1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: This is the Chief's official podcast network. Take advantage on 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: the day. All right, when you get opportunity to this game, 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: you may can play her. Michael, I'll drink one touchdown 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: Kansas City, the Chiefs all right in the thick of 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: a baby. Well, Hello Chiefs, Kingdom, Hello one and all. 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom. Mitch altis 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: with you Voice of the Chiefs, along with the man 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: now so well known as the Shop. He is the 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: official barber of the Kingdom. He is Barber Shop Spider 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: University of Richmond. University of Richmond the big fundraising campaign 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: this week. Try to get the Spiders back to that 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: national level and FCS, my friend, hope you and your 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: family are doing well. Man, we are, we are man 14 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: Man oh Almamad at University of Richmond with coach Hughesman Man, 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: I wish those those guys all the luck with these 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: tough times trying to find different places the guys to 17 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: work out. Man, it's amazement think with a college athlete 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: is trying to find so many different places to try 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: to get his body in position for this fall upcoming season. 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: But I think coach Housman has done a great job. 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: He's had alumni like myself calling on zoom and Skype, 22 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: really speaking leadership and speaking accountability to the current players. 23 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: So I think if it has a team ready to 24 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: take over in the CIA, it might be those Richmond status. 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: It's just don't like James Maddison here, he said, And 26 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: we love football at all levels. You and I are 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: big fans of high school football. So Division two football, 28 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: the best conference in the country's right here in the 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: m double A and really an FCS football where you 30 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: are plays the Missouri Valley Football Conference is something else 31 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: and it's right around here in the Chiefs Kingdom. That 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: being said, at football at any level, you've got to 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: be successful on defense to even have a chance. And 34 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: we're going to jump into this edition of defaming the 35 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Kingdom of Spags and we're just gonna leave it there. 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: And that's what we're gonna call this Spags because Spags 37 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: has become sean a big of a magnetic piece here 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: in this twenty twenty offseason. People so excited about winning 39 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four, they looked to try to get 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: back to Super Bowl fifty five and won it, and 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: they're going, oh yeah, the offense it's the best in 42 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: the league. And Pat Mahomes and Kelsey and all the 43 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: others at Tyreek Hill. But the defense you knew Steve 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: Spagnolo before we all did. I watched him from Afar, 45 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: admired him. Saw what he did in OH seven with 46 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: the New York Giants in winning the World Championship, in 47 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: that big upset over New England. But you knew him 48 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: before he got here. What did we see last year 49 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: from Steve Spagnolo that the Chiefs Kingdom can kind of 50 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: hang on to and know you're going to get this 51 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: in more than twenty twenty man. One of the characteristics 52 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: of coach Spags is something that he's been the same. 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: He's been so consistent, and we talk about that consistently. 54 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: As a coach, he expects out of the players. He 55 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: doesn't expect you to be perfect, but he expects you 56 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: to be consistent in your effort, your taking, your pursuit 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: for the ball, and then collectively as a unit, your 58 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: pursuit for perfection. And you always should be pursuing a 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: perfect You should be in pursuit of playing your best ball, 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: no matter who the opponent is, no matter what their 61 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: stats are, who you're lining up against. You should have 62 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: enough confidence in yourself and your teammates, the way you prepare, 63 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: the way you understand the defensive philosophy, that there's a 64 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: way of going about playing defensive football, the way you 65 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: hunt together as a unit, that you can be able 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: to stop any offense. And I know we talk about 67 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: how vaulted and how great the Pat Mahomes and the 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: Chiefs offense is. I've been a part of Spags defense once. Defensively, 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: we get rolling and we work on all Susanders. We're 70 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: just as powerful and potent on defense as the Chiefs 71 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: offense is on offense. Yeah, you just describe really the 72 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: last eight games of the regular season and then the 73 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: playoffs with Spags defense. I don't think people realize in 74 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: the last eight games the regular season, now, the Chiefs 75 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: only allowed one hundred and twenty seven offensive points. That 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: was second in the National Football League only to the Ravens, 77 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: who we talk about the Ravens defense all the time, 78 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: and they gave up one twenty six. That's taken away 79 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: defensive touchdowns and the like. But just that fact a 80 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: loan tells you how much if this team improved and 81 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: to watch Spags and his staff. We're going to talk 82 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: about his staff too in this podcast, but just to 83 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: see how they morphed and how they grew from week 84 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: one to the last half of the season tells me 85 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: can we expect I kind of expect that same kind 86 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: of growth going into the twenty twenty season. Now, I hope, so, 87 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: I hope there's a broad understanding of what defensive philosophy is. 88 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: And not to take any shots of what was going 89 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: on before co Spags get here, but I think the 90 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: philosophy with Bob Sudden was get after the quarterback and 91 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: create turnovers. Do whatever you have to do the put 92 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: pressure on the quarterback and then create turnovers. And if 93 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: you had to give up thirty five forty points, as 94 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: long as you ended the game with six sacks and 95 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: a bunch of pressures, that was the defensive mantra. Coach 96 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: Bag's defense is more about, like you're saying, keeping the 97 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: opponent out of the end zone, forcing field goals, playing 98 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: a very sound goal line, the goal line, every snap counts, 99 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: every tackle counts, don't give up hitting yardage, learn what 100 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: it means to strip a ball out, force a takeaway, 101 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: and when those opportunities come realize that those are not 102 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: taking lightly. It's a difference between batting the ball down 103 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: and then having the personnel on the field to be 104 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: able to intercept the ball and create a turnover. Save 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: all that hidden yardage that would be given to an 106 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: offense when they punted away, and then your offense has 107 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: to go from the other twenty end score when you 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: can give them to them right now on your own 109 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: thirty yard line. That's a big aspect creating that turnover, 110 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: understanding momentum them as far as playing the momentum with 111 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: a pinneoulum swing up the ball game in game situation. 112 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: He expects his players to play each situation of the 113 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: game as it's as it arises. Every third down isn't equal, 114 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: every first down isn't equal, and um, he expects guys 115 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: to be coaches on the field, and so when he 116 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: was able to add the honey Badger, that's exactly what 117 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: he got. He got a coach on the field, a 118 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: guy who can calm the storm at any time and 119 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: gets guys refocused on the next down. Let's make a play, 120 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: Let's get off the field, let's create a touchdown ourselves, 121 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: do whatever needs to be done. For this team to 122 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: proceed and win the ball game. I'm want to ask 123 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: you too before we hear from Spags about what we 124 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: saw in the playoffs. This day and age of and 125 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: what I'm hearing you say this day in age in 126 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: offensive football is you're not gonna shut people down. I mean, 127 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: you're not gonna sit there and give up one hundred 128 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: yards of offense. That's making the key plays at the 129 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: key times, however, were at crunch time in the playoffs. 130 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: Sean three playoff games, this Kansas City Chief Steve Spagnola 131 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: led defense gave up points in the fourth quarter of 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: three playoff games. We talk about the great comebacks in 133 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: all three games. We had watched party Wednesdays looking at 134 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: the Houston game, look and the great comeback against Tennessee, 135 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: and we know what happened in the Super Bowl. Those 136 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: don't happen unless you get a series of defensive stops. 137 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: Not only were they getting those defensive stops, teams were 138 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: not scoring in the fourth quarter of the playoffs. Three 139 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: really good teams in playoff games. So it's the key play, 140 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: key time and at crunch time that this defense stepped 141 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: up last year. Yeah, you always have to know what 142 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: you're way, your loyalty last, and on defense, it always 143 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: talks about stopping to run, getting after the quarterback, and 144 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: in making big plays. And you always know what a 145 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: d if you're not able to stop the run, sooner 146 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: or later the offense, the opponent is going to continue 147 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: to run the ball, get for downs whether you can 148 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: stop them or not. You gotta sometimes get the ball 149 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: back for your offense. We have such a potent offense, 150 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: but if we're not able to get the ball back 151 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: in pating mahomes hands and teams can run out eight 152 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: minutes of offense at will. Because you can't stop the 153 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: running game, Eventually, that's gonna come back to haunt you. 154 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: So that was always one of the most highlighting things 155 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: that needed to change going from two thousand and eighteen 156 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: to twenty nineteen, and to be given just one offseason 157 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: to bring a new person there, a new staff, a 158 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: new philosophy of defense. It was gonna take a whole 159 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: season for these guys to really start to field one another. 160 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: And that's what we saw. We talked about that second 161 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: eight games compared to the first eight games, the same 162 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: calls are being made, but guys started to feel confident 163 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: in each other. They knew each other had each other's back, 164 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,599 Speaker 1: they knew they saw things the same way on the 165 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, and now they could all 166 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: just kind of unleashed, relax and go play football. And 167 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: that's what I saw the second half of the season 168 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: that we did you see the first half. And the 169 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: coach Spegnola was confident enough in the personnel that he 170 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: didn't bastardize the offense, I mean the defense. He didn't 171 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: start changing people, start reworking in adjusting things. He knew 172 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: the defense would work and the players, the players spent 173 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: enough time and had enough confidence and communication with each other. 174 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: They had trust and that is a key key component 175 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: to having a playoff maun defense. All right, let's get 176 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: jumped into this interview. I had a chance to talk 177 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: with Steve Spegnolo. We drill this down even further. We 178 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: take it down deep and then take it wide horizontally. 179 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: But Steve Spegnolo, the Chiefs defensive coordinator, talking about what 180 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 1: happened last year and what can happen this year with 181 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: this Chiefs defense. So in this edition of Defending the Kingdom, 182 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 1: we take it up a notch. Sean couldn't be with me, 183 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: but you coached Sean Barber to it. He's there's only 184 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: one barbershop and there's only one Steve Spegnola. We learned 185 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: that last year and seeing the SPAGS effect on this 186 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: world champion defense first of all, Spags. How you doing 187 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: in this stay at home Yeah, different world, Mitchum. Listen, 188 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: it's been a it's been rough, but it's been a 189 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: blessing too. I'm sure you're feeling the same thing. I mean, 190 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm learning about things that I never thought I would 191 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: take time to learn, not just technology, but ways to 192 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: keep yourself. I'm used and entertained. It's been really terrific 193 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: as a as a coach at any level. Really, a 194 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: lot of time has spent away from your family, in 195 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: this case my wife, and so the time with her 196 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: has been terrific. And yet we do not forget what's 197 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: going on out there. And you know, Mitch, you and 198 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: I are blessed in what we do and to be 199 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 1: continue to do what we're doing, even though it's a 200 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: little bit remotely. There are a lot of people out 201 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: there that are hurting through this and it's going to 202 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: take a long time to recover. So that's never lost 203 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: on us, no, sir, and we continue prayers, up, shopping 204 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: and talking about it all the time. The now. Last year, 205 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,319 Speaker 1: this defense of the Chiefs just went through a transformation. 206 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: The last eight games of the regular season or second 207 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: in the league and the fewest points allowed, one point 208 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: behind the Baltimore Ravens. And then it carried over into 209 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: the playoffs. What happened that transformed the defense? And I 210 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: asked that bouncing into twenty twenty, of how that carries 211 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: over what happened in the last half of nineteen that 212 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: helps you in twenty you know, match, I really, I 213 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: really feel like what we did in the second half 214 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:37,239 Speaker 1: was a reflection of the hard work by a tremendous 215 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: staff of assistance number one. And I think the guys 216 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: we have on defensive terrific at each individual position. I 217 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: think we'll get the best guys in the league. And 218 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: how they stayed on top of the players and the 219 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: guys and what we were doing. We never detoured from it. 220 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: Nobody jumped ship because there were some ups and downs 221 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: early and I talked about them, and it got a 222 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 1: little bit of rough, and we knew that that was 223 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: the first thing to me. The second thing is that 224 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: we had player leadership that would not let any of 225 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: the other younger guys or anybody stray or fall off, stick, 226 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: stick with what we're doing, have some faith in what 227 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: we're doing. You know, trust, there's a lot of trust 228 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: that goes in this business. So to me, the assistant 229 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: coaches and what the leadership that we got from the 230 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: players and you know who I'm talking about, all those guys, 231 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: Hitch and T five, Frank and a bunch of them, 232 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: and what they did to because listen, when it's when 233 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: it's going a little bit up and down in the 234 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: first half of the season, the guys can go one 235 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 1: way or the other. And our guys stuck together and 236 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: we got better. And it's the big credit that we 237 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: did SPACs. One thing it was also apparent was the 238 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: ability to make the key play at the key time. 239 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: First of all six red zone takeaways, double what the 240 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: maverage of the league. That was impressive, But all of 241 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: those comebacks in the playoffs would not have happened without 242 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: defensive stops. In a series of defensive stops and then 243 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: only in the fourth quarter three playoff wins only seven 244 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: points allowed. What about developing defense that maybe yielding yards. 245 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: But when the time came to make the key play, 246 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: you made it. Yeah, we've never used the term ben 247 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: but don't break, because that's we don't believe in that. 248 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: But what we had always said to each other is, hey, 249 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 1: keep firing away. I've said this before. Even if it's 250 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: a little bit rough in the first half and even 251 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: into the third quarter, we have an offense led by 252 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: a quarterback who if even if we're down a few 253 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: couple of scores, can get us back in it quickly 254 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: if we just keep getting him the football. And that 255 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: was always talked about on the sidelines, says, hey, it 256 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what happened on the last play. Let's worry 257 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: about the next play. Find a way to get them 258 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: off the field somehow, some way, And it's always about, 259 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, keep points off the boards and our offense. Listen, 260 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: if if we can hold defense, excuse me, other offenses 261 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: to just field goals, man, what probably won a lot 262 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: of games. You make the point about the red zone takeaways. 263 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: Those are huge. Until you said that, Mitche, I had 264 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: no idea we had had six, something I just kind 265 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,959 Speaker 1: of less sight of. But it's listen, guys, As it 266 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: got tougher and tougher. They got tougher and tougher, whether 267 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: we were behind in points or whether a team was 268 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: driving into the red zone. And it was good to 269 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: see that happen, and it certainly did help us. It's 270 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: power those guys, the Spangs. A couple of areas I 271 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: know you're looking at, but I want to ask you 272 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: about specifically. Is one you talked about giving the homes 273 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: more possessions, So maybe a couple more three and outs 274 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: or fewer or smaller possessions of the opponent. Now, all 275 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he gets two more cracks to do it. 276 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: What about that getting teams off the field. Yeah, listen, 277 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: that came. That all comes back to, in my opinion, 278 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: eliminate an explosive plays and playing great on third down 279 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: because if you just let teams try to chip away eventually, 280 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: if you can get them in down situation and stop 281 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: him on third down, you can get Patrick to football 282 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: Now a lot of teams nowadays and go for it, 283 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: going for it on fourth downs, so it's now it's 284 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: four downs instead of three. We faced a few of those. 285 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: But I believe one of the things I didn't look 286 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: at Mitch about a couple of weeks ago was how 287 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: well we played in the playoffs on third down. Our 288 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: goal is to keep the offense at thirty six percent. 289 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: I believe we did that in all three playoff games, 290 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: and one of them might have been thirty three percent 291 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: or something. So it makes a huge difference. And maybe 292 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: some of those I didn't look at this close enough, 293 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: but maybe we've given up third downs earlier in those games. 294 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: But as the second half rolled around, maybe we tightened up. 295 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: And I would be willing to bet that that's probably 296 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: the case. In the second half week were really good 297 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: and third down then as a follow up, maybe creating 298 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: more explosive defensive plays yourself eliminating the explosive plays, you know. 299 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: I think of the Denver game where that crowd could 300 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: since Pat was hurt, this is the game in October, 301 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: and then you get the sack strip from Hitchens and 302 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: Ragling runs at in that team game internally changed. Thorn 303 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: Hills pick six against Oakland. Baltimore had six defensive touchdowns 304 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: last year. You get one or two more of those. 305 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: How much difference can that make? Yeah, just because I'm curious, Mitch, 306 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: how many would we have? How many did we have? Two, two, three, 307 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: We did have three. I remember Brazy's long fumble return 308 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: right yep in Detroit six and which one a M 309 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: I forget. I've got to think of the other. I 310 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: know you got me. The two of us can't remember. 311 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: It's been the pandemics getting us. Mitch Oh, I'll tell 312 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: you what it is. It's crazy. The one hundred yard 313 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: fumble return for a touchdown from Well I had that? 314 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: So what was so was Thornhill? Brelan? And what was 315 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: the other one? Raglan with the running I'm sorry you've 316 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: been mentioned now. And yeah, Reggie, no, look at any 317 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: time you can flop the field like that and give 318 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: and have the defense find a way to get on 319 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: the school board themselves as Huges. It's a it's a boom. 320 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: It's a double whammy for the team you're playing against. 321 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: Um I'd like to see us mench I know you 322 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: would too, create some more turnovers that You've heard the 323 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: honey Badger talk a number of times since the season's 324 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: been over. And he's a prideful guy. Love him. I 325 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: mean he looks at tape, he's watched every every game 326 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: twice and you know he believes in his mind he could. 327 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: You've heard it. He believes he could have eight interceptions 328 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: that he didn't have, and God bless him because a 329 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: couple that he's talking about would be really difficult interceptions. 330 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: But anyway, if we could get a few more of 331 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: those and capitalize, I really wish I would like us 332 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: to find a way to create more fumbles, don't I 333 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: don't think that we were very high in that area. 334 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: We do talk about stripping and ripping all the time, 335 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: but if we could find a way to create some 336 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: of those early in this upcoming season, I think that 337 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: helped us. But you were a good tackling team and 338 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: that was impressive at all three levels. The other thing 339 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: we talked about multiplicity of guys doing different things on 340 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: the offensive side, you showed that on the defensive side. 341 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: How much of that are you looking at? I remember 342 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: Tano moving inside and outside. Yeah, I mean what you 343 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: did with niemen and coverage and other I'm thinking of 344 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: other examples, the hybrid player, for lack of a better term, 345 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: what about that and going into a second year of 346 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: your defense, are you seeing potentially from this twenty twenty group. Well, 347 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: the advantage we have is a staff going in that 348 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: you know that you've been around football long enough that 349 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: now that we have a full year and we have 350 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: most of our guys back. Fortunately for us, Red Feats 351 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: and his crew did great job there. We as we 352 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: sit here today going into what we hope is training camp, right, 353 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: we know what our guys would pretty much know what 354 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: our guys Kennon can't do. We're to put them with 355 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: their best stat so that helps us right out of 356 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: the blocks. And I do believe I'm glad you brought 357 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: up guys like Ben and some other good Dan dance 358 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: hormonson who we put down inside. I mean we figured listen, 359 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: we didn't have Dan in the right spots earlier. That's 360 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: my fault. Then we figured out what he couldn't do 361 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: and how explosive he could be and how smart he was. 362 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: I hope we can do that with more and more guys. 363 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, I'd like to think that 364 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: we could have I don't know, up to twenty two 365 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: guys involved always in a game plan. It's probably not 366 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: going to be that high, Mitche, but you know, eighteen 367 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: seventeen guys that have a role. I think it's important 368 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: for the camaraderie the group keeps everybody in tune and 369 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: look at we want to use. At the end of 370 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: the year, we were putting Dorian O'Daniel in there to 371 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: spy on some of those athletic quarterbacks. So that's all 372 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: in learning your personnel and hopefully getting pluged into the 373 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: right spots. I hope you can continue to do that. 374 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: And one final question. I'm not going to ask you 375 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: about them specifically. I'm not going to go down this 376 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: line of guy by guy, but this rookie class collectively, 377 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: we've seen some potentially explosive athletes here speed, vertical explosion. 378 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: Just collectively as a group, how much could they potentially 379 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:56,400 Speaker 1: help you considering all these other paragraphs that we've discussed. Yeah, well, 380 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: the hope is somebody in there does surface. I mean, 381 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: we had some guys help us last, some young guys 382 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: we won't know. You know. The one thing we wouldn't 383 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: be finding out right now, Mitch, is a little bit 384 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: of the chin, the hairline, how much they can absorb. 385 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: And you know, look at this, it's really different taking 386 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: what you know, you know at your desk, you know, 387 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: or in the meeting room out onto the field. We've 388 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: got some guys with some speed that's certainly is everybody's 389 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: aware of that at the times and whatnot. But listen, 390 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: play speed and running forty odd's two different things. And 391 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: I know one thing. Guys play faster if they're smarter, 392 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: if they know what they're doing, they have confidence in 393 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: what they're doing. So our challenge the staff right now 394 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: with these young guys is a group matches to to 395 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: do the best we can at the situation we're in 396 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: right now to get them up to speed so that 397 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: when we do get out there and able to go 398 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: that they can that we can see that those fast 399 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: times and see that play speed. But time will tell 400 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: and we just gotta get them out there, get them 401 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: around the rest of the guys. But we're excited about 402 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: to prove that we have. And that being said, a 403 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: final final question. I've watched you teach. I love to 404 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: see you teach like you'll pull guys away from the 405 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: herd and do these tutoring sessions with all all three 406 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: levels of your defense. I love it. And there's times 407 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: I think you could be as comfortable teaching in a Bethlehem, 408 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania school as anything else but the teaching and this 409 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: virtual You mentioned the head up basically the up how 410 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: much do you how much is that this is an 411 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: emphasis on your teaching, and how much then when you 412 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: get back together, it's going to be Man, we got 413 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: to grind on teaching these guys. Well, great question. I 414 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: think about it every day, the Mitch, because we're looking 415 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: for creative ways to continue to feed the guys what 416 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: they already know and yet not let them get bored 417 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: with it. I mean, let's face it, you and I 418 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: both Mitch wouldn't much rather go out on the field 419 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: right and play the game or walk through or and communicate. 420 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: We don't have the luxury of doing that right now. 421 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: But our guys have been great. One of the things 422 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: I'd doing in these meetings is we're turning to light 423 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: the Hitchens the honey Badgers and having them actually do 424 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: the meeting. And in doing that, I think they absorbedly 425 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: got to prepare right they So I was on the 426 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: end this morning. Damian Wilson didn't act a job presenting 427 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: something we did in the red zone, so which would 428 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: not turn it trying to turn them into teachers, Mitch, 429 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: but by teaching, I think they learn it better. So listen, 430 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: I challenge in the situation were it is to be 431 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: as creative as we can and have the guys, by repetition, 432 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: have as much in that football brain as they can 433 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: have so that when we go out and play. I mean, listen, 434 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: I think you would agree with me, Mitch that I 435 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: said this to the guys. We played faster to the 436 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: second half of the season because we knew what we 437 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: were doing. When you know what you're doing, you can 438 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: play faster and you play more confidence. So we need 439 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: to continue to do that and not have to Now 440 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 1: we do go right back to squizzero now, I mean 441 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: we started from the ground up. We're building the from 442 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: the ground up. And Mitch, you're I'm sure you're a 443 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: John Wooden fan, and you know John Well know John 444 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: Wooden and all his quotes. Hit said this to me. 445 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: I was talking with him yesterday about listen, we're gonna 446 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: we're gonna start from squeal one again, build this the 447 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: same way. Hopefully it gets build a little bit quicker, 448 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera. And he said to me, Mitch, 449 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: he said, yeah, that's kind of like John Wooden when 450 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: every year at UCLA he taught his players how to 451 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: lace their shoes. Every year, you talk about a detail, 452 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: right laceship, so hits it I talked about I thought 453 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: was a great point. When need to do the same thing, 454 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: we'll be lacing them on. Love that. I love you, 455 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: thanks for what you brought into each kingdom and can't 456 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: wait to see in the p person man same heats 457 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: be safe. Yes, they appreciate it. Steve Spagnola fascinating guy, 458 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: great personality, Sean when and it was fun to watch 459 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: him teach last year in last year in the offseason. 460 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: But this is a bright guy. But his personality too, 461 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: I think, also endears himself to his players and to 462 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: his own defensive staff. Yeah, they see how genuine he 463 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: is about the well being of his players. When a 464 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: guy puts you in situations to be successful over and 465 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: over again as a player, I mean you draw closer. 466 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. He's magnetic 467 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: in the way he draws guys in to believing in 468 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: the defense as a whole. But when, like I said, 469 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: when a guy put you put you in place to 470 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: be successful over and over again on the practice field, 471 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 1: on the game field, you see it. He takes responsibility 472 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: and accountable accountability. If sometimes when when calls aren't the 473 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: best calls in certain situations, it is not blaming the player. 474 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: And then in the prectace field, he takes you to 475 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: the side and he makes sure that you understand exactly 476 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: the purpose and understanding your position on every defense. Every 477 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 1: defense has a crucial, crucial factor to it of why 478 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: it works, and so he make sure that everybody on 479 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: defense knows why is it important for you to have 480 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: a certain leverage. Why is important for this disguise to 481 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: be held into the last minute, Because we don't want 482 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: to show the quarterback this certain weakness and have them 483 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: just throw it there. We want them to hold onto 484 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: the ball and let the pass rush get there. It's 485 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: it matters, and he makes sure that everybody across the 486 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 1: board and all three levels learns the nuances of each 487 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: of the defenses before they go play it out there. 488 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: On Sunday, Spanks had a chance to really redo the 489 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: whole defensive staff. Brett Reid helps Matt House with the 490 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: linebackers and that that's working very well. Matt House was 491 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: coordinated at the University of Kentucky, so he brought the 492 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: college defensive elements to this defense. Brandon Daily, we know 493 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: was outstanding on the defensive line, winner of the world 494 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: title now two straight years New England and eighteen changed 495 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: in nineteen and then I really love the combo of 496 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: David Merritt and Sam Addison on the back end. And 497 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: then that's not even mentioning the defensive quality role guys 498 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: and others that are very, very sharp. Spags started to 499 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: talk about this a little bit in the interview, but 500 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: a lot with me when I interviewed him last year 501 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: towards the end of the season and into the playoffs, 502 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: was this staff is much like the whole staff as 503 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: a reflection of Andy Reid. This defensive staff is a 504 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: subculture that's a reflection of Spags. Oh definitely, and he 505 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: will be the first he humbles himself a coach. Spag 506 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: is a great man of faith and he understands you 507 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: have to serve before you can lead. And that's exactly 508 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: what he did with his staff. He made sure to 509 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: serve all these guys and understand, hey, man, I'm gonna 510 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: turn I'm gonna delegate power to you. I'm gonna make 511 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: sure you know what I expect. But then it's going 512 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: to be your positions to manage as a coaching staff 513 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: and to develop these players and have them all on 514 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: the same page. But he empowers his coaches to instill 515 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: their you know, to impact their players and their positions. 516 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: The one thing he did for me personally is he 517 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: cultivated a sense of confidence in my own abilities. And 518 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: when I say that, I mean that when I came 519 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: out of the University of Richmond, there was a laundry 520 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: list of negatives about me as a linebacker. I was 521 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: under size the competition level. I didn't play the run well. 522 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: You can run the ball at me to the point 523 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: of attack. And when you have a guy and you 524 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 1: constantly remind him about his negatives and then you want 525 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: him to go play at a high level, he can't 526 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: help me be haunted by those negatives. But if you 527 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: have a coaching staff where the positives are being fostered, 528 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: the positives are being watered, the positives about their abilities 529 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: on and off the field are being cultivated in a way, 530 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: whether it builds your confidence and we see Passona I 531 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: got it, barely touched the field in eighteen becomes a 532 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: key component to our pass rush in nineteen, the same 533 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: exact player. I think it goes back to coach Magnola 534 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: cultivating a sense and the environment of Hey, coaches don't 535 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: dwell on the negatives, figure out how they can help. 536 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: Tell it to me and will incorporated in our defense. 537 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: And we just gonna we're gonna stay super positive with 538 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: these guys. Tell them how they can be great, how 539 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: we will be great if everybody plays together. You bring 540 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: up a good point, because what I noticed last year 541 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: with Spags and his defensive staff is they wouldn't pigeonhole guys. 542 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: And when I say that, I've seen this happen in 543 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: football at all levels and even the Chiefs teams of 544 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: the past. You come out of Richmond, Oh you're a 545 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: week side backer. You're a pass cover guy. That's what 546 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: you are. And then I say, you know he's got limitations. 547 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: But with Spags, to me, I mean Tonnel Pastner is 548 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: a great example. He did five or six different things 549 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: with Pat t Kay pass He's outside in like a 550 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: seven tech, he moved inside on subdowns. He would drop 551 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: in certain coverages. But he used that wingspan of him 552 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: that you mentioned to be a weapon a guy like 553 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: Thornhill or Rashad Fenton, where he saw them doing different things. 554 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: And that staff saw that too. Because I think defense league, 555 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: we're all e victim of doing this. Sometimes we can 556 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: just pigeonhole people, put them in a spot and think 557 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: that's what they're gonna do, and sometimes it ends up 558 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: being a super negative because then we don't utilize the 559 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: full ability of that player. Yeah, and I think one 560 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: of the things that coach Fagans also does not only 561 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: that pigeonhole, but he also the simplicity of his defense. 562 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: When you talk about being able to use younger guys 563 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 1: and not just relying on your veteran core, right veteran players, 564 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: this is a cap league veteran players calls more right, 565 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: You're gonna you can only keep so many veteran players. 566 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Now young players, You're gonna have a lot of young players. 567 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: But as a staff, do you trust young guys out 568 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: on the field to communicate the defense the way you 569 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: want to communicate it. A few years ago, the complexity 570 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: of the defense might have cost certain young guys not 571 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: to be able to get on the field because they 572 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: couldn't communicate the way the coordinator or the way the 573 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: staff wanted to communicate some of the complexities of the defense. 574 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: But when you make it simple, and you make it 575 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: so everybody, I can understand it. Everybody get on the 576 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: same page. That allows young guys to really be able 577 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: to impact, get on the field faster. And when you 578 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: talk about a season like this, the COVID nineteen, that 579 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: guy's not being around. You want to be able to 580 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: have something that everybody can get on the same page 581 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: as fast as possible. To carry over from last year 582 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: to this year should be seamless, and we should have 583 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: young guys playing second year, third year guys looking like 584 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: their ninth year veterans out there on the field. So 585 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: I'm extremely excited to see this Chief's defense going into 586 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: two and twenty, coming off the last eight games of 587 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: the year and using that as a as a springboard 588 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: to just starting so fast on the defensive side of 589 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: the ball. Another compliment to coach Bagnola, his sea, this 590 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: defensive staff of getting his defense rolling. Yeah, you could 591 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: hear in the interview where he is not afraid to 592 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: play young guys. In fact, he's excited to see what 593 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: a Willie Gay junior can do a linebacker. Let's go. 594 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: I mean that's like three or four podcasts to go 595 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: on Defending the Kingdom where we talked about Willie Gay Jr. 596 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: Being a potential of a Derek Johnson type guy. Explosive 597 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:09,959 Speaker 1: plays on defense, there's disruptive plays, a past knockdown, then 598 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: they're on defensive explosive plays. We mentioned that a couple 599 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: podcasts ago, and that means the hundred yard fumble return 600 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: by breathing against Detroit at fourteen point swing the Denver 601 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: game in the regular season was swung with a sack, strip, 602 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: fumble run in for a fumble return for a touchdown. 603 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: The Chiefs had three of those plays last year. The 604 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: Ravens had six. You get two more of those plays 605 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: and maybe it comes from a young guy. These young 606 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: corners the Chiefs took in late rounds or the draft, 607 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: but then the undrafted free agents there's I mean, there's 608 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: a group of guys there who knows what spags that 609 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: can do with them. But he's not afraid to play 610 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: young players. He's not afraid to teach him. And I 611 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: guess to your point, the simplicity this defense can put 612 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: them on a faster track to help the Chiefs win 613 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: using the defensive side of the ball. In twenty twenty, Yeah, 614 00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: one thing you hate is the players you hate to 615 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: be to feel thinking too much you want to be 616 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: able to react what the offense does. It's hard enough 617 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: with the shifts and motions in the different ways screen game, 618 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: vertical game, all the different ways that we were seeing 619 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: coach read attack of defense. If he has guys out 620 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: there thinking it's game over, that's how he knows he 621 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: got you. But if guys on defense can align, know 622 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: their assignment, communicate and now I'll just react and go 623 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: make plays, let their personality show, let their skill making 624 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: abilities be able to be reactionary and make players on 625 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 1: the ball, that's when start you start seeing the legendary 626 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: type of defenses being able to play and react to 627 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: the ball. Guys all, I'm going one hundred and ten 628 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: percent pursuing the ball, reckless, abandoned, And that's when guys 629 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: on defense start get really exciting about what can happen 630 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: once everybody's on the same page. And so yes, I'm 631 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: so excited about what SPAGS has done from a fundamental standpoint, 632 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: putting in the fundamentals, but now being able to expand 633 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 1: upon what's already been done in two nineteen. And I 634 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: think with the leadership I'm a Frank Clark, the leadership 635 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: of a Hitchens leadership of Honey Badger at all three levels. 636 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: They got people already in place that can show these 637 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 1: young guys, hey, this is how we do it here 638 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: in the Kingdom. We fly around with the stud of 639 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: the ball, but hey, we make plays. We're not just 640 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: trying to get the ball back for the offense. We're 641 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: trying to score on defense. We make plays. We're a 642 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: bunch of playmakers. And I'm also excited you allude to 643 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: this to the year two to year three guy like 644 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: a Derek Natty or Dorian O'Daniel. O'Daniel started to get 645 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: it going towards the end of the season. Derek Natty 646 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: was an unsung hero of this team. Tono Passon, you know, 647 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: we mentioned earlier class ahead of those guys. But then 648 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: Colins Sanders what he does year one to year two, 649 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: Thornhill coming off the injury. Mentioned Rashad Fenton Nieman, we've 650 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: seen him on this basically as the subdown linebacker guy. 651 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: And then these other young guys. I mean, this has 652 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: a chance. I've been on national shows and they're like, well, hey, 653 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, can the Chiefs come back. It's a really 654 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: tough schedule. Has kind of worked out for you guys. 655 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, worked out for us, guys, but we lost 656 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: one hundred ninety quarters day injury and what if we're 657 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: better Because to me, this team was closer last year 658 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: to fifteen and one than they were ten and six. 659 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: And I'm saying all the things we mentioned in this podcast, 660 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: and it's why we're excited about Spags. The Chiefs could 661 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: be better in twenty twenty, especially on the eventure side 662 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: of the ball man. When you when you're acknowledge and 663 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: you understand what true competitors Coach Specnola his staff are. 664 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 1: I don't think they look back at last season as 665 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: being the perfect season, even though it produced a Super Bowl. 666 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 1: The product was what we wanted. But the process, right, 667 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: they see so many areas of improvement when you talk 668 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: about the process, and they know that if you do 669 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: things the right way, odds are a number of times 670 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: it's going to end up producing a successful game, a 671 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: successful season, and the opportunity to go play for that 672 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. But it's all about that process being great 673 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 1: than the product. And once you get everybody in the 674 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: room on that same page, you don't have to worry 675 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: about guys not showing up ready to practice. You don't 676 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 1: worry about guys missing weight room sessions or not preparing 677 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 1: themselves in all season. Everybody understands it's the main thing. 678 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,320 Speaker 1: Is still the main thing. Everybody wants to get themselves 679 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: on the championship level. And this team understands what it's 680 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: a last year from a sacrifice, sacrificing your time with 681 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: your family, sacrificing your your body on defense and understanding 682 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: what it takes to come together and play championship style 683 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: football at an earlier level this season in last All right, 684 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 1: we'll keep it going. Good luck to you or you 685 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: are spiders. Good luck to the University of barber College 686 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: Prep academy. You've got going on there, your wife and 687 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: you've done a phenomenal job. And this COVID stay at 688 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: home protocol. And again, like we say every week, continue 689 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: the prayers up and we'll get through it. But but 690 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 1: way to go, my friend, and we get ready for 691 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. We're both excited at what this defense can do. 692 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: I think it can be really really good and be 693 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: the difference for the Chiefs moving forward. Yeah, it's if 694 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: anybody I can give all the credit to, it's definitely 695 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: my wife. She is the Andy Reid of our household. 696 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: She comes to with with unique packages for our kids 697 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: to learn and get the sporting events. Takes care of 698 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: me and everybody else. I'm kind of like the seventh 699 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: kid in this family, and she does it seamlessly. She 700 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: she just like Andy Reid, um without a hitch, just 701 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,800 Speaker 1: lets everybody let the personality show. Um. It's so committed 702 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: to the process. Man, I don't give her enough credit 703 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: on the daily basis, so hopefully I can give her 704 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: some credit right here when it comes to the podcast. 705 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: But man, we all look so so look forward to 706 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom throughout the entire season, especially in this offseason. 707 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: We wish everybody out there who's watching, all our supporters, 708 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: all the followers, Man, take care of yourselves, be safe, 709 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: stay at home, but continue to have faith and keep 710 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: your prayers up. Did everybody's taking care of themselves during 711 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: this COVID nineteen. Well, if you're the ladies Andy Reid, 712 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,840 Speaker 1: then you're the span Yes, sir, they're the Spags of 713 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: the Barber College Prep Academy. Thanks, my friend, and thanks 714 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: for joining us on this edition of Defending the Kingdom 715 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 1: simply called Spags. We're excited about twenty twenty. We'll run 716 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 1: it back. Thanks for listening to the Chief's official podcast 717 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: network to talks down, lost it down, and the celebration 718 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:35,279 Speaker 1: begins in our head.