1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day when you get opportunity 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: in the game, they can play, Oh, Michaelson doing one 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: touchdown Kansas City, the Chiefs. All right, the think of it, baby, 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: And welcome once again to another edition of Defending the Kingdom, 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: which alters with your voice of the Chiefs, along with 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: senior team reporter Nat mccaulind aka Mattstad and the man 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: we call the shop, the spider Man, the barber shop, 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: the barber of the Ville, Seville or whatever, Sean Beller, 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: Sean Barber, the head of the Ambassadors as well. So 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: lot on the resumes here of these two young men 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: that join me here in defending the Kingdom. And before 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: we get into the importance of OTAs CCC, what does 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: all of that mean. Let's do a defending the Kingdom tradition, 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: and that is travel around the world. So I picked 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: thirteen names in places again, of course, in the honor 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: of thirteen seconds. I kind of like this new tradition here. 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: So we'll start all over the globe. We've got Carlos 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: in the Dominican Republic listening to DDK. We have a 19 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: listener in Manaus, Brazil, a listener in Israel, Jim in Fiji, 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: Ben in Lear, Belgium, and then Mike declared Stockholm, Sweden 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: as Chiefs Kingdom Scandinavia. So I love that people listening 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: all over the world, and of course lots of people 23 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: all over the country as well. Tanner declared Council Bluffs, 24 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Iowa as Chiefs River City Kingdom. Tom is listening out 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: in Arizona. He goes to a dedicated Chiefs bar in Scottsdale, 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: watching the Chiefs every single Sunday. We've got Mark from 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: North Montana. Jose declared Inglewood, California as Chiefs Kingdom Battleground, 28 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: and of course we've got two other teams out there, 29 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: including the Chargers. So I love that having Chiefs came 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: declared out there in Inglewood. We've got Chad in Sarah Sooda, Florida, 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: Henry in Mission, Kansas, which is a great example of 32 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: if you live in Kansas City, let us know we're 33 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: still gonna light everyone else know that you're listening here 34 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: in the Casey Metro. And lastly Don in Los Angeles. 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: He listens while driving his semi truck. We've had a 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: lot of Northern Montana. Yeah, there's been a lot of 37 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: Montana that have expanding pop. In to Defending the Kingdom, 38 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: I got one to add. This one is, you know, 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: we have such great female fans in the Chiefs Kingdom. 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: The NFL has a metric they call wall which is watch, attend, 41 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: and listen, and they look at they break it down demographically, 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: and obviously one of the demographics is how fired up 43 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: are your female fans? And the Chiefs have one of 44 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: the most engaged female groups fans in the entire National 45 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: Football League. This is Sarah Block from Tecumsa, Michigan, not 46 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: to comes to Nebraska, to comes to Kansas or a 47 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: lot of Tecumsa, but to comes to Michigan and get 48 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: this combination. Sarah Block is a Phillies baseball fan and 49 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: an ardent Chiefs football fanad that's it. I've never heard 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: of a Phillies Chiefs combo. But hey, all right, this 51 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: episode of Defending the Kingdom coincides with phase three of 52 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: OTA's and let's get into first water OTA's and then 53 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: we're breaking it down to CCC. Why are OTA's important? 54 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: Why have they been important to the success of the 55 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, And we'll dive right in and I'll 56 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: tell you where the CCC comes into play. But first 57 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: let's just quickly go the definition of organized team activities. 58 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: There's the acronym. There's three different phases. The first phases 59 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: basically meeting strength and conditioning rehab for injured guys. Phase two, 60 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: now you can get into individual work. You cannot go 61 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: defense on offense. Okay, you've got to stay kind of 62 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: defense defense, but you can get group work and individual work. 63 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: And then now we are in phase three, which starts 64 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: to look a little more like training camp, although no pads, 65 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: no hitting, but you can do seven on seven offense 66 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: versus defense, nine on seven, eleven on eleven drills. Okay, 67 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: organized team activities. You get asked every day, Matt, what 68 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: are OTAs? What are OTAs? O tas are important for 69 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: a lot of different reasons. And we'll hear from Sean 70 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: on this because Sean actually participated and OTAs. But it's 71 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: really basically the closest to real football we've been since 72 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: the AFC title game, right, And like you said, no pads, 73 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: no live contact, like they're running around in shorts out there. 74 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: But it's eleven offensive players going against eleven defensive players, 75 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: and with all these new players that we have. They're 76 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: doing it for the first time here at the team facility, 77 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: and it's exciting because right now what these guys are 78 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: doing is they're preparing for training camp. Essentially, both mentally 79 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: and physically. You're getting ready for a grueling training camp. 80 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: And in a lot of ways, this is like the 81 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: cheat sheet for the test. If training camp is the test. 82 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: This is your opportunity to come in here in May, 83 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: and this stuff is voluntary. You don't have to be here, 84 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: but the chiefs, of course always have a great turnout 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: because they realize how important this is. You have an 86 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: opportunity to do the installs, figure out what the playbook 87 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: looks like, and most importantly, figure out what the culture 88 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: is like here. How do you practice? How do you 89 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: go about a day being a chief so that when 90 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: you get to training camp and you get to the 91 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: season you're going one hundred miles per hour. Already a 92 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: lot of teams, a lot of coaches don't really value 93 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: this time. The coach read certainly does You've participated in 94 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: these as a player. You see it from a player's perspective. 95 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: The Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement basically laid 96 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: out the rules we just talked about. But your thoughts 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: on OTAs man, I guess you got to look at 98 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: it from the point of a veteran versus the point 99 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: of a young rookie or a guy's trying to become 100 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: a starter. There's two different viewpoints of it. When you're 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: a veteran and you already know the landscape, you already know, 102 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: you know how to play the game and how to 103 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: condition yourself to make it throughout the entire season, you 104 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: look at the OTA is just something to keep your 105 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: off season from getting off the rails, from getting too 106 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: far away from football. The team is dragging you back 107 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: into the city to go over some football stuff. You 108 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: just want to be away from football for a few months. 109 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: So most veterans see it as being almost a nuisance, 110 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: whereas the young guys, the rookies, first, second, third year 111 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: players that are trying to steal earn a starting position 112 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: see as an opportunity like a proving ground. How can 113 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: I prove that I deserve to be number one and 114 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: number two deep? How can I prove I deserve a 115 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: starting role in the special teams? And where is everybody 116 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: else kind of positioning themselves? Who am I going to 117 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: target as far as whose position I'm trying to take 118 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: could go after. And so there's two different kind of 119 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: value systems I think when it comes to these OTAs 120 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: plus the strength training and the conditioning and the things 121 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: you're being able to do off the field. But just 122 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: when it comes to straight football as far as the 123 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: depth chart, I think it's two different kind of modes 124 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: you are, but depending if you're a season veteran and 125 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: then opposed to being a rookie or a young player. Yeah, 126 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: and there your thoughts interesting about how teams approach it, 127 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: because Andy Reid approaches these like they are extremely important. 128 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: We've talked about how fast Andy Reid has been in 129 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: the last six years and start sixteen and three in September. 130 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: A big part of that is great camps. But great 131 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: camps are set up by great mini camps that are mandatory. 132 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: But that's set up by these OTAs. Okay, now, on 133 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom. Those of you who watch and listen 134 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: to us religiously know that we'll try to tie in oh, 135 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, mathematics the base ten right, or we'll 136 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: tie in literature, or we'll tie in maybe science this 137 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: time we're gonna tie in history because we're gonna go CCC, 138 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: and I'm related to the Civilian Conservation Corps that was 139 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,679 Speaker 1: put in place from nineteen thirty three to nineteen forty 140 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: two by FDR during the Depression. It was to put 141 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: young males to work, basically, and it was to be 142 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: in conservation projects. They planted in that nine year period 143 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: had to end because of World War Two. Three point 144 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: five billion trees and many of the state parks that 145 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: you enjoy around in the States anyway, for those of 146 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: you who live in the United States were put in 147 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: place by the CCC back in the nineteen thirties. All right, 148 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: that's our history. Lesson. Now we go to the otaccc 149 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: and let's start with our first C of the CCCS, 150 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: and that is conditioning. And I think there's two definitions here. One, 151 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: you talked about conditioning, and that is to get physically 152 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: ready to go. Two to me is the conditioning of 153 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: your culture. Of the ninety guys on the roster right now, 154 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: forty two are new to the Chief's Kingdom. Matt, you 155 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: and I have seen this, and Shop knows this that 156 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: it's not just getting in shape, it is how you 157 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: practice why you practice what you do and how you 158 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: do it to get you ready to get into this 159 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: culture of winning that the Chiefs have. Well, first of all, 160 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: we always learn new things, like live on air from 161 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: Mitch when we're doing this thought way, I remember Russian 162 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: history last year, and yeah, and we somehow get back 163 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: to the Chiefs. But you're absolutely right. And the thing 164 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs is they've had so much success over 165 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: the last several years. And yeah, it's because they have 166 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: great players and great coaches. But the culture is at 167 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: the core of all of it. And you don't just 168 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: show up in training camp or for the season and 169 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: have culture like that starts on days in the middle 170 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: of May when you go out there and you see 171 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: the veteran players that are there, they're attacking the day 172 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: with excitement to get better, and younger players see that 173 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: and they emulate it. We talked earlier watching practice about 174 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey is thirty two years old. He's 175 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,599 Speaker 1: going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. You 176 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: can make the argument right now that he's the greatest 177 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: tight end of all time. He's definitely in the top 178 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: five of all time, and he's going out there in 179 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: May in OTAs and has the energy of a twenty 180 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: three year old seventh round pick trying to make the team. 181 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: And that kind of culture is infectious. And I think 182 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: when people when you're a younger player and you see that, 183 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: and there's so many young players right now on the 184 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs trying to earn their stripes, you realize that's how 185 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: we do things here. And when you have all these 186 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: different players embracing that mentality, no matter the success that 187 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: they have, it just breeds competition and it breeds victories 188 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: in AFC Championship game berths and Super Bowl titles. So 189 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful thing seeing that here in OTAs, and 190 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: that's a huge part of why the Chiefs have been 191 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: so successful as guys like Travis Kelsey embracing days like 192 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: in the middle of May. I love that you brought 193 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: him up, but we saw him today score a couple 194 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: of touchdowns and he does the double flex. It was 195 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: like he was ten years old. He was having an 196 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: awesome time. But it has to permeate through the rest 197 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: of not only is tight end room where there's new 198 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: guys like Jordan Franks or young players trying to get 199 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: it figured out. Like a Noah Gray or throughout the 200 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: entire team now shops. Let's talk about conditioning here one 201 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: physical condition and then two and you played for coach 202 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: read getting yourself mentally and emotionally prepared to be a 203 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: part of winning here. Man, mindset is a big part 204 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: of this, and you talk about, you know, having the 205 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: right mindset to overcome obstacles as far as mental, physical. 206 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: All the different constraints and obstacles they put in front of, 207 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: all the different pitfalls. Some of them are man created 208 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: on purposes to see how do you handle adverse situations 209 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: as an athlete, but most of them are just the 210 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: normal day to DAYA goes by, and you talked about 211 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, Man, it's amazing to see a guy at 212 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 1: his point of his career with as much success he's 213 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: had still come out during a voluntary practice and still 214 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: show that type of excitement because the adverse side of that, 215 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: or the opposite part of the spect from it is 216 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: also a great tight end. Tony Gonzalez, well, well, Tony 217 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: Gonzalez is a guy who would go through his plays 218 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: on the sideline during this kind of period. But let 219 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: a young guy go and get the live reps because 220 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: he was He's been there, done that. I don't need 221 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: that rep. I don't want to even worry about getting 222 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: injured or pulling a hamstring, a kind of a soft 223 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: injury type thing. Mentally, I'm already understanding what we're suposed 224 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: to do at this phase. So I'm gonna let the 225 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: young guy go get get some reps and then like 226 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: a Willie Roth right here, come out there with his 227 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: flip flops and athletic tape over the flip flops and 228 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: talk about, hey, coach, like I ain't going to day 229 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: like so let the young guy go in there. So 230 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: but then that shows its two opposite side of that spectrum. 231 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: You have some some some all American hundred top hundred 232 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: NFL players that's ever played the game that almost refused 233 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: to go out there because they've already been there, done that, 234 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: they know the offense inside and out. But then you 235 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: got guys that are just as talented saying I don't 236 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: want to miss one opportunity to be great. And that's 237 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: when as a coach, you walk around the locker room, 238 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: you walk around the practice field, you ask the same question, 239 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: who loves football? Do you love football? Do you really 240 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: love football. Well, you don't have to ask the question 241 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: to Kelsey because he shows it to you each and 242 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: every day, every moment he has the opportunity to he 243 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: shows you that he loves football. But a guy like 244 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: Gonzalez or a guy like Willie Roth, even though they're 245 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: great football players, sometimes you have to question do they 246 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: really love football or do they just love game day? 247 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: Because there's a difference between those two mindsets. And so 248 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: when you talk about mindset, what you want to build 249 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: is a guy who has that Momba mentality we talk 250 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: about Michael Jordan. Practice is so hard with so much 251 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: enthusiasm that the game day becomes easy. The practice is 252 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: what you really push yourself to dedicate yourself to, becoming 253 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: obsessed with the finer details of your alignment, your assignment, 254 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: how to execute your position. Because if you do that 255 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 1: every day in practice and you build and build and build, 256 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: then the game becomes so easy. And I think that's 257 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: the kind of almost that path loss effect. You want 258 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: to create. What you're the culture of his atmosphere. When 259 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: we hit that white line practice field, game day. It 260 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what part of the season or offseason. When 261 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: you step on that field, that white line. Nobody walks. 262 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: You run from drill to drill, You stay eyes on 263 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: the coach. You're always in a learning mode. No coach 264 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: should look for you to have to tell you to 265 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: go in. You should be having eyes on the coach, 266 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: waiting for him to just to give you ad contact 267 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: so that you can go get that next rep. Because 268 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: everybody should be hungry to be able to get get 269 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: on the field, get some film, and show that you 270 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: can add to the team. No helmets ever on the ground. Never, 271 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: You never put your helmet on the ground. If you 272 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: take it off your head, you hold onto it until 273 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: you put it back on. But you always are buckled 274 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: up ready to jump in and adds and and that's 275 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: the culture, that's the atmosphere. I remember, man, things were 276 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: going one hundred miles an hour, and anytime the coach 277 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: Baggs asked me to jump into the field, he didn't 278 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: have to wait for me to put my gloves on 279 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: and get retaped. And man, I was always throughout the 280 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: entire practice ready to go, get that next snap, get 281 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: that next rap, get that next rep, and be able 282 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: to I mean make a play. Playmakers want to make plays, 283 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter what the scenario. It doesn't matter 284 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: if it's mandatory voluntary. I just want an opportunity to 285 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: go and show my skills and my abilities. Yeah, you 286 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: want to know why organized team activities are important to 287 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid. The first area 288 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: is conditioning, and not just physical conditioning. It is the 289 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: mental and emotional conditioning shop. You just said it so 290 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: very well. The way you enter the building, the way 291 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: you handle meetings, the way you are on time for meetings. 292 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: It just puts you into a temple in a rhythm 293 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: that is all throughout this building that gets you ready 294 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: for Saint Joe. You don't have to learn it in 295 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: Saint Joe or learn it during mandatory minicamp. You'll already 296 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: know it and it's part of your awesome muscle memory. 297 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: Almost all right. The second c of our CCC why 298 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: OTAs are important to the Kansas City Chiefs and why 299 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: they help the Chiefs win and why the Chiefs get 300 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: off to usually an awesome start in a season. And 301 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: that is assumption. So the second sea is consumption. Let's 302 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: be honest here, the Kansas City Chiefs offense and defense complicated. Yeah, 303 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: Coach Read will tell you going to Saint Joe. They 304 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: want to have most of the offense installed. They have 305 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: something north of seven hundred plays on offense and that 306 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: includes a variety of different formations defensively. And I'm gonna 307 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: get to you in a second shop on the complexity 308 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: of Spags's defense, because it is complex, but Matt to 309 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: understand and to get the volume of this offense as 310 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: much as you can so that you hit the mandatory 311 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: camp on the run, hit Saint Joe on the run, 312 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: you hit the preseason games on the run, and when 313 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: the season starts, you're at a full sprint. Well that's 314 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: the thing. A lot of teams in the NFL, they 315 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: don't look at it that way. Training camp begins with 316 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: you installing the playbook and you're learning these things and 317 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: it's a slow ramp up. And for some teams that works. 318 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: But for a team like the Chiefs that's consistently proven 319 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: their championship caliber team, the roots of that culture that 320 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: we keep talking about is in May and OTAs. When 321 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: you're doing all this work now, so then the guys 322 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: can go home after mandatory mini camp is over in 323 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: three weeks, they can still be thinking about this a 324 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: little bit take some time off, but still be thinking 325 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: about it. You've done it already, albeit in shorts, be 326 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: still done it. So when you get to training camp 327 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: and the pads come on, you've done this before. You 328 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: know what you're doing. You're not learning new information at 329 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: training camp. This is all stuff that you did weeks ago. 330 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: And that's the beauty of how coach Read organizes this stuff. 331 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: One of the things that many people might not know 332 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: is that coach Read. Yes he's a great coach, but 333 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: he is a tremendous organizer, amazing at it. And if 334 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: you just watch a training camp practice, if you came 335 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: from a different country that you'd never watched football before, 336 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: and you watch training camp practice, you'd be wondering how 337 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: this organized chaos is taking place. And OTAs is the 338 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: same way. I mean, a horn's going off, but everyone 339 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: knows where to go at all times, and they're digesting 340 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: all of this stuff and learning it so that when 341 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: they get the training camp they can hit the ground 342 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: running and attack every single day of camp and then 343 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: hit the season running. And that's why you said, I mean, 344 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: they've been so good to start the season over the 345 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: last several years. It's interesting too because yeah, there's kind 346 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: of like the idea of a death chart in OTAs, 347 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: like he might see on Twitter certain people saying this 348 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: guy's with the starting unit, this guy's with the second unit. 349 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: There's not really a death chart, Like I wouldn't read 350 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: too much into that, Like that's the earliest iterations of 351 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: the first, second, third, and fourth teams. But what you 352 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: can see in this time is certain guys rise to 353 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: the occasion, and we've seen that over the years. We 354 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 1: saw Trey Smith last year. He's my favorite example from 355 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: last year, if so. I take notes every single day 356 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: of OTAs and Tray Smith was with the third team 357 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: offensive line on day one, he was behind some guys. 358 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: By day three he was on the second team, and 359 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: then by day nine he was the starting right guard. 360 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: And he never relinquished that position. He didn't show up 361 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 1: at training camp after being drafted with no work in between, 362 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: and just be given the starting right guard job. He 363 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: earned it in OTAs after proving himself day after day, 364 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: went into training camp had that job already and never 365 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: relinquished it. So that happened Ota is not in training camp. Also, 366 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: guys like Deres Fountain, he made this team out of 367 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: camp last year was a great story. He first was 368 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: turning heads in OTA's. Jody Fortson is the same way. 369 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: So when you're following great stories in training camp and 370 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: you learn about a player for the first time, for 371 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: many people, that's the first time they've heard of this 372 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: guy's name, But it likely started in OTA's And it's 373 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: who can consume this stuff at the highest rate with 374 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: the highest efficiency. This stuff starts in OTAs with who 375 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: can really digest this stuff most effectively. Outside observers talk 376 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: about how affective the Chiefs are with shifts and motions 377 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: to get you either, you know, to trick your eyes 378 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: if you're on defense. But we're also seeing where the 379 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: Chiefs have got to get Mark Quiz, Velda scantling up 380 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: to speed as fast as possible, Juju Smith Schuster, Ronald 381 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: Jones Junior. We can go right down the list. It's 382 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: just forty two new guys, but there are guys that 383 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: they are counting on right away to be able to contribute. 384 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: Whomever's at right tackle, could Canard win that job, but 385 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: they've got to be ready to go out of the 386 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: gate and so on. Offense again, high volume. This is 387 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: CALP three, but right now and there's no waste of days. 388 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: Every day is important and to get this offense down 389 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: so it becomes just rote learning. To have seven hundred 390 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: plays learned, going into Saint Joe becomes a paramount. Now, shop, 391 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the defensive side, because 392 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: you have experienced with SPACs, you have coached, you have 393 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: been a volunteer coach at Can't, you've been in meetings. 394 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: But let's back it up now to OTAs and the 395 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: fact that so many young guys now are going to 396 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: be expected to contribute for the Chiefs on defense. The 397 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: OTAs and their importance were in this second sea. Remember 398 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: the first one was conditioning, not just physical conditioning, but 399 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: mental and emotional conditioning, to the culture, to the consumption 400 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: with Spags's defense. How important OTAs just to consume it 401 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: because it's a complicated defense. Anybody who says is not 402 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: confusing is lying. At the end of the day, there's man, 403 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's spaghetti on the table, it's 404 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: it's a bunch of noodles and meatballs and sauce everywhere. 405 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: And you got to find a way to just just 406 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 1: develop little pockets in your brain to really put certain 407 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: plays defensively, certain adjustments in certain areas. If you don't 408 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: find a way to do that, you'll get to a 409 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: point in the season where they're still growing, developing, putting 410 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: in new wrinkles and new defenses, and you're still struggling 411 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: with some of the day one stuff. So when we 412 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: talk about consumption in this phase of offseason, it's all 413 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: the basics. It's all the things, the rules, the shifts 414 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: and motions. How do we adjust, when do we lock, 415 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: when do we bump as far as man to man coverage, 416 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: when do we go from Rolex to Vegas, Vegas to Rolex. 417 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: Some of those defensive terms are are they transcend overall 418 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: all the defenses? And so when you have certain concepts 419 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,360 Speaker 1: that that really have a priority and they go no 420 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: matter what we're in, no matter what package we're in, 421 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: these concepts travel with all of our defensive fronts and personnels. 422 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: Those are the things we go over in this phase 423 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: of this. You know, primary, getting guys comfortable with with 424 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: with is basically some of the bread and butter stuff 425 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: about the defense. But you got to realize the things 426 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: are gonna be put in. They can't wait for anybody 427 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: that you got a through z to put in. We 428 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: gotta put it all in in a short time and 429 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: when you have questions, when you have questions, you gotta 430 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: get those things answered right now. Young guys, the one 431 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: thing they struggle with getting on the field is not 432 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: knowing when to adjust and not knowing who to pick 433 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: up when it comes to the blitz pressure packages, and 434 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: then not understanding how there drop zone coverage sometimes differ 435 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: changes depending on offensive shifts and motions. And if you 436 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: don't know how all of that stuff this works together, 437 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: then you're gonna you're gonna you're gonna find yourself kind 438 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 1: of swamped, maybe, like you said on that third string 439 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: depth chart, for a long time. Even though you might 440 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: be one of the most talented guys in the room, 441 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: your talent is not gonna be able to showcase itself 442 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: because you just don't know where to go. You don't 443 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: know where you belong. And so this is the time 444 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: for the guys to you ain't got much else to 445 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: do but football. Dive into that playbook, learn your position, 446 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: learn the two positions next to you, because that kind 447 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: of helps you figure out where you belong. And through 448 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: that whole process, like you said, consumption, consume the playbook. 449 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,400 Speaker 1: Let that become your gospel. I mean, let that leads 450 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: you only like like like only the Bible cane, right, 451 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: it leads you through the faith in that that that 452 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: that playbook that has to become your GPS. That's the 453 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: way you got to lead yourself through life and all 454 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: the answers in that playbook. But you got to know 455 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: how to find out how to apply it, how to 456 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: use it to make sure that you're aligned and you 457 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: know your assignment, and then it's all about execution. The 458 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: defensive side of this discussion, to me is fascinating because 459 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,239 Speaker 1: you have this blend. You've got George Carlottas, You've got 460 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: Trent McDuffie, you got Brian Cook, you got guys that 461 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: were drafted defenders. Leo Chanelle go down the line, Josh Williams, 462 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: don't leave anybody out, Jayleen Watson, I mean the draftees. 463 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: And then you've got like a Nick Bolton or Willie 464 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: j Jr. Who if you thrust into different and more 465 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: responsibility in those roles. And so me, we're taping this 466 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: on May the twenty fifth, and Matt May the twenty 467 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: fifth to me for that group and contended those dynamics 468 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: is as important as it is on August the twenty fifth. Yeah, 469 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: it's funny too because we talk a lot about the 470 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: offense and the receivers all finding cohesion with Patrick Mahomes 471 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: and how's the offense going to look at this season, 472 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: But the defense is kind of the same thing. It's 473 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: exciting because we have a lot of really good young 474 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: players in this defense that I think are really going 475 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: to thrive here, but they are kind of figuring out 476 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: their roles right now. The Chiefs in a lot of 477 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: ways have kind of moved on from a lot of 478 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: defensive players that we're here for a long time that 479 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: really established themselves and now it's guys like Justin Reid 480 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: who are kind of running the show. Nick Bolton's gonna 481 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: be the mic this year, be the green dot, be 482 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: one of the leaders of this defense, and he's just 483 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: a second year player. It's exciting because he's ready for 484 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: that opportunity. It's very clear and watching this defense in practice, 485 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,959 Speaker 1: like they're flying around and making plays. There's a lot 486 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: of length at the cornerback position. I'm super excited about. 487 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: Wait to see how when we do our three safety 488 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: looks how the three safeties kind of worked together, because 489 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: I think all those skill sets really are cohesive. It's 490 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: going to be interesting, but this is the time where 491 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: you figure out as a unit how we're gonna defend. 492 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: And Justin Reid spoke with the media today kind of 493 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: about that, and he said a few interesting things. He 494 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: said that this is going to be the most fun 495 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: defense he's ever played in because Spags is going to 496 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: use him in so many different versatile roles. But also 497 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: he is relishing the opportunity to face Patrick Mahomes and 498 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: the first team offense every single day. And remember they 499 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: couldn't do that in an official capacity until literally this week, 500 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: because you couldn't have eleven on eleven. But he was like, 501 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: we're facing these guys every day, and iron sharpens iron, 502 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: and you're facing Patrick Mahomes every single day, all of 503 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: a sudden, when you're facing maybe a lesser quarterback in 504 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: a game, it's just a half second slower. So that's 505 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 1: the beautiful than with that, some of the most fun 506 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: I had in my career was facing Tony Gonzalez on 507 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: a daily basis. Yeah, the opportunity to face somebody who 508 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: you knew was headed for Kenton, and you got to 509 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: sharpen your TOOLBLT when the guy like that. It made 510 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: Sundays so easy. There's there's no tight end you can 511 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: put a move on me to greater than Tony tried 512 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: to put on me during practice. So it made me 513 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: so confident facing all these other opponents, all these other 514 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: tight ends, Like none of y'all are Tony. So if 515 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,479 Speaker 1: I can shut him down or even come closer than 516 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: them down during the practice, then I know I'm gonna 517 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: be lights out shut down on game day. New coaches 518 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: get a chance to have an extra week in the 519 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: phase one of OTAs. It has to happen really early, 520 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: not now early on. But it's almost like this defense 521 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: feels like there's so much new to it and so 522 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: much exciting new to it that it's almost like, Gsha, 523 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: wish Spaggs had another week. But just know this OTAs 524 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 1: are really important to this defense, and you get excited 525 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: about it. But the second part is consumption, the third 526 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: part in the third seed, the first sea of course conditioning, 527 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: not just physical conditioning, but mental emotional learn the culture, 528 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: learn how we win, how we practice. Two Consumption, the 529 00:25:55,760 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: huge volume of being achieved three is chemistry and chemistry 530 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: and the development of it is huge for this team 531 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: during OTAs yes in late May. In June. In chemistry, 532 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: we just heard and we heard Patrick Mahomes during the 533 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: first media session of OTA's talk about it so much. 534 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: That was just all throughout his discussion and the questions 535 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: asked to him, even to the point where he went 536 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: out of his way to have his own training session 537 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: on his own, real voluntary in Texas. But Patrick talked 538 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: about the importance of developing chemistry. Now, yeah, well, I mean, 539 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: first off, I think we got some chemistry in just 540 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: getting with those guys for almost a month and working 541 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: out with them, thrown with them, we'd go to lunch, 542 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: go to dinner and stuff like that. You kind of 543 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: build that chemistry. And I think a big part, especially 544 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: our offense, is having that chemistry on the field, being 545 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: able to know what the guys doing without having to 546 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 1: talk about it. And I think it's translated. I mean 547 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: so far in the products that we had, we feel 548 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: like we're on the same page and kind of having 549 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: that chemistry and we're gonna keep building on that. So 550 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: pretty clear there, Patrick Mahomes, what he's learned about chemistry 551 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: and development a getting now during OTAs start with the 552 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: shots and chemistry here on both sides of the ball, 553 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: and in special teams kis I don't want to leave 554 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: him out There goes back to the cultural part, because 555 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: you gotta learn how to be on special teams complicated 556 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: in Dave tube system chemistry. How much you start developing 557 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: that right now? In ot chemistry, the key to it 558 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: is communication. It always begins and ends with communication. If 559 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: you can be an effective communicator on the field, you 560 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: have a position on that field. If you can't, no 561 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: matter how much skill, no matter how much talent, all 562 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: of those things followed the wayside, if you can't either 563 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: accept communication or deliver it. And so from a safety standpoint, 564 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: when you see the offensive set comes out and you 565 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: got to communicate to the linebackers, let them know what 566 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: coverage you want to be in, how you want them 567 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: to see the offense. You got to be able to 568 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: communicate it verbally or by hand signals. And then as linebackers, 569 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: when you look at that defensive front, there's a certain 570 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: way you want them to fit against the offense, to 571 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: protect against run gaps. You got to be able to 572 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: tell them act stunt or bash or crash stunts. The A, 573 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: B and C gaps away so that you can feel 574 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: free to flow fast and go make plays. If those 575 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: things don't get communicated on the defensive side, you don't 576 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: have a chance. It's stopping these high powered offenses today. 577 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: And then when you talk about even on the offenside 578 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 1: of the ball, everybody is trying to see the defense 579 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: through Pat mahomes ayes, if I'm a wide receiver, the 580 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 1: only thing that matters to me is that I see 581 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: the defense the same way that the quarterback sees it 582 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: because he's going to throw the ball to an area 583 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: to take advantage of what they're doing defensively. And I 584 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: want to make sure I'm at the right place at 585 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: the right time and then make that great catch to 586 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: be able to matriculate move that ball down the field. 587 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: And then on special teams, hey man, it's you're a 588 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: tip of the spiel for a reason. You can make 589 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: some of the biggest plays on special teams. The momentum 590 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: change that happens on the special teams turnover or block punt. 591 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: Lack of communication leads to block punts and kicks more 592 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: than anything. It's never a talent thing. It's the lack 593 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: of a communication. You got to be able to count 594 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: one two three four one side one two three four. 595 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: You got to be know if you're doing a zone 596 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: blocking scheme versus man. If those things aren't communicated the 597 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: right way, everybody who's pressuring block kicks, block punts, they 598 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: do stabs, they do twists, they do overload aside because 599 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: they want to mess up your count. So you have 600 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,239 Speaker 1: to be so well at communication to make sure that 601 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: you do one thing right. That communication is the key 602 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: to being able to compete on Sundays. And with Dave Tobe, 603 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: he's got so many countermeasures built in there as special teams, 604 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: whether it's a return or covering, it's a major What 605 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: you think is not what's really going to happen. What 606 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: you see is not going to happen because he's got 607 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: a counter measure ready to go, and you've got to 608 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: be a player that can acclimate to that system. That's 609 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: part of the chemistry. What I've found fascinating in Patrick's comments, 610 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: and I think as much of him getting the guys 611 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: together so to speak, in Texas prior to the start 612 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: of this third phase of OTAs or Phase two of 613 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: OTAs was the off the field stuff. I think about it. 614 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: Just for the three of us, we've done things outside 615 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: off im or outside of the building that to me 616 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: is as important or valuable to us being able to 617 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: connect as it is inside the building. For players, it's 618 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: even more so. But I found it fascinating that Patrick 619 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 1: Mahomes is emphasizing the off field chemistry stuff almost as 620 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: much as the on field chemistry stuff. I like that 621 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: you mentioned our podcast as an example because I was 622 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: thinking of the same thing. I mean, if we all 623 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: came in here, we're hired the same day and they're like, 624 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: do a chief podcast, we do our best, But I 625 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: mean we wouldn't know each other. We wouldn't know how 626 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: each other acts, or what you think about or what 627 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: you are interested in. You know, it would be hard. 628 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: We don't do a ton of like preparation into the 629 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: outline of the show. I mean, we just know each 630 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: other and we just talk about the chiefs in football 631 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: and it just kind of flows. I mean, football in 632 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: a lot of ways is the same way. I totally 633 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: agree about what Patrick said, because, well, it's important that 634 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: they're going out there and throwing and you know kind 635 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: of figuring out physically how they all interact. But he 636 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: keeps emphasizing that they would hang out, they go to lunch, 637 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: they go to dinner, You kind of figure about how 638 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: each other thinks, and that translates to the field. Another 639 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: interesting thing that he mentioned was that the coaches are 640 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: going to teach the receivers routes one way and they 641 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: need to run it the way. The coaches won. But 642 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: Patrick was teaching it how he sees it, and now 643 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: they can learn it from the coaches here in OTAs 644 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: and they can go into a game knowing it both ways. 645 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: Here's how the route is designed, Here's how the concept 646 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: is supposed to work. But here's also how Patrick is 647 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: seeing it. Here's how his brain is processing it. I 648 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: just found that really interesting, and that's kind of an 649 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: advantage I think. And Coach Read mentioned that even today 650 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: the second day of OTIA, is that while it was 651 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,719 Speaker 1: just the base stuff that they went over in Texas, 652 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: like that was still a huge help. And it's evident 653 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: that they're not just brand new. When you add a 654 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: guy like Juju or Marquez about this scantling like, they're 655 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: not brand new to it. They've been hanging out with 656 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: Patrick a bit. They kind of know what he's thinking 657 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: when he's out there already, and that's just a huge 658 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: advantage I think. So props to Patrick for doing the 659 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: stuff in Texas. I think a lot of teams wouldn't 660 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: have done that in a total voluntary things to get 661 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: together in your own time and get better at football. 662 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty cool and I think that will 663 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: pay dividends you're moving forward. Don't forget too that Patrick 664 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: last year. Think about what he was dealing with coming 665 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: off that foot surgery. He wasn't at one hundred percent 666 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: like he couldn't have done that last year, and he 667 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: mentioned in his press conference just how much better he 668 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: feels this time around, that he's fully healthy, he can 669 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: go out there and just play football with his guys, 670 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: and that's going to help him this year defensively. I 671 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: think it's also the case because Justin Reid mentioned and 672 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: his presser about how important that off the field chemistry 673 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: is and how that really impacts things. I mean, I'm 674 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: sure you can speak to this because Justin said that 675 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: his first two years in Houston, it was really good, 676 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: like they would hang out like once a week or 677 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: twice a week as a defense outside the building, so 678 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: when it came to game day, they knew what each 679 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: other was thinking. They know, you know, let's say you 680 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: mess up and I come at you and kind of 681 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: explain to you, hey, you messed up. You're not going 682 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: to take it personally because you know I'm coming from 683 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: a good place. That's important, he said. The last two 684 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: years in Houston, it really just wasn't the case as 685 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,959 Speaker 1: much for their defense. And let's say, same scenario. If 686 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: I come at you and say, hey, you'd screwed this up, 687 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna take it personally and hate me. You know. 688 00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: He didn't say that, but he kind of alluded to it. 689 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: So they're already doing that as a defense here and 690 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: Justin we talked about it in our last DDK is 691 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: and Race such a leadership role on this team already, 692 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: So to have kind of guys on both sides really 693 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: emphasizing the importance of that off the field stuff, I 694 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: think we'll pay dividends. Patrick talked about going to basketball games, 695 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: taking them NBA games, sport or exporting baseball games and said, 696 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take these guys around Kansas City so they'll 697 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: see why I love it so much. I mean, that's 698 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: just just think about that. So it's it's the off 699 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: the field chemistry building shop. And you had a career 700 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: as a defensive player. But to me, the epitome of 701 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: this is the offensive line. This is a close group. 702 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: Like you look at Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith. You 703 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: mentioned him earlier in the podcast. But these guys are 704 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: in their second year, they're out like ten year veterans. 705 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: But how they get along with each other, how they 706 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: know each other's families. Tuney talked about stay in contact 707 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: with Lando Brown junior. But the best offensive lines that 708 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: I've seen in my brief twenty nine years in this 709 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: league are those that get that they're off the field. 710 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: They have their own little subcultural fraternity. So if you 711 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,280 Speaker 1: think about offensive line, that's the only position that gets 712 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: ranked or graded as an entire group. If the offensive 713 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: line gives up three four sacks, again it could be 714 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: one guy giving up all those sacks, that offensive line 715 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,879 Speaker 1: is gonna be rated as porous. So defensively, they're gonna 716 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,839 Speaker 1: come at them, they're gonna chew these different stunts. They're 717 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,000 Speaker 1: not going to worry about which position gave it up. 718 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: You get ranked, you get graded, you get evaluated as 719 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: an entire group. So that group has to be so 720 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: closely knitted. They got to be able to every day 721 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: on over and over again. I don't care if you're exhausted. 722 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're tired. I don't care if 723 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,280 Speaker 1: you sprain an ankle when you got on one ankle. 724 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: We still have to perform through individual issues and problems 725 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,320 Speaker 1: at a very high level because we are in charge 726 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: of protecting the most highest valued asset on the field, 727 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: which is the quarterback. So when you are entrusted that 728 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: then and there is no excuses, There is no take 729 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,799 Speaker 1: a playoff or tapping out because you're a little bit 730 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: tired or you're exhausted. You gotta go out there and 731 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: perform at a high level throughout the entire game. And 732 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: so beyond just the offensive line, we look at some 733 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: different positions. But when you say, like you know, from 734 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: a quarterback position, everybody got to be on the same page. 735 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: Imagine this scenario. Imagine the scenario where the coach puts 736 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: in a route where you're running a nine route down 737 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: the sideline, but in the coach's diagram. In the discussion, 738 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: they tell you, Matt, if the If the cornerback bails 739 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: before the snap, then you're supposed to run a stop route. 740 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: But in the off season, I've talked to Pat, and 741 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: Pat says, listen, on this certain route, I begin to 742 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 1: look to the right side. That's my first second and 743 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: read and I'm coming back to you late. So if 744 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: you're corner bails at the snap, I won't even see it. 745 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: So I need you to stick with the route unless 746 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: you know I'm looking your route right and if I'm 747 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 1: gonna change my you know my progression and come to 748 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: your side first, I might give you a little hand 749 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: signal to let you know, hey, I'm coming your way. 750 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: So so now you know I see the bill and 751 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,320 Speaker 1: so that that's one hundred percent how a minor detail 752 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 1: on how a route is run and adjusted. Who can 753 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 1: create a interception if they're not on that same page, 754 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,439 Speaker 1: and that's something they can't. You don't have enough time 755 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: to go over all those little details. But Pat is 756 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: making time in the off season to talk about these 757 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 1: fans like how I'm looking at things and how I 758 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: see it. And you gotta be a you know you 759 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: got you gotta be a vetteran yourself to know why 760 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: that's important. Yeah. Well a perfect example of that was 761 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. Sammy Watkins, what was it like, 762 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: thirty eight yard reception down the sideline that exactly on 763 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: Richard Sherman. We talked to Patrick in the summer after 764 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl that year and he explained that that 765 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: was not the correct route. That the whole thing there 766 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:49,799 Speaker 1: was because Sammy recognized it, Patrick Newsandy recognized it, and 767 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: they just kind of the backyard football that wasn't the 768 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 1: design play. But because of exactly what you're saying, it 769 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: led to one of the biggest moments in the Super 770 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: Bowl and led to it Chiefs victory and the Super Bowl. 771 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: So yeah, I couldn't agree more awesome, awesome points. But 772 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: hopefully now throughout the Chiefs Kingdom and you can spread 773 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: the word. Yes, OTA's organized team activities are very important 774 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: in the Chiefs Kingdom. And it's CCC with the conditioning, 775 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 1: not just physical conditioning, but how we win, how we practice, 776 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,760 Speaker 1: how we work consumption in chemistry. And we'll close this way. 777 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,359 Speaker 1: Go look at a tree if it's about seventy years old, 778 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: or if you live in the United States, go visit 779 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: a state park. It probably was put there by the 780 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: Civilian Conservation Corps touch down and the celebration begins in 781 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:40,000 Speaker 1: their hand.