1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thank you advantage on the day. All right, will you'll 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: get up in the game. They can play. Oh boy, 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: do one touchdown? Kansas City the Chiefs, all right, the 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: thick of it? Baby. Well, hello, everybody, welcome to We're back. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: This is Defending the Kingdom. Mitch Alter Smith, you voice 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs, along with senior team reporter Matt mcbonland. 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: It's been a couple of weeks, a euphoric couple of weeks, Matt, 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: and we have enjoyed the celebration this however, this episode 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: will be entitled to flip the page as we look forward. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Now it gets started all over again, but before we do, 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: we need to take a couple of minutes to just 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: kind of revel in what happened in the incredible Super 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven victory. The story, and honestly, I think 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: the best thing that sixty five tpts ever put out 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: is episode fourteen of the franchise. If you have not 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: watched it, go rent a theater. Okay and invite two 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: hundred of your closest friends. Oh maybe you can't do that, 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: but anyway, watch it because that puts in a capsule 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: of what the experience was like to win Super Bowl 20 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: fifty seven and the aftermath. Yeah, it really does a 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: great job of capturing the entire story. And it's not 22 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: just the game itself, it's everything that led up to 23 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: the game, the months of work and preparation and hopes 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: and dreams and everything that culminated in that amazing night 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 1: in Arizona. I've rewatched the game probably ten times now, 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: and I'm guessing that's on the lower end of most 27 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: Chiefs fans. I think a lot of people have probably 28 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: watched it more. Yeah, my father's had a dozen of it, 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: at least. He's like this one I'm watching right now. 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: It's like you're watching Super Bowl fifty seven. Yeah, it's like, yeah, 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: it's just it was just amazing. And one thing I 32 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: said all season long, and I'm gonna keep saying it 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: because it's even more true now. Last season, for some reason, 34 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: meant so much more to me than maybe even the 35 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season did. And I think in twenty nineteen 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: it was amazing. It was our first title in fifty years. 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: But I wanted it so badly that I almost didn't 38 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: know how to react once we won. It's like, now 39 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: what do we do? And I think I was so 40 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: focused on what do I have to do? What's my job? 41 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: It all happened so fast that it was incredible, and 42 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: it's something that I enjoyed immensely after the fact, but 43 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: I don't know if I enjoyed it as much as 44 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: much as I should have in the moment. And that 45 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: was a mandate for me personally that if we're able 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: to do this thing again, I'm going to enjoy every 47 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: second of it and make sure I relish the moment, 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: and I certainly did that, And to think about the 49 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: entire week in Arizona, and to beat the Eagles, to 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: do it the way that we did, of course vintage 51 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: Chiefs down ten points at halftime and find a way 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: to get it done. It was just incredible and just 53 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: for some reason, this one was just maybe even sweeter 54 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: than the last one, even though the last one was 55 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 1: our first one and a half century and yeah, being 56 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: down ten at halftime. One and twenty six were teams 57 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: down by ten at halftime of Super Bowls. It was 58 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: only the Patriots and their great comeback against Atlanta, which 59 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: we know how epiced that was. But for the Chiefs 60 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: to be the second team to do it, I'm with 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: you on that. I don't want to slight Super Bowl 62 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: fifty four at all. You know, all the guys on 63 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: that team, that's a special team. This year, though, was different, 64 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: and I think it's when it came oozing out when 65 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: I bellard it out after the Cincinnati AFC Championship victory, 66 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: because there was there weren't doubts cast upon the twenty 67 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: nineteen team. Now it was more of a phenomenon like, oh, 68 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: guys should look at these guys were new and new 69 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: and exciting, and this one was now, these guys are 70 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: going to be covered by volcanic ash and there's they're 71 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: going to finish fourth in the division. And what this team, 72 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two team overcame to me made this different. 73 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: And then the Super Bowl was just a complete microcosm 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: of six months of what the team did. Yeah, and 75 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: that's whether you can doubt the Chiefs, you can dislike 76 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, you can just respect the Chiefs. You gets 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: to deal with the Chiefs. This where all that came 78 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: ouzing out. And then to see the great joy once 79 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: again of everyone in the Chiefs Kingdom around the world 80 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: to enjoy that championship. And then the historical markers of 81 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: the fact that the Chiefs now are second NFL history 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: in a five year span, only behind the three seven 83 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: Patriots seventy seven wins. The Chiefs has seventy five and 84 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: five years. That puts in a historical perspective. And yes, 85 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: as we've said, and you'll see in other shows that 86 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: we've done that it's chronicled. The Chiefs are now historically, 87 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: not by opinion, but empirically right there with the seventies Steelers, 88 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: the nineties Cowboys, the two thousand Patriots, and here are 89 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen, twenty eighteen to twenty twenty two Chiefs, 90 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: and just there's something about being a two time champion 91 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: that is just makes you even more legitimate than you 92 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: already were. There's a lot of teams that win the 93 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and it's incredible, and they drift off into obscurity. 94 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: The Chiefs are not one of those teams. The Chiefs 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: are a team that has now won two titles in 96 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,679 Speaker 1: four years. This is a history stretch that we're seeing 97 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: right now from this team. And the epic nature of 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: this playoff run is just for iculous because if it 99 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: was a movie, if you watched this song like Netflix 100 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: or Disney or something. It wouldn't be realistic. We would 101 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: dismiss it. Think about it. Like nine minutes into the 102 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: playoff run, Patrick Mahomes cannot walk. He's limping around. He 103 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: comes back into that game after Chad Henney leads a 104 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: ninety eight yard touchdown drive, Mahomes throws a touchdown to 105 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: Marquez Valdes Scantling on essentially one leg, one of my 106 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: favorite players of the entire postseason round that I think 107 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: gets overlooked, and understandably so it was in the divisional round. 108 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: But there's a touchdown on one leg. Then there was 109 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: all week of wondering is Patrick Mahomes going to be 110 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: able to play against the Bengals, And of course it's 111 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: the Bengals again. The Bengals have gotten the Chiefs in 112 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: three consecutive games, including last year's AFC Tattle game when 113 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: we had the big lead. They're coming back here and 114 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: they want to go back to the Super Bowl, right 115 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: they think they have unfinished business. Well, the Chiefs, we 116 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: don't know if Patrick Mahomes is going to play all week. 117 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: We think he's going to, but we just don't know. 118 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: Then Travis Kelsey pops up on the injury report, and 119 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: it's like, we just want our best shot at these guys, 120 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: and despite all all of that, they find a way 121 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: to beat the Bengals an incredible fashion. And then we 122 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: go to the super Bowl and we're feeling good and 123 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: then Patrick Mahomes gets tackled in the first half and 124 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: comes up limping, and you start wondering, oh, no, is 125 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: he going to be able to do what he needs 126 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: to do to win this game? And not only does 127 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: he have what it takes, it's a twenty six yard 128 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: run on a bad ankle that puts the Chiefs in 129 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a position to win the game. I just can't get 130 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: over the narrative of the playoff run and how incredible 131 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: it was for the Chiefs and to finish it off 132 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: with a title and to do it the way that 133 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: they did was just so special. And a thirteen yard 134 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: catch by Marcus Camp who's now a Washington commander, by 135 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: the way, in like the most key moment when you're 136 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: down to nobody else at wide receiver. You can't make 137 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: it up. I mean, this is a movie. If you 138 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: can cast Denzel Washington, Dennis Quade, and Dwayne Johnson the 139 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: Rock like you could just put all come into this movie, 140 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: it still wouldn't be enough, it wouldn't fit. So yeah, 141 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: it's it's a thing where fact is actually greater than fiction. Now, 142 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: I said, around the world, there was celebration of all 143 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: you Kingdom defenders on the Super Bowl fifty seven championship, 144 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: the third in franchise history. And by the way, the 145 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: other thing is a neat thing about the AFC West 146 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: all teams. Every team in the division has fifteen division championships. 147 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: The Chiefs now tied the Raiders and Broncos with those 148 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: that third world championship. That being said, here we go, 149 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: let's go around the world. How many number of what 150 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: do you have today? Around? I've got ten today. We're 151 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: super backlogged because we got a bunch of submissions on 152 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: our last episode, which was like, you know, before the 153 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But we'll try to catch up. But we 154 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: have ten today and ten for the ten years of 155 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: Andy Reid. Right, this will be the eleventh season coming up. 156 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: But ten years of Andy Reid, why not ten around 157 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: the world? Yeah? Or Isaiah Pacheco, why not leading Russia 158 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: on the Super Bowl? Goes from being the two hundred 159 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: and fifty fourth overall pick in the draft to the 160 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: leading Russia in the Super Bowl, then by ten at halftime. 161 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: We can keep both of this. I love it. So 162 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: we have Joe. He's listening from Mercia, Spain. Sean is 163 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Grandview. I've wanted 164 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: to go to Quebec. I don't know. I think it'd 165 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: be interesting. We need to have Loay Dubernat Hardy Felida. 166 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, have a tour because it is like France, right, 167 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: the rest of Canada goes. Yeah, Quebec's just different, but 168 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: you can drive there, like I just feel like it 169 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: would be like a like a teleportation experience. I don't know. 170 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: Pick Quebec city while we're there. Yeah. We have Devon 171 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: in Vancouver, British Columbius sticking in Canada. We have a 172 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: listener from Kansas who was currently living in South Korea 173 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: and watched Super Bowl fifty seven on Monday morning. Nice. Yeah, 174 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: I love the commitment. Tony is in Puerto vart To Mexico. 175 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: We have a listener in Dortmund, Germany. We have a 176 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: listener in Boise, Idaho. They recently became a fan because 177 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: their in laws are from Peculiar Missouri and they got 178 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: on board at the right time. I'd say. George is 179 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: in Melbourne, Australia. His first job out of school was 180 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: in Kansas City and he was here for a couple 181 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: of years. Went back to Australia in ninety four and 182 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: he became just a huge Chiefs fan. He was the 183 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: only person in Australia where in a Chiefs hat around, 184 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: he said. But he stuck with the team and now 185 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: it's just the best thing ever because there's a more 186 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: football fans there now and he's been with the Chiefs 187 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: for three decades. So shout out to George. Mike is 188 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: an upstate New York and Andre is in Honolulu. Love it, 189 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: love our Kingdom defenders everywhere. First of all, we've had 190 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: from Spain, I think, isn't it. Yeah? I think we 191 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: haven't had of Spain and lives in Porta Villarta. Really, 192 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: how tough is that? Yeah? Yeah, okay, I'm thinking Tony's 193 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: doing okay defending the Kingdom and Porto Villarta. All right. 194 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: That being said, it's the National Football League and it'll 195 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: be my thirtieth season in this league. And Matt, you've 196 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: learned about this league and you know that hey, you celebrate. 197 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 1: We've had incredible parade championships. But the National Football League 198 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: does not wait. It does not stop. In this episode 199 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom, starting in three two, one will 200 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: be to flip the page. We are turning the page 201 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: and starting the new year. So to do so in 202 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: three to one, we have come with the proper tire. 203 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this and not watching it, we're 204 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: donning jersey jerseys right now, yep, and we're putting it 205 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: on the I'm wearing the twenty jersey as you are listening, 206 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: not viewing. So as you see it, you will see 207 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: I am thanking Justin Reid for letting me wear his jersey, 208 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: and you're thanking Joshua Williams for letting him. Where yours 209 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: number twenty three and I'm number twenty and you see 210 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Now we begin the twenty twenty three 211 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: season in earnest we turn the page and start the calendar, 212 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: and here we go. Because the National Football League starts 213 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: to hit warp speed. After a bit of a respite, 214 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: it now hits it hard. So as we're taping this 215 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: on eight March, the day before you had to make 216 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: it was the deadline for making any kind of franchise 217 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: or transition designation for potential free agents. The Chiefs did 218 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: not exercise that on Orlando Brown Jr. Some league was 219 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: doing some different things. Lamar Jackson got designated. But that's 220 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: the first thing. But now really we start the first 221 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: of three segments. We're going to break down on the 222 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: calendar that you need to know with the National Football 223 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: League and it really gets into now the free agency period. 224 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: And let's start first with what I think is one 225 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: of the more peculiar forty eight to seventy two hours 226 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: in professional sports, and that is the legal tampering period 227 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: right before free agent starts. The ball will drop in 228 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: Times Square on March the fifteenth, right as we begin 229 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: the calendar year for the National Football League. So that's 230 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: where you ought to stay up all nine or afternoon 231 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: or whatever and see the ball drop and start the year. 232 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: But prior to that, and that's when free agency starts. 233 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: And it's crazy, we'll get that in a second. Is 234 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: this time before it where you can actually start to 235 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: negotiate with agents with the team and you kind of 236 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: start free agency before free agency begins. To me, it's 237 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: very peculiar, isn't legal tampering and oxymoron it is, How 238 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: can tampering be legal? Your wife would go, that's what 239 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: are you guys talking about. That's not even Yeah. Well, 240 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: the reason they had to do it is because the 241 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: league year begins at three o'clock Central time on March fifteenth. 242 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: But there was all these deals occurring a minute into 243 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: the new league year, and everyone's like, okay, well, there's 244 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: no way this deal was negotiated in one minute, so 245 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: surely this is happening beforehand. So the league tried to 246 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: find a way where you have a window of time 247 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: where you are allowed to negotiate a contract and then 248 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: sign the dotted line at three o'clock Central on March fifteenth. 249 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: And it's fun if you get on Twitter and just 250 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: hit refresh over and over again during that legal tampering period, 251 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: and especially when the new league year kicks off in 252 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: March fifteenth, you're going to see a lot of activity 253 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: around the league. This shows what kind of student I 254 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: was when I was in college. In my news reporting class. 255 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: It was twenty thirteen when coach Read had first come here, 256 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: and we had all this cap space and all this hope, right, 257 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: about the team that we're going to build for Coach 258 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: Read And I remember the day of the new league 259 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: gear at three o'clock Central. I was just sitting refresh 260 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: over and over and over again and then seeing who 261 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: the Chiefs and it's a fun time of year. The 262 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: reality is the Chiefs are never super active in that 263 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: first wave, but maybe they will be, we don't know. 264 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: But the hardest thing to do in the NFL is 265 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: sustain success, and the Chiefs have done that over ten 266 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: years now. And it's because we have the best coach 267 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: in the NFL and Coach Reid and the best general 268 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: manager in the NFL and Brett Veach who's not only 269 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: focused on the upcoming season and defending our title, he's 270 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: also focused on twenty twenty four, two, twenty five and beyond. 271 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: And how do you weigh that and balance that making 272 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: sure that you are contending this year but also contending 273 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: for years to come. And that's the balancing act that 274 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: Brett Veach has here in the next several weeks. So 275 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: that's the first part of the calendar that you've got 276 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: to be kind of fired up about, is that forty 277 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: eight hours. But then it really hits on March the fifteenth, 278 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: that's when the NFL year starts. Now, there's a couple 279 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: of things that are and that you've alluded to that 280 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have done very well. And the first is 281 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: you have to be under the salary cap. Now, the 282 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: salary cap for twenty twenty three is two hundred and 283 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: twenty four point eight million dollars, so think two hundred 284 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: and twenty five million dollars here. The Chiefs and every 285 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: team in the National Football League have got to be 286 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: under that to start the new year. So some things 287 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: happened recently. The Chiefs released Frank Clark. That gave them 288 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: twenty million dollars basically twenty one million dollars of cap space. 289 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: And they did not exercise a franchise tag on Lunda 290 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: Brown Junior. That in essence saved another twenty million, although 291 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: if you would have tagged him that you're just putting 292 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: back the twenty million that you saved with Frank Clark. 293 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: So as it stands as we record this, Chiefs are 294 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: seventeen million under the salary cap. Now that could change. 295 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: That's with forty seven players signed. But that's the first 296 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: thing that comes to mind here is you've got to be. 297 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: Everybody's going to hit the ground running here, but you 298 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: and there are some teams that have will make dramatic 299 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: moves here over the next week because it's basically as 300 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: we record this, you basically have a week to get 301 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: under the cap to start the year. But that's where 302 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: it becomes if you want to hit refres And by 303 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: the way, had you do in that class. You're in reporting, 304 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: so I can actually do that. But if you're in biochemistry, 305 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: if you're following free agency hitting refresh, I'm thinking that 306 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: doesn't work with the class. Yeah, Fortunately it was news 307 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: reporting was the class, and I actually think that class 308 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: taught me more than any other class did, ironically enough, 309 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: even though I wasn't paying much attention that day because 310 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: it was like spelling errors and stuff like that, like accuracy, 311 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: things that are generally important in our line of work. 312 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: So it was a good class, but I was very 313 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: distracted that day. Okay, well, whether you're in chemistry or 314 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: you're in news reporting, or you're not in class at all, 315 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: but you're at work, probably should be working. You can 316 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: follow free agency when it starts, but being under the 317 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: cap and managing the cap, this is what struck me 318 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: as you mentioned about what we do so well here 319 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: Bret Veach in his own alarmy, who are outstanding and 320 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: some of the best at the league. I say we 321 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: win here because of a hundred reasons, and one of 322 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: the several of the hundred reasons what Bret Beach does 323 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: and how he does it. Because when you look at 324 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: the salary cap, let's say the ball drops in New 325 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: York City and the new year has started on March 326 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: the fifteenth, and here we go, what's your cap look like? 327 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have always done an excellent job in the 328 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: ten years Andy Reid has been here and Brent Beach 329 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: running it off. You have to look at the cap 330 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, twenty four, twenty five. You've got to 331 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: look at the cap and snapshots, but you have to 332 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: look in two to four year periods as you look 333 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: down the road, because you can. It's the same as 334 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: Max and at your credit card, and now all of 335 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: a sudden you've got a collection problem, and you know 336 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: Bruno's at your door are trying to break your legs. 337 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have always been able to look at the 338 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: cap today, but then look at it in two, three 339 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: and four years and It's why they've been able to 340 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: win and stay out of cap hades, if you will. 341 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: And some teams are there right now, and a big 342 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: part of that is that the Chiefs took care of 343 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and his contract as soon as they could. 344 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: A lot of the news around the league right now, 345 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: if you're looking at what's going on with Lamar Jackson 346 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: or what happened with Daniel Jones, these are situations where 347 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: it's very difficult to build your team when you have 348 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: uncertainty at the quarterback position and you're waiting, you don't 349 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: know what you want to do yet. The Chiefs took 350 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: care of Patrick Mahomes as soon as they possibly could, 351 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: and to Patrick's credit, he signed a relatively team friendly 352 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: deal where he said, I'm going to be your quarterback 353 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: for ten years, not like a three or four year 354 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: deal and we'll reevaluate in a couple of seasons. Ten seasons, 355 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to be your quarterback. And that gives the 356 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs the flexibility to know, this is how much money 357 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: we're paying our quarterback every single year for a decade, 358 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: and it gives the Chiefs just so much flexibility and 359 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: ability to maneuver and know what they can do every offseason. 360 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: A lot of the teams out there that are trying 361 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: to challenge the Chiefs ran a very tough spot right now. 362 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: Mentioned the Ravens, but also the Bengals. They're going to 363 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: have to pay Joe Burrow soon, so what do they do? 364 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: Chase not long after, and Ti Higgins right so they're 365 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: dealing with an interesting offseason themselves. The Chargers with Justin Herbert, 366 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 1: they're going to have to pay him very soon. So 367 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 1: these teams are dealing with very tough decisions and a 368 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: lot of uncertainty right now at the most important position 369 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: in all of sports. And the Chiefs, who have won 370 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: two titles in four years years, just had one hundred 371 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: and sixty one total games played by rookies last season, 372 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: the most by a Super Bowl champion since nineteen eighty one. 373 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: So they have young players contributing and they have their 374 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: quarterback locked up. The Chiefs are in a very good 375 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: spot right now, and it's up to Brett Veach to 376 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,719 Speaker 1: make sure that we take advantage of this time because 377 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: it's not very often a championship caliber team has all 378 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: these things working for them at the same time. Yeah, 379 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 1: but the Chiefs have never taken out the home equity 380 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: mortgage to do some remodeling plan of your house and 381 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: then being underwater in your mortgage like three months later. 382 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: They've never done that, and that's something I've always appreciated 383 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: with them, and I think that's why they've won. I mean, 384 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: you mentioned the Chargers are as we're recording this, the 385 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: Chargers like twenty eight million over the cap. So they 386 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: got to make some drastic moves here. And with Patrick 387 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: Mahomes and having the contract he has, he can always 388 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: adjust to remember what Tom Brady did for years with 389 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: New England. You can always kind of adjust that big 390 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,239 Speaker 1: giant quarterback contract if you will, to give you some 391 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: short term help. But if you don't have that big contract, 392 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: you look at you know, they were all in with 393 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: JC Jackson and Mike Williams and so I mean they're 394 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: just saying, but one thing the Chiefs have done been 395 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: able to win and not destroy the cat. Now that 396 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: leads us to speaking of maxing out your credit card 397 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: of what I call the think of the Friday after 398 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and people are lining up to get the first 399 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: you know, inside the store at four am whatever to 400 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: go buy the newest thing they got to get and 401 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: then they call it Black Friday, Right, the Black Friday 402 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: of the NFL is basically the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth 403 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: to nineteenth to March. It is this mad rush too 404 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: many times overpay to get a free agent, and teams 405 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: get real itchy, like we've got to make and get 406 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: the big free agent, and that's where sometimes teams get 407 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: into real trouble. The Chiefs have been able to jump 408 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: into that market, so I'm Justin Reid last year. But 409 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: the point is the NFL's in this mad rush for 410 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: about seventy two to ninety six hours and that's fascinating 411 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: to watch, but it's also a very dangerous time for teams. Yeah, 412 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: it's about being strategic for a team like the Chiefs, 413 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: and Justin Reid's a great example. You kind of let 414 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: all the craziness subside a little bit and go get 415 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: a very good player in Justin Reid who had a 416 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: lot of suitors out there and got a pretty big 417 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: contract from the Chiefs and they're like, all right, that's 418 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: our big move for now. And we don't know what 419 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are going to do in the first couple 420 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: of days, but history shows us that they identify maybe 421 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: a guy or two or nobody at all in that 422 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: initial wave and they say this is what we're going 423 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: to do. But keep in mind that Carlos Dunlap, who 424 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: had a huge impact on the Chiefs championship season, did 425 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: not sign in Kansas City until mid August. Justin Watson, 426 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: for example, who was on this team made a bunch 427 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: of contributions, didn't sign with the Chiefs until like early April. 428 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: I believe, so lots of moves and signings and guys 429 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: that end up contributing can happen later on, even if 430 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: it's not in that first couple of days. So just 431 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: keep in mind that if you don't see the Chiefs 432 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: doing a whole bunch of stuff, and again we don't know, 433 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: maybe they will, But if you don't see the Chiefs 434 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: do a whole bunch of things at first forty eight 435 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: hours and a team or two is out shopping and 436 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: getting all of the Twitter love about how they're winning 437 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: the offseason, it doesn't always work that way, and the 438 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs have been a lot of success finding guys later 439 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: on in the free agency period as well. Yeah, just 440 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: buyer beware. In those first ninety six hours of the 441 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: land rush to get the high price free agents that 442 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: will change your team supposedly, not saying they won't, but 443 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: it can be cap problems down the line. The other 444 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: thing is, while we're talking about things we studied, one 445 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: things I studied was consumer behavior. Think about how the 446 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: league is fascinated that everybody the English Premier League, in 447 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: the National Football League of the two worldwide sports. Now right, 448 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: we talk about the world, we talk about around the world, 449 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: but the league is conditioned to have one big event 450 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: a game every week, and then you talk about it 451 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 1: the next week, and then you're talking about injury reports, 452 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: and so we get conditioned to something has to happen 453 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: within a certain period of time. So think about free agency. 454 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: Even people who cover the sport nationally, this is so 455 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: like the Orlando Brown junior deal. That means the Chiefs 456 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: for moving on from Lando Brown junior. Maybe maybe not 457 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: so during the off season you almost have to kind 458 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: of change your thinking if there's not always a short 459 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: term reason something happened. You can't think on seven day cycles. 460 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: And that's to your point where you're going to get 461 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: people in free agents in June even later than that. 462 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: In fact, some of your best bargains become later in 463 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 1: the free agency period, but we're so accustomed to something 464 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: has to happen. That's what this means. I'm going to 465 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: put this on social media, and here's the reason it happens. 466 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: It's like, no, it's not during the season. It's not 467 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: something that's going to happen that leads to this definitive moment. 468 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: And I think we have to almost train our retrain 469 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: ourselves as fans to go many times, there's a long 470 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: play in this. It's not just a weekly cycle. And 471 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: again that's part of the balancing act for Brett Veach 472 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: is he doesn't only want to win this year. He 473 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: wants to win for five or six more seasons. And 474 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: it was kind of a trend in the NFL particularly lately. 475 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: Don't worry about draft picks, don't worry about all this stuff. 476 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: Just go all in. And that's great if it works. 477 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: But look at the La Rams right now. They went 478 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: all in and they won their Super Bowl, so it 479 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: was worth it for them. But now they're dealing with 480 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: a very difficult patch of time. So it's very difficult 481 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: to keep winning in the NFL, right you got to 482 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: find ways to compete every season, but also think about 483 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: years down the road, and you mentioned it, this is 484 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: kind of the most dangerous time for any contending team 485 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: because it can be very tempting to go pay somebody 486 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of money, but you never know if it's 487 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: going to work out in the long run, and there's 488 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: a lot of fan pressure from the outside, do something, 489 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: do something now. It's got to be done now, and 490 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: sometimes you've got to run the long distance run, right, 491 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: you're always run the sprint, And like you mentioned the Broncos, 492 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: they went Super Bowl fifty, they've not been in the 493 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: playoffs since exactly. So in the league, you've got to 494 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: take care of your business today, but that doesn't mean 495 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: that you just destroyed tomorrow to take care of to day. 496 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: All Right. The second part of the calendar, now that's 497 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: the first part of the calendar, is this free agent 498 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: period really up to the draft. Okay, let's talk about 499 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: the raft here. Now we're going to be in the 500 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: weeds of the draft on succeeding shows here as you 501 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: and I'll jump into it. But from free agency to 502 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: the draft, it's this sprinkling in a free agents, new 503 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: guys to your team, resigning your own guys. So before 504 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: we get to the draft, let's go into there are 505 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: guys that you decide that you want back. And there 506 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: is extensive list for the Chiefs here who do they 507 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: want back to be on their twenty twenty three team. 508 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: Every team has that around the league. If you look 509 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: at every roster, every team's in that regard. But there 510 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 1: are some guys on the list that you would like 511 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: back if you're the Chiefs. That right now are as 512 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: we record this or unrestricted free agents. Yeah, so I'll 513 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: run through an unrestricted free agency here. These are guys 514 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 1: that on March fifteenth, their contracts will expire and they 515 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: can sign with anyone in the league. Like you said, 516 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: they could come back to Kansas City, but they are 517 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: exposed to the rest of the NFL. So that list 518 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: is Nick Alighretty, Blake Bell, Orlando Brown, Junior, Michael Burton, 519 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: the On Bush, Carlos Dunlap, mcicole Hardman, chat Henny who 520 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: just retired but he's still technically a free agent, Ronald Jones, 521 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: Jeric McKinnon, Derek Noddy, Colin Saunders, Juju Smith, Schuster, Wanmthorne, Hill, 522 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: Justin Watson, Brandon Williams, and Andrew Wiley. So those are 523 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: the guys that on March fifteenth, they are unrestricted free agents. 524 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have a handful of restricted free agents and 525 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: also exclusive rights free agents. Those are complicated terms to 526 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: basically mean that the Chiefs have the first right of 527 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: refusal on a couple of players that are not included 528 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: in this list. But when the free agency period starts, 529 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: those are the guys to keep an eye on in 530 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: terms of our own guys. Are they going to come 531 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: back or are they going to sign elsewhere? And there's 532 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: a lot of wins on that list that you just mentioned, 533 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: a lot of great plays on that list that you 534 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: just mentioned. But here's the discipline the Chiefs have and 535 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: you must have in the National Football League. And this 536 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 1: is the way you have to think. And if you're 537 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: Brett Beach and working in collaboration with the coaching staff 538 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: and Andy Reid, because Matt and this is where the 539 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: NFL gets tough. It's not what you've done, it's what 540 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: you're going to do. What you've done, and if you've 541 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: been a performer and performed at a high level, is 542 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: what are you going to continue to do? And that's 543 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: where this gets difficult. It's basically not a reward for 544 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: what you've done. You can't do that in the NFL, 545 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: and sometimes that can lead to some very difficult decisions. 546 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: Frank Clark's one of those. Yeah, right, but it's what 547 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: you're going to do. That's why I've got to think 548 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: at twenty twenty three, twenty four, and twenty five, and 549 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: when you read that list of names, all guys that 550 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: we both of us respect in like and one with 551 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: and one super Bowl championships with, the Chiefs have to 552 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: make a decision. It has to be it has to 553 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: work out good for the player, but good for the team. 554 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: And can that player continue to be better, even better 555 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: than they've been in the past. That's the decision you 556 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: have to make, and sometimes that can get lost on fans, 557 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: and you have to be careful in that realm. If 558 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: you're a National Football League team, Yeah, it's very difficult 559 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: and you and I feel this way, fans feel this way, 560 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 1: in the front office feels this way, like we love 561 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: these guys. I mean, this is a championship team. Every 562 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: single one of those players contributed to a world championship 563 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: and you don't want to say goodbye to any of them. 564 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: But This is also a business right, and the guys 565 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: understand that. They get that, and that's just the reality 566 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: that this front office and this coaching staff has to 567 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: navigate over the next several weeks. Who can we bring 568 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: back at the right cost and who do you have 569 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 1: to bid farewell to? And Frank is part of that. 570 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: I didn't mention Frank with those undrestricted free agents because 571 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: Frank is technically a free agent right now. When you 572 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: release a player, he can sign with anyone, even before 573 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: the new league year starts. But think about Frank's time 574 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: in Kansas City. I mean, he's a chief's legend, only 575 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: here for four years, but I think it's fair to 576 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: call him a chief's legend. He said that he wanted 577 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: to win multiple championships at his introductory press conference in 578 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 1: Kansas City away back in April of twenty nineteen, and 579 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: he did it. He went to three Super Bowls and 580 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: one two of them. It was just an awesome guy 581 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: in this community and an awesome guy in this locker 582 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: room for four years. It's very difficult to say goodbye 583 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: to a guy like that, and it's going to be 584 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: the first of a handful of difficult farewells. But that's 585 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: just the nature of the business in the NFL. Everyone 586 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 1: knows that. It doesn't make it hurt any less though. 587 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: All Right, the next part of the calendar will be 588 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft, and it's going to be big because 589 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: it'll be here in Kansas City. It will be festive. 590 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: I just I wish we could invite all of our 591 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: Kingdom defenders in from around the world to come here 592 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: to the capital city of the Kingdom to enjoy that, 593 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: because it will be a very interesting experience I think 594 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: for the city and all of us in the Kingdom. 595 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: But the Chiefs incredible drafts the last two years. In fact, 596 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: that's what's astonished the league when you look at the 597 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: draft of the two years ago and to see that 598 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: you get Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith and Nick Bolt 599 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: and the guys that are now pillars on your team. 600 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: And that group last year which set an all time 601 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: NFL record of playing eight guys on defense and special 602 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: teams in a conference championship came in the Super Bowl, 603 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: all time NFL record, and then others on offense like 604 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: sky More and you throw in Deren Cornard. But now, 605 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: what can the Chiefs do with the twenty twenty three draft, 606 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: and there's a very number we know. The Chiefs will 607 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: have a one two as it stands now, one to two, three, 608 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: two fours, with the Tyree Killed Trade getting another four 609 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: and a five. Now the other picks become a little 610 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: bit fluid based on what the Chiefs could get based 611 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: on compensation. But still that's a big part and people 612 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: know now. Like I said at the one on one bank, 613 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: but when I introduced Isaiah Pachecos, the mac Lee Hill 614 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: Winner is a seventh round draft pick. You and I 615 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: have learned pay attention to all seven rounds. Yeah, And 616 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, the comp picks as they're called, they 617 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: come out probably in a few weeks. Those are based 618 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: on what free agency you lost the year prior. There's 619 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: a formula that's not actually public, so we don't know 620 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: how it technically works. But the legal award extra draft 621 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: picks in the coming weeks, so we'll have even more 622 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: than we have right now. But I am reminded about 623 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: the episode that we recorded last year right after the 624 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: Tyree Killed Trade, and I was kept saying, what an 625 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: opportunity this is for the Chiefs. They have to take 626 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: advantage of it, but what an opportunity to be a 627 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: team in a championship window and to have all these 628 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: draft picks, and especially so many picks in the top one, 629 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: and to have an opportunity to not only be a 630 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: very good team this season, but to create a foundation 631 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: in a base of young players who can grow within 632 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: this culture and keep this thing going for a long time. 633 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: And I think you and I could not have predicted 634 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: what a slam dunk that draft class was. It was incredible. 635 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: We were hopeful going into it, and after day one 636 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: we were like, I was pretty good. But we also 637 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,479 Speaker 1: saw glimpses. And that'll get into our last part of this, 638 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: but we saw glimpses. We saw it as early as 639 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: May with those guys. Absolutely, but they still have to 640 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: go prove it right and yeah, and think about the 641 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: trials and tribulations that some of these guys went through. 642 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: Guys like sky Moore had the three muffed punts during 643 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: the year and no big deal. He just goes back 644 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: there for the biggest punt return of the season for 645 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: any team against the Bengals, and what does he do. 646 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: Does he dropped the football? No, he catches it and 647 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: returns it twenty nine yards and gets the Chiefs on 648 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: the doorstep of field goal range to beat the Bengals 649 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: and go back to the Super Bowl. Think about all 650 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: the other rookies that stepped up in that game. Joshua 651 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: Williams had an interception off a tip pass by Brian Cook. 652 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: Jolan Watson after being burned several times during the year, 653 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: Jayalen Watson getting burned, but then yeah, it's incredible. Isaia 654 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: Pacheco had a great playoff front, averaged more than five 655 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: yards per carry in the postseason and was the leading 656 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: rusher and the Super Bowl. As I said earlier, for 657 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: all these rookies to step up the way that they did, 658 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: they're only going to get better. And they created that 659 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: foundation here for the Chiefs that this team is going 660 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: to be very good for a long time. And now 661 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: let's do it again with this draft class. Go get 662 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: some more young players, bring them into this building, and 663 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: it just draws the ire of teams that are going 664 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: for the Super Bowl in the AFC crown, right, They're like, 665 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: they can't keep doing this well when the tip off came, 666 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: I think for you and I and I saw it 667 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: again as early as May, even the rookie minicamp in 668 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: talking to those guys like who am I talking to here? 669 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: Like these guys are emotionally and mentally mature, and like 670 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: I told people, you would hire all these guys to 671 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: work in your workplace, and it manifests itself during the season. 672 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: So it was a truly unique group. But that lends 673 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: itself to be part of that leadership cadre as you 674 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: move forward. They're built for that, and so it's exciting 675 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: to see what they can do and exciting to see 676 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: how Brett Veach and his crew can add to that 677 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: with this twenty twenty three draft class. And that will 678 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: be the last weekend of April here in Kansas City. 679 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: All right, then we're gonna lump in the last part 680 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: of the calendar, and that is so Phase one of 681 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: the offseason training program is in that free agency to draft. 682 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: But then after that you get in where it kind 683 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: of amps up a little bit. You have Rookie Minicamp. 684 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: That's when they come in. You have the kind of 685 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: this rookie academy that goes on between May and June. 686 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,479 Speaker 1: Then you throw in Phase two of the offseason training 687 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: program and that gets a little more intense. And then 688 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: Phase three, including a mandatory minicamp. Now, why are we 689 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: telling you all this, because it's something that you and 690 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: I have noticed. The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super 691 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty seven championship for a lot of reasons. A 692 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: lot of it was the way Andy Reid was so 693 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: good in April and Patrick Mahomes and the leaders April 694 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: May in June in building the twenty twenty two Chiefs, 695 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: and why the calendar is important. Even though maybe you're 696 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: flying at kaider going fishing while the Chiefs are doing 697 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: offseason training activities. There are other teams and there are 698 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: coaching staffs that do not believe in the value of 699 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: OTA's And that's been kind of a popular trend in 700 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: recent years because a few years ago during COVID, a 701 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: lot of that stuff was canceled, and then some coaches 702 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: were saying, see, we didn't need it. We still had 703 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: success without it. The Chiefs win in May and June. 704 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: They have entire practices dedicated to certain opponents. They're working 705 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,719 Speaker 1: on these things months ahead of time, so when training 706 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: camp rolls around, or even in season practices roll around, 707 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: there's not a ton of new information being learned because 708 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: they've already gone through the motions in May and in June. 709 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 1: Coach Reid is a million things, but one of the 710 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: things he's so good at it's not just coaching and 711 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: drawing up plays. It's how he organizes and how he 712 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: teaches things. And there's this gradual increase in learning and 713 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: in doing that by the time that you're doing it 714 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: in games, it's second nature. You're not learning a new 715 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: stuff in even training camp. And that's why this team 716 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: has been so good in recent years because they maximize 717 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: every single minute and you and I have a chance 718 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: to watch it, we see what these guys are doing 719 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: in OTAs. They're not just going to, you know, do 720 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: team building activities. That's important, but they're also learning and 721 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: they're figuring little things out that are going to be 722 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: the foundation for what turned out to be last year 723 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl championship team. And also it's a chance 724 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: for guys to prove that they belong here. So your 725 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: first round picks, your second round picks, they're gonna make 726 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: the team. Everyone knows that. And OTAs are important because 727 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 1: how do they mesh in with things? But think about 728 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: a guy like Jack Cochrane. Jack Cochrane was an undrafted 729 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: free agent out of the University of South Dakota, my 730 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: wife's alma mater, Go Yots. Jack Cochrane made this team 731 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: out of training camp as an undrafted free agent based 732 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: on what he did in Otia's based on what he 733 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: did in training camp. He played in fifteen games. Now 734 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: he didn't play on defense, but he played on special teams. 735 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,920 Speaker 1: He was one of the guys that was paving the 736 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,439 Speaker 1: way for Sky Moore on that punt return that set 737 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: up Harrison Bucker's game winning field goal in the AFC 738 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: Tittle Game. Little things like that make a difference. And 739 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: if the Chiefs didn't maximize their time in the offseason 740 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: training program like they do, I don't know if you 741 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: find a guy like Jack Cochrane. So it's a very 742 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,959 Speaker 1: exciting and fun time to follow along and see what 743 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: is the foundation of this team going to look like 744 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: and that stuff is really built during OTAs. And one 745 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,759 Speaker 1: thing that really makes this happen with this franchise, in 746 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,440 Speaker 1: attacking this calendar that we just laid out for you, 747 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: is the fact that your biggest stars embrace it. Yes, 748 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: you don't have a quarterback Patrick Mahomes going, I'm going 749 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: to go to the International Cornhole championships and skip OTAs. No, 750 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: he's here. In fact, he's having his own and when 751 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: you get him and Travis, I'll seeing Chris Jones and 752 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: now the new leaders of this team like Nick Bolton, 753 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,720 Speaker 1: who embrace it and go, hey, this is important. Anybody 754 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: that walks into this building, you'll be here like you 755 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: don't skip this step. That's how you win, win consistently, 756 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: and how you build championships. So it's time to flip 757 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: the calendar. Yeah, we had good Super Bowl time. It 758 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 1: was fine whatever it's in and there, But now it's 759 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: time for twenty twenty three and it's time for the 760 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs to go after Super Bowl fifty eight 761 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: and to go get another one. As Chris Jones said 762 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: on the stage and the celebration, it's time to run 763 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: in back. He's Matt mcmull and I Mitch Holt's keep 764 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom. Tous down and the celebration begins in 765 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: their hand