Out of Body Football Experiences | Defending the Kingdom 1/27

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Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day A right when you

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Speaker 1: get opportunity in the game, they can play. Hi, Michael,

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Speaker 1: don’t touchdown Kansas City. The Chiefs all right in the

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Speaker 1: thick of a baby. Well, Hello, Chiefs Kingdom, and welcome

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Speaker 1: to this episode, this AFC Championship episode of Defending the Kingdom.

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Speaker 1: Mitchelts with the Voice of the Chiefs along with the

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Speaker 1: Matt Stadhams alf Chiefs Reporter Matt McMullen, and a reminder

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Speaker 1: that the Defending the Kingdom podcasts are brought to you

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Speaker 1: by three sixty Vodka, Kansas City’s hometown vodka and the

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Speaker 1: official vodka of the Chiefs Kingdom is now we get

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Speaker 1: revved up for the AFC Championship game, and Matt, we’re

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Speaker 1: still trying to figure out just the magnitude of that

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Speaker 1: divisional playoff victory as we transition here. But what a

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Speaker 1: time we are in, my friend, to see what we’re seeing. Frankly,

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Speaker 1: I still can’t believe it. And we’ve seen a lot

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Speaker 1: of amazing things in Chiefs Kingdom over the last several

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Speaker 1: years since Patrick homes God here, but I still cannot

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Speaker 1: believe it. So for Chief Rewind, I was down on

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Speaker 1: the field ready to go with four minutes left and regulation.

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Speaker 1: And I did the same thing for the Steelers game

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Speaker 1: the week prior. And the Steelers game was nice because

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Speaker 1: the game was already in hand. Just go down to

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Speaker 1: the field, relax, enjoy the atmosphere. This game not so much.

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Speaker 1: I see twenty five points scored in my time on

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Speaker 1: the field just a few minutes, and you know we’re

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Speaker 1: gonna hang on and win. The Bills score, things aren’t

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Speaker 1: looking good. Tyree Kill breaks off a sixty four yard touchdown.

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Speaker 1: We’re gonna win. Then the Bills score. There’s thirteen seconds left.

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Speaker 1: We get in field goal ratings somehow, but ger nails

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Speaker 1: the field goal. Then they go to overtime, and you

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Speaker 1: know what happened next. I just can’t quite put it

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Speaker 1: into words. I can’t quite comprehend what we saw. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I was telling you just now off camera,

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Speaker 1: like I haven’t really slept well since then. I’m still

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Speaker 1: wired after that game, just watching highlights every night, like

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Speaker 1: what did I see? I mean, we’re just so lucky

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Speaker 1: to have this team, and with their fight and their

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Speaker 1: competitive nature and their passion to go win a game,

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Speaker 1: it’s going to go down as one of the best

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Speaker 1: of all time. People now have seen the go pro

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Speaker 1: the booth and calling that walk off overtime. Even Kay Adams,

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Speaker 1: all right, our friend, they’re a good morning Football retweeted it.

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Speaker 1: But honestly, I didn’t even know what I said at

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Speaker 1: the time. I was like Will Ferrell and old school

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Speaker 1: and the debate scene against James Carville, Like I blacked out.

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Speaker 1: I don’t even know what I said. You know, that’s

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Speaker 1: how you debate, That’s how you do it. But there

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Speaker 1: were people listening to that seeing that. And let’s just

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Speaker 1: check in before we dive into the SAFEC Championship game

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Speaker 1: for our around the world. I’ve got a couple here.

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Speaker 1: This is interesting. So after the game, I was trying

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Speaker 1: to figure out where I’m at and what I’m doing,

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Speaker 1: but I did. I had not eaten since early that morning,

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Speaker 1: so I would chase down, you know, prey on the

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Speaker 1: National Geographic Channel if I could. So I was at

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Speaker 1: a local establishment late at night on the way home,

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Speaker 1: masked up. But there were four Canadians there. I don’t

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Speaker 1: know if you’ve seen these guys. Have you seen these guys?

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Speaker 1: Four Canadians all dressed up in this their own guard

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Speaker 1: like all like tuxedo looking things. They go to every

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Speaker 1: game at Arrowhead at GHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, they

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Speaker 1: drive drive every home game from Winnipeg. What and they’re

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Speaker 1: like one crazy. They’re just bouncing off each other. They

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Speaker 1: see me and recognize me, and I’m like, what what

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Speaker 1: do you got? Yeah? I go, how are the Blue

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Speaker 1: Bombers doing? He’s like a plant bombers if they drive

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Speaker 1: from Winnipeg to h Field Arrowhead Stadium every home game,

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Speaker 1: like twenty nine just burned up. The other one is

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Speaker 1: in your place that’s near and dear to you. Columbia, Missouri,

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Speaker 1: there is a huge Chiefs fan. Actually she lives now

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Speaker 1: in Saint Louis, but she’s from Columbia, went to rock

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Speaker 1: Bridge High School. She’s a rock Bridge Bruin, but she’s

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Speaker 1: in St. Louis, lives like every word play visual piece.

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Speaker 1: She’s called Jenny the Kappa, but anyway, she’s a big

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Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom follower. And so shout out to those

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Speaker 1: so far away in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And then also the

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Speaker 1: Jenny the Cap of the Queen of the Saint Louis

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Speaker 1: edition of the Chiefs Kingdom from you where you went

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Speaker 1: to college that’s her hometown. That’s awesome. I actually have

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Speaker 1: my heart in both of those places because I lived

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Twins. That’s where I met my wife, and

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Speaker 1: when we first met, like I don’t know, like three

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Speaker 1: or four months into our relationship, we took a road

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Speaker 1: trip to Winnipeg. We drove six hours to Minneapolis to

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Speaker 1: Winnipeg and spent the weekend in Winnipeg. I like Winnipeg.

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Speaker 1: It’s a cool place. We didn’t know it when we

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Speaker 1: went there, but it was Canada Day, like their July fourth,

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Speaker 1: Canadian flags everywhere and fireworks. It was amazing. So I’ve

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Speaker 1: been to Winnipeg on Canada Day with my wife my

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Speaker 1: future wife at that point. But very cool. That’s a

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Speaker 1: long drive into these guys, because did you see him

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Speaker 1: in like their chiefs tuxas and there, and they got

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Speaker 1: the Canadian flag on their on the little pile. It’s

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Speaker 1: it’s awesome. Maybe you’ve ran. That’s incredible. That is a

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Speaker 1: long drive. That is commitment for those guys, but amazing stuff.

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Speaker 1: I do have lots as always of people all over

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Speaker 1: the world, all over the country. So we have a

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Speaker 1: fan in Manila in the Philippines, a fan in Newfoundland,

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Speaker 1: and then Mike in Perth, Australia. And then also he

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Speaker 1: wanted to shout out his buddy Joel. Joel introduced Mike

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Speaker 1: to the Chiefs when they were both fourteen years old.

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Speaker 1: Joel got Mike Joe Montana, Jersey, and they’ve both been

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Speaker 1: Chiefs fans in the decades since it’s very cool there.

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Speaker 1: Then lots of people as always, all over the nation.

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Speaker 1: So Colton in clear Field, Utah, Melissa in Elkhart, Kansas,

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Speaker 1: or as he calls it, Arrowhead South, Demaris and El Paso, Texas.

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Speaker 1: Larry in Bakerton, Pennsylvania, Josh and Joplin, Missouri, a fan

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Speaker 1: in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chris and Ridgeland, South Carolina, or as

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Speaker 1: he calls it, Kingdom Southeast. And I’m going to return

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Speaker 1: back to these directional proclamations here in a moment. Karen

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Speaker 1: and Montana, Bob in Unionville, Missouri. I think we’ve shot

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Speaker 1: it out Bob before. But if you keep putting your

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Speaker 1: name there, I’m gonna keep shoting you out. Gary and Topeka,

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Speaker 1: a fan in Huntington, West Virginia, Jason and Garden City, Kansas.

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Speaker 1: And Stu in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Now we mentioned the

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Speaker 1: two directional proclamations. Here we have a fan in Springfield, Missouri,

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Speaker 1: Arrowhead South and at Chris and Ridgeland, South Carolina, Kingdom Southeast.

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Speaker 1: Where this all started was several weeks ago. We had

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Speaker 1: Ignacio in Santa Barbara, California. He proclaimed Santa Barbara as

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Speaker 1: Arrowhead West. And then about a week later we had

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Speaker 1: Mandy and Will and Mount Washington, Kentucky. They’re like, you

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Speaker 1: know what, Mount Washington, Kentucky is Kingdom East. So now

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Speaker 1: we have a west and east, a south and a southeast.

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Speaker 1: Let’s keep this thing going. If you want to plant

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Speaker 1: your flag and say my town is Arrowhead or Kingdom,

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Speaker 1: whatever direction, let us know. You know what, if you

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Speaker 1: want to declare, If you’re out there and want to

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Speaker 1: of that province, then go ahead have at it. You

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Speaker 1: and I started working on this. We’re gonna work on

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Speaker 1: his T shirt idea Kingdom Defenders, and we’re gonna put

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Speaker 1: him out worldwide. All right. If if you’re out there

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Speaker 1: and want to do it, let’s let’s let’s go for it.

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Speaker 1: We’ll get that done in the offseason. And you mentioned Elkhart, Kansas,

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Speaker 1: Okay home in the Wildcats. The southern end the border

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Speaker 1: in the corner. But here’s where this gets interesting and

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Speaker 1: we get started under discussion of this AFC Championship game. Elkhart,

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Speaker 1: Kansas is the home of Darren Simmons, who is the

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Speaker 1: Special team’s coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. And here comes Darren,

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Speaker 1: the Elkhart, Kansas native and bringing his Bengals into town

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Speaker 1: for this AFC Championship game. So let’s just die right

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Speaker 1: into this. This is fresh now. People can go back

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Speaker 1: to our DTK episode prior to that week of Week

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Speaker 1: sixteen about the revenge tour in the rematch of Andy

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Speaker 1: as head coach of the Chiefs, we have a chance

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Speaker 1: to revenge and it’s a rematch your thoughts on this

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Speaker 1: Bengals team in this AFC Championship. Well, first, what makes

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Speaker 1: with elk Cart, Kansas, you know their high school mascot,

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Speaker 1: know these things. I’m very impressed as always in Elkhart, Kansas,

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Speaker 1: looking at looking out Week seventeen, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: game where there’s a lot of good and some bad.

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Speaker 1: And let’s look at the good first. So the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: had over four hundred yards of offense in that game.

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Speaker 1: They moved the ball honestly, surgically in the first half.

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Speaker 1: and then scored four straight touchdowns, So their offense was

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Speaker 1: moving with relative ease early on in this game, and

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs led for most of the game. Now what

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Speaker 1: happened in the second half. Overall, there’s ten penalties in

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Speaker 1: or fourth dound that extended Bengals offensive drives. A lot

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Speaker 1: and then just uncharacteristic mistakes in this game that we’re

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the long run. So when you’re looking

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Speaker 1: lot of great things against the Bengals back in Week seventeen.

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Speaker 1: There were some bad but the good news is I

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Speaker 1: feel like those bad things are correctable, Like those aren’t

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Speaker 1: things that you know are going to happen again. There

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Speaker 1: are things that are preventable. The focus in this game

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Speaker 1: was just very important. You can’t go out there and

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Speaker 1: be committing penalties and big moments on third down or

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Speaker 1: in goal go situations. Got to make sure everyone’s has

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Speaker 1: supreme focus in this game and that you can take

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Speaker 1: care of business, because what an opportunity this is here

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Speaker 1: for the Chiefs against the Bengal squad that’s hungry as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you bring up some interesting points that it was a

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Speaker 1: very peculiar game. Some would say weird game. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there were nine possessions for each team. The Chiefs got

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Speaker 1: three stops. Those were fueled by pressure, a sacked by

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Speaker 1: Frank Clark in the first drive. The second drive was

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Speaker 1: Chris Jones, so two of the three stops were in

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Speaker 1: the first two drives of the game. But almost every

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Speaker 1: major penalty. Defensive pass interference, a Horsecolor tackle that were

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Speaker 1: Hey man? I always glad to be here. Love defending

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Speaker 1: about each level of this defense, starting with their defensive line.

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Speaker 1: They have a pretty solid defensive line here, with guys

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Speaker 1: like DJ Reader in the middle and two really good

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Speaker 1: edge rushers from Sam Hubbard and Trey Hendrickson. What do

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Speaker 1: you make of these guys? Man, Hubbard and Hinterston A

415
00:21:12,160 –> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: kind of like Fire Knights. One guy relies almost totally

416
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Speaker 1: on the bull rush, high energy, tries to run right

417
00:21:19,640 –> 00:21:22,359
Speaker 1: through you with Sam Hubbard, and then Hendrickson is more

418
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Speaker 1: of an edge rusher. Came from the Saints, one of

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Speaker 1: the top all time SAT guys from the Saints organization.

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Speaker 1: Got to the Bengals and showed people what it meant

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Speaker 1: to come off of a hot edge. He’s always an upfield,

422
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Speaker 1: high energy, tries to trail you down. Pat Mahomes got

423
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Speaker 1: to be worried a little bit if he’s tries to

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Speaker 1: not stay on schedule holding onto the ball against these

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Speaker 1: two pass rushers to be detrimental to our offense and

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Speaker 1: call some big sacks and they’re always looking paternal. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Hendrickson had fourteen sacks this here, he had at least

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Speaker 1: a half sack and eleven straight games. But who’d that

429
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Speaker 1: end against. It was the Chiefs back in week seventeen

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Speaker 1: and that was the Joe hun He starting at left tackle.

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Speaker 1: Kind of impressive he was able to do that. But

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Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson is really good. Sam Hubbard is really good

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Speaker 1: and got to keep an eye on those guys. Now

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Speaker 1: the next level, looking at the linebackers, this feature is

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Speaker 1: a guy that I think could maybe be their best

436
00:22:12,000 –> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 1: defensive player, even though he doesn’t really get that credit.

437
00:22:14,480 –> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 1: It’s Logan Wilson, a linebacker. He led this team with

438
00:22:17,040 –> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 1: four interceptions this year. How can we keep our eye

439
00:22:19,800 –> 00:22:21,679
Speaker 1: on these linebackers here for the Bengals and not let

440
00:22:21,720 –> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 1: them disrupt our game plan? Hey definitely a young guy

441
00:22:25,280 –> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 1: who’s actually out there proven that he belongs to be

442
00:22:27,840 –> 00:22:30,360
Speaker 1: on the field. Kind of reminds us of the guy

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Speaker 1: we got it in our linebacker corps with Bolton a

444
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Speaker 1: solid run stopper, able to get out and do some

445
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Speaker 1: underneath coverage, but his coverage ability against a guy a

446
00:22:41,600 –> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 1: tight end, a top end tight end, is going to

447
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Speaker 1: probably be the chilles heel for his defense. I see

448
00:22:47,240 –> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey being able to really demand some extra eyes

449
00:22:51,359 –> 00:22:53,520
Speaker 1: on him in the build of the field because Logan

450
00:22:53,560 –> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 1: Wilson cannot stay with Travis Kelsey. That’s gonna be a

451
00:22:56,960 –> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: nightmare matchup in favor of our Chiefs. I like when

452
00:23:01,080 –> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: teams keep putting linebackers on Travis Kelsey they think that

453
00:23:03,640 –> 00:23:05,439
Speaker 1: their guy can do it. Just just keep doing that

454
00:23:05,480 –> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: and see what Travis Kelsey can do against your defense.

455
00:23:08,320 –> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: Hoping for a big game from him. He had a

456
00:23:09,800 –> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: touchdown last time we played the Bengals back in week seventeen. Now,

457
00:23:13,280 –> 00:23:15,600
Speaker 1: last part of this is their secondary, and their secondary

458
00:23:15,680 –> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 1: is really performed well. This was an emphasis area for

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00:23:18,119 –> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: then this offseason because they brought in some veterans guys

460
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Speaker 1: like a Woozier, Mike Hilton, some good players in the

461
00:23:23,680 –> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: secondary for the Bengals, and they made a lot of plays.

462
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Speaker 1: We saw what Mike Hilton did a great interception off

463
00:23:28,520 –> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill just last week. Your thoughts on the sensei secondary, Man,

464
00:23:33,800 –> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 1: what the Bengals did this offseason? Like you said, the

465
00:23:36,440 –> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: only plays they really spent money wasn’t that secondary? Von

466
00:23:40,200 –> 00:23:45,200
Speaker 1: Bill eli Apple, Jesse Bates. They did a complete overhaul

467
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Speaker 1: on that defensive secondary to bring in some really high

468
00:23:48,600 –> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: end veterans gas. They had experience on the back end

469
00:23:51,680 –> 00:23:54,360
Speaker 1: of defense. Who’ve seen all there is to be seen

470
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Speaker 1: and nothing’s going to surprise this group of secondary guys

471
00:23:57,720 –> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: and that’s why they’re in place to make plays on

472
00:24:00,800 –> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: a lot of batted balls. So Pat has to do

473
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Speaker 1: an amazing job of not only fitting the windows They’re

474
00:24:06,119 –> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: gonna be some tight windows, but make sure the ball

475
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Speaker 1: does not travel high. We don’t want balls getting tipped

476
00:24:11,920 –> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: up in the air, So he should be aiming at

477
00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: our receiver’s waist ban, not trying to hit him in

478
00:24:16,680 –> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 1: the chest, aim at the waist band. And then if

479
00:24:19,440 –> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 1: you missed by a foot or two either way, it’s

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00:24:22,480 –> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: still a completion. You saw it late, late in account.

481
00:24:26,520 –> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: If the ball starts to rise, saw us to elevate.

482
00:24:29,680 –> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: That’s when they get their hands on balls. And they’re

483
00:24:32,160 –> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: always always running to the ball with the anticipation expectation

484
00:24:38,280 –> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 1: of creating an interception or a turnover. So we gotta

485
00:24:40,960 –> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 1: be on all of our keys, waterbacks, receivers, running backs.

486
00:24:45,640 –> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 1: Ball security is job security, and we got to eliminate

487
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Speaker 1: the turnover because this secondary has been feeding on open

488
00:24:51,920 –> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 1: turnovers all season long. Now, last part of this shun.

489
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Speaker 1: Sometimes the best defensive coordinators are the best offensive coordinators

490
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Speaker 1: because he has to an understanding of what the defense

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00:25:01,760 –> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 1: wants to do. If you were a coach, read how

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00:25:04,400 –> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: would you best attack the sense the defense schematically on Sunday. Well,

493
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Speaker 1: I think the weakness in this defense is the edge

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Speaker 1: rushers because they are good at pass rush, but I

495
00:25:14,720 –> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 1: think that their their weakness is their run ability. So

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00:25:18,520 –> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: I would try to get um see age. I would

497
00:25:21,359 –> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: try to get our running backs out on their edge

498
00:25:24,600 –> 00:25:27,360
Speaker 1: to slow down those pass rushers run right at them

499
00:25:27,520 –> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: and then hit them with some play actions. And when

500
00:25:29,720 –> 00:25:33,040
Speaker 1: we’re talking about play action, we’re talking about that’s right cheetah,

501
00:25:33,160 –> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: letting Cheetah loose, getting Miko Hardman loose on some secondary,

502
00:25:38,000 –> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: letting one receiver clear out his zone and the next

503
00:25:40,280 –> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 1: guy coming across on the crossing the same things we’ve

504
00:25:42,960 –> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 1: been excelling at all season long. We just need to

505
00:25:46,600 –> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: continue to use the run to set up the pass

506
00:25:50,119 –> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 1: or even use some of the short passing games. But

507
00:25:52,800 –> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: always be aware this defense is so opportunistic. They’ll jump around,

508
00:25:58,880 –> 00:26:00,760
Speaker 1: they’ll try to get their hands on balls when you’re

509
00:26:00,760 –> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: throwing quick screens. So Pat’s gotta be on his p’s

510
00:26:04,080 –> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: and qoes. Use every arm angle an arms side available

511
00:26:09,040 –> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: to complete the pass and throw it on time. Don’t

512
00:26:12,560 –> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: hold onto the ball, don’t allow interesting to run around

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00:26:15,920 –> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: the edge and get a strip sax, strip, fumble or

514
00:26:18,960 –> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: anything like that. Just continue to press the ball. First down,

515
00:26:23,119 –> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: first down, then touchdown. Love at the sign of that.

516
00:26:26,840 –> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: Can’t sleep on these guys. These guys have been playing

517
00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 1: great football overall, and specifically great defense during this playoff run.

518
00:26:32,640 –> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: But the Chiefs right now and nobody’s playing offense like

519
00:26:35,480 –> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: they are. Let’s keep it going here against the Bengals

520
00:26:37,840 –> 00:26:41,920
Speaker 1: and secure a third consecutive Lamar Hunt trophy. Shop awesome stuff, dude,

521
00:26:41,960 –> 00:26:46,919
Speaker 1: see you later. All right, great stuff there from Shop,

522
00:26:47,119 –> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 1: always great getting Shops perspective. The guy just the guy’s

523
00:26:50,160 –> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: a genius. And you talk about a guy that’s fired up.

524
00:26:53,840 –> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: Now you and I have to play. We get these

525
00:26:55,800 –> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: texts from Shop, you know, Friday afternoon, and it’s just

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00:26:59,640 –> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 1: like my phone is like on fire. I can’t even

527
00:27:01,560 –> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: touch it because it’s Shop. And he’s got such perspective,

528
00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: his depth in looking at these games. Yeah, you know,

529
00:27:08,800 –> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 1: players play, but not every player has the depth where

530
00:27:12,200 –> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: he sees it like three to four to five dimensions.

531
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Speaker 1: And I love that about Shop. It’s awesome. The texts

532
00:27:17,880 –> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: are great. So Mitch and I on what was it?

533
00:27:21,280 –> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: It was like Thursday, you know, there was so much

534
00:27:24,640 –> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: like anxiety and stress and just like I don’t know,

535
00:27:28,440 –> 00:27:31,119
Speaker 1: anticipation going into the Bills game because I felt like

536
00:27:31,119 –> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 1: these teams were so evenly matched in so many ways,

537
00:27:33,640 –> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: and both teams wanted to beat each other so badly

538
00:27:36,160 –> 00:27:38,399
Speaker 1: and advanced to the AFC title game. There was a

539
00:27:38,440 –> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: lot of tension in the week. Well, Shop just hits

540
00:27:41,320 –> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: us with a text on like Thursday and he’s like, guys,

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00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:46,120
Speaker 1: we’re gonna be just fine. Trust me. I looked at this, this,

542
00:27:46,119 –> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: this and this, these are the reasons we’re gonna be fine.

543
00:27:48,200 –> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 1: And I was like, we’re gonna be fine. I feel

544
00:27:50,680 –> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: I feel great, you know, And he was right. We won, So,

545
00:27:55,280 –> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: you know, Shop is it’s therapy in a lot of ways.

546
00:27:58,359 –> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: This guy knows what he’s talking about. And I appreciate

547
00:28:00,880 –> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: his texts late in the week. Every week we’ll close

548
00:28:04,920 –> 00:28:07,160
Speaker 1: things up. Let’s just mention a couple of these Bengals though.

549
00:28:07,200 –> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: The dessert mentioned Logan Wilson coming back at linebacker. He

550
00:28:10,440 –> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 1: had the pick that got things set up for their

551
00:28:12,520 –> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: game winning field goal. He’s kind of a played at Wyoming,

552
00:28:16,480 –> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: but he reminds me of Josh Allen on defense, just

553
00:28:19,160 –> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: this power and his ability. And then Evan McPherson, their kicker,

554
00:28:23,080 –> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: is got a little confidence to him, like he said, Hey,

555
00:28:27,240 –> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: I’m going to kick us into the a SEC Championship game.

556
00:28:29,640 –> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: That looks all looks like We’re going to the a

557
00:28:31,320 –> 00:28:33,919
Speaker 1: SEC Championship game and he’s made every field goal in

558
00:28:33,920 –> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 1: the postseason. And then Jamar Chase, I mean, people get frustrated,

559
00:28:37,480 –> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: I’m sure when they play offs when they see Tyreek Hill.

560
00:28:40,480 –> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: But Jamar Chase is doing more than just go routes.

561
00:28:42,680 –> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he had the seventy two yard and sixty

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00:28:44,400 –> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: nine yard in that week seventeen game. But he’s doing

563
00:28:48,200 –> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: more than that. They’re they’re throwing him bubbles. He’s making

564
00:28:52,120 –> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: people miss. And I talked earlier this week to Steve Spagnolo,

565
00:28:54,960 –> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: He’s Steve Spagnolo, and he was saying, we must tackle

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Speaker 1: this guy. Remember seventy two yard or it was really

567
00:29:00,640 –> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: a twelve yard reception, it was sixty yards a yak,

568
00:29:03,600 –> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: So Jamar Chase is a special dude. Yeah, really, all

569
00:29:07,280 –> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: three of those guys can kind of fall under this

570
00:29:08,960 –> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: umbrella of they don’t know what they don’t know. It

571
00:29:11,640 –> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: kind of reminds me of the twenty fourteen Royals where

572
00:29:14,480 –> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: they didn’t have any experience in these moments, but they

573
00:29:17,000 –> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: were just winning and having a lot of fun doing it,

574
00:29:18,920 –> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: and they kept winning. The Bengals are kind of similar

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00:29:21,520 –> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: to that. This is a good Bengal squad with a

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00:29:23,280 –> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: lot of talent that’s probably gonna be around for a

577
00:29:25,160 –> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: long time. Look at all their skill guys, they’re all

578
00:29:27,200 –> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: really young. Then defensively, you mentioned Logan Wilson, a young player,

579
00:29:30,520 –> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: and McPherson on special teams a young player. So this

580
00:29:33,360 –> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: is a group that’s going to be around for a

581
00:29:34,760 –> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: long time, probably battling the Chiefs in the playoffs for

582
00:29:37,400 –> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: a long time. Great opportunity here for the Chiefs to

583
00:29:39,760 –> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: start that battle on the right foot. But with Jamar Chase,

584
00:29:43,280 –> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he’s their guy. He is their guy. He’s

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00:29:45,920 –> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: there Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelsey combined in a lot

586
00:29:48,400 –> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: of ways. He got us back in Week seventeen. But

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00:29:51,480 –> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: similar to how I talked about how the Bills game

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00:29:54,000 –> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: earlier this season could have been seen as kind of

589
00:29:56,200 –> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: a positive in a way, I think that performance by

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00:29:59,360 –> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: Chase is almost a positive looking back at it now

591
00:30:02,280 –> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: for the Chiefs because we have what he did successfully

592
00:30:05,400 –> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: against us on tape. We know what he did, we

593
00:30:08,880 –> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: know how he did it. Now it’s up to spags

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00:30:11,000 –> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: in the defense to say, hey, this is what he

595
00:30:12,880 –> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: did against us, how do we combat that, And all

596
00:30:15,520 –> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: of a sudden, if he has to start making adjustments.

597
00:30:17,360 –> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: He has to figure out new things on the fly

598
00:30:19,560 –> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: against our defense on Sunday. That’s where you hope being

599
00:30:22,440 –> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: a rookie, he gets frustrated, confused, doesn’t know what to do.

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00:30:26,640 –> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: For the Chiefs really in this game, it’s imperative to

601
00:30:28,840 –> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: jump out to hopefully a big lead, and to hold

602
00:30:31,640 –> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: on to it. And we saw them multiple times have

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00:30:34,520 –> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: a fourteen point lead against since he back in week seventeen,

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00:30:37,600 –> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: but since he kept fighting. Because this team has the

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00:30:39,560 –> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: firepower to get back into games. The Chiefs just need

606
00:30:42,400 –> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: to put together a complete game here in this one,

607
00:30:45,080 –> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: and I have no doubt they will because the killer

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00:30:47,920 –> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 1: instinct and the focus they’re playing with against Buffalo. That’s

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00:30:51,480 –> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: the mindset of a team that is hungry for a championship.

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00:30:54,320 –> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: And they’re not satisfied winning a divisional round, as amazing

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00:30:57,120 –> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: as a game as that was. They want to win

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00:30:59,480 –> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 1: this whole thing and the next step here is against Sins.

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00:31:02,560 –> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: In order to do that, got to slow down, Jamar Chase. Yeah,

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00:31:06,080 –> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: if the Bengals remind you of the twenty fourteen Royals,

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00:31:08,560 –> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one Kansas City Chiefs down the twenty

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Speaker 1: two playoffs remind me of the twenty fifteen Royals because

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Speaker 1: this group, to me, what I’ve sense is bringing Thor’s

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Speaker 1: hammer to this game. This Chiefs team is ready and

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Speaker 1: fired up to get this done. And for you and me, hey,

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Speaker 1: it just feels like we’re in some kind of out

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Speaker 1: of body football experience. Fourth straight AFC Championship game to

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Speaker 1: be hosted, and a chance to win the Lamar Hunt

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Speaker 1: Trophy for a third consecutive year. Touch Down was down

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Speaker 1: and the celebration begins in their head. Listen at