1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taking dantage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: the day. When you get opportunity in this game, they 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: can play OCAs I'll do what touchdown Kansas City? That 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: cheats all right in the thick of a baby. Here 5 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: we go for our fourth edition of Defending the Kingdom, 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: and this one will be the Tease Tobe Teams Training Camp, 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: because training camp is eminent. Chiefs fans have been waiting 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: for this since the end of the AFC Championship Game 9 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: and they're about ready to open the gates in Saint 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Joe here at the end of July. But before we 11 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: get there, we've kind of the first three podcasts we 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: have looked at Andy Reid's influence overall in the league 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: and with the Chiefs franchise. Then we looked at what's 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: next for my homes. Then we looked at Steve Spagnolo 15 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: and the impact of the defense that it can having 16 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen sean with special teams. It's always kind of 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: this parenthetical thought or it's like, oh yeah, the scraps 18 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: on the table or the leftover biscuit for Andy Reid 19 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: and Dave Tube and author Rod Smith and here his assistant, 20 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the Chiefs have really, when 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: you look at the aggregate of six years, have been 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: the best special teams unit in the NFL. Coverage returns. 23 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: What about the Chiefs being so good at special teams 24 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: and how they can try to replicate that in twenty nineteen. Well, 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: when we talk about special teams, man, it's something that's 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: near and dear to my heart because I was as 27 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: a linebacker. I was would you consider a core special teamers? 28 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: You know, that mean I played a vital role in 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: all four phases pump pump return, kickoff and kick return, 30 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: not leaving out you know, the extra points and field 31 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: goals and stuff like that. But when we talk about 32 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: the core four units of special teams, that's pretty much 33 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: what linebackers are all about. Coming from a small school, 34 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: small school linebacker, UM, you know, my first year of 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: the league and basically I've made the team UM based 36 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: off of using special teams. But I have a history 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: with Coach Tobes UM. Coach Tobes was part of the 38 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: two thousand and two Eagles team. UM at that time, 39 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: we had Coach Hardball there. Uh, he was a special 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: teams coordinator. So I was trying to work my butt 41 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: off to earn his position on that team with coach 42 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: Hardball and UH, I had a lot of good two 43 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: litter from from from coach tobe UM, so I knew 44 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: what kind of UH special teams Cordiner he was gonna 45 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: be whenever he got the chance. UM. And it's just 46 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: amazing with with such attention to detail, UM in giving 47 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: the UH the type of athletes he's been given, why 48 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 1: he was here with Coach Andy Reid, the UH such 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: such playmakers, UM they can really uh do do do 50 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: so many things when it comes to special teams UH 51 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: to give that edge to the Chiefs. The Chiefs offense 52 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: here a number. I tweeted this out earlier, but it 53 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: just gives you an indication of what the influence of 54 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: Dave Tobez and the emphasis that Andy Reid puts on it. 55 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: In the six years since Andy Reid has been head 56 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, the Chiefs have eleven 57 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: returns for touchdowns four kickoffers to This is just regular season, 58 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: four kickoff returns for touchdowns, seven punt returns. That's a 59 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: total of eleven return touchdowns they have yielded in six years. 60 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: Zero The opponent has no punt returns for touchdowns or 61 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: kickoff returns for touchdowns. You talk about it, and and we're 62 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: going to get into this a little bit later in 63 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: the podcast about what this means to make the team 64 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: or not to make the team your case or looking 65 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: at these guys in the close battles of nineteen. But 66 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to take it even a broader view. This 67 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: is what tips the scales when you have even teams, 68 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: or you get you know, who's going to win a 69 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: division or he gets so balanced, who can pull that 70 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: off eleven touchdowns to zero? And the explosive nature of 71 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: how special teams can be to tip the scales we 72 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: talk about, Yeah, it's not only tips of scale, but 73 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: when you talk about coach Tobe and his excellent record 74 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: as far as special teams coach, I think in the 75 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: last thirteen second seasons, his special team's unit has been 76 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: a top five unit thirteen consecutive years. You don't find 77 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: that in any position offensively or defensively. And to take 78 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: a you know, a third of the game, I think 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: I saw somewhere where in twenty eighteen, the average NFL 80 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: game there were twenty seven special team snaps per game, 81 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: and if you can take those twenty seven snaps and 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: have somebody who's working on it, like coach Tobes to 83 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: the nuances where that is multiple time, the majority of 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: the time favoring the Chiefs. We're talking about field position 85 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: like you're talking about touchdowns. We're talking about directly relating, 86 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: directly being a direct factor of points putting on the 87 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: board and keeping other teams from putting points on the board. 88 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: Average start field position. I think Chiefs were number two 89 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: in the league last year and average maybe number three 90 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: in the league as far as average start position, and 91 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: our opponents was second worse. And you take you know 92 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: that a lot of teams, you know they take special 93 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: teams practice for granted, it's just a let's kick a 94 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 1: couple of field goals, let's make sure we haven't eleven 95 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: guys on the field. We're gonna get ready for offense 96 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: and defense. But when you ignore that third phase, that 97 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: third factor, you're doing your team a disservice. And I 98 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 1: think Andy Reid has shown Coach Tobe the utmost respect 99 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: by some of the draft players we draft, some of 100 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: the players we acquired, and then the emphasis to this 101 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: giving coach Tobes to really spend time on making sure 102 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: that our players no special teams, know the rules, know 103 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: how to avoid penalties when it comes to special teams, 104 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: and then being able to go out there and be 105 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: a positive factor for us to win. There's other forgotten 106 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: plays because we don't play fantasy football with special teams, 107 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: and we forget we see the fifty touchdowns and five 108 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: thousand yards of Mahomes. What we forget is now we 109 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: do remember Tyry kills ninety one yard punt returned to 110 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: start the season. Basically it set the tone not only 111 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: for that game but for the entire season. But we 112 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: forget later in that game, the Chargers are starting to 113 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: rally a muff punt that was recovered by the Chiefs 114 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh early in the game. Remember Mahomes shocking the Steelers 115 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: fans and being star Wars that whole thing that we 116 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: saw on YouTube. People forget there was a huge special 117 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: teams play muff punt recovery. You can go to Denver 118 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: game at home, a miss fifty five yard field goal 119 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: set up a short field for the Chiefs, and then 120 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: at Cleveland a block punt by Damian Williams Tremon Smith 121 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: ninety seven yard returned for kickoff return against New England 122 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: no touchdown. But to your point here and then the 123 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: other numbers punt return average, the Chiefs were tied for 124 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: third in the league. Kickoff return Tremon Smith end up 125 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: being fourth in the league. So just the nature of 126 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: the forgotten plays and how special team is important. You 127 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: mentioned Dave Tobe and attention to detail, but I want 128 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: to ask you, Andy Reid gives ample time for Dave 129 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: Tobe to work. I have seen it where other head 130 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: coaches are like, yeah, we got to do this, but 131 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: it's not exactly a priority, or I will cut you 132 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: some time. I'm going to slip this time over here. 133 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: Andy Reid gives ample time and understands what Dave Tobe 134 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: needs to do. And that you know that type of 135 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: attention to detail, that type of mentality. Players know it, 136 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: they can feel it. So imagine you're being on a 137 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: team where you're not a starter on offensive defense, maybe 138 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: not even a second string guy, but you're a third 139 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: string guy, you're a special teams guy, and the head 140 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: coach doesn't even give you the type of meeting time 141 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: necessary to learn your position and to go over all 142 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: your things. You're you're you're expected to kind of learn 143 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: it on the fly. A lot of times. The terminologies, Oh, 144 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: we'll learn that on the field. We're not gonna go 145 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: over in the meeting. We don't have meeting time to 146 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: go over it, so we'll just go ahead and walk 147 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: through it on the field, and your guys can you know, 148 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: because it's teams, you can just pick it up while 149 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: we're out there. I doubt that happens here in with 150 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: the Chiefs system. I think that the special teams is 151 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: seen as one of three phases. All three phases equally 152 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: important offensively, defensively and special teams. And so sometimes you 153 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: feel like players who aren't starting on the offensive defense 154 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: see themselves as almost like second class citizens in some organizations. 155 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: But I think with coach Tobe, in the amount of 156 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: respect he gives his we call them guys the tip 157 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: of the spear. When you're a core special teams player, 158 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: we call about we talk about tip of the spears 159 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: because when you throw that spear, that point, that's the 160 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: first thing that appears as another team's armor. And when 161 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: the team comes to your building, the first play of 162 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: every game is going to be a special team's play. 163 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: Before every offensive drive it's it's a special team's play 164 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: before every defensive drive. So the special teams they set 165 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: the tempo for that defensive series or for that offensive series. 166 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: And I guarantee you trapping a team inside the ten 167 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: yard line, that offense walking to their own goal line 168 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: to start their drive. It takes some of to win 169 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: out of their sales or from often standpoint going out 170 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: to the field at the forty five or the fifty 171 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: yard line after a big punt return from your guys, 172 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: that gets you a little bit momentum going and it 173 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: puts that other team on their heels. So special teams 174 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: plays a big part of every drive of every ball game. 175 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: Now we go to the second quarter, and to end 176 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: the first quarter, Tobe in Chicago. You can almost argue 177 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: he got them to the NFC Championship game or beyond 178 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: even the Super Bowl, Devin Hester being so explosive in 179 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: their coverage units the second quarter though, and this deals 180 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: with hey, we both love our kids. We got great kids. 181 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: But this would be the a student getting a B 182 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: plus because in twenty eighteen there weren't looked this up. 183 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: This is a stunning statistic. Patrick Mahomes was forced to 184 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: have seventy five yard touchdown drives twenty one times, be 185 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: on seventy five yards sixteen times these scoring drives eighty six, 186 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: eighty nine, eighty two, seventy nine, ninety five, ninety two, 187 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: eighty three, ninety five, ninety one, eighty two, eighty eighty three, 188 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: eighty four. We know what Mahomes can do. You can 189 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: go back and listen to the second podcast. But what 190 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: can mahomes do if these eighties and nineties become sixties 191 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: and sixty fives, if you get the field position and 192 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: give Mahomes less room to travel and with as so 193 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: good being in the red zone, what can that do? 194 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: And it be an area of improvement for the Chiefs 195 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. I think when you're in the radio 196 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: and you hear people talking on at the watercooloon, they 197 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: always talk about the rebound season. How how do you 198 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: rebound after a fifty touchdown five thousand yards season? And 199 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: the majority of people who say there has to be 200 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: some type of correction. It has to be a you know, 201 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: he can't throw fifty again. He's not gonna be five 202 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: thousand yards. He's gonna regress to the meets address to 203 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: the men. Yeah, but the positive about that is when 204 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: you talk about how many opportunities were left out on 205 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: the field, how many opportunities where he could have undone 206 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: something UM based off of the field position they start with. 207 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: So if you're like you're saying, if that, if that, 208 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: if our offense can start out at the twenty twenty five, 209 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: maybe a thirty yard line a few more times instead 210 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: of at their own fifteen yard own five yard line. 211 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: You think about the offensive play calling when you're when 212 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: you're when you're when you're back there, back up and 213 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: get your your own goal line. You have to be 214 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more conservative. The quarterback you really worry 215 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: about pick six is at that point you worry about 216 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: throwing turnovers given the other team the ball in uh 217 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: in scoring position. So sometimes you're not allowed to really 218 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: uh just play with that reckless abandon play to your 219 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: utmost you have to kind of be very conservative about 220 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: those play calls. So UM having a special teams unit 221 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: that is looking forward to like turning that field position 222 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: where they get the offensive ball, let's say on the 223 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: average of the thirty five maybe forty yard line, And 224 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: now we're not in that conservative base offense. I believe 225 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: that will offset any kind of regression when we talk 226 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: about him returning to the means, so I see the 227 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: possibility of him not only were recouping that same glory 228 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: of last year, but maybe even increasing some of the 229 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: efficiency of his own game. When we talk about Pat Mahomes, 230 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: you know there's other plays like stopped a fake punt 231 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: against Cincinnati's third kind of desperate they run a fake 232 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: punt oop stopped. Now he gets a short field, but 233 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: he did. Patrick Mahomes had very few short fields last year. 234 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: And let's talk about the eleven over zero early in 235 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: the podcast, the phenomenal stat Chiefs eleven return touchdowns zero 236 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: for the opponents in six years. There was only one 237 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: last year. It was the opening game, the opening punt 238 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: of the season. That was the only time the Chiefs 239 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: scored on a pun or kickoff return. So it's not 240 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: leeve can you shorten the field, but if you score 241 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: in special teams now all of a sudden, that's just 242 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: more gunpowder to me for Patrick Mahomes. And I think 243 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: that first score of the season definitely put the opponents 244 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: we're facing on there on alert. So when when you 245 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: know Tyreek when he scores that first touchdown. You have 246 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: to consider every opponent for the rest of the season 247 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: had to look at that film and say, is that 248 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: the way we want to start a ball game? If 249 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: not punted out of bounds, angle directional punt, give up 250 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen yards of field position, basically give the chiefs 251 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: of first down and a half just to keep the 252 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: ball out of one of the explosive returners in the league. 253 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: And that's how offense gets rolled. And I think that 254 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: probably led to Pat mahomes offense being so effective throughout 255 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: the year. Well, and to your point, that's easier shut 256 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: than done. There was another short field I found the 257 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: Denver punter wanted to do that. He punted twenty two yards. 258 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: They're just working on a lot of short fields, but 259 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: those stock out and that guy's trying to, you know, 260 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: punt it away from Tyreek Hill. So watch me do 261 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: something tricky. Oh wait a minute, he has a ten 262 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: yard punt, I mean, or twenty two yard punt in 263 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: this instance. So just sometimes if you create the image 264 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: of like what's Toad thinking or what you know, what 265 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: are they doing? And that can create some problems for 266 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: the opponent. Yeah, and he gives some cloud gives some 267 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: respect to our own punt Dustin Cochlan. Here, he was 268 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: fourth best in the league as far as penning the 269 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: opponent's offense as far as starting position inside the twenty 270 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: record forty eight point nine percent of the time. And 271 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: I'm trying to pressure the league into change in that 272 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: stat or at least take it a step further, because 273 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: he is. He's the best since he's been in the 274 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: league at punning inside the ten. Yes, So now I 275 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: got punched inside the twenty, that's one thing, But now 276 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: I forget it inside the ten. That's an entirely different deal. 277 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that that limits your play calling down to 278 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: a fourth of the you know, calls you think you 279 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: can make inside the twenty. So if you really want 280 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: to limit, have an offense start with an arm tie 281 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: behind their back. Yeah, have you a punter. They can 282 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: put the ball inside to ten. And then I really 283 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: lest the defense really get super aggressive and come after him. 284 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: So again, now we're at halftime. People have learned now 285 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: the halftimes in the NFL are short, and halftimes on 286 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: these podcasts are even shorter. They have learned how to 287 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: take a one second party break and get the orange 288 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: or what whatever you need to get back on the field, 289 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: because here we go. There it is now we're back 290 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: on the field because it's halftime and we've switched to 291 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: the third quarter. And that has to deal with the 292 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs who've got some tight battles on the roster. 293 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: We're headed the training camp. The area of special teams. 294 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: You've already we've alluded to the attention to detail, how 295 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: you can impact a game. You can win a game 296 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: or lose a game based on special teams. We've seen 297 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: the Chiefs do it. Now I'm trying to make the roster. 298 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: Wide receivers razor thin, running backs. Linebackers are your position, 299 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: the role in a special teams guy? How do you 300 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: do it? How do you make the team being on 301 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: special teams? Man? That speaks dear to my heart because 302 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: coming out in you know, nineteen ninety eight man from 303 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: University of Richmond, small school linebacker. I'm into the Washington 304 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: Redskins and they see me as a special teams guy. 305 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: They sees me as a third down linebacker, no real 306 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: role in first and second down. So I've already narrowed 307 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: my my scope of what I have to learn. My 308 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: contribution to the team. But there was three other guys, UH, 309 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: basically in this exact same position as me. UM. Two 310 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: other guys drafted, one guy undrafted, one guy second year 311 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: linebacker out of University of Miami, and then also a 312 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: few big safeties who they feel that could feel that 313 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: role also. So that's ten guys basically trying to fight 314 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: for this one UH, this one position as a third 315 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: down cover linebacker. Now where I could set myself apart 316 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: for those guys is my dedication to teams. How effectively 317 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: I was at punt block, punt coverage, how effectively I 318 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: was at kickoff coverage? UH? Did I study and know 319 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: all the nuances on all the special teams as far 320 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: as directional punt, how to cover punt, how to spread, 321 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: to feel, how to vice tackle. UM. Was I good 322 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: enough if needed to to be a gunner on certain situations? UM, 323 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: if we were within in that position. UM. So I 324 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: really went to my special team coach and became UH. 325 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: He became my coach. He became the guy who I 326 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: sought out after every practice, UM, finding some different ways 327 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: to get better as far as the core special teams. 328 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: But I knew that was gonna be my role. That 329 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: was gonna be my my path to uh sustaining myself 330 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: in the NFL long enough for an opportunity to go 331 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,479 Speaker 1: after one of the starting linebacker positions. Now, fortunately for me, 332 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: my second year that that opportunity came up. I was 333 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: making a lot of plays on not only special teams, 334 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: but in that in the nickel and dime package. I 335 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: was getting my hands on a lot of balls, and 336 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: they thought about, you know what, this guy probably could 337 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: be our starting will linebacker position. But it was definitely 338 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: my contribution my first year in the core teams unit 339 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: that gave them the confidence to even put me out 340 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: there when when when when it came to time to 341 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: try out, and the opportunity for that starting linebacker position, 342 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: and you played in the league ten years had opened 343 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: the door for ten years. I mean you might have 344 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: been ten days and I was on teams all tend 345 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: though there was never a position. There was never a 346 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 1: comfort level where I felt like I've made it, I've arrived, 347 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: and so now I'm just a starter on defense. I 348 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: was always for ten years. I was always a core 349 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: special teams guy. And to me, that's why you made 350 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: it ten years. I mean, just having that mentality, but 351 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: taking pride in special teams as a player. We talk 352 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: about coaches given attention to detail to it, the Chiefs 353 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: taking pride in it. Being the best in the league 354 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: over a six year span. Matthew Slater of the New 355 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 1: England Patriots has made a living doing it. Yes, he's phenomenal. 356 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: When I sit there and watch him on tape. You 357 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: think about guys like Steve Tasker. We got Jason Levant 358 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: at the end of his career. I always talk about 359 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: Jason Avant. I wish we had Jason Avant in the Eagles, 360 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: Jason Vant of the mid two thousands, because coach Reid 361 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: talks about guys being dirty, tough, and I think that's 362 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: what it takes to be on special teams. But I've 363 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: also seen the best special teams guys in the league 364 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: are those barbershop who take pride in it. It's almost 365 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: a badge of honor for them instead of like some 366 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: kind of demotion. It doesn't take the greatest amount of 367 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: skill in the building. It takes heart. The guys that 368 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: are core special team leaders on their individual teams or units, 369 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: Guys that pretty much have the largest hearts of the 370 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: of all fifty three guys on the team because they 371 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: are underappreciated. They're never they're never really recognized in the 372 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: national media, but they know that they have to fight 373 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: once every you know, about ten plays, the number's gonna 374 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: be called, and they got to take a unit of 375 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: the other ten guys to that field and the pressures 376 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: on them. They got to go out there and cover 377 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: that punt. They got to try to block that kick. 378 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: They gotta get that punt off to create field position. 379 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: They got to cover that kickoffs. It's the job that 380 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: the NFL is trying to do away with a segment 381 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: of the special teams unit because they say it's too dangerous. 382 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: Back when I played, you have to run through a wall. 383 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: We had three four guys offensive linement interlocking hands at 384 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: the twenty yard line and then running right down the field, 385 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: and guys my size had to try to penetrate that 386 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: wall and create a fracture in that wall so that 387 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: we could tackle that kickoff return. It was It was 388 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: a job not many people wanted to do, but those 389 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: that really signed up for it and exhaled at it, 390 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 1: they were valuable to every team around the league. But 391 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: I think we're finding a balance there in the league 392 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: because some of the most exciting plays every year in 393 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: the National Football League are special teams plays exactly, whether 394 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: it's a return for a touchdown or a block punt. 395 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: And so we've seen that the league doesn't want those 396 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: to go away. It's just to figure out a way 397 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: to keep them safer or get them safer. And I 398 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: think that we're finally finding that equilibrium line. But in 399 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: training camp, one of the things I love to watch because, oh, 400 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: special teams period. The horn sounds Alan right, Hanks the horn. 401 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: Everybody's like, oh, special teams were how about time to 402 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: go get a funnel kick? Watch those? Watch those because 403 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: I want to ask you too. I mean, how the 404 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: league has changed. But you think, okay, you were a linebacker. 405 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: That's a key area. Those guys are the four core 406 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,479 Speaker 1: special teams guys. But I've seen running backs s Damian 407 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 1: Williams blocked the punt last year against Cleveland, which was brilliant. Uh. 408 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: Now he's kind of the RB one if this committee. 409 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,239 Speaker 1: So we'll see how that, you know, transform with him 410 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: being on special teams but still running backs. The linebackers, 411 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: wide receivers are alluded to that earlier. The position groups 412 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: to watch in this training camp because it could decide 413 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: who's in and who's out. When you can when you 414 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 1: talk about your third or fourth wide album, when you 415 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: talk about that third or fourth cornerback, m the third safety, UH, 416 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: your fourth or you know, fifth maybe linebacker, those positions, 417 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: your your third tight end. Those are the positions where 418 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: you might have two or three guys from a skill 419 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: level from how they can impact your team are pretty 420 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: even the equal that they can. You can envision both 421 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: of those guys being on your team as that guy, 422 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: but you don't have enough roster spots. But then when 423 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: you talk to coach Tobe, you talk from a special 424 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 1: team's value, which one of those guys has a position 425 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: starting on all four units? Which one of those guys 426 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: can he envision those guys being a difference makeer on 427 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: special teams, a tip of the spear type guy, a 428 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: guy who's gonna be a leader on special teams. That's 429 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: gonna be the guy that gets the nod. That's the 430 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: guy who's gonna be given that position. When you talk 431 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: about that, that one out of fifty three spots, and 432 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: the other guy's gonna be unfortunately looking for a job. 433 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 1: But it's tough. Those positions are fought for all through 434 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: training camp. Every time you see special teams gear up, 435 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: you have to know in the back of your head, 436 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: this could be the difference, This could be the winning edge. 437 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: It gets me this position and it sends another guy home, 438 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: and you'll see those competitions during training camp being handled thusly. 439 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: Let me give you an example, Anthony Sherman. If I 440 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: runted a theater and Saint Joe invited all the fans 441 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: and we looked at Tyreek Hill's punt returns for touchdowns 442 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: are really a lot of the big returns. The key 443 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: block to start everything not the one you see down 444 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: field at fifteen yards. The one key block would be 445 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: Sherman his ability. Not only did we see him do stuff, 446 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: sausage stuff, but he's I want to see in camp, 447 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: who's the younger guy that's gonna take the badge of 448 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: courage to be the tip of the spirit, like you're 449 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: alluding to, who approaches it like Sausage or Sherman, because 450 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: that's to me, it's a really way he stayed in 451 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: the league and the way you play ten years. But 452 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: who as a young guy wants to say this is 453 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: what I do I'll hang my hat on it. Yeah, 454 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: everybody comes in and you know, a guy who is 455 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: drafted and you get to a team, they tell you, hey, 456 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: we gotta you know, we're having a vision for you 457 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: being our you know, backup this or the second safety 458 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: or the fourth corner. Um. You know, you get to 459 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: playbook and they you know, they expect you to to 460 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: learn it, absorb it, but they understand there are some 461 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: rookie mistakes and there's some you know, growing pains with 462 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: learning a new position, but not having special teams. Special teams. 463 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: You guys have been playing the same type of uh 464 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: punk coverage, kickoff coverage. Part You've been doing this all 465 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: your life. And so if you get the training camp 466 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: and you get your butt whipped one on one, you 467 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: got a veteran guy who's willing to uh we call 468 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 1: him uncle. He gets up in your grill and make 469 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: you quit during the play. That shows something. That's that 470 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: that shows a little chink in your armor, and that 471 00:23:58,840 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: means you need to grow up a little bit. You 472 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: need to realize this is a man sport. So I 473 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: think a lot of good boys, a good young men 474 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: played college football and he played at a high level. 475 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: They have a lot of talent, but when the transition 476 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: of going from the college days the NFL is this 477 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: is a man's game, and it has one phase of 478 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: the game that will show that will separate the boys 479 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: from the men. It's special teams and Tobe and Rod 480 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: Smith have some awesome drills. One of the things I 481 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: like to watch is the gunner position and being able 482 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: to tackle and cover in space. The most now, not 483 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: the most, but one of the most underrated plays of 484 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: the FC Championship game Barbershop. The Chiefs have scored to 485 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: take a twenty eight twenty four lead in the fourth quarter. 486 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: The ensuing kickoffs, so it's right about the two minute warning. 487 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: There is a chance to tackle Cordell Patterson who takes 488 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: the buttker kick about two to three yards deep in 489 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: the end zone. Oh, he's bringing it out. There's a 490 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: chance to nail him at the fourteen yard line. Miss tackle. 491 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: He runs it out to the thirty six. That's the 492 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: touchdown where they take the lead. Chiefs after scramble to 493 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: get it back to over time and kick the field 494 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: goal to tie it at thirty one. I'm saying, even 495 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: with Tom Brady, Gronk ed them on all those cats, 496 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: you tackle the dude at the fourteen yard line, you 497 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: win that game. In regulation, it's a different set of 498 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: play calls. As we said, team starting at the fourteen, 499 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: it might take them two or three plays to get 500 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: that extra ten twenty yards to now switch over to 501 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: their regular offense. And so you talk about that clock, 502 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: me and burn, the possibility of being a three and 503 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: out right there at the fourteen, us getting the ball 504 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: back at the forty yard line, going to score again. 505 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: So many possibilities could happen with that play being made. 506 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: But that's the that's that's that's how final line it 507 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: is to making a great play on special teams in 508 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: that and that's something that would never be talked about. 509 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: You bringing that play up with something that no one 510 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: is in since the game is over, when no one 511 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: has mentioned that that play is being significant at all. 512 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: But I bet the core teams guys know they had 513 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: an opportunity, they had to make a difference. They had 514 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: opportunity to to to to swing the momentum to the 515 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: chief side of the ball on that one play. And 516 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: that's the intensity, uh in the in the amount of 517 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: purpose that you go on the field with every time 518 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: when you're in a special team's union. So we're in 519 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter here getting ready for our teams and 520 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: training camp. We really haven't touched on the kicker yet. 521 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: Harrison Bucker. The Chiefs gave a big investment now to him. 522 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: UM seventy two touchbacks last year led the National Football League. 523 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: You can either cover those kicks and pooch kick him, 524 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: try to tackle him inside the twenty five, or just 525 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: blast him. Save a plague at the twenty five. Trust 526 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: your defense, Butker, the investment made in him and your 527 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: thoughts on that and how he goes to the next 528 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: level and bug him in phenomenal. You know, we talk 529 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: about coach Tobes and he's been blessed with elite UH 530 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: special teams player. He had Robbie gold all those years 531 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: with the Bears. UM. I think he was blessed with 532 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: being UH having a bunch of Pro Bowl guys with 533 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: UM with the Bears, and now he comes to the 534 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs and kind of reward him with the same thing, UM. 535 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: Golden footkicker Bucker has been phenomenal for this team. UM, 536 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: and we talk about playoff teams, teams of the ability 537 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: to go deep in the playoffs. Most of these games 538 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: come down to a field goal. It comes down to 539 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: a field goal at the end of the game. And 540 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: how many such how many times and situations that Buck 541 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: risen up for the Chiefs no matter the distance. I 542 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: think he only missed three field goals last year, and 543 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: two of them was over fifty yards, So basically one 544 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: field goal miss m shorter than fifty All those opportunities 545 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: that the head coach didn't hearn, had to blink, didn't 546 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: have to think about it. We knew that it was 547 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 1: gonna be points put on the board to help us 548 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: win the ball game. He's been phenomenal since the day 549 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: he's gotten here, and he's accepted his job with so 550 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: much respect and responsibility. I can I can't even I 551 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: take my hats off that young man. Here's a weapon, 552 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: so it's cold coal. We already touched on Colquitt. He's 553 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: gonna have training camp battle. They got kid named Jack 554 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: Foxon from Rice. Um met the kid this summer. Interesting 555 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: kid could but you actually got a new punter in 556 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: camp in coquit and will be out there. So again, 557 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: don't go to sleep on special teams that camp. But 558 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to go in an area here as we 559 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: head to the two minute warning of the fourth quarter. 560 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: The long snapper position really has changed our buddy Kendall Gammon, 561 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: I think changed it because, hey, linebacker, you can snap it. 562 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: Let's all try you try it, you try it. And 563 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: then teams started to lose games because I call them 564 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: the Finnish carpenters of the National Football League. But here's 565 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: what fans maybe do not realize. And I don't know 566 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: what happened on the block punt touchdown against the Colts 567 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: because the Colts got us on a special team's play. 568 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: I mentioned no returns for touchdowns in the regular season 569 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: against the Chiefs in six years, Colts block a punt 570 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: for a touchdown. Those guys, the snapper, the calls that 571 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: have to be made, the coverage calls, just like a 572 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: line offensive lineman, the role of getting your protections down right, 573 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: and a snapper being perfect, not offline perfect, and then 574 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: being able to cover enough. We talk about how many 575 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: times Dustin has put that ball inside the ten yard line. 576 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,239 Speaker 1: I think if Dustin was here, he would tell you 577 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: he gives all the credit to the snapper. Having the 578 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: ball snapped right in your hands at the right time, 579 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: with the right amount of rotations so that he can 580 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: just drop the ball, put a foot on it, and 581 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: know the guaranteed results gonna be a great punt. It 582 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: has as much to do with his leg as it 583 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: has to do with the snapper. But when we talk 584 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: about the protection overall, yeah, that snapper takes a lot 585 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: of credit between a protection man up back, making the 586 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: calls to protector, letting them know whether he should slide right, 587 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: slide left, let him know if it's gonna be an 588 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: overload coming one side and another if there's an extra 589 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: man in the box, and that so he has to 590 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: make sure he goes man instead of zone. There's so 591 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: many different blocking technique between a zone block and a 592 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: man block. When it comes to the type of different 593 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: type of pressures a punt return team is going to 594 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: use against you, then that guy has to be he 595 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: has to be heads up to all that. But his 596 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: first and foremost, his first priority has to be that snap, 597 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: that perfect snap back to the punter. If you get 598 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: the perfect snap and then the operation time they use. 599 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: Now from a from a punter getting it off, it's 600 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: almost unblockable. But that fraction of a second where the 601 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: ball the velocity isn't there. It rotates a little bit 602 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: to the left and it makes the punter sidestep a 603 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: little bit. That gives the defense the opportunity to come 604 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: in and get a big block. And like we said, well, 605 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: that's one of the positions that we've been fortunate enough 606 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: to have a key component, a really heads up guy 607 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: playing that position along snapper. We look forward at training 608 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: camp for there to be a battle at that position, 609 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: like you said, at punter, and luckily we do have 610 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: the kicker position lockdown for a long term. So it 611 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: is all worth watching at camp. Watch it every second 612 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: of it because it is in many cases a fraction 613 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: of a second. All right, here we go, partner, We've 614 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: been waiting for this, so we're long or the chief 615 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: Kingdom because it's time for training camp. What do you 616 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: want to see globally in this training camp? And I 617 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: got a defensive background, so I gotta admit my eyes 618 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: gonna be locked on the defense. I want to see 619 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: guys pursuit. I want to see guys hunger to the ball. 620 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: I want to see guys obsessed about a linement, a signment, 621 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: all the things you've been able to slow down and 622 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: take a hold of as far as defensively. I want 623 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: to see guys out there learning because I know I'm 624 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: going to see the teaching from Spags. I know Coach Merritt, 625 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: Coach House, I know those guys gonna be teaching. But 626 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: I want to see guys focused and concerned about learning 627 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: the nuances of the defense so they all can play 628 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: fast and play to their let All that experience and 629 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: all that ability athleticism, I want to see all that 630 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: being able to be shown over and over. But I 631 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: also want to see guys from the leaders. I want 632 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: to see him communicating, and I won't see him pushing 633 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: guys to the limit. I want to see guys gassing 634 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: themselves outs, pushing themselves to exhaustion. That's what you have 635 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: to do in camp. You gotta You can only build 636 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: that championship mentality through fire. It's forced through fire. You're 637 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: gonna fight a little bit. You're gonna fight yourself. Yourself 638 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: is gonna want to quit. You're gonna be talking to 639 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: yourself a little bit during training camp. Is it worth it? 640 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: Do I need the day off? Should I take a 641 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: day off? Should act like I'm hurt? All these things 642 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: run through your mind, All these little ways out. But 643 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: the team that battles together, it continues to push themselves 644 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: to pursuit of the ball, an excellence of execution as 645 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: far as communication, the linement assignment. That is when you 646 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: birth a championship defense coming into the regular seasons because 647 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: all the work you've done during training camp. So the 648 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: only unfortunate thing is that the way the rules are 649 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: set up by the CBA, you can't practice as long 650 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,719 Speaker 1: as they used to when I played, So it's kind 651 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: of hard to take yourself through that wall to that moment, 652 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,959 Speaker 1: to push yourself to that kind of boundary. But the 653 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: defensive leaders we can we can find ways to within 654 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: the boundary of CBA to make sure you put enough 655 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: pressure on the guys to really mold and come together. Yeah, 656 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: I want to see the battles there. I mean not 657 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: just the position battles, and we've looked at them running back, 658 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: razor thin, wide receiver, linebacker. We haven't talked about the 659 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: safety position. That's gonna be a battle, and that's gonna 660 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: be a battle. But I like the safeties, the top 661 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: five shafeties there and their role in special teams. But 662 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: then the daily battles that you've alluded to offense against 663 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: defense because I started to see it in OTAs. I 664 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: started to see it in the mini camps. But OTAs 665 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: in mini camps ain't training camp. As we close the stomach, 666 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: we're sitting here, my stomach starting to turn twenty six 667 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: training camp. I know what they mean. I get to 668 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,479 Speaker 1: be in front of the team the night before it 669 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 1: all starts for a minute. And the tension that you 670 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: feel as we close, what is that tension? Man, It's 671 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: it's excitement. It's it's a It's a culmination of all 672 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: the work, the hard work, all the lifting to the weights, 673 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: the sacrifice, and the time being with your family and 674 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: your friends in the offseason, during the OTAs and stuff, 675 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: and now you got a time to kind of let it, 676 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: let it all out, let it grow, let it you know, 677 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: you always want to see, uh, all your hard work 678 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: bear good fruit. And that's what training camp has a 679 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: chance to show the coaches that you're ascending player, that 680 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 1: your abilities and reflect on this team in a positive 681 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 1: way and results. To guess what wins wins during the 682 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season, not only resulting in that, but your 683 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: developments as a player, your development as a part of 684 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom, your development as a personality on and 685 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: off the field. It gets started here in training camp. 686 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna build. We're gonna build. We're gonna build, and 687 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: then pow the season starts. Man. It's a beautiful thing that, 688 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: like you said, that emotion, that gut ritching feeling. It 689 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: hurts your belly. It starts to hurt, but it needs 690 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: to hurt. It need you need to feel that grind. 691 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: You need to embrace the suck what we call it. 692 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: Embrace the that that pain until you can birth those 693 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: wins during the regular season. And that pow could be 694 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 1: a fraction of an inch in a special team's play. 695 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: That could be just the tipping point to get you 696 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: to a super Bowl in the upcoming season. He shunned 697 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 1: Barbera aka barber Shop. He'll be at camp. I'll be 698 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,240 Speaker 1: there too, Mitch Oulder's voice to the Chiefs will see 699 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: you in Saint Joe. Thanks for listening to the Chief's 700 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: official podcast network to touch Down, lost it Down, and 701 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: the celebration begins in their head.