1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Taking danage on the day. All right, when you get 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: off the coning in this game, you they can play her, Michael, 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: don't touchdown Chance City the Chiefs, all right, in the 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: thick of a baby, Welcome to this episode of Defending 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. Mitch Alter is with you, the voice of 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, along with the man we know throughout the Kingdom. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: He is known as the Shop. He's known as the 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: barber Shop. He's known as barber Man. He's known as 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: Spider Man. He's had a movie made after him, barber 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: Shop back in the day, Sean Barber, ten year National 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: Football League veteran. Good to see you, my friend with 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,319 Speaker 1: your bows seven seven hundred headphones on always Man. Good 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: to be on him with you, Mitch. You know, a 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: few weeks ago, I thought I couldn't find Man for 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: a while, and I started to get anxiety. I started 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: to stress out. But bows, they hooked me up with 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: a Mayshot got him. And now it's like piecing tranquility. 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: Every time I get on this podcast with you, it's 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: like I isolate. I eliminate all the distractions, seven levels 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: of noise cancelation, and I just go up to level 21 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: eleven and everything is peace and quiet. About eleven levels 22 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: of noise cancelation. I couldn't find mine, you know. My 23 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: wife had him, said, huh, went to counseling. She gave 24 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: him back. We're good. We're in great shape. Man. All right, 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: just kidding about all that. But with the holidays coming, 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: everybody's wanting to what am I gonna do? What I'm 27 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: gonna do? These bows seven hundred headphones are phenomenal. Well, 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: we're going to get into this edition, this episode of 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom. It's going to be entitled three Divisions. 30 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: Now that Chie's getting ready to play, the Jets are 31 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: gonna come on, man, they're the only team in the 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: league hadn't won a game. You look at them. They 33 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: are a rock bottom in most of the offensive statistics. Defensively, 34 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: they've got some marks there. Greg Williams, Excelsior Springs, Missouri native, 35 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: is the defensive coordinator. Kind of an Andre dude. He 36 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: likes to bring some pressure. But that being said, we're 37 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: going to talk about the Jet game is essential, like 38 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: all of these games are. But we're going to go 39 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: through the three divisions the Chiefs are now playing in, 40 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: in our opinion, three separate divisions. First of all is 41 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: the obvious. Let's just jump in here. We're at the 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: midway mark shop of the regular season and the AFC West. 43 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: There's some interesting dynamics with all three of these teams 44 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: in our division. Let's start with the Raiders. What you've seen, 45 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: what you haven't seen? And then why all these three 46 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: teams have something in common? But the Chiefs have to 47 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: check the first box. Go back to defending the Kingdom 48 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: three weeks ago, when the division check the box. New 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: England's done it, what seventeen to twenty years? The Chiefs 50 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: trying to do it for a fifth straight year. Raiders? 51 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: What do you see? What don't you see? What? The 52 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: Raiders is gonna be a opponent that's gonna be in 53 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: the way almost the entire season. Know, the thing I 54 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: do like about the Raiders is their balance, right Josh Jacobs. 55 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: And then they have car being able to go to rugs, 56 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: go out the waller so they keep it. You know, 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: they have a lot of ability to keep a balance 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: on offense so they don't get too run heavy, they 59 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: don't get too pass heavy. And then defensively they're young 60 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: and exciting enough to keep Gunther in his defense. It's 61 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: coming from all directions. They have some big play type 62 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: players in the back with the safety Abrams and the 63 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: corner our net and so they have jay have just 64 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: enough pieces to make themselves dangerous, but also a lot 65 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: of times they go into games a little bit overconfident. 66 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: They go into games thinking, David Carr starts to thank 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: he's David Carr of I mean Derek Carr, So thank 68 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: he's David Carr of two thousand and sixteen. You know 69 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: where he was going down the stretch, almost about to 70 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: be in the category and the discussion for NFL MVP 71 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: until that injury, and since that injury just hasn't been 72 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: the same. And when they always come down to the Raiders, 73 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: it's turnovers, turnovers and penalties. The games they've been able 74 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: to win and stay in it, they limit the turnovers, 75 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: they limit the penalties, and the games they haven't had 76 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: a chance in the fourth quarter. It's always been self 77 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: inflicted wounds, and so the Raiders are their own worst enemy. 78 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: But that's always have been the Raiders things. So they're 79 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: just kind of slowly falling back into the Raiders of old. 80 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: My thought is Abrams tional player. He was all over 81 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: the field against the Chiefs. Who was a big piece 82 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: of that game. So was Cleveland Furrow. We can talk 83 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: about their new linebackers that can run, but to me, 84 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: Abram did not play last week, big difference in that 85 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: game and they lose to Tampa Bay. That's our third divisions, 86 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: the COVID Division. We'll get to that because that's where 87 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: the Raiders are in there and not doing so hot 88 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: against it. Here's what's interesting though about the Chiefs schedule. 89 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: All right, the Raiders have no more buys. Okay, COVID induced, 90 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: no more buys. They they're five of the last eight games. 91 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: They played the Browns this week. That leaves them eight 92 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: games no buys. Five of the eight against the division. 93 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: The Chiefs only have three more games against the division, 94 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: all three teams. That's it. They're the only team in 95 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: the division that's played three division games. The other thing 96 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: that's interesting shop about the Kansas City chief schedule this year, 97 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 1: and it relates to this discussion, are defending the Kingdom 98 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: three divisions are playing in the first time since two 99 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: thousand and two. You were still a Philadelphia Eagle in 100 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: two thousand and two. It is the first time in 101 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: eighteen years, nineteen seasons that the Chiefs have not played 102 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: an NFC team in a cross pollination in the first 103 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: half of the year. No NFC teams, Yet everybody in 104 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: this division's dabbled around and against the NFC South. That's 105 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: our cross pollination, FC West NFC South. All four of 106 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: those games for the Chiefs are in the last eight 107 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: games of the year. All of these other teams have 108 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: played it that way. Now we know the NFC South's 109 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: a little stout. We know the Buccaneers are coming on 110 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: big time. The Panthers have been you know, they've been 111 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: a surprise when you look at them. You know the 112 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: Falcons can be dangerous. And the Saints, we know what 113 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: they got. But it's interesting that the Chiefs have had 114 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: no NFC games while everybody else in this division has. Well. 115 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: We talked about the way schedules fall out and how 116 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: do you how do you wish your schedule to affect 117 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: your season. I've always been in the mind frame of 118 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: I want the toughest competition late in the season. I 119 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: want to I want to take the first half of 120 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: the season to make sure we're doing what we can 121 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: do right. No our alignment, our assignment, our a buildings. 122 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: Let's check all those boxes, make sure every about it 123 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: is ready to go and understand what they're supposed to doing. 124 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: And then after week eight, I want to start playing 125 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: the toughest teams. I want to be, you know, I 126 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: want to kind of be battle ready, come playoff ball. 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: And so if we can hold off on that loaded 128 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: NFC South to play, like you said, the Panthers and 129 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: the Falcons and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Saints, 130 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: those last two games, those Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Saints, 131 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: we have an opportunity to play those. Those are the 132 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: teams we're gonna face in the playoffs. That caliber team, 133 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: the best of the best, and you want to play 134 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: that team while you're playing your best because it gives 135 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: you a more truest sense of where your team lies 136 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: going into the playoffs. If you play a knockout team 137 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: one of these top three four ranked teams early in 138 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: the season, before you get yourself together, it's nothing to 139 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: be taken from that long term. It's just a law. 140 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: So it's just to win. You caught them sleeping, they 141 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: caught you sleeping. But everybody knows once you get to 142 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: about week ten, everybody is who they who you think 143 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: they are. They're playing their best ball and that's when 144 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: that playoff mentality, that swagger starts to build and you 145 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: need to start running games together, get that momentum going, 146 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: because everybody knows in the playoffs it's a run to 147 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: the championship. You can't cut it on, cut it off. 148 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: Those teams that are playing the consistent type of playoff 149 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: ball are the ones that ends up in Tampa Bay 150 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: once it is all over and staid with. Again, we're 151 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: nearing the halfway mark of the regular season. That's defending 152 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: the Kingdom podcast dealing with the Chiefs. Three divisions they 153 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: now playing. The first one is the obvious, the AFC 154 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: West second team. Here are the Chargers again, no more buys. 155 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: They're just on man. They're grinding away for their last 156 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: day or against division opponents. They play at Denver this week. 157 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: So you got an AFC West against AFC West. What 158 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: do you see from the Chargers? What don't you see? Well, 159 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: I think everybody sees the same thing from the Chargers. 160 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: They have a young, talented quarterback and even though it 161 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: hasn't shown up in the win loss column, Maddam Button 162 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: not a lot of wins. He's tucking his els, he's 163 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: tucking his losses. But you see this young man learning. 164 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: He learns every game, he learns a different way to 165 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: get it done. He's a tough throwback type quarterback. He 166 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: runs heavy with his body, he doesn't mind takeing a 167 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: little bit of a bruising and then when the when 168 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: the play breaks down, he's able to make plays with 169 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: his legs scoring touchdowns that I saw last weekend. Took 170 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: a couple of hits and still got it in for 171 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: a touchdown a few times, and has been using some 172 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: new weapons. It's not just the normal U Williams show, 173 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: or it's not just the normal you know number thirteen, 174 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: the wide receiver, they're all pro wide receiver? Did they 175 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: go to all the time? Guiton has shown up, Joe 176 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: Reid has shown up. These young receivers that we haven't 177 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: heard of before, has starting to make plays for him. 178 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: And now you know, justin Herbert, he's starting to realize 179 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: this is an offense I can start to manipulate go 180 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: down the field with and all I gotta do is 181 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: start to protect the ball a little bit better, and 182 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: he might be something to be wreckoned with. In years 183 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: to come. Yeah, we still know other capable on defense. 184 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: But Herbert's giving them hope. This has been a franchise 185 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: to me without hope. They played in the soccer stadium 186 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: for years. How they get this new stadium they're sharing 187 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: with the Rams, but Herbert gives them hope. Can throw 188 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: the deep ball. So here they are though, no more buys. 189 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: They're down two and four, so they but they got 190 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: four the last date against the division. The next team 191 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: in the division, the Broncos, no more buys. They also 192 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: have a COVID affected by a week. They got four 193 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: the last date against the division. So again, this episode 194 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: is the three divisions the Chiefs are playing in. We're 195 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: in the obvious one right here. What are you seeing 196 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: and not seeing from the Broncos? Well, the Broncos is 197 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: they're probably one of the most disappointing teams of the 198 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: AFC West. Drew Locke is definitely one of the young, 199 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: upcoming talented quarterbacks in the NFL. He has a lightning 200 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: quick arm. He makes great decisions, but sometimes being overconfident 201 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: in your arm allows him to make some big mistakes 202 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: and he puts the ball on the ground too much. 203 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: He's thrown into double coverage, throwing up fifty fifty balls, 204 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: and so sometimes because he is so talented and has 205 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: so much faith in his arm, he turns the ball 206 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: over at the worst time in the ball games we 207 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: saw two weeks ago, two turnovers, two interceptions when it 208 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: was up by two scores against the Patriots, and then 209 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: in our game when when needed to right the ship, 210 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: right after an interception, right after a touchdown being kick 211 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: off being returned. That's when you expect your offense to 212 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: come out, get some first downs, settle the team down, 213 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: and he just wasn't able to do that. He's a 214 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: turnover monster, so he has to at some point realize 215 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: that team is going to be built on a ground 216 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: and pay on game, and all he needs to do 217 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: is make the first down throws. He doesn't have to 218 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: try to throw the home run hit every time he's 219 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: up to back. Sometimes you need to lay down a 220 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: couple of bunths, hit a couple of singles, get the 221 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 1: momentum going the right way, and then make sure that 222 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: your team is within striking distance come the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, 223 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: for that young man, he hasn't found the capability or 224 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: to understanding how to do that in a consistent rate 225 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,599 Speaker 1: in his NFL career. Yeah, his default is always to 226 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 1: chuck a deep. Seems like every quarterback has a default. 227 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're talking about Richmond. I don't 228 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: care if you talking about any high school. They have 229 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: a default. Where do they go when they're surrounded by 230 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: lions and about ready thrown into the pit? His is 231 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: to go deep? To me, the Broncos just have shown 232 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: they're capable and a good defense if you're third in 233 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: red zone defense. They win a game at New England 234 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: because New England didn't cross the goal line. That's why 235 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: they won that game. And you can want it on 236 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: six field goals. If you're that good in the red zone, 237 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: you got a shot, but your margin is so slight 238 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: with that team and you nailed it. You just one 239 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: turnover just flips that game away from the Broncos. All right, 240 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: That's where it's obvious, and we know that it's unique. 241 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: First time in eighteen years, nineteen seasons, the Chiefs have 242 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: not played an NFC crossover game in the first half 243 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: of the year, four of those three division opponents and 244 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: the Dolphins in the second half. Here comes the less 245 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: obvious one. But still kind of obvious. And that's the 246 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: battle for the Bye Division. That's what I'm calling it, 247 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 1: the Bob Division, battle for the buy one AFC by 248 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: We know now you just mentioned a couple of paragraphs ago. 249 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: We have definition. Seven weeks into the season, headed for 250 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: an eighth, we know this. The Steelers are back. Steelers 251 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: are for real. Big Ben's chucking it. Good defense, nasty defense. 252 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 1: They got playmakers, young playmakers. Six and zero, no more 253 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: buys for the Steelers. They've used up there by COVID induced. 254 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: They have the most favorable schedule left. They play the 255 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: Ravens twice tough at Brown's. Who knows, they're five and 256 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: two at Buffalo. They have the Colts at home. They 257 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: cross pollinate against the NFC East, your old division. That 258 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: my prediction will be the Eagles will win that at 259 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: six nine and one Steelers of the four teams in 260 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: my opinion, in the battle for the buye Division, these 261 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: guys look like they're back. Yeah, the Steelers are a 262 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: team that we're worckon with. And like you mentioned, it's 263 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: probably more of it. It's the four team race going 264 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: for that buy It's the Stealers, the Titans, it's the 265 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: Ravens in the Chiefs. One of those four teams when 266 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: it's all said and done, are gonna be at home 267 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: resting up while the other, uh, the other teams of 268 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: the FC ballot out for wild card weekend. And so 269 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: as things are going now, you just gotta, you know, 270 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: you gotta, you gotta allow some things to play itself out. 271 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: Like you said, the Pittsburgh Steelers got two games against 272 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens, so you know, if they can, if they 273 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: can pull off those two games, they're gonna be sitting 274 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: um in the in the birds seat looking at everybody else. 275 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: But I always think there's a there's there's a few 276 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,599 Speaker 1: hiccups in every team schedule. And what we know what 277 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh steel is, if there's one thing that they 278 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: can do. They can start feeling a little extra swag goo, 279 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: they can start feeling a little bit feeling themselves thinking 280 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: they're better than they are, and they can be bit 281 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: by the Cleveland Browns. They can be bit by like 282 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: you said, at the Buffalo Bills. And don't forget that 283 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: NFC East, It's sorry, and I say sorry as they 284 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: are as as a division, there's always the hope that 285 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: a Giants team or Eagles team catches fire, kind of 286 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: like the Dolphins did last year against the New England Patriots. 287 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: A team that shouldn't be on the page with you 288 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: catches fire for that one week. And I think one 289 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: of those losing teams is going to bite the Pittsburgh 290 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: Steelers in the button. Okay, I'll let you go with 291 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: that one man. Here's you mentioned the four teams in 292 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: this battle for the by division. The second team of division, 293 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, are in, and the second one be the Ravens. 294 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: All right, no more buys they're done with byes. The 295 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: Chiefs the only team of all this group, either in 296 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: their real division or this battle for the by division 297 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: that has a buy left. And so the Ravens have 298 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: no more buys stealers twice, so that flip flops. They're 299 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: at the Colts, They're at New England, Tennessee, and at Cleveland, 300 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: so the Ravens got a little tougher schedule. They crossed 301 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: pollinate against your NFC each that you're predicting, somebody's got 302 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: a little bark and bite left in there. I'll believe 303 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: it when I sit it, love you, but I'll believe 304 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: it when I sit the Ravens. Last year they were 305 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: the cats pajamas at fourteen and two at the one 306 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: shade they get knocked off. But here they are again 307 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: with only the one loss to the Chiefs. Yeah, the 308 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: last year was the big trust. It was the coming 309 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: out party, mark Ingram, this explosive quarterback option, quarterback keeper, 310 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: all these different things. And now you've seen that kind 311 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: of come back to the meaning. Right. The defensive coordinators 312 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: have had a year to look at the Baltimore Ravens offense, 313 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: how they attack people, understanding how Lamar wants to attack 314 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: with the passing game. And I don't know, I haven't 315 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: heard about the Ravens in that forty point fifty point 316 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: explosive offense anymore. They're beating teams with defense. They're using 317 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: their defense to beat teams. And Lamar isn't making those 318 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: type of mistakes he made last year. He's keeping the 319 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: possession that justin. Tucker's having another great year as a kicker. 320 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: But I think the Baltimore Ravens is a team that 321 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles only lost him by twice. And as 322 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: we say that, the NFC East has a few teams 323 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: I think can play on that level that if you're 324 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: not ready to u you know, close a door on them, 325 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: if you're not ready to put that last nail in 326 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: the coffin, maybe late in the game one of those 327 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: Giants teams and even the Washington football team could come 328 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: up and bite the Ravens. You know this, They're gonna 329 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: be the battle of the state line there between the 330 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens, that Battle of b Moore, 331 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: you know they the teams love the battle when they're 332 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: close in proximity, So there might be something to fight 333 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: for right there for the Washington Redskins where they become 334 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: a team looking at the Ravens. Hey, this is gonna 335 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: be our Super Bowl matchup this year. Let's give them 336 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: everything we got. And the Ravens might overlook that Washington team. 337 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: So there's gonna be a couple of opportunities for the 338 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: Ravens to hic up. And obviously we got the one 339 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: game up on them because we beat them head to head. 340 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: So I don't I think when it comes down to it, 341 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: it still might be that US and Steelers are gonna 342 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: be the team battling for that bye week. Yep, Chiefs 343 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: have the only game in this battle for the by 344 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: division against the Ravens. Don't play the Steelers or Titans. 345 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: They all play each other. So the Chiefs have that 346 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: going for him. And if you're a Cole Brenner Browns fan, 347 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: just contact Anna Toopkin. You can yell at her. If 348 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: they're Husko, we're not in the battle for the by division. Well, okay, 349 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: just talk to Anna all right. Now, last team, the Titans, 350 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: no more buys. You know they were, man, they've been 351 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: right in the middle of COVID. We're gonna get to 352 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: that in a second. The twenty three positive cases there 353 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 1: for wild Colts twice. They're at the Ravens at Green Bay. 354 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: The Titans crossed pollin ad against the NFC North, they're 355 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: at five and one. Dangerous, we know what they are, tough, rabel, feisty, 356 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: but they're in the battle for this by division. Yeah. 357 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: I think they have the toughest schedule left, like you said, 358 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: having to play the NFC North, going against the Packers 359 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: and the Bears and Detroit Lions. That's that's the In 360 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, who are now gonna get Dalvin Cook 361 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: back healthy. I think that's gonna be the you know 362 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: they might split with the NFC North. They went to 363 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: lose too, and then they still have to go through 364 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: a pretty tough AFC AFC schedule to close out the year. 365 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: That there was one of the last couple of teams 366 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: to be undefeated during the year. But I think that 367 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: that might kind of been a little bit of smoking mirrors. 368 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: Rabel Is turned out to be one of the smartest, smartest, 369 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: craftiest coaches there are. He's finding the way to bend 370 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: a couple of rules, find a couple of ways to 371 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: save clock by using the delayer game or using the 372 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: extra person on the field. So he's finding those nuances 373 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: and he's finding ways to make those nuances count in 374 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: the win lost column. That game. He would probably have 375 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: lost that game if he didn't find a way to 376 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: get that twelfth gyear on the field to stop that 377 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: clock save his team forty seconds, which he ended up 378 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: tying the game with only seven seconds left. So those 379 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: forty seconds end up being crucial to them tying that 380 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: ball game against the Houston Texans, which they end up 381 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: winning overtime. So a crafty coach, But sometimes I think 382 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: you know that the little trick plays and craftiness, it 383 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: comes becomes a crutch for you. Players started to think 384 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: that you can pull something out of a hat, when 385 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: really they should be focused on ground and pound, founding 386 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: the way, get Henry going and get the ball to 387 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: a J. Brown and Davis as much as possible and 388 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: relying on that defense, rely on that defense to hold 389 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: people out the end zone. So sometimes I think they 390 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: get a little bit too tricky, a little bit too 391 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: crafty for their own good, and that doesn't really stand 392 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: with what their mantra should be, which is just to 393 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: be a physical, tough just like their head coach is 394 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: Rabel and beat you in the trenches. That there's intelligence 395 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: and craftiness. Raves as an old linebacker, the intelligence of 396 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: linebackers is way underrated in this league. People have found 397 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: that on this podcast, going man Barber Shot kind of 398 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: has an idea. I go sometimes, you know, he's like 399 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: seven and five, all right. Now. The first two divisions 400 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: the obvious one, the AFCs try to win it for 401 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: a fifth straight time. That's obvious, like I got it. Oh, 402 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: the battle for the by division, that's pretty obvious. The 403 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: third one is not so obvious, and honestly, it could 404 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: determine who wins the other two or their other six 405 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: divisions seven divisions in the National Football League, and I 406 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: call it the COVID Prevention Division. Just today, one of 407 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: the prominent high schools in the Chiefs Kingdom, Kansas City, 408 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: Rockhurst High School, great tradition down through the years, a 409 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: COVID positive test on their team. The team will be 410 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: quarantined for two weeks during the playoffs. They're done. They 411 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: were to play Joplin. You always know they are a 412 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: chance to win the Missouri's championship in that class every year. 413 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: Not this year. They're done. Why COVID. They didn't get 414 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: upset by Joplin. COVID. They're done. Wisconsin in Nebraska were 415 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: to play this weekend in Lincoln. No game not postponed, canceled. 416 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: The Big Ten started later. There's no chance to make 417 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: up this game that could keep a Wisconsin out of 418 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: the college football playoffs. Here we are in the COVID 419 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: Prevention Division. New England's gone through it. Cam Newton has 420 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: not been the same since he tested positive. Missed the 421 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs game. He was ineffective against the Broncos, real ineffective, 422 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: ineffective last week in their loss. All of a sudden 423 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: New England's ship is sinking or taken on a bunch 424 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,239 Speaker 1: of water. Why COVID Titans has seemed to recover from 425 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: their deals. However, their schedules backloaded and these buys are 426 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: gone for these teams. The Chiefs are the only one 427 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: has a buy left, so to me, barbershop. The real 428 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: challenges for Super Bowl fifty five among these leading teams, 429 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: we can talk about the NFCT team, NFC TAM NFC 430 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: teams as well, are the teams that win the COVID 431 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: Prevention Division because we're seeing teams go down and have 432 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: their season wrecked and not even playing man. We talk 433 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: about the process being graded in the product as far 434 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: as skill level, as far as played development, all that, 435 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: but now the process becomes graded in the product when 436 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: you talk about what is your process for handling COVID, 437 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: what is the protocol on your team and your mob 438 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: and are you constantly reminding the players how important it 439 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 1: is to stay away, stay social distance, where masks, when 440 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: you're out in public and even though you are a 441 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: star celebrity, this is not the time to be out 442 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: being a celebrity. Your team availability in the exposure to 443 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: the limited amount of people in your in your you know, 444 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: I want to use the word bubble, but in your 445 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: team's environment and in your teams um just just a 446 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: team base. It's really all the people you need to 447 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: be associating yourself at this point in season, and the 448 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: team that handles that the best. The limited amount of exposure, 449 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: the limited amount of positive tests, and even we've seen 450 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: with the false positives so many these times sometimes you 451 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: get tested false positive and you have to go through 452 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: three days of negative just to get back in the building. UM. 453 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: And so with the zoom call practices canceling. I saw 454 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: one time that the New England Patriots I think went 455 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: two weeks with only two practices due to have to 456 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: shift around things and go through zoom and stuff like that. 457 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: The NFL, the way football has played at this level, 458 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: if you're not able to strap it on, play with 459 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: great level UM, stay accustomed and stay acclimated to what 460 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: it's like to be, you know, hitting on the rise 461 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: and striking on the rise, and doing everything to keep 462 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: your body focusing in that same training molde of football. 463 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: You lose a step, you lose timing. Those things are 464 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: so crucial when you're talking about the way the season goes, 465 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: and like you said, there's so many good teams that 466 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: don't have a buy left, so they don't have an 467 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: opportunity to move a schedule around and do anything. They've 468 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: used the one gimme that the one dude over their 469 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: wild card, the Titans, the Denver Broncos, they use it 470 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: up earlier already and so now they're done for the 471 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: rest of the season. Any kind of scare could cause 472 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: them to do exactly what Rockcrests had to do and 473 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: canceling forfeit ball games as they go on in season. 474 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: So I mean, it is what it is. This is 475 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: a whole new season. Everybody's learning on the run. But 476 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: you gotta take your hat and tip your hat to 477 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: Rick Burkeholter and coach Andy Reid with the amount of 478 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: precision and preparation that they allow for this team to 479 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: have to be overly protective, overly concerned about cross contact, crossbart, 480 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: all these different ways for tracing and contacting players, know 481 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 1: who's around who at all times, but just expecting them 482 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: men to be men. Accept the responsibility that you have 483 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: being an NFL football player in a time where COVID 484 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: is it can ruin a season. It can ruin your 485 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: chances and it's something that you have control over as 486 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: individual players. I ask Andy read the question on the 487 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: Chief Kingdom Radio show on the Chiefs Radio Network on 488 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: Monday night, and he gave a phenomenal answer. I'm gonna 489 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: try to get that out on social because he talks 490 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: about and just a trunk hid it here. He's, you know, 491 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: asking guys not to be selfish. There's a lot of 492 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: players that are making sacrifices and coaches on the Chiefs 493 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: team that fans don't even know about. They're living in 494 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: hotels away from their families, a lot of them. You know, 495 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: you and I talked about this at the beginning of 496 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: the year. But they're not they're just limiting their exposure. 497 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: We're finding out just some exposure for a while is enough, 498 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: you know, to erect the whole thing. And so Andy 499 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: had some good, good comments there. The other thing I'd 500 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: say is coming into the holidays for all of us, now, gosh, 501 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: there's going to be you know, we want to get 502 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: together with family. It's what we do. It's tradition. And 503 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: I just don't know the players are going to be 504 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 1: you know, they have a bye week coming up. They 505 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: have the one buy of all these teams left that 506 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: we've talked about in the battle for the by division 507 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: the AFC West, the Chiefs are the only one that 508 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: have a bye. They have a gimmy week, but I'm 509 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: not sure they're gonna be able to travel during that buy. 510 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: So freedoms here are being restricted. But guys are willing 511 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: to restrict those freedoms and not be selfish to keep 512 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: a season to win and have a shot that run 513 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: it back. That's that's really an underlying story here to 514 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. So far man, and you know, 515 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: I believe in defending the kingdom, and one thing I have, 516 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: I wear my faith on my shoulders I give. I 517 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: can't wait for Thanksgiving and let the Lord and know 518 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: how thankful I him from everything I've been given in life. 519 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: I can't wait for the holidays, for Christmas to come 520 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: so I can celebrate the birth of the residen how 521 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: much we love our Lord and Savior with our families right, 522 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: getting the families together to be back together. But we 523 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: are going to ask our athletes, We're gonna ask the 524 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: entire NFL to forego those holidays to focus, Like you 525 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: say to sacrifice the normal Thanksgiving, the normal Halloween, the 526 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: normal Christmas time. Avoid those times of gathering with other 527 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: people that are outside your normal you know, the people 528 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: you normally get through the other on a game week 529 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: and maybe have to push your holiday back to March. 530 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: So you might find these families celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas in 531 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: the Halloween in March April, and may just to give 532 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: them chance, their team a chance, just to give their 533 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: team a chance of staying as healthy and COVID free 534 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: as possible during these holiday breaks. We'll close it this way. 535 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: First of all, to remind you we got these Bows 536 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: seven hundred headphones on great for the holidays and your 537 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: gift giving. Go to Bows dot com and check these out. 538 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: But here's the moral of the story. Chiefs are in 539 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: three separate divisions. We know they got to try to 540 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: win the AFC West, They got to try to win 541 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: the Battle for the Buy Division. They have to win 542 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: every day the COVID Prevention Division. What the moral of 543 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: the story is, every week matters the Jets at O 544 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: and seven. This game might as well be a precursor 545 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: to Super Bowl fifty five. To me, you have to 546 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: win every one of these games. And take care of 547 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: your business. Week after week after week. We've seen teams 548 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: get upset. Coaches talked about it all week long. Just 549 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: handle your business and take care of the jets. We 550 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: have from great leaders on both sides of the balls, 551 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: and actually in all three phases we have great leaders, 552 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: but we have great coordinators. And you got to believe 553 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 1: Dave told Eric b enemy and coach and you're reading 554 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: coach bags if the one thing they're gonna do is 555 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: continuously reminding this team that a NFL team is dangerous. 556 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: Doesn't matter what your record is. All of them have 557 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: athletes that can get a line to sign and execute, 558 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: and you cannot be You can't wrest in your loyals 559 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: on a blitz pick up, on covering the punt, on 560 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,479 Speaker 1: a man assignment, blocking assignment, any play can cost one 561 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: of your guys the rest of their season due to injury. 562 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: And the one thing you want, you don't ever want 563 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: to take another pointed lightly, because the second you take 564 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: a point in lightly is when you miss a block, 565 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: you miss an assignment. You're not folks on what you're doing, 566 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,400 Speaker 1: and when you miss assignment's focus, somebody else can get hurt. 567 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: And those are the type of mistakes when you're talking 568 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: about the cost of a win. Yeah, I think this team, 569 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: everybody's gonna say that Kancity Chiefs is gonna be highly favored. 570 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: They're gonna be anticipated to be the favorite going into 571 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: this week. But what you want to do is you 572 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: don't want to lose anybody. You don't want to lose 573 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: anyone just to get that one win. You want to 574 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: play sound, intelligent, smart football. And if you can take 575 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: advantage of this team and all three phases, you want 576 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: to execute in all three phases and prepare yourself for 577 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: the next opponent, the next week, the next assignment, as 578 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: you would do with any team. This only counts is 579 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: one win. No matter how hard we play, no matter 580 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: how much we beat them by, it only counts as 581 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: one win. And as we realize this as a team 582 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: is a unit, they're going to continue to just build 583 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: upon that get better and better. And I think that's 584 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: going to add a lot to the to the mindset 585 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: and the mentality of this team preparing themselves for the 586 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: second half of the season. Amen, Brother, He's sean Barber, 587 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: Barber's Shop, the Shop and the Spider Man to win 588 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: it all this year, to run it back, the chiefs 589 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: are gonna have to win three divisions. Mitcholzer's voice to 590 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, Thanks for joining us on this episode of 591 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: Defending the Kingdom.