1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hang your down until the day when you get off Duney. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 2: This game you may can play. 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: Don't touchdown Chansas City, the cheats all right? 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 3: The think of it baby. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: Hello, Kingdom Defenders, Welcome to this unique edition of Defender 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: and Kingdom It chold us with your Voice of the Chiefs, 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: along with Matt McCallan, senior team reporter. When Matt and 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: I are thinking of ideas for these we try to go, Hey, 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: let's go someplace you maybe haven't been thinking about all 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: the time, and especially this time of year where it's 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: the closest thing The National Football League has to a 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: plant shutdown right after the mandatory mini camps for teams, 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: all thirty two teams, the NFLPA in the league's like, hey, 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: can we just back up a second, even though fans 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: would love. 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: To have something going on right now. 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: So this podcast will deal with something we call v NS. 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: That is you ready for this? I'm ready. Here we go. 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,959 Speaker 3: Veach never sleeps. 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: That's right, even though it's a plant shutdown, BRETTVA chief 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: general manager and his staff can't quite sleep. And we'll 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: get into this and why we're exploring this in this 23 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: edition of Defending the Kingdom but before we do that, 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: let's go around the world. 25 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: Let's go around the world. 26 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 4: And also I want to mention these awesome shirts are 27 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 4: from our friends at ad Pro Sports. They custom made 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 4: these for us. So thank you to you all for 29 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 4: these awesome Veach Never Sleeps shirts. We need to get 30 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 4: Brett one of these. We got to get in one 31 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 4: out of his house. Yeah, all right, so let's go 32 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 4: around the world. I have five today for I don't know, 33 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 4: five straight AFC title game Tommy Tommy Towns, I like, yeah, yeah, 34 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 4: let's make it six straight AFC tititle games like that. 35 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 4: We have Ryan and Jefferson City. Chad is in Florida. 36 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 4: Arthur is in Western New York, out there in Bill's country, 37 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 4: but he is originally from Kansas City and is representing 38 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 4: Chiefs Kingdom out there in Bill's country. We have Zorian 39 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 4: from Croatia. Yeah, yeah, I don't know if we've had 40 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 4: a Croatian. 41 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 3: Sorry, I don't think we've had. Yeah, that's awesome. 42 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 43 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 4: I had a chance to go to Croatia years and 44 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: years ago. I was studying abroad and I could have gone, 45 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 4: and I didn't, and I regret it. 46 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: So fascintating area yeah, you know, of course they were 47 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: center stage for a while and then things have you know, 48 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: but just what the history and the Croatian people amazing 49 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: when you go study them, and just how entrepreneurial they are, 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: and how how many great people on this earth have 51 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: come from Croatia. 52 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, including Zoran who is chiefs fans there in Croatia. 53 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 4: And you'll love this last one. So this last one, 54 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 4: I don't have their name, but a listener wrote the 55 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 4: following in our YouTube comments. They said, Mitch, glad you 56 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 4: got to work with some former teachers of mine from 57 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 4: high school with Home. 58 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: On the Range. 59 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 4: Tom Penning and Ken Spurgean are some of the best 60 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 4: guys around. Looking forward to seeing the film in the future. 61 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: There is a movie Home on the Range and Ken Spurgeon, 62 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: who is a terrific historian writer, He's got a new 63 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: movie coming out they're working on now called Sod and Stubble, 64 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: based on the very famous book. He deals a lot 65 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: with history, in pioneer history. 66 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: But yes, and. 67 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: In fact, there was just a I was just an Eldoredo, Kansas, 68 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: trying to think was that last week? And it was 69 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: a meeting for the cabin but also for the Kansas 70 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: Oil Museum in Eldaredo, Kansas. But some of the casts 71 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: showed up from the movie, so it's a bit of 72 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: a reunion and there were some Now Rance Howard has passed, Noil, 73 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: Ronnie Howard, right, the famous director, and he was Happy 74 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: Days and as a child actor Andy Griffith show his 75 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: father is in the movie but recently passed. And then 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: but some others have been in the movie that are 77 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: like big time guys and gals. 78 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: So anyway, that was kind of fun. So yeah, fun 79 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: to do that. 80 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's our five for TODA. 81 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 3: All right, well there you go. 82 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: All right, let's jump into this Veach Never Sleeps episode 83 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom, brought to you by Ticketmaster. By 84 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: the way, and Ticketmaster is your new best friend. Did 85 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: you follow the trying to get tickets for the game 86 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: in Frankfurt? I sure did, Holy cow, I heard people 87 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: talking about in a waiting room of one point three 88 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: million and to eight hundred thousand and it's sold out 89 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: in seventeen minutes. 90 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: Yep. 91 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: And I feel bad for a lot of our German 92 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 4: fans that aren't able to go. But what that does 93 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 4: show is the immense popularity and interest and not just 94 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 4: football but Chiefs football and Frankfurt, which is pretty cool. 95 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, Spiel say November the But you're thinking, what do 96 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: I do? Maybe Ticketmaster? Yeah, so check out Ticketmaster that 97 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: or what will be the most phenomenal home schedule in 98 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: the history of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium every week 99 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: just amazing games either some crazy awesome theme or the opponent. 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: It's just it's been never been a year like twenty 101 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: twenty three in home games and road games the same. 102 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: So Ticketmaster check them out, all right? Veitch never sleeps. 103 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: Coach got me on this one time and talking about 104 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: coach read because you know he. 105 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 3: Never sleeps either. 106 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: Now his car is always here. 107 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 1: It's always here, and this is time for the plant 108 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: shutdown in your huge Does he sleep like for the 109 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: whole year, like right now like a hibernation? You know, 110 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: keep thinking somewhere he's out there sleeping hopefully. But I said, Coach, 111 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: you're like a dolphin like half brain that you know, 112 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: a dolphin sleeps half brain at a time. And I said, 113 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: you see a dolphin like and I said something like 114 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: walking around like I have. He goes how many dolphins 115 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: have you ever seen walking around? Like Okay, touche, but 116 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: Veach is the same way. He's a dolphin, like he's 117 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: he just half brain sleeping if he sleeps at all. 118 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: And even though this is the plant shutdown, Brett Veach 119 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: and his staff and VNS has a double meaning for 120 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: this episode because it's Veach never sleeps, very nice staff. 121 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: Because one of the and I always say this, and 122 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: you know this, Matt, that I say the Chiefs win 123 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: because of one hundred different reasons. One of the more 124 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: underrated reasons the Chiefs win Brett Veach and his staff. 125 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: This is a spectacular all star group that Veach has 126 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 1: in his part of the Kingdom, and it's why the 127 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: Chiefs win. 128 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 4: I was with Brett a few weeks ago for a 129 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 4: fan of at production day. There was like ten fans 130 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 4: here and Brett surprised them with kind of a meet 131 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 4: and greet sort of deal and they were able to 132 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 4: ask him questions. And one thing that struck me about 133 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 4: that interaction is Brett was talking about his mentality as 134 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 4: the Chiefs general manager, and he said, you might look 135 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 4: at it from the outside at me and think that 136 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 4: I'm coming into this job where I've led this team 137 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 4: to three super Bowl bursts and four seasons. We've won 138 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 4: two Super Bowls and four seasons. He's the best general 139 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,559 Speaker 4: manager in the NFL. The Chiefs have won so many 140 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: games because of Brett Veach. And he said, you might 141 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 4: think I'm like, ah, okay, well we've won all this time. 142 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 4: I just come in here. I don't have to worry 143 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 4: about anything. He said, it's actually the opposite. We've set 144 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 4: such a standard now that I'm consistently thinking to myself 145 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 4: late at night, are we good enough? And what's so 146 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 4: amazing about Brett and his staff is they are consistently 147 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 4: always finding ways to make this team good enough to 148 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 4: meet that standard. And they've met it every single year 149 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 4: under Brett Viach, winning all these football games, hosting five 150 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 4: consecutive AFC Championship games. And Brett would be the first 151 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 4: person to say that his staff has a huge role 152 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 4: in all of this. It's a collaborative effort where Brett 153 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 4: is the guy at the top. He's making the ultimate 154 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 4: decisions in terms of player personnel, but his staff is 155 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 4: doing this work twenty four to seven, three hundred and 156 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 4: sixty five days a year, consistently working and grinding trying 157 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: to make this team better, and we're going to talk 158 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 4: about some of these people that make this team what 159 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 4: it is, but they deserve all the limelight. 160 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: We talk about the passion, direction and talent of Andy Reid. 161 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: He's going to be in the Hall of Fame. We 162 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 1: know that same thing with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey, 163 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: they'd be in the Hall of Fame. We talk about 164 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: the acumen of the coordinators. How brilliantly are Matt Naggy, 165 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: Steve Spagnolo and Dave Tobe, But we don't talk about 166 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: the guys We're gonna mention now probably enough, and they 167 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: do work behind the scenes. I got the day after 168 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: the parade. I mentioned this, I think on a couple 169 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: podcasts ago. I'm going to play it at the kickoff 170 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: luncheon this year. I got a sinilating video that last 171 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: two seconds and it's from Brett Veach the day after 172 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl parade, and it's him and his staff. 173 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: He goes, here's what we're doing. Two seconds and they 174 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: were already in a meeting at like eight in the 175 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: morning or earlier, getting ready for the twenty twenty three 176 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: off season. Mike Morgan's he's assistant general manager. His brother 177 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: works for the Bears. Right, he's a linebackers coach, but 178 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: Borgo has been here preceding Brett Veach. But he's assistant 179 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: general manager. A brilliant dude and steady, passionate sees things. 180 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: You know, you'll ask Mike a question and then he'll 181 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: give you, Hey, well, let's move the neutrons this way 182 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: and the protruns over that way, and we'll create a 183 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: whole new atom. And he's just a brilliant guy. He's one. 184 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: Another one is Chris Shay, vice president for football Operations, Like, well, 185 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: who's Chris Shay? All right, Well, Chris Shay also is 186 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: the He's also an attorney, so he's the team council. 187 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: He's been around the block. He was with Philadelphia, Miami, 188 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: NFL management Council, Dallas. Brilliant dude. He's not studying algebra 189 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: or algorithms, he's writing them. And those two guys alone 190 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: are part of this team. And you're going to mention 191 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: some others. But if you're a fan of the Kansas 192 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: City Chiefs, look these guys up and realize they're some 193 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: of the best, and not just the NFL, but in 194 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: professional sports again in direction, and you're talking here about 195 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: cap management, roster management, and I mentioned cash management because 196 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: that's a big part that we look at. Spow track writer, 197 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: you're looking at, hey gosh, where are people teams against 198 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: the cap? Cash is the underrated part of this and 199 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: every team, all thirty two teams have got to do 200 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: cash management, salary, cap management, roster management. And the people 201 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: we're mentioning as part of the Veitch Never Sleeps team 202 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,839 Speaker 1: are some of the best in professional sports. 203 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 2: And one of the hardest things to do. 204 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 4: We always talk about this, and thefl is to win 205 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 4: after you have paid your quarterback. And the Chiefs just 206 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 4: accomplish that. They gave Patrick Mahomes, of course a generational 207 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 4: contract and then won the Super Bowl after the fact, 208 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: while you rely on your cap guys and these geniuses, 209 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 4: frankly in our front office to navigate the cap and 210 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: to find ways to pay Patrick Mahomes and pay your 211 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 4: best players like Chris Jones and Travis Kelce and others, 212 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 4: while also finding ways to make every single year as 213 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 4: competitive as possible. Another individual who's right in the middle 214 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 4: of that is Bran Tillis now Brandt also is the 215 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: Vice President of Football Operations, same title as Chris Shay. 216 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 4: This is his thirteenth season with the Chiefs, upcoming here 217 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three. He has a hand in every 218 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 4: aspect of the football operation. He's the Chief's lead contract negotiator, 219 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 4: leading every extension and free agent deal since twenty seventeen 220 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 4: that includes Patrick Mahomes contract. He ensures that the Chiefs 221 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 4: comply with the CBA and all league policies, which is complicated, 222 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 4: It's not an easy thing to do, and he also 223 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 4: receives data analytics efforts for the player personnel department. Brent 224 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 4: might be one of the smartest people on planet Earth. 225 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 4: He double majored in economics and statistics, with a special 226 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 4: citation in finance. I mean, when you have people that 227 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: are truly geniuses and they like football, you come into 228 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: this and it's a match made in heaven. So we're 229 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 4: very fortunate to have individuals like Chrische, like Mike Porganzi, 230 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 4: and like Bran Tillis also senior director of player personnel. 231 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 4: Mike Bradway is another name to know, so he joined 232 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 4: the Chiefs before the twenty eighteen season. Came from the Eagles. 233 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 4: Like everyone else. It seems like he's part of the 234 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 4: entire scouting operation. And I had a chance to talk 235 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 4: to a lot of these guys at the combine last year. 236 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: It's not this most recent combine, but the one before that. 237 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 4: And here's what Mike had to say about the front 238 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 4: office and how it works as a cohesive group. He said, 239 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 4: and I quote, everybody always stresses communication, but I think 240 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: it's really unique in our place. It starts with Brett 241 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 4: and goes all the way down. We get in our 242 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 4: room and it's just us talking football. It's really a 243 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 4: collaborative effort of all the guys in the building, and 244 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: that's how we get it done. That might seem obvious, 245 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: but there are so many egos and big personalities in 246 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 4: NFL front offices that a lot of times it doesn't 247 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: work like this. And the Chiefs have been so good 248 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 4: at being successful, and everyone still, despite that success, finding 249 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 4: ways to collaborate and work together. 250 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 2: No one cares who gets the credit. 251 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 4: And if you ask Brett, Veach or Coach Red or 252 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 4: any of these guys, hey, are you the main reason 253 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 4: that the Chiefs are winning? They'll go, oh, no, it's 254 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 4: because of so and so. Everyone always says that, and 255 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 4: that collaborative, cohesive effort is so so important, and it's 256 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 4: truly unique in professional sports. 257 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: And you Kingdom defenders are going, why are you guys 258 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: even talking about this? This is like the next launch 259 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: into space, and we'll talk about the astronauts, but we 260 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: don't talk about the physicist or the scientists that make 261 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: it possible. These are the folks in that realm who 262 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: are setting in master control basically and working on managing 263 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: this team every day, even during the plant shutdown. And 264 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: we'll get to some examples about that. A couple more 265 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: I want to mention. We can't mention them all, but 266 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: Ryan Nutt, player personnel director from the college side, So 267 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: think about looking at college free agents. The Chiefs have 268 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: done such a brilliant job and undrafted free agents go 269 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: back a couple episodes ago, and the fact that we've 270 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: drafted so in such an astute manner. So Ran Nutt, 271 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: who's been around the board very kind of historic sports family, 272 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: has been impactful. 273 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 3: And then there's the pro side. 274 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 4: Of that, which is Tim Terry who is the director 275 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: of player personnel, but pro scouting, and just think of 276 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 4: it this way, Ryan Nutt is overseeing college players, guys 277 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 4: that are going to be in the draft or available 278 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 4: as undrafted free agents. Like Mitch said, while Tim his 279 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 4: main job is seeing players that are currently in the NFL, 280 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 4: so players that come in for tryouts in the middle 281 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 4: of the season like that. But another thing that demonstrates 282 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 4: the cohesiveness of the Chief's front office is during those 283 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 4: combine interviews I discussed earlier two years ago, I talked 284 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 4: to Tim as well, and he explained that one of 285 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 4: the things he loves about the Chiefs, and that is 286 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 4: unique in the NFL, is Brett allows the pro personnel 287 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 4: guys to sit in on the college meetings and you 288 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 4: have to have two to ten go here. Those guys 289 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 4: want to have to do that. But what that does is, 290 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 4: let's say a player goes undrafted, plays a couple of 291 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: years in the league. Well, now he is a pro player. 292 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 4: He falls under Tim's purview, but he's already evaluated him 293 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: and seeing what Brett Veach thinks of him. He sees 294 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 4: what everyone on the college side thought of him when 295 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 4: he was coming out of school, and now you evaluate 296 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 4: what's he done in the time since. Again, it seems obvious, 297 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 4: but I'm telling you around the NFL this is not 298 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 4: normally the case where a front office works so cohesively 299 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 4: where it's kind of like a group of friends working 300 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: together trying to make a championship football team. There are 301 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: not egos involved here, and that's one of the main 302 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 4: reasons the Chiefs have been so successful in their roster construction. 303 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: And examples of this would be like Charles Jamena, who 304 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: who we talked about as a pick up during as 305 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: an unrestricted free agent. But then a guy like Daniel Wise, 306 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: who played college ball at Kansas was with Dallas. Those 307 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: guys are being evaluated all the time, and you've got 308 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: eyeballs on all this on all the college guys in 309 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: their history, and then guys that have been in the 310 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: league for a while that you're able to pick up. 311 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: So those are just a couple of examples. I'm gonna 312 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: mention you mentioned Mike Bradway. His father used to work 313 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: for the chief He was GM of the Jets, a 314 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: graduate of Blue Valley North High School. 315 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 4: He his family lived nearby, and my mom still brings 316 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 4: it up, like, like, have you mentioned to him that 317 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 4: you grew up near him? 318 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: I'm like, how would I mention that Lego? By the way, 319 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: where you. 320 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: Blue Valley North Mustangs are everywhere. Yeah, notable, noble, notable 321 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: alumni man. You'll find him, so Mike Bradway. And then 322 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: we've also seen like a spin off of this in 323 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: the rest of the league. Chris Ballard, who worked for 324 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: the Bears before coming here, now GM of the Colts 325 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: was you know, he was part of this culture. But 326 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: Ryan Poles was very much in this list of guys 327 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: and now he's running his own show in Chicago. But 328 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: it's not only the impact within the Chiefs Kingdom, this 329 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: group that we're highlighting in the Veitch never sleeps or 330 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: very nice staff has an impact also league wide. Let 331 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: me just give you some examples. Let's take the five 332 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: full years under the tutelage of Brett Veach as general 333 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: manager of this team and some examples. We'll go year 334 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: by year of why he never sleeps. Twenty eighteen. Okay, 335 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: you put your roster together pretty much during the spring 336 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: and some in the summer with Brett Veach. Again, it 337 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: never stops. In twenty eighteen. On August thirty first, twenty eighteen, 338 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: the end of training camp, he makes a trade to 339 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: get Chiavarius Ward from the Dallas Cowboys for Parker Anger, 340 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman and Tavarius Ward goes on then to 341 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: have a huge game against the Colts in the Divisional 342 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: playoff thirty one to three victory in that eighteen season 343 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: with four passes defense Sofarris Sward comes out of nowhere 344 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: basically to become an impact player for the Chiefs help 345 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: them win Super Bowl fifty four. And now's with the 346 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers. That happened on August the 347 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: thirty first. So with Veach, it's every day. And that's 348 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: one example in twenty eighteen that in a way led 349 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl championship. 350 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 4: I have one more from twenty eighteen for you that 351 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 4: I think is quite sneaky, he claimed Austin Ryder off 352 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 4: Waivers on September second. In twenty eighteen, Austin Ryder goes 353 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 4: on to start thirty two regular season games for the Chiefs, 354 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 4: six playoff games and two Super Bowls. Just amazing. You 355 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,959 Speaker 4: find that guy in a early September. 356 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: And he kind of became a crock pod guy. 357 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: It wasn't right away, right, he was in the system 358 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: and developed and then he's the center for Super Bowl 359 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: fifty four. 360 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: It's amazing. So Austin Ryder is another big one. Looking 361 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 4: at twenty nineteen, there's a handful and these guys at 362 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 4: different levels of impact. But signed Lashaw McCoy on September first, 363 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 4: and Lashawn rushed for more than four hundred yards scored 364 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 4: five touchdowns with the Chiefs, primarily in the early part 365 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: of that twenty nineteen season. But some undercover ones. Mike 366 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 4: Panell the Beast. Panell was a Twitter handle. He signed 367 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 4: on October twentieth. And get this, the Chiefs lost their 368 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 4: first game that Mike played. It was against the Packers. 369 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes didn't play in that one, but then they 370 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 4: won ten straight, including Super Bowl fifty four. And of 371 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 4: course Terrell Suggs was the big one that year, got 372 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 4: claimed off waivers on December sixteenth. Just consistently finding ways 373 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 4: to add players to this roster. 374 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 2: It'd be so easy to. 375 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 4: Say, hey, we have Patrick Mahomes, we have Travis Kelce, 376 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 4: are going to be fine, they'll figure it out. And 377 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 4: Brett doesn't think that way. He's consistently trying to find 378 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 4: what's one way we can get better and it continues 379 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 4: throughout the season. 380 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: Well, Stefan Wasnwski in that group too, because he was 381 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 1: he might have been in that group of I don't know, nineteen, 382 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: but he ends up, you know, he was with the Eagles. 383 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: He won the Super Bowl with the Eagles right in seventeen. Yeah, 384 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: and then that's another kind of sneaky pickup and he 385 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: plugs him in. He becomes a starting guard super Bowl 386 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: championship team. But it leads to one area that Brett 387 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: was telling me about. This is a couple of years back, 388 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: and this goes back to cash management and cap management. 389 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: Brett Veach and we look at you and I look 390 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: at the salary cap and ooh, we're like under, We're over, 391 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: We're ten cents over. But he always likes to keep 392 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: cash in the right front drawer for deals like you 393 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: just mentioned, there has to be a room, and some 394 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: teams don't have any room to make those moves to 395 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: pick up a Mike Panell, who was one of the 396 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: more underrated players on that championship team, or a guy 397 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: like Terrell Suggs in December to pick him up for 398 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: a late run. 399 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's where you lean on guys like Chris Shay 400 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: and Bran Tillis, Because I think Brett as the leader 401 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 4: of this whole front office says, can we make this work? 402 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 2: And they say, we'll find a way. 403 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 4: And we're so fortunate to have guys like that who 404 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 4: can find a way. They can maneuver the cap. And 405 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 4: that's where it's a little bit tricky. If you look 406 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 4: at spot track or overthcap dot com, you say, okay, 407 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 4: the Chiefs only have this much money remaining. Well, Chrishay 408 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 4: and Brent Tillis, that's where they go to work. They 409 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 4: try to figure out how can we make these things 410 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 4: work and move contracts around to fit in a player 411 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 4: that we think could put this team over the top. 412 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 4: And again, that's why we're so fortunate to have those 413 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 4: guys in place. 414 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: Not mentioning any names or teams, but we've seen teams 415 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: now that are in cap jail. Basically, we had to 416 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: have a garage sale this offseason. The Chiefs have never 417 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: done that. All right, quickly, go us through some more. 418 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty was the COVID year and it was weird, right, 419 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: worst pandemic since the nineteen nineteen Spanish flu epidemic. But 420 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: Beach never sleeps, Beach never rests. On July sixth, twenty twenty, 421 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: he does the ten year extension for Patrick Mahomes that 422 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: basically set up the next three to five, maybe ten 423 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: years of salary cap strategy. The second one that year 424 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: was right there was Chris Jones, same thing July of 425 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: twenty twenty and COVID that's the four year extension. I 426 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: know we're asking about Chris Jones right now. We're leaving 427 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: that up to each He's never sleeping trying to figure 428 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: that piece out. 429 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: We'll leave that where it's at. 430 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: But the fact that in twenty twenty COVID year in July, 431 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 1: two of the main extensions that led to the Super 432 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven championship were done by Brett. 433 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 4: Beach, and there was one free agent signing in late 434 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 4: July that if circumstances have been different, I really think 435 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 4: it would have been one of these deals that we're 436 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 4: talking about, Like, Wow, I can't believe they got him 437 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 4: when they did this sign Colleccio Simile on July twenty eighth. 438 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 4: Collecchi was, of course a guard for the Raiders, a 439 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 4: Pro Bowl guard. We brought him in here and he 440 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,239 Speaker 4: was going to be one of our starting guards. We 441 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 4: were so fired up about him, and then early in 442 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 4: the season he tore tendons in both knees and I 443 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 4: don't think he's played since. Just feel terrible for the 444 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 4: guy because he was having a really nice start to 445 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 4: the season. But the point remains that Brett found him 446 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 4: on July twenty eighth and brought him in and he 447 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 4: was a starter to begin the season. There was other 448 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 4: moves that year, the Le'Veon Bell signing, which was a 449 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 4: big deal time October sixteenth of that year, and then 450 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 4: I have Stefan Wesnouski as twenty twenty. Maybe we brought 451 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 4: him back from a previous time. 452 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, we did. I think we brought because he was 453 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 3: in the nineteen Super Bowl two. 454 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, we brought him back in November November twenty third 455 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 4: of twenty twenty. DeAndre Baker was that year November eighteenth, 456 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 4: so constantly trying to find guys. Twenty twenty one, this 457 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 4: of course continued. We signed Alex okafor on July twenty fifth, 458 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 4: brought back Alex and obviously he had a sizeable role 459 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 4: on this team. Josh Gordon on September twenty seventh. That 460 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 4: was a big deal at the time. But that's really 461 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 4: showing that Brett is consistently looking out there like hey, 462 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 4: does Josh Gordon want to still play some football, and 463 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 4: I mean Josh had a role on this team. The 464 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 4: big one though in twenty twenty one was the Melvin 465 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 4: Ingram trade that was on November first, and really once 466 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 4: Melvin got in here, the defense had a whole different 467 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 4: vibe to them and that team almost ended up in 468 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 4: the Super Bowl. Melvin Ingram was a big part of that. 469 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: His play against the Broncos that allowed Nick Bolton to 470 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: get the scoop and score the eighty six yard scoop 471 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: and score is etched in my mind forever. 472 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 3: That was a huge play by Melvin Ingram in that game. 473 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: And then twenty twenty two great examples Carlos Dunlap on 474 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: July the twenty eighth. On July the twenty eighth, the 475 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs are able to sign Carlos Dunlap and one signature 476 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: play for him would be the play of Chris Jones 477 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: getting the sack against Joe Burrow in the AFC Championship 478 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: game when Chris moved Burrow, I'm sorry, moved Dunlap inside 479 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: against his old teammates. Just watch the video of that, 480 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 1: and Chris's sack was basically set up by Carlos dunlap 481 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: being in the presence in the face of Joe Burrow. 482 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: So what we've tried to do here is the fact 483 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: that Veach never sleeps. These are significant moves that are 484 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: made when most of your roster is put together. And 485 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: yes it's the plant shutdown, and yes, you and I 486 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: are looking forward to unplugging here a bit at least 487 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: for a couple of days. But for Brett Veach, he 488 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: only plugs half the brain. He's a dolph. 489 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 4: And not to backtrack too much, but as a cheesy 490 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 4: narrative guy thinking about when Carlos Dunlapp first signed, he 491 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 4: laid out three goals that he had when he signed 492 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 4: with the Chiefs. They were to get to one hundred 493 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 4: career sacks. He did that for his dad, for his dad. 494 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 4: He promised his dad he would do it, and he did. 495 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 4: He wanted to win a playoff game because he had 496 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 4: been in this league for a decade and had never 497 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 4: won a playoff game. He did that against the Jags. 498 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: Hugged his neck after the Jacksonville game because I knew 499 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: what it meant, because he went twenty one years of 500 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: that one here. 501 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: And didn't he tell you that we weren't done because 502 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 4: his last goal was he wanted to win a Super Bowl. 503 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 4: He did that, so he had three goals knocked them 504 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 4: all off. Pretty cool. And that's where if you're Brett 505 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 4: Veach and you're the leader of this team, you can 506 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 4: give guys like Carlos an opportunity in mid July or 507 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 4: mid August and say, hey, if you want to knock 508 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 4: out some career goals that you still have, and one 509 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 4: of them is to win a Super Bowl. Where a 510 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 4: great place to do that. And that's why that Chiefs 511 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 4: are able to get these guys when they do, because 512 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 4: they say, hey, this is a great place where you 513 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 4: can come in and late in your career you can 514 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 4: win a championship. Now, before we close out, I do 515 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 4: want to mention the next thing on the horizon is 516 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 4: training camp. There will be seventeen total practices open to 517 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 4: the general public up in Saint Joe, and if you're 518 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 4: a season ticket member, there's a couple more that you 519 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 4: can come to that are exclusive just for you. The 520 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 4: first one for all fans is on July twenty third. 521 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 4: The full schedules on Chiefs dot com. You can see 522 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 4: what day certain players are signing autographs. It goes by 523 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 4: position groups, so you can see, hey, the linebackers are 524 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 4: signing autographs this day, or the quarterbacks and so on 525 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 4: and so forth. You can also see what if there's 526 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 4: a season ticket member day when those are And lastly, 527 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 4: most of these practices are free to attend, even the 528 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 4: ones that do cost money or like not much at all, 529 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 4: But no matter what, you have to get tickets online. 530 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 4: The tickets are generally free, but it reserves your spot 531 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 4: because there's only so many fans that can be at 532 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 4: camp each day. But you can go online right now 533 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 4: on Cheeses dot com and reserve your training camp tickets 534 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 4: and then come say hi to us because we will 535 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 4: be up there. 536 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: One of the things you and I both love about 537 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: training camp is that a lot of people go to 538 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: come to training Camp that either can't afford or don't 539 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to go to the games at gha 540 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: Field at Arrowhead Stadium or a road game. But think about, 541 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: this is your game, So go to the Chiefs app 542 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: and make sure if you're buying a ticket, even though 543 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: most of them are free, but you have to do that. 544 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: Last year there was some confusion and some fans would 545 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: show up and did not have that taken care of, 546 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: and it just led to some being uncomfortable. If we 547 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: want everybody there that can get there, it's that we 548 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: can accommodate. And most of it seeing all those kids 549 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: and all those families coming from everywhere is one of 550 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 1: the cool things about training camp. So he's Matt McMullen, 551 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: Senior team reporter. I'm a Chelter's voice to the Chiefs ticketmaster. 552 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: Will get you taken care of this season. Make sure 553 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: that you see what they can do for you home games, 554 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: road games, and maybe trying to figure out a way 555 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: to get to that game Frankfurt on the fifth of November. 556 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: But know this, if you're a red blooded, card carrying 557 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: member of the Chief Kingdom, you can be comforted with 558 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: this thought. 559 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 3: Veitch never sleeps 560 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: Don t touch down, washed it down and the celebration 561 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 1: begins in their head.