1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taking danage on 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: the day. When you get opportunity, the game, you can play, act, 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: do what touchdown? Kansas City the Chiefs. All right in 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: the thick of a baby, all right, welcome to this 5 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: edition of Defending the Kingdom. Itch hold us with you 6 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: the voice of the Chiefs along with the man we 7 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: call Shop aka Barber Shop aka the Spider, ten year 8 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: National Football League veteran Sean Barber as the Chiefs. Now 9 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: this said, Defending the Kingdom Podcast, by the way, brought 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: to you by three sixty Vodka, the official vodka of 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. Perfect for twenty twenty to get 12 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: your rolling get ready for the playoffs. But this is 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: going to be an interesting podcast because we're entitling at 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: the climb up Kilimanjar, meaning the climb to get to 15 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: this point and what does it mean? And basically, as 16 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, your faithful listeners and I hear from you 17 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: all the time around the world, basically listen to this podcast. 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 1: You know, we break it down into quarters and Shop 19 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: and I are going to take each quarter of the 20 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: season and make that a quarter. What did we learn. 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: Let's go back and revisit as interesting. Sean. I was 22 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: on with sports Radio eight ten with Jason Anderson. He goes, 23 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: you know, going he played the Micole Hardman return. He goes, 24 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: it's good to go back to that time and thinking 25 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: what were you thinking at that time? Because we read 26 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: the book and put it away and go, oh yeah, 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: I see how it ends, But you don't go back 28 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: at chapter six and go, what was I thinking in 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: chapter six or what was going on in chapter five? 30 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: That's what I want to do in this podcast. Man, 31 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: so many times, with so many different players on this rasta. 32 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: You can look back at weeks one, two, three, weeks seven, eight, 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: and nine and see how the time was put in 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: the sacrifice the coaching staff, just when all signals are 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: pointing to give up on a player or move on 36 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: or let's try something new, whether it was fumbles, whether 37 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: it was mismanaging punts, returning balls from inside to five 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: instead of them just moving on, It's like, no, he 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: isn't young man, he got plenty of talent. We'll learn 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: from this. We'll learn from this. Uh it ended up 41 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: paying this dude paying off as the season goes on. 42 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: That was a good lesson learned, and I think McCole 43 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: Hardman is a good guy to start with, because there 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: was some punts that he was fielding inside the ten 45 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: yard line that coach Tobe was like, Yeah, we probably 46 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't have failed that one, or he could have let 47 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: that one go. We need a better return, more north 48 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: south on that return. But as you saw him building, building, building, 49 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: and then for that baby to pop in week seventeen 50 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: against the Charges when it was about to be a 51 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: one score game, and that that that that return really 52 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: broke things open. Um. That that's the Uh, that's that's 53 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: how you want to draw it up. That's how coach 54 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: wants to draw it up. For things to um be building, building, building, 55 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: and then for things to be hitting on all seldom's 56 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: here in weeks seventeen. Um, as you launch into the playoffs, 57 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: keep up, McCole Hardman thought, because we're gonna talk about that. 58 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: The first quarter of our podcast deals with the first 59 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: quarter of the season, the first four games. Let's go 60 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: back and revisit those and what it meant to build 61 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: this team to this point, to try to have success 62 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, and to me shop the first four 63 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: games of the year winning on the road. This Chiefs 64 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: team was seven and one away from Arrowhead Stadium, six 65 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: and one and true road games. That has not happened 66 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: since the nineteen sixty nine Chiefs. Two years in a 67 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: row now, the NFL has asked the Chiefs to play 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: three of their first four games on the road. Two 69 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: years in a row. They've gone six and zero on 70 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: the road in September. Tall task, But this Chiefs team 71 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: showed me a lot by being able to win in 72 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: Jacksonville in Oakland and then to have to get a 73 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: basically a last game scoring drive to beat at that 74 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: time a team with a Detroit team that had lots 75 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: of life man. People talk about timing and things like 76 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: that when it offensively, Usually it takes a while for 77 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: your timing to get down with a quarterback, wide receiver, 78 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: even a feel for you, you you know, when you call 79 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: him plays. You know, a coordinator sometimes has to get 80 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: his plays, his players get used to him in game situation. 81 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: He wants to kind of feel them out. So it 82 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: takes a few weeks to get used to each other 83 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: over the over the last few seasons, what you've seen 84 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 1: here with coach Andy Reid and the Chiefs is we've 85 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: been starting fast every season. Our offense is something you 86 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: gotta reckon whin you better be able to reckon with 87 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: them out the shoot weeks one through four. Um if 88 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: now we'll put forty five points in a blink. Um. 89 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: And so that's what you've seen um here in Kansas 90 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: City early on in the season. UM, even away from Arrowhead, 91 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: we haven't needed the twelfth man, we haven't needed the 92 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: crowd to help the defense out the chair them on 93 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: because our offense has been so potent. UM. Usually in 94 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: those games by halftime, the Chiefs are up, they have 95 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: control of the game. UM. Defensively, whatever adjustments you're trying 96 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: to make to Pat Mahomes and Andy Reid aren't working. Uh. 97 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: And and it's been something where we've been able to 98 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: kind of roll on teams early in the first quarter 99 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: of the season. And this season was just the same 100 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: to me. The toughness of this team showed up in 101 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: the first four games of this season. And we know 102 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: that the change may or may not get a two 103 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: home games depending on how this all plays out in 104 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But this team is built to go anywhere. 105 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: They can go to Baltimore and win, they can go 106 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: anywhere else and win because they've proven that the second part, 107 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: and this goes back to what you alluded to at 108 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: the beginning of this podcast, and that was the development 109 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: of me of Hardman as I look back at this 110 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: team overall, this Kansas City Chiefs team missed two hundred 111 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: and fifty nine quarters from its starters. That's not other dudes, 112 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: that's the starters. That's the twenty two guys. I took 113 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the Jacksonville game in Week one 114 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: and said, all right, how many games and much time 115 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: did these guys miss? Let me just go through these. 116 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: It starts with Tyreek Hill. He lost twenty three quarters 117 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: of football, right, So if you can't four quarters a game, 118 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: do the map, that's five and a half games with 119 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: Hill out. Damian Williams lost twenty two quarters during this season. 120 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: But the fact that McCole Hardman was there speed wise, 121 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: threat wise, remember the eighty three yard touchdown against Baltimore 122 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: Week three. P forget that game, but his ability to 123 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: develop as a receiver and a returner I thought was 124 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: monumental for this climb up kill him in general, man, 125 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: and not only not only his his pedigree as far 126 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: as a wide receiver and a specialist, but the foresight 127 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: that Brett Beach and Coach Reid had to even bring 128 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: him into the fold knowing that there's some things off 129 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: the field it might be going on with Tyreek Hill, 130 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: not even for seeing the injury factor, just there might 131 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: be some games he missed. He might not be with 132 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: us at the beginning of the season. So let's get 133 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: this young speedster and his gay friend Georgia right. Stats 134 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 1: didn't jump off the page because Georgia's a run first team, 135 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: but when they went in did the personal workout, his 136 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: skill set was something coach and Andy Reid could could 137 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: really see fitting in this offense and being able to 138 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: be a good a good weapon, a Jason to Tyreek Hill, 139 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: but also a good weapon if you had to replace 140 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: a Tyreek Hill. We know that the Cheetah Man, he's 141 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl All Worldwide receiver. He runs some killer routes. 142 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: He has the elite top level speed, and it's hard 143 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: to to replicate the offense if you don't have that factor. 144 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: If you built the offense with with that being a 145 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: component and defenses are adjusting to that that speed, and 146 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: then if if there's a reason why that speed ain't 147 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: out there, um, sometimes defense will, they'll play you a 148 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: little differently. They might not be as fearful of manning 149 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: up and and rerouting you and getting in your face 150 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: because they don't fear the other the other receivers as 151 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: much as they do. Um terry kill. But now you 152 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: see Micole Hartman, and now you see that guy. He 153 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: he runs four three two. He got that. He has 154 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: the afterburners too. They calling him the jet. Uh. So 155 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: when you see that uh prants out on the field, UM, 156 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: you know there's something uh that there's something special with 157 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: that kid. And he just kept building, he kept working 158 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: at it. Um. He didn't come in here with an 159 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: eagle on his shoulder. He just came in and gave 160 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: h coach Gregg all all he could. He just man 161 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: came to work since training camp, trying to get better, 162 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: learning his routes, learning to be a receiver. And it's 163 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: paying off great return on their investment. When you talk 164 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: about um a draft a draft picker, Mcole Hartman. Yeah. 165 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 1: Other offensive injuries, just looking at this list, Fisher missed 166 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: thirty two quarters at left tackle. I'll get into the 167 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: defensive injuries as we go into the second quarter. But 168 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: the first quarter of our podcast Defending the Kingdom. The 169 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: Climb up Killerman Jaro, What has happened and what does 170 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: it mean from here on? Is one This team road 171 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: Warriors too, the development of younger guys like I'm Micole Hardman. 172 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: The second quarter and this is the where it gets wrought. 173 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: This is a bit of the rock slide on this 174 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: climb as we go, and that was the one and 175 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: three second quarter and interesting here. But I thought even 176 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: from these four games there was some positives. One was 177 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: the fact that Matt Moore comes in as Mahomes goes 178 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: down in that heap of bodies with that dislocated kneecap 179 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: against the Denver Broncos after the Chiefs had lost to 180 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: Houston in Indianapolis and back to back weeks. Matt Moore 181 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: comes in and finds Tyreek kill for fifty seven yards 182 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: and a touchdown. The defense got a takeaway. They also 183 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: continued AFC West dominance because they blew out Denver, and 184 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: at the time, Denver wasn't the Denver that it turned 185 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: out at the end of the season, although Drew Locke 186 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: had him rallying at the end. But the point is 187 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: the fact that the Chief's team, even in some losses 188 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: developed from scar tissue and muscle masks that can help 189 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: him in the playoffs. Yeah, it was like each each 190 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,079 Speaker 1: each week we either won or we learned a lesson. 191 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: There was no losses in the first half the season. 192 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: It was it was we went out there with an 193 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: agenda to either work on something offensively defensively um to progress. 194 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: We had some young guys replacing something that that next 195 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: man up mentality, So it seemed like in the second 196 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 1: quarter season the goal was just to persevere, keep persevering, 197 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: keep just keep chipping away, keep chipping away. Everybody in 198 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: the room, get better, make sure everybody knew what they're 199 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: supposed to do until the starters get back. And the 200 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: amazing thing about Matt Moore was he wasn't even here 201 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: for a preseason. He wasn't here for a camp. He's 202 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: not a guy that's been been been in Andy's read 203 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: offense before Henny goes damn and we we entered the 204 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,359 Speaker 1: season kind of without a true number two because we're 205 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: counting the myhomes to be there, and when my homes 206 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: goes down, Matt Moore is signed pretty much off the street. 207 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: Another just a testament to Brett Beach and his staff 208 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: being ready for anything, being ready for what they call 209 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: it doomsday situation when your quarterback, your MVP quarterback, goes 210 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: down and you have to find somebody who's gonna come in. 211 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: And at the time, you didn't know if it's gonna 212 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: be two weeks, six weeks, you didn't know. We didn't 213 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: know the time frame. But we found very early from 214 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: Matt Moore is that he was capable, comparable, and able 215 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: to step up to the task. The other thing I 216 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: saw was the development of these younger defensive guys and 217 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: just for a frame of reference, in the coach game, 218 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: injured and inactive Tyreek Hill, Eric Fisher, Alex Schoklfort against 219 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, inactive injured Sammy Watkins, Anthony Hitchens, Eric Fisher, 220 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: Chris Jones. We forgot about these things. Then you look 221 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: at the last to Green Bay, which was a heck 222 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: of a game. That's where Matt Moore was the starter. 223 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Kendall Fuller, Frank Clark, Eric Fisher, Chris Jones 224 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: did not play in those games. We kind of lose 225 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: sight of that when you go at some and Alice 226 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: at w That's all so to me, what happened in 227 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: that second quarter that has helped his team get ready 228 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: for the playoffs and win in the playoffs is the 229 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: development of the younger guys. We saw Tano Passano, he 230 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: was awesome. He sacked Aaron Rodgers twice in the Green 231 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: Bay game. Derek Noddy became a beast in the run game. 232 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: The personification of watching him and you and I watching 233 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: Brandon daily coach him and came find him, Rid him, 234 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: rid the guy, rip him off and go to the tackle. 235 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: And then one Thornhill we started to see what makes 236 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: one Thornhill special. Chiefs will not have him in the 237 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: playoffs with the ACL injury. But that second quarter of 238 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: the season, many fans would say, man, that was awful, 239 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: just get rid of it. No, there was some redeeming 240 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: values in there, and the development of those young defensive guys. Yeah, 241 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: especially on that Lacewn, that defensive Saturda. There are some 242 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: boxes that need to be checked every season. All right. 243 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: You gotta be to stop the run. You gotta be 244 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: able to get after the quarterback. You gotta have the 245 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: right kind of leverage on man coverage. You gotta be 246 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: able to be able to be very quick to respond 247 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: on the zone. Can't give up big chunk plays, you know, 248 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: those are game beaters. Can't give a big chunk plays. 249 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: So those boxes at some point in the season have 250 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: to be checked. And going through that first first quarter 251 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: of the season, offense was rolling so defensively we didn't 252 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: even have to check the boxes. Defense kind of was 253 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: on the ride. I mean that second quarter and especially 254 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: when Matt Moore was starting, defense had to show up. 255 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: And not only to show up and be a part 256 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: of it, they had to kind of lead the fight. 257 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: They had to go in their fist blazing, getting ready 258 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: the punch first and let the offense kind of fill 259 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: in the gap. And they did that, and they did 260 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: that in a big way. And you mentioned the progress 261 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: of Derek Noddy and Sanders and Passing Though. Passing Though 262 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: Man's kid from Villanova who couldn't get on the field 263 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: last year. Everybody's kind of written him off a year 264 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: ago as being a draft bust um. You know, I mean, 265 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: he looks the part, but he you know, he laid 266 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: off the ball and this and this. Now, Andy, we 267 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: let him, Spagnola, get him on the field. Let let's 268 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: see if he can actually play if we put him 269 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: on the field. Before we say what he can't do, 270 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: let's actually see what he can do. And when he 271 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: allowed him to kind of be unshackled and put on 272 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: the field, man, you just saw so many good things, 273 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: so so many splashed plays from this young guy. He 274 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: kind of deserved to play more. And when you're trying 275 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: to build that that eight man roster on the defensive front, 276 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: you want eight bodies can go out there and rotate, 277 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: passing thoas the guy to stay. That definitely stood out 278 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: to you. Absolutely. I think he's shut up the rest 279 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: of his career, quite honestly. All Right, we're at halftime 280 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: and our look at the climb up kill him and Jaro, 281 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: and we mentioned let's go back to the way we 282 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: started this stud because a part of a training camp, 283 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: the pressure was let's just go right back to the 284 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: FC Championship game to pick it up where dre Ford 285 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: went off side. It's not the way it works. I'm 286 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: gonna repeat it you go. But you'll hear this on 287 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: a couple different podcasts if you go back an archive 288 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: and look at it. It's the fact that there are 289 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: no ski lifts. You start at the bottom of the mountain, 290 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: but this team. I'm proud of the way they've climbed it. Yeah, 291 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: there was no free passes, um, I think. And that's 292 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: what when you when you're part of the media and 293 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: you hit the reports. Everybody said, who's your favorite to 294 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: be uh in in in Miami at the Super Bowl? 295 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: And you heard in the AFC it's the Chiefs, It's 296 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: the Patriots, us the Ravens, is whoever it is at 297 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, and you think those teams 298 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: just have a free pass, like they can just come in, 299 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: show up for the sixteen games and somehow when the 300 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: playoffs start they'll still be around. Um. That's not always 301 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: the case. Um. But what we did is went to work. 302 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: The defense was you know, it went through a complete overhaul. 303 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: New coaches. Um, the roster got turned over, and those 304 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: guys had to learn how not to just learn the defense, 305 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: go out and play, communicate with one another, trust one another. 306 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: Have the confidence that when you tell me you're gonna 307 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: be in a certain spot at a certain time, I 308 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: gotta be able to go fast and know that you 309 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: got you know that we on the same page. And 310 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: in that first half of the season, even when we 311 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: gave up thirty points to thirty five points. The thing 312 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: that was so surprised not surprising to us because we 313 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: hear him all the time, but how Honey Badger talked 314 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: to the media. I like what I like the guys 315 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: I'm working with. He was so positive about And it 316 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: wasn't just coaches talk. He was calling it like, man, 317 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: I like what I'm hearing. I'm getting some good feedback. 318 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: We were learning, we're working with each other. It wasn't 319 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: even about the scoreboard. They were just having so much 320 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: fun defensively working with one another. And you saw that 321 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: carrying over in the practice field and then in the 322 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: second half of the season as we come out a halftime, 323 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: we'll see how it carried over into the game. Yeah, 324 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: And as you're listening to this, it was seven years 325 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: ago today on this Thursday, I got the call they said, hey, 326 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: Andy's coming, and everything changed. He has been brilliant this year, 327 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: brilliant in seven years. But no other can get a 328 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: team through flashpoints than Andy Reid. And this year, as 329 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: you mentioned it, thought the veterans too, stepping up, guys 330 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: like the Honey Badger. Tyrn Matthew right halftime of this 331 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom podcast, The Climb Up, Kill Him and Jaro. 332 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: What's happened and what does it mean? As the Chiefs 333 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: go into the playoffs celebrating a bye week before they 334 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: played divisional playoff football. All right, you're gonna get one 335 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: second for your halftime. There it is. All right. Now 336 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: we go to the third quarter. Hope we got your 337 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: restroom break, got your orange eaton, because now we're going 338 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: to the third quarter. And this is when things started 339 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: to get interesting and when the toughness of this team 340 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: at the payoffs started to happen. Third quarter of the 341 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: season three and one, and it starts with a victory 342 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: over at the time red hot Minnesota Vikings. Remember they 343 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: had the top runner in the NFL. Dalpin Cook was 344 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: coming in. Cousins was hot. Stefan Digg's outstanding wide receiver. 345 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: Let me read you the inactors for the Minnesota game, 346 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes injured, Kendall Fuller injured, Frank Clark injured, Eric 347 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: Fisher injured, lay Dubernai Tardive injured, Alex Okafort injured. The 348 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs won this game. Moore was outstanding. Damian Williams had 349 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: a ninety one yard run. There was a forty one 350 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: yard pass to Tyree Hill and Harrison Butler showed some 351 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: guts in ears and stones and everything else you want 352 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: to say by hitting two clutch field goals. But the 353 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs beat one of the NFC's best teams shorthanded. Yeah, 354 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: and they were shorthanded. Man. And the Vikings came in 355 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: with all the momentum um having that defense coming off 356 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: of last year's defense, which was a top three defense. 357 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: Now that you know, first half of the season, they're 358 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: rolling the normal Vikings skull collaps going, they're traveling half 359 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: our stadium, right, don't want to bring that up, but 360 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: half the stadium is full of purple. The parking lot U, 361 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: the tailgating um. It was a tough environment to be 362 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: in um, but the team drew together. They drew The 363 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: adversity made them draw closer. And on that field, what 364 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: you saw as a team rally about behind a backup quarterback. 365 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: They have faith in they could play the system. They 366 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: could they could compete in the system under Andy Reid 367 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: and give us a chance to win. But we knew 368 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: the defense had to be lights out. We knew the 369 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: special teams bucker had to be lights out, and the 370 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: defense just made stop after stop the end of that 371 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: game when Minnesota had the ball and they need to 372 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 1: drive it to try to get you know, unbreak the tie. 373 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: Instead the tide got turned. Our defense stood up. We 374 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: got the ball back for our offense to go and 375 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: get in field goal range so that Buck could kick 376 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 1: it and winning for us UM. And then you look 377 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: at the state of that game. Things were tight right 378 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs and the Charges battling for first place. 379 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: No team wants to slip. Well, we're going into a 380 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: game against a NFC powerhouse with our backup quarterback. Uh, 381 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: you know what, Chiefs, they're gonna lose that game, Charge 382 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: gonna win. So now the Charge is gonna take first place. 383 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: You hear all of those those those whispers going on 384 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: behind the scenes and other locker rooms, on the on 385 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: the TV, but here on the practice field, guys went 386 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: to work. They just kind of kept kept charping away. 387 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: Let's find a way to win this week. And uh, 388 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: like I said, man, when when you get a team 389 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: around Anniversity to draw themself closer. Not only did the 390 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: pay off that week against the Vikings, but I think 391 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: right now going into the postseason, it's paying true dividends 392 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: right now, and this is where we started to see 393 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: this Chiefs team be really good against the run. Dalvin 394 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: Cook three point four a. Kerry's the NFL's leading rusher 395 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: coming into this game. The longest Viking run was twelve yards, 396 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: and we're thinking, okay, well, maybe this defense is coming 397 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: on against the run. Now they're gonna say, well, what 398 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: happened the next week because we saw the Tennessee Titans 399 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: bus some long runs, with Derry Henry getting the longest one, 400 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: that sixty nine yard run. But even the Tennessee game, well, 401 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: first of all ended up manure fertilizer. That was my 402 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: tweet of a couple of weeks ago. It got retweeted 403 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: after the game on Sunday because losing the Titan game 404 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: is that manure, No man, that's first filia fertilizer. Because 405 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: the Chiefs got the waiver claim on Terrell sucks because 406 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: after this game, Chiefs are six and four, but they 407 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: push onto the I'm gonna lead you to what I 408 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: thought was the seminal game of the season, and that 409 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: was the win in Mexico City over the Chargers. Again, 410 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: we think we read the end of the book and 411 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: put it away. Think about Chapter six against the Chargers 412 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: and what happening at the end of chapter five, Chargers 413 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: or maybe the Raiders ready to take out the Chiefs. 414 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs six and four. They are not a playoff team. 415 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: This isn't a team that can win at all. I 416 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: can hear all those national shows and then they go 417 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: to Mexico City and to do what they did was impression. Yeah, 418 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 1: after the loss of the Packers and the Titans, everybody 419 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: kind of written the Chiefs off if if Pat doesn't 420 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: come back. This team it's an eight hundred team at 421 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: the at the best, and they got the Raiders at 422 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: the red hot coming at him. Gruden his ten year 423 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: playing Josh Jacobs is in full effect. They got Rivers 424 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: on his swan song. He's making things happen with his 425 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: two headed running backs with Gordon and Ekeler. Those guys 426 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: are playing phenomenal. It's the AFC West is up for grabs, 427 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: is what they said. Historically maybe not, but this year 428 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: is gonna be different. This year finally, all that talk 429 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: about the Charges taking over the West will come true. Man, 430 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: that was a bunch of bs man. None of that 431 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: stuff is true. Andy Reid has dominated this AFC West 432 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: since he got here twenty five some out of twenty 433 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 1: seven wins something like that, some kind of phenomenal stat 434 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: he got going on with AFC West victories. But he 435 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: kept that dominance going. It didn't matter at that point 436 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: of the season what the other teams was doing. He 437 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 1: kept his eyes in his backyard. He made sure we 438 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: were taking care of business every week, being as prepared 439 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: to play as you can be going into that week, 440 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: preparing for that opponent, not looking ahead and not looking behind, 441 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,239 Speaker 1: taking care of that week's opponent. And each week the 442 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: team is built closer and closer. Mexico City was a 443 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 1: big production. It was a hum for the entire all. 444 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: We talked about the trainers and the equipment people and 445 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: all the all the staff they had to go to 446 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: go to put on that game in Mexico City, to 447 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: put all to invest all that time and resources, you 448 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: had to come away with a win. The team that 449 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: won that game was definitely going to be the team 450 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: in the driver's seat in the AFC West. And when 451 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: to win that game got rolling and you felt that 452 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: that emotion and that excitement in Mexico City, and to 453 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: walk away off that field victorious if you haven't been 454 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: to Mexico City, it's about a mile's walk away from 455 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: the field, back to the back to the locker room, 456 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: and a bunch of burnt hamstrings from the players happened. 457 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: But you could see the resolve in the in the 458 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: in the this amount of emotioning excitement that they went there, 459 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: they came, they conquered, they saw they won that game 460 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: and took control of the AFC West right there in 461 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: Mexico City. I thought, too, this was the game. It's 462 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: like watching your son or daughter grow up and then 463 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: they go to another level and it's it's not being 464 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: the having the best clothes, it's being the toughest and 465 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: fighting through getting that Matthis Simon done where they were 466 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: grinding through it. Patrick Mahomes in this game showed me 467 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: as much as throwing for five thousand yards and fifty touchdowns, 468 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: It sounds ludicrous. Patrick Mahomes willed his team to winning 469 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: that game. The stats were not pretty. Nineteen to thirty two, 470 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: one eighty two touchdown and he threw a pick five 471 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: rushers for fifty nine yards, a twenty four yard or 472 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: that I'll remember to start the third quarter. That got 473 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: to Chase enough of a cushion to stay ahead, like 474 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: playing tennis. Now I got two, I'm forty fifteen ahead 475 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: and tennis, it was mahomes toughness in that game that 476 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: showed me that he had taken his game up to 477 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: another notch that went way beyond stats and winning your 478 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: fantasy league. Yeah, man, And and not only is that 479 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: is his leadership right, Um. That was one of the 480 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: games where you where you could tell that the team 481 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: with the with the with the with the with the 482 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: leader on the sideline had to be a player, not 483 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: a coach, but the player, the leader. The one that 484 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: showed the most leadership amongst his fifty three, that could 485 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: get the guys to rally around him was gonna be 486 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: the guy that won the game. And we all know, hey, man, 487 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is a great competitor, He's a great competitor, 488 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: but as far as a leader, there's not There's not 489 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: many guys that lead their teams the way that Pat 490 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: Mahomes does. He has everybody's ear. Everybody respects him because 491 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: he shows up early, he stays late. He's always working 492 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: on his craft, no matter how many times people say 493 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: he's the master of many arms, slides and from the 494 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: back foot and fourth, he's always trying to get better. 495 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: He's always and he's putting in the time to get better. 496 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: It's not just talking to talk. He walks to walk 497 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: every day here on the practice field. And these guys 498 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 1: are sold out and they're really you know, they'll fall 499 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: him through a brick wall. They're walking to any kind 500 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: of fight, street fight, in the ring, wherever you want 501 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: to fight the chiefs, you gotta believe PM fifteen will 502 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: be the first guy in. They're throwing the punch for you. 503 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: So he's been doing a great job. All you have 504 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: doing that, showing that leadership, and like you said, that 505 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: helped us turn the page to take control of the 506 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: FC West there in Mexico City and go way back. 507 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: I think it's our first or second podcast. What does 508 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: Mahomes do for an encore? Where does he go from 509 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: here to me? I show you the game in Mexico 510 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: City because that's the next step. Because we know, Barbara Shop, 511 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: you played in this game for ten years to win 512 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: playoff games. More often than not, they're gonna be like 513 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: this Mexico City game. They're not necessarily going to be 514 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: a three hundred and eighty yard five touchdown game, they 515 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: might happen. He's got the ability to do that. I 516 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: gave the baseball analogy instead of and here's what taking 517 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: what teams gave him, and I'll take it. I'll take it. 518 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: But when you throw me the pitch on the outside 519 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: corner and I try to pull it, either strikeout or 520 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: pop up. So I'm gonna take that baby to right 521 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: trail for a double. However, if you make a mistake 522 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: and throw me on the inside half, it's gone. And 523 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: that's what my home showed teams. He can do to me. 524 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: That has to be terrifying to any Chief's opponent. Yeah, 525 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: now that that was the first time we saw it, 526 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: but we've seen it many times after that game. That 527 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: was the breakout game for him because he realized I 528 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: don't have to throw three hundred yards and four touchdowns 529 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: in order to be the squad. We have enough balance 530 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: on his team. Our defense is good enough, our special 531 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: team is good enough. I can just go you know, 532 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: eighty percent. Man, I can throw twenty, you know, twenty 533 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: for something one hundred and fifty yards, one hundred and 534 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: eighty yards if need to be. But I'm able to 535 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: get yards running the ball. I can run for first downs, 536 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: keep the chains moving. And I think, like you saying, 537 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: We've been saying it since the first podcast. Every possession 538 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: we want to end up kicking the ball, whether it's 539 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: an extra point field go or punting in the way. 540 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: But when our offense can go first down, first down, 541 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: then touchdown as opposed to one, two, three touchdown, that 542 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: allows our defense to rest. That allows us to get 543 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: more offensive momentum. We get to see more plays, We 544 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: understand how they are trying to defend us when we 545 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: do shifts in motion. So it allows Andy Reid's his 546 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: his his play chart to grow as we see more plays. 547 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: And so I think that's the one. The one phase 548 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: that Pat Mahomes has really grown leaps and bounds over 549 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: is when you come back from being an MVP and 550 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: they say the reason you got MPs because you through 551 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: for five thousand yards fifty touchdowns. Human nature wants to 552 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: repeat that. Human nature wants to make you, you know, 553 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: thread that window every time I throw that eighty yard 554 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: ball every time. He didn't do that because that doesn't 555 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: give us the best chance to win ball games. And 556 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: he has grown to know that what makes us a 557 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: better ball team is to get first downs, first downs, 558 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: and then when we're in the red zone, then we 559 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: get touchdowns and honest saying Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Peyton 560 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: Manning showed in the playoffs shaking be a high volume 561 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: passer or I can be a medium volume pastor and 562 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: still win the games. If you look at the time 563 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: of possession during the stretch you mentioned, stay on the field, 564 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: move the chains. He even ran the ball a bunch 565 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 1: there thirty four twenty one time of possession in New England, 566 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: Denver thirty three, thirty three, Chicago thirty three, twenty four. 567 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: The Chiefs had control of those games and the red 568 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: zone numbers went way, way, way up twelve of eighteen 569 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: in the six game winning streak in the red zone. 570 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: That's just toughness by Patrick Mahomes. This is our Defending 571 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: the Kingdom podcast, Climbing up Kilimanjaro. What is it meant? 572 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 1: What can it mean? And now we go to the 573 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: fourth quarter of our podcast. Mitchelta's with you along with 574 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: Shaun Barber, and that is the last four games of 575 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 1: the year, which I call the Smoke Show. This was 576 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: a smoke show. This was everything working together, offense, defense, 577 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 1: special teams. It started in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Again, Oh we 578 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: know how that story ended. Well, let's go back and 579 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: read the chapter before that chapter. And I'm going to 580 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: start with Travis Kelsey because the dude has been a 581 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: warrior since July twenty second on this team and the 582 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: fact that he was productive every week, sometimes big time productive, 583 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: sometimes the difference from the game. He was what we needed. 584 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: He was a jack of all trades. He could go 585 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: for four catches in a hundred yards, he would go 586 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: for eleven catches in forty yards. He could get a 587 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: bunch of first downs or touchdowns. He was a red 588 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: red zone threat and a first down threat, or he 589 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: was a blocker to set somebody else free. He did. 590 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: He did everything needed at that position for this offense 591 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: to continue to move. And we talk about what is 592 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: the most important position in the field for offense. Me 593 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: and some of X players from ex friends. Billy Baber 594 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: is one of the guys. He's a X tight end 595 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: and he tells me, if you have a great, elite 596 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: tight end who can block and catch passes, that is 597 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: one of the most feared things from a defense because 598 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: he controls the safeties, he controls the middle of the field. 599 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: He controls the flow of the defense. And if if 600 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,479 Speaker 1: a guy's like that is a is a is an 601 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: alpha dog, is a guy who you can't guard one 602 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: on one, you gotta double. Then then it leaves cracks 603 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: and crevices for running backs, It leaves your speed wide 604 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: receivers one on one with guys and aren't spasses them. 605 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: It makes it makes the safety sometimes hesitate before they 606 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: fill a gap, and that allows a running back like 607 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: Dee Williams or the Sean mcquoya to hit that seam 608 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: and break it for fifty or sixty yard touchdown. So 609 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: that that position, at that tight end position is something 610 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,239 Speaker 1: that even when the numbers in the stats don't add up, 611 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: his effectiveness and what he's done to cause a defense 612 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: to change the way they play or to hesitate just 613 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: a little bit sometimes is way beyond what we actually 614 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: see on the field. And he's done an amazing job 615 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: of being a leader in that room as far as 616 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: a tight end, but also a leader on the offense. 617 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: Two year point in the New England game, they look 618 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: hey only had seven catches sixty six yards. Dig in 619 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: a little deeper. When you dig in deeper, when the 620 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: change had to answer and being down seven or nothing, 621 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: it was a big pass to Kelsey on for nineteen yards. 622 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: That was the catalyst for that drive. Then you go 623 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: to their first touchdown drive, which ended up being a 624 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: direct snapped to Kelsey on the Wildcat. That was a touchdown, 625 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,479 Speaker 1: but it wouldn't have been there had it not been 626 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: for a twenty yard pass on Thurnt down in five 627 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: from Kelsey or from Mahomes to Kelsey that was on 628 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: that third and five driver that might have been a 629 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: field goal. So that a perfect example of what you're 630 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: saying about Travis Kelsey. The rest of the fourth quarter 631 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: I mentioned a smoke show. Now all of a sudden, 632 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: you had the defense working hand in glove with the offense. 633 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: Defense is getting off the field, They're getting takeaways and turnovers. 634 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: They hold Denver and a hot drew lock at the time. 635 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: Remember reach chapter nine before you reach chapter ten three 636 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: points Chicago. Even Traubisky had it, I mean he had 637 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: a good game, reach chapter eleven before you reach chapter 638 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: twelve three points, and then to come in and basically 639 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: control the Chargers in that game for the most part. 640 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: We talked about that at the beginning of the show. 641 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: But the Howard, how is this team develop up kellaman 642 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: Jar to get ready for the playoffs. They have become 643 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: a complimentary football team. Yeah, they've built the house the 644 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:49,719 Speaker 1: way you want to build it. Man, one brick at 645 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: a time. Every every brick was important. They may sure 646 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: every brick was balanced and perfectly set before he went 647 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: to the next brick. Too many teams, many men. We're 648 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: not going to even worry about the foundation. We want 649 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: to worry about the penthouse. Let's make sure that the 650 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,239 Speaker 1: bathroom is right. We want to put the accents on. 651 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: Let's make sure that the roof is no. No. In 652 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: week one we took care foundation. Week eight we was 653 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: on the second story. When now is week seventeen and 654 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: everything has been put in in the proper order, and 655 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: the team, like you say, it's the smoke show. Everything 656 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: is hitting complimentary football, firing on all cylinders, have a 657 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: way you want to you want to say it. This 658 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: is a team to be reckon with, because when teams 659 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: looked at the Kana City's chiefs before you know what 660 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: they said, if we can keep the ball out of 661 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes hand, we can just run the ball. We 662 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: can take the game with time of possession. That's how 663 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: that was the formula of beating the Chiefs. You can 664 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: after looking at this season and looking how this defense 665 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: is playing special teams offense, how complimentary. That is not 666 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: the formula of beating the Chiefs anymore. Because you can 667 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: hold Pat Mahomes under two in the yards and still 668 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: lose about ten points, and we'll still have control of 669 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: the ball the entire the entire second half, because the 670 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: each phase of this team is learning or has learned, 671 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: how how important it is to playoff one another. Right, 672 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: the landlord honey Badger, he's he's supporting the offense. The 673 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: offense is porting the special team, especially in supporting the defense. 674 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: Uh we we we, we went. We went a whole 675 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: thirty minutes, and then mentioned one of the greatest punters 676 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: in hit NFL history because he's been underused, right, because 677 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: our offense been so effective. We don't punt a lot, 678 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: but when we do, he puts him inside the ten. 679 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: In Our defense loves making the other team try come 680 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: in here and try to go ninety yards to get 681 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: the pay dirt. And even if you do get seventy 682 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: yards and you're inside the twenty, our red zone defense 683 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: is number one in the league. One of the top 684 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: red zone defense in the league. So all those things 685 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: are just it's just putting more and more layers of 686 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: why this team is so successful and why they're being coached. 687 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: Um and you've seen penalties going like it's just so 688 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: many reasons this team is, like you're saying, when the 689 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: smoke clears and his one team left, odds on, that 690 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: team's gonna be the Kent City chiefs Man tank away too. 691 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: I mean, the team has just turned around. You mentioned 692 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: red jon can't this's just a defense. It will turn 693 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: you over. They'll sack you, they'll stone you. In the 694 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: run game, they'll get you three and out. Now you 695 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: got to give the ball to Mahomes. Plus you get 696 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: to the red zone. Seven red zone takeaways best in 697 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: the league by far. Four goal to go takeaways. Four 698 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: goal to go takeaways by far, the best in the 699 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: league lye averages one. This is one of the best 700 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: in NFL history of doing it. People say, well, that's luck. No, 701 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: to me, it's a mindset. Es. You played defense. I 702 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: don't care if you got the first and goal the 703 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: one to this team, it's just the start of life. 704 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: And that's about this defense, and that's why they can 705 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: win in the playoffs. Yeah, keep them snapping the ball. 706 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: You just keep you keep you, you fight, you claw, 707 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: whatever you gotta do. Chase the man down, push them 708 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: out of the one. Give us an opportunity to keep 709 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: them out of the red the end zone. Give give 710 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: this defensive core an opportunity. Do whatever you have to do, 711 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: Um and individually to win your battles. To make sure 712 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: they have to keep snapping the ball. We have shown 713 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: time and time again, collectively, this unit will step up. 714 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: They'll step up in some forms, some forms, some fashion 715 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: at some point of the game. Uh, they're gonna rise 716 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: up and create a big play so that Pat Mahome 717 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: can turn around and go score the other way, or 718 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: we get a big punt return or kickoff return, whatever 719 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: it needs to be done. More times than that, the 720 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: Chiefs ended up making the plays that need to be made. 721 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: And I think that's just come with starting week one 722 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: of training camp, and it's doing fundamentally sound football, becoming 723 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 1: better tacklers on defense, becoming better pass runners on offense, 724 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: becoming a better quarterback. It's setting your feet, stepping up 725 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,800 Speaker 1: into the pocket instead of bailing out. Um receivers running 726 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: your routes on time, and that freelancing is much offensive 727 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: line um adding depth to the roster so that if 728 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: somebody was to go down, we wouldn't lose um the 729 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: quality of the level of play because we missed a 730 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: whiley or we missed the Fisher, we missed the LTD 731 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,839 Speaker 1: or somebody like that. I mean each every position in 732 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: this in this offense and defense and special teams, it 733 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,839 Speaker 1: has been tested throughout the season. Um. And then you 734 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: know how you know what they say, man, when you 735 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: build up that scar tissue, you gotta you gotta tear 736 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: a muscle up to build that scar tissue. This team 737 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: has been torn, torn, torn, and now they are as 738 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: strong as they're gonna be going into the postseason. Man, 739 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: And I love what I'm seeing from the guys on 740 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: the field. He's Sean Barbara. I met Choulter's voice to 741 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. The Chiefs are not at the summit. This 742 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: has been a climb up kill them in Jaro twelve 743 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: and four two seed AFC Playoffs Divisional Playoffs start next 744 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: Sunday at two h five at Arrowheads Stadium. But you 745 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: can see the summit from here. Thanks for joining us 746 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:42,720 Speaker 1: on this edition of Defending the Kingdom. Thanks for listening 747 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: to the Chief's official podcast network. Touchdown down and the 748 00:35:50,560 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: celebration begin to their head.