1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network, taking dantage on 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: the day when you get opportunity in this game you 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: they can play one touchdown. Kansas City the Chiefs all 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: right in the thick of a baby. Welcome to Week 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: four of the NFL season and this edition of Defending 6 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. And yes, the Chiefs are the only team 7 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: in the National Football League that will face an unbeaten 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: team in the first four weeks of the year. The 9 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: O and O Jaguars, the one and OH Raiders, the 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: two and OL Ravens, and now the two oh and 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: one Detroit Lions. Mitch Holters with you along with ten 12 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: year NFL veteran Sean Barber, also known as Barber Shop 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: or the Shop, and a reminder. The Defending the Kingdom 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: podcast is brought to you by the limited edition three 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: six Vodka Chiefs Commemorative Bottle, now available in stories. 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Okay, 25 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: Matt Patricia, who was with Bill Belichick for fourteen years, 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: wasn't coaching in that game, but he's coached against the 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: Chiefs enough, and I'm seeing a lot of patriot At 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: stuff in this Detroit defense. What do you see, barbersha. 29 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: It first starts with the philosophy, and that starts with 30 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: the head man, right man, Patricia, He's gonna bring that 31 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: defensive philosophy, let me take away your most effective weapon 32 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: and then make you find a different way to beat him. Um. 33 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: And then from a personnel standpoint, we're not gonna be 34 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: able to speak enough about Tray Flowers, uh, seeing what 35 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: you know, he had a slow start to the season, 36 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: but this pass game really came on strong, um and 37 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: has been putting in a some some really nice past 38 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: much rush moves on tackles. Um. So yeah, he gets 39 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: he gets me a little nervous. Trade Flowers is a 40 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: guy who gets me a little bit nervous about this 41 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: Detroit defense. UM it definitely very good at creating turnovers 42 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: that ball hawks, and I think Patricia has brought that 43 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: that that mentality from UM from New England thinking turnover 44 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: thinking stripped the ball out, especially late in the dawn. UM. 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: With ball carriers and receivers, you just you always have 46 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: to be worried about protecting that ball. Protecting their possession 47 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: has to be equally as important as making the catch. 48 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: UM striving to get first downs, getting positive yardage, but 49 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: you always have to have on your mind protect the 50 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: football shop. The cliche in the National Football League or 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: football at any level is playing to the whistle, and 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: that is interesting when I study the Detroit Lions, they've 53 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: won the last two games. To me two seminal plays here, 54 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: the Chargers are going in to take the lead against 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: them in the Dome and the ball gets poked out 56 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: at the very end of the play for a fumble 57 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: recovery inside the five. Another one the Eagles were driving. 58 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: It looked like they were going to try to take 59 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: control of the game at the very end of the play, 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: the last one eighth of the play. If if we 61 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: look at it, if it's eight inches long, it's seven 62 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: eighths into this play, the ball gets poked out. Now 63 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, the most explosive offense in the National 64 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: Football League, we've seen all the runners emerge here, we 65 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: saw it. Darryl Williams emerged last week in the role 66 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: along with Lashawn McCoy. But playing to the whistle, if 67 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: you're a receiver and you got a twenty five yard game, 68 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: let's talk about the mentality and this the physical awareness 69 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: of playing to the whistle all the way through because 70 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: the Lions will poke it out at the last second. Yeah, 71 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: as a defender, I always thought it's two it's two 72 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: different points of of a offensive guys. Where I think 73 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: he's susceptible to a fumble um immediately once he gets 74 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: the ball and tries to tuck it away. Until he 75 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: gets the ball tucked, I have an opportunity to just 76 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: punch it out, strip it out, poke it out to something. 77 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: But also with ball carriers, they have been taught to, 78 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: you know, fight for yardage, to try to try to 79 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: get to the first down. Um stress ball security. They 80 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: they they flex their muscles to keep that ball nice 81 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: and tight and high. But as as you get a 82 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: ball carrier wrapped up and now you have control over 83 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: him and it's time to take him down to a ground. 84 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: Running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, they all start to 85 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: worry about how they're going to hit the ground, and now, 86 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: for a split second, they aren't worried about ball security. 87 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: So once you're starting to pick that guy up and 88 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: drive him to the ground, that's a perfect opportunity for 89 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: any defensive player to try to get one last shot 90 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: in on that ball before they hit the ground. And 91 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: you see a lot of footballs come out come loose 92 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: right before a guy hits the ground because well, split second, subconsciously, 93 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: you're more concerned about hitting the ground than you are 94 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: securing a football. And we have to fight that. Human 95 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: nature says to do that, you have to fight it. 96 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: You have to stress to the running backs to why 97 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: everybody who's holding that ball to play not only to 98 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: the whistle, but through the whistle. Yeah, it's a natural 99 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: human reaction. You're going to follow the ground, your arms 100 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: go out to try to break the fall. But the 101 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: other thing is too And I'm gonna give Matt Patricia 102 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: credit here. He's trying to change culture. These guys have 103 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: not won their division since ninety three. They haven't won 104 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: a playoff game since ninety one. But you know what, 105 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: it kind of reminds me of us when Andy Reid 106 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: came here in twenty thirteen. He immediately started to change 107 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: the Chief's Kingdom culture. We now to see the byproduct 108 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: of it. Back to back to back division titles and 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, the NFL's best offense. We can talk about 110 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: all that. I see Matt Patricia trying to form that 111 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: with his own flair. This isn't you know, he's trying 112 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: to be a Belichick disciple who's successful. Those haven't been 113 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: prevalent in the NFL, but when I watched them on tape, 114 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: I'm seeing a different mindset from the Lions, and it 115 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 1: seems to me like a little bit of like the 116 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: Chiefs went through and the culture change. But it's definitely 117 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: a tough nose defense. Mean, you know, he's gonna bring 118 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: that defensive mentality over there, being tough, hard nose. I 119 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: wanted to press you rerouting receivers at the line of scrimmage, 120 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: linebackers coming downhill, forcing Uh, Mitch, you know, advantages for 121 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: their defensive line. When you talk about the guys they 122 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: got inside, uh, you know all Shan Robinson is that 123 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: one had been one of the top defensive tackles in 124 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: the league coming out of Alabama. Um, he's just a 125 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: force to be wreckon with. And then one Damien Snacks Harrison. 126 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Anybody who knows about the career of Snacks, wherever he 127 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: has gone, their rush defense has gone up a couple 128 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: of clicks. He's a one man wrecking crew with anybody's 129 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: run game, and that it just frees up everybody else 130 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: to play pass. Um he demands a double team. He 131 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: gets penetration in the a gaps almost quicker than anybody 132 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: you can imagine coming from that defensive tackle position, and 133 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: it allows everybody else has to play pass first and 134 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: get after your quarterbacking. So that's that's those things are 135 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: concerning when you when you in in totality, you look 136 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: at how they match up against our guys. But with 137 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: as good as they are up front, there are some 138 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: injury concerns in the back end for that Detroit Lion team. 139 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: So our first quarter played at the whistle. I'll end 140 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: this way with Damon Snacks Harrison. He has wrecked games 141 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs before four years with the Jets, but 142 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: it's two years with the Giants. Remember two years ago 143 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: a huge upset. The Giants were all beat up on offense, 144 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: but defensively they held the Chiefs to nine points and 145 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: Snacks Harrison had his only interception of his career in 146 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: that game. They listed him at three fifty. You might 147 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: put a comma in there. He might be thirty five hundred. 148 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: I think I just uh, I mean, he is a 149 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: big dude, but he can wreck a game and wreck 150 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: your run game. The second quarter to me of our podcast, 151 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom, and by the way, it is brought 152 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: to you by the incredible people, our hometown entrepreneur folks, 153 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: the limited in three sixty vodka Chiefs Commemority bottle now 154 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: available in stores Kansas City's hometown Vodka in the official 155 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: vodka of the Kansas City Chiefs. The second quarter of 156 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: our podcast. Here, I'm gonna talk about the Chiefs on offense, 157 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: unselfish play, the running back room, and the wide receiver room, 158 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: and knowing these guys, well, what is interesting here, Barber shot. 159 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: There is nobody clamoring for the ball, nobody's keeping track 160 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: of stats. And here's the interesting thing. They're piling up 161 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: more stats than any Chiefs team ever has in the 162 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: first three weeks, and Mahomes is on the verge of 163 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: making more NFL history this week, but it becomes it's 164 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: out of a feeling of unselfishness. They don't care who 165 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: gets the ball. It's addition by subtraction, right, if you 166 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: subtract yourself from the expectation, if you subtract the selfishness 167 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: the most that me mentality most NFL players have about 168 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: I need the ball, I can win my one on one, 169 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: I can do this, I can do that, And everybody 170 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: out there is just doing your job at a level. 171 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,479 Speaker 1: There's so much faith, confidence and trust in Andy Reid's 172 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: scheme right to get the job done. And we all 173 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: do we gotta do. We know this offense will put 174 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: together some amazing drives. We can drive the ball for 175 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: ninety yards at any It doesn't matter how much time 176 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: is on the clock, doesn't matter the scenario, how much, 177 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: what quarter of the game it is. Every time this 178 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: offense goes on the field, they are confident that the 179 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: players that be gonna be called they're gonna end up 180 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: in them having a scoring drive. And we see it 181 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: weekend and week out. We look at the rate of 182 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: possessions ending up with points for the Chiefs compared to 183 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: anyone else in the league. We talk about first down 184 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: yards is almost thirteen yards a play on first down? 185 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: I saw that that is That is unheard of in 186 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: modern day football. But here's what's crazy, shop. They're getting 187 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: stats but not thinking about stats. And we think about 188 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: stats right as fans. Hey who's gonna take my fantasy team? 189 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: Who's a going to be this week? Well? I don't know, 190 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: it could be any one of a whole bunch of guys, 191 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: but they don't think that way. It just kind of 192 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 1: churns out and they get a ton of stets. The 193 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: other thing I'm gonna lead to here, and you played 194 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: the defense in this league for a decade, But what 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: I love when I would review the tape on the 196 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: Chief's offense or the effort plays that I'm seeing. Let 197 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: me just give you Micole Hardman. Let's take Mcole Hardman 198 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: against the Baltimore Ravens. Tough team, tough game, right. Hardman 199 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: makes three plays that just jumped out at me. One 200 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: he goes and gets the Sammy Watkins fumble. There's two 201 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: raven guys there. He goes, goes and gets it. That's 202 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: something that Greg Lewis has trained him to do. Second, 203 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: the quick screen, it's blown up. It's a juggle. He's 204 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: trying to juggle all this is going nowhere probably minus six. Whoops. 205 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: He makes it, as coach called it a punt return 206 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: and made it into a double digit plus game. The 207 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: third was fair catching that goofy dropkick that Tucker did 208 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: at the end of the game. He had the presence 209 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 1: of mine to fair catch it. Yes, those are three 210 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: hustle plays by a rookie. Now, when you get hustle plays, 211 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: this is a pretty boy offense. They're putting up pretty 212 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: boy numbers. But there's nothing to me that's pretty boy 213 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: about this off Now. This offense is grinding. And we 214 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: go back to those three players. That first play you 215 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: mentioned when Sammy Watkins fumbles the ball. If you are 216 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: not expecting there to be a fumble on a play, 217 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: then you won't get it. And that doesn't matter if 218 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: you're a defensive guy offense guy, as a teammate to 219 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: a guy that catches the ball, you have to be 220 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: going toward that person in order to pick up a block, 221 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: to make a play, to make a game breaking block, 222 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: to spring him for a touchdown because he was already 223 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: in motion of doing that. He was there to capture 224 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: that that fumble before the defense can get it on 225 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: that screenplayed that they bouncing his hands. He cuts back crossfield, 226 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: think up to a number of Chiefs players that were 227 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: not supposed to be blocking that end up being involved 228 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: in that block. When he reversed field, number of guys 229 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: picked up blocks to allow him to continue up the 230 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: field when he swung around the right side of the 231 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 1: field to get that first down. And then this this 232 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: the amount of time in the special team's room being 233 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: a rookie listening, knowing when and when that you can 234 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: use a fair catch, and then on a moment's notice, 235 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: being able to recall and make that fair catch. When 236 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: I mean to be honest with you, I had no 237 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: idea what to do with that when that ball went 238 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: up in the air. I didn't know if if a 239 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: fair catch was even possible in that scenario. And I 240 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: didn't even know you could drop kick it up and 241 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: try to get the ball back. So to know a 242 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: rookie is able to this rise the occasion, and we 243 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: didn't even mention the eighty three yard touchdown. Then he 244 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: grabs out the air. Everybody sees that. But at the 245 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: end of that and people go, I wanted my Fani 246 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: shape leg with it. I know, I love it. That 247 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: was really cool that I got excited on it. But 248 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: the reality of it is he made reality effort place too. 249 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: And at the end of that play, you see the 250 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: Marcus Robinson yep right steal, grinding to get that last 251 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: block to make sure that he gets into the touchdown. 252 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: And it's not just an eighty yard reception. No, it's 253 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: an eighty three yard touchdown because we have a guy 254 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 1: working extra hard, but that last the last tackle to block, 255 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: the last block on that Ravens guy to make sure 256 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: that guy gets a touchdown. That's I mean, you led 257 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: to the d robs the other guy. I mean, we 258 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: see the one handed grab in the end zone, but 259 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: I'm seeing stuff he's doing away from the ball, never 260 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: touching the ball, either drilling guys with downfield blocks or 261 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: having awareness. It's been impressive to see unselfish and toughness 262 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: in folks. This is not a pretty boy offense. They're 263 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: putting up pretty boy numbers, but they are not pretty 264 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: boy at all. Okay, that's halftime, now, of our Defending 265 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 1: the Kingdom podcast, Grab an Orange. You got twelve minutes 266 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: in an NFL halftime, You have one point two seconds 267 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: in our podcast one thousand and one point two. They're 268 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: boom done. We go to the third quarter, and it's 269 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: brought to you by the limited edition three sixty Vodka 270 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: Chief's Commemority Bottle, now available in stores. Three sixty Vodka 271 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: is Kansas City's hometown vodka, the official vodka the Kansas 272 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Three sixty Vodka. Now we're gonna to the 273 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: other side of the ball. And there are times, to 274 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: me shop when the NFL does assimilate the NBA, and 275 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: it's because, and I'm leading to just one on one place. 276 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: You played defense in this league for ten years. But 277 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: this Detroit team, to me is dangerous. Numbers on the 278 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: field painted there that the fans can see to the 279 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: boundary because these two wide receivers they have in Gala 280 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: Day and Jones six four two fourteen, a little bigger 281 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: than that six two one ninety nine, a little bigger 282 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: than that. It's like trying to outrebound Lebron. Sometimes I've 283 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: got a scheme called but the safeties are occupied by 284 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: two or three really good tight ends here. How do 285 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: I win a one on one battle of the outside 286 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: when it's like the NBA. Man, you know how defense 287 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: defense backs to being to reroute guys to be in 288 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: their face. We don't want any free release by receivers, 289 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: but we also got to pay attention to when those 290 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: receivers are these basketball type bodies the Gala days, the 291 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: Jones be able to keep you posted and catch the 292 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: ball over this shoulder, back shoulder fades the end zone, 293 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: touchdown grabs like we saw from them last week against 294 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: the Eagles. You have to do a better job of 295 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: keeping your eyes on the quarterback playing the ball at 296 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: this hip. We talk about high point Every cornerback, every 297 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: defensive back in the league has done so many drills 298 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: when it comes to I'm looking at the arc of 299 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: the ball and being able to catch it at as 300 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: highest art. We call it high pointing the ball. That's 301 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: where our defensive backs have to be one at this weekend. 302 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: High pointing the ball. When you talk about Kenny Holiday 303 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: and Marvin Jones and see to me, that's where the 304 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: similar the NBA's around ball. This is an oblong ball, 305 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: but still high pointing the ball and the Chiefs dbs 306 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: are capable of doing it. Kendall Fuller can do it, 307 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: Brashod Brelin can do it, and we've seen Shavarius Ward 308 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: do it. But they're gonna maybe have to do it 309 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: this week. And then you've got a willing and active 310 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: participant in Matt Stafford who likes to throw that pass, 311 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: who's not been sacked in the last two weeks, and 312 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: that's against the Chargers and Eagles. Yeah, that Georgia boy 313 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: is still slaying in like a like he's you know, 314 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: fresh out of college. Man, he's been able to do 315 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: it at a very high level for a long time. 316 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: And his arm has been one of always one of 317 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: the strongest arms in the league, whether he had Megatron 318 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: catching it or a Tate across the middle. Uh, he was. 319 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: He's always wanting to um put the game in his 320 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: hands and and then let his arm carry the team 321 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: to victory. Uh. But the guy with can't you know, 322 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: he's been giving us nightmares for years. Man is Jesse James, Right, 323 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: the tight end used to be with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Uh. 324 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: Man just had some some some some amazing games against 325 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in recent in recent times and they got 326 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: a rookie T. J. Hawkinson that got a you know, 327 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: hometown guy out of Iowa. Uh, it's number one draft pick. 328 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: They're gonna try to force feed him the ball um 329 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: a few times. Um. They create some some some matchup 330 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: proper problems when it comes to getting Jesse James Hodgson 331 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: on the field. Like you said, keeping our safeties and 332 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: our linebackers committed to putting eyes on them and then 333 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: forcing our r dbs to go one on one uh 334 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: and possibly some jump balls with those two tall receivers. 335 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: This is not the Jesse James that was born in Carney, Missouri, 336 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: that got shot up in Northfield, Minnesota and robbed whole 337 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: bunch of banks. But he has robbed the Chiefs. Five 338 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: catches eighty three yards against the Chiefs and the playoffs 339 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: here in the twenty sixteen season, remember that was the 340 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: hold on the two point conversion. Then as a New 341 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: England Patriot, five catches one hundred and thirty eight yards 342 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: in a touchdown. So James has done his damage. Hawkinson 343 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: was a stud eighth pick in the draft. That is 344 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: the highest to tight end has been drafted in the 345 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: NFL Draft since two thousand and six. So it tells 346 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: you what the Lions thought of him, and you're gonna 347 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: have to deal with that. Yeah, well you know him Hawkeyes, man, 348 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: they didn't. They've been good at that tight end position 349 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: over the last recent years. A lot of Hawkeys. Oh 350 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: Skittles from San fran As a Hawkeye love that dude, 351 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: Noah fan from Denver. So we're gonna we're gonna have 352 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: to deal with some some ala hawk eye tight ends 353 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 1: for the next a few years. They've been, uh, you know, 354 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: tight end you almost fourth quarter. We're one of the 355 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: finals here of our defending the Kingdom Detroit Lion. Addition, 356 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: if you will play to the whistle is the way 357 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: that we will name this show because this game is 358 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: going to be about playing to the whistle in all 359 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: three phases. Carry on, Johnson a good runner, underrated, but 360 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: this Chief's defense now shop, I'm seeing guys step up 361 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: different people different week. Ogbo was great last week, staying 362 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: within the scheme and making explosive plays within the scheme. 363 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: But I just see it's like legal Land. You've got 364 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: something you're building here, but at some point it seems 365 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: to me really close that this defense is going to 366 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: put it all together in the same game and be 367 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: very impressive. Yeah, defensive line when you start with them, 368 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Frank Clark is the lead on 369 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: the upfront. We got Chris Jones, emotional leader. But they 370 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: you know, they go. They're so deep, right, there's seven deep, 371 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: you know, only four on the field at a time, 372 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: sometime three. But they swing guys in and out, keeping 373 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: them fresh, keeping them excited, being able to create immediate 374 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: pressure on the ball. You ask anybody in this secondary 375 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: the one thing you want from a D linement is 376 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: immediate pressure so that the quarterback can't sit there and 377 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: pump fake you and the receiver can't run, you know, 378 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: pumping goals and double moves and things like that. We 379 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: have secondary guys at a capable of a mirror and 380 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: masking and shadowing any kind of receivers, but nobody can 381 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: cover a guy for over two seconds. And I love 382 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: Anthony Hitchins in the middle. I just love him in 383 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: there is the catalyst and the communicator in there. That's 384 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a guy after your own heart. Finally 385 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: dealing with special teams here. Now Agne gets one hundred 386 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: yard kickoff return that kind of flips the game and 387 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: get that that fumble at midfield was one two, one 388 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: hundred yard return against the Eagles, who are good and 389 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: special teams, and plus you had a twenty four yard 390 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: punt return earlier. Splash plays in special teams? Can the 391 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs create them this week? And can they prevent them? 392 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: I think we always talk about the three phases, right, 393 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: you got defense, you get offense, but special teams is 394 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: a third of the snaps. Special teams is a third phase, 395 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: and it's just as important. There's nothing worse than be 396 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: controlling the game offensive defensively, and on a kickoff you 397 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: give up a hundred yard kickoff return, momentum swings and 398 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 1: now you have to regather yourself and regain your momentum. 399 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: So our coverage union has got to be awesome this week. 400 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: We gotta be one hundred percent in all our field 401 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 1: goals and extra points. And I think you know coach 402 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: Tobe Is, he always does a great job of playing 403 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: our guys. But I think you can see a little 404 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: we might we might see a couple of special things 405 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: on our special team as far as our return game. 406 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: Once our defense gets his Lions team off the field 407 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: and give our return guys a chance to make some 408 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: big plays. Here you go, folks. Week four, the Chiefs 409 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: at three and zero against the two oh and one 410 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions. It is all about playing to the whistle 411 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: in all three phases against this Lions team. He's Sean Barber. 412 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: I'm a Choulter's Voice of the Chiefs. Thanks for joining us. 413 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: Brought to you by three six Key Vodka, the Kansas 414 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: City's hometown vodka, the official vodka the Kansas City Chiefs. 415 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: Roll on and try to get to four and oh, 416 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 1: thanks for listening to the Chief's official podcast network to 417 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: touch down or shot down, and the celebration begins in 418 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: their head.