1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, Vannage on the day. All right, when you 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: get out the count the game, you may can play, Hi, Michaels, 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: I'll do it. What touchdown Kansas City the Chiefs all 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: right in the thick of a baby. Well, hello again everybody, 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. It 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: Scholters with you the voice of the Chiefs, along with 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: our split screen virtual DTK show here with Matt pick 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: balland Chiefs reporters is where we're back to buddy, back 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty. But that doesn't stop us from forging 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: ahead with DTK. By the way, it's brought to you 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: by three sixty Vodka, the official vodka the Kansas City 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: Chiefs and Chiefs Kingdom in Kansas City's hometown vodka. That's 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: the way it's been. This has been crazy. What a 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: wild week last week and the Chiefs able to get 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: the victory over the Steelers when you and I literally 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: were looking at transactions and looking for any kind of 17 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: word minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Yeah, 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: it was stressful. I mean, especially doing our kind of 19 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: work where a lot of our stuff is done ahead 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: of time. We don't know if certain players are going 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: to be available or not. But the best news of 22 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: the day today, because we're shooting this on a Wednesday afternoon, 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: is coachree just said that everybody on the active roster 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: cleared COVID protocols. It's truly the best news that I've 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: heard in a long time. Says a lot about this 26 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: team that they got through the two games where they 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: had guys missing due to COVID, the biggest being guys 28 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: like Chris Jones and Willie Gay against the Chargers. Then 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: of course last week, Travis Kelsey, you one of your 30 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: best players, one of the best players of all time 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: at the tight end position, missing the game against the 32 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. The Chiefs still found a way to go 33 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: two and oh in those games. So it says a 34 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: lot about this team. But I'm so glad going into 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: this game against the Bengals, one of the biggest games 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: of the year, that we'll have all of our horses 37 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: ready to go. But you and I virtual that's fine. 38 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: You know, I've taken over my wife's office here, no 39 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: big deal, but we'll find a way. You being Matt 40 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: stat though, and by the way, I'm in intergalactic, I'm 41 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: in the International space station. Quite honestly, I'm just circling 42 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: the Earth ready to drop to Cincinnati at the proper 43 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: time for the Bengals game. Truthfully, this is the intergalactic 44 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: headquarters of the Chiefs Radio Network, so it looks like 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: I am in a space station here, but I expected 46 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: to see, like a beautiful mind Russell Crowe, all these 47 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: algorithms on your back wall on the sheet rock because 48 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: you are on the mat step. Well, so I'm doing 49 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: all my stuff in the office here this week, just 50 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: because it's easy and we're just trying to stay as 51 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: safe as possible. I took down some flowers and replaced 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: it with a Chief's helmet. I took down a picture 53 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: behind me and put up like a big poster I 54 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: have from the Super Bowl. So I'm trying to chief 55 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: it out as much as possible. But you know, it's 56 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: still just in office, but I'm doing my best. Twenty bucks, 57 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: if you take out a sharpie and put up on 58 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: the sheet rock the five piece stats for this game, 59 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: and just see what your beautiful young wife thinks to that, Like, 60 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: who just drew on the sheet rock? Okay, let's get 61 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: into this episode where we're calling it the best reality show, 62 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: and that is this National Football League season of twenty 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: twenty one and for obvious reasons, a crazy season for 64 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. But there is no reality show. 65 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: We all have our favorites down through the years. You know, 66 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: some have Tiger King, some have Breaking Bad, Madmen was brilliant. 67 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: Now we got ted Lass, Yellowstone. I mean, we can 68 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: list them all. None of them have eclipsed. No script 69 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: writer could write what's happened this year with the Kansas 70 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: City Chiefs going into week seventeen with the showdown game 71 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: again with the young and talented and hot Cincinnati Bengals. 72 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: But before we get into that, are we have anybody 73 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: that's checked in from around the world of our Defending 74 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: the Kingdom members who listen or watch us every week? Dowey, 75 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we have people from all over the world 76 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: and all over the country. This list grows every single week. 77 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: And you and I were talking offline about this. For 78 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: everyone watching and listening, this is truly what motivates us 79 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: to keep going forward every single day. I mean, it's 80 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: awesome to see you guys listening and watching from around 81 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: the country. All of you have so many incredible stories 82 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: about why you root and sheer for this team. It's 83 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: really it's really cool. It's just what I wanted to 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: say before we get into this. But here's all the names. 85 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: So we have Marvin and the Bahamas. Marvin, it's currently 86 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: like projected to be like five degrees in Kansas City 87 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: this weekend, So this weekend, go outside enjoy the weather 88 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: for all of us here in Kansas City. So Marvin 89 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: and the Bahamas. We have a fan in Russia. We 90 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: have Edward in the Czech Republic. He's in the hospital 91 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: right now, so we're thinking of you, Edward and get 92 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: well soon. Then also Jim in Fiji. And then lots 93 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: of people all over the country. So Aaron and Lawrence Kansas, 94 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: Steve and Muskogee, Oklahoma, Jack and Luanna Iowa, Barbara in 95 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: South central Kansas, Derek and Brooklyn, New York, Darryl and 96 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Hunter and lacoln from Tennessee, Nick and Georgia, 97 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: Mitchell or Michael excuse me in Tampa, Sue in Wichita, 98 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: Christian in Omaha, Ronald and Flushing, Michigan, a Fan in 99 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: Mount Washington, Kentucky, and Bruce in Bowling Green Kentucky people 100 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: all over. We're adding to our lists every single day. 101 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: It's an awesome thing to see. Love it when we 102 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,799 Speaker 1: get these Eastern European defending the kingdom. Listeners and viewers 103 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: love it. And you Kansans, I will give you another rebuke. Here, 104 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: south central Kansas covers like two hundred miles like, so 105 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: you've got to narrow it down. I got it. I 106 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: have to have a community and then I can pinpoint this. 107 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: But you tell me south central Kansas. You might say, hey, 108 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: they're listening in Australia. Well, okay, that's a continent. You know, 109 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: it's like how many kilometers are crossing wide and tall. 110 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: So anyway, that being said, let's push on here with 111 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: what has been the best reality show that you could experience, 112 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: and that's just twenty twenty one Kansity chief season and 113 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: one of the episodes would be I Believe the Hyndo Hundo. 114 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: Andy Reid getting a hundred wins at Philadelphia and one 115 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: hundred wins with the Chiefs and he won the hundredth 116 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: game for the Chiefs in Philadelphia. You can't make that out, Matt, No, 117 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: you can't. It was truly amazing and to have like 118 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: the symmetry of it all, Like you just said, to 119 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: win your hundredth game with the Chiefs, to become the 120 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: only head coach in NFL history to win a hundred 121 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: games with two different franchises, and to do it at 122 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: the Link in Philadelphia, where he became the winningness coach 123 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: in Eagles history. It was nuts. That game was also 124 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: important for the morale and psyche of this year's team, though, 125 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: because we'll talk about the first seven games of this 126 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: season and how it was a struggle at times, but 127 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: luckily the Chiefs had games like they had against Philly, 128 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: like they had against Washington, where they looked like themselves, 129 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: particularly offensively, and that was important. I think the beginning 130 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: of the season was a struggle throughout, but we look 131 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: back at those games like Philly and Washington really glad 132 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: we got those wins, right because when we're looking at 133 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: the AFC playoff picture, we're hanging on to a one 134 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: game lead in the AFC right now for that one seed. 135 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: So those games were very important back then. And I 136 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: don't think i've ever seen coach read maybe the Super Bowl, okay, 137 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: but beyond the Super Bowl, I don't think I've ever 138 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: seen coach Read smile as big as he was smiling 139 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: after that Philly game, because we had him on rewind 140 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: and he was so excited it was. It brings me 141 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: joy to see Coachree happy, and he was pretty happy 142 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: after that one. Images stay in your brain and your soul, 143 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: just like a screenshot sometimes, and I remember looking at 144 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: it before we left. I just looked out on that 145 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: field and thought, man, don't let this moment pass and 146 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: just took a deep breath of Philly oxygen and thinking, 147 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: what did we just see right here? Another episode would 148 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: be the first seven games, because it would be entitled 149 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: What's wrong with these guys? The whole NFL world was 150 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: smashing pumpkins for Michael Irvin or Brian Balding or saying 151 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: it's a washed up ex champion. I mean, we were 152 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: hearing the demise of the Chiefs and Mahomes has been 153 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: figured out and blah blah blah blah blah, and then 154 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: minus ten going into the eighth game of the year 155 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: in the giveaway takeaway ratio that would be part of 156 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: this reality show and like, wow, these Chiefs are gone dead, buried, 157 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: see you later. So when you have a team like 158 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, which if we're being realistic, has been the 159 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: best team in the NFL for like four seasons. Now, 160 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: I know they haven't won the Super Bowl every year, 161 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: but in terms of consistently consistently being a great team, 162 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: this has been the best team in football for four years. 163 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: And on the outside, so people not in Chiefs kingdom, 164 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: that gets kind of boring and people start rooting for 165 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: the demise of those champions. And we've seen that for 166 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: years with teams like the Patriots are in basketball, teams 167 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: like the Spurs in baseball. Everyone hates the Red Sox 168 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: and the Yankees. That's kind of what's happening to the 169 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs now, is that the Chiefs ever bleed a little bit. 170 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, everyone piles on and wants to 171 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: jump on the new thing. I get it. That's human nature. 172 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: The thing with the Chiefs early on, they weren't looking 173 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: like themselves truly because they were not playing Chiefs football. 174 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: So you think about the problems this team was facing. 175 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: Seventeen turnovers through seven weeks. That was the most in 176 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: the NFL by five. The Chiefs don't turn the ball over. 177 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: It was so strange. Over and over again, we were 178 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: seeing this team commit mistakes that they had not committed 179 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: in the past. There you mentioned it. There giveaway takeaway numbers, 180 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: they were minus ten. That was tied with Jacksonville for 181 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: the world in the NFL. What are we talking about? 182 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: I mean, this is not Chiefs football at all. And 183 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: they were losing games that they normally win. So Baltimore 184 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: and the Chargers game early on. They lose those two 185 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: games by combined seven points despite turning it over six 186 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: times in those games, and they allowed twenty seven or 187 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: more points in six of seven games. That wasn't Chiefs football. 188 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: And for you and me, we've watched this team for 189 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: a long time now, we've been around this team a ton. 190 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: We were just wondering, like, this isn't going to continue 191 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: because this is not what these guys do. And that 192 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: was the encouraging thing about it, at least, was these turnovers, 193 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: this bad luck, it's not going to continue because we 194 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: know how good this team can be. It's just about 195 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: banding together and getting through it. And the irony as 196 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: I think that part of the season actually was maybe 197 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: a good thing for this team in a sense now 198 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: that we've gotten through it, because they went through the adversity. 199 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: They went through all that bad stuff and they realized, 200 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: we can get through this kind of thing, and we 201 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: can do anything. And think about this. The Chiefs are 202 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: facing all those shell coverages, those two high safety coverages 203 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: early in the year. They're still facing them. The Steelers 204 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: played a ton that on Sunday. But they've kind of 205 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: figured it out now. So hey, that was your big recipe, 206 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: You're big blueprint for stopping the Chiefs, But oh, the 207 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs have kind of figured out how to get through 208 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: that now. They figured it out over the course of 209 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: one season. And now look at where we are. We're 210 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: the top seed in the AFC right now with two 211 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: games to go, already got the division title in hand. 212 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy what the Chiefs were able to accomplish here, 213 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: and it says a lot about this team and how 214 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: they banded together to get through it because that wasn't 215 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: Chiefs football earlier. And what we're seeing now this might 216 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: be the best brand of Chiefs football that we've ever seen, 217 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: yeah for sure. And people want to compare this team 218 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: to other Andy Reid teams, and in many ways you're 219 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: looking at this team having the potential to be the 220 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: best of all of them all right. Then it'd be 221 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: like watching the Bachelor of the Bachelorette and you're going, here, 222 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: she's not going to pick that one because it's like 223 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: the nerdy guy or gal. It's like, come on, they 224 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: don't and then all of a sudden, they're the ones 225 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: that are chosen and they're the best of all. And 226 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: that's the defense here, because nobody thought the defense would 227 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: be this good an eight game stretch. I mean, they 228 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: were twenty seventh and points allowed at the low point 229 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: in the weeks one through seven, and then to give 230 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: up right down the line seventeen seven, fourteen, the ninety 231 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: nine nine, the twenty eight against the Chargers in overtime, 232 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: and then the ten points twelve point nine over this 233 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: eight game winning streak. Nobody in the NFL saw that 234 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: coming from that group. No, And it's funny because the 235 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: Chargers game kind of has an asterisk on it because 236 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: we were missing Chris Jones, Willie Gay and Lageria Sneed 237 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: in that game. In the defense, despite the points allowed, 238 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: still came up with some big plays in that game. 239 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: They had multiple stops deep in their own territory that 240 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: helped win that game for the Chiefs. The defense has 241 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 1: been nothing short of remarkable. I mean, this is a 242 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: historical thing that we're seeing here. In their last eight games, 243 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: they've allowed more than seventeen points one time, just to 244 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers. Other than that, they've been basically unscoreable. You 245 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: can't score on these guys because they've been so good 246 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: against good offenses too, like the Dallas Cowboys. So it's 247 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: been nothing short of amazing what this defense has been 248 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: able to do. When the offense was kind of going 249 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: through some stuff and figure out how to consistently beat 250 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: those two safety show looks, the defense is what picked 251 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: them up. It was true complimentary football. And now with 252 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: the offense heating up like they are right now, the 253 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: defense is continuing to play as well as they've played. 254 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: That's why right now this is the most complete team 255 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: in football because they're playing in complete football on both 256 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: sides of the ball right now, and it's super exciting. 257 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: So again, the best reality show that there is Andy 258 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: Reid's Hundo Hundo game, what's wrong with these guys and 259 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: answered nothing? In fact, they end up being better than 260 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: even anybody thought. And then the worst of first week. 261 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 1: That's not something you will see very often. The Chiefs 262 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: were last going into week ten in the AFC West, 263 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: and when the smoke had cleared going to week eleven, 264 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: they were first. And that's the moment that I won't forget. 265 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: That game was so much fun because there was so 266 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: much on the line. So the Chiefs came into that 267 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: game feeling good. We started playing better. You know, we're 268 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: over five hundred and we had a great opportunity to 269 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: go into Vegas on the road on national time television 270 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: and remind everyone who we are. But it's important to 271 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: remember that the Raiders also had a great opportunity. That 272 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: was their opportunity to say, hey, we're the next best thing. 273 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: We're going to go after this division. They were in 274 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: first place at that point, I think, right. I mean, 275 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: that was their opportunity to say this is our year. 276 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: You've had your time, this is our year. And the 277 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: Chiefs promptly said, no, it's still our time. Because they 278 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: had five hundred and sixteen yards of offense forty one points. 279 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: They scored on seven of nine drives. It was a 280 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: crossroads moment for this team. If the Chiefs had lost 281 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: that game, of course, they still had an opportunity to 282 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: make the playoffs, make a run up this thing, but 283 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: in terms of perception of morale of how you're feeling, 284 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: that was an opportunity to really kick things into high 285 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: gear and to win, not just against the Raiders on 286 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: the road in a big game, but to win the 287 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: way they did making plays on offense and defense. It 288 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: was really just announcing to the world, Hey, you shouldn't 289 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: have written us off when you did, because we're still 290 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: here and we've seen that in the week since. Again, 291 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: we're doing this episode of a thing to the Kingdom 292 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: virtually because of the new COVID rules, so Matt and 293 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: I are distanced here and again defending the Kingdom. Brought 294 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: to you by three sixty Vodka, the official vodka the 295 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: Chiefs Kingdom and Kansas City's hometown vodka. All right, another 296 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: episode before we go into this week's episode would be 297 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: with six you get a hat and a T shirt, 298 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: really the flipping of the sixes, which I mentioned on 299 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: the play by play. There's different probability tables you can 300 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: look at week to week of making the playoffs, of 301 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: winning your division, of winning a Super Bowl. One probability 302 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: table I saw after the three and fourth start was 303 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs had a six percent chance of winning the 304 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: AFC West. Well last week on Sunday, that six gets 305 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: pushed flipped, if you will, from a six percent chance 306 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: to a sixth consecutive AFC West Division championship. I say, 307 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: don't run back into the burning house. We said that 308 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: on three and four when the Chiefs were three and four. 309 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: Coaches rescued this team time and time again twenty fourteen, fifteen, 310 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, twenty nineteen, now twenty twenty one. But also, 311 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: you don't start the snow cone machine. We're not gonna 312 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: have parades for winning this West six straight times. But Matt, 313 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: but you and I also love and study history, and 314 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: it's a very historic moment for the Chiefs to do that, 315 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: especially when you see the turnaround from Halloween to the 316 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: day after Christmas. For all the reasons that we've talked 317 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: about on the show so far, is why I think 318 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: of all the division championships that we've piled up here, now, 319 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: this is the sweetest one. And I've been saying that 320 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: on all of our things now. I remember in the 321 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: hotel room talking to you before the Chargers game, saying, 322 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: if we can just win this game, I really truly 323 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: don't believe this team's gonna lose again. If we can 324 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: win the division here, we're not going to lose again. 325 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: And to win the Chargers game the way we did, 326 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: which I think was one of the most exciting regular 327 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: season football games I've ever seen and been there for, 328 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it was just truly incredible. I couldn't stop 329 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: smiling the entire way home, even though it was the 330 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: middle of the night. But to follow that up with 331 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: just a complete dominant performance against the Steelers is even better, 332 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: because if you think about I think that maybe the 333 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: prologue to the episode of the title Week would be 334 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: those three divisional games. How difficult is it to win 335 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: three straight divisional games in a span of like twelve 336 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: days and then after that keep it going and you know, 337 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: keep your eye on the prize here, It's very difficult. 338 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: And for the Chiefs to win those three divisional games 339 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: and then to just completely dominate the Steelers on both sides, 340 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: I mean it really was domination. They scored thirty six 341 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: points without Travis Kelsey and don't allow the Steelers to 342 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: score until early in the fourth quarter. Listen, I get 343 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: the Steelers are not the team that they used to be, 344 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: but they're still in playoff contention. The Steelers beat the 345 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: Titans two weeks ago. Okay, the Steelers are not used 346 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: to being embarrassed like that, and for the Chiefs it 347 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: was just a complete performance. So it's a culmination of 348 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: everything this year of the offense figuring out these two 349 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: high safety looks, of the defense learning how to be 350 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: a complete defense and getting guys healthy and learning how 351 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: to play with one another. It culminated, I think in 352 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: that Steelers game. And I also think the morale boost 353 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: that that Chargers game had to be down on the 354 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: road on a short week against the team that wants 355 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: nothing more than to beat you with a division on 356 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: the line. For the Chiefs to score three straight touchdowns 357 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: in that game to win that game the way they did, 358 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: I think they carried that energy into the Steelers game. 359 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: And I've been saying this all week. If you're the 360 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: rest of the NFL and you're watching this team right now, 361 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: it's very scary. That's one game You're probably good you 362 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: didn't help me spot because now the GoPro videos become famous. 363 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: I was going nuts on that call, and obviously even 364 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: through a pad of you against the window. It was 365 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: a moment, but I knew the enormity of the moment 366 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: as I saw Travis Kelsey running at me in a 367 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: bad place to do a game, but really from a 368 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: vantage point, but he's coming right at me, and I 369 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: just thought, man, this is a historic moment in big time. 370 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: But what an episode with six You get a hat, 371 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: a T shirt and you flip the sixes. Now it 372 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: leads us to the matter at hand, and that is 373 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: the week seventeen episode, and that is against the Cincinnati Bengals. 374 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: And this episode would be clinch if the Chiefs can 375 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: win and the Tight lose, and they're playing the red 376 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: hot Dolphins here the teel hot Dolphins. The Chiefs can 377 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: clinch the bye going into Week eighteen, something that's unthinkable 378 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: going back to Halloween. But here are the villain this 379 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: week in this episode, the Cincinnati Bengals, up start, young, talented, 380 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: coming off a smoking hot victory over the Baltimore Ravens 381 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: where Joe Burrow through for half a thousand yards. In fact, 382 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: is two games against the Ravens this year, Matt He's 383 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: got almost a thousand yards in those two games alone, 384 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: a thousand of his four thousand yards or against the 385 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: Ravens in two games. But still they're talented. We know 386 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: what Jamar Chase can do, we know all the going 387 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: down the line t Higgins. But it's a clinchy game. 388 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: The Chiefs can clinch, but so can the Bengals, and 389 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: it brings you drama. Now in the seventeenth episode of 390 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: this best reality show, it's kind of interesting because when 391 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: the schedule came out back in the spring, we circle games, right, 392 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: so you circle the Cowboys game, the Packers game, these 393 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: are the big games of the year. The Bengals were 394 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: coming off of a season in which they went four 395 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: eleven and one, so we really didn't maybe circle that 396 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: game as a game like, hey, this could be one 397 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: of the best games of the season. But it has 398 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: a chance to be because these are the two of 399 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: the best teams in the NFL right now, in the 400 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Bengals. I mentioned this on Kingdom Conversations 401 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: that will air on a Chiefs Insider, But I really 402 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: respect how the Bengals have built their team because I 403 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: think nowadays the way the NFL is, so many teams 404 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: want like a quick fix. They want to hire a coach, 405 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: get a quarterback, everything is fixed right away, right, Well, 406 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: that's not how it works. In the NFL. The Bengals 407 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: hired Zach Taylor a few years ago and stuck with 408 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: their plan despite a lot of losing. He went two 409 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: and fourteen in twenty nineteen. Think about that, how that 410 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: wears on you as a team two and fourteen and 411 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: then four eleven and one last year. But they get 412 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, and of course he's coming off the injury 413 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: from last season, but he's kind of followed through on 414 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,360 Speaker 1: the promise that you hope you get when you draft 415 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback number one over roll. And this is 416 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: an exciting team that's seeing all those years of losing 417 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 1: and sticking with it kind of pay off because they 418 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: have a lot of weapons and they're looking really good 419 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: and right now they've got to be the favorite I 420 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: think in the AFC North. You mentioned if they win 421 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: this game, hopefully they don't, they clinch the AFC North, 422 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: but even if they lose to the Chiefs on Sunday, 423 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: I think this is your favorite in the AFC North. 424 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: I think it's clearly the best team right now with 425 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens Dings beaten up as they are and Burrow, 426 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: and what can you say about this guy? I mean, 427 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: thirty touchdown passes this year, it's completing seventy percent of 428 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: his passes. His deep ball throwing and accuracies a lot 429 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: better this year, I think than it was last year. 430 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: And when you have receivers like this guy does the 431 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase thousand receiving yards and ten touchdowns averaging seventeen 432 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 1: yards per catch. He's twelve catches of at least twenty 433 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: five yards this year, a sixth in the NFL. And 434 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: then a big, physical wide receiver like t Higgins to 435 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: compliment that, and Tyler Boyd's still there. Tyler Boyd's an 436 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: excellent receiver and Joe Mixon. When the season ends, they're 437 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: gonna have four guys that have over a thousand yards 438 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. So he spreads the ball around to all 439 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: of these guys, lots of weapons. The key here for 440 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs defensively, and we talked about how good the 441 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: defense has been. You got to get pressure on Joe 442 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: Burrow because when he has a clean pocket, and if 443 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: you look at Pro Football Focus grades, he's been, according 444 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: to them, the best quarterback in the NFL. You can't 445 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: allow him to have a clean pocket. The good news 446 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: is he's been sacked forty seven times this year. This 447 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: offensive line for the Bengals has struggled. Sometimes he holds 448 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 1: onto the ball a little long, hoping that big play 449 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: can develop and you can get to him. And you know, 450 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: forty seven sacks as the most in the NFL and 451 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: also fourteen interceptions, it's tied for the most in the NFL. 452 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: So you can get to him. He can make mistakes, 453 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: but he's very dangerous. In the Bengals offense, it is 454 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: pretty loaded, to say the least. Yeah, let me react 455 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: to that. You bring up a great point about Zach 456 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: Taylor and hanging in there with and remember Marvin Lewis 457 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: was there a long time and they could have I mean, 458 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor was the youngest guy in the NFL when 459 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: he got that job, our second youngest, I think. But 460 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: the fact that there's there's some ties here to the 461 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: Chief's Kingdom. He played community college football to Butler County 462 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: and one of the top collegiate JUCO programs in Elderto, Kansas, 463 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: just down the turnpike from Arrowhead Stadium, and then at Nebraska, 464 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: was the Big twelve offensive player of the Year as 465 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: the Cornhusker quarterback. I go back and knowing his dad, Sherwood, 466 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: he's an awesome dude. Played football at ou in the 467 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: defensive secondary. Knew him when he was a dbast coach 468 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: at k State. Just a quality, quality, quality family, and 469 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: Zach is a quality coach. But they could have punted 470 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: on him, like let's get him out of here and 471 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: try something new, which a lot of these NFL teams do, 472 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: and they make the mistake. It just sets things back. 473 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: But they hung in there with Zach, which was good. 474 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: Then they get burrowed and they go get Chase where 475 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: they thought maybe somebody they would take Penny Sewell or 476 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: go take Rashaan Slater. Nope, they're gonna take Jamar Chase, 477 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: and it's paid off for him. But the other point 478 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: I would dovetail on two. And then also with Mixon, 479 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: he's such an outstanding all purpose back. C j Uzama 480 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: is also a guy that's hung around there too. He's 481 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: the He's in that Tyler Boyd category of like, you 482 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: know what, he's pretty good and he survived bad years 483 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: to go avoid a minute. Now, I'm gonna flex my 484 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: muscle some kind of like Derrek Johnson was with the 485 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: Chiefs when the Chiefs got rolling in the first years 486 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: with Andy Reid. But the other thing I would say 487 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: on the sacks, always look for hidden yards. When you 488 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: look at Cincinnati as a chance to attack you vertically, 489 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: might be better than anybody else in the league. They 490 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: have thirteen touchdowns Matt, of thirty yards or more thirteen 491 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: The next closest team has seven, so they can attack 492 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: you vertically. But those sacks. Always look Fans at sack yards. 493 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: Look for hidden yards in a stat sheet, meaning penalties, 494 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: not just the amount of penalties. These guys at least 495 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: penalties penalized team in the NFL are the Bengals, But 496 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: how many yards. I can have five penalties, but if 497 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: they're all fifteen yarders, that adds up to you three 498 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: times as many five yarders. The other is the sack yards. 499 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: Look at the sack yards. Those forty seven sacks have 500 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: been for three hundred thirty nine yards Matt. That's equals 501 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: twenty one points. So not only and the Pro Football 502 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: Focus numbers. When he has a clean pocket, he's awesomest. 503 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: Basually those deep throws, he's the best deep ball thrower 504 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: percentage wise and stat wise now in the league even 505 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: a little bit better than Pat. But but when you 506 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: pressure him with four, if you can get four man 507 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: pressure on him, his numbers go way off the cliff. 508 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: So there's a chance to attack them and get pressure 509 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: with Ford. But the Chiefs have proven they can do. Yeah, 510 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: that's what they That's been a big reason why his 511 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: defense has been so good over the last several weeks, 512 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: as they've proven they can get pressure with four. The 513 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: pressure was missing early on in the season. And pressure 514 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: is so key to any defense because if your secondary 515 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: has to cover for a couple more seconds, I mean, 516 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: that can lead to a blown coverage. It's hard to 517 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: cover in the NFL. These guys are getting pressure on 518 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback and forcing them to get rid of the 519 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: ball quickly. You don't want to get beat with big 520 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: plays against these guys. And if we can get pressure 521 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: on Joe Burrow with four, maybe bring the occasional blitz 522 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: with guys like Lagarius Snead out of the slop position. 523 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: I think you can really mess with Joe Burrow and 524 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 1: what he likes to do. You cannot let these guys 525 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: be on time. They're too good. You cannot let them 526 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: be on time. You've got to disrupt their time. The 527 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: good news for the Chiefs as they've been disrupting the 528 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: timing for quarterbacks for weeks now, so hopefully they can 529 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: just keep that going. Here. It's a great test before 530 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: the playoffs get underway. It really is, because this Bengal 531 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: squad is going to be in the playoffs right now. 532 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: They're the three seed in the AFC. This is a 533 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: great opportunity to go on the road against the team 534 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: that will probably be hosting a playoff game at some 535 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: point and to show what this defense can do against 536 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: a very good offense. So one final look here on 537 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: this episode of Defending the Kingdom, which we're calling the 538 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: best reality show there is, and this week seventeen episode 539 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: on this reality show, which is really the clinching week, 540 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: Chiefs could clinch. They win the game, they get the 541 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: buy if the Titans lose, and since he can clinch 542 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: just by beating the Chiefs, they'll clinch the North for 543 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: the first time. She's twenty fifteen. We haven't mentioned the 544 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 1: other side, but Patrick Mahomes against this Cincinnati Bengal defense, 545 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson was really good. Of the Saints Bengals decided 546 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: to give him money. Everybody goes, well, I think it 547 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: was Cam Jordan or it was the Saints scheme. No, 548 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: he's good at fourteen sacks. The other thing that I've 549 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: noticed about though, in their secondary this is something very 550 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: interesting and I'm not sure I've seen this in twenty 551 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: eight years as being the voice of the Chiefs. Every 552 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: one of their secondary players, every corner and every safety 553 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: sands one are all free agents. None of them are 554 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: homegrown within the Bengals organization, and I found that interesting. 555 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: So they're trying to piece it there together. They've spent 556 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: their draft picks on these offensive guys and defensively they're 557 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: just trying to throw something together with free agents. So 558 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: that makes a very interesting matchup battled to me, with 559 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: the Chiefs offense go against the Spengles defense. Yeah, that 560 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: is interesting to see how teams build different sides of 561 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: the ball. Trey Henderson is a free agent that's working 562 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: out for them so far. And you mentioned that he 563 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: has a half sack and eleven straight games. At least 564 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: a half sack and eleven straight games, so he's been amazing. 565 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: Got to make sure you're accounting for him. The good 566 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: news for the Chiefs is this offensive line. I mean, 567 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: what can you say about them right now? They're playing 568 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: great football. We talked all year long about how this 569 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: group is going to gel. Just takes some time. Got 570 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: to learn each other, learn how to communicate with one another, 571 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: and also Patrick Mahomes has to learn their tendencies. Well, 572 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: we're seeing that now. I think a great example of 573 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: it was that touchdown pass to Byron Fringle, the five 574 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 1: yarder against Pittsburgh. How long did Patrick Mahomes have the 575 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: ball there? It seemed like forever. I mean, he's just scanning, looking. 576 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: And the cool thing about that is when he found 577 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: Byron in the back of the end zone, what's the 578 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: first thing that Mahomes did. He pointed at all his 579 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: offensive linemen. So that just shows how good this unit 580 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: is operating right now. That's what you need against the 581 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: pass rusher like Trey Hendrickson. One stat that stood out 582 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: to me about their defense is they've allowed two thousand, 583 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty two air yards this year, so 584 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: not yards after the catch, just the football thrown through 585 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: the air over two thousand yards, as second most in 586 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: the NFL. And they've also allowed twenty nine passes of 587 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: twenty five or more yards. They also don't force a 588 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: lot of turnovers, which is good for the Chiefs. They've 589 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: been so good in terms of turnover margin. I think 590 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: they're plus thirteen during their winning streak, so that's good. 591 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: And this defense for the Bengals, they have playmakers that 592 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: can do things, but they do allow the big play 593 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: from time to time. And the way Patrick Mahomes is 594 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: throwing the football right now, you can just tell that 595 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 1: he's feeling it a little bit, which you can't really quantify, 596 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: but you could just see it with your eyes. It's 597 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: exciting against the Bengals defense. So hopefully it's not a 598 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: shootout on Sunday. I believe our defense can contain Joe 599 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: Burrow if he can get fresher. But if it is 600 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: a shootout, this Chief's offense is playing as well as 601 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: any right now in the NFL. Yeah, your set's a 602 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: really good one. It's another equalizer, like why aren't these 603 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: guys twelve and three and blowing everybody out every week? 604 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: But the weapons that they've got, because they've allowed thirty 605 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: eight twenty plus yard plays this year, so they've neutralized 606 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: their twenty plus plays that they get on offense by 607 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: giving those up on defense. In fact, only the Jets 608 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: in Baltimore have allowed more twenty plus yard passing plays 609 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: than these guys. But he goes back to that free 610 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: agent group trying to gel. You got a bunch of 611 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: guys back there. If you just study the Bengal secondary 612 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: and go wow, it's a refugee camp. And I don't 613 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: say that as a criticism. I say it as sometimes 614 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: gelling free agents can take a year because there's so 615 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: much come and go there, right, And it's it's just 616 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: very interesting study for these guys and to see how 617 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: they've approached it. All right, get ready for week seventeen 618 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: of this reality show, and it's the week of clinching Chiefs. 619 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: Good clinch. But here we go, Matt, hang on, but man, 620 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: what a show. This is worth a subscription. Yeah, this 621 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: is a lot of fun, isn't it. And this is 622 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: way back in OTAs. Even I was going to say 623 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: training camp, but way back in OTAs, this is where 624 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: we envisioned ourselves being right. It was a chance to 625 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: clinch the top seed in the AFC, to have home 626 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: field advantage throughout the playoffs, and to try to get 627 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: back to the super Bowl because this team has unfinished business. 628 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: They still have a bad taste in their mouth for 629 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: what happened in the super Bowl last year. And this 630 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: team knows that they can go to the super Bowl 631 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: and accomplish their ultimate goals. It's just so exciting to me. 632 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: And I think it's so special that the year started 633 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: the way it did. And I know I'm a broken 634 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,239 Speaker 1: record I keep saying this, but it's important. The year 635 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: started the way it did and this team didn't crumble. 636 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: It actually made them stronger. So to think where they 637 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: team is now and all the things they have out 638 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: in front of him, it's a very exciting time to 639 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: be a Chiefs fan. And this game should be a 640 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: lot of fun because again, this is one of those 641 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: matchups said, hey, maybe we could see later on in 642 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs. They don't know. What were you doing out 643 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: there in the Chiefs Kingdom on Halloween? What were you thinking? 644 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: Were you optimistic? What will you be doing on the 645 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: evening of January the second you might be celebrating a 646 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: one seed in a bye in the AFC playoffs. Thank 647 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: you for joining us in this edition of Defending the Kingdom. 648 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: He's Matt McMullan, Matt stat Yes, writing algorithms on the 649 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: sheet rock of his house. I'm Mitcholda's voice of the Chiefs. 650 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: Get ready, Chiefs Kingdom for the next episode of this 651 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: great reality show. Touch Down down and the celebration begins 652 00:30:45,040 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: in their hand at a gifted