1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, vantage on the day. All right, will you 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: get off the game? They can play? He don't do 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: it one touchdown? Kansas City the Chiefs all right in 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: the thick of a baby. Hello everyone, and welcome to 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl fifty seven Edition, Part one of Defending 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: the Kingdom. From here in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mitch Alters with you, 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: voiced the Chiefs, and with Matt McMullan, senior team reporter. 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: This episode we'll call handle it is. We'll get into 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: what the Chiefs have done over the past week and 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: a half to get ready to win Super Bowl fifty 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: seven over the Philadelphia Eagles. A reminder that this podcast 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: is brought to you by the terrific folks at Community America, 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: great partner with the Kansas City Chiefs. Why am I 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: sitting here thinking of the day I beat the drum 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: in the Seattle Seahawk game when it was like minus 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: five win chill at kickoff? This feels much different. Yeah. Yeah, 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: here we are in Arizona. It's truthfully the perfect day 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: and people are probably wondering, why are you in a sweatshirt? Well, 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: it was like already degrees this morning, but like the 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: perfect kind of forty degrees and now it's like seventy 21 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: we're in the sun. I mean, it's just perfect. So 22 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: in the offseason we talked about, hey, we start in Arizona, 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: we can end in Arizona. The fact that we're actually 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: here it's pretty amazing. So we're enjoying every second of it. 25 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: Indeed it is. And this episode we're going to entitle 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: handle it. So you're saying, oh my gosh, look at that, 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: look at their surroundings, and gosh, great weather. But there's 28 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: way more than that in handling the super Bowl two 29 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: weeks and I'm going to say the two weeks as 30 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: we'll get into that. But first of all, one of 31 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: the great stories. There's so many storylines to this game 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: against the Eagles and super Bowl fifty seven, but one 33 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: of those down the line or the Chiefs rookies, and 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: I think of Isaiah Pacheco number ten because that leads 35 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: us to our trip around the world, and we have 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: ten people from around the world. There were so many 37 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: people that wrote in this week. We'll get to you. 38 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: We'll have another show later this week and I'll catch 39 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: up on the people I miss here today. But we 40 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: have ten people from around the world listening to DDK. 41 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: Here today, we have Richard in Columbia, Maryland. John and Lubbock, 42 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Texas were forever indebted to Lubbock, Texas. For the folks 43 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: at Tech. Absolutely, we have Steve in Cleethorpe's England. Chaz 44 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: and Mesa, Arizona. We've been getting more and more people 45 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: from Arizona in recent weeks, trying to manifest our trip 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: here and here we are, so Chaz is probably around 47 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: the corner or something. Um we have Brian and Karney, Nebraska, 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: home of the Bearcats, home of the University of Nebraska. 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: Karney Lopers Yip near where you grew up. Um Obema 50 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: is in Lagos, Nigeria. Jack is in Madera, Ranchos, California, 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: but originally from Saint Robert, Missouri. We have a listener 52 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: in Little Elm, Texas. They skipped school for the Super 53 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: Bowl four parade. Now hopefully we'll get another parade here 54 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: in just a few days. They skip school for the 55 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four parade. Don't know about that one. 56 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: Let us know. Let us know you made your way 57 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: to Kansas City and skipped school or work for the 58 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty four parade. But I know they skipped 59 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: school for this. The super Bowl four parades's pretty cool. 60 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: Ryan is in New Jersey and then Mark is in 61 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: New Paris, Indiana. So just ten of the many people 62 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: that wrote in this week. I will get to you later. 63 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: I promise again, we'll have another episode later in the 64 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: week that we will entitle win it. This is handle 65 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: it And honestly, the Chiefs are in the super Bowl 66 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: for the third time in four seasons. That's pretty remarkable. 67 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: Look about that. It's crazy. I mean, growing up on 68 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: the farm as a Chiefs fan and I'm playing like 69 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: I'm Len Dawson in every game. Nowhere did I think 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: that I'd even be a Super Bowl is the voice 71 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: that Chiefs three times in four years but this one, 72 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: and it's been awesome so far. As the Chiefs getting 73 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: ready to try to beat the really good Philadelphia Eagle 74 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: team COVID and Super Bowl fifty five is just weird. Yeah, 75 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: I mean those zoom calls and we went down playing 76 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay in their stadium. It just felt like a 77 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: regular game. Yeah, this feels more like Super Bowl fifty 78 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: four in the trip to Miami. But even this one 79 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: has its own flavor. But we want to focus on. 80 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: And I've said this, you can't win the super Bowl 81 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: during the bye week or the first couple of days 82 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: of being here on side at the super Bowl, but 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: I think you can lose it. And where the background 84 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs coach is, specifically Andy Reid coaching in 85 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: his fourth super Bowl, I think is immeasurable here because Matt, 86 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: even for just the two of us, all the people 87 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: that we work with, the details, the logistics can be laborious, 88 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: and yet to try to focus on what you need 89 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: to do to win the game, I think that's that's 90 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: where we're going to focus on this episode, of what 91 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have done to get to this point that 92 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: gives them a chance to win. Yeah, it's one of 93 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: those storylines that we've been talking about a lot this week, 94 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: and it seems very basic and obvious, but I really 95 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: don't think every team attacks the bye week like we 96 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: did and how Coach Read did it. And one thing 97 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: that I talk about quite a bit is that Coach 98 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: Read is obviously a genius. He's one of the best 99 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: coaches of all time because of what he can do 100 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: in terms of drawing up plays, but he's also a 101 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,559 Speaker 1: master organizer, right and we see that at training camp. 102 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: There's not a second wasted at training camp, not a 103 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: second wasted in OTAs. He's very efficient. And he did 104 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: that and deployed that mindset during the bye week between 105 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: the AFC Tattle Game and Super Bowl fifty seven, and 106 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: essentially the entire game plan, as he's told us, was 107 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: installed during that bye week. So there's practices down here 108 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: in Arizona, but there's not a lot of new information 109 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: being learned right now. It's all about tweaking things a 110 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: little bit, practicing it and refining it. But all of 111 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: the game planning and all the nitty gritty stuff was 112 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: done in Kansas City when it was just a normal week. 113 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: There was no major distractions going on because, like you said, 114 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: and like we've seen even today, the distractions down here 115 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: are immense. And the obligations the guys have to do 116 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: all the media stuff, I mean, it's truly crazy. Media 117 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: Night was last night in downtown Phoenix and it was 118 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: just I mean, it's a zoo, really, and all the 119 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: media stuff even every day this week is pretty crazy. 120 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: So the fact that coach Reid found a way to 121 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: install the game plan and get everybody ready to go 122 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: a week ago. So that they're down here, they can 123 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: handle all their media stuff and they can refine all 124 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: the game planning stuff as well, But they're not learning 125 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: a whole lot of new information right now because that 126 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: would be frankly overwhelming. Yeah, let's ship on one of 127 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: the things you said and digging a little further on it, 128 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: because when coach Reid came here back in twenty thirteen, 129 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: his four pillars basically attack everything, fear nothing, create energy, 130 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: and eliminate distractions. Now that is a battle cry for 131 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: Andy Reid and running this football team all throughout the year. 132 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: But your point is a good one. This experience is 133 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: nothing but a distraction. Let's talk about the so called 134 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: bye week, the week off. And you know, for twenty 135 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: one seasons, I was the voice of the Chiefs, so 136 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: we didn't win a playoff game and often wondered, God, 137 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: two weeks for the super Bowl? That seems kind of overkill. 138 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: Is this just for promotional purposes? Now, you and I 139 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: know that it's nothing further from the truth. That week 140 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: has to be maximized. The week that we just experienced 141 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: before we came to Scottsdale. And let's just take what 142 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: the players encountered. Yes, they have friends, they have family, 143 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 1: they have loved ones. Getting their people set up to 144 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: get transportation, to get tickets, to get housing, lodging is 145 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: can be somewhat ponderous. And for any read to say, hey, 146 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: we've got to take care of the business. This is 147 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: where the village comes into play here too, on the 148 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: football side and on the business side, and just for 149 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: the two of us, for all of our people going, 150 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: who's going to get to go? Do I get to go? 151 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: Where do I stay? Do I get a ticket? What's 152 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: it cost? All of that for the players can take 153 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: a team off the track. They might think they're working 154 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: on football, but if I've got to worry about those 155 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: fifteen things, it's really don't. It's divided attention to the 156 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: football side of this. Any Reid's approach and what this 157 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: organization is handle your business. This is where we'll handle 158 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: our business in this timeframe. In this timeframe, you have 159 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: to forget all of that because they're going to put 160 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: in our game plan to beat the Philadelphia Eagles. It 161 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: may not seem like a lot, but truthfully, in the 162 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: fifty six year history of the Super Bowl, the team 163 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: that seemingly is able to reduce or eliminate distractions. Is 164 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: the team that wins this game. Yeah, there's only so 165 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: much time in the day, and this week kind of 166 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: makes you realize that. Coach read at his immedia session 167 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: earlier today, was asked, Hey, would you kind of like 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: if the super Bowl was just the week after the 169 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: AFC Tattle game that kind of keep your momentum going? 170 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: And his answer was no, There's so much that we 171 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: have to handle and get done in addition to game 172 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: planning for the biggest game of the season, that it's 173 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: nice having that extra week. It's so important, and for 174 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: so many young players on this team, it's incredibly important now. 175 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, a lot of these guys have 176 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: been to multiple super Bowls now, but there's also a 177 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: lot of players on this team that have never been 178 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: to a super Bowl before. Think of all the rookies 179 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: on this team that are making major contributions. I asked 180 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: George Carlottis about it earlier today. Actually, I said, how 181 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: nice is it having that week back in Kansas City 182 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: where you can just go through a normal week, You 183 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: can game plan, you can attack it like it's a 184 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: normal game, and then you come here and you can 185 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: handle all this stuff, and he said is immensely important. 186 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: It makes it so much easier and he does not 187 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: feel overwhelmed because of that extra week. So the experience 188 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: on this coaching staff, the fact that they've been to 189 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: multiple Super Bowls. Now they know how this works and 190 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: they can present the players with a plan that's going 191 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: to put them in a position for success. Is why 192 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: we're so fortunate here in Kansas City. You can not 193 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: underrate what that means in the Chiefs preparing to win 194 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: this game. Another note here, if you're not coming to 195 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: Arizona here for the game for Super Bowl fifty seven, 196 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: we invite you to go to the official Chiefs watch party. 197 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: It's that Jay Rieger and Company distillery. Now, this is fantastic. 198 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever been there before, but 199 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: you want to go there, especially for the Super Bowl party. 200 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: There's going to be ticket giveaways for next year's home opener. 201 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: There's gonna be other prizes. Casey Wolf will be their 202 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: Soul Rumble and Mark bill Rich will be their former 203 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: Chiefs wide receiver. He of the ninety nine yard touchdown 204 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: against the Chargers back in two thousand and two. So 205 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: make sure you get the full Super Bowl experience in 206 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: Kansas City. Do it at Rieger and Company Distillery with 207 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: the official Chiefs watch party for Super Bowl fifty seven. 208 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: Now let me take another turn, and that are the 209 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: veterans who've never played in this game. Carlos Dunlap comes 210 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: to mind. Thirteen years in the National Football League, had 211 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 1: never won a playoff game. I remember seeking him out 212 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: after we were done with Chiefs rewind. I wanted to 213 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: find Carlos Dunlap because I knew what it meant to 214 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: that guy to win a playoff game. And he said, 215 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: let's keep going. Let's keep going. That he's playing his 216 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: former team in Cincinnati. He wins an AFC championship, and 217 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: now he's here. He's never been here. There are players 218 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: who played in this league for ten, fifteen, some more 219 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: than that that never experienced the Super Bowl, never played 220 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: in this game. So they, in essence are just like 221 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: the rookies. They've never done it. Juju Smith Schuster is 222 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: another one that comes to mind. And a guy that's 223 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: kind of gone through it but never played in it 224 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: is Juan Thornhill. I saw him earlier today. I just said, 225 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: you've got this chance back Matt I saw him after 226 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: the Chiefs won Super Bowl fifty four. Remember the FOURIC 227 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: locker room scene, and Jue was just kind of leaned 228 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: back against his locker and was enjoying it. But he 229 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: didn't get to really be a part of it. Remember, 230 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: he injured he tore his ACL at the end of 231 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: the regular season. It took him out of the run 232 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: to Super Bowl fifty four championship. Now he's here, so 233 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: now he's playing in this game, and now he's trying 234 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: to eliminate the distractions to give him the shot that 235 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 1: he wasn't sure he was ever going to get again. 236 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: So it's that way for the rookies for sure. But 237 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: think about the veterans who have never played in this 238 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: game or thinking I'm here, how do I handle it? 239 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: And those veterans also have the perspective of the fact 240 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: that this isn't normal. I mean, going to three Super 241 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: Bowls in four years is not normal. You can probably 242 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: count on one hand the teams that have done that. 243 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: We're so lucky in Kansas City that we're going through 244 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: the golden era of Chiefs football and one of the 245 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: greatest runs for any team in NFL history, and for 246 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: a lot of these rookies and young players. We were 247 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: joking about it earlier, like about our families that maybe 248 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: weren't She's fans until recently. This isn't always how it's been, 249 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: and this is not how life is always going to 250 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: be in the NFL, and these veteran players understand that 251 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: and realize it. A guy like Carlos Dunlap a great example, 252 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: a thirteen year NFL veteran, one of the best pass 253 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: rushers of his generation, had never won a playoff game 254 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: until this year, and we talked to him earlier. I 255 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: wrote a quick article and she dot com about this 256 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: as well. He had three goals that he listed out 257 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: in training camp on August fourth in Saint Joseph. He 258 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: said he wanted to get over one hundred sacks. In 259 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: week ten, he wanted to win a playoff game. Chick 260 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: did that in the Divisional round against the Jaguars, and 261 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: now he's in the super Bowl and has a chance 262 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: to have a clean sweep of those goals in a 263 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: matter of six months. The funny thing though, I kind 264 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: of presented that idea to him, like, hey, you could 265 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: accomplish all these goals and one season and he didn't 266 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: even want to go there. He's like, the job's not done. 267 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm not even saying that it's almost there. The job's 268 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: not done. We have work to do until I can 269 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: even think about that. And I really appreciate that mindset 270 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: because he knows how hard it is to get to 271 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: this moment. He had the same reaction with me after 272 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: I gave him the big hug and I said, Hey, 273 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: after waiting twenty one years for my first playoff win, 274 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: I know what this day means to you. That was 275 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: after the Jaguars win, and he said the same response. Yeah, thanks, man, 276 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: got it. We got more work to do. And oh, 277 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: by the way, it's my old teammates next week. I 278 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: played ten and a half years at the Cincinnati Bengals, 279 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: but to win the AC championship game and now he's 280 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: here and he had seven pressures in that game. It 281 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: was a season high for him. Think he wanted that 282 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: game badly. Oh my gosh. We'll get into him and 283 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: the rest of his front teammates on Thursday in an 284 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: episode that we will entitle win It. This is the 285 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: episode entitled handle It. The other thing that is interesting 286 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: for players to handle and even coaches to some extent 287 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: is the amount of media here. It's almost like you 288 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: take the Olympic Games and you've pack it into just 289 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: a week. I mean, we have international media here. We have. 290 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: There was a guy today at the media session who's 291 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: an NBA guy, He's an NBA media guy, and all 292 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: he was doing was asking chiefs guys questions about the 293 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: NBA And of course the question was MJ or Lebron, Like, 294 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: what's that have to do a Super Bowl fifty seven. 295 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: The point here is these guys are doing more media 296 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: this week. Let's tick the rookies and even a Carlos 297 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: Dunlap who's been in the league this long. This week, 298 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: you'll do more media this week every day then you 299 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: do throughout the entire season combined. And it's okay. Yeah, 300 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: the dumb questions are the off the wall questions, the 301 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: one off questions. But it's also walking a minefield every 302 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: day and that includes Opening Night, which has turned into 303 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: something crazy. Yeah, it's actual madness, Like it's craziness. We 304 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: were at the media session earlier today, which is here 305 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: at the team hotel, and it's one big room with 306 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: like five hundred people in it, and you have ten 307 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: different guys at podiums and you can just walk up 308 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: to whatever podium you want to, but in order to 309 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: get a question in, you have to like crawl over 310 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: people and fight people. And it's just it's nuts. But 311 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: you're right, how did the players handle that? And it 312 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: gets back to our thoughts on this coaching staff and 313 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: how they prepare the guys for these moments. And the 314 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: good news is I didn't get the vibe that any 315 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: of the guys felt overwhelmed or anything, like a lot 316 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: of our young players are so excited to be here. 317 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: It didn't feel like you're on the floor of the 318 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: New York Stock Exchange. Oh yeah, I mean it's and 319 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: you and I even talked about it, like, how can 320 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: anyone get anything done down here? I don't know what 321 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: questions are being asked and what content is being produced 322 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: from this. I can't imagine much. And it's funny because, like, 323 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: if you're watching this podcast, you're in the weeds of 324 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: Chief's Kingdom. Every single day there's questions being asked that 325 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: were relevant in like September, and I mean, the guys 326 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: handle it with grace. I commend them for that, But yeah, 327 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: it's it's pretty crazy around here and it just takes 328 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: one slip up. I mean, we saw what happened with 329 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: Cincinnati the week of the AC Championship game, and you 330 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: mentioned our guys are careful, but it's every day being careful. 331 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: Every day in at least about an hour fifteen to 332 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: an hour and a half media session surrounded by media 333 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: that could be I don't know from all seven continents 334 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: speaking of around the world on defending the Kingdom. But 335 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: just one slip up, Yeah, one slip up can lead 336 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: to a lot. Now, another part of handling this week 337 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: is obviously doing your study for football. It's being in meetings, 338 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: paying attention, don't be distracted, but it is also handling. 339 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: There is some off time, and down through the fifty 340 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: six years of the Super Bowl, we can document times 341 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: where that offtime becomes perilous or you can handle it properly. 342 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: And that's why I appreciate the miltority of this team. 343 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: This in my twenty nine years, is the voice of 344 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I've said this off and I said it 345 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: today on shows that this is the most physical, mental, 346 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: and emotional mature team I think I've been around top 347 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: to bottom, and that includes those rookies. But that's where 348 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: it comes into play, because there is free time, not 349 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: a lot, but some, and that can get tricky because 350 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: we've seen it derailed teams in past Super Bowls. Yeah, 351 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: and I think what I love about this group is 352 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: there is just such a respect for how hard it 353 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: is to get here. And our rookies obviously respect that, 354 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: but for the guys that were here last year and 355 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: that we're so close to getting back to the super Bowl, 356 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: and to lose an overtime at home to the Bengals, 357 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: and then to go through an off season where people 358 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: outside the Kingdom were doubting the Chiefs. They didn't think 359 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: the Chiefs could even make the playoffs. I mean, we 360 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: saw all that stuff, which seems so ridiculous now, But 361 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: to fight through all of that to play the Bengals 362 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: again in the AFC Title Game and to win it 363 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: in a hard fought game. To go through all that 364 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: struggle and all that adversity to get back to this 365 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: moment which they knew they belonged in. These guys aren't 366 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: going to waste this opportunity. And that's just the vibe 367 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: I get from all of our guys that were here 368 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: last year. They know how hard it is to get here, 369 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: and they're not taking it for granted, and it's all 370 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: about seizing this week, right, and we're seeing that so 371 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: far from the guys. You bring up an interesting point 372 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,360 Speaker 1: because we've talked about the rookies first experience, we've talked 373 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: about the vets who've been around a long time, first experience, 374 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: But then those second year guys think about him Nicko Bolton, 375 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: Creed Humphrey, Trey Smith, guys who were on the precipice 376 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: of doing this a year ago, and we're denied right there. Yeah, 377 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: and now they're here, they've not experienced it. They weren't 378 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: at Super Bowl fifty four, they weren't even part of 379 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: the COVID Super Bowl fifty five. There experiencing this for 380 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: the first time. Even though on this young team, some 381 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 1: of them seem like grizzled veterans and they're locked in. Yeah, 382 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: Tray Smith, like Tray Smith and Creed Humphrey. Do they 383 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: seem to you in Nick Bolton though, do they seem 384 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: to be like they are second year players. It feels 385 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: like they've been in the league for ten years because 386 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: that's the attitude that they bring. And there's such leaders 387 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: on this squad. But it gets back to my point. 388 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: I mean, one of the reasons I loved that went 389 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: over the Bengals so much is you knew how much 390 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: heart and passion went into it, how badly the guys 391 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: wanted it, and they weren't going to be denied in 392 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: that game. And watch all their faces as soon as 393 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: Harrison Bucker's kick went through the uprights and the squib 394 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: happened in the Bengals lost the game. I mean, there 395 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: was euphoria on the sidelines because the Chiefs knew how 396 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: hard it was to get back to that moment. I mean, 397 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: so many teams after the AFC Tattle game last year, 398 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna will They're gonna go downhill. I mean, they 399 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: were right there and they didn't get there, and they're 400 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: gonna be thinking about that all season in a negative way. 401 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: But the Chiefs used that as motivation and fuel to 402 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: get back to that moment. They took care of business 403 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: that time, which is the beautiful thing about it. And 404 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: now they're in this moment and again they're not going 405 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: to waste it. And even though guys like Nick Bolton, Greed, 406 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: Humphrey tray Smith, they haven't been here before. It kind 407 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: of feels like they have been because they're so locked 408 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 1: in on the price and surrounded by people who know 409 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: what to do in this circumstance. A couple more things 410 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: as we close on this episode Offending the Kingdom here 411 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: in Scottsdale and handle it handling preparing for this Super 412 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven. It has derailed many teams the week 413 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: and a half before the game, and that is dealing 414 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: with injuries. We all know. I could ask every day, 415 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: as do you, because the Chiefs had a group of 416 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: nine players either injured before the game against Cincinnati, injured 417 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: during the game against Cincinnati. And part of handling it 418 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: this week is getting the treatment and the rehab ready 419 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: to go this week. Now we're doing this on a 420 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: Tuesday afternoon in Scottsdale. We can't give you definitive answers 421 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: other than and coaches forth right about this. He'll talk 422 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: about it every day coming up. But a part of 423 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: handling it is getting yourself ready to play. Now, we 424 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: can't tell you who's going to be in or out 425 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: on a Tuesday, but a Cadarius Toni, a Juju Smith, Schuster, 426 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: we can go right down the line. Those guys of 427 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: getting treatment and rehab from the best in the National 428 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: Football League. In fact, it was just announced that Rick 429 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: Berkolder was going into the National Athletic Training Hall of 430 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: Fame and an assistant athletic trainer, David Gloverard was called 431 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: the Assistant Trainer of the Year. All Right, doesn't even 432 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: go into Julie and Tiffany, but the fact that handling 433 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: this is getting ready to play as much as you 434 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: can of those guys that are on the injured list. 435 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: That's another reason why the bye weeek was such a blessing. 436 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: And Coach Reads talked about that as well. Let's get 437 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: our guys healthy because you want to have your best shot. 438 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: You want to have your guys out there in the 439 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Right now, there is some good news, Mitch said, 440 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: we're shooting this on a Tuesday. Coach Read met with 441 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: the media earlier today. Everybody on the active roster practiced 442 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: yesterday on Monday, and they were set to practice here today, 443 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: which is great news. Legarius Sneed has cleared the concussion protocol. 444 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: That's terrific news as well. And then Kadarius Tony and 445 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster Juju dealing with that knee injury and 446 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: Kadarius with the ankle injury. They've been practice sing and 447 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: coach reads able to see how they do the rest 448 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: of the week as the practices ramp up. And that's 449 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: all great news because you want to have these guys back. 450 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: Having that buy was just really nice. The fact that 451 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: you can let them kind of rest up last week, 452 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: get their treatment. You don't have to rush them back 453 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: right for the super Bowl because you know they all 454 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: want to play, and now they're down here, they're feeling 455 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: better and they're going to give it a shot. So 456 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: just another reason why that bye week was so important, 457 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: so we can hopefully get a bunch of these guys back. Truly, 458 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: I think this weather actually helps them heal as well. 459 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: You don't want to play football and zero degrees with 460 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: an injury, Yeah, we'll play whatever, Coach, We'll go to 461 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: Kazakhstan to play. We'll go to Neptune and play. Hey, 462 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: beating the drum at minus five win chill, that's what 463 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: we'll do. But if I'm rehab an injury, yeah, it's 464 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: a good spot to be with this sun, that's honest 465 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: right now, and the fact that there was a roster move. 466 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: I know most of you saw it the fact that 467 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire has now been elevated to the active 468 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: roster and McCole Hardman was put on IR so we 469 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: know that. But handling it is getting these guys ready 470 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: to play physically with the rehab. And I'm with you. 471 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: If we would have to play without a week, it 472 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: might have looked very similar to the end of the 473 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati game to against Philadelphia. But now we got a 474 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: shot to get most everybody, if not everybody back for 475 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: this game. We'll close it out this way. I loved 476 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: it last night at opening night because to me, and 477 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: this is nothing, the Eagles fan base is awesome. Right 478 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: since nineteen thirty, they've been around. They got a thirty 479 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: year head start on us. I thought the Chiefs Kingdom 480 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: took it over last night. Yeah, it was so think 481 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: that that arena. It was like a Sun's game, and 482 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: everybody for the Suns was really a Chiefs fan. Yeah. 483 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: It was incredible. I mean you could feel the energy. 484 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: The players could feel it. I talked to some of 485 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: the guys on the floor about it, and they could 486 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: feel it, especially our rookies. I asked Trent McDuffie about 487 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: it and He's like, I mean, these fans are out 488 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: here when it's zero degrees, like the Seattle game on 489 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve, the game against the Bengals when it's like 490 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: two degrees out there, and then all of a sudden, 491 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: they're in Phoenix and the Footprint Center, which is the 492 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: arena where it took place, it was like a Chiefs game. 493 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: It was incredible, and I think Chiefs Kingdom realizes how 494 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: important this is and what a run we're on. One 495 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: thing I've been saying over the last few weeks is 496 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: this run to the super Bowl for me, is the 497 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: most satisfying one so far, just because twenty nineteen, I mean, 498 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: it was like a million miles per hour, like, oh 499 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: my god, we're going to the super Bowl right like 500 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: it's there wasn't a lot of time to think about 501 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: it because there we were. I mean one, and it 502 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: was incredible. Twenty twenty was weird just because of COVID, 503 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: but this one, knowing that it was taken away from 504 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: us last year and we fought all year long to 505 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: get back to this moment and we have a chance 506 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: to finish it, It's all just incredibly satisfying and let's 507 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: go win this thing. On Sunday. I wish the game 508 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: was tomorrow. It's not only downside, It's only Tuesday, and 509 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: we're just waiting. At this point, I just want those 510 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: guys to be totally healthy. If I'll wait all wait, 511 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: I'm with you. But on NFL Network yesterday and they 512 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: started the clip within you can find it's it's you 513 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: can go on YouTube and search it. But the point 514 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: is the whole. You can doubt us, you can disrespect us, 515 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: you can dislikes, you're going to deal with us. To me, 516 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: I'm with you. There's there is a feeling to this 517 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: game that is different because this team, the Chiefs team 518 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: and the Kingdom has been doubted since March yep, and 519 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: here they are. It gets a really good That'll be 520 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: the next episode on Thursday, which will entitle win it. 521 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: But the Chiefs are here and they'll win this game 522 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: if they handle it to touch down, washed it down, 523 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: and the celebration begins to their head