1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. Ah, will you get 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: opportunity every day they can play? Oh by Michael, don't 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: do one touchdown Kansas City. The Chiefs all right in 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: the thick of a baby, everybody, and welcome to another 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: edition of Defending the Kingdom. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Rich 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: Alters with you the Voice of the Chiefs, along with 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: Chiefs reporter Matt McMullan and mister Mattstad himself. Okay, this episode, 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: by the way, is brought to you by three sixty Vodka, 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: the official vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom in Kansas City's 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: hometown vodka, you know, perfect for the holidays. So three 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: sixty Vodka thanks to them. This episode will be called 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: the State of the Kingdom during the bye week, which 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: just happens to be during this Thanksgiving weekend. It's a 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: chance for the Chiefs Kingdom bus or train just to 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: stop for a second pull off on a roadside park 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: and go, what do we have here? We'll talk about 17 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: this twenty twenty one Chiefs team and this remarkable rise 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: over the past four weeks. Then we'll kind of take 19 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: a look ahead, not just to this season, but really 20 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: from a Google Earth view of the Chiefs Kingdom, and 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: we're why it's so exciting on the road ahead. But Matt, 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: before we do again, greetings around the world, because we 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: know week by week by week we hear from you 24 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: around the world that you enjoy defending the Kingdom YEP. 25 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: And a lot of good ones this time. So are 26 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: you comfortable this is going to take a while, go 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: for it? Okay, okay, well good, We'll start on the 28 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: global perspective. We have Miles in Ontario, Canada. He emailed me. 29 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: Actually he's been a fan since the nineteen seventies growing 30 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: up in Canada. It's so pretty cool. Miles repping dtk 31 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: up in Ontario. We have Chester in Guam, Stuart in 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: Zimbabwe via Jackson County. So we have what South West Africa, 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: Southeast Africa covered now Gary and Florencia, Colombia, a fan 34 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: in Yokohama, Japan, and then Susan and Costa Rica. Then 35 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: lots of fans just around the country. So Matt in 36 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: West Virginia, Ken in Baltimore, Maryland, Troy and Inglehouse, Pennsylvania, 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: Larry in Bakerton, Pennsylvania, so Brett Beach will like this. 38 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: Lots of Pennsylvania fans Ryan in Ormond Beach, Florida, Ryan 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: in Northwest Kansas, Charles and Crayton, Missouri, a fan of Mississippi, 40 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: a fan in Arizona, a fan in Saint George, Utah. 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: And the happiest man on the planet Jeremy in Carrollton, 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: Texas in the DFW area, who was saying on our 43 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: last episode, how it's difficult time of year being in 44 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: a cowboys country being a Chiefs fan. I bet he 45 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: is pretty happy this week. The only thing that would 46 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: dissipate his enthusiasm is the cost of fuel because he 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: is just driving around the Metroplex with his Chiefs flags 48 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: flying and just like at a stoplight like how we're doing. Yeah, 49 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: he doesn't care though, Yeah, he'll fill up over and 50 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: over again. And if he looks, it's just the it's 51 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the look we had, or we saw when the elevators opened. 52 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: We were doing Chiefs free wine down at the Locker 53 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: Room Club, and the look on the chairman and CEO 54 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: of the Kansas City Chiefs face, Clark Un wasn't that 55 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: it was priceless. Yeah, Like it was just such a 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: proud guy that his team won back the Preston Road Trophy. 57 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: It was that was just that was something to a 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: relish on that day. Well, we're shooting rewind and I 59 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 1: saw the Hunt family and the Jones family. I'm like, hey, Mitch, 60 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: look over at this. And we talked about it in 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: previous episodes like that, that's a big deal. And this 62 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: is a very big deal Chiefs and Cowboys. And it's 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: not a division rivalry, it's not even an AFC rivalry. 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: But it's a big deal when it comes to the 65 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: Hunts and the Jones playing one another. And that was 66 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: a big one for Clark. I'm glad he got it. 67 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: Clark's proud of all of his kids. You know, we 68 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: know Grace miss Kansas USA, Nobles on the SMU soccer team, 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: avas doing great things. But wow, that looky head on 70 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: his face was one of pride. Baby in the Chiefs 71 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: Kingdom beating the Dallas Cowboys nineteen to nine. But the 72 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: state of the Kingdom, and again, I just love hearing 73 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: from all of you from around the globe and how 74 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom is growing. We're gonna get into that 75 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: in this second half of this show. But the state 76 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: of the Kingdom as it is right now, the seven 77 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: and four. Kansas City Chiefs get a bye week. It 78 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: will deserved bye week. This has not been an easy 79 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: eleven weeks. These have been a lot of high leverage games. 80 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: These last three games, all of them have felt like 81 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: a playoff game. Yeah, when they kind of have been, 82 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: because when you start a season three and four and 83 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: you have Super Bowl aspirations, you kind of need to 84 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: start winning games in consecutive order. And this bye week's 85 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: coming at the perfect time. And we saw when we 86 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: did our schedule release show way back in April or 87 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: May or whatever it was, we saw the bye in 88 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: late November, and we're like, that's perfect. Hopefully we're hitting 89 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: our stride at that point and you can rest up, 90 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: and then we have all these divisional games after the 91 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: bye week. Well, season didn't start the way we expected, 92 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: but you start three and four, all of a sudden, 93 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: you rattle off four straight. It was no loss November. 94 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: Chiefs did not lose in November. They're really hitting their 95 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: stride right now, heating up on both sides of the ball, 96 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: particularly defensively right now. And now you can rest up, 97 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: you get a break and now attack all these divisional games. 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: Four divisional games in our final six, and we'll talk 99 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: about that later on, but a huge opportunity here and 100 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: a great chance to rest up right now and get 101 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: ready for the home stretch. And no loss November for 102 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom, but almost everybody else in the AFC 103 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: losing in November. And we'll see what happens this weekend. 104 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: Is the Chiefs will just back up and watch everybody 105 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: kind of duke it out. That's always one of the 106 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: fun things. A bye week is like, you know, we're 107 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: gonna take a breath, you guys, just fight this out 108 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: and then see what happens to start December, especially off 109 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: a win too. Like a loss into a bye week 110 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: is the worst, but winning four straight games into a 111 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: bye it's pretty nice. Absolutely. And course we're getting used 112 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: to this winning after a buye and winning going into 113 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: a buy it's becoming a little bit of a habit here. Okay, 114 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: let's talk defense first, because this Chief's defense has completely 115 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: rewritten the narrative in a month. And what they've been 116 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: able to do when you look at and you and 117 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: your point was a great one that you put out 118 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: on social the fact that they're limiting teams to less 119 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: than seventeen points, a game, like nobody else in the 120 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: league is doing that. Yeah, and I'm not sure they're 121 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: getting enough attention there. Plus people want to say, well, 122 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: they're just love and it wasn't Aaron Rodgers against the 123 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: Packers or no Tyrann Smith or Noah Marii Cooper and 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: then oh, guys, Ceedee Lamb got hurt in the in 125 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: the Dallas game. And then gosh, the Raiders have gone 126 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: through so much. Who whoa WHOA. I always tell people 127 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: when they say that, go back and look at the 128 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: Friday and Saturday articles and check those out and go this, 129 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: you weren't saying that. Then. The other thing is the 130 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: run defense, which is now overall and average yards given up, 131 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: our total yards given up on the ground. The Chiefs 132 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: are now in the middle of the National Football League. 133 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: And this has been done in a month where they 134 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,799 Speaker 1: have faced in the last three games these six running 135 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: backs Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard. They have faced Josh Jacobs 136 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: and Kenyan Drake. They have faced Aaron Jones, and they 137 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: faced aj Dillon and they've stopped them all. Yeah, Like, 138 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: I've just not heard that discussion much around the National 139 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: Football League. None of those guys had a big game 140 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. None of them, and most of those 141 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: guys are dynamic players who can catch the ball out 142 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: of the backfield too, and nobody had a game against 143 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Over our last four games, we're allowing eleven 144 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: point eight points per game, second best rate in the NFL. 145 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: It's crazy and I don't care who you're playing or 146 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: who they're missing. That's hard in the NFL consistently to 147 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: do that. The defense has been a huge reason why 148 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: this team has won four games in a row. They've 149 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: been fantastic and we have to look at this and 150 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: not think about what the early part of the season 151 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: looked like, because yeah, there were struggles there, but there 152 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: was growth as well. We saw it in the second 153 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: half of some games. The Tennessee game, for example, they 154 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: did not play well in the first half, but shut 155 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: out the Titans in the second half. And we always 156 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: talk about we've got to find ways to build on that. 157 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: You don't necessarily want to hear that in the moment, 158 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: but the guys built on it, and it shows the 159 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: resiliency of this team, like the defense could have packed 160 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: it in earlier this season. Hey, things aren't going well 161 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: the way we expected maybe we're not very good, but 162 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: they didn't listen to any of that. They said, hey, 163 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: we know that we can be good. We've done this before. 164 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: We know we're good football players. We know we believe 165 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: in this scheme, and look what's happening right now. And sure, yeah, 166 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: Amara Cooper didn't play for the Cowboys, but that Cowboys 167 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: offense is the number one scoring offense in the NFL. 168 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure Amara Cooper isn't the only reason 169 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: for the number one scoring offense in the NFL. If 170 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: your entire offense unraffles, if one guy comes out, you're 171 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: not very good. So I know this Cowboys offense is 172 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: good without Amari Cooper. They on six of their twelve possessions, 173 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: they were held without a first down. For some context, 174 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: they only have thirteen three and outs coming into that game. 175 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: Now they have nineteen. I mean, the Chiefs defense was fantastic. 176 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: Doesn't matter who wasn't playing, you have to look at 177 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: who was playing, and the Chiefs dominated all four of 178 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: these games defensively. The past rush is heating up thirty 179 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: eight percent pressure rate on Dak Prescott last week. We've 180 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: seen the pass rush heating up over the last several weeks, 181 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: Guys like Chris Jones, Oh my god, what can you 182 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: say about Chris Jones. Frank Clark's been playing some of 183 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: the best football of his career lately, Mike Dana, Jaron Reid, 184 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: different guys getting after the passer. The linebackers are playing 185 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: well in the secondary. We can have an entire DDK 186 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: podcast on how good the secondary has been recently. Because 187 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: Trevarious Ward and Lagarius Sneed are making plays. This whole 188 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: defense is cooking at the perfect time right now. And 189 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: like I said, you enter the buy now feeling really 190 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: good defensively, and now you start playing these divisional games 191 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: teams that you know, and this defense is getting very excited. 192 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, And you look at Chris Jones's line. 193 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm not going to pass this up. Chris Jones's line 194 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys for a defensive lineman. I said 195 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: on Twitter, it's like a triple double for Steph Curry. 196 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: And then somebody goes really like a quadruple double. It's like, yeah, 197 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: it's a quad double. But when you look at five tackles, 198 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: three and a half sacks, maybe really four. In reality, 199 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: you look at eight pressures, three quarterback hits, a force fumble, 200 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: and a fumble recovery. You'll go twenty years and now 201 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 1: see that in a line for a defensive lineman. I'm 202 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: just not gonna let it pass. It's something you may 203 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: not see in a generation. This is It was the 204 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: lad Derrek Thomas, it was Buck Buchanan. You see Aaron 205 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: Donald do it. But Chris Jones did something that is 206 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: very very rare in a past defense that led to 207 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: the interception that Lagarius Sneed had that sealed the game. 208 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: I mean, he dominated the game in every single way 209 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: throughout that matchup. It was awesome. And the Cowboys you 210 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: could tell early on that the Cowboys were forced to 211 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: earn every single yard that they got. Like the Cowboys offense, 212 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: even when they moved the ball, it didn't look easy, 213 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: like the Chiefs defense was making it hard on them throughout, 214 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: Like nothing was seamless, nothing was on time. It was 215 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: constantly like maybe Dak would make a great throw on 216 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: the run or something and they get a first down 217 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: out of it, but it didn't look like it was 218 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: something they could do over and over again because it 219 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: looked hard. And that's the kind of defense you want. 220 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: This defense to be playing here in Kansas City. And yes, 221 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: the offense was a little bit off at times. I 222 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: think negative plays are more the cause behind that. I 223 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: think they were still moving the ball pretty effectively when 224 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: they were on schedule. But the offense doesn't need to 225 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: score thirty points if the defense is playing like that 226 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: and the offense knows that they're not going to be pressing, 227 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 1: and it's just a beautiful thing. And to be playing 228 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: their best football right now at this time of year, 229 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: that's what you want. Love that, Coach Rut. It's a 230 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: beautiful thing. So was a fact that I talked with 231 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: Coach Rut about this with Chris Jones beat the left 232 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: guard twice, once with a bull rush, once with the 233 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: swim move. He beats the right tackle Collins, he beats 234 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: him with a rip move. Then he beats Zach Martin 235 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: with a bullrush. I mean he beat the left guard twice, 236 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: the right guard, the right tackle. Like who else is 237 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: up here? Let's say we'll put me over the center. 238 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: I'll play nose tackle and go after a beatish, But 239 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: the point is here. It was a phenomenal performance. Now, 240 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: before I get to the offense on our episode, here 241 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 1: of the state of the Kingdom is I'm going to 242 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: get into special teams because it is so easily taken 243 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: for granted. We are fast approaching what the Kansas City 244 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs did on special teams from twenty thirteen to twenty eighteen. 245 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: And hear us out here Byron Pringle, now his third 246 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: in the National Football League, and kickoff returns. Two very 247 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: powerful returns in the game in the victory of the 248 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Weren't touchdowns, but they were powerful returns and 249 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: change the complexion grid of the field. You look at 250 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: a partially blocked punt by Pringle in this four game span. 251 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: You look at what Tommy Townsend has done. Still and 252 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: not enough points to get into the statistics to qualify. 253 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: But when you get four punts at the fifteen or 254 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: inside against Green Bay and nets and net fifty six 255 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: point five yards a punt and get four inside the fifteen, 256 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: you'll go twenty years and maybe not see that again. 257 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: You look at a muff punt recovery, You look at 258 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: a four fifty plus yard field goals made by Butker 259 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: that ties a Kansas City Chiefs single season record. And 260 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: we're in eleven games. We got six to go in 261 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: the regular season, you just keep going down on all 262 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: four paces of the specialty kickoff coverage. Right now, the 263 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,719 Speaker 1: Chiefs are number one in the NFL punt coverage their 264 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: number two. So what we're seeing now is what we 265 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: saw for years with the Chiefs, with Dave Tobe dominating 266 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: and winning games with special teams. I keep waiting to 267 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: see him walking around with sunglasses on inside or something 268 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: like I'm feeling really cool. You know, how about that 269 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: the Harrison Butker punt last week against Dallas pooch punt. Yeah, 270 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: it's again, I mean that's those are powerful plays. Yeah, 271 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: that change games. Yeah, And when you get all three 272 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: light bulbs and the special teams unit now for the 273 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: past four weeks, that is easily overlooked. And it's all 274 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: four phases. It's not just kick off returns. You might 275 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: say that, well, punt returns are lagging behind a bit. Okay, 276 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: we might give you that, but everything else come on, 277 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: and then offensively people go, guess it's just not the 278 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: same old Chiefs. Well, wait a minute. When you look 279 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: at it from a statistical standpoint, there's a lot here 280 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: that meets the eye or that or is being glossed 281 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: over here because offensively, there's some spectacular numbers here to 282 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: look at. In this by way, there are And I 283 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: have two quick thoughts here because I have one more 284 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: tag on special teams that has thought of And this 285 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: is an obvious football point, but special teams, offense and 286 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: defense are supposed to all work together cohesively, right, And 287 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: we don't always see that all the time across the 288 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: NFL because it's hard. Well, right now all three are 289 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: working together. So if the offense needs to punt, they're 290 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: not pressing, they're not concerned about that. They're like, all right, 291 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna flip the field, and the defense, which is 292 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: playing as well as it is right now, they're gonna 293 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: get a stop and get us the all back. We 294 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: have that confidence, and that confidence was apparent throughout the 295 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: Dallas game and it's been clear really throughout this winning streak. Also, 296 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: if the defense is playing like this, if special teams 297 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: can pin the opposing offense deep in their own territory consistently, 298 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: I mean, how difficult is it for them to move 299 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: the ball? I mean if they're like Dallas, for example, 300 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: struggling to even get past midfield and they're starting inside 301 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: their own twenty inside their own fifteen, over and over 302 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: and over again. It's just very difficult. We haven't been 303 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: giving teams short fields really at all during this winning streak, 304 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: and that's been a huge reason behind that. Now, offensively, 305 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: I mentioned the negative plays. Some things that happened against 306 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: Dallas aren't going to happen moving forward. I don't think 307 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: things like holding call and then an unsports conduct call 308 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: right afterward, like those things are just kind of in 309 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: a vacuum. They just happened, you know, you learn from it, 310 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: you move on. Those were the things that killed drives 311 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs against the Cowboys. Like they were moving 312 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: the ball for the most part when they were on schedule, 313 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: it was all of a sudden if they were in 314 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: second and thirty, it's very difficult for a drive to continue. 315 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: So I think we saw some good things actually offensively 316 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: from the Chiefs in that game. The sixteen point explosion 317 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: early on was awesome to see, scoring on each of 318 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: their first three drives. Hopefully we see more of that 319 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: moving forward. But as long as they can clean up 320 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: the negative plays, they can still move the football, and 321 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: we've seen all season long just some weird, funky things 322 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: have happened this season at times that have gotten in 323 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: the way of the offense finding success. But if you 324 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: have eyeballs, you can see that this offense can move 325 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: the football. And we can't overlook the twenty two giveaways. 326 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't gloss over that. That's a gob 327 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: after eleven weeks. That's to a game. Yeah, I mean 328 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: that usually will not equate to a seven and four record. 329 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: I think the oh seven New England Patriots or maybe 330 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: the anomaly there. But for the Chiefs again, if you 331 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: just correct that by half, you'll see away a lot 332 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: more production there offensively. But let's just get into some 333 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: of these other numbers here. I'm gonna bring these up. 334 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: Let's just take them one by one. We'll get the 335 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: Patrick and a second but tyra Kill, when you look, okay, 336 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: second right now in receiving receptions, but he's fifth in yards, 337 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: but he's first and third en receptions, and he's also 338 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: first and third end receptions for first downs. It's still 339 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: a high volume season for ty Kill. It's just not 340 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: he's not getting him at seventy five yard bursts, but 341 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: he's doing everything else. And you can argue, and I 342 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: was talking with coach rude about this too earlier. You 343 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: can argue right now, who's better. Who's better? Is that 344 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup Jefferson maybe in Minnesota or maybe not. Right now, 345 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill just might be the best receiver in the 346 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: National Football League. I think he is, and I think 347 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: we've seen him change and adapt his game to be 348 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: what this offense needs him to be. And all of 349 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: a sudden, if defenses are going to take away the 350 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: deep ball, if they're gonna put all their eggs in 351 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: that basket where they're playing two deep safeties and you're 352 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: not going to beat us over the top, all of 353 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: a sudden, Tyreek is like, Okay, I'm gonna find a 354 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: different way to beat you. Then I'm going to run 355 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: these quick slants. He's quick out, so I'm gonna find 356 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: ways to get open from my quarterback. And he's done 357 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: that all year long and proven to be just as 358 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: dangerous doing that, because I mean, that guy, when he 359 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: has the ball in his hands, is the most electric 360 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: player in all of football. And you can see here 361 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: how many catches he's had this season. I think he's 362 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: at like eighty four grabs right I think eighty seven 363 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: is his career high, and we have six games to go, 364 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: so he's gonna shatter his career marks. In terms of receptions, 365 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: he's lost than a hundred yards away from a thousand 366 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: yards already on the season, and I think he's like 367 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: third in the NFL and receiving touchdowns. He's been awesome 368 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: this season. And because we haven't had a ton of 369 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: like fifty yard touchdowns, I think some people nationally don't 370 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: look at the Chiefs offense as being as explosive. But 371 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey quietly having a very strong year as well, 372 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: and Tyreek doing what he's been doing this year, and 373 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: then the complimentary pieces as well, guys like Byron Pringle 374 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: getting a big catch last week. Those guys kind of 375 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: getting more comfortable and kind of getting into their own here. 376 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: And Nicole had a nice catch last week as well. 377 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: So this offense can move the ball, and I think 378 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: it says a lot about them that they've adapted their 379 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: style of play to these opposing defenses and still found 380 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: ways to move it. And we keep saying this over 381 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: and over again, but when the Chiefs are able to 382 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: move the ball down the field slowly with these underneath 383 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: throws and running the football and things like that. Eventually 384 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: the defense has to abandon that strategy because they are 385 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: losing and running out of time, and then the big 386 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: shots will come. So I think we'll see that as 387 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: the season continues. And Kelsey, are you kidding me? We've 388 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: talked about his last five years being unpressed in the 389 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: National Football League people not even close honestly, But now 390 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: this year you're going, well, how's he doing? Is he? 391 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: He has eleven more receptions at the next closest tight end. 392 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: There is no like Darren Waller or Gronk who's with 393 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: him like week by week, or zach Ertz that's happened 394 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: in this five year span one or the other, or 395 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: somebody's like popping up in there. He's got one hundred 396 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: and twenty five more yards than Mark Andrews's having a 397 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: good year, but he's like blowing everybody away in tight ends. 398 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: There's right now and no other tight end on the planet. 399 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: He's looking at another year where he's going to challenge 400 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: his previous records. Yeah, it's crazy. What's broken here? Nothing? 401 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: I mean, what it is is expectations and a stand 402 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: the standard that the Chiefs have set here. But it's 403 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: we said this in field pass before the game. Not 404 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: every season is going to be a fourteen and two season, 405 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that it can't be a great season. 406 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: And yeah, the Chiefs got off to a slow start, 407 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: like I mentioned earlier, and maybe there aren't the big 408 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: highlight reel plays and we're not beating teams by twenty one. 409 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: But if you can just put some wins together, you 410 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: can feel like you get your mojo backlick we've seen 411 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: over the last few weeks. It doesn't matter how he started. 412 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: What matters is how you finish. And then Chi's right now, 413 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: are eyeing a pretty exciting finish here in passing Patrick Mahomes, guy, 414 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: she's having a day on year? Is he he's got? 415 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: I mean he's got twenty five touchdown passes. Only Tom 416 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: Brady has more by two I think. And the interception, okay, 417 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: wasn't on him the other day? Really that's eleven he 418 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 1: says it was on him, is behind him, But come on, Kels. 419 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: I think Keils would see I should have had that one. 420 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: But the point is, is he really off here? Now? 421 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: Completion percentage is down, He's twentieth in the league. But 422 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: if you look at volume in passing yards, completions, touchdowns, 423 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: touchdown interception ratio. He's right there, He's still right there. Yeah, 424 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: he leads the league in passing yards right now, he 425 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: leads the NFL and completions. I mean he can. He's fine. 426 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: The turnovers are not like egregious, like you're not thinking 427 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: like wow, what was he thinking there? Yeah, it's it's 428 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: things that are just going to happen when you're playing 429 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: a football game. He said a few of those, but 430 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: not in this four game winning stream. No, No, I 431 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: mean it's and for the most part season like, it's 432 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: been balls that have bounced off Guy's hands. And again, 433 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: that's going to happen sometimes. And the reason he's such 434 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: a great leader is he takes responsibility for it. He 435 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: doesn't point any fingers or blame anyone. He just wears it. 436 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 1: But he knows if I keep firing, we're gonna be okay. 437 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: And that's the most important thing I think throughout the 438 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: early struggles this year is that the team didn't lose 439 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: their confidence or their belief in one another. That's what 440 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 1: you worry about when teams struggle, and that you see 441 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: that most of the time in team sports, when teams struggle, 442 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, fingers get pointed and they struggle 443 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: more and the season falls apart. Right, Well, that did 444 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: not happen with the Chiefs. They believed in one another, 445 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: They fought for one another, and they knew if they 446 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: just kept together, they would figure it out. And they have. 447 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: Enter Andy Reid. That's the tag on that thought, because 448 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: he's done it time and time again, and he's done 449 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: it five times in the nine years he's been here 450 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. One other 451 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: note here before we get an interview with Clark, and 452 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: that is, okay, look at the running backs then, well 453 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: I was if you put Clyde Edwards Hilaire and made 454 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: him one person with Daryl Williams, they would be fifth 455 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: right now on the National Football League and running the 456 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: ball like what's wrong? The fact that the Chiefs tag 457 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: team and now you've got Clyde back makes this team 458 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: even more dangerous in running the ball in these next 459 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: six weeks. That's one of those stats that you hear 460 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: and you're just like, oh, didn't realize that, you know, 461 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: because if all you do is listen to national narratives 462 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: that for whatever reason don't really want to believe in 463 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs anymore. You're not going to hear those kinds 464 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: of things. But once again, the beauty of this team 465 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: as they find a way, and they've found a way. 466 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: They kept together through a rough stretch to open the year, 467 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: and they've found their groove. I mean, going four now 468 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: in the month of November and now to attack this 469 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: post buy slate with four divisional games and their final 470 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: six matchups while being in first place in the AFC West, 471 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: already heading into du buy. Worst case, no matter what 472 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: the Chargers do, they will not be any better than 473 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. The Chargers win, they'll be seven and four, 474 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: matching the Chiefs and we still play them in just 475 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: a few weeks. So just a very exciting time right 476 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: now to be a Chiefs fan. And again goes back 477 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: to what I said this week. With the bye week, 478 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: you watch everybody slug it out, like to let me 479 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: know when the smoke cleares what we got. So the 480 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs are the last basically to get their bye week 481 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: in the division. And you know, talking about Jonathan Taylor, 482 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: great job, man, he's just killing it. But the Chiefs 483 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: just don't do it that way. But if you put 484 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: the sum of the parts together, you're going, oh gosh, 485 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: they're right there in the top five. Okay, that being said, 486 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: you did have a chance. We're talking about chairman and 487 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: CEO Clark Hunt. You had a chance to get him 488 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: as he was pulling off the exit and taking a exhale, 489 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: if you will, with the bye week, and he's excited 490 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: as we are about this team. Yeah, this is our 491 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: State of the Kingdom episode, right So who better to 492 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: talk about the State of the Kingdom with than our 493 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: chairman and CEO, Clark Hunt. I unfortunately caught up with 494 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: him before the Cowboys game. That's when we had the availability. 495 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: Otherwise I would have asked him all about the Cowboys game. 496 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: But we got him after the Raiders victory, still very 497 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: excited about that one obviously, and got his thoughts in 498 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: the state of the Kingdom and what this team can 499 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: accomplish moving forward this year. All right, we are joined 500 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: now by the chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs, 501 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: Clark Hunt. And Clark this is our State of the 502 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: Franchise episode, so you're the perfect guy to talk to 503 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: you about this. Just your thoughts in the state of 504 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: the franchise right now? Heading into the bye week. Well, 505 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: it's been great to see the team rally here over 506 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: the last several weeks. We obviously got off to a 507 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: slow start. The offense was in a little bit of 508 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: a funk, and it's great to see the offense playing better, 509 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: but probably as important as the improvement on the defensive 510 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: side of the ball. The first five weeks we're really 511 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: challenging and it's great to see the defense getting better 512 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: every week. Yeah, Well, I want to ask you about 513 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: the resiliency this team is shown as a whole. We're 514 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: getting used to a lot of winning here in Kansas 515 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: City with coachried and Patrick Mahomes, but not every season 516 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: is going to be fourteen and two. You start undefeated, 517 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's an easy season all year long. You're 518 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: gonna have battles in the NFL. What's impressed you about 519 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: the resiliency of this team over the course of the 520 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: season and so far. Well, you're exactly right. Every NFL 521 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: season is different. Every team in the league is capable 522 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: of winning any given week. You can't take your opponents 523 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: for granted, and h you know, the narrative of each 524 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: season is very, very different, and I think one of 525 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: the hallmarks of the team this year is the resiliency. 526 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: It would have been easy for the team to get 527 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: down when they weren't playing as as well as they 528 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: have been in recent weeks, but they've found a way 529 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: to keep working, stay focused that they know it's a 530 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: long season. You know, week to week, if you have 531 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: a loss, it can be very disappointing, but it's still 532 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: long season and our goals are still in front of us. Yeah, 533 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: it's a testament to the leadership on this team. I 534 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: think leaders like guys like Tyrone Matthew, Chris Jones and 535 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. And Patrick's the guy want to ask you 536 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: about here because he's kind of a microcosm of that 537 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: resiliency because we all know what Patrick can do right 538 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: former League MVP, super Bowl and VP. It seems like 539 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: every single record through a player's first however many games 540 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: he has that record so far. He's had a bit 541 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: of an up and down year so far, and by 542 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: his standards, I mean, by most player standards, he's still 543 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: been tremendous, but by his standards, it has been a 544 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: bit of a roller coaster at times. What's impressed you 545 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: about his resiliency though, to fight through maybe a game 546 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: or two that he'd like to have back, to have 547 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: a game like he had against the Raiders for example. Yeah, well, 548 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: as you allude to, he's certainly had an up and 549 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 1: down season by his standards, and it's a testament to 550 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: his work ethic and I think also his mentality to 551 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 1: see him playing better. I've got to give us some 552 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: credit to to coach Read in the offensive staff, and 553 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: he's been around the game of football a very long time. 554 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: He's helped quarterbacks he's had in the past, you know, 555 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: worked through difficult periods, and I think that was really 556 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: key in keeping Patrick focused and allowing him to make 557 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: the improvement that we've seen. So, you know, compliment to 558 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: all the leaders on the football team, because that's what 559 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: you've got to have with both on the coaching side 560 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: and also the players themselves. You know, they've really helped 561 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: keep the team together and help make the improvement that 562 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: we've seen. Yeah, well, that improvement has got us right 563 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: in the middle of the divisional race. The AFC has 564 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: wide open. The AFC West is certainly wide open. Trying 565 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: to secure a sixth consecutive division title would be the 566 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 1: first time that has ever happened in the AFC West, 567 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs have a great shot at doing that 568 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: here over the last several weeks against all these divisional opponents. 569 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: Last question for you, just looking at the latter half 570 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: of the season, now, what do you believe we can 571 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 1: achieve this year? Well, you mentioned the AFC West, and 572 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: you know, when we were struggling early on, one of 573 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: the amazing things was how close we were to still 574 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: being in first place. We were. We were in last 575 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: place for quite a few weeks, but we weren't that 576 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: far out of first place. And I think that's the 577 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: way the division's going to go the rest of the year. 578 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: We have a lot of division games over the last 579 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: six or so weeks of the season, and those are 580 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: incredibly important. The NFL's schedules every team to play against 581 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,959 Speaker 1: their division opponents late in the year, and I think 582 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: it's one of the most attractive things about the scheduling overall, 583 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: and we're going to have that opportunity. So I think, 584 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: you know, winning the division is very much in reach. 585 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: We'll have to play well and get better each week, 586 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: and then once we're in the playoffs, I think we've 587 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: seen what this team can do, and certainly the goal 588 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: is to get back to the Super Bowl. Yeah, well, 589 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: I think we have as good a shot as anybody. Clark. 590 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: I think I speak for all of Chief Kingdom here 591 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: when we appreciate everything that you've done for this franchise 592 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: to make it what it is today and something that 593 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: we're all very pride of. So thank you for that, 594 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: and thanks for your time here today. Absolutely great to 595 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: be on with you all. Right. Awesome stuff there from 596 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 1: Clark Hunt. I meant what I said there. I mean 597 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: as a lifelong Chiefs fan. And you can see other 598 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: ownership groups around the league and see how other teams operate. 599 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: It just makes me feel very fortunate that we have 600 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: the ownership and the leadership that we do because the 601 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: success that we've been having over the last ten years 602 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: here in Kansas City is a direct result of his 603 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: desire to win, his desire to bring the city a winner, 604 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: and we just see it each and every year, and 605 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: that resolve that we've talked about throughout this episode, it 606 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: starts with him. Amen and Amen. It's Thanksgiving weekend, and 607 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: we give thanks for the Hunt family in being the 608 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: leadership family and owners of this franchise. Okay, I know 609 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: you want Travis Kelsey helping you during the holidays and 610 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: even beyond do your laundry. You have that chance. What 611 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: a pivot. I kid you not, I just kid you not. 612 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: Here we go. Chief's Kingdom is turning the cold water 613 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: washing with Tide, okay, and we're calling on you to 614 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: do the same. You'll save money on energy bills. It's 615 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: tough enough to tackle NFL stains, so if you can 616 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: handle a little nacho cheese or whatever you get on 617 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: your arrowhead red. Best of all, Tide is giving fans 618 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: the ultimate reason to turn to cold. A talking Chief's 619 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: cold washer. This washer talks to you, Okay, but it's 620 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: not only talking to you, it's a reminds you to 621 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: turn a cold at every turn with the voice of 622 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. It's Kels talking to you, the voice of 623 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. Ready for this. Take it from me. Cold 624 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: can tackle all your stains amazing every single time. It's great. 625 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: The Chief's cold water wash could be yours and Kelsey 626 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: doing your laundry. Just take the pledge. Just take the 627 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: pledge to turn to cold and enter for a chance 628 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: to win at Tide dot com. Okay, we're going to 629 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: take since this is the state of the Kingdom. We're 630 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: going to take the next couple of minutes to kind 631 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: of look ahead here at the near future. But then 632 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,959 Speaker 1: I want to take a little bit of a Google 633 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: Earth view because there's a couple of initiatives that are 634 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: very exciting that's going to include all of you, including 635 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: all of you that are watching us, listening to us 636 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: around the globe. But let's talk about the next six weeks. 637 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: It'll course start with that Broncos game. But this is 638 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: the NFL schedule. They've done this now. They love to 639 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: backload these division games, not just the AFC West, but 640 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: almost all of the other divisions are backloaded to make 641 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: December a big deal. And it'll be a big deal 642 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: here in a big deal because we've fought back to 643 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: this point. Right, So we're seven and four we currently 644 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: have as of this shooting, we have a one game 645 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: lead in the AFC West. The Chargers have played one 646 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: less game than we have, so if they win, they 647 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: will be seven and four as well, and that just 648 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: makes for an awesome ending to the season here because 649 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs will play the Broncos at home out of 650 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: the bye, then the Raiders here at home, then go 651 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: on the road on Thursday Night Football and play the 652 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: Chargers and what could be the game of the season. 653 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: Then two quick games against the AFC North and the 654 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: Steelers and the Bengals, then wrap up the season on 655 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: January ninth, which is so strange to say a regular 656 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: season game on January ninth in Denver. So all these 657 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: divisional games a lot of good news though here for 658 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: the Chiefs if you're looking at historical context about how 659 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: this month could go for the Chiefs. So we all 660 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: know that coach Reid is the best in the business 661 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: after a bye. I mean, we've talked about the stat 662 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: since he got here, and all he does is keep 663 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: adding to this stats. It's worth mentioning he is nineteen 664 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: and three following a bye in his career includes a 665 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: six and two mark with the Chiefs. So while we're 666 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: all relaxing and hanging out over Thanksgiving, I'm pretty sure 667 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: he will be watching film getting ready for the prone. 668 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: He's gonna cook turkey though, he's gonna tell me he's 669 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: gonna cook turkey this year in his office. I'm sure. Yeah, 670 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: maybe he's gonna do a little bit at home. The 671 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: second year he's gonna do it. He said last year 672 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: wasn't too good. We're gonna give it another shot. I 673 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: believe he can do it. Yeah, he'll take Thanksgiving. Yeah, 674 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: at least the afternoon. Yeah afternoon. So the Chiefs in 675 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: December under coach Read since twenty thirteen are twenty seven 676 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: and nine. Twenty seven and nine. That's the most victories 677 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: in the month of December in the NFL. This is 678 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: when every team is supposed to be hitting their stride, 679 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: playing their best football, and the Chiefs consistently, even when 680 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: he first got here, are playing their best football in 681 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: December and against the division. Since twenty thirteen, the Chiefs 682 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: are sixteen and three in the month of December against 683 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: the AFC West. So, you know, we haven't done it yet. 684 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: We've done these things in the past. We got to 685 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: do it this year. But if you're looking at historical context, 686 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: makes you feel very good. Winning four straight games going 687 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: into the bye and then getting ready for the stretch 688 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: here once again. Yeah, that's what the Chiefs did in 689 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: the past. They haven't done that yet this season, but 690 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: if they can do it all of a sudden, the 691 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: story of the season is going to be a pretty 692 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: exciting one, and I love it. I shouldn't say this 693 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: because it's you're gonna be behind enemy lines during the 694 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: bye week because you'll be in Broncho country visiting your 695 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 1: in laws. So scouting the bronchos. Oh yeah, Matt stat 696 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, MATTHI spy. Yeah, I just don't get caught. Yeah, 697 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: it's not good for spies or get caught. I bring 698 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: my flag everywhere and take the pill. Yeah. So here 699 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: we go. We're going to close this thing out again, 700 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: wishing you all a great Thanksgiving weekend. But there are 701 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: a couple of initiatives that I want to bring up 702 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: as we do take a thirty thousand foot view of 703 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom in a global view. And the first one, 704 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: we're wearing our salute if you're if you're listening to 705 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: not watching, We're wearing our salute to service gear for 706 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: one more week. But there are some cool things planned 707 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:06,719 Speaker 1: in the military realm worldwide. And we've got to get 708 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: props here. Rob Alberin or a vice president, we've got 709 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: him back. He was here before he was with the 710 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: forty nine ers, and then we've got him back here. 711 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: But this he has such an expertise in this area. 712 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: These we've been dealing with focus groups. We've said this before, 713 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: but some of the most impactful military and installations in 714 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,719 Speaker 1: the world in the world are within two hours of 715 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: where we're doing this podcast. That being said, there is 716 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: a reach across the world to our allies and to 717 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: our service women and men who are around the world. 718 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: But there's something really cool that's about ready to come 719 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: down in that realm, and I love the fact that 720 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are taking the lead. Yeah, there's some cool 721 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: stuff and the works, and it's important because we think 722 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: about how important the Chiefs are to us, how important 723 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: football is, and think about Thanksgiving. We're gonna sit down 724 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: with our families and watch football, right and be thinking 725 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: about how excited we are to watch the Chiefs in 726 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: just a few weeks. But if it wasn't for those 727 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: that protect our freedoms and put their lives in the 728 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 1: line and make the ultimate sacrifice for people that they've 729 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: never met, we wouldn't get a chance to do that. 730 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,720 Speaker 1: And it's important to always remember those that once again, 731 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: we'll never meet most of them, but they go and 732 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: put their lives on hold, They leave their families for 733 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: six months to a year at a time, and They 734 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: put their life on the line and many of them 735 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: lose their lives making sure that we can live a 736 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: peaceful and harmonious life without conflict and war and terror. 737 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: And it's just something that's very important to all of us. 738 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 1: And if we could wear the Salute to Service stuff 739 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: every week, we would. I would, I definitely wouldn't I 740 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: know you would too. Off at Air Force Base in Omaha, 741 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 1: Whiteman Air Force Base, be two, Bomber and Moore in 742 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: nob Nostrom, Missouri. McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, the 743 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: Big Red One, the Big Red One, the First Interest 744 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,479 Speaker 1: Vision in Fort Riley at Fort Riley, Kansas, Command General 745 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: Staff College. The West point of West Point is it 746 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Our allies are involved there as well. 747 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: You look at Fort leonard Wood, Missouri. I'm trying to 748 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: and the Coastguard Pay Center is in Topeka, Kansas. It's 749 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: so cool. And we're not leaving the Navy out here either. 750 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: We've got a Navy reserve around here. We just don't 751 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: have an ocean or you know, we don't have aircraft 752 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: carriers or destroyers. But all of the branches represented in 753 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: the Chief's Kingdom in some in a big way. Now, 754 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: the other big initiative is going to be an international initiative. 755 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: I'm telling you details are coming on this, but we 756 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 1: read names every week. We've been on every continent right 757 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: except Antarctica. We haven't. Still still wait on Antartica. If 758 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: you know somebody that watches their listeners to defending the 759 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: Kingdom and Antarctica, let's go. We want to hear from it. 760 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: We joke about it, we kind of chuckle, but we're 761 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:54,879 Speaker 1: serious about this. The Kansas City Chiefs, their brand has 762 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: grown so has grown exponentially on a worldwide basis. You 763 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: think about the English Premier League. You know, I'm a 764 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: fan of Arsenal. Is it the color scheme red and gold? Probably? 765 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: But the point is there is a worldwide appeal to 766 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,799 Speaker 1: the National Football League that is growing, really growing, and 767 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 1: that appeal with the Kansas City Chiefs is growing even 768 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 1: at a faster pace. We'll just leave it at this. 769 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: Some great things are in the works potentially for the 770 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 1: International Chiefs Kingdom and it's very very exciting stuff and 771 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: good and I mean it. When we read off all 772 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: the different names all over the world and the country 773 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: where you guys are listening to us. I mean, it's 774 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,399 Speaker 1: it's truly one of the favorite parts of my week. 775 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: It's just cool, and it's it's cool that you guys 776 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: are listening, but it's also cool that you're just Chiefs 777 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: fans and that you exist all over the world. And 778 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 1: we grew up as Chiefs fans, right and whenever I 779 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: would travel abroad, if I saw a Chief's hat or 780 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: a Chief's jersey in Europe or wherever, South America, Africa, 781 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 1: it's the coolest thing. It's like, hey, that's a nection 782 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: to home right there. And to see this growing all 783 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: over the world. And when you have a tremendous Super 784 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: Bowl caliber team each and every year and you have 785 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: an icon and Patrick Mahomes as your quarterback, certainly that 786 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: makes you more enticing to fans all over the world. 787 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,560 Speaker 1: And it's just a very exciting thing because if you're 788 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: listening in the Philippines or Malaysia, or in Guam or 789 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: China or wherever you are, you're going to raise your 790 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: kids as Chiefs fans, and they'll raise their kids as 791 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs fans, and their friends will become Chiefs fans because 792 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are really good and all of a sudden, 793 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are all over the world and it's just 794 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: a very very cool, exciting time to be a member 795 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs Kingdom. We've also discovered through this podcast 796 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 1: that Eastern Europe is a big Chiefs Kingdom. It's the 797 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 1: Meca country. Yeah. But let's just a big props here. 798 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this with Rob alberin or Vice president 799 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: for Content and creativity basically, but he has expertise in 800 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: both of these areas. Getting him right back in the 801 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: middle of the Chiefs Kingdom is huge in these two 802 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: endeavors and he is just none better in the world 803 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,280 Speaker 1: really to do it. This is gonna be so exciting 804 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: to see what happens. And again with Rob being the 805 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,560 Speaker 1: vice present for content and production and to get this 806 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: title right still, this is going to be fun and 807 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: it's going to be exciting the next year, the next 808 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,280 Speaker 1: five years, the next ten years for the Kansas City Chiefs, 809 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom worldwide, and also with military initiatives absolutely, 810 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 1: and the next six games because this team is going 811 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl this year. You heard it 812 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: here first, and we're gonna look back at when this 813 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 1: team started three and four and it was difficult, but 814 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,359 Speaker 1: Chief's Kingdom, just like this team, stayed together and they 815 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,640 Speaker 1: believed in this team, and it's so exciting to see 816 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: how they've found a way here to get back to 817 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: a top of the division, to be seven and four, 818 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: feeling really good going into the bye week, and we 819 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,759 Speaker 1: think about all these global endeavors that we're going after 820 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 1: and how we're trying to honor our nation's heroes in 821 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,279 Speaker 1: so many different ways. That's a global thing, and what 822 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: ties it all together is that everyone believes in this team. 823 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: And it's one thing to go fourteen and two and 824 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 1: just to be awesome all year long, and that was 825 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. But for me, I really had 826 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: a chance to think about this year's team and to 827 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 1: think what we can accomplish this year. If we can 828 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 1: go on and accomplish what we know that we can achieve, 829 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna look back at this season and go, wow, 830 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: that was really special. You mean, like we did in 831 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:22,680 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Because, first of all, thanks to the folks 832 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 1: at three sixty Vodka, the official vodka the Kansas City Chiefs, 833 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom in the hometown Kansas City Vodka, enjoy 834 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 1: it during the holidays, drink responsibly though. Let's see, in 835 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, we celebrated a Super Bowl championship at the 836 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,359 Speaker 1: bye week. The record was I Believe seven and four. Yes, 837 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,600 Speaker 1: we were okay, here we go, folks. It's belief, it's resolved, 838 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:51,320 Speaker 1: it's being thankful, but it's also the chiefs Kingdom worldwide 839 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: down the celebration