‘The Last Team’ – Raider Week Preview w/ Mecole Hardman + DeAndre Hopkins Reaction | Defending The Kingdom

Voice of the Chiefs, Mitch Holthus and senior team reporter, Matt McMullen preview the upcoming Week 8 divisional matchup versus the Las Vegas Raiders with wide receiver, Mecole Hardman. Plus, Mitch and Matt react to the biggest news coming out of the NFL today, as DeAndre Hopkins has officially joined the Kansas City squad!

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Speaker 1: The National Football League is much different than Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball plays one hundred and sixty two games. For the

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Speaker 1: NBA eighty two games or the NHL over eighty games. Nope,

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Speaker 1: there’s only seventeen regular season games. They all matter every

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Speaker 1: week cannot be taken for granted, especially when it’s Raiders week.

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Speaker 1: This Defending the Kingdom episode, of course, like them, all

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Speaker 1: once again, the site of our Super Bowl fifty eight victory,

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Speaker 1: but this time it is a Week eight game against

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. Comes the end to round on a Jet sweep,

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Speaker 1: to the end zone right the left on the Jets

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Speaker 1: sweep for Col Hartman. Hey, before we jump into the

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Speaker 1: last team and jumping into a Raider week. Breaking news here,

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Speaker 1: Matt and hits the parallel of when we record earlier

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Speaker 1: in the week to have something happen.

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Speaker 2: But we’re both excited about this because.

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday, it leaked out early in the morning that

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, the three Town Hall pro probably future Hall

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Speaker 1: of Famer, is now a Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: Chief and it leaked in the middle of the night too.

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Speaker 3: Ellie woke up early, and I woke up at like seven,

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Speaker 3: and she was like, your phone has been going off

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Speaker 3: for over an hour, Like what’s going on? And whenever

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Speaker 3: thing I see. Awesome thing to wake up to. We

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Speaker 3: can talk about it here, but yeah, I’m fired up

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Speaker 3: about this. Nothing like an emergency segment in our podcast

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Speaker 3: match how about that?

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: We need to just need a breaking news ribbon at

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Speaker 1: the bottom, you know, lower third here DTK breaking news.

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Speaker 1: But I think the kingdom’s excited about this as you

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Speaker 1: and I are. When you look at d Hop, you’re thinking, okay.

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Speaker 1: You look at the age. He came into the league

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Speaker 1: the same year that Travis Kelcey did in twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 2: He was in that same draft.

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Speaker 1: But volume, receiver catch radius, catch ratio targets to drops

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Speaker 1: I’m going to put it out I think on Twitter

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Speaker 1: slash X after we’re done here is can we get him?

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Speaker 1: NFL executive of the year because you didn’t rip up

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Speaker 1: your twenty five draft equity. It’s a fifth round pick

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Speaker 1: that could be a fourth conditional pick depending on the

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Speaker 1: production of d Hop but all those things being considered

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Speaker 1: at the leadst bringing in a chain mover, catch radius,

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Speaker 1: red zone guy that still was on at seventy five

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Speaker 1: catches last year.

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Speaker 3: I remember our podcasts last summer. It was like Veach

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Speaker 3: never sleeps truly making believer.

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Speaker 2: Get pinged in the middle of the night, or Ellie.

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Speaker 3: Is actually making making deals for a future Pro Football

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Speaker 3: Hall of Famer at like four in the morning. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: player that is reliable. You know what you’re getting every

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Speaker 3: single day from him. He’s always been this reliable, consistent receiver.

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Speaker 3: We always talk about the with kel so how he

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Speaker 3: every single game. Well, Hopkins is first. So Hopkins and

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Speaker 3: players that you know what you’re getting every single time,

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Speaker 3: and defenses can’t just double Travis Kelcey every time now

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Speaker 3: because you have to respect DeAndre Hopkins what he can

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Speaker 3: do on this offense. And the drop rate. This guy

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Speaker 3: does not drop passes. He has been targeted at over

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Speaker 3: So this is a reliable chain mover, a guy who’s

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Speaker 3: exciting if you’re a Chiefs fan and a.

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Speaker 2: Tight window catcher too.

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Speaker 1: I think that that’s as time these weeks go on

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Speaker 2: No, they’re all of it. They have to do it all.

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Speaker 1: But with de Hop, and we were discussing these numbers

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Speaker 1: maybe Jeremy Macklin, but you have an ex receiver here

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Speaker 1: that doesn’t look like slot move around guy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it’s interesting. I’m totally with you on that. He’s

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Speaker 3: so it should be interesting how he’s used here in

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Speaker 3: to win he has a contestant catch rate of like

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Speaker 3: sixty percent for his career, so I think tight window

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Speaker 3: throws and again just being a chain mover, it’s third

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Speaker 3: and eight, where is d Hop? Because d Hop has

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Speaker 4: I look this up.

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Speaker 3: Seventy percent of his career catches have gone for a

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Speaker 3: first down or for a touchdown. He’s averaging over thirteen

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Speaker 3: yards per catch in his career. And last year in Tennessee,

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Speaker 3: twenty eighth in the NFL in total offense, he still

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Speaker 3: put up seventy five catches for over one thousand yards.

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Speaker 3: He led the Titans in just about every offensive category

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Speaker 3: in terms of throwing the football, and that was what

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Speaker 3: defense is knowing he was the guy, he was the

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Speaker 3: focal point, still got his numbers. So he drop him

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Speaker 3: think he’s going to be excited, reinvigorated, and I just

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Speaker 3: can’t wait to see what he can do. Almost right

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Speaker 3: away on this offense because he’s proven year in and

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Speaker 3: year out he can be the guy, and you throw

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Speaker 3: we have going on here a pretty big deal.

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Speaker 4: I’m fired up, if you can’t tell.

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Speaker 1: I’m real fired up about it, and just in the

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Speaker 1: way that it came down as far as cap preserving

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Speaker 1: equity in the twenty five draft, getting a all pro

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Speaker 1: receiver not just a pro bowler. And one thing he’ll do,

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Speaker 1: Matt is that if you think of why people play

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Speaker 1: kelse where either one or two or one and a

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Speaker 1: half guys are occupied by kels. Now you have a

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Speaker 1: guy that will totally get the at least the attention

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Speaker 1: and of the defensive play callers of at least one guy.

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Speaker 1: Meaning you cannot let d Hop. If I’m a corner,

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Speaker 1: depending on who I’m taking, I can peek my eyes

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Speaker 1: inside or my scheme as such where I’m occupying two

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Speaker 1: on Kels, but I can’t peek away maybe not now,

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Speaker 1: not with d Hop.

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Speaker 2: So what does that do?

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Speaker 1: It opens the door think about this, Matt for Xavier

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Speaker 1: Worthy or Justin Whinson, for the other receivers who may

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Speaker 1: on d hop That’s a big change here now in

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Speaker 1: this offense when you have an ex receiver like it.

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Speaker 3: And think about how we’ve been running the football with

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Speaker 4: Eighty four yards last week.

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Speaker 3: This is just so much more for the defense to

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Speaker 3: worry about because I’m with you, you have to worry about

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Speaker 3: Travis Kelsey, DeAndre Hopkins, that deep stuff down the field

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Speaker 3: with Xavier Worthy and now also the Chiefs have become

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Speaker 3: like this power inside running team. So even though the

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Speaker 3: offense has been efficient in moving the football and last

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Speaker 3: week the finally were really successful in the red zone.

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Speaker 3: If they can keep that up, his offense could be special.

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Speaker 3: We’ll throwing DeAndre Hopkins to the mix.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: It just changes everything for the better. My one question,

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Speaker 3: Mitch is when you see him, is the first thing

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Speaker 3: you’re going to do just pull him in the by

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Speaker 3: the chin and say it’s Raider week.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I’m on program.

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Speaker 1: I might because you and I got to pull back

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Speaker 1: here now too, because we’ve got to a turn here

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Speaker 1: and get back to where we are because remember, this

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Speaker 1: is the last team to beat the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: It’s Raiders Week.

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Speaker 1: Everyone on Mitch Holt’s Voice of the Chiefs along with

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Speaker 1: senior team reporter Matt McMullen, the theme of this episode

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Speaker 1: of Defending the Kingdom is the last team. Don’t take

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Speaker 1: it for granted. It’s Raiders week, the team.

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Speaker 4: Two to beat us, which is hard to believe.

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Speaker 3: It was Christmas Day last season, and we talk about

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Speaker 3: this all the time. That was a real crossroads moment

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Speaker 3: for this team because we had not clinched a playoff

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Speaker 3: spot and weren’t really sure where last season was going

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Speaker 3: to go. And it could have gone one way where

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Speaker 3: we say it’s not our year. A lot of weird

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Speaker 3: stuff has happened this year. We’ll get him next year,

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Speaker 3: or we can buckle down and figure this thing out

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Speaker 3: and think about what’s happened since then. We have won

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Speaker 3: twelve straight games, including Super Bowl fifty eight.

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Speaker 4: Pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: We maybe need to put together a video collage of

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Speaker 1: Marty Schottenheimer in his motivationals when it was Raiders week,

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Speaker 1: because I mean he was intense. But man, the fur

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Speaker 1: take you back to some moments. Twenty fourteen. The Raiders

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Speaker 1: are zero to ten. The Chiefs had just come off

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Speaker 1: actory over the Seahawks were very good, and they had

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Speaker 1: to go to play the Raiders. And it was best

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Speaker 1: known as the Eric Barry cancer game because that’s when

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Speaker 1: That’s the goal of this Defending the Kingdom is to

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Speaker 4: What we got I’ve got nine for you today. Ooh,

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Speaker 3: And also going for a ninth consecutive AFC West title,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging in there through the two and fourteens,

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Speaker 3: Nicki always writes in and Nicky said that, you know,

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Speaker 1: during the show and he was kind of offended. I thought, well, no,

421
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Speaker 1: I mean, Dak Prescott’s right behind you. It’s Cowboy Bob.

422
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Speaker 1: Caveman Bob has a four sided scoreboard like an arena,

423
00:19:25,400 –> 00:19:27,760
Speaker 1: like think of T Mobile Center. In his basement.

424
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Speaker 3: What’s he put on there scores, just random scores.

425
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it’ll be like the I don’t know, how’s the

426
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Speaker 1: Sacramento Kings Memphis Grizzlies game, third quarter?

427
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Speaker 5: It’s seventy four fifty eight. Okay, he just puts it

428
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Speaker 5: up there.

429
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Speaker 4: That’s great, that’s cool.

430
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Speaker 1: We’ve got to get pictures of his cave. But he’s

431
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Speaker 1: caveman Bob, so sorry about the cowboy Bob reference. But

432
00:19:49,400 –> 00:19:51,680
Speaker 1: there was a lot going on, including the Twisted Sisters

433
00:19:51,680 –> 00:19:55,200
Speaker 1: were there, the Kingdom Twins, the Geeks, the Red Coders,

434
00:19:55,320 –> 00:19:59,640
Speaker 1: Weird Wolf. Weirdwolf was there, but out of costume. Oh okay,

435
00:20:00,240 –> 00:20:02,240
Speaker 1: then he was Clark Kent Weirdwolf.

436
00:20:02,320 –> 00:20:05,679
Speaker 5: But it’s running season, so weird Wolf was howling.

437
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Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, we’re howling too because this is Raiders week

438
00:20:11,080 –> 00:20:13,520
Speaker 1: and we’re focused. I know, we’re a little you know,

439
00:20:13,520 –> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 1: we’re a little just what we do though, ha ha,

440
00:20:15,880 –> 00:20:17,960
Speaker 1: but we’re we’re in on this and we’re just sound

441
00:20:18,000 –> 00:20:20,800
Speaker 1: the alarm. We’ve already given you the ambushes and that

442
00:20:20,840 –> 00:20:23,240
Speaker 1: ought to get you fired up enough. But there’s enough

443
00:20:23,280 –> 00:20:27,399
Speaker 1: in this Raiders team to be prepared for, and it

444
00:20:27,440 –> 00:20:30,000
Speaker 1: starts with Max Crosby. He can totally wreck the party.

445
00:20:30,080 –> 00:20:32,400
Speaker 1: Six and a half sacks. He once again is among

446
00:20:32,440 –> 00:20:36,440
Speaker 1: the leaders in the league. He can just completely record

447
00:20:36,520 –> 00:20:40,000
Speaker 1: drive and he’s got some help. Now on this defense,

448
00:20:40,200 –> 00:20:42,600
Speaker 1: have you seen their third down defense? Yeah, second best

449
00:20:42,600 –> 00:20:45,159
Speaker 1: in the league in the league thirty percent. Teams have

450
00:20:45,200 –> 00:20:47,879
Speaker 1: only converted thirty percent of third downs against these guys.

451
00:20:47,960 –> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 1: I mean, we’ll put out a flare and give you

452
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Speaker 1: a warning, but this Raiders team, you’ve got to be

453
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Speaker 1: prepared to play.

454
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Speaker 5: You’ve got to go out there and take care of

455
00:20:54,560 –> 00:20:55,080
Speaker 5: your business.

456
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it’s interesting. So the Raiders defense is talented, has

457
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Speaker 3: some good players on it. The rent twenty ninth in scoring,

458
00:21:01,160 –> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 3: but doesn’t really tell the whole story. They’ve been on

459
00:21:03,920 –> 00:21:06,640
Speaker 3: the field a lot eighty one times, that’s the fourth

460
00:21:06,720 –> 00:21:09,800
Speaker 3: most of any team in the NFL, and their opponent’s

461
00:21:09,840 –> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 3: average starting field position is the thirty five yard line.

462
00:21:12,840 –> 00:21:15,880
Speaker 3: That’s worst in the NFL. Now, they do have eighty

463
00:21:15,920 –> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 3: seven missed tackles, also most in the NFL. That hasn’t helped,

464
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Speaker 3: but their offense has often put their defense and a

465
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Speaker 3: lot of bad positions. They’re last in the NFL and

466
00:21:23,480 –> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 3: turnover a differential at minus thirteen. They lead the league

467
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Speaker 3: in giveaways with sixteen and opponents have scored fifty nine

468
00:21:29,880 –> 00:21:33,800
Speaker 3: points on those giveaways, most in the NFL. So their

469
00:21:33,880 –> 00:21:37,080
Speaker 3: overall numbers defensively don’t look great, but they’ve also been

470
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Speaker 3: put in a lot of bad positions by their offense.

471
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Speaker 3: And we have respect for this defense. I mean, we

472
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Speaker 3: talked about it earlier. We saw what they did last

473
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Speaker 3: year and Max Crosby, yeah, as a perennial Defensive Player

474
00:21:46,720 –> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 3: of the Year candidate, So got to be ready for

475
00:21:48,600 –> 00:21:51,040
Speaker 3: these guys defensively for sure. No matter what the numbers say.

476
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Speaker 1: Spallane Devan Diablo, They’ve got some guys here on this

477
00:21:54,560 –> 00:21:58,439
Speaker 1: team that can again hit the pinata and ruin the party.

478
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Speaker 5: One guy who is prepared though, and.

479
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Speaker 1: The Raiders aren’t in the Bay Area anymore, but I

480
00:22:03,000 –> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: almost wish they were for our guests this week on

481
00:22:05,119 –> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom, because we’re going to get him.

482
00:22:06,800 –> 00:22:08,399
Speaker 5: Some virtual glasses to play in.

483
00:22:08,480 –> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 1: He’ll be the first NFL player to wear virtual glasses

484
00:22:12,040 –> 00:22:16,199
Speaker 1: to play because every stadium will replicate Levi’s stadium in

485
00:22:16,640 –> 00:22:19,919
Speaker 1: Santa Clara because he is just a menace there. We

486
00:22:20,000 –> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with the guy that

487
00:22:22,640 –> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 1: we don’t want to take for granted in the Chiefs Kingdom,

488
00:22:25,280 –> 00:22:28,399
Speaker 1: Mcole Hartman, He’s part of some of the biggest plays

489
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Speaker 1: in Kansas City Chiefs franchise history. As long as Matt

490
00:22:31,680 –> 00:22:33,920
Speaker 1: and I the Lord gives us oxygen on this earth,

491
00:22:33,960 –> 00:22:36,160
Speaker 1: we’re going to talk about it because we never let

492
00:22:36,200 –> 00:22:39,199
Speaker 1: people forget about your fifty eight yard kickoff return in

493
00:22:39,240 –> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 1: that divisional playoff game down twenty four to nothing that

494
00:22:41,560 –> 00:22:43,119
Speaker 1: started this whole thing.

495
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Speaker 5: But what about getting a second chance.

496
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Speaker 1: This episode’s going to be about not taking anything for granted,

497
00:22:50,480 –> 00:22:52,720
Speaker 1: and you get a chance to reboot this whole deal.

498
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Speaker 6: I don’t know, man, second chance is going to be nice.

499
00:22:58,280 –> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 6: I’m just happy to be here. I’m saying, like, I

500
00:23:00,760 –> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 6: think this is the place for me, the place I

501
00:23:03,920 –> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 6: like to be, the place I’m more comfortable. So just

502
00:23:05,640 –> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 6: to be able to be a part of anything, or

503
00:23:07,480 –> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 6: just to be here in this building is is everything.

504
00:23:10,400 –> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 3: What is it about you and Levi’s Stadium? You have

505
00:23:13,119 –> 00:23:15,800
Speaker 3: four Russian touchdowns in your career, they’re all in Levi’s Stadium.

506
00:23:15,840 –> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 4: How do you explain this?

507
00:23:16,840 –> 00:23:19,240
Speaker 6: I can’t believe it’s all about Russian teschouns to that stadium.

508
00:23:19,240 –> 00:23:21,120
Speaker 6: I didn’t know that until somebody said, did you tell

509
00:23:21,160 –> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 6: me that?

510
00:23:21,600 –> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 5: I told you that when we were going through and

511
00:23:25,400 –> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 5: looked at me.

512
00:23:25,920 –> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 6: Like I knew I got somewhere somewhere else, you know.

513
00:23:29,480 –> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 6: But that’s crazy to think about. But hey, I mean,

514
00:23:32,400 –> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 6: I guess it’s a good stadium. We get Russian teschdowns then,

515
00:23:34,680 –> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 6: you know. So I ain’t complained it.

516
00:23:37,240 –> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: You’ve been a part of so many big plays. But

517
00:23:39,080 –> 00:23:41,119
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the punt return in

518
00:23:41,240 –> 00:23:44,679
Speaker 1: this game, seeing the opportunity because it was such a

519
00:23:44,680 –> 00:23:45,439
Speaker 1: pivotal play.

520
00:23:45,960 –> 00:23:47,120
Speaker 5: Kind of walk us through.

521
00:23:46,920 –> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 1: It and what did you see and have I mean,

522
00:23:49,240 –> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 1: how much do you recognize where you’re at this, Oh

523
00:23:51,800 –> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: this is a returnable one?

524
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Speaker 6: Well it was, like I said, it was big red.

525
00:23:55,880 –> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 6: And so that’s kind of what the defense stays out

526
00:23:58,119 –> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 6: of the field and you I think you rally return

527
00:24:01,640 –> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 6: those those punts would bit red because the defense out

528
00:24:04,720 –> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 6: there they just you know, looking for the fake kind

529
00:24:06,320 –> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 6: of making sure everything is cool on their end. But

530
00:24:10,440 –> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 6: literally I was fitter frey catching all. Look at the field.

531
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Speaker 6: You will see me my head go up like a

532
00:24:15,200 –> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 6: little bit and like because usually when you when you

533
00:24:18,040 –> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 6: catch your punt, you know you want to locate the

534
00:24:20,359 –> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 6: ball you want to kind of like just look in

535
00:24:21,800 –> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 6: front of you and just see, like what’s what’s in

536
00:24:24,520 –> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 6: front of you. You know it’s the gunners. You know

537
00:24:26,080 –> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 6: they’re down there or they’re close to you, and the

538
00:24:29,000 –> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 6: hanging time of the you know, the football. So and

539
00:24:31,560 –> 00:24:34,640
Speaker 6: that particular moment, I’m like, yeah, I’m for the freak catch.

540
00:24:34,680 –> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 6: I’m like, hold on looking. I’m like, oh no, it’s

541
00:24:38,000 –> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 6: a space here, and I’m like I’m just like gonna

542
00:24:41,119 –> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 6: fair catch it. And when I caught it, the left

543
00:24:42,760 –> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 6: side of the field was just wide open. I took

544
00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 6: a look and I’m like, yeah, let me go over

545
00:24:47,800 –> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 6: that way. But that way, you know, it got a

546
00:24:50,680 –> 00:24:51,120
Speaker 6: bit return.

547
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Speaker 3: So I want to ask you about the touchdown too,

548
00:24:53,640 –> 00:24:56,080
Speaker 3: because that was that that drive that really kind of

549
00:24:56,119 –> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 3: sealed the wind. And to that point there had been

550
00:24:58,320 –> 00:25:01,239
Speaker 3: I think eleven plays nine runs pretty much right up

551
00:25:01,280 –> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 3: the gut. Their whole defense knew a run was coming.

552
00:25:04,440 –> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 3: You as a playmaker going around the edge outsided or

553
00:25:06,800 –> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 3: you knowing like I’m gonna have a lot of space

554
00:25:08,280 –> 00:25:09,360
Speaker 3: because you were like untouched.

555
00:25:09,400 –> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 6: I think, right yeah, when I got a run the edge,

556
00:25:11,920 –> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 6: I’m like nobody, nobody, nobody over. I’m like just get

557
00:25:16,760 –> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 6: to get to the to the problem. And Pat said

558
00:25:19,000 –> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 6: it before the hood like he was like, what do

559
00:25:21,119 –> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 6: you say? He was like, here we go, he said,

560
00:25:23,520 –> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 6: see hold to the ball, don’t go out of bounce.

561
00:25:26,320 –> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 4: I’m like, just score.

562
00:25:30,800 –> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 6: So when I when I was running, uh, Moody was

563
00:25:34,800 –> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 6: like overplaying a little bit. I’m like, man, I’m just

564
00:25:36,480 –> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 6: gonna cut back and just hopefully I can get it there.

565
00:25:39,320 –> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 6: And finally, you know, being the other guy collided and

566
00:25:42,359 –> 00:25:43,880
Speaker 6: did Tod the kind of gave us the extra push

567
00:25:43,920 –> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 6: to get in there.

568
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Speaker 1: So it But but whether it’s a flip pass or

569
00:25:48,320 –> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: a jet sweep, you are a menace on these plays.

570
00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 1: The coordination with Pat is so good. What about because

571
00:25:56,640 –> 00:25:59,440
Speaker 1: it’s flawless, Like the defense didn’t have a chance to react.

572
00:25:59,480 –> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 1: It’s like ding, you’re gone. I’m trying to call it.

573
00:26:02,480 –> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 1: How much of that is you being around Pat? How

574
00:26:04,680 –> 00:26:07,160
Speaker 1: much of that is you being a quarterback because you’re

575
00:26:07,160 –> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 1: an awesome quarterback in high school?

576
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Speaker 5: How much of all that’s come into play in these

577
00:26:10,480 –> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 5: Jets switch.

578
00:26:11,200 –> 00:26:12,880
Speaker 6: I think just man, Pat got a good a good

579
00:26:12,880 –> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 6: feel for those those Jets sweeps and even the pop passes.

580
00:26:16,840 –> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 6: I think he got a good feel for my speed

581
00:26:18,600 –> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 6: and and how I’m approaching you know, the mesh point

582
00:26:22,119 –> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 6: or the or the touch point. We’ve been doing this since,

583
00:26:24,320 –> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 6: you know, my rookie year, so it’s a good good

584
00:26:26,480 –> 00:26:29,679
Speaker 6: feel there. He knows kind of like what uh, how

585
00:26:29,680 –> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 6: I’m approaching in my speed gaining them that because you

586
00:26:33,040 –> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 6: want to go too fast. You kind of want to

587
00:26:35,280 –> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 6: have a good speed. So then will you get the ball?

588
00:26:37,359 –> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 6: You can kind of like bubble or you could you know,

589
00:26:39,760 –> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 6: get around a defensive end so you could, you know,

590
00:26:41,920 –> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 6: have that room on the outside. So I think we

591
00:26:43,400 –> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 6: got a real good feel of you know, the speed

592
00:26:46,440 –> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 6: at the mesh point.

593
00:26:47,720 –> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 3: Xavier is pretty good at those two wh you guys

594
00:26:49,600 –> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 3: have sort of a similar skill set.

595
00:26:51,640 –> 00:26:53,400
Speaker 4: How have you taken him under your wing here? You’re

596
00:26:53,400 –> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 4: a veteran now, which is hard to believe.

597
00:26:54,840 –> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 6: I know, right, that’s a great player, man. It’s fast.

598
00:26:58,280 –> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 6: You got all the tools to you know, be a

599
00:26:59,720 –> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 6: good receiver or great receiver in this league. So just

600
00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 6: the things that I’ve learned when I first got here,

601
00:27:04,320 –> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 6: you know, with the guys that was hearing, just taking

602
00:27:06,920 –> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 6: what I learned, you know, and teaching him, you know,

603
00:27:09,760 –> 00:27:11,199
Speaker 6: and I think he’s doing a good job of you know,

604
00:27:11,240 –> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 6: listening and learner. He want to learn. He wanted to

605
00:27:13,000 –> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 6: be great, So just not trying to overwhelm them too much.

606
00:27:15,960 –> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 6: Just give him, you know, a little tips here and

607
00:27:17,520 –> 00:27:19,679
Speaker 6: there as we go, and you know you can see it,

608
00:27:19,680 –> 00:27:21,679
Speaker 6: you know, apply as the games go.

609
00:27:21,920 –> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 4: The niked more that Bulldog’s shirt too, after.

610
00:27:24,200 –> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 6: Your He had to wear that.

611
00:27:26,680 –> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 5: Man.

612
00:27:26,880 –> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 6: You know, it’s just it’s the SEC thing, man, when

613
00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 6: you’re the SEC. But you gotta understand, like it’s it’s

614
00:27:31,440 –> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 6: the real deal. It’s not this not the Big twelve,

615
00:27:33,480 –> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 6: none and all that stuff. No disrespect to the Big twelve.

616
00:27:36,200 –> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 6: I think that was the Big twelve, right, Yeah, so

617
00:27:38,400 –> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 6: this is the new SEC now, Yes, the new SEC.

618
00:27:40,680 –> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 6: So you gotta you gotta, you gotta get you gotta

619
00:27:42,760 –> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 6: get that welcome one time, you know what I’m saying.

620
00:27:44,440 –> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 6: So I think that was a good welcome for them.

621
00:27:46,640 –> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 6: You know, that’s a great football team. So they definitely

622
00:27:49,080 –> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 6: gonna be in the mix of thing, you know, the

623
00:27:50,440 –> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 6: playoffs or even the SEC championships.

624
00:27:52,440 –> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 1: You know, Craig learned this too. He had to wear

625
00:27:54,280 –> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: the Tennessee jersey after Tray Smith.

626
00:27:56,720 –> 00:28:02,359
Speaker 6: Like, Okahoma has no chance, that’s not this year. You know,

627
00:28:02,480 –> 00:28:04,360
Speaker 6: maybe a couple of years they get some of those

628
00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 6: guys in there, but it’s different in SEC man, it’s

629
00:28:06,920 –> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 6: the midty NFL. And they called it for a reason.

630
00:28:09,359 –> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 5: You know.

631
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Speaker 6: Any given any given day, you play c T get

632
00:28:12,440 –> 00:28:14,919
Speaker 6: beat you know, Vandy beat Alabama and whoever thought that.

633
00:28:15,320 –> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 6: But you can’t go in there thinking it’s gonna be

634
00:28:17,720 –> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 6: easy because you never you just never know.

635
00:28:20,040 –> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 1: Is good this year this theme again is not taking

636
00:28:23,440 –> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: it for granted. And I’m just gonna say Raider Week

637
00:28:26,600 –> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: and not taking this game for granted. Especially this is

638
00:28:29,520 –> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: the last team that beat us. So your your preparation,

639
00:28:32,920 –> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 1: team’s preparation for this specific week.

640
00:28:36,000 –> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 6: You know, you know overall you take it. You know

641
00:28:38,840 –> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 6: you approchest another week, you know. But it’s the Raiders, man,

642
00:28:42,200 –> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 6: It’s some of those ribbery games that you look forward to,

643
00:28:44,800 –> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 6: the game you circle or your calendar, and it’s a

644
00:28:48,600 –> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 6: team that you know they want to beat us, they

645
00:28:50,640 –> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 6: want to come out here and give us a best shot.

646
00:28:52,520 –> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 6: But I think you just helped us to go execute

647
00:28:54,120 –> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 6: the game plan. But it’s RADI, bro, you gotta you

648
00:28:57,760 –> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 6: gotta know it’s gonna be a tough game. It’s gonna

649
00:28:59,400 –> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 6: be one of those tough grimmy games that you’re gonna

650
00:29:01,640 –> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 6: go out there. You gotta dig, you’re gonna fight for

651
00:29:03,200 –> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 6: a with so.

652
00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 3: Got a team to prepare for game to play. I

653
00:29:06,160 –> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 3: know all that, But for a split second, when you’re

654
00:29:08,240 –> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 3: on that field again, you’re gonna go back to that

655
00:29:09,920 –> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 3: spot in the end zone and go, that’s pretty cool.

656
00:29:12,280 –> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 6: Yeah, I gotta go over there and see it look

657
00:29:13,840 –> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 6: like over there, got that or around here. You know,

658
00:29:17,280 –> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 6: it’s gonna be fun playing playing that stadium again. Man,

659
00:29:19,560 –> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 6: it’s a great stadium. I got a what a nice

660
00:29:21,040 –> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 6: stadium in the NFL, and so it’s gonna be fun

661
00:29:23,520 –> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 6: to go up there, try to pull the show.

662
00:29:24,840 –> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 4: I’m happy for you. That’s so cool that you caught

663
00:29:26,560 –> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 4: that touchdown.

664
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Speaker 6: Man, I appreciate it. I appreciate that.

665
00:29:28,760 –> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 5: And we’ll close with this though.

666
00:29:31,400 –> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: How cool is that because someday, God willing, you left

667
00:29:33,920 –> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: grandkids and you’ll be even sitting on your knee and go, hey,

668
00:29:36,520 –> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: let me show you.

669
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Speaker 6: This right right right, okay, wait to have.

670
00:29:39,560 –> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: That moment for all time and they’ll go, well, wait

671
00:29:42,440 –> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: a minute, grandpa, what are you wearing twelve?

672
00:29:44,520 –> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 5: I know, yeah you’re seventeen.

673
00:29:46,680 –> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I really really excited for like my like

674
00:29:49,960 –> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 6: my son to see stuff like that, man, you know,

675
00:29:51,720 –> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 6: because I wanted to play football. And so when he

676
00:29:54,480 –> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 6: gets like five or six, you show you this record,

677
00:29:57,080 –> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 6: this is what I did, you know, just let you know,

678
00:29:59,240 –> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 6: you know, but that’s gonna be a great move. But

679
00:30:01,440 –> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 6: just to you know, go back, because that’s something you

680
00:30:02,760 –> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 6: can’t take away. You know, that’s one of the things

681
00:30:04,120 –> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 6: is gonna be a history forever. It’s only been like

682
00:30:06,240 –> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 6: two walk offs. Think James White got one and I

683
00:30:08,560 –> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 6: got one, so we with have two guys that’s in

684
00:30:11,880 –> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 6: that history forever, you know. So that’s one of those

685
00:30:14,840 –> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 6: things that, like I said, you can’t take away. So

686
00:30:17,040 –> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 6: it’s good. It could be always the you know, see

687
00:30:18,880 –> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 6: the plays or play that over with super bowls Cabarrea.

688
00:30:22,680 –> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 1: Don’t take the moment for granted, don’t ever take the

689
00:30:24,960 –> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: player for granted. Matt and I could run a theater

690
00:30:27,080 –> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: tonight and show you all of his big plays and

691
00:30:31,040 –> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 1: a lot of plays that you’ve forgotten. So Matt, you

692
00:30:35,280 –> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: and I put this out there all the time. If

693
00:30:37,360 –> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: you look at how many big plays Micole Hardman has had,

694
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Speaker 1: not just the Super Bowl walkoff catch, but there are

695
00:30:44,480 –> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: one hundred and four yard kickoff return against the Chargers,

696
00:30:47,000 –> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: sixty seven yard punt return for a touchdown against Miami

697
00:30:49,800 –> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: on the road. So many plays that have been pivotal

698
00:30:53,360 –> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 1: in flipping the game over and it’s awesome to see

699
00:30:56,040 –> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: him get a second chance to add to his lore.

700
00:30:59,760 –> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, just so happy for that guy. We’ve had a

701
00:31:01,840 –> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 3: chance to get to know him over the years. It’s

702
00:31:03,440 –> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 3: crazy he’s been in the league as long as he

703
00:31:05,240 –> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 3: has now, but he’s the same guy from day one.

704
00:31:08,280 –> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 3: Just a great attitude, always smiling, always trying to lift

705
00:31:10,840 –> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 3: the others up, always treated us so well. And for

706
00:31:14,240 –> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 3: him to, you know, go to New York didn’t wasn’t

707
00:31:16,760 –> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 3: an experience he wanted.

708
00:31:17,720 –> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 4: It to be.

709
00:31:18,080 –> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 3: But he came back here and to catch the game

710
00:31:20,880 –> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 3: winning pass and the Super Bowl is just the coolest thing.

711
00:31:24,480 –> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 3: And he helped us win last week too. I have

712
00:31:26,240 –> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 3: a super obscure stat for you. Are you ready Okay?

713
00:31:29,320 –> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 3: He is the first player since twenty twenty. It was

714
00:31:32,280 –> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 3: Nahem Heines back in twenty twenty to do this, to

715
00:31:34,840 –> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 3: have fifteen receiving yards, fifteen rushing yards, and fifty punt

716
00:31:40,080 –> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 3: return yards in a single game.

717
00:31:41,600 –> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 4: How about that versatility?

718
00:31:43,640 –> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: The first nahem, heins reference. I think we’ve had on

719
00:31:46,680 –> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: defending the Kingdom first one. So the Colt fans who

720
00:31:49,440 –> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: have got it waiting for it, yeah, waiting for it,

721
00:31:51,840 –> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: they’re like, yeahhe mins Bill’s fans offensively and quarterbacks. So

722
00:31:57,400 –> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: Aidan O’Connell is out. He has a fractured rib. But

723
00:32:01,240 –> 00:32:04,239
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew can be dangerous. I’m just going to tell

724
00:32:04,280 –> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: you he’s won twenty four games as an NFL quarterback.

725
00:32:07,960 –> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: He made the Pro Bowl last year as an alternate.

726
00:32:10,920 –> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, remember how he rallied the Colts

727
00:32:14,000 –> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: after Richardson got hurt and had over three thousand passing yards.

728
00:32:18,520 –> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: Minshew almost pushed the Colts to another level. The fact

729
00:32:23,360 –> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: that he has also in his career sixty three touchdown

730
00:32:27,200 –> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: passes and this year a key piece they won at Baltimore.

731
00:32:31,960 –> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: The Raiders won at Baltimore over the Ravens. That’s all

732
00:32:35,280 –> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: you need to know to get your attention at He’s

733
00:32:38,000 –> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: the mustachioed Minshew and all this other stuff, but if

734
00:32:42,280 –> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: he gets hot, it can be a problem.

735
00:32:45,000 –> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 3: The thing with him is consistency, and that’s why I

736
00:32:47,320 –> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 3: don’t think he’s been a consistent NFL starter in the

737
00:32:50,640 –> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 3: NFL is because he hasn’t been consistent week to week.

738
00:32:53,720 –> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 3: But while he has been not great at times, he’s

739
00:32:57,440 –> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 3: also been really good at times too, And you never

740
00:32:59,440 –> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 3: quite know what you’re going to get when you’re playing

741
00:33:01,200 –> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 3: a guy like this. Yeah, he was great against the

742
00:33:03,320 –> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 3: Ravens in week two to go into Baltimore to beat

743
00:33:06,120 –> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 3: that team, particularly after they had just lost to us

744
00:33:08,480 –> 00:33:10,719
Speaker 3: and they were trying to get back on track. They

745
00:33:10,760 –> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 3: lose to the Raiders, so Minshew, we respect him. So

746
00:33:14,240 –> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 3: they’re two and three in his starts. He’s four touchdown passes,

747
00:33:17,960 –> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 3: five interceptions. Like we said, beat the Ravens in week two,

748
00:33:21,440 –> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 3: got benched after losing to the Broncos in week five.

749
00:33:24,720 –> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 3: Enter Aidan O’Connell started a couple of games. Now he’s

750
00:33:27,920 –> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 3: hurt those so now it’s back to Minshew. This is

751
00:33:30,440 –> 00:33:32,479
Speaker 3: a veteran player who’s been around the block, who’s been

752
00:33:32,480 –> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 3: on good teams and led comebacks in one game. So

753
00:33:36,480 –> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 3: we respect Gardner Minshew quite a bit. Got to be

754
00:33:38,440 –> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 3: ready for him. He’s not been great this year when

755
00:33:41,320 –> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 3: under pressure or when blitzed, and this Chiefs defense, of course,

756
00:33:45,040 –> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 3: has been so good over the first seven weeks.

757
00:33:47,360 –> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 4: Of the season.

758
00:33:48,120 –> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 3: I think the best defense in the NFL can’t go

759
00:33:51,400 –> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: into this game complacent though. Got to make sure you

760
00:33:53,520 –> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 3: create that pressure and make sure you stop Gardner Minshew

761
00:33:56,160 –> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 3: quite a bit here in this game.

762
00:33:58,120 –> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 5: The other thing to gets your attention is Brock.

763
00:34:00,680 –> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, you’ve watched him at Georgia and when they got

764
00:34:03,200 –> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: him in the draft, you and I always were there

765
00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: watch every pick in the draft. We’re like, Okay, we

766
00:34:08,360 –> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: got to deal with this guy. We want everybody in

767
00:34:11,160 –> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: the Kingdom to understand. This guy has had the best

768
00:34:14,280 –> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: seven games to start a career of any tight end

769
00:34:18,719 –> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 1: in NFL history. That includes our Travis Kelcey obviously, remember

770
00:34:22,880 –> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 1: he didn’t play, only played one game with an injured year.

771
00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: But still we can go down through all at Gronkowski, sharp, Gonzales.

772
00:34:31,280 –> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: Brock Bowers is off to the best start of any

773
00:34:34,160 –> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: tight end in NFL history in his first seven games.

774
00:34:36,800 –> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 3: This is the guy when you’re looking at the Raiders

775
00:34:38,719 –> 00:34:41,439
Speaker 3: offense because DeVante Adams is no longer there. We’ll see

776
00:34:41,440 –> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 3: if Jacobe Meyers plays. He hasn’t played the last couple weeks,

777
00:34:44,080 –> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 3: he probably will, but brock Bowers is the guy on

778
00:34:47,360 –> 00:34:49,840
Speaker 3: the offense. He leaves this team and catches with forty

779
00:34:49,880 –> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 3: seven and receiving yards at four hundred and seventy seven. Already,

780
00:34:53,600 –> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 3: those forty seven catches ring second in the NFL. Only

781
00:34:56,280 –> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 3: Chris Godwin has more. He averages nearly nine targets per game.

782
00:35:00,600 –> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 3: He had a fifty seven yard touchdown against the Broncos

783
00:35:03,080 –> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 3: a few weeks ago, and overall he has five catches

784
00:35:05,600 –> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 3: of at least twenty five yards. So he’s chain mover guy,

785
00:35:08,800 –> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 3: but he’s also explosive and really he is the primary

786
00:35:12,400 –> 00:35:14,879
Speaker 3: focus for our defense going into this one. It helps

787
00:35:14,880 –> 00:35:17,439
Speaker 3: that Devanta Adams isn’t out there anymore, because I looked

788
00:35:17,440 –> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 3: into the Ravens game, I was thinking, like, how did

789
00:35:19,360 –> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 3: the Raiders beat the Ravens in Baltimore? And Devanta Adams

790
00:35:22,120 –> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 3: was a big part of it. And when Adams and

791
00:35:24,239 –> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 3: Bowers are playing off each other certainly helps. Adams is

792
00:35:27,120 –> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 3: no longer there, but Bowers still hasn’t lost a step.

793
00:35:29,880 –> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 3: I mean, just a really, really impressive rookie. We’re gonna

794
00:35:32,320 –> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 3: have to deal with this guy for a long time.

795
00:35:34,000 –> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 3: Hopefully we get off to the right start defending him

796
00:35:35,920 –> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 3: here in this game.

797
00:35:36,960 –> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 1: And I’ve always respected Alexander Madison. We saw him last

798
00:35:40,480 –> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: year as a Viking, very effective player. Don’t want to

799
00:35:43,920 –> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 1: get him going. So we’ll close this way. Your thoughts

800
00:35:46,320 –> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 1: on how the Chiefs don’t take this game for granted.

801
00:35:49,560 –> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: Remember it’s the last team to beat the Chiefs. That

802
00:35:52,400 –> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 1: ought to get you fired up. But where do you

803
00:35:54,840 –> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 1: think the Chiefs go to take care of business in

804
00:35:57,880 –> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 1: this week?

805
00:35:58,520 –> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 3: Let’s play some Chiefs football and for the most part,

806
00:36:01,239 –> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 3: we did that last week against the forty nine Ers.

807
00:36:03,480 –> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 3: You take out the interceptions, that would have been a

808
00:36:05,640 –> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 3: really clean game, I think. I mean, look at offensively,

809
00:36:08,920 –> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 3: we ran the ball for I think one hundred and

810
00:36:10,640 –> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 3: eighty four yards. That was our most since Week four

811
00:36:13,239 –> 00:36:16,879
Speaker 3: of last year against the Jets. Really impressive rushing game.

812
00:36:16,960 –> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 3: We were four of five in the red zone last week.

813
00:36:19,719 –> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 3: That had kind of been the issue early in the season.

814
00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 3: We had moved the football but struggled in the red zone.

815
00:36:24,239 –> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 3: Not last week. Four of five in the red zone.

816
00:36:26,840 –> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 3: And then defensively, I mean, we were just nails once again.

817
00:36:29,480 –> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 3: Look at third down against the Niners last week. There

818
00:36:31,960 –> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 3: are two of eleven. That was the Niners worst mark

819
00:36:35,040 –> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 3: since early in the twenty twenty two season. San Francisco

820
00:36:38,320 –> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 3: entered that game as the number two total offense in

821
00:36:40,800 –> 00:36:44,439
Speaker 3: the NFL. Think about that that Deebo didn’t hardly play.

822
00:36:44,520 –> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 3: I get that Christian McCaffrey wasn’t out there, but still

823
00:36:46,719 –> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 3: it’s a really good audio.

824
00:36:47,680 –> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 5: Gives hurt.

825
00:36:48,400 –> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, I understand all that, But the Chiefs defense consistently

826
00:36:52,160 –> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 3: just were smothering San Francisco and their offense and what

827
00:36:55,239 –> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 3: they want to do. And that’s the key here in

828
00:36:57,360 –> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 3: this game. Just make sure that the Raiders don’t get

829
00:37:00,120 –> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 3: off to a good start, because that’s kind of the

830
00:37:02,080 –> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 3: key theme and a lot of those games that they’ve

831
00:37:04,200 –> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 3: ambushed us in. Don’t let them get off to a

832
00:37:06,920 –> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: good start, have momentum. Conversely, for us, let’s get off

833
00:37:10,160 –> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 3: to a good start offensively, let’s finish in the red zone,

834
00:37:12,480 –> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 3: don’t turn the football over, and it should be a

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Speaker 3: good day. But you can never take these guys lightly.

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Speaker 3: There’s a reason we have a name for this week,

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00:37:19,160 –> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 3: it being Raider Week, because you never quite know what’s

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00:37:21,320 –> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 3: going to happen. Is divisional football. The good news is

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00:37:24,600 –> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes is eighteen and one on the road against

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00:37:27,440 –> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 3: divisional opponents. Let’s make it nineteen and one.

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00:37:30,520 –> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: I got excited last week when I saw the three

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00:37:32,520 –> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: takeaways because this has been a Chiefs team as great

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00:37:35,239 –> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 1: as they’ve been on defense, and I mean great, and

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Speaker 1: it’s really been. Bolton and I were talking about this during

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00:37:40,080 –> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: the show on the Chiefs Kingdom Show. The numbers have

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00:37:43,000 –> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 1: been spectacular, and we know about the string of games

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00:37:46,960 –> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: twenty seven games under twenty eight points given up, but

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Speaker 1: they’ve not taken the ball away to get three takeaways

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Speaker 1: in that game and two interceptions by rookies. The Raiders

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00:37:56,040 –> 00:37:58,280
Speaker 1: have ten interceptions, the most in the league. You mentioned

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00:37:58,280 –> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: they’re minus they have sixteen games. Boys, it’s just ghastly.

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00:38:02,080 –> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: They’ve given up three two scoop and scores and a

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00:38:05,360 –> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: pick six that’s part of the two and five. So

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00:38:09,880 –> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: if to be aggressive, take the ball away from these guys.

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Speaker 1: They’re also next to last in starting the last in

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00:38:16,840 –> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: field position for an opponent. Again, special teams can be

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00:38:20,000 –> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: a big part of this. And then another part of

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00:38:21,920 –> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: my favorite stat Matt is the next gen stat that

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00:38:25,480 –> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: talked about running inside the tackles. Right now, the Chiefs

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00:38:28,880 –> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: are the number two team in the league in success

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00:38:31,640 –> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: rate in running inside the tackles and last week was

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Speaker 1: one of the best since next Gen stats came into existence.

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00:38:39,239 –> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: So Max Crosby’s really good. But the Chiefs have become

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Speaker 1: outstanding and running and using those three interior offensive linemen.

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Speaker 1: You do that take it away almost the same recipe

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Speaker 1: as the forty nine er game. I think you can

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Speaker 1: take care of business.

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Speaker 4: You want one more kind of obscure stat.

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Speaker 3: This is a cool one though, and it kind of

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00:38:58,120 –> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 3: goes hand in hand with what you were saying about

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Speaker 3: our sixth’s running the football. So stats Pass, which is

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00:39:03,920 –> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 3: a service that we use, gives us a lot of

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00:39:05,560 –> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 3: our numbers that we tell all you. It’s incredible. It’s

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00:39:09,280 –> 00:39:12,720
Speaker 3: an amazing database. They have a stat called successful plays,

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00:39:13,120 –> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 3: and here’s what it is. It’s a little bit confusing.

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00:39:15,400 –> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 3: It’s anytime the offense gains forty percent of the yardage

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00:39:18,560 –> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 3: necessary for a first down on first down, or fifty

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00:39:22,080 –> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 3: percent of the yardage needed for a first down on

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00:39:24,520 –> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 3: second down, or gains the first down on third or

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00:39:27,920 –> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 3: fourth down. Basically, are you moving the football efficiently? The

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00:39:31,960 –> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 3: Chiefs lead the NFL in this category at fifty seven

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00:39:35,800 –> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 3: point six percent. Fifty seven point six percent of the

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00:39:39,520 –> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 3: time the Chiefs are having a successful play. Considering the situation.

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00:39:44,040 –> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 3: The Raiders are thirtieth at forty two percent, So the

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00:39:47,840 –> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 3: offense hasn’t always finished drives. But what this should do

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00:39:51,120 –> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 3: is give you some comfort that the offense has moved

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00:39:53,320 –> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 3: the football down the field with regularity. At times, the

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00:39:57,040 –> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 3: red zone has been an issue. Turnovers have been an issue.

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00:39:59,600 –> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 3: But we kind I saw it last week. When the

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Speaker 3: Chiefs are efficient in the red zone, they’re very difficult

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00:40:03,840 –> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 3: to beat when you pair it with this defense. If

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00:40:05,840 –> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 3: you take away those giveaways, all of a sudden, this

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Speaker 3: offense looks very scary. So let’s have a game where

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00:40:11,239 –> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 3: everything kind of comes together against the Raiders and put

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00:40:14,200 –> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 3: some fear into the rest of the NFL as we

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Speaker 3: go seven and zero.

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Speaker 1: You know another big piece of that, that very stat

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Speaker 1: that you said that nobody’s talking about. The Chiefs have

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Speaker 1: the fifth fewest drops of any team in the NFL.

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Speaker 5: Wow.

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Speaker 1: Compare that to last year they were by far the

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Speaker 1: worst in the league, with over twenty five drops throughout

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Speaker 1: the year. So don’t drop the ball, go get it,

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Speaker 1: take care of business here, but do not take it

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Speaker 1: for granted. It’s Raiders week, and remember the last time

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