A Super Bowl Ring, and Yet Never Satisfied | Defending the Kingdom 6/23

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Speaker 1: Hey, you Dan, until the day when you get off

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Speaker 1: during this game, you may can play.

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Speaker 2: Touchdown Chansas City the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: All right, the think of it.

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Speaker 2: Baby, everybody, and welcome once again to this edition of

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Speaker 2: Defending the Kingdom, which holds with your voice to the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs along the senior team reporter Matt McCullum. And now

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Speaker 2: we’re in this time the closest thing the NFL has

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Speaker 2: to a plant shut down, and that’s over the next

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Speaker 2: several weeks. But we’re gonna keep rolling here for a

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Speaker 2: while and do a review of what has happened here

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Speaker 2: in the recent pass for the Kansas City Chiefs and

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs Kingdom, dealing with the ring ceremony, and then

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Speaker 2: also mandatory mini camp. But before we do that, Matt,

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Speaker 2: it’s a defending the Kingdom tradition. I’ve been on the road,

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Speaker 2: you know, with a lot of appearances here and a

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Speaker 2: lot of you have told me how much you enjoy

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Speaker 2: defending the Kingdom and how much you enjoy around the world.

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Speaker 2: I even Metagal, who is from Germany working now in

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Speaker 2: the States. Loves the Chiefs from Dusseldorf, like forty five

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Speaker 1: Who’s all about it.

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Speaker 2: So let’s go around the world before we even jump

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Speaker 2: into what we’ve got today for the matter at hand.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Mitch called me earlier this week and he’s on

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Speaker 3: the road to who knows where. He’s going to Omaha

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Speaker 1: And Western Kansas, every radio.

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Speaker 3: Well’s catch up while he’s driving all these different places.

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Speaker 3: But let’s indeed go around the world. I forgot to

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Speaker 3: mention a couple of people that I met when I

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Speaker 3: was in Germany that I want to give shout outs to.

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Speaker 3: Shout out to Marcus. He’s the chairman of the German Arrowheads.

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Speaker 3: That’s one of the main chiefs fan clubs in Germany.

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Speaker 3: So shout out to Marcus. Awesome guy. I’m sure we’ll

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Speaker 3: see a lot of him in the years to come.

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Speaker 1: Where’s the headquarters of that? Is it in Frankfurt?

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Speaker 3: That’s a good question. It might be Munich, I’m sure

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Speaker 3: he told me well off to ask him. But you’ll

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Speaker 3: you’ll meet Marcus, I’m sure at some point, so we’ll

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Speaker 3: find out then. In there also shout out to Charles

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Speaker 3: at Ramstein Air Force Base. So if you watched your

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Speaker 3: episode a few weeks ago, that I talked about our trip.

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Speaker 3: I was at the b X, which is like a

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Speaker 3: shopping center essentially on base at Ramstein, and our cheerleaders

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Speaker 3: in Dotte Hall were signing autographs for hundreds of servicemen

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Speaker 3: and women that were coming through there. Well, Charles came

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Speaker 3: over to me with a Chief’s helmet and he was like,

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Speaker 3: I’m a Kingdom defender. I love listening to the podcast

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Speaker 3: and I love listening to you and Mitch. So shout

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Speaker 3: out to you, Charles, thank you for defending the Kingdom

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Speaker 3: over there at Ramstein Air Force Base. We also have

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Speaker 3: Alan from Queensland, Australia. We have a listener in Surinam,

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Speaker 3: South America. Pretty cool hitting all the continents.

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Speaker 1: Here. We have Derek.

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Speaker 3: He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but was raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

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Speaker 3: So we said the Kingdom is represented in both places.

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Speaker 3: And then lastly, a shout out to Eric and Brittany

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Speaker 3: from Springfield, Missouri aka the mecca of the Chief’s Kingdom

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Speaker 3: outside of Kansas City, because we always have listeners from Springfield. Eric, Yeah, right,

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Speaker 3: Eric and Brittany drove up here a few weeks ago

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Speaker 3: for our production day. We let a few lucky fans,

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Speaker 3: come watch behind the scenes. Look at production day, which

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Speaker 3: is where we get all of our media material for

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Speaker 3: the entire season with all the players, and Eric and

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Speaker 3: Brittany were like, hey, by the way, we love defending

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Speaker 3: the Kingdom. So shout out to Eric and Brittany.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Brooklyn.

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Speaker 2: I was in Brooklyn not that long ago and saw

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Speaker 2: chief stuff, right, and you’re going chiefs and there are chiefs.

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Speaker 2: It was in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn, which is

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Speaker 2: like dumblo flying elephants. No, it’s down under the Manhattan

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Speaker 2: Bridge underpass, like overpass whatever anyway, So of course Chiefs

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Speaker 2: fans acronyms, love them a Chiefs fans in Brooklyn.

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Speaker 1: You’re right there, love you.

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Speaker 2: We’re coming your way, by the way, because we’ll be

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Speaker 2: playing the Jets this year in Gotham, So awesome there.

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Speaker 2: All right, this episode is going to deal with two things.

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Speaker 2: One is the ring ceremony, and then we’re really going

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Speaker 2: to spend most of the time on what you and

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Speaker 2: I saw throughout OTAs and defending the Kingdom here in

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Speaker 2: the off season. Here’s a little bit like watching ted

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Speaker 2: Lasso episodes. There’s kind of a prerequisite here. It’s almost

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Speaker 2: like going back and watching the last two or three

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Speaker 2: defending the kingdoms for this one, particularly as it relates

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Speaker 2: last five to six weeks with this team getting ready

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Speaker 2: for twenty twenty three. But before we do that, the

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Speaker 2: ring ceremony was phenomenal. It was a night it felt

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Speaker 2: like a fairy tale. It was so incredible. It was

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Speaker 2: like a dream for a little kid growing up in

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Speaker 2: the Chief’s Kingdom to experience it, like you didn’t want

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Speaker 2: the night to end. But to me, it started with

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Speaker 2: the Hunt family and the tribute to Norma Hunt, who

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Speaker 2: we lost just recently, was so well done by our

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Speaker 2: sixty five TPT crew. But then to see how much

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Speaker 2: put in not only to the Super Bowl fifty seven rings,

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Speaker 2: but how special the Hunt family made that night to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I’ll preface with this that we are living charmed

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Speaker 3: Bowl fifty four, super Bowl fifty four was one right

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Speaker 3: on the precipice of the pandemic. So what many people

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Speaker 3: to get rings at all, which, again, the Hunt family

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Speaker 3: is so incredible that they take care of not just

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Speaker 1: That we’re a part of it.

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Speaker 3: But with all that in mind, to have a chance

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Speaker 3: right way for those of us that have been here

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Speaker 3: for both them, it kind of felt like we were

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that’s well put. And then it was fun. We

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Speaker 2: on the red carpet interviewing guys and you were doing

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Speaker 2: the same. But the joy seeing the joy of those

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Speaker 2: like DiCaprio, Bootle and just but having the night of

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Speaker 2: queen because of how the Hunt family approached this evening

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Speaker 2: was it was just truly remarkable and so well done.

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Speaker 3: And for them to share it with their families, I mean,

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Speaker 3: the players give everything they have to do this, and

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Speaker 3: their families don’t see them a lot during the season,

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Speaker 3: and especially an off season like this where there’s been

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Speaker 3: so much going on, there really hasn’t been a moment

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Speaker 3: and yeah, that’s a great problem to have, but for

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Speaker 3: to be a part of it was once again really cool.

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Speaker 1: You know Tray Smith brought his dad. Yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: so cool.

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Speaker 2: And I just I’ve learned to appreciate Trey’s family so

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Speaker 2: much and his father. But it was well end of

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Speaker 2: I saw Trey and I go, where’s your dad. He’s

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Speaker 2: for many of the players and for the coaches who

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Speaker 2: spent so much time and so much sacrifice to help

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs Kingdom win. It was great to see just

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Speaker 2: all that be rewarded in one special evening. But if

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Speaker 2: you’re a Chiefs fan and you’re concerned about, oh, well,

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Speaker 2: they’re hanging on to the twenty twenty two season, they’re

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Speaker 2: hanging onto Super Bowl fifty seven, let Matt and I

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Speaker 2: put you at rest right now. Because this team, and

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Speaker 2: I’ve mentioned the three h’s here. If you grow up

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Speaker 2: be involved in four h Let me give you three

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Speaker 2: hs that is humble, hungry, and hopeful. And this team

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Speaker 2: going into twenty twenty three of what you and I

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Speaker 2: three football team that is acting like they’ve never won

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Speaker 2: a Super Bowl before. So if you think that this

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Speaker 2: how tough the AFC is. Everybody’s all in. You start

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Speaker 2: to rank the quarterbacks in the NFL, most of them

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Speaker 2: But Matt, we saw a lot of work already done

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Speaker 2: to get ready for training camp. This twenty twenty three

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Speaker 3: Which is pretty amazing. Now, keep in mind that a

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Speaker 3: lot of the players that were on the Super Bowl

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Speaker 3: fifty seven team were not on the Super Bowl fifty

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Speaker 3: four team. The vast majority of them were not on it.

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Speaker 3: So a lot of these guys are hungry to win

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Speaker 3: another one because they just got their first championship, or

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Speaker 3: it’s a matter of bringing rookies in or young players

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Speaker 3: or players from other teams who have never won a

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl and they saw how awesome that was and

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Speaker 3: they’re like, hey, I want to win mine. And you

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Speaker 3: couple that with the fact that Patrick Mahomes and Travis

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Speaker 3: Kelcey are the two most competitive people on planet Earth

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Speaker 3: and are never going to be complacent with two championships.

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Speaker 3: And I actually have a quote I wanted to read you.

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Speaker 3: This is something that Patrick said a few days ago

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Speaker 3: Why are you still so hungry after being so successful

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Speaker 3: early on in your career. Here’s what he said. For me,

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Speaker 3: It’s about maximizing the moment. I know that I’m not

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Speaker 3: always going to have this team. I never have regrets

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Speaker 3: about when I play my best and we lose, But

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Speaker 2: defensive talent in specific, and then people go, what can

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Speaker 2: they do more creative on offense? They’ve already run snow globe,

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Speaker 2: they’ve run corn Dog, They’ve run Jet Chip Wasp, They’ve

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Speaker 2: run the nineteen forty eight Rose Bowl play.

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Speaker 1: Just get ready.

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Speaker 2: There’s a whole another batch of stuff that this team

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Speaker 2: is bringing, and with the skill set that they’re going

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Speaker 2: to bring to training camp on the offensive side, the

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Speaker 2: creativity is not stopping. In fact, it’s enhanced as well.

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Speaker 3: And I’ll tell you the position to watch is full back.

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Speaker 3: And you’re probably saying, Matt, we don’t have a full

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Speaker 3: back on the roster for the first twenty thirteen. I

431
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Speaker 3: know that, but that doesn’t mean it’s going away in

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Speaker 3: this offense. Just watch what coach Reed does with the

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Speaker 3: full back spot this season. You’re going to see so

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Speaker 3: many different players line up in that spot and used

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Speaker 3: in all these different kinds of ways, and defenses are

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Speaker 3: not going to know how to stop it. An example

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Speaker 3: of that that we even saw in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 3: is go back and watch the first drive of the

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Speaker 3: second half. This is the drive that set the tone

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Speaker 3: for the rest of the game. There was a third

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Speaker 3: and short and Sky Moore was at running back. Jerick

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Speaker 3: McKinnon was in the traditional fullback spot. It was a

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Speaker 3: quick trap handoff to Jeric, who broke free for like

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Speaker 3: a fifteen yard gain really got the offense rolling out

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Speaker 3: and score. You know how that story ended, Expect more

446
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Speaker 3: of that. We’re going to see a lot of different

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Speaker 3: players in the backfield, a lot of different guys utilized

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Speaker 3: in that fullback spot. I’m excited about how Coach Reed

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Speaker 3: is going to utilize that area. It’s weird not having

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Speaker 3: a fullback for the first time in ten years, but

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Speaker 3: I’m excited to see what Coach Reed does with that

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Speaker 3: spot because just because there’s not a player with an

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Speaker 3: FB next to their name, you’re going to see that

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Speaker 3: spot utilized a lot in this offense.

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Speaker 2: And the tight end group, to me, was very impressive,

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Speaker 2: even guy like Kendall Blanton or Matt Bushman that joins

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Speaker 2: the other four that are already here, and that the

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Speaker 2: versatility of that tight end group leads you to that, hey, hype,

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Speaker 2: what are you going to do without a fullback? But

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Speaker 2: there’s all kinds of we’re not giving away government secrets here.

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Speaker 2: There’s going to be all kinds of different mix and

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Speaker 2: match that Coach Reid will do along with Matt Naggy

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Speaker 2: on this offense. And that’s where you get excited. If

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Speaker 2: you think you’re going to know what the Chiefs are

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Speaker 2: running based on personnel or what they’ve done of the

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Speaker 2: past several years. Think again, a whole bunch of stuff

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Speaker 2: coming that it’s going to be defenses are going to

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Speaker 2: have to prepare for or be surprised by. And again

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Speaker 2: that gives you an edge in an uber competitive AFC.

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Speaker 2: And finally, our final point is it’s something that you

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Speaker 2: and I saw very early on in the spring, was

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Speaker 2: with this increase in talent, would be a renaissance of

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Speaker 2: sorts of the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Being dominant, dominant in every.

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Speaker 2: Special team’s face. Let’s put it in perspective. From twenty

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Speaker 2: thirteen to twenty twenty, in those first years of the

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Speaker 2: Andy Reid time here in Kansas City, the Chiefs had

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Speaker 2: thirteen special teams scores. The Chiefs were twelve and one

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Speaker 2: in those thirteen games. Now, the last two seasons in

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Speaker 2: the regular season, there have been no special team scores.

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Speaker 1: It’s not just a punt returner kick return.

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Speaker 2: I’m talking to block kick or being explosive in those areas.

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Speaker 2: With this increase in talent on both the offensive and

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Speaker 2: defensive side of the ball, my prediction will be a

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Speaker 2: return to being explosive and Special Teams in twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 2: again in an incredibly competitive AFC that gives you another

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Speaker 2: edge in winning games that you may not have the

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Speaker 2: chance to win. Just think of Super Bowl fifty seven

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Speaker 2: and Kadarius Tony’s sixty.

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Speaker 1: Five yard punt return.

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Speaker 2: You get that on a regular basis during the regular season,

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Speaker 2: and you put a pressure on an opponent in all

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Speaker 2: three phases. That’s where you become a decimating foe for others.

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Speaker 3: The saga of the Chief Special Teams Unit last year

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Speaker 3: is so fascinating to look back on because we all

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Speaker 3: know there were struggles, at times uncharacteristic struggles during the

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Speaker 3: season for the Chief Special Teams Unit, and as you said,

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Speaker 3: they grew from that, and without the Chief Special Teams

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Speaker 3: that they don’t win the AFC. The Chief Special Teams

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Speaker 3: Unit helped win that AFC Towle game against the Bengals

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Speaker 3: and helped win the Super Bowl. So it was an

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Speaker 3: amazing story. And it’s not the guys we all know

503
00:24:01,200 –> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 3: about like Harrison Bucker and Tommy Townsend, James Winchester. It’s

504
00:24:04,240 –> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 3: the guys on the blocking units. It’s the guys in coverage.

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00:24:07,760 –> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 3: A lot of players were new to that system last year,

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Speaker 3: and for the guys returning, they have a year under

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Speaker 3: their belt now. So I expect the special teams to

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00:24:15,520 –> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 3: be better even if because of that, because guys like

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00:24:18,600 –> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 3: Nazi Johnson, who I think has a chance to be

510
00:24:20,400 –> 00:24:22,640
Speaker 3: one of the best special teamers in the NFL this year,

511
00:24:22,760 –> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 3: has a full year under his belt. A guy like

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00:24:24,720 –> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 3: Jack Cochran has a year under his belt in the

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Speaker 3: special teams unit, so that helps. But also drafting players

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Speaker 3: like Tamari Connor and BJ Thompson and Nick Jones, who

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Speaker 3: you when you saw him drafted for the Chiefs during

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Speaker 3: draft weekend you probably say to yourself, well, I don’t

517
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Speaker 3: think they’re starters right away. Well think again, because they

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Speaker 3: could end up starting on special teams and that’s important.

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00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:47,719
Speaker 3: Jamari Connor was an excellent special teamer during his time

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00:24:47,760 –> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 3: at Virginia Tech. Just go back and watch him as

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00:24:50,280 –> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 3: a coverage player, excellent, excellent special teams player. We’re adding

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Speaker 3: him to this unit. And guys like Nick Jones and

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Speaker 3: BJ Thompson, who Bj Thompson could be like a Tono

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00:24:59,320 –> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 3: Passieno kind player on field goal blocks. He’s so long

525
00:25:02,320 –> 00:25:05,439
Speaker 3: and athletic and has big, long arms where you can

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00:25:05,480 –> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 3: swat a kick out of the sky. So those guys

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00:25:08,480 –> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 3: are coming into a group that already has a year

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00:25:10,880 –> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 3: of experience under their belt. I definitely expect this group

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Speaker 3: to be better. And you mentioned Denrek Prince earlier. I

530
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Speaker 3: think he has a great shot to be our kickoff

531
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Speaker 3: return man this year. He’s got to earn that. But

532
00:25:20,200 –> 00:25:21,640
Speaker 3: that group could be very good as well.

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Speaker 2: Again, if you’re an opponent and you’re playing the Chiefs,

534
00:25:25,040 –> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 2: they’re so hard to prepare to play when you look

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Speaker 2: at the volume of offense that the Chiefs present. If

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Speaker 2: you’re looking at a defensive group that could be Spags

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00:25:34,080 –> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 2: as best and deepest and most creative, and then a

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00:25:37,160 –> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 2: special teams unit that does not let you rest in

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00:25:40,400 –> 00:25:42,679
Speaker 2: the way they cover, in the way they return, and

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Speaker 2: the way they kick. All of a sudden, Now you

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Speaker 2: just put pressure on an opponent in every phase, and

542
00:25:49,640 –> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 2: that’s the way you try to repeat and become a

543
00:25:52,640 –> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 2: Super Bowl champion in Super Bowl fifty eight against an

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Speaker 2: AFC that’s just loaded and ready to take you out.

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Speaker 3: And there’s players that maybe won’t make the roster right

546
00:26:00,880 –> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 3: away as undrafted free agents, but could make the practice

547
00:26:03,600 –> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 3: squad and could be elevated at some point, and I

548
00:26:06,040 –> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 3: feel really good about the crop of players we have

549
00:26:08,480 –> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 3: kind of in that realm. A player like Cam Jones,

550
00:26:11,040 –> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 3: a linebacker from Indiana, really good player who would have

551
00:26:14,080 –> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 3: been drafted if he didn’t hurt his foot early in

552
00:26:16,320 –> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 3: the season. Isaiah Moore, another linebacker from NC State, and

553
00:26:20,240 –> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 3: Isaiah Norman, a dB from Marshall. Just players that have

554
00:26:23,320 –> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 3: stood out and would really fit that mold as a

555
00:26:26,200 –> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 3: really good coverage special teamer. And maybe they don’t make

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Speaker 3: the roster in late August, but if they’re on that

557
00:26:32,680 –> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 3: practice squad and you need them for a game in

558
00:26:35,080 –> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 3: Week ten, you can rely on these guys to make place.

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Speaker 3: So I just feel really good about the talent throughout

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00:26:40,160 –> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 3: this entire roster. You always want to say that every summer,

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Speaker 3: but I really truly believe it. And you don’t typically

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00:26:47,359 –> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 3: have a Super Bowl champion who has money invested in

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00:26:50,960 –> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 3: their quarterback and in other players that are able to

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00:26:53,640 –> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 3: say that because they’re normally going all in. Well, the

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00:26:56,200 –> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 3: Chiefs have done a great job of managing this window

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Speaker 3: where they can supplement their roster with not just great players,

567
00:27:03,160 –> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 3: but also a whole bunch of really solid, good players

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Speaker 3: who can come in and play a role.

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Speaker 2: It was a night we’ll never forget. It’s a ring that,

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Speaker 2: in many ways is the most spectacular ring in National

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Speaker 2: Football League history. We should have worn it today, should

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00:27:15,880 –> 00:27:20,199
Speaker 2: have Yeah, but know this, Chiefs Kingdom, This is a

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00:27:20,280 –> 00:27:27,399
Speaker 2: team that is never satisfied. Tun tucks down, wash it down,

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Speaker 2: and the celebration begins to their head.