1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day. All right, will you'll 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: get opportunity in the game you can play. Don't do 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: what touchdown Kansas City the Chiefs. All right, the think 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: of it baby. Hello everybody, and welcome to this bye 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: week playoff edition of Defending the Kingdom. Itch hold us 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: with you boys to the Chiefs along with senior team 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: reporter Matt McMullen. This is an episode we'll call What 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: Just Happened because we're gonna take a review and look 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: at what has been an amazing twenty twenty two regular 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: season and how it gets the Chiefs ready now hopefully 11 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: for a playoff run. But Matt, in many ways, this 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: has been a remarkable season. We're gonna go through each 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: phase offense, defense, and special teams what we think is 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: a noteworthy stat, surprising stat, and maybe a key moment. 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: But let's jump into around the world. It's been interesting though, 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: because we saw fans in Las Vegas, because that was 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: like having a Chiefs Kingdom show when we did field 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: pass literally and you know who you there were thousands 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: there and I felt like it we should had Weird 20 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Wolf and snowstorms, Sandy and all those people that show 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: up on Monday nights for the Kingdom Show because it 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: was wild and crazy and live and spectacular. Yeah, I'm 23 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: pulling out my phone here because we had one guy 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: who I wrote his name down. I believe it was 25 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: Mike from California in the black hole, but all in 26 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: like red Chiefs gear anyway, especially defending the Kingdom. Yeah, yeah, Mike, 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: it's for you. Yeah, shout out to Mike. Then we 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: also have some people that responded on YouTube. So we 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: have Doug in Tucson, Arizona. Matthew and West Virginia, been 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: a fan since nineteen ninety three. Ian in Wichita, probably 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: still celebrating Blake Bell's touchdown from a few weeks ago. 32 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: They've had parades and it's been crazy and been a 33 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: great few weeks. Ray is in Mesa, Arizona, hopefully breaking 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: support us in the super Bowl here and a handful 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: of weeks that would be great. Cheryl is in Orlando, 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: Terry is in Buckeye, Arizona. And then we have a 37 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: listener in Verse Sales, Missouri, not Versailles, Verse Sales, Missouri. 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: Not a kid man. You're you're knocking down these regional 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: doing my best, isn't it Nevada. No, it's Nevada, Missouri 40 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: ranked Arkansas City. And yes for sales, Ye, yeah, that's 41 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: what we got. Which I asked that question too, Why 42 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: is it a Versai notes ver sales? So get it reset? 43 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: A lot of Arizona flavor in that group. Kind of 44 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: like it, right, I do too. Yeah, let's hope it's 45 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: they're somewhat clairvoyant and the Chiefs are headed to Super 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven. But there's a lot of work to do. 47 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: The AFC's loaded, the bracket is set. But the best 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: news if you're in the Chiefs kingdom is the fact 49 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: that we will watch six other teams just kind of 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: slug it out and see what in the smoke clears 51 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: who the Chiefs will be playing in the Divisional around 52 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: here at Gha Field at Arrowheads Stadium. But it's given 53 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: us a chance, it's given the team a chance. And 54 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: you and I were so coveting this bye week for 55 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: everyone in the organization, for the team though in particular, 56 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: and honestly the staff, because that's this staff of any 57 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: Reid grinds like Nowather, but the younger guys, to me, 58 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: it's important for them to get an emotional plank so good. 59 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: This is one of the youngest teams in the playoffs. 60 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: People don't realize that this Chiefs team, but they get 61 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: a chance to back up emotionally kind of recharge. And 62 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: then for the older veterans, it got like Travis Kelcey 63 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: to get an essentially a kind of a virtual blood 64 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: transfusion to get ready for the playoffs. I think kel 65 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: stated as much as anybody. Yeah, it's huge. I mean, 66 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: first of all, it's basically a playoff win. Right You're 67 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: automatically in the divisional round, and now with the seven 68 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: team playoff field, only one team gets the buy it's huge. 69 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: Everyone else has to play this weekend and we don't. 70 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: We can sit at home, eat some chips and dip, 71 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: you know, order a pizza, and just watch football all weekend, 72 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: which is going to be glorious, by the way, because 73 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: we never really get to do that. But it's huge. 74 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: It's basically a playoff win for the Chiefs. And one 75 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: thing we've talked about for weeks now is the way 76 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: the AFC playoff field is set up. If you think 77 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: that Buffalo and Cincinnati are two of the top Super 78 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: Bowl contenders aside from the Chiefs and the AFC, those 79 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: two teams have to go through each other. Now, yea, 80 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: it is impossible for the Chiefs to play both the 81 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: Bengals and the Bills during this playoff run. It's impossible 82 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: those two teams will have to play each other if 83 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: they both win this weekend before an eventual AFC championship game. 84 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: So the Chiefs have to take care of business in 85 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: the divisional round. That's a big deal, not having to 86 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: play both Cincinnati and Buffalo. If we're looking at this 87 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: thing long term, Yeah, once the weekend clearers, we'll find 88 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: out who we're going to play in the divisional round. 89 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: But to your point, half the field will be eliminated 90 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: in the AFC. The other half will have used fuel 91 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: to get through those games, and that all adds up. 92 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: So it gives us a chance too. And don't ask 93 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: us who we want to play or who he thinks 94 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: that No, ten years of Andy Reid, I've seen that face. 95 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: I've seen that those eyebrows go where you don't want 96 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: it to go. Like, don't even ask me who we 97 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: want to play, because I can give you a case 98 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: that you'd want to play all of them or none 99 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: of them. Okay, it's just who's there play them. And 100 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: that's what this team has done, with Patrick Mahomes winning 101 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: eight playoff games over the last four seasons and Andy 102 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: Reid winning nine playoff games as head coach of the 103 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs in ten seasons, where it took one seasons to 104 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: get to that point to get a one playoff win 105 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: in the wildcard round of twenty fifteen. But let's just 106 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: talk about what just happened. What just happened over these 107 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: eighteen NFL regular season weeks, And we're gonna jump in 108 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: to the most noteworthy stat of the offense. And I'm 109 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: gonna let you go first on all of these unfair 110 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: because well, no, it's good. I'll let you go, and 111 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: then I'll just see where we're at and I might 112 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: just tag yours. So okay, we'll go back and forth, 113 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: all right, most noteworthy stat of the offense this year? 114 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: Would you hit? Okay, well, you know me, whenever I 115 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: have a chance to give you one, I'm gonna give 116 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: you like forty five. But it's all in the same narrative, 117 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: right so for me, and this seems very obvious, But 118 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: there were so many questions from the outside about the 119 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: offense this year. Can the offense possibly be as explosive 120 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: as it's been as the offense going to take a 121 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: step back, and the answer to that question is a 122 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: resounding yes, they can be as explosive as they were 123 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: in previous years. Because it was the number one scoring 124 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: offense in the NFL, averaging twenty nine point two points 125 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: per game. They led the NFL in first down with 126 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: four hundred and eight and they led the NFL and 127 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: net yards per game at four hundred and thirteen at 128 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: point six. And behind that, of course, was Patrick Mahomes 129 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: having an MVP season. He led the NFL in passing 130 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: yards he was five hundred and eleven more than second place. 131 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: He led the NFL and passing touchdowns six more than 132 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: second place. He led the NFL in passing first downs 133 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: thirty five more than second place. And finally, he led 134 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: the NFL and passes of twenty five or more yards 135 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: fourteen more than second place. This offense was remarkable in 136 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: many ways. It was better than last year's offense, and 137 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: what a way to answer all of those doubts and 138 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: questions from outside the kingdom prior to the year to 139 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: have no big deal, just the best offense in the NFL. 140 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: Love it to me and to get to those numbers. 141 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: It's like Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey 142 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: had the best Italian restaurant in the Chiefs Kingdom and 143 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: they opened up a tex Mex restaurant and it was 144 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: as good or sometimes even better than the Italian restaurant 145 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: they had, which was the getting five star ratings all 146 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: throughout the Chiefs Kingdom because they cooked this different. They 147 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: had a different recipe. And here's my favorite stat. I 148 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: talked about it at the beginning of the year. I 149 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: talked about it in the summertime. I talked about it 150 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: in a training camp. Red zone offense to play differently 151 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: the Chiefs had and to your point, they had seventy 152 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: three twenty plus passes, number one in the NFL by far, 153 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: thirteen different players, but only seven twenty plus yard touchdowns. 154 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: That put them in the middle of the pack. So 155 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: what happened They were spectacular in the red zone. The 156 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: Chiefs end up second in the red zone with touchdown 157 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: percentages once they got from the twenty yard line on end, 158 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: second to only Dallas, but Dallas had sixteen less red 159 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: zone possessions. The Chiefs had seventy two. Now, why is 160 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: this significant? In twenty twenty one, the Chiefs were fourteenth 161 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: in the league in red zone touchdown percentage. In twenty twenty, 162 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: they were fourteenth in the league. Add to that, the 163 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,119 Speaker 1: Chiefs had sixteen rushing touchdowns in the red zone. Hey, 164 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: they opened up a new restaurant with new cuisine and 165 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: it was as good as their other restaurant with the 166 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: different cuisine. That's what it felt like. They did a different, 167 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: different recipe, different restaurant and it's great food. Yeah, just 168 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: incredible stuff. Should I jump into my surprising way and 169 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: then you'll go first for defense, right, I'll go first 170 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: for your most out noteworthy stat of the defense. Okay, 171 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: I'll let you rock in this one. Okay, because it's 172 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: a good transition because my most surprising offensive stat has 173 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: to do with the red zone stuff, and it's Jerick McKinnon. 174 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: We knew what Jack McKinnon could do. He's been a 175 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: good player in this league for a long time, had 176 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: a lot of bad luck, but I mean, he's been 177 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: amazing this season. And I don't think even in anyone's 178 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: wildest predictions it could have expected what Jerrek has done 179 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: this year in terms of touchdown production. He had nine 180 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns this season. That's the most for any running 181 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: back in the NFL since Marshall Folk in two thousand 182 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: and one. Think about that. Just amazing stuff from Jerick 183 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: this year. He had at least one receiving touchdown in 184 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: each of his final six games. Amazing stuff from Jerick McKinnon. 185 00:08:58,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: And part of the reason the Chiefs were so off 186 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: dive in the red zone this season was Jack McKinnon. 187 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: Awesome And he brings up my favorite stat. And you 188 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: know what this is, how many of you out there 189 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: throughout the world were fans of the nineteen sixty three 190 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: New York Giants or quarterback y A. Tittle Right in 191 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Patrick Mahomes tied y A. 192 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: Tittle in nineteen sixty three. This record has stood that long, 193 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: and that is touchdown passes two running backs and tight 194 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: ends combined. Patrick Mahomes had twenty eight of those, sixteen 195 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: to tight ends, twelve to running backs, nine to the 196 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: aforementioned McKinnon, twelve to Travis Kelsey. So if you're a 197 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: fan of the nineteen sixty three Giants, then the names 198 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 1: of Frank Gifford or Joe Morrison or Hugh mcelhaney will 199 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: come to mind. All running backs who were catching touchdown 200 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: passes from the bald headed y a tittle. So that's 201 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: my favorite stat, one of my favorite stats of the year. 202 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: The other one is and I haven't seen this any 203 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: place else. This is one of those Mitch and Matt 204 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: going back and forth at night revelations. Right I'm texting 205 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: you late in the night. Patrick Mahomes this season had 206 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: seven hundred and four touches on offense. He lost zero fumbles. 207 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: And I want to sick the NFL stats people loose 208 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: on that one and go, hey, what does that compare historically? 209 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: Because I have not seen that stat. Seven hundred and 210 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: four touches by Patrick Mahomes, zero lost fumbles. That to 211 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: me is amazing. We just add that to his MVP 212 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: resume like we have all the passing yards, passing touchdowns, 213 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: like every offensive metric, and he doesn't turn the ball 214 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: over hardly at all. Can I give you one more 215 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: stat about the offense because we have no time limit 216 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: and that's just what we want to do here. So 217 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco, can we say enough about his rookie season? 218 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: I mean, we had. We had a feeling he would 219 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: be pretty good this year, just what he did in 220 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: training camp. But he was remarkable when he really started 221 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: getting touches in this offense. He finished with eight hundred 222 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: and thirty rushing yards on one hundred and seventy attempts. 223 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: That's an average of four point nine yards per carry. 224 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: He had at least sixty rushing yards seven times since 225 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: Week ten. I was tied for the most of any 226 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: player in the NFL with Josh Jacobs and Nick Chubb. 227 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: Pretty good company there, and when you look at it, 228 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: the fifth best rushing total by a rookie in Chiefs history, 229 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: and that includes the late Joe Delaney at a phenomenal 230 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: year in Kareem Han who led the NFL in rushing 231 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: in his rookie season when he was a Chief. All right, 232 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: let's transition over to the defense. And in many ways 233 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: very interesting and some things were surprising about this defense. 234 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: I'll let you go first with your most noteworthy stat 235 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: I think I know where you're going, but I'm gonna 236 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: dovetail off of it. This isn't fair, though, you should 237 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: go first. That's all right, all right, all right, fine, Well, 238 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: my most noteworthy stat would be the pass rush. Yeah, 239 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: and it's fifty five sacks as a team for the Chiefs. 240 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: That's the second most in team history. And I know 241 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: we have the extra game, but still fifty five sacks 242 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: is impressive. Chris Jones at thirteen and a half sacks 243 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: over his final twelve games, and then George Karloft has 244 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: had five and a half sacks over his final seven games. 245 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: Carlottas finished third among all rookies and sacks this season 246 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: really came on strong towards the end of the year. 247 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: So the pass rush has me feeling pretty good about 248 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: what they did this year and going into the playoffs. 249 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you one that kind of gonna dovetail 250 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: off of it here because it kind of led to 251 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: some of those sacks or it was caused a little 252 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: bit by the sacks, and that is this. This is 253 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: one of those overlooked stacks. It's just like Mahomes's fumble record. 254 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: Is the fact that there were thirty three passes defensed 255 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: by players who were not defensive backs. Wow, think about this. 256 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: Carlos Dunlap had eight passes knockdown, carloftus had seven, Chris 257 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: Jones had four. The linebackers were right in there with 258 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: four or five apiece, but the Chiefs were knocking passes down. 259 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: Think of Super Bowl fifty four in the fourth quarter. 260 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: That's what won that game. Quite honestly, there were stop 261 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: after there were four straight stops in Super Bowl fifty four. 262 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: Three of the four stops were fueled by passes knockdown 263 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: or altered at the line of scrimmage. It's the most 264 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: devastating defensive stap nobody talks about because you have to 265 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: show the video and see what would have been the 266 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: result had that pass not been knocked down, and that 267 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: means there's usually a big twenty plus offensive gain there 268 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: by the opponent had you not alter the pass. To me, 269 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: it is understated what this defensive front did in altering passes. Sacks, yes, 270 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: but also changing offensive plays by either getting knocked downs 271 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: or altering a pass thrown by enemy quarterbacks. To me, 272 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: the most surprising moment of the season, and I shouldn't 273 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: be surprised, but it was the dominance of Chris Jones 274 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: on a consistent basis. Chris Jones, we love Stone Cold 275 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: that came into this league in twenty sixteen would have 276 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: flashes of brilliance, weeks of brilliance. But watching him at 277 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: Mandatory minicamp in the summer, You and I watched him 278 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: and I thought, oh my gosh, look at Chris Jones. 279 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: He's working harder than anybody else. And then we went 280 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: to Saint Joseph and saw him work harder than anybody else. 281 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: And that's saying something because Mahomes and Kelsey were trying 282 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: to beat him out. And then his season that he 283 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: had the most dominating interior defensive linemen in the National 284 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: Football League was an Aaron Donald who I love it 285 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: was Chris Jones. Forty four tackles, fifteen and a half sacks, 286 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: tied his career record, seventeen tackles for losses, four passes defense, 287 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: twenty nine quarterback hits, two forced fumbles in a fumble recovery. 288 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: Not only Kingdom defenders. When you look at sacks, look 289 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: at the yards lost because of the sacks. I could 290 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: have fifteen sacks and the enemy loses forty five yards. 291 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: He caused the opponents to lose one hundred five point 292 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: five yards, which equals seven points on his fifteen and 293 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: a half sacks. Phenomenally or Chris Jones, and it was 294 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: every week and to me that was surprising, but exhilarating 295 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: and always in big moments. It seemed like like third 296 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, it's third down, third and eight. You know 297 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: the opponent needs a big play and here's Chris Jones 298 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: making a huge play instead. Just awesome, ritable season from Chris. 299 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: He is the heart and soul of the defense, and 300 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: the defense goes the way Chris Jones does. And more 301 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: often than not, he was having a huge game and 302 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: the defense was having a big game because of that. 303 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: I also have a member of the defensive line I 304 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: wanted to highlight for most surprising, And again, surprising is 305 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: tough because we know what these guys can do. But 306 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: still if it stands out a little bit, it falls 307 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: in this category. And how about Mike Dana's season. Now, 308 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: he didn't have gigantic numbers like Chris Jones did, but 309 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: he was very valuable for this defense. He had thirty 310 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: five pressures this year that was a career high. He 311 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: had five sacks, two forced fumbles just last week against 312 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Just a very valuable piece of this defense 313 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: that made big plays when the Chiefs needed him. So 314 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: loved Mike Danna's year looking forward to seeing him continue that. 315 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: And then one more thing, a bit unrelated but that 316 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: I think is worth discussing, is all the rookies that 317 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: made big contributions on this defense for the Chiefs. We 318 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: talked about George Carloftis. He's played in seventeen games for 319 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs this year. He was one of six rookies 320 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs defense to play a bunch of games defensively, 321 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: not just special teams, but also defensively. They combined for 322 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: ninety four games this season, between George Carlotus who played 323 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: in seventeen games, Trent McDuffie played in eleven, Jelen Watson 324 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: played in sixteen, Joshua Williams played in seventeen, Leo Chanelle 325 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: played in seventeen, and Brian Cook played in sixteen games. Also, 326 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: Nazi Johnson didn't play any defense, I believe, but played 327 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: in eleven games on special teams and was pretty good 328 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: at times. Was good last week against the Raiders on 329 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: special teams. It's all to say that these guys made 330 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: plays for the Chiefs this year and sure growing pains 331 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: at times along the way. But if you're a Chiefs 332 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: fan watching this defense grow, you got to feel very 333 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: good about all those draft picks that turned into productive 334 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: players who are only going to get better. I think 335 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: only the New York Giants are as young as the 336 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs among playoff teams in the entire National Football they 337 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: gets fourteen teams. Think about that one and it leads 338 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: me to a final point before we go to special teams. 339 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: And that is my moment of the year for the 340 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: defense was Jalen Watson and his ninety nine yard pick 341 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: six against Justin Herbert and the Chargers all the way 342 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: back in the ancient days of Week two on a 343 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: Thursday night in the home opener. Because it allowed me 344 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: to look even further, this Chiefs team had four red 345 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: zone takeaways. Only the New York Giants had more, with 346 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: five in the entire NFL, and it's easy to overlook those. 347 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: Think of Joshua Williams and his pick at the end 348 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: zone after the Chiefs had turned it over. He gets 349 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: it right back and the forty nine Ers get no points. Yeah, 350 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: when we talk about red zone takeaways, some of them 351 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: can be Hey, you're up by thirty points and the 352 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: opposing quarterback chucks it into the end zone and you 353 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: pick it off. That's one thing, But big time red 354 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: zone turnovers by rookies like we saw this year between 355 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: Joshua against the forty nine ers and jale and Watson 356 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: with the pick six, just huge, I mean, just amazing 357 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: moments for those guys. The moment wasn't too big for them. 358 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: And again, like there's times this year, we're sure there's 359 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: plays that both of those guys and every rookie on 360 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: this team would like to have back. But when you 361 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: think about it, you need every single win to get 362 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: to where the chief saw right now, right to fourteen 363 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: and three, to get this one seed, and you need 364 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: all of those guys to make plays when they can. 365 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: And man, you think about some of these games, we'll 366 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: talk about it in our favorite moments of the season. 367 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: If one play hadn't happened, if that Jale and Watson 368 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: pick six hadn't happened, would that she's to be in 369 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 1: this position? I don't know. So just amazing stuff from 370 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: our rookie class this year. I'm so excited to keep 371 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: seeing them grow. Answer. No, that's why every week matters. 372 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: All Right, special teams, your most noteworthy stat of special teams, 373 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: So Tommy Townsend and now I probably stole yours. Yeah. Yeah, 374 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: we talked about him weekend and week out because he 375 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: deserves it. He led the NFL and net punting average 376 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: this year at forty five point six yards per punt, 377 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: and he ranked second and gross savage at fifty point 378 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: four yards, and both of those marks were franchise single 379 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: season records. Amazing year from Tommy. He's been good in 380 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: his pro career, but we were wondering could he take 381 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: a step forward this year and be one of the 382 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: best punters in the NFL. And the numbers say yes, 383 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he was the best punter in the NFL 384 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: this season. So great season from Tommy. Not only did 385 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: he break those records. Now think about the Chief's history 386 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: of punters. Gerald Wilson thunderfoot for years and years and years, 387 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: about fifteen years, about the same span the Dustin Colquoodhead, 388 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: who was outstanding punch inside the twenty Louis Agear was 389 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: very good, underrated as a punter in the nineties. Tommy 390 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: Townsend obliterated those records, obliterated him. His net and gross 391 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: in taking those Chiefs records were by four point five 392 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: yards per punt on the average for the season. It 393 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: wasn't just the net record obliterated. Colqwitz was like forty 394 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: one five or something. It's like, and he led the 395 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: league in it, but it was by tons of yards 396 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: that he did that. It leads me into to me, 397 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: the most poignant there are two special teams moments, and 398 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: it relates to Tommy Townsend because we'll forget about these 399 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: as fans, and sometimes we'll forget about him when we 400 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: jump into the weeds of football. Two games, the Charger 401 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: game at home. The Chargers are thinking they're gonna get 402 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: the first last possession of the second order, first possession 403 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: of the third quarter. It's the old hey, we get 404 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 1: him back to back. Tommy Townsend punted the ball seventy 405 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: four yards. It took eleven seconds off the clock. It 406 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: took away that possession from the Chargers. They got one 407 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: less possession in that game. The other one the Chiefs 408 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: would have lost to the Houston Texans in overtime. The 409 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: offense has to punt. Next score wins Chiefs. Oh, they 410 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: get a stop now the Chiefs. After that, if the 411 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: next possession of field goal wins it for the Texans. 412 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: If Tommy Townsend blarfs that punt at all the Chiefs 413 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: are gonna lose that because can't you see Knemy Fairbearon 414 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: hitting a fifty yard field goal to win it in 415 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: one of the most inexplicable wins over the whole season. No, 416 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: Tommy Townsend pins him back at the thirteen. What's that 417 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: set up? Oh? A sack, strip and a fumble recovery 418 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: by the Chiefs and Jerick McKinnon's walk off run. Will 419 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: forget that play by Tommy Townsend. But he had a 420 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: spectacular year, Yeah, he really did. And the growth in 421 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: major pressure moments is where I think we saw Tommy 422 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: get so much better this year because those were made 423 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: your moments where the whole spotlight is on him, right. 424 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: And it's unfortunate because when you think about the Texans game, 425 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: for example, you don't remember the punt. You remember the 426 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: strip sack because that's the play, the highlight that goes 427 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: in the box score and everything. But you're right, it 428 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: doesn't happen without the punt by Tommy. And if Tommy 429 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: messes that up, everyone does remember that that it was 430 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: Tommy's fault. So it's not fair the way that these 431 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: things work. But he deserves all the credit in the world. 432 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: For the season that he had. That Chargers game was 433 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: so awesome. You're right back in Week two, and then 434 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: even last week against the Raiders. Think about when the 435 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs punted from midfield early in the game. It was 436 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: still anyone's game, right, It was at like the Raiders 437 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: forty yard line or something like that. He drops a 438 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: punt to the Raiders like three or four, and then 439 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: promptly Jarrett stood him, throws an interception, Chiefs get the 440 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: ball back, go down and score. He had four punts 441 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: against the Raiders, three inside the twenty yard line. So 442 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: he was just remarkable all year long, remarkable last week, 443 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: and what a season for him. And hopefully he doesn't 444 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: have to punt much in the playoffs, but when he does, 445 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: we know we can count on him. That was a 446 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: seven sequence thing that happened to make that a thirty 447 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: one to thirteen game. And we've been around the NFL 448 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: long enough to know this is all sequential. His punt 449 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: down to inside the five started everything. It lit the fuse. 450 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: All right, We're gonna close up this edition of what 451 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: just happened on Defending the Kingdom with your favorite moment 452 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: of the season. My one favorite moment of the season, 453 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: give me one. So it's not really a moment, it's 454 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: more of a sequence. But the game winning drive against 455 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: the Chargers in LA, it's hard to beat that. It's 456 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: funny because I'm with you on the road in the 457 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: booth spotting for you, and I try very hard to 458 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: keep my emotions in check while I'm trying to actually 459 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: help you do your job. You're very good. It's very 460 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: difficult to do it. But there is a GoPro in 461 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: the booth, right, and I went back and watched my 462 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: roller coaster of emotions as the Chargers score, and then 463 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: we get the ball and go down and score, and 464 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: then Herbert throws the interception to Nick Bolton a few 465 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: snaps later, and you see me just I'm taking notes, 466 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: taking notes binoculars, then euphoria and then taking notes taking notes. 467 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: You though I haven't saved him my computer. It's so funny. 468 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: And my wife watched it and she's like, you are 469 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: such a dork. You know that. But that moment I 470 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: think was the moment of the season for me. It 471 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: essentially won the division for the Chiefs. There was one 472 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: minute and forty six seconds left on the clock. The 473 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs are down four and they go seventy five yards 474 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: on six plays and win the game. And we talk 475 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: about Patrick Mahomes being the MVP every week. The stats 476 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: and the numbers, they all back that up, but there 477 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: also has to be the storylines and the narratives, and 478 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: against the Chargers on the road with the division kind 479 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: of on the line because of the Chiefs lose that game, 480 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: the Chargers are right back in the AFC West race 481 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: and he has to go down there and win the game, 482 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: and he does it, and that was awesome. And you 483 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: were there a second straight year in that stadium where 484 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: I took the sticky notepad of Derek Nelson and we 485 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: both like terrific stat guy flies to the road games 486 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: from Houston and flew it against that plexiglass like a 487 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: ninety five mile there a fastball, and I gotta do 488 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: it again. So that was one of my moments because 489 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: it wrapped up basically a seventh consecutive AFC West title, 490 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: second in the history of the NFL in division dominance, 491 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: and nobody thought the Chiefs would be able to do it. 492 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: Go back and just have some fun and just go 493 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: to your favorite search engine and find whatever it was 494 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: saying about the Chiefs in the AFC West in the summertime. 495 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: The second moment was to win this buy. That was 496 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: a very emotional game, and I'll just be honest with you, Matt, 497 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 1: I walked into Allegiant Stadium. The week was so emotional 498 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: and tense because of the front end of the week 499 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,479 Speaker 1: with the DeMar Hamlet situation and our guys and what 500 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: they had to do, and then to have that game 501 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: pushed up and going on the road in two time 502 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: zones and having to get that win to get the 503 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: one seed. To win that game felt like a playoff win. 504 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: It was emotional walking into that stadium for me. I 505 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: was trying to figure out what's going on here, But 506 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: it was an incredible moment and it's why we have 507 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: the buy. Yeah, it was incredible, And I think about 508 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: last weekend. First of all, you're one hundred percent right. 509 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: Football was not the priority for much of the week. 510 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: And then the beautiful thing is when the game kind 511 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: of rolled around, we got word that Tamar Hamlin was 512 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: going to be okay, and it made it okay in 513 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: our minds to focus on football again just in time 514 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: for the game. And that game was stressful going into 515 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: it because the Raiders were coming off maybe their best 516 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: game of the season against the forty nine Ers the 517 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: week prior. Jerk Stidham gave that team some juice and 518 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: they were trying to play spoiler and we had to 519 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: win to get the one seed. We talked about it 520 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: the entire way there. But then when I got to 521 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: a legion on a Saturday morning, there was already so 522 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: many Chiefs fans there and I saw the guys warming up, 523 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I was like, we're gonna 524 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: be okay today, Like the energy is great, Like these 525 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 1: guys are ready for this today. And then we went 526 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: out and had probably our most complete game of the 527 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: season at the perfect time. So now the hope is 528 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: rest up this week, but don't mentally distance yourself too 529 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: far away from it and be ready for the division around. 530 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: But just based on the energy I saw from the 531 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: guys on Saturday, I'm very excited for this playoff run. 532 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: I'm not going to forget that walk as long as 533 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: the Lord gives me oxygen on this earth. The walk 534 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: I did going down across the Chiefs bench to you 535 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: to do field pass with my eyes filled with tears, 536 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: going what's going on? And then I had that same feeling. 537 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: I saw all those fans and like, let's go, let's 538 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: do this, do it. So what just happened. Here's what 539 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: just happened. Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes and the rest 540 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: of this twenty twenty two Chiefs team opened a new 541 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: restaurant with new cuisine, and it tastes really good. Touch 542 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: down down and the celebration begins in their head.