off. 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.360 There was Tuesday practice with short yardage. It did some 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.560 goal line and the offense did a really good job 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.960 and or Noah Gray had a touchdown catch in short yardage, 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.400 but the defense kind of felt some pressure to respond 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.120 with the next day and a lot of red zone work, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:59.000 long drive drill and George Karloff just was spectacular. And 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:03.240 the fact that he can play physically, we know that 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.120 what he can do. There's a lot of sacks, pass 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.559 just tipped. He's makes some big plays in the playoffs 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.360 in the regular season, but I talked to him offline 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.480 a bit about just him being more physical. He's kind 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.520 of the defensive version of Noah Gray in a way. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.280 In the fact, when the Pads came on, though, George 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.560 has really shown up. He's showing quickness and strength. 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.760 You think George likes having a player like Peter Woods, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:23.760 Oh in the middle. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:24.319 He's another one. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:26.520 When the Pads came on, Oh and I were both 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.240 won And what Yeah, Peter Wow looks like Aaron Donald. 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.400 What about the Pads betteran Pets. 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:32.839 Yeah, Peter Woods is legit. 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.120 Spags will say that he has a long way to 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:36.720 go and there's a lot of little things he needs 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.160 to clean up, but the talent is obviously there, and 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:40.760 Peter Woods is going to be a good player for 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.600 us kiros Toga as well and Omar Norman lot when 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:44.360 he's back healthy. 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:45.880 But all those guys helped George. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.880 Carl loftis because last year, outside of Chris Jones, we 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.440 just didn't have a lot of push on the interior 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.360 of our defensive line, and that puts a lot of 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.080 pressure on players like George where they're being double teamed. 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:56.599 You just don't have a chance to really get to 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.040 the quarterback. I think looking at this year, with the 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.360 talent we have on the interior, in addition to Chris Jones, 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.560 it's going to open up so many opportunities for players 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.160 like George Ashon Galotti and r Mason Thomas. 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:09.920 Yeah, and so we continue to look too for special 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:14.000 teams players and again that those are played in space, right, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.800 You've got to play in space. But when you put 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:19.040 the pads on, you know, I always get stune when 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.800 when fans will try to put on pads like you've 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:22.440 gone on today. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.200 I got them on and just try to I've got 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:25.679 a helmet here too. I think MIT should put on 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.040 the helmet. Unfortunately we have a head to headset. 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:29.240 It's not going to work. But yeah, I got the 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.160 helmet ready to go. Yeah, I think I sleep. I 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:32.000 told twelve. 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.720 Year old me that I could put one of these on. 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.520 Do you know what I would say? But here we are, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.520 uh got adviser even how about that? 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:39.480 Oh my gosh, that's. 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:43.280 Yeah, that's so cool. But we've watched then on special 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.760 teams too, some guys that could potentially and these are 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.320 some sleeper guys. But Kevin Knowles, who now we'res thirty five. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.800 He wore thirty eight, but now la Jerry Sneed's back 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:53.880 on the roster, so he had to yield the number. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.760 But a guy like Melvin Smith and people don't know 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:58.840 who he is, he's you know, he's been a round 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.480 a while practice squad. But guys like that that show 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.439 up physically on special teams when the pads are on 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.040 our guys that end up making plays throughout the season. 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.960 Big time speed from Melvin Smith, Southern Arkansas grad. 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:12.040 I think he had too. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.160 Yeah, I think he had a lot of production in 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.480 terms of like pick sixes and big time returns because 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:18.600 of his explosive ability. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:19.760 He's a great athlete. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.200 And I feel like I mentioned this every episode now, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.840 but one of your trademark terms is crock pot guy. Well, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.440 Melvin Smith is a great example of that because spent 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.680 all of last season on the practice squad, undrafted free 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.120 agent before that. You bring him in, bring him into 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.760 the system, gets to be around this defense, be around 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.240 Stees Bagnello, see how the whole thing works. And now 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.040 he has a chance to maybe make the team. We'll 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.600 see how he does throughout the rest of training camp 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.720 in the preseason. But Yeah, Melvin Smith is turning heads 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.520 up here, I'd say, and let's see if he can 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:47.000 keep it going. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.440 I've always wandered to do this always throughout my life. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:52.160 Is this, Let's go. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.520 Let's go go baby, like we're getting ready to run 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.080 on the field. I always tell you that I wish 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.200 he's back in Smith's Center with me. We ran on 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.720 the field to take on the heathen Phillipsburg Anthers. But 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:01.880 I kind of feel that way today. 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:03.600 I always thought it could be like a Danny Woodhead 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.480 type of player, you know, a little scat back. 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:07.560 Sure, yeah, I can do it. 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.720 You can do that. That's perfect fit. Just on our team, 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.200 not the you know, on the other team, not on 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.960 the Chargers. No, no, no, I hated Dawson with him, 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:18.040 but I'm on any other team except our teams in 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.840 their division. But anyway, there you go. We want to 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:25.040 have a special defending the Kingdom. To talk about pads 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.680 and if you follow me at all on x slash Twitter, 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.600 you know the day before pads. It's tradition, right and 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:35.360 I've done it for years. The day before pads. Always 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.160 put tomorrow dot dot dot pads and look at the field. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.720 If you've played football at any level. The day before 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:46.120 you start practicing pads, your stomach churns. But once you 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:47.880 put them on, man, there's nothing like it. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.240 Yeah, you're ready to go and you find out, well, 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.160 once again, who is going to be a player for us? 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.440 You know, OTAs are one thing. The first week or 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.720 sell training camp is one thing. But these days, particularly 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.960 after you've put the pads on and taken them off 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:03.720 and I'll put them back on, you find out who's 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:04.400 going to help us win. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.280 It's exciting. So we'll close this way. 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.840 For your spouse for an anniversary gift, go buy them 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.520 a full set of NFL pads. Do it and put 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.240 it on and walk around the block and go, how's 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:16.120 that feels? 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:16.720 How you doing? 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:17.160 Like? 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:20.840 Yeah, tackleing? 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:24.240 Uh? The Amazon driver comes up? Where am I tackle them? 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.800 And uh yeah? And bring out the doughnut and do 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:30.280 some practice tackling. Invite the neighbors over. Nothing like it 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.360 because it's life. And thanks to the folks at Mosaic 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.960 that make this possible here at training camp. They're spectacular. 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.160 They've been great help to you and me as well. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.440 But Mosaic is the official presenting sponsor of Chiefs Training Camp. 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.080 But go get the pads on, and turn the neighborhood 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:46.120 upside down.