What Are We Waitin’ For? | Chiefs vs. Chargers Preview | Defending the Kingdom 11/17

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Danage. On the day when you get opportunity

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Speaker 1: to this game, they can play. He touched down Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs all right in the thick of a baby. Well,

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Speaker 1: hello everyone, and welcome to this edition of Defending the Kingdom.

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Speaker 1: Its altas with you the voice of the Chiefs, along

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Speaker 1: with the man that we call the Shop, the Barber Shop,

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Speaker 1: the Spider Man himself, Sean Barber, number fifty nine and

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Speaker 1: number one in your heart, fifty nine in your program,

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Speaker 1: and also senior team reporter with us, Matt McMullan, and

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Speaker 1: this edition of the family that came in. We’re gonna

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Speaker 1: have a little bit of fun. Now. You played in

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia for Coach Read, I got you. Yeah, And what

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Speaker 1: was that like? I mean, it was amazing playing for

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Speaker 1: Coach Read. The one time I can remember, Coach, were

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Speaker 1: you actually talking directly to me? Was after I think

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Speaker 1: I gave up a block punt and he looked at

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Speaker 1: me and said, Barber, what team are you playing on?

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Speaker 1: As I walked to the bench, and I was like, goly,

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Speaker 1: you know, I kind of pissed him off a little bit,

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Speaker 1: But other than that, he was a phenomenal head coach.

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Speaker 1: He always set the direction of the team was known

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Speaker 1: since day one. Every every two years in Philadelphia attending

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Speaker 1: training camp, he laid out the plan, the game plan,

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Speaker 1: the GPS for our team, how are we going to

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Speaker 1: get to the playoffs? Route we was gonna take to

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Speaker 1: get there, the attitude of the defense and offense. Everybody

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Speaker 1: all times. And I think he’s just carried that here

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Speaker 1: to the men West. He can melt your like butter

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Speaker 1: without dog cussing you. I’ve sensed that just a little bit,

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Speaker 1: like he’s oh man, she’s disappointed, but planning in Philly.

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Speaker 1: So we got a little Philly special here. With all

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Speaker 1: due respect to Super Bowl fifty two and Nick Foles

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Speaker 1: former chief backup, we’re got a little Philly special going

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Speaker 1: on here. But Matt, we’re gonna little Philly in us here.

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Speaker 1: You’ve sensed the Philly us because there’s a lot of

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Speaker 1: Philly Us in this building. When Coach Reid came, he

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Speaker 1: brought some Philly with him. It’s funny too, because like

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Speaker 1: on our production team, there’s a lot of people from Philadelphia.

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Speaker 1: We have like a Villanova pipeline for whatever reason, So

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Speaker 1: there’s a lot of people from Philadelphia or that lived

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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia at some point that are in our production group,

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Speaker 1: that worked for the Eagles even at some point. But

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Speaker 1: I totally agree. It’s the thing with Coach Read is

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Speaker 1: he’s obviously such a great play caller, right, an offensive genius,

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Speaker 1: He’s always been this. But the reason he’s such a

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Speaker 1: great head coach is it goes beyond that. It’s also

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Speaker 1: he’s an incredible organizer and an incredible leader. And it’s

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Speaker 1: not just the football team, Like even in the building

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Speaker 1: when we see him, like we know he sees us,

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Speaker 1: you know, and he’ll say hi to you, and but

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Speaker 1: you also everything he does and you never want to

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Speaker 1: let him down. And it’s because he has such faith

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Speaker 1: in you, we want to make sure you reward that faith.

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Speaker 1: And that goes to everyone in the organization. So heaving

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Speaker 1: Coach Read here is just amazing. And I don’t play

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Speaker 1: for him, but even seeing him around is just a

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Speaker 1: him down under any circumstances. Yeah, and all he has

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Speaker 1: to say is you’re better than that, and you’re just

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Speaker 1: your microwave popcorn. That’s kind of not where we’re going here,

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Speaker 1: but a little bit. Because there’s two guys you mentioned

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Speaker 1: in production. Vice President for Content and Production, Rob Alberino

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Speaker 1: cut his teeth in the National Football League after his

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Speaker 1: time at NFL Films with the Philadelphia Eagles. He brings

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Speaker 1: with him because of our relationship, a super talented guy

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Speaker 1: named Joey Helder involved in special projects. Like an incredible talent,

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Speaker 1: great passion. He’s been around the NFL. He gets it. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let me just set this up and then I’m gonna

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Speaker 1: look at the well. Also want to mention this to

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia influence on the coaching staff or the football side.

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Speaker 1: Hear me out on this, Andy Reid, of course, Brett Veach,

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Speaker 1: Rick Burkholder, Eric Bannemy, Steve Spagnolo, Joe Blamer, Ken Flagel,

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Speaker 1: Mike Frasier, Greg Lewis, Luman, Corey Mattai, Tom Melvin, Matt Naggie.

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Speaker 1: I’m leaving people out here. Mark Donovan, the chiefs President

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Speaker 1: I’m leaving somebody out. But the point is there’s just

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Speaker 1: So I’m working. I got the game behind me, and

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Speaker 1: the Eagles do this. They play the clip from Rocky Too,

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Speaker 1: the clip from Rocky Too Quickly. Here for everybody is

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Speaker 1: the fact that Adrian and Rocky here they have a

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Speaker 1: Is this bad? But and she goes, rock, There’s just

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Speaker 1: What are we waiting for? Take this? The bells are

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Speaker 1: name that comes up as Jamal Williams. He played in Nebraska,

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Speaker 1: number twenty two. Flip it. He was one of my

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Speaker 1: And so I’d never looked back after that point. I

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Speaker 1: what those bills mean to me. Opportunities are rare, Matt rare,

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Speaker 1: and our side of this business too. And you toiled

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Speaker 1: And unfortunately that team no longer exists. He got contracted.

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Speaker 1: third most rushing yards per game in the NFL with

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty seven. They’ve allowed four rushes of

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Speaker 1: fifty or more yards this year, that’s most in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: So they’re good. They have talent. We respect these guys,

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Speaker 1: but defensively this year it hasn’t worked for them, and

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Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, offensively it has. It’s the number one

415
00:19:56,400 –> 00:19:59,320
Speaker 1: scoring offense in the NFL, averaging thirty points per game.

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Speaker 1: Keep what you’ve been doing all year long and you’ll

417
00:20:02,080 –> 00:20:05,720
Speaker 1: leave LA with essentially a four game lead in this division. Yeah,

418
00:20:05,760 –> 00:20:09,119
Speaker 1: the fourth they’re giving up explosive run plays. That’s what’s crazy.

419
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Speaker 1: You mentioned the four fifty plus ers. The league average

420
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Speaker 1: is one one and they’ve given up four just kind

421
00:20:14,680 –> 00:20:17,199
Speaker 1: of doesn’t add up with them. All, right, Shop, what

422
00:20:17,240 –> 00:20:20,639
Speaker 1: are we waiting for? Sees this the Chiefs defense. I’m

423
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Speaker 1: going to ask you about the linebackers in specific, because

424
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Speaker 1: when I review the video of the last two games,

425
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Speaker 1: one thing that I felt bad about that I didn’t

426
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Speaker 1: give enough attention and credit to the linebackers, especially in

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Speaker 1: this last game. Willie Gay Jr. And Nick Bolton. Teams

428
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Speaker 1: run bubble screens. They’ll run screen screens. They try to

429
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Speaker 1: get off tackle and in space, you’ve got to defend

430
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Speaker 1: the inside first, but then you’ve got to scream out

431
00:20:45,440 –> 00:20:48,439
Speaker 1: there thirty yards to go help on the bubble screen,

432
00:20:48,560 –> 00:20:53,919
Speaker 1: right right, That’s tough. Austin Eckler for the Chargers is

433
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Speaker 1: fifth in the league with sixty seven catches. We talked

434
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Speaker 1: about the fact that he’s got eighty one targets, like

435
00:20:59,280 –> 00:21:02,280
Speaker 1: he’s got this many is Kelsey’s got, and yet he’s

436
00:21:02,320 –> 00:21:06,919
Speaker 1: forty fourth in the league in passing yard receiving yards.

437
00:21:07,760 –> 00:21:10,399
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert’s very capable good. He has great games against

438
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. He has the highest rating against the Chiefs

439
00:21:12,240 –> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 1: of any other team that he plays in his career

440
00:21:14,880 –> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 1: so far. Two and three against the Chiefs. Second in

441
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Speaker 1: the league into tamp second in completions, thirtieth in average

442
00:21:22,080 –> 00:21:25,639
Speaker 1: yards completion. It’s just strange. So Eckler here, I know

443
00:21:25,720 –> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 1: Mike Willams is coming back. I’m gonna get to you

444
00:21:27,320 –> 00:21:29,000
Speaker 1: in that second. You know, Keenan Allen, you know they’re

445
00:21:29,000 –> 00:21:32,600
Speaker 1: gonna put everything in this game. But Austin Eckler, the linebackers,

446
00:21:32,600 –> 00:21:35,040
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, the speed that you’re seeing at Willie Gage

447
00:21:35,080 –> 00:21:37,199
Speaker 1: Junior and Nick Bolton, what does that team? What does

448
00:21:37,240 –> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 1: that mean to this team now and moving forward? Well,

449
00:21:40,000 –> 00:21:42,399
Speaker 1: the one thing about is so great about getting Willie

450
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Speaker 1: gayback is not only what he does on the field,

451
00:21:44,760 –> 00:21:47,840
Speaker 1: but at energy, the excitement and emotion he brings back.

452
00:21:48,680 –> 00:21:50,320
Speaker 1: He’s like to energy out as a bunny out there.

453
00:21:50,359 –> 00:21:54,680
Speaker 1: And anybody who’s been out there, who’s watched any game

454
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Speaker 1: at gha Field Earrowhead Stadium, when you’re there, even during warmups,

455
00:21:59,200 –> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 1: Willie Gave, he’s losing his mind. He’s he’s all over

456
00:22:02,280 –> 00:22:05,359
Speaker 1: the place. He’s just man, He’s a Tasmanian devil. And

457
00:22:05,359 –> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: then right before the play starts, before kickoff, he comes

458
00:22:09,119 –> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 1: it back down. He gets refocused on his eyes are

459
00:22:12,320 –> 00:22:14,640
Speaker 1: in the right place, and what our guys are doing

460
00:22:14,760 –> 00:22:17,720
Speaker 1: better than we’ve seen in the you know, years past,

461
00:22:17,920 –> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 1: is our guys are playing controlled football. They know exactly

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Speaker 1: what gap they’re responsive before. And even if we go

463
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Speaker 1: back to, you know, a few games ago, the big

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Speaker 1: plays we gave up against Tennessee, it was one or

465
00:22:29,560 –> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 1: two guys running a little bit too far over cheating

466
00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: his gap, you know, leaking out of his gap. And

467
00:22:35,119 –> 00:22:37,240
Speaker 1: then that second half we got back to our basics.

468
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Speaker 1: Everybody know your home gap. If any guard pulls, you

469
00:22:40,640 –> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: go to your secondary gap. It’s very simple. It’s a

470
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Speaker 1: very simple equation, but it’s very hard to execute, and

471
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Speaker 1: our guys are executing it. The communication they’re having right

472
00:22:50,640 –> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 1: now is kind of like twin brothers. It’s like they

473
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Speaker 1: know what each other’s thinking out there, and their communication

474
00:22:55,640 –> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: at all time high. And the way they deliver blows.

475
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Speaker 1: The way they get downhill and run, you can see

476
00:23:00,359 –> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 1: the youth, the energy the downhill striking. Those guys run

477
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Speaker 1: to the ball and get to the ball pissed off

478
00:23:08,359 –> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 1: and they let the other team know about it. And

479
00:23:10,320 –> 00:23:13,000
Speaker 1: so that that energy is uh, I mean, just spreads

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Speaker 1: throughout the defense. And I love what I’m seeing from

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Speaker 1: those guys. I mean, you know, Bolton is wearing the

482
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Speaker 1: green dot, communicating the plays, Willie Gay is handling the

483
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Speaker 1: emotion and then when it’s time to go hunt and

484
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Speaker 1: attack and get to the ball carrier, those guys are

485
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Speaker 1: doing it in a pissed off man and I love it.

486
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Speaker 1: They’re also enjoying the game. Um you can just tell

487
00:23:33,920 –> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: from Nick and then talking to him and Willigay Jr.

488
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Speaker 1: They remind me of you the way they play. They

489
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Speaker 1: understand the blessing it is to play and too let’s

490
00:23:41,640 –> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: have fun doing this and stay within the assignment. But

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Speaker 1: it’s just it’s a to me. It’s the biggest difference

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Speaker 1: between the twenty twenty two Chiefs and the twenty twenty one,

493
00:23:50,440 –> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 1: twenty and nineteen Chiefs, or those two guys, Throw and Derris,

494
00:23:53,760 –> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: Harris Chanel, all these guys in this, but but mainly

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Speaker 1: those two guys. Their ability to be fast, understand, recognize

496
00:24:01,680 –> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 1: is big. Let’s go to the secondary because I do anticipate,

497
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Speaker 1: as do you, that the Chargers will get Mike Williams

498
00:24:07,320 –> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: back this week and probably Keenan Allen. They’re loading everything

499
00:24:10,359 –> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 1: into this game. We’ve seen Palmer be effective, We’ve seen

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00:24:13,040 –> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 1: Carter be effective. Not sure they’re I mean they’re chopped

501
00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: up at tight end here again. But the fact that

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00:24:19,520 –> 00:24:21,879
Speaker 1: the pressure now in these young corners for the Chiefs.

503
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Speaker 1: And we talked about Trent McDuffie on your trip around

504
00:24:25,280 –> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: the world. Whether it’s him or Joshua Williams or Jalen Watson,

505
00:24:28,880 –> 00:24:31,479
Speaker 1: the Chiefs last week played a lot of that three safety,

506
00:24:31,640 –> 00:24:34,360
Speaker 1: three corners sometimes four corner stuff. A lot of those

507
00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 1: guys are rookies. Here comes Mike Williams again or Keenan Allen.

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Speaker 1: Let’s talk about the young guys in the secondary. What

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Speaker 1: are you waiting for? Defend the particularly the long pass. Yeah,

510
00:24:45,840 –> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: and for what it’s worth. We don’t know that officially yet.

511
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Speaker 1: This is being recorded on Wednesday. We don’t know if

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams or Keenan Allen is going to play. Okay.

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Speaker 1: What we do know though, is everyone gets healthy against

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Yes, and especially for this Charger squad that

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Speaker 1: I said earlier is fighting for their season. Be shocked

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Speaker 1: if those two don’t play. And you’re right, it’s a

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Speaker 1: great challenge. Mike Williams is one of the tougher players

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs have played against in recent memory. He always

519
00:25:08,440 –> 00:25:10,159
Speaker 1: seems to have great games against the Chiefs, and we

520
00:25:10,200 –> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 1: saw that back in Week two, particularly in the first half.

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00:25:13,400 –> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 1: The Chargers haven’t seen a fully healthy Chiefs defense yet,

522
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Speaker 1: though in that Week two game we didn’t have several

523
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Speaker 1: guys including Trent McDuffie, and guys like Jale and Watson

524
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Speaker 1: were brand new. Joshua Williams had barely played at all.

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00:25:25,520 –> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: The fact that so many rookies have played and played

526
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Speaker 1: effectively on this defense throughout the first half of the season,

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00:25:30,960 –> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: they’re much more better prepared for this matchup. And what

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Speaker 1: I love about guys like Jale and Watson and Joshua

529
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Speaker 1: Williams is they have tremendous height. We talked about this

530
00:25:39,400 –> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: way back when we drafted these dudes. We talked about

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams specifically that we have guys that are six

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Speaker 1: ft two six foot three that can match him in

533
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Speaker 1: terms of his height and they’re not shorter corners. So

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00:25:49,560 –> 00:25:51,479
Speaker 1: I think that’s an advantage that the Chiefs have here

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00:25:51,520 –> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: in this game. And these guys are playing with confidence

536
00:25:53,760 –> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: right now. The defense has been so good lately and

537
00:25:56,359 –> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 1: it has to warm your heart when you’re watching Nick

538
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Speaker 1: Bolton and Justin Reid, and some of these guys lay

539
00:26:00,320 –> 00:26:02,400
Speaker 1: the hits that they’re laying, but they’re playing so well.

540
00:26:02,560 –> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: The offense gets a lot of credit, and deservingly so.

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Speaker 1: But go back to that Tennessee game. The Chiefs don’t

542
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Speaker 1: win that game if the defense didn’t play like it

543
00:26:09,200 –> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: did in the second half. And last week against Jacksonville,

544
00:26:12,160 –> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: Travis etn comes in here is one of the best

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00:26:14,600 –> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 1: young running backs in the NFL. Five straight games with

546
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Speaker 1: one hundred yards from scrimmage. He never got going in

547
00:26:19,680 –> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 1: that game, and that was a complete team effort defensively

548
00:26:22,720 –> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, from the front, the defensive line, the linebackers,

549
00:26:26,160 –> 00:26:28,360
Speaker 1: and the secondary. So the defense is playing really well

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00:26:28,440 –> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 1: right now. This is going to be one of their

551
00:26:29,920 –> 00:26:34,360
Speaker 1: tougher challenges they’ve had this season overall. But I think

552
00:26:34,359 –> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: they’re really well positioned to succeed and compete against a

553
00:26:37,600 –> 00:26:40,639
Speaker 1: Chargers offense that isn’t quite what we expected this year.

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00:26:40,720 –> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: And we can talk about Herbert a bit more later on,

555
00:26:43,359 –> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 1: but they’re very talented and you can’t dismiss that. Yeah,

556
00:26:46,320 –> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: let’s just close out as we go. We’ll take one

557
00:26:48,080 –> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 1: more spin around the block here, but some numbers to

558
00:26:50,160 –> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: consider This is enormous for the Chargers, right, this is

559
00:26:54,320 –> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: like a playoff game for them. Let’s just take Justin Herbert.

560
00:26:57,680 –> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: He’s twenty and twenty one in this league. Very talent,

561
00:27:01,960 –> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: we know that. But he’s twenty and twenty one. He

562
00:27:03,760 –> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: wins it, beats the Chiefs. He goes three and three

563
00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:07,919
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. He’s twenty one and twenty one in

564
00:27:07,920 –> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: his career. The Chargers, since they have started eight and

565
00:27:10,840 –> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 1: five last year, are six and seven. And remember how

566
00:27:14,280 –> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: their league are, the league, how their year ended last

567
00:27:16,640 –> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: year when they had the disappointing loss to the Raiders

568
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Speaker 1: and didn’t even make the tournament. All that comes into

569
00:27:22,680 –> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: play here for the Chargers in this Sunday night game.

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00:27:26,160 –> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: So one more thought as we close things out here,

571
00:27:29,480 –> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? But I just want to

572
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Speaker 1: know if the Chargers are even confident in who they are.

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00:27:35,760 –> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: I think that the Chargers have an identity crisis, Like

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00:27:39,160 –> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: are they the team is willing to follow their head

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Speaker 1: coach on any fourth and goal or any fourth down?

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Speaker 1: Or are they a team they want and twenty four

577
00:27:47,320 –> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: they’ve gone for nineteen times this year? Or is it

578
00:27:50,359 –> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback they trust? Or is it Eckler or is

579
00:27:53,960 –> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 1: it the length of the receivers or the routes that

580
00:27:57,720 –> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: you know? Keenan Allen like, who are are we? Who

581
00:28:01,200 –> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 1: are the Charges as an organization? And I think you

582
00:28:03,720 –> 00:28:06,640
Speaker 1: see glimpse of hope, glimpse of hope, But I think

583
00:28:06,800 –> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: even in their building, no one can answer the question.

584
00:28:09,960 –> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: And when you play against a team like the Chiefs,

585
00:28:12,800 –> 00:28:14,439
Speaker 1: the one thing you better know is you better know

586
00:28:14,480 –> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: who you are because they’re gonna make you doubt yourself

587
00:28:17,160 –> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: over and over and over throughout the ball game. And

588
00:28:20,240 –> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: what happens usually is that a little bit of doubt

589
00:28:23,240 –> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: creeps in and that’s when the Chiefs, before you know it,

590
00:28:25,800 –> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 1: run up forty points on you. It happens almost every

591
00:28:28,119 –> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: game because it seems like there’s more hope externally when

592
00:28:31,400 –> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: they talk about the Chargers, and there might be internally

593
00:28:34,000 –> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: right because we hear all the chatter and talk about

594
00:28:35,960 –> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: him throughout the last two offseasons. And a couple thoughts here,

595
00:28:39,280 –> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: because the Chargers are truly a conundrum this season. They’re

596
00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: a very interesting and strange study because if you look

597
00:28:45,200 –> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 1: at Justin Herbert last year, even though the wins and

598
00:28:47,960 –> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: losses weren’t always there, the talent clearly is, and his

599
00:28:51,480 –> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: numbers typically back that up as well. He averaged well

600
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Speaker 1: over seven yards per tenth last year, a bunch of touchdowns,

601
00:28:56,920 –> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Since Week five, he’s averaging five point

602
00:29:00,560 –> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: four or five yards per attempt. That is the lowest

603
00:29:03,360 –> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: rate in the NFL among quarterbacks with at least one

604
00:29:06,200 –> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: hundred attempts. In that time, he has five touchdown passes,

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00:29:09,440 –> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: four interceptions, a passer rating of seventy nine. He just

606
00:29:12,720 –> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: hasn’t been himself. And I don’t know if it’s the

607
00:29:14,520 –> 00:29:16,240
Speaker 1: injury in Week two. I don’t know if it’s the

608
00:29:16,280 –> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: injuries that wide receiver. But the offense is not what

609
00:29:18,960 –> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: I think people expected it would be coming into this season.

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Speaker 1: And it has not been a situation where justin Herbert’s

611
00:29:24,280 –> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: put everyone on his back and he’s chucking it deep

612
00:29:26,000 –> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: down field and all that. That’s just not happening. Now.

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Speaker 1: I’ll give them credit because they’re five and four and

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Speaker 1: they’ve found a way and they have hung on despite

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Speaker 1: a lot of losses, and I do respect that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they’re minus twenty eight in point differential. Their last three

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Speaker 1: wins have come by a combined eight points. They have

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Speaker 1: found a way and they’re in this situation, and they’re

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Speaker 1: in this position, and they fought against the Niners hard

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Speaker 1: last week. I’ll give him a lot of credit for

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Speaker 1: all of that, but they have not shown yet as

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Speaker 1: a team that when it is crunch time, do they

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Speaker 1: have the confidence to come through in this time of year.

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Speaker 1: And maybe one day they will, but so far they

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Speaker 1: have not done that. And the Chiefs have consistently and

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Speaker 1: hopefully that repeats itself here and the Chiefs are able

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Speaker 1: to continue that and the Chargers aren’t. But that’s my

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Speaker 1: question for the Chargers is you have a lot of

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Speaker 1: talent and a lot of great players, but at what

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Speaker 1: point do you find a way and pull it up

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Speaker 1: and win games when you have to in the second

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Speaker 1: half of the season. And they’re a young team that’s

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Speaker 1: still trying to find that answer. The collective record of

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Speaker 1: the teams, if they’re five wins they share, are thirteen wins,

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Speaker 1: twenty six losses in a tie, and yet they’ve grounded

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Speaker 1: out to win enough of those games to keep this going.

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Speaker 1: He shunned barber, the barbershop, the spider Man. He has

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Speaker 1: senior team reporter Met McMullen. Now you know you hear

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Speaker 1: the bells. Are you hearing the bills? Then, what are

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Speaker 1: you waiting for? Touchdown and the celebration begin.