1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Thank advantage on the day a right, will you get 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: opportunity in the game they can play? Oh, Michael, don't 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: do it? What touchdown? Kansas City? The Chiefs all right 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: in the thick of a baby. Hello, Chiefs Kingdom, and 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom which holds 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: us with you Voice of the Chiefs, along with Chiefs 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: reporter Matt McMullan, and of course in the middle of 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: the man in the middle, he is the shop. He's 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: the barber shop. He's the spider Man, University of Richmond 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: graduate and an NFL veteran and community leader and ambassador 11 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: Sean Barber. Okay, before we get into anything, we need 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: to remind you that the Defending a Kingdom podcast is 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: brought to you by three sixty Vodka, Kansas City's hometown 14 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: vodka and the official vodka of the Chief's Kingdom. All right, now, 15 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: let's first before we jump into everything. Here we are 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: now hearing you are listening and watching all around the 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: globe to Defending the Kingdom. We're kind of we should 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: have a map up here to the yeah, pen little 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: pins in it. What do we got this week? Where 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: we where are people watching and listening to Defending the Kingdom. Yes, 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: so we're very busy every week. This is the best 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: part of my week besides game day. It's reading where 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: all these people are listening from because it's it's so cool. 24 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: So we'll start with the global perspective. We have a 25 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: listener in Uzbekistan, so Central Asia. We've reached Central Asia. 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: DTK is finally there. David in Quebec. He's a native 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: Canzen but now lives in Quebec, ok so we're up 28 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: in Quebec. Michael from Zurich, so Central Europe. We have 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: a listener from Jakarta, Indonesia, and then also a listener 30 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: in Brazil. We're big in Brazil, I've noticed, which is 31 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: very exciting. Brazil's I don't know if maybe it's Cairo 32 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: Santosiga started, but yes, we have a lot of Brazilian fans. Yeah, 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: and Paulo Orlando on the Royals, you know, we Kansas 34 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: City has has Brazil figured out, and also a few 35 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: people around the country. Luis in Reno and Nevada and 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: then Fred and Fort Worth, Texas love it. Love the 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: how Cosmopolm or how diverse it is. But yes, we've 38 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: made it to Uzbekistan. So for all of our Chiefs 39 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: fans in Uzbekistan, we'll be there. But thanks for joining 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: us in this edition of Defending the Kingdom. This episode 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: we are calling staring at the steering wheel, all right, 42 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: fix it, indulge me here as we get started. Just 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: indulge me here a second, because this is where this 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: is coming from. Twenty fifteen, the Chiefs had lost five 45 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: out of six games to start the year. We were 46 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: one in five. Expectations were high for that year. We're 47 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: flaming from both engines and have to make looks like 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: a crash landing. We had just beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers, 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: who did not have been Roethlisberger. They had to play 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: the backup that day. But I'm staring at my steering 51 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: wheel well after the game, hours after the game, and 52 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: just setting in a parking lot, thinking, and We're getting 53 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: ready to go to London to play the Detroit Lions, 54 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: who were actually pretty good that year, and I'm thinking, 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: where's this going. And all of a sudden I look 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: up and Andy Reid's pickup was going by and going 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: out the parking lot, and I thought, okay, let's go. 58 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: The other night after a thirty eight to twenty loss 59 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills. It's about one something something in 60 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: the morning. I'm setting out on the parking lot and 61 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm staring at the steering wheel, like what just happened 62 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: in a two and three start? And where are we? 63 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: And what's going on? I kid you not, guys. I 64 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: look up Andy reads pickups driving by me, and I thought, okay, 65 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: let's go, It'll be all right. So on that we're 66 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: staring at the steering wheel, but I'm seeing Andy Reads 67 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: pickup drive by. Let's deal with it, Matt, I'll start 68 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: with you. And this is a little bit of a 69 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: feeling after the loss to the Chargers, bit bit different 70 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: at two and three and then getting walloped by the Bills. 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: Let's be honest, that wasn't a one point squeaker. Your 72 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: thoughts as we stare at the steering wheel, thinking all right, 73 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: let's go and move forward. Well, this is something that 74 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: we haven't dealt with a whole lot in the Patrick 75 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: Mahomes era certainly, and then also really in the coach 76 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: reading era. Overall, you mentioned the time back in twenty 77 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: fifteen to one and five start. Overall, this team doesn't 78 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: lose much and it really doesn't snowball much. We certainly 79 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: don't lose big very often. That's why I think Sunday 80 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: was so surprising. The good news is that we know 81 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: the team that we have, We've seen them for years now, 82 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: and we know the culture that we have. We talk 83 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: a lot about the culture when we're winning, and it's 84 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: fun to do, but you need the culture when things 85 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: like this are going on. And we know what we 86 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: have in coach ree, we know what we have in 87 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and the leaders on this team, so that 88 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: gives me confidence we can figure it out also, and 89 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: this can be part of a broader conversation we'll have later. 90 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: But the issue in my mind is very clear, and 91 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: it's turnovers right now, at least offensively. We'll talk about 92 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: the defense in the bid, but turnovers are the problem offensively. 93 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: This offense right now, at least in terms of what 94 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: they can do moving to football, is historically good. They 95 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: have one hundred and thirty six first downs this season. 96 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: That's the fifth most through Week five in NFL history. 97 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: The problem is turnovers. They're not finishing drives because they're 98 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: turning the ball over. You can't turn the ball over 99 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: four times against good football teams like they did against 100 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: the Chargers and the Bills. And that's part of the 101 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: issue what's going on right now. And I believe that 102 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: it's fixable the turnovers right now, and the defense teem 103 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: to figure it out as well. But the turnovers offensively, 104 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: we're not used to seeing that from this team. This 105 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: team doesn't beat themselves, and they've been beating themselves recently. 106 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: Shop stirring at the stirring wheel early in the morning 107 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: or late at night or whatever, when night becomes day 108 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: and Davy comes night and Andy Reichs pickup goes by, 109 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: assess the situation. Um, I mean, I've been here before. 110 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: I've been here where you know the cards don't add up. 111 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: You know that poker hand and none of it goes together. 112 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: What I'm gonna do? How many cards I'm gonna take. 113 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: I'll just take five new ones and try to make it, 114 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: make it work. But I like what Matt saying them. 115 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: I mean, offensively, when you think about turnovers, that's an 116 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: attitude adjustment, that's a that's a each individual player just 117 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: thinking I gotta take care of the ball, I gotta 118 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: I gotta be a little higher tight um I gotta 119 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: realize other teams are gonna be smacking at the ball 120 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: because when you lay the ball down or create um 121 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: tip balls to end up being pick sixes and turnovers. 122 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: What that does it motivates next week's defense to be 123 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: even more of a ball hawlk to be even more 124 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: passionate to come out of that football. They're not gonna 125 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: be trying to secure tackles because when Matt says is true, 126 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna have more first downs than any of the 127 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: team in the NFL history. We're gonna move the ball 128 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: up and down the field. So if I'm a defense, 129 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: the only way to turn that pendulum back to our 130 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: favor is to constantly be doing with Peanut Tillman for 131 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: his whole career, continuously punch at that ball, trying to 132 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,559 Speaker 1: create a turnover so that we leave points off the ball, 133 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: empty possessions. We can't afford to have empty possessions when 134 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: we're trying to write the ship. I asked Andy Read 135 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: on Monday night in the Chiefs Kingdom Show. We had 136 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: kind of the same discussion. He said, First of all, 137 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: trust the process. It's easy to panic in this situation, 138 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: and it's easy to panic for those outside the fort 139 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: right two. We talked about it. The way defenses are 140 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: now playing the Chiefs offense safety's back. Hey, you've got 141 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: to be patient. So now all of a sudden, you're 142 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: going to lead the world in first downs because the 143 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: wasp play and the big plays against Cleveland and against 144 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: Philadelphia just aren't going to happen very often. All right, 145 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: So now you have fourteen play drives. But coach Reid 146 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: said this, we were discussing it. You're mental. This goes 147 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: back to Shops point. Your mental and your emotional and 148 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: physical awareness has to be the same or more on 149 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth play of the drive as 150 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: it was on play one, two and three. And sometimes 151 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: you can lose your focus just a bit, false start, 152 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: maybe a hole, maybe cheat a bit or a lot 153 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: of these turnovers have happened after offensive gains, even some 154 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: of double digit and Shop to your point, I am 155 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: noticing on video where teams are coming in and getting 156 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: extra physical, feel like they can whack you at the 157 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: end of a twelve yard game and get the ball out. 158 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: Think of the play against the Chargers. Tyreek's at the five, right, 159 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: but they're thinking we're gonna go in and just slobberknock 160 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: him and get the ball out. So I'm gonna get 161 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: to you, Matt here in a second. But let's just 162 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: ping off. It's a second of keeping your mental, physical, 163 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: emotional focus in the middle or at the end of 164 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: a fifteen play drive or in the redgive. And what 165 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: makes it so tough for our team is because we 166 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: are so we're successful. We also we get positive yards 167 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: all the time, we get big plays, we get big chunks. 168 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: Our team has no problem moving the ball up and 169 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: down the field. So as a defense, when you're up 170 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: against the wall and you're facing the Chiefs, you have 171 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: no options. You know they're gonna get big plays. You 172 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: know that you can't run with cheater Man one on one. 173 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: You know that you don't have the ability to really 174 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: stay with it with Kelsey in zone coverage. So what 175 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: are you gonna do? Hey, We're gonna protect the back 176 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: in protect deep, make them throw it to the flats, run, hustle, 177 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: try to knock the ball out. Don't worry about secure 178 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: and the tackle, right, We're not worried about getting them down. 179 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: We want to make sure that we get them with 180 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: the ball loose. So the second third guy in can 181 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: try to strip that ball out, create more and more players, 182 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: keep them snapping the ball. And what history has shown 183 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: them this season is that the ball has come out 184 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: and not eat just on the offense. It happened last 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: week and special teams. Right right after they score, it's 186 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: time for us to go score again. And what we do, boom, 187 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: give them the ball back. Now we're down double digits, 188 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: you know, And that is so hard to do when 189 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: you're talking about how to stay focused into a game, 190 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: because you know, our offense right after that seven team 191 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: play drive I think we started the game with was 192 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: couldn't wait to get that defense tired back on the 193 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: field again to make them pay again. But what happens, 194 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: unfortunate turnover turns it back over to their offense and 195 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: now allows them to take the lead. When I think that, 196 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: you know, however that game would have went. We could 197 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: have went tofa tofa with them all day long. But 198 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: those turnovers, four turnovers, it's what costs you the difference 199 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: in that game, being a staying close enough to give 200 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: us a chance to win at the end and situational 201 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: it was ten seven. If you get a stop and 202 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: get it back. Now you go ahead by two scores, 203 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: everything changes, same thing with same scenario with the Charger game. Matt, 204 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: your thoughts, Yeah, well I agree with that. And the 205 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: thing with US Chief's offense is it's hard because they've 206 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: been so explosive. They've been the most explosive offense in 207 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: the NFL since Patrick Mahomes out here. But it's about 208 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: being comfortable with being a little bit boring, and we've 209 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: seen them have success with that, with taking what the 210 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: defense gives them. We saw it against Philadelphia. They had 211 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: seven possessions in that game, six touchdown drives. So they 212 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: can do it. They can go to the length of 213 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: the field with the best of them. That was a 214 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: pretty good defense that Philadelphia has and a very good 215 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: defensive line. But if you have turnovers or you have 216 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: negative plays, you have penalties all of a sudden, you 217 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: can't do that. You can't you don't want to be 218 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: in second and fifteen or third and long. It just 219 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: makes it very hard to go to the length of 220 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: the field. So I think being comfortable with taking what's there. 221 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: If Patrick Mahomes has to scramble for six yards like 222 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: we saw him do quite a bit, agains buffalo because 223 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: there's no defenders there. You just take that. Or if 224 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hills opened in the flat, which he's always opened 225 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: in the flat, it seems like that's an unstoppable play. 226 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: You take that. And the exciting thing is that the 227 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs have dealt with this kind of thing before where 228 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: they've struggled with a defensive concept. It was man coverage. 229 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: A couple years ago. They struggled with man coverage, which 230 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: is hilarious now because of the best offense in the 231 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: NFL against man coverage. So my hope is that the 232 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs will get comfortable with being a little bit boring 233 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: against these shell coverages with two safeties deep, and once 234 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: they can adapt and figure it out, all of a sudden, 235 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: good luck to the NFL. How you're going to stop 236 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs because the big plays will didn't come. But 237 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: it's just an adjustment period right now, trying to figure 238 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: out how to be comfortable with being boring and beating 239 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: these defenses. And one of those adaptation points goes back 240 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: to what Room mentioning, if you're going to have a 241 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: fourteen play drive, you've got to keep your edge for 242 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: all fourteen plays. Because that game started the other day 243 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: with a seventeen play drive that ended in a three. 244 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: Have to finish those old and so, and that's where 245 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: teams are seeing that they can get it. Hey, it 246 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. At the fourteenth play, we'll pop it out. 247 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: We'll go Peanut Tooman on him. You didn't get anything 248 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: out of it. It took some time off and ran 249 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: a bunch of plays, but you didn't score. So I 250 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: think it's a great point, Matt. But part of that 251 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: adaptation is training yourself to be that way, not just saying, hey, 252 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: this is boring, but going this is a fifteen round fight. 253 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: Every time we're on the field. They saidn't you going 254 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: to be a seventy five yard touchdown pass all the time? Okay, 255 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: now again this episode, we're calling it staring at the 256 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: steering wheel twice in my career, fifteen and just the 257 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: other night, I'm staring up my steering wheel in the 258 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: parking lot hours to the game, only to see Andy 259 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: Reid's pickup go by, going yeah, we're good. All right, 260 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: But let's talk defense here, because that's what everybody's talking 261 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 1: about in Washington and in the Chiefs Kingdom and shop. 262 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: This is right in your wheelhouse. Because you played defense 263 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: in this league for over a decade and you played 264 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: with these two teams. Let's start with this week's opponent. 265 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: We'll get to the Chiefs Kingdom in a minute. Because 266 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: I know you've been discussed at your water cooler, coffee 267 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: shop or whatever, but Washington coming into the twenty twenty 268 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: one season shop was thought to have by those outside 269 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: of their fan base to have the best defense in 270 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: the NFL. Chase Young is a dog, Montes Sweat is 271 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: a dog. These guys, and I mean dawg. These guys 272 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: won their division and got to the playoffs last year 273 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: mainly because of that defense. And it's like what happened? 274 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: They are Chiefs in the Washington football team at thirty one, 275 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: thirty two, thirty two thirty one in all of the 276 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: major metrics, most of them defensively. As you look at 277 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: this Washington team defensively and with a veteran defensive coordinators 278 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: because I said, we got two veteran defensive coordinators that 279 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: are not sleeping at all spags for us and Jack 280 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: del Ria, who's been around the block four hundred times, 281 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 1: they ain't sleeping. Shot what's going on? And let's start 282 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 1: with Washington's defense. Well, I think what we see in 283 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: both franchises that defensively, we have guys that have been 284 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: longing and tooth that mean they've been around a while. 285 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: It's a lot of film on them. They do what 286 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: they do. They're not gonna change their stripes. They're not 287 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: gonna all of a sudden try to reinvent what they 288 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: do on the defense side of the ball, because they 289 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: believe defense is one being tougher, hard nose, smarter, being harder, 290 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 1: a harder striker, hitting the ball, stripping the ball, creating turnovers. 291 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: But you got to be sound and those little nuances, 292 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: little details about in man coverage. When we got three 293 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: on two and we're gonna switch, we all got to 294 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: be on the same page. We can't have two guys 295 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: chasing the wrong guy and leaving somebody one on one 296 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: by themselves. And we can't allow offenses to dictate which 297 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: matchups they're going to create. And I think both sides, 298 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: both teams defensively, if you watch the film, offenses have 299 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: been able to dictate who is going to guard who, 300 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: and then the offense has been able to go ahead 301 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: and target out. You talk about that that lamb, that 302 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: that that wounded lamb when it's a pack of lambs 303 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: and in the in the Tigers are trying, the Lions 304 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: are going to attack, they're picking out that wounded lamb, 305 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: and it is all you know, hey, it's all, it's all. 306 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: It's all game the endpoint. At that point, everything everyone 307 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: has to be on the exact same page. And I 308 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: think when we go motion and shift we see a 309 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: lot of movement going on. It's because offensively, they're trying 310 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: to figure out who they're going to attack. The Washington 311 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: football team, their secondary has been attacked early and often 312 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: they've been trying to fabricate some pressure because the guys 313 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: up front there, they're normal front four that's been getting 314 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: there all last season. All they needed was four guys 315 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: and those front four guys been getting there. Well, guess what, 316 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: Chase Young is a speed guy, he's a power guy. 317 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: They've been sitting really hard on his outside shoulder, forcing 318 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: them back inside. And what you've seen teams been able 319 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: to scramble create some extra time. And what that does 320 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: it puts a little bit of hesitation on that back end. 321 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: How long do we have the cover? And you see 322 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: a mirror image of what's going on here in Kansas 323 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: City the same thing. Both of these defenses are facing 324 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: the same thing. It's a lack of trust sometimes lack 325 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: of accountability and responsibility, but either way, it's given up 326 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: a lot of yardage and a lot of points to 327 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: other teams. Eighty five players, they've given up ten yards 328 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: or more the Washington football team. That's the most in 329 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. If I would have told you that last 330 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: January or are you to gun, dude, you are on something. 331 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: It's just crazy, but it makes a lot of sense 332 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: what you're saying. But there are good defenders on this team. Matt. 333 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: What are you thinking when you see this Washington football 334 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: team defense which is giving up one hundred yards more 335 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: per game in the passing game and an average of 336 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: ten more points per game than a year ago. It's shocking, 337 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: is what it is. I mean, if you're coming into 338 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: the season, you can make an argument that the Washington 339 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: football team had the best defense in the NFL and 340 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: a lot of young good players along the defensive line, 341 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: four first round of picks along with thefensive lines. So 342 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: they've invested in this overtime with the idea that our 343 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: defense can be our anchor that's what we can have 344 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: moving forward and build our team around that. And it 345 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: worked year, I mean with Alex Smith at quarterback and 346 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: that defense playing the way they did got them to 347 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But this year it's it's not working. So 348 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: they're not creating pressure this year like they did last season. 349 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: They only have nine sacks this year. It's near the 350 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: bottom of the league. And it's allowing teams to throw 351 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: all over them. Like you mentioned, I mean, second most 352 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: passing touchdowns allowed, six most passing yards allowed in the NFL, 353 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: second most air yards allowed. So it's not just yards 354 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: up of the catch, it's just blown coverages. And then 355 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: also a third down has been a major problem for 356 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: this team. Fifty six percent teams are converting third downs 357 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: on these guys. That's the second highest rate in the NFL. 358 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: The thing is, you can't take these guys lightly because 359 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: they still have Chase Young and Montes Sweat, like these 360 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: guys are going to figure it out, like this will 361 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: not be a defense that is the worst defense in 362 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: the NFL for a long time. I think what they're 363 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: dealing with right now is they're a young team and 364 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: teams are adjusting to them, and they'll figure it out, 365 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: just hopefully out this week. Yeah, I mean they got 366 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: good guy, as Shops said, good guys, and then the 367 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: land and Collins has been around a long time. Kendall Fuller, 368 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: thank you for Kendall the interception to seal Super Bowl 369 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: fifty four. Forever in our hearts, but now he's on 370 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: the Wall Streams and Football team. You mentioned the coordinators 371 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: here though, and the fact that Spags and Jack del 372 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: Rio are guys that have been around for decades in 373 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: this league. But how much is it gnaw at them 374 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: to see what's going on? And sometimes you try to 375 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: figure out to go I'll try even harder. I'm gonna 376 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: pedal the bike faster. When you've been in the situation 377 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: as a defenders and a player, and you played for 378 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: a veteran defenser, yeah, Jim Johnson, Yes, right, one of 379 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: my favorite defensive coordinators of all time in this league. 380 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: But someone who's been in this role before. You said, 381 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: I've been here before, and you've got a veteran defensive coordinator, 382 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: walk us through that and the dynamics that are involved there. 383 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: So I think that everybody has to be a man, right, 384 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: You have to You have to look at yourself in 385 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: the mirror and realize what's your job is, what your 386 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: responsibility is on each and every play. Well, effort and 387 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: attitude are not something that you can look to your 388 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: coach for. All he can do is get you lined 389 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: up into intell your responsibility. The problem I'm seeing a 390 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: lad on the field when I watched him, his effort 391 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: is attitude. It's guys not finishing through the echo of 392 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: the will of the whistle. When you don't do that, 393 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: you allow plays that that might have been an incomplete 394 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: past to end up being court. And then instead of 395 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: tackling for a guy for a five yard game, he's 396 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: showing more effort scraunging around, crawling for extra two yards. 397 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: And so instead of it being a third and five, 398 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: now it's a third and three. And that's a big difference. 399 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: You know, every inch on that football field, you gotta 400 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: you gotta be willing to give up your body, your soul, 401 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: you gotta be willing to every second you guy to 402 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: be chasing that ball like it's the most important thing. 403 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: That play has got to be the most important thing, 404 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: um in your mind. Um, And until that plays over 405 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: and I see from a pass rush um standpoint, when 406 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback breaks the pocket. We have guys that are 407 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: starting to let up a little bit. They aren't the 408 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: passion to get to the ball is not the ultimate 409 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: um priority sometimes and then on the back end, you know, 410 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: we've seen it over and over again. Sometimes miscommunication, sometimes 411 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: just seeing more things than you should. Man coverage very simple. 412 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: You gotta guard your man. You gotta stay with your 413 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: man until the play is over, not halfway through the play, 414 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: not just a portion of the play. That is your 415 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: man throughout the whistle. And we can't be keep making 416 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: excuses for each other trying to do something that's not 417 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: your responsibility. And I think that if we look at that, 418 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: and everybody looks themselves in the mirror, you know, I 419 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: brought this these books called Real Man for a simple reason. 420 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: It's a book, right, It's a book study I'm doing, 421 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: and it talks about, you know, how you get powered up? 422 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: How do you power up that manhood? It goes back 423 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: to fundamentals, the fundamentals. You gotta you gotta you gotta 424 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: have character. You gotta be trustworthy, right, you gotta be 425 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: somebody that stands for something. And each person on this field, 426 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: every d line, linebackers, secondary guys, you gotta know where 427 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: you fit in, what your responsibilities on every defense, and 428 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: you can't abandon ship. You can't go rogue. You can't 429 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: put on a cape and try to do more than 430 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: you're supposed to do because defensively you're one of eleven. 431 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: But all eleven got to be on the same page 432 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: for it to work, and that's not it works on offense. Offense, 433 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: you can have a cheat to takeoff and pat just 434 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: throw it down there. All the other nine gas can 435 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: be wrong and you end up getting a touchdown. Defensively, 436 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't work that way. All eleven all in on 437 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: every play. Yes, a pack mentality we talk about and 438 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: when when the Chiefs to it, we see it and 439 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: yet fighting to see it. Statistically, we have to be 440 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: honest and we're being positive here. Staring at the steering 441 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: wheel means I saw Andy Reid's truck go by. I know, 442 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: let's go. I know what that means. But statistically, the 443 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: Chiefs are fighting a lot of negative vibe here because 444 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: you can't paint this with a brush like it's there 445 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: staring at you. And as a defense, you're looking at 446 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: these numbers going this has got to get better. That's 447 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: the important thing is you can't hide from it. I 448 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: mean you can be positive and still believing the team 449 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: while still acknowledging that there's issues going on and that 450 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: we know this team can be better and we know that. 451 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: And that's why when you have a guy like se Spagnello, 452 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: who's been around the block one multiple super Bowls, you 453 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,479 Speaker 1: have faith in that guy. He's not just a hot 454 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: shot young defensive coordinator and his schemes aren't working. He's 455 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: been around, he knows what he's doing. So faith in 456 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: that guy. You have faith in guys like Tyron Matthew 457 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: and Chris Jones. Hopefully he's healthy this week. We'll see 458 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: what the injury report says about him. But you have 459 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: faith in your guys that have been around it, have 460 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: won super Bowls, and that have had a lot of 461 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: success in this league that could be leaders and know 462 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: what they're doing. One thing that I've been watching that 463 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: has been an issue for the defense, I believe, and 464 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: we've talked about this is second down. So early in 465 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: the season against the Ravens, we talked about how first 466 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: down was an issue. The Ravens got like eight yards 467 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: in first down. It's very hard to get off the 468 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: field if you're alonging that many yards in first down. Well, 469 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: ironically enough against the Chargers and even against the Bills, 470 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: and many instances the Chiefs were good on first down. 471 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: The issue was second down because if it's second and 472 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: ten and you allow six seven eight yards, it's third 473 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: and two. And when you're a talented offense like the Bills, 474 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: and you have Josh Allen and when he can run, 475 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: you have all these weapons you can pick that up. 476 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: It's very hard to get off the field if you're 477 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: allowing a lot of yards in second down. The focus 478 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: that we've been talking about here has to be present 479 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: on all three downs and four downs. In some cases, 480 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: like when we're playing the Chargers, you have to get 481 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: off the field and you have to force the offense 482 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: into long situations and when they're facing you know, third 483 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,719 Speaker 1: and three, third and two as much easier for them. 484 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 1: So second down is a real priority I think for 485 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: this defense moving forward. Excellent points in Matt and Shop. 486 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: One of the things I value about being with this 487 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: team for twenty eight seasons is I have friends that 488 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: played right for this team, so I'll reach out to 489 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: them at times. We had Keith Cash on the show 490 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: on Monday night, right after Coach was on, and I'll 491 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: ask them, you know, like I ask you. And one 492 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: of the things is you cannot fracture. It is so 493 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: easy to fracture. It's easy to fracture offense to defense, 494 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: defense to offense. You and I have had lots of 495 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: talks about this. Football is very unique in that situation, 496 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: and you cannot fracture. That goes back to coaches trusting 497 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: the process and trusting the culture. You alluded to it. 498 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: So you can't start, hey, I'm doing what I'm doing. 499 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: What are you supposed to do? Kind of stuff that 500 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: it's it's hydro clark acid that eats at your team, 501 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: all right. That being said, your second down thing is 502 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: something that is really I've looked at it closely too 503 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: over the last three weeks. First down was an issue 504 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year that kind of got fixed. 505 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: Second down has now become the crux of the matter. 506 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: It leads me to the shopmeister here, because there have 507 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: been times the Chiefs have gone to a sixty B. Look. 508 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: We saw him work on a camp all the time. 509 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: We saw it in the last couple of years. Sixty 510 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: B's with one linebacker. On second down and long, what 511 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: teams have done? They check to a run. The Chiefs 512 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: are ready to seize the momentum, and they are a 513 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: Charger game. Second down and nine Herbert checks to a 514 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: run nine yards by by Eckler. That's third and one. 515 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: All is right in the Charger world. The other day, 516 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen after first down, boom stuff. They've tried to 517 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 1: run a perimeter stretch run bango, second down a long 518 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: go to a sixty B. Look, he sees it, He 519 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: runs off, quarterback power, stays in it, make sure we're in, 520 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: and then he runs off again, and runs off again, 521 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: and runs off again and gets forty some yards on 522 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: that drive. Now, I'm not saying it's a wrong scheme 523 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: or right or wrong bat shop. I'm here's if you're 524 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: going to play a sixty B scheme which looks like 525 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: a pass defense, talk to us about still playing the 526 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: run exactly. Or if I'm in a base defense like 527 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: the Cleveland game where they're running three tight ends and 528 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: you're base with three linebackers and four dbs, are still 529 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: going to play the pass exactly? Talk to me about that, 530 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: because to me, Matt in reviewing the video I'm going 531 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: right now. That to me is the crux of this matter. 532 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: It comes down to, like we said, mindset. No matter 533 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: what the personnel right sixtybs five dybs, three safeties two. 534 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 1: No matter how you how you build it out, it's 535 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: still positions on the field. Defensively, you have to be 536 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: ready if you're in the box to take on a lineman, 537 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: to take them on with the right leverage. When you 538 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 1: got to be ready to come up shot hill, disengage, 539 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: go make a tackle. You gotta be able to wrap 540 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: up a ball carrier, not allow him to leak out 541 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: your grass for extra two or three yards because he 542 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: wants it more than you. And that over and over again, 543 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: that desire to be a physical mentality ball player. You 544 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: don't check your physicality when you got six dbs in 545 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: being being a dawn. That's called a passing down because 546 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: it's third and long or second and long. That doesn't 547 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: check your your aggression. You don't. You don't stop being 548 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: aggressive because because you think the offense is going to 549 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: pass the ball, your aggression level has to be at 550 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: the all time high every snap on that football field. 551 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: At any point. If your opponent things that you're playing hesitant, saft, 552 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: with no confidence, with no um, with with with no aggression. 553 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: Then they get the momentum, they get the advantage, and 554 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: you gotta take that back. You gotta take that back. 555 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: Every chance you got a chance to lay ahead or 556 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: a helmet on somebody on every play, you get the 557 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: chance to make a statement. And I see it from 558 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: the opening whip whistle of our game. We were having 559 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills last week, hit pat late, land on 560 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 1: them late. It gets us chirping at the refs. And 561 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: then when it's time to make a call, who gets 562 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,959 Speaker 1: called for the rough and the passer? We do? You 563 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: see their dbs? They got call from multiple holding call, 564 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: defensive holding, down field pass interference. They let the offense, 565 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: They let the referees know this is gonna be a 566 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: physical game. And so then late in the game, those 567 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: same chucks the officials like, I don't know if I'm 568 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: gonna call that against them, and they're allowed to be 569 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more physical, where on the other side 570 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: of the coin, we're playing a little bit less aggressive. 571 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: We're away with letting them run routes and late in 572 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: the game a little bit of legal contact we get 573 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: flagged for offensive pass interference. We get flagged for defensive 574 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: holding and things like that. So it's just a mentality 575 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: of how you want to start a game. I want 576 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: I think that defense is meant to be a physical 577 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: ball game, and you cannot let the referees dictate how 578 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna play defense and what you're gonna do on 579 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: the defenside of the ball game. You gotta be ready 580 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: from the first snap to the last to make sure 581 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: that they understand you're gonna be the aggressor, You're gonna 582 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: be the intimidator. You're gonna be the hammer, and that 583 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: the nail. Whether I'm in nickel or I'm in dying, 584 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: I'm in base and that's where I think again as 585 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 1: a crutch, some matter. It's not just physical, it's also 586 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 1: a mental emotional And if I'm one of those down guys, 587 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: because that means I'm outnumbered, I got five big guys 588 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: blocking me, and I might be a Naughty or a 589 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: jar In Red or a Turk Warden or a Colin Saunders, 590 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: and I get double team. Okay, it's not the first 591 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: time somebody's been double team in the NFL. Right, you 592 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: got to figure out a way. I'm gonna whip their 593 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,719 Speaker 1: butts if nothing else, I'm holding the fort or I'm 594 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 1: gonna I'm just gonna take it too. You gonna sit 595 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: here into double team and whip me all day. And 596 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: that's why I'm seeing it on video. I just think 597 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: that's that's where we're at right now. And I get 598 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: excited when i see the pickup go by because I've 599 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: seen this reaction before and the team react in the 600 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: correct way. Yeah, I think getting will engaging your back 601 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,479 Speaker 1: for extended snaps is gonna help a lot with that 602 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: because he's that hybrid linebacker that can play both the 603 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: run in the past and be effective at it. He 604 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: can move with the speed laterally from sideline to sideline, 605 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: he can cover tight ends with success, and also you 606 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: can thump guys in the running game. What do you 607 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: have like twenty snaps against the Bills. So he's working 608 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: back in there. It was a season debut, so I'm 609 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: just happening to be a coincidence. When they got stops, 610 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 1: Willie was on the field, he got help most of 611 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: his time, and that third quarter, well, that was my 612 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: point as well, because if you're looking for positives, because 613 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: you have to look for positives to build on, right. 614 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: I mean, we know it's been bad, so you have 615 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: to find positives to build on. And those three defensive 616 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: series for the Chiefs in the second half were encouraging. 617 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: I mean, the Bills can put their foot in our 618 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: throat there. They can really take it and win the 619 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: game and then put it way out of reach right 620 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: when the second half began, and they didn't because the 621 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: defense gave us a chance and kept us in the game. 622 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: That's all you can ask from a defense is to 623 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: keep you in the game, and they did that, and yeah, 624 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: Willie gave Junior was a huge part of that. I 625 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 1: also think they are playing with a certain intensity at 626 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: that point you kind of feel it. It It didn't feel 627 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: like it did in the first half. They were playing 628 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: with intensity and they were trying to set that tone 629 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: and say, hey, you are in our stadium, you're not 630 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: going to push us around. Now. We couldn't finish it, 631 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: and it's too bad. But the defense played better in 632 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: the second half on those three defensive series, and I 633 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: think Willie Gay was a big part of it. That's 634 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: why I'm excited for this Washington football team game, because 635 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: I think I'm just anticipating that pickup driving by and 636 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: seeing a change here. And it's not just physical, mental 637 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: and emotional big time. Now we're going to close it 638 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: out this way, because Shop, we need to give you 639 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: a little bit of the floor. This is where you 640 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: began your career. And we've had the shop to her 641 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: here because two weeks ago we had Phillies. All right, 642 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,959 Speaker 1: somehow we're gonna get Houston in here because you had 643 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: a little time with them. But this is the team 644 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: that took a chance on the outside backer from Richmond 645 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: right and Spiders by school. The spider man Washington said, 646 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: we'll give this dude a shot. The emotion in your 647 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: head as we get ready. We only play these guys 648 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: every four years, and we only go there every eight years. 649 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: There's gotta be a little twinge to you of like 650 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: it's the Chiefs and the Washington football team. Man. I 651 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: think I wake up every game day and I want 652 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: to take my fingers up. I want to I want 653 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: to know what it feels like to really wrap my 654 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: hands around somebody and get you know, get aggressive, get 655 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: physical with somebody again. But I realized my time is 656 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: done on the field, So now it becomes a mind game. 657 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: It's all mentality now, and so I just I just 658 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: expect team teams each each and every Sunday to realize 659 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: the opportunity they have is right now, is right here, 660 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: right now. And I think players just they think they're 661 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: gonna play the game forever. And when I played, I thought, 662 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: as a young guy come out of Richmond, hey, I'm 663 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: new to this league. Man. I was a hometown hero 664 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: there at Washington with the Washington football team, and then 665 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: being able to play in front of all my friends 666 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: and family, all from that Northern Virginia area. It was 667 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: so exciting, but I took it for granted. I did 668 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: not maximize my time off the field, studying my playbook, 669 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: learning all the nuances of the defense the way that 670 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: I did when I had a chance. In hindsight, looked back, 671 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: realized how much I left on the table. I left 672 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: so many plays right. And it comes from a preparation standpoint, 673 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: not getting enough. I'm sleep at night, not taking advantage 674 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: of the nutrition or the weightlifting, not preparing my body 675 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: in my mind to go out there and show how 676 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: capable I was actually go out there and be a 677 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: top end NFL player. I did some good things Obviously 678 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: I did enough things to get brought here to the 679 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: Cans City Chiefs and be a part of the Kingdom 680 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: later on. But there are so many plays that so 681 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: many regrets I think I had from that really going 682 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: out there and really just man submerging myself in the 683 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: moment I was in to really absorb the defense and 684 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: be a leader on the field. And what I'm so 685 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: proud about it being a part of this organization is 686 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: we have some really great defensive leaders. We got some 687 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: guys that know what sacrifice takes, how do you supposed 688 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,239 Speaker 1: to play the game, And I just think they need 689 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: to really share that with one another. We got some 690 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,719 Speaker 1: young guys. Recounting on Juan Thorne Hills a third year guy, 691 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: but he's still young. As far as football snaps, he 692 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: needs to realize it's never once snap more important than 693 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: the rest. They all matter the same. And that preparation, 694 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: the trust your teammates have to have in you that 695 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: you're prepared mentally and physically to do what you need 696 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: to do on that back end, is so important. Don't 697 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: worry about the stats or what anybody. It's the team, 698 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: the eleven guys, the ten other guys on that field. 699 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: If they trust in you and you're there, guy, you'll 700 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: get on that field and you'll make plays. That's as 701 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: simple as it can be. I was around some really 702 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: good people when I was at Washington, Marco Coleman, Canard Lane, 703 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: Dion sand Does, Bruce Smith. But the difference between some 704 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: of the really great teams I enjoyed. It was a 705 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: bunch of guys who names you didn't even know, but 706 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: we trusted one another and we hunted together as a unit. 707 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: And then when we acquire some of those bigger name guys. 708 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: A lot of times I would tell those guys to 709 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: do a stunt, do a move, they blow it up, 710 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm going for a sack. I'm not taking that b gap. 711 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: And I couldn't trust the guys I was with on 712 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: the field. And that was one of the most miserable 713 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: moments of my life, knowing I had to play sixteen 714 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: games with a guy who I couldn't trust in front 715 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: of me, or guys behind me who I couldn't trust 716 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: where they was gonna be at or what effort and 717 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: attitude they was gonna get. And that's the one thing 718 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: I just want to say over and over again, effort 719 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: and attitude are the two things that are non negotiable. 720 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: There are not options on the football field. You have 721 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: to be committed to give great effort and have a 722 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: great physical attitude to play defensive football at the championship level. 723 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: Words of wisdom, and the whole thing. Not taking it 724 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: for granted, Matt, you and I've talked about it too. 725 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: When you're a reporter of a team that you grew 726 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: up with and you're the voice of the team for 727 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: twenty eight seasons, every day is the best day. The 728 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: next day, the next day, like you cannot lose that. 729 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: If you do, then time to move to do something else. Yeah. 730 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more and I agree with everything you said. 731 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: This guy fires me up every single time, fires me 732 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: up on a Wednesday here day. But in your Kingdom letter, Jack, 733 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: the reality of it is, and we've heard it from 734 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: the guys, is that, yeah, there's all the noise. Right 735 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: We're supposed to be going to the super Bowl and 736 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: we're two and three right now. We know that today 737 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: is the most important day and tomorrow tomorrow will be 738 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: the most important day. And looking at this game, this 739 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: game against the Washington football team here in Week six, 740 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: this is the most important game on the schedule next week. 741 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: You rent and repeat, and that's what this team has 742 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: to do right now. You can't get caught up in 743 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,479 Speaker 1: expectations or what the national media is saying, or hey, 744 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: why aren't the Chiefs doing this, and that it doesn't matter. 745 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: What matters if what's going on inside here and how 746 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: they're attacking each and every day, that's how we get better. 747 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: We'll close this way. Want to remind you that we're 748 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: brought to you by Threesday Steve Vodka, Kansas City's hometown vodka, 749 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: the official ka the Kansas City Chiefs. But you and 750 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: I were on with the host locally and for whatever 751 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: the human nature wants to run right back to the 752 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,279 Speaker 1: ledge or been rescued from the fire and they want 753 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: to run right back into the burning house, staring at 754 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: the pickup, are staring at I'm sorry, staring at my 755 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: steering wheel. In those two instances, I saw a pickup 756 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: go by and it might as well have been a 757 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: fire truck. And Andy Reid could be the fireman because 758 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: he's done this time and time again. He specializes in it. 759 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: So for all of us, as we get ready now 760 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,279 Speaker 1: to go to play the Washington football team. Just a 761 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: word of advice, don't run back into the burning house 762 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: when you realize you've been rescued or could be rescued, 763 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: or been rescued before. And here we go, So the 764 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs against the Washington football team from Matt McMullan and 765 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: Shop himself, who started his career in Washington and now 766 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: is blossoming in the next part of his life here 767 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: in the Chief's kingdom. Enjoy this game and get ready, 768 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: and remember when you're staring at the steel steering wheel, 769 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: just remember Andy reads pickup, going by touch down, losh 770 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: it down, and the celebration begins to their head