WEBVTT - 'The First Push' - Training Camp Update | Defending The Kingdom 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:04.520 We've seen this before thirteenth camp with Andy Reid as 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:08.200 the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. A strong push, 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.880 bit of a back off off day push in pads, 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:16.040 same sequence about three different times during training camp here 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:20.320 in Saint Joseph. This defending the Kingdom is entitled the 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.040 First Push, and it's brought to you by not only 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:26.279 taking Master, but by the awesome folks at Mosaic. You 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.360 are the official training camp partner of the Kansas City 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:33.080 Chiefs here in Saint Joseph and the official healthcare provider 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.080 of the Kansas City Chiefs great in the four state 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:38.320 area that Mosaic serves in their part of the Mayo 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:43.360 Clinic Care Network. Let's teach it on an RPO at 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:43.760 the five. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:46.199 It's a lead block. He goes into the ends on 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:50.240 this side. Touch down, Jansas City. 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.360 Hi, everybody, Welcome to the campus here at Missouri Western 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.800 State University. I'm Micholda's Voice of the Chiefs along with 0:00:55.840 --> 0:01:00.880 senior team reporter Matt McMullen. The First Push and man, 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.160 oh man, is it a push. We're going to start 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.320 by giving you an injury update. We just did a 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:10.160 live stream not long ago in the span of just 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:15.880 several minutes, the injury list grew to double digits. Yeah, 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:17.880 and so we're going to jump into that. But the 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.520 big push is this heat humanity, third straight day in pads. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.920 We've seen coach do it before. He stays within the 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:29.520 rules of the NFLPA and the Collective Bargain Agreement. He 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.920 does not violate those rules, but he does take them 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.960 to the max. If you like your Chiefs team winning 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.319 in September, and you like your Chiefs team winning in 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:41.480 December and winning in January and maybe in February three times, 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:46.640 then know that the start of that is here in 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.560 a day like today. This was a tough day. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.160 Yeah, this was day seven of camp, but the third 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.880 day in a row of pads and today really the 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:56.560 ramp up completed. So this was a two hour and 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.360 twenty five minute practice. This was the longest practice of 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:03.200 training camp. Really, everything during the off season trending program 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.360 was about building toward today. And of course it was 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:10.840 eighty five degrees, eighty percent humidity all morning long, not 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:12.920 a cloud in the sky. I mean, it was brutal 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.000 out here. And I'll run through the injuries. It's one 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.239 of those things where you might like see this online. 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:19.280 I wouldn't worry too much about it because I mean, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:20.440 these are soft tissue things. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:21.959 This is being really hot. 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:25.520 But Christian Fulton stalls knee injury, Darius Rush missed a 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.120 second day in a row with a hamstring, Eric Scott 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.080 wasn't out here with a hamstring injury, Dean Bush hamstring injury, 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.840 Jeffrey bassa ankle injury, and Jake brinningstool with a hamstring injury, 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.480 did not practice, and then Hollywood Brown left with an 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:41.400 ankle injury, Xavier Worthy banged his head, left early. Rookie 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.080 linebacker Cooper McDonald left with an illness, and then Sky 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:48.000 Moore left with a hamstring. So a lot of injuries today, 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.320 But it's kind of what happens during this time of 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:55.519 year where you're pushing trying to get fully enamored into 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.480 football shape and the reality is you might get a 0:02:58.520 --> 0:02:59.760 little banged up along the way. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.680 You around baseball. You were at the Arizona Diamondbacks, we 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.240 talked about the Kaiser Volcanoes. 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.119 Yeah, did you ever? 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.080 I mean, it's it's a rule you don't talk about 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.359 a no header because you go in the eighth inning. 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:14.720 I don't think we give up a hit yet, and 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:16.600 then it's a home run, home run, and then a 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:21.040 crooked number. Blame me. Right before practice, Austin wordered, who 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:22.600 was here? I go, you know what we have because 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.000 I'm looking every camp, every day. I go, we have 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.520 not had the soft tissue injuries other teams are having. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.000 Yeah, today we did. Today we did. 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.079 And again, here's the important thing is, I don't think 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.839 any of these are like serious, like major things. It's 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.360 just it happens. I mean again, third day in pads 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.200 in a row. Keep in mind, the guys had not 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.160 been in pads all off season since the Super Bowl 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.360 ended until three days ago, and then they did it 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.720 three days in a row with increasingly longer practices and 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.480 of course a brutally hot day today. So it's gonna happen. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.280 But the reality is it's what makes us team better 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.680 in the long run. Coache didn't take it easy on 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.280 them today. I mean, they did nine on seven run drills, 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.240 they did one on one pass protection drills. They did 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.400 a long drive drill period at the very end, as 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.440 if everything else wasn't enough. But that's why coach Read 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.640 is the greatest. He knows how to get the absolute 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.440 best out of everybody. And I am certain that like 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:18.240 in November or December after a tough win, Mahomes Kelsey 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.240 or Worthy or somebody will say, you know, honestly, it's 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.480 those days in Saint Joe where it's a million degrees 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.640 and we're doing long drive drill in our third hour 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.160 of practice that got us ready for this, and in. 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:32.080 Essence, the special category was like a second long drive drill. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:32.560 Yeah. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.800 In fact, I saw Patrick just moments ago and I 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.360 go two long drive drills and he's pouring water on 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.520 his head. They're like, yeah, that's all he said. 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.520 Now, it's all he needs to say. You've heard us 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:44.240 talk about this. 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.280 But the first year or second year of coach he goes, 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.159 he goes, ask me, goes you ever heard of the 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:53.440 farklic method of training. It's like an eighteenth century military 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:58.160 training that our allies use it, some of our military 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.680 uses it. But it's you can look it up. Okay, 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.640 go to web browser and find it today. Just a 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.800 minute ago, I go far a click method. He just 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.240 growled at me and goes yeah and just growled away 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.280 like nobody's in a good mood here. That's part of this. 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.839 But this was a grind. This is the first big push. 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.280 This isn't the last, but it's the first big one. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.520 And you go, well, wait a minute, upper eighties isn't that. 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:25.000 But when you take heat and humidity together and you 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.479 push it, and so it's all these guys want. I 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.400 just saw Kelsey's trying to get his breath. Every one 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.120 of these guys are feeling this and so but it's 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.839 by design and trying to build a team mentally, physically 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.039 and emotionally tough. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.240 And here's the exciting new is we have some seventy 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.520 degree days on the horizon. Later this week it's going 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.719 to be like seventy degrees because the cool front and 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:46.839 some rain are going to come through. 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.000 So it's gonna make the guys better, you know. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.839 Big good thing is, despite how difficult it was and 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.280 some of the injuries, we didn't see guys dogging it 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.159 during practice. We saw some really big plays, some good 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.640 work getting in there today, and we can run through 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.320 some guys at some point that I have been standing 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.840 out to us. But Coachrie talked about this a few 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.279 days ago because obviously we all knew this kind of 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.479 thing was going to happen. He was like, I want 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.359 to see the players how they respond to days like 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.400 this when you know you have an hour left in a. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.080 Third padded day in a row. How do you respond? 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.400 And he was joking around that some of the guys 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.240 are going to start kind of talking to themselves, you know, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:20.760 trying to. 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:21.919 Force their way through it. 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:26.000 But particularly for players that are fighting for roster spots 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.840 on this team, like those depth guys, like who's going 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.840 to be your sixth or seventh receiver, who's going to 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:30.880 be your fourth running back? 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:31.960 Stuff like that. 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:34.320 Who are the guys that impressed on days like this 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.520 who didn't hang their head and say, oh man, it's 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:37.920 too hot, Like I don't want to be out here. 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:39.919 I never did this in college, or I didn't do 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.760 this at the previous spot I was in in the NFL. Well, 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.360 there's a reason the Chiefs are so successful and it's 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.320 not fun. But one of the reasons that we're going 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.320 to all these super Bowls is days like this. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:55.120 No question, Now it's been hot for us too, that's okay. 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.080 It does not stop us from going around the world. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.680 Now we're glistening in the sun, We're still going to 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:00.400 go around the world. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.159 Okay, So I have this on a piece of white 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:03.600 paper that's like reflecting back at me. 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:05.159 Let's see if I can read this. This is also 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:05.880 my handwriting. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.400 Okay, heard from Blake in Wellington, Colorado, just north of 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:11.080 Fort Collins. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:11.600 Okay. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.160 Before that he lived in Victoria, Kansas, outside of Hayes. 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.480 The Knights, the Knights, the Knights, Victorian Knights. All right, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.000 I love great tradition, remember Moni Bisele? Yeah, play sure 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.760 the Chiefs h Victorian Knights. 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:24.280 Really yep. Okay, small world. 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.560 So obviously Hayes as kind of Broncos country as it is, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.160 but Wellington, Colorado certainly is. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:30.800 He's going to the game. In Denver, we. 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.120 Are it used to be like every other street. No, no, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.600 we're It's contrived and working. We've got about three to 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:38.200 one right now. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:38.560 In Hayes. 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:38.840 Sorry. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:40.960 When I was a kid, we were doing like a 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.240 trip out west and we drove through Hayes and there 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.800 was a big billboard, the orange billboard that said this 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.760 is Broncos Country, and it made me so mad. I 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:50.360 still think about it to this day. That was like 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.200 twenty years ago. Anyway, he'll be at the today, He'll 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.800 be at the game, and in Denver later this year 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.200 and we'll probably be repping the Kingdom, So good for you, Blake. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.360 I met Francis at the Zoo not too long ago. 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.200 So those that listen often know my wife works at 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.680 the zoo and they had an event a few weeks 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:08.000 ago called Christmas in July. 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.679 I was texting you about this. It rained the entire time. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:13.360 But you know, when you go to a place like 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:14.840 the Zoo, it's kind of like when you go to 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:16.800 a Chiefs game. It doesn't matter what the weather is. 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.800 You were going to have fun. So we were at 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.320 the zoo, lots of people are there and it was 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.880 pouring rain and everyone was still having fun hanging out 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:24.559 of the zoo and I met Francis there, so shout 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.880 out to you, Francis. We got a listener in Tyler, Texas. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:31.120 Think thank you Tyler, Texas. We appreciate you. Patrick Mahomes, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.920 thank you. Trish Is in Sydney, Australia. Done under want 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:36.920 to go to Sydney. We have a listener in Derby, 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.160 Kansas Panthers. Okay, Derby Panthers. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.880 They've had tons of players come out of their NFL players. 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.040 I got Leon Edwards, now one of the top running 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:44.800 backs in the country. 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.840 That's a great program. Okay, and lastly, this is a 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:48.360 cool one. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.760 So you know, usually I just look at the YouTube 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:52.920 comments or people email me or tweet at me or 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.320 something to get the around the world. I heard from 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.520 Neil via LinkedIn, and I should check my LinkedIn more often. 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:00.760 But this is one that you'll do. You want to 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.640 hire you well, So Neil, I couldn't do this, trust me. 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.560 Neil is in Maryland. He works at the Marine Corps 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:11.040 Cyberspace Command. Love the Yeah and listens to DTK. So Neil, 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:12.280 first of all, thank you for all you do for 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.720 our country, but also thank you for listening to DTK 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.640 and for wrapping the chiefs out in Maryland. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:20.560 Simperfy, Neil, simprifi. I got a couple, yep, all right 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.439 at camp. It's always interesting these people that come up, right. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.840 We just had a guy from Virginia Beach, Virginia walk 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.480 up and I always ask where they're from. But Abby, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.840 she's a middle schooler from Saint Simon's Island. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:33.319 St. Simon's Island. 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.960 Yeah, so it's kind of in the Charleston Savannahs and 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:36.839 the Atlantic coast. 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:38.080 Oh she had your heart right away. 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.400 Oh, right away, I tell you and we were just there. 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:41.040 It was awesome. 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.600 But she's from Saint Simon's Island and her dad and 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:49.120 brother are Steelers fans, but her and her mom are 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.200 huge Chiefs Kingdom fans. They defend the Kingdom to it, 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:57.920 even offshore on the Atlantic Sea board. So a shout 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.560 out to Abby, a sixth grader, I believe St. Simon's Island. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:03.120 Here's another one. This is a fun one. You like 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.800 this Dublin, Ireland, you've been there, love Dublin, Dublin. There 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:10.760 is the you know how big Charlie's in Philly, So 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.079 Philly's the chiefs like hangout. There is one in Dublin Island, Ireland, 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.319 and I want to get this right. It's called the Bridge. 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:17.760 Wish I knew this when I was there. 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:20.040 I should have told you the Bridge. It's right by 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.640 the American Embassy. The dude that runs it is named 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:29.360 Tony McCabe. It is the biggest Chiefs Kingdom hangout on 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:33.480 the isles, and it's just a place where they all 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:37.640 congregate and go crazy, and it's a chief's stronghold. So 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.679 a shout out to Tony. Now here's why this is big. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.800 We have a lot of Chief Kingdom fans that are 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.280 Iowa State fans. We know we got a lot of 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:48.440 Chief Kingdom fans that are KSE State fans. The Week 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:52.400 zero game in Dublin, Ireland is Ky State against Iowa State. 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.280 All of you fans need to know there is a 0:10:55.400 --> 0:11:00.480 Chief Kingdom hangout in Dublin, Ireland. Now what's interesting, Tony ready, 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:04.720 because the way that the Irwegians and the case Staters 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.280 drink beer, Yeah, they might clean him out. 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:09.760 Now it's well, it's the end of all places. So 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.040 I think they'll be prepared. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.720 Right, it's Guinness, So they're gonna be like laid out 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.440 like they want to make the game. But it's called 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:20.000 the Bridge, and it's one of the greatest Chiefs hangouts 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.720 outside the States, and it's right there in Dublin Island. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.120 So when you know Eli, go back, you got to 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.920 go see this guy, Okay, Tony, so anyway around the world. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.600 And also we saw Chris up here just now. So 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:32.960 Chris had written and into DTK a couple of years ago. 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.320 I think I can't remember when it was, but a 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:37.920 while ago. Originally from you caught this whereas Talgonoxy from 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.280 talking Ooxy, the chieftain moved to Poland. For a while, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.800 was in Poland and having to watch all these Chiefs 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.320 primetime games in the middle of the night. But he 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.400 just moved back to this area. He had mentioned I 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.280 think I talked about on DTK that he told me 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.280 via YouTube he was going to be moving back here, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.160 and he shouted me out and said, hey, I'm back. 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.400 So now he's in the Kansas City area and was 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.280 that practice here today, So shout out to you, Chris. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:11:59.960 He said, Monday too. 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.040 Games are rough, I can imagine in Poland. Yeah, it's 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.199 also home of the Roslov Panthers. Right, we covered those guys. 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.240 But who's impressed you in camp so far? 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:09.800 Your thoughts? 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.240 And again a grueling day to day. This is the 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.719 first big push, the third day of impads and high 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.280 heat and high humidity. It's been rough. Those guys are 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.360 hurting right now and trying to get recovery. Tomorrow be 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.480 an easier day. But who's impressed you so far? 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.240 Should we go like back and forth or shul I 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:25.959 list off? Some guys go back and Forth's go back 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.720 and forth? Okay, well I'll go with the obvious one. 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.600 Josh Simmons has looked the part so far. That's the 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:32.760 question I think we all had going into this camp. 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.680 Could Josh Simmons a be ready for camp with his 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.480 injury rehab? And once he put the pads on, how 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:42.400 could he handle himself? And the first question was answered immediately. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.560 He hasn't missed any practice. He's been out here as 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.360 a full go. So during the draft process, you and 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.080 I kind of wondered about that, like would this be 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:50.160 a red shirt year for him? 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:51.280 No, not at all. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.559 It wasn't even a red shirt camp for him, didn't 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.720 begin on pup or anything. He's been completely healthy, ready 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:58.440 to go. The second part of it is he has 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.920 looked the part in pats. He's been physical and strong. 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.280 Obviously plenty to work on, but I think through three 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.839 padded practices, Josh Simmons is off to an awesome start. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:12.040 Excellent point. He threw Ashton Jelata yesterday like a rag. 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.760 Doll, and Ashton's a lot. He's pretty good. 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.040 Yes, he is old l and today he got it 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:17.959 mixed into it with Mike Danis. So we're seeing a 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:19.800 little bit of an edge to him, which isn't bad. No, 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.120 it's good mine. So to start is Leo Chanel on 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.000 the defensive side. Oh my gosh, he's my defensive MP, 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:27.680 even VP of this camp, and I saw at this 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.960 spring sought in mini camp. He's going to continue on. 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:34.199 Yes the Chiefs have got to find ways to get 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.679 Leo Chanell on the field. He sets the edge, he's 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.680 a really good pass rusher, and he's great in coverage. 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:44.040 We saw a very athletic interception yesterday. But here's something 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:45.719 that I don't think I've ever seen, or I've very 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.480 very rarely seen. We talk about old l and that's 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.240 what you want to watch at camp. The one on ones. 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:54.040 Leo was in there as a D lineman inside outside, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:55.800 going against the offensive line one on one. 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:56.400 It's wrestling. 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.679 Basically, he goes, he goes, he goes, he goes, runs 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.120 over and does seven on seven as a coverage guy. 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:09.240 Mental toughness, physical toughness, emotional toughness. To me, Leo Chanel 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.040 is rising and will help this team beyond just blocking 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.640 field goals in Pats and Super Bowls. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.520 He's come such a long way. I mean, look back 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.080 at his rookie year. He was kind of a sub 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.000 packaged guy. He was the guy that you won in 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:22.880 there against the run or if you're gonna blitz him 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.120 off the edge. He can do just about everything. Now, 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.720 he's looked really good in coverage through this camp. Mentioned 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.880 that interception that he had he was over the middle, 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.520 deflected it, stuck with it in the air, and made 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.960 a diving interception on the play the whole thing himself. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.440 I mean, it was phenomenal. So I'm with you about Leo. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.760 How about Taekwon Thornton. So this is a player that 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:44.760 really has been flashing the entire offseason. And again the 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.200 question for him was can he keep it going into 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.560 camp with pads on because this is a player that 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.560 had a big time pedigree coming out of school A 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.800 Baylor I believe ran a four to two eight at 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.920 the combine, among the fastest forty times ever, so he 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.800 has blazing speed. It was a second und pay the Patriots. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:02.560 It didn't really work out there, but that was a 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.840 bad situation in New England. Well, now he's here and 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.920 really consistently every day he's made at least one play 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.000 where it's like, man, he's really making a push. So 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.840 Taekwon Thornton has to keep it going, has to impress 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.280 during the preseason. But if you're looking at who could 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.560 that that sixth or seventh receiver be, Taekwon Thornton certainly 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:20.280 has a great shot. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.240 Let me tell you who the fifth receiver could be. 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.240 And he's had an outstanding camp so far. He was 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.120 great starting out, then he kind of slowed down in 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.800 OTA's but so far in this camp and I don't 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.720 want to get ahead of myself and don't get ahead 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.880 of yourself, Chiefs Kingdom. But Jalen Royals has been really 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:38.200 good in this camp. Basically what he's done and what 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:39.720 he is that we saw him with two red zone 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.520 catches today for touchdowns, but his blitz recognition, the fact 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.480 that he's absorbing everything I asked Pat about him, and 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.880 Pat's working with him, but he wants to learn. There's 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.880 some instinct with Jalen Royals. There's toughness with Jalen Royals. 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.640 He kept fighting through this practice today and if you 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.160 get a hot blitz, read guy that understands where to 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:01.320 go when past's getting blitzed and it becomes a big deal. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.480 So far, Jalen Royals, there's enough encouragement there to be excited. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:05.920 Yeah. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:07.760 I mentioned on our live stream a little bit ago 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:11.600 that Steve Smith was here, the former superstar receiver for 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.960 the Panthers. And when he was here, I was chatting 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:15.960 with him about the receiver crew. He didn't want to 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.720 talk about anybody else. He wanted to talk about Jayleen Royals. 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.240 And if you have Steve Smith's attention, look, Steve Smith 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.600 isn't messing around, you know, he's mister ice up. He 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.400 doesn't want to talk about forty times and all that. 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.480 He wants to talk about your toughness, your physicality, your 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.680 ability to break tackles and make tough catches. And that's 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:34.680 Jayalen Royals at least so far. So we'll see if 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:35.480 he can keep that going. 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:39.000 Just don't bet your mortgage in their fantasy football draft 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.840 or taken Royals number one. Okay, let's just you've been 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.120 a Chiefs fan long enough to know, don't take any 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.440 Chiefs receivers in your fantasy draft right away because it 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:48.760 could be somebody different every week. 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:50.520 Let's do one more. You go, one I go. He's 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.760 part of the crew, right so he'll contribute, hopefully to 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:53.040 this and. 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:54.680 He may pop a one twenty some week. 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:56.800 You might hopefully my last one. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:17:00.120 Robert Tanyan now Robert Tanyan is a familiar name for 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.520 people that have been watching football a while. He was 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.359 pretty productive for the Packers a handful of years ago. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.840 He had three years in a row with the Packers 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.159 where he was averaging three four hundred, five hundred yards 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.000 per season. So this is a player that's been around 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.040 a little bit and contributed to a pretty good offense. 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.719 Injuries and things just didn't work out toward the end 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:20.960 of his tenure in Green Bay kind of bounced around 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.000 a little bit, but he was solid during the offseason 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.720 training program and it's kind of like Robertanian might have 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.280 a shot. And really he's been one of my stars 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.000