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Speaker 1: Well, these two teams meet again. They met last year
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Speaker 1: in the opener of twenty twenty four. We know what
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Speaker 1: it was like in the AFC Championship Game in twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty three. But both teams are one and two. Yes,
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Speaker 1: it’s the Ravens and the Chiefs late Sunday afternoon at
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Speaker 1: Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium. But is it the one
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Speaker 1: two two zone? Anyway? This edition of Defending the Kingdom
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Speaker 1: is brought to you, as always by Ticketmaster, your new
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Speaker 1: best friends, especially with the spectacular home schedule. Nike pump
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Speaker 1: Fick’s right throw through the end zone in the past
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Speaker 1: is god Tykwon Thornton Touchdown, Chansas City. Hi everyone, I’m
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Speaker 1: Mitchelta’s voice of the Chiefs along with senior team reporter
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Speaker 1: Matt McMullen, and we are in the one two two zone.
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Speaker 1: What are we talking about? Well, first of all, did
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Speaker 1: you play basketball?
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Speaker 2: So I was at great disappointment to my mom, who
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Speaker 2: played college basketball. I am you’re going to be shocked
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Speaker 2: by this. I’m a pretty mediocre basketball player. I did
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Speaker 2: not play basketball.
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Speaker 1: I saw you block a shot at training camp though, Well,
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Speaker 1: so you say that that was what I was listening off,
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Speaker 1: You’re curious.
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Speaker 2: The most fundamental basketball player I’ve ever seen is you.
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Speaker 1: You.
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Speaker 2: You are an awesome basketball player, and like the ultimate
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Speaker 2: fundamental the nailing shots.
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Speaker 1: You can’t flying out and block this shot. And I’m like,
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Speaker 1: was that, Matt? But anyway, I have energy and hustle.
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Speaker 1: That’s about it. Oh, you’ve got some talent anyway. The
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Speaker 1: one two two zone my dad’s jeans. The one two
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Speaker 1: two zone in basketball has been there, still there, uh,
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Speaker 1: and the fact that yeah, looks there’s a guy at
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Speaker 1: the top two and then two. But it can also
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Speaker 1: be extended to a three quarters court defense or even
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Speaker 1: a full court defense. But we’re in the one two
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Speaker 1: two zone. We’re not going to talk about basketball, so
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Speaker 1: don’t flip out on his We are in the one
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Speaker 1: two two zone because both the Chiefs and Ravens are
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Speaker 1: one and two. One of these teams will then go
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Speaker 1: to the next part of the zone, which will be
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Speaker 1: two and two. So both teams are not used to
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Speaker 1: being one and two, although the Ravens were last year
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Speaker 1: and end up when eleven and five and winning the division.
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Speaker 1: But that’s where we are, and so we’re in the
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Speaker 1: one two two zone right here. But before we do anything,
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Speaker 1: Let’s go around the world. But even before we go
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Speaker 1: around the world, you and I had an experience of
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Speaker 1: a lifetime last week.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we did so. For those that don’t know, Mitch
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Speaker 2: and I went out early to New York to go
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Speaker 2: visit West Point. He has some friends out there that
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Speaker 2: I could show us around. Man, we could do it
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Speaker 2: a whole podcast on how incredible our adventure was. But
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Speaker 2: we get out there on Thursday night. They pick us up.
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Speaker 2: We go up to West Point, about an hour away
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Speaker 2: from New York City, and we spent all Friday getting
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Speaker 2: a tour of post which was unbelievable. We got to
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Speaker 2: go in places that normally normal civilians can’t go in.
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Speaker 2: Then went to the game, the Army game against North
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Speaker 2: Texas that if you were following along, went to overtime.
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Speaker 2: It was an incredible game. We were there in the
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Speaker 2: the team when they got to New York on Saturday night.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, unbelievable experience, incredible. Kingdom Defenders were our main
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Speaker 2: host and hostess. That’s Chris and Sherry.
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Speaker 1: McGowan, who are the co Brigade commanders of the Irish
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Speaker 1: Brigade of the Chiefs Kingdom. They’ve been there in a
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Speaker 1: and terrific host and hostess for our weekend on Post and.
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Speaker 2: We got that Airbnb near Post that was like his
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Speaker 2: house was like one hundred and fifty years old. It
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Speaker 2: was super cool, but it was a little bit strange
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Speaker 2: because the house was very old and obviously been refurbished,
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Speaker 2: but it was decorated with like nineteen sixties artwork, Like
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Speaker 2: I had pictures of like James Dean and like Marilyn
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Speaker 1: Of a collected group of pictures.
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Speaker 2: And there was like a there was like a chicken
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Speaker 1: Like a woodchuck or something.
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Speaker 2: It’s strange because we’re only an hour away from New York,
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Speaker 2: which is like the most built up place ever, and
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Speaker 2: the whole experience was amazing. Like I said, we could
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Speaker 2: devoting their lives to that saying that they don’t need
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Speaker 2: to do the normal college experience where you’re just hanging
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Speaker 2: out with your friends and trying to maximize fun and
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Speaker 2: all that. Like, these people are so committed and dedicated
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Speaker 2: to just defending our country and it was so cool
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Speaker 2: to see that kind of process occurring with these incredibly
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Speaker 2: focused individuals who all they care about is bettering this
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Speaker 2: for us so we can do stuff like talk about football.
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Speaker 2: So it was an amazing experience. Everyone that we met
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Speaker 2: and everyone that made our experience what it was, thank
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Speaker 1: And Sean McGowan, who’s a first. He first, he’s a
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Speaker 1: senior if you’re one of the eleven hundred seniors generally
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Speaker 1: in the class of twenty six. But Sean has been
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Speaker 1: a long time member of the Irish Brigade for the
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Speaker 1: Chase Kingdom. He was a specialist. Now he’s going to
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Speaker 1: be become a second Lieutenant sin So anyway, he was there.
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Speaker 1: But there’s two other guys on want to mention because
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Speaker 1: a while, but Mike McIlrath, who’s in the Army Hall
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Speaker 1: of Fame for Sports and Mike’s now a Chief Kingdom defender,
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Speaker 1: the all time leading tackle or an Army history, played
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Speaker 1: for Bob Sutton back in the early nineties, and Bob,
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Speaker 1: of course was defensive coordinator here in the early years
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Speaker 1: of Coach Reid. But Mike McElrath as a stud yet.
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Speaker 1: I don’t know what else to say about that guy.
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Speaker 2: So I would not want to be a receiver coming
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Speaker 2: over the middle. If Mike mclrath was a nearby just
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Speaker 2: you shake his hand, you just see him when he
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Speaker 2: smiles at you. Like this guy could still play.
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Speaker 1: I think it was so fun during the game, We’re
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Speaker 1: all high five and hugging and going.
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Speaker 2: Coastch and I are just watching a football game. We
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Speaker 2: never get to do this. We were in the stands
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Speaker 2: at a football game. It’s so crazy. And if you
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Speaker 2: didn’t watch the game, basically, North Texas looked like they
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Speaker 2: were going to run away with it. It was twenty
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Speaker 2: eight to seven at one point, yes, Sir, and Army
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Speaker 2: Minneapolis miracle style play where the dB on fourth bound
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Speaker 2: the receiver got behind the defense caught it, scores a touchdown. Well,
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Speaker 2: the me and Green are just going to run the
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Speaker 2: there’s still some time left, like two minutes left and
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Speaker 2: Army has timeouts. They have to run some plays. They
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Speaker 2: handed off to their running back immediately fumbles, Army gets
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Speaker 2: the ball, goes down, kicks a field goal, ties, it
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Speaker 2: goes to overtime. Their quarterback got hurt, so they end
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Speaker 2: up losing in overtime. But I mean, you and I
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Speaker 2: were just like jumping up and down ten years old again,
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Speaker 2: it was so much fun. Just ten years old. It
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Speaker 2: was a blast, the greatest. It was an absolute blast,
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Speaker 2: Like what a cool weekend.
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Speaker 1: And Michael I was great. But Mike thanks to the mcgowand’s.
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Speaker 1: But Mike mclrath is so excited about the tying field
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Speaker 1: goal or whatever. He like punches Lucas Boyd by mistake.
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Speaker 1: But Lucas, who’s one of our sixty five TPT crew. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I was like, man, I took a punch from Mike mclrath.
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Speaker 2: He was like massaging his face, like, oh, this is
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Speaker 2: so awesome, but I’m pretty sure he punched me in
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Speaker 1: Yeah, shout out to Luke.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you don’t know Luke’s name, but Luke’s behind a
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Speaker 2: lot of the amazing content that you see Chiefs Social.
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Speaker 2: He was along for the trip as well. So I’ll
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Speaker 2: put some photos from our trip on the video version
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Speaker 1: And people, I see it hurts so much, but it
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Speaker 1: feels so good. And then a guy named Wayne Green
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Speaker 1: who left an impression. Yes, Wayne Green is a stud.
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Speaker 1: He was on the Chief of Staff on the Chief
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Speaker 1: of Staff at the United States Military Academy, and he
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Speaker 1: got in with when Superintendent Kaslyn was there, who was
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Speaker 1: a huge Chiefs fan when he was at Levenworth. So
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Speaker 1: But here’s Wayne Green, who’s a leading executor of a
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Speaker 1: big company called mcres. And then a guy was on
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Speaker 1: Chief chief he’s chief of staff at the United States
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Speaker 1: Military Academy and just an impressive guy. He loves the
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Speaker 1: Chiefs now but watching him during the game, yes, the grandest.
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Speaker 2: Well, so we met him at our tailgate, which first
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Speaker 2: of all, Mitch and I go into a tailgate was great.
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Speaker 2: I can’t remember the last time I tailgated a football game,
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Speaker 2: but that was so much fun. And we meet him
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Speaker 2: and he’s he’s very just pull light and kind of
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 2: Well, he has seats that are closer to the field
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Speaker 2: and we eventually make eye contact with him, and it
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Speaker 2: reminded me of who’s the guy at Jets games that’s
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Speaker 2: like rallying.
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Speaker 1: Fireman And he reminded me of Fireman head.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he’s he’s like he’s like the guy trying to
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Speaker 2: get everyone riled up, like come on, get up, and
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Speaker 2: and like he was like veins popping out of his neck,
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Speaker 2: like he willed that that army team to overtime.
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Speaker 1: I think so Wayne Green, Mike mclarrath, and then the
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Speaker 1: entire Irish Irish Brigade, especially the wonderful Chiefs Fans and
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Speaker 1: Kingdom Defenders Chris and Sary McGowan, and they have served
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Speaker 1: our nation in so many ways more than it’d be
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Speaker 1: a whole nother podcast. All right, to the matter at hand,
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Speaker 1: The one two two zone two teams that are one
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Speaker 1: and two, and the Chiefs and Ravens two talented teams
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Speaker 1: not expected to be one and two, but the one
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Speaker 1: two two zone means one of these two teams is
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Speaker 1: going to be two and two. And the Ravens are
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Speaker 1: really an interesting study. One hundred eleven points in their
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Speaker 1: first three games. They were only one of thirteen teams
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Speaker 1: in NFL history to score forty points in their first
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Speaker 1: one in their first two games, scoring forty points in
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Speaker 1: each of those games. And then they lose again on
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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football in a battle with the Detroit Lions
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Speaker 1: to be one and two. They’ve scored one hundred and
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Speaker 1: eleven points and they’re one and two.
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Speaker 2: Well, they’ve allowed the second most points of any team
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Speaker 2: in the NFL, and they have a positive point differential.
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Speaker 2: There’s a lot to talk about with these guys. They’re
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Speaker 1: but cool that we had both Montana and Montana State represented.
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Speaker 2: That’s the thing is they’ve been scoring a lot of
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Speaker 2: And look at it last week, the performance for me
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Speaker 3: With Lamar, I think you just gotta harass him, make
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Speaker 3: it uncomfortable for him. I think he’s another guy that
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Speaker 3: you want to get to his legs because he sold
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Speaker 3: just shifty up top. So you cut all that off,
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Speaker 3: and I think you have a better opportunity to stop
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Speaker 3: in those two.
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Speaker 1: When you’re in the same division with Derrick Henry, So
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Speaker 1: you ever seeing it for a while, so like you
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Speaker 1: haven’t seen it before.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, in that Ravens game in the playoffs a couple
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Speaker 2: of years ago, obviously a bittersweet one for you, but
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Speaker 2: you got that strip sack on Lamar. How difficult is
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Speaker 2: it to korrala guy like Lamar? And how good does
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Speaker 2: it feel when you get him on the ground.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it’s probably more a lot harder when
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Speaker 3: he can see you that when he did, he didn’t
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Speaker 3: see me, so I was a little bit easier, but
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Speaker 3: it felt great. I would just kind of always have
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Speaker 3: self talk with myself, and I told myself and you
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Speaker 3: got to get on the board. Like understand, it is
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Speaker 3: a long season, and I don’t I’m trying not to press,
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Speaker 3: but I feel like this is a good opportunity and
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Speaker 3: good game for me to do that. I have had
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Speaker 3: success against them, so hope this game is a game
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Speaker 3: where I kind of just have that. Okay, now I’m
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Speaker 3: wrapping up, I’m ready to go. I’m getting to a
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Speaker 3: type of feel and them not seeing you. You have
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Speaker 3: this ability to strike because of your arm length. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: how much of that is a weapon for you and
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Speaker 3: your ability to kind of sneak up on somebody. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I love being on the blind side, honestly because my
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Speaker 3: first thought, Puss has stripped the ball. They can’t see me,
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Speaker 3: they don’t know I’m coming, and once they do realize,
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Speaker 3: it’s kind of like panic mode. So yeah, I mean
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Speaker 3: being on the blind side for me and my career
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Speaker 3: has been something I’ve liked and I just want to
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Speaker 3: try and continue again get it going.
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Speaker 2: I think it’s funny when you’re moved inside too, though,
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Speaker 2: because the guards can’t handle your length. They’re like freaking out.
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Speaker 2: I remember when we first signed you, Mitch immediately sent
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Speaker 2: me the clip of you sacking Pat back in like
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Speaker 2: twenty yeah eighteen.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, changed the whole Yeah, and we’re like, finally we.
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Speaker 3: Got this guy on our side now, yeah, yeah, that
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Speaker 3: was that was I remember that was the day that
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Speaker 3: JJ told me I got his respect now. Oh yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 3: That was a that was a game where where uh
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Speaker 3: JJ kind of looked at me as a guy that
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Speaker 3: can help out, you know. So I memories like that
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Speaker 3: always put a smile on my face. And just like
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Speaker 3: I said, just keeps me up be as far as
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Speaker 3: like soler starts will get you. You’ve you’ve done this,
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Speaker 3: you know, you’ve you’ve done this, You’ve you’re You’re all good.
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Speaker 3: Just kind of just continue, just push, push and and
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Speaker 3: and eventually a fall for you.
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Speaker 1: You have a reminded Pat of that moment, Nah, I have.
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Speaker 3: I think when I first when I first got here,
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Speaker 3: Pat had mentioned it, but that that’s that’s one of
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Speaker 3: my that definitely when I when I in my house,
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Speaker 3: is definitely a photo of me.
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Speaker 1: Well that’s I mean, I was jumping up and down
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Speaker 1: when we got you because that was that’s the play
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Speaker 1: I remembered that was burned into my head. Uh. Just
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Speaker 1: where this defense can go now from here on and
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Speaker 1: I’m not talking about just first level but all three levels.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we can continue just to now getting
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Speaker 3: the point of dominating where it’s not like, oh we
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Speaker 3: had a good game, like a surprising where it’s like
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Speaker 3: back to how it was last year and especially in
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Speaker 3: twenty three, wheld just like this is what we do.
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Speaker 3: So I think we just continue to build the first
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Speaker 3: quarter of the season is going to end after this game,
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Speaker 3: So I think when you look over this first quarter,
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Speaker 3: of the season. This first four games, you will see
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Speaker 3: that of the defense has improven and continue to build
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Speaker 3: from that.
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Speaker 2: One thing we talked about a lot is actually, since
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Speaker 2: you’ve got here, it’s twenty twenty three. Since Week one,
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Speaker 2: you guys own the number one scoring defense in the NFL.
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Speaker 1: Mad you know that. I did not know that. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: so you’ve a.
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Speaker 2: Lot of the fewest points per game of any team
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Speaker 2: in the league since then. Obviously want to keep it going.
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Speaker 2: I want to ask you about one of your teammates though,
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Speaker 2: in Ashton Julyati. It seems like he has a lot
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Speaker 2: of juice. Got the kickblock last week, I think against
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Speaker 2: the Giants. What’s impressed you about Ashton? He blocked the
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Speaker 2: extra point?
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Speaker 1: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Oh really, I think that was them?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, uh no.
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Speaker 3: I mean Ashton is a first of all, a great
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Speaker 3: rookie first and foremost. I think Ashton has a bright
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Speaker 3: future ahead of him, very promising player. I think Aston
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Speaker 3: just I mean blocking the kick as well, high ef
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Speaker 3: fort and not and not stopping going hard and that
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Speaker 3: he’s a symbol of that. That’s the first thing that
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Speaker 3: you can see that pops out. And I think he
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Speaker 3: has really good ability of Bendon has good hand usage,
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Speaker 3: and it’s physical. So you have those things and you’re
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Speaker 3: able to coach over coach Joe. I think it would
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Speaker 3: be a really good player for the for the future
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Speaker 3: and continue high school.
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Speaker 1: Humble. You were humble? Yeah, no your high school? High school? Yeah,
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Speaker 1: so do you hoop? No? I did not? How did
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Speaker 1: you not play? That was awesome at it?
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Speaker 3: If I’m the basketball coach, like I did track it,
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Speaker 3: I did tracking football?
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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, no, hoop. Ever, ever, like eighth grade, you’re
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Speaker 1: like Rogers.
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Speaker 3: I really just like fell in love with football and
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Speaker 3: stuck with football like all year around. That’s all I
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Speaker 3: really did thought about.
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Speaker 1: Can’t you remember the basketball coach like walking every class.
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Speaker 2: He’s got Charles giving it a chance.
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Speaker 1: Man. Yeah, because we’re talking about the one two two
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Speaker 1: zone in this because two teams at one and two,
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Speaker 1: somebody’s going to and two. Yeah. Right. The importance of
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Speaker 1: this game beyond what’s obvious.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it’s it’s a very important game. Obviously,
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Speaker 3: you don’t want to be winning three. Guy, that won’t
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Speaker 3: be good. But you know, winning this game continues to
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Speaker 3: build momentum. You know, one team is coming off the lost,
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Speaker 3: one team is coming off a wins. So both teams
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Speaker 3: are hungry. We’re hungry to get now kind of build
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Speaker 3: a little winner streak, and they’re hungry to kind of
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Speaker 3: get that our taste out their mouth. So it’s gonna
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Speaker 3: be a good game, always been a good game versus them.
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Speaker 3: Great organization, coach, Harball, great coach, and so they have
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Speaker 3: great player there, and so this is gonna be one
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Speaker 3: of those games. And just got buckle up and be
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Speaker 3: ready to rock.
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Speaker 1: To the basketball coach at Rolette, Texas, we are really
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Speaker 1: sorry that he didn’t play hoop and he’s going to
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Speaker 1: make a big play in this one. Number ninety Charles
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Speaker 1: A man who yes, sir, what do I feel sorry
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Speaker 1: for that? Rolett, Texas high school basketball coach?
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Speaker 2: That’s crazy.
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Speaker 1: Can you imagine Charles in the hallway going what’s he doing?
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Speaker 1: He’s in track, like, oh my gosh, just standing under
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Speaker 1: the basket in block shots. He has such a wingspan. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: and we’ve seen it so many times. That sneaky, you know,
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Speaker 1: strip the ball. Remember the game week eighteen, the glorious
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Speaker 1: win in twenty twenty three over the Chargers when he
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Speaker 1: got easton stick and you never see him coming. That’s
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Speaker 1: the cool thing. Now, Derrick Henry’s fumbled in three straight games,
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Speaker 1: which is phenomenal, and that’s been at the crux of
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Speaker 1: the critical point of the game and both of the
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Speaker 1: losses to the Bills and then on Monday Night Football
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Speaker 1: to the Lions. So I don’t think you can bank
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Speaker 1: on Derrick Henry fumbling again. He’s going to protect that
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Speaker 1: ball with his life. But still this defense to get
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Speaker 1: two takeaways for the Chiefs defense against the Giants I
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Speaker 1: thought was good because it just kind of gets them
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Speaker 1: in the flow at all three levels to not only
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Speaker 1: stop him tackling. You mentioned it before the men who
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Speaker 1: interview that the Lions were superb tacklers. You have to
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Speaker 1: be in this game and then maybe look for your
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Speaker 1: chance to take the ball.
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Speaker 2: Can I highlight how good our defense was for a second?
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Speaker 2: I feel like the goalposts for like the national media
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Speaker 2: are constantly moving when it comes to the Chiefs because
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Speaker 2: they look at this defensive performance from last week and say, ah,
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Speaker 2: well the Giants are zero and three and they just
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Speaker 2: benched Truss. Well, the Giants in week two went crazy
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Speaker 2: for four hundred and fifty passing yards over five hundred
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Speaker 2: yards of offense. Wondale Robinson and Elik Neighbors combined for
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Speaker 2: seventeen grabs, three hundred and nine yards and three touchdowns,
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Speaker 2: and coming into Sunday Night Football, they’re feeling pretty good.
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Speaker 2: I mean, they showed what they could do offensively right well,
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Speaker 2: the Chiefs completely shut them down throughout that game, just
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Speaker 2: complete domination. New York goes one of ten on third
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Speaker 2: down and one of four on fourth down in that game.
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Speaker 2: They got crazy pressure on Russell Wilson throughout. I kind
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Speaker 2: of mentioned it with Charles, but Chris Jones had seven pressures,
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Speaker 2: George carloftis seven pressures, and Omar Norman Lott had five pressures.
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Speaker 2: Almost destroyed. Russ had that sack or near sack where
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Speaker 2: he went over him someone else cleaned up. But the
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Speaker 2: best part of the performance, in my opinion, was they
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Speaker 2: got pressure on fifty four percent of Wilson’s dropbacks, only
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00:26:51,640 –> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 2: blitzed six times jack gamming, so their front four was
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Speaker 2: getting wins going into that game. The Chiefs were blitzing
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Speaker 2: at like a forty five percent clip, which if it
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Speaker 2: gets home, that’s great, but you want to count on
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Speaker 2: your front four to get pressure and didn’t see a
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Speaker 2: ton of it through the first two weeks. We’ve got
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Speaker 2: a lot of it against Wilson and the Giants on
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Speaker 2: Sunday Night. Need some more of that here against the Ravens.
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Speaker 2: But I feel really good about our defense overall. We
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Speaker 2: knew they had the talent coming into this season. I
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00:27:16,880 –> 00:27:18,679
Speaker 2: think Week one was a bit of a mystery, like
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Speaker 2: we know they’re better than that. In the last two
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Speaker 2: weeks they’ve been better than that and got to keep
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Speaker 2: it going here against the Ravens.
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Speaker 1: I also like what I saw from the Chiefs offense
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Speaker 1: in the second half. That drive of eleven plays seventy
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Speaker 1: four yards. When you look at the balance in that
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00:27:32,040 –> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 1: six runs before those run first down averaging six yards
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Speaker 1: a run. That set up the five passing plays because
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Speaker 1: the first run set up the very next play, which
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Speaker 1: is off a similar action that fooled the Giants defense,
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Speaker 1: which was great. Up front, we saw how good those
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Speaker 1: guys were. And then getting into the red zone, the
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Speaker 1: play to Taekwon Thornton for the five yard touchdown was
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Speaker 1: a play pass. So when you run and get that
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Speaker 1: going in that flow, that was good to see. And
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Speaker 1: then for Taekwon Thornton. But I think you and I
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Speaker 1: are an agreement here when we were texting each other
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Speaker 1: during the Monday night football game. You almost have to
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Speaker 1: zero on trying to get thirty points in this game.
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Speaker 1: I’m not twenty four ain’t going to cut it. Field
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Speaker 1: goals aren’t going to cut it. You need touchdowns and
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Speaker 1: it would behoove the Chiefs to try to figure out
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Speaker 1: a way to get to thirty points.
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Speaker 2: And with that in mind, it was good to see
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Speaker 2: Taekwan really kind of step up and be like that guy.
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Speaker 2: Last week. We’ve talked about how this part of the
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Speaker 2: season with no Worthy and no Rashi, has been about survival.
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Speaker 2: Maybe we’ll get Worthy back this week. I don’t know
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Speaker 2: for sure, we’ll find out as the week goes on.
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Speaker 2: That’d be great if we did. But regardless, having Taikwan
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Speaker 2: step up like you did against the Giants is a
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Speaker 2: big deal because third and three, trying to get the
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Speaker 2: ball in the end zone in the red zone, five
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Speaker 2: yard touchdown, and he wasn’t Mahomes’ first read on that play.
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Speaker 2: The first the play itself wasn’t open, and then Taikwan
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Speaker 2: got open in the back of the end zone. Awesome
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Speaker 2: throwing catch. And then third and six later on in
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Speaker 2: the game, twenty one yard catch where he was not
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Speaker 2: the target. Pretty sure Hollywood Brown was the target. Going
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Speaker 2: back and looking back at it, Juju Smith Schuster was
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Speaker 2: there as well, but Taekwan held on, moved the chains,
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Speaker 2: and then a third and ten, after he had just
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Speaker 2: barely not caught the ball hit the ground a little
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Speaker 2: bit on a big play, they go right back to him.
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Speaker 2: He hauls in a thirty three yard catch, sets up
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Speaker 2: Kareem’s one yard touchdown run essentially put the game away.
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Speaker 2: To develop that trust in that relationship with Mahomes, where
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Speaker 2: Mahomes is like the defender barreling in on him. I’m
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Speaker 2: just going to throw it up for Taekwon and I
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Speaker 2: know he’s going to come down with it. That’s a
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Speaker 2: big deal. And I think once we get through this
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Speaker 2: part of the season where we have Xavier and Rashiback
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Speaker 2: later on having Taikwon as another option that Mahomes trusts, ironically,
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Speaker 2: we might look back at this time and be like
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Speaker 2: that was really beneficial where they had to develop a relationship.
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Speaker 2: They had no choice. It wasn’t like Taikwan’s going to
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Speaker 2: get two targets a game and we’ll figure it out.
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Speaker 2: Like they had to develop it and hopefully in January,
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Speaker 2: we’re talking about Taekwan making a big play and we
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Speaker 2: look back at last week and say, that’s kind of
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Speaker 2: where that trust was formed.
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Speaker 1: Well in the thirty three yarder after he didn’t complete
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Speaker 1: the catch on the thirty four yarder the previous It’s
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Speaker 1: like running the four hundred meters in a prelim and
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Speaker 1: you’ve got to run the finals right after the first
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Speaker 1: four hundred meters. It was amazing in what he did there.
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Speaker 1: The other thing I was encouraged about was seeing the
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Speaker 1: jet sweep flip pass in a round action. Okay, because
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Speaker 1: you can run that a bunch of different ways. Romihio
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Speaker 1: gets a double digit one, but Burchard Smith showing up
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Speaker 1: just a little bit enough on the radar where you’re
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Speaker 1: gonna have to account for him, and then you get
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Speaker 1: hopefully Xavier Worthy this week. But that action, that side
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Speaker 1: to side action has been a staple of this offense
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Speaker 1: in winning three Super Bowls and slowing down pass rushers
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Speaker 1: and actually helping the interior run game. Now, in case
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Speaker 1: you haven’t noticed, we are in the one two two zone,
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Speaker 1: but we have company in the one two two zone
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Speaker 1: in the AFC West because there are three one in
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Speaker 1: two teams in the AFC West looking to go two
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Speaker 1: and two like the Chiefs are. But Ari Wolf is
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Speaker 1: our guy that keeps a cleedy close on the other
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Speaker 1: three division teams and everything around the National Football League.
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Speaker 1: Let’s check in with Ari.
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Speaker 4: Welcome everyone to the podcast within the podcast Defending the Kingdom.
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Speaker 4: That’s the big podcast, And I just come in for
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Speaker 4: a little slice. We’re calling this out West with Ari Wolf.
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Speaker 4: And what an honor I get both Mitfoltis and Matt
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Speaker 4: McMullen for our second ever edition of our little segment here.
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Speaker 4: And guys, look, it’s got to feel really good in
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Speaker 4: the Kingdom to get that win last week. It was
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Speaker 4: a hard fought game on SNAT we get the win.
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Speaker 4: I got a feeling people breathing a little easier in
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Speaker 4: the Kingdom.
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Speaker 2: Well, we got back at like four o’clock in the
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Speaker 2: morning on a Monday morning. Any Yeah, landing in Kansas
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Speaker 2: City at four am is a lot better after you
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Speaker 2: get your first win of the year, would you agree
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Speaker 2: with that?
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Speaker 1: Yeah? The air smells, you know, fresher, and yeah, it’s
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Speaker 1: everything affects everything. Chlorophylls, Well, there’s more chlorophyll in the world.
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Speaker 4: I’m telling you, Look, it had been a while, right,
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Speaker 4: the last win was the AFC Championship game, So you
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Speaker 4: know for Chiefs Kingdom, that’s a long wait. Right, Let’s
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Speaker 4: get into the AFC West because that’s what this segment
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Speaker 4: is focused on. So there was a huge game last week.
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Speaker 4: You had the Broncos at the Chargers, and I watched
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Speaker 4: every single play of it. Now, last week, Matt, I
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Speaker 4: think you remember I was really bullish on the depth
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Speaker 4: of the division. I’m a hair less bullish after watching
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Speaker 4: that game. Well, I think the Chargers.
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Speaker 5: Defense is exceptional, and I.
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Speaker 4: Think justin Herbert, they’ve taken the shackles off, right, they’re
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Speaker 4: letting him sling it. I mean, he’s throwing the ball
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Speaker 4: so much more this year than Harball had him throw
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Speaker 4: it last year. The injuries are going to take a toll, right,
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Speaker 4: Slater done for the year, Khalil Mack. They kind of
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Speaker 4: caught a break there, guys, Right, He’s only gonna be
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Speaker 4: out a few weeks, But then Naji Harris is out
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Speaker 4: for the year. So look, you could overcome an injury
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Speaker 4: or two, but sometimes those seasons kind of snowball a
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Speaker 4: little bit. I’m wondering what your guys’ take was on
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Speaker 4: that game, because, well, I think the Broncos are solid.
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Speaker 4: I just don’t think that bow Knicks is an elite quarterback,
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Speaker 4: so I think that holds them back a little bit.
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Speaker 4: But I think that the division is still there for
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Speaker 4: the take for the Chiefs. But what were your guys
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Speaker 4: takeaways from that game?
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Speaker 2: Well, I wish I could show you my father in law,
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Speaker 2: who is a Broncos fan, texts he was sending me
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Speaker 2: immediately after that game a little bit in SFW with
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Speaker 2: the language that was being used about some of the
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Speaker 2: Broncos Darrin making I’m late in the game, particularly with
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Speaker 2: that fourth down. It’s funny because we were already at
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Speaker 2: MetLife when that game was going on and I missed
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Speaker 2: most of it. But going back and looking at it,
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Speaker 2: it does seem like a game that the Chargers normally
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Speaker 2: in the past would have found a way to lose,
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Speaker 2: and they found a way to win it, which I’ll
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Speaker 2: give them credit for.
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Speaker 1: I think ari this league that was razor thin last year,
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Speaker 1: you almost need what the jeweler wears when they’re working on,
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Speaker 1: like this fine piece of jewelry that looks at things.
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Speaker 1: One sixty fourth of an inch. I look at the
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Speaker 1: Broncos at one and two and think about the way
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Speaker 1: they’ve lost their two games. It is just it’s microscopic. Now,
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Speaker 1: last year, the Chiefs won twelve straight one position games.
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Speaker 1: Matt and I joke about it and it was like, well,
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Speaker 1: you can’t live like that, Like, there’s no way you
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Speaker 1: can continue that. Well, some teams like we’re going to
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Speaker 1: get into the Eagles blocking a field goal. That’s just gritty, right,
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Speaker 1: So yeah, the point is, whether you think it’s luck
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Speaker 1: or not, we’re down to very thin margins. And I
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Speaker 1: think here’s the Chargers now but at three and zero,
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Speaker 1: and their schedule gets favorable. But the point is it’s
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Speaker 1: still a very thin margin in the AFC West and
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Speaker 1: really throughout the league.
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Speaker 5: And I want to get to the Raiders, you know.
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Speaker 4: I think Pete Carroll is a guy that you bring
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Speaker 4: him into any organization, you get instant energy.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 5: That guy is just so fun to be around. At
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Speaker 5: his age. I think he’s a great role model for everybody.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 5: I hope to be kicking butt like Pete Carroll is
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Speaker 5: when I’m the same age. But you know, the Geno
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Speaker 5: Smith thing. Through three games, it doesn’t look good.
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Speaker 4: Now, granted it’s a small sample size, but I think
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Speaker 4: I kind of got excited for Pete after they won
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Speaker 4: Week one at New England.
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Speaker 5: I think, you know, Gino Smith the last couple of
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Speaker 5: weeks has really struggled.
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Speaker 4: So I’m just going to say I’m just not as
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Speaker 4: bullish on the overall depth within the division, but you know,
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Speaker 4: I do think that, you know, look at the way
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Speaker 4: the division is. It’s the Chargers right now clearly in front,
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Speaker 4: and the schedule does get easier, and I want to
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Speaker 4: get to the next week’s game.
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Speaker 5: Let’s use that as a segue.
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Speaker 4: You know, them going to the Giants and they’re playing
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Speaker 4: a rookie quarterback in Jackson Dart. I mean, it really
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Speaker 4: seems to set up nicely for Justin Herbert and the Bolts.
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Speaker 2: What do you guys think, Well, you know, it’s funny
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Speaker 2: you mentioned that because one thing that Mitch and I
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Speaker 2: were joking around with last week was if the Giants
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Speaker 2: hadn’t exploded against the Cowboys like they did offensively, we
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Speaker 2: could have seen Jackson Dart last week and it would
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Speaker 2: have been like a very us situation to everyone thinks
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Speaker 2: we’re going to win, get our first win of the
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Speaker 2: year Sunday Night Football and they start Jackson Dart and
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Speaker 2: he goes crazy because there’s no film on him and
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Speaker 2: no one knows what to expect, right, I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 2: on paper, the Chargers should beat the Giants, but I
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Speaker 2: mean who knows. I mean, I’m kind of excited to
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Speaker 2: see what Jackson Dart has. And like I mentioned, there’s
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Speaker 2: no film on him and no one really knows what
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Speaker 2: to expect with him. So maybe he’ll go crazy against
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Speaker 2: the Chargers. I mean, I doubt it with their defense
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Speaker 2: being as good as it is, but you never know.
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Speaker 1: Well, I don’t think my league neighbors is going to
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Speaker 1: have two catches for thirteen yards as good as that
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Speaker 1: Charger defense. Now, and if Cam Scatibow doesn’t touch the
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Speaker 1: ball twenty five to in this game, there needs to
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Speaker 1: be a congressional inquiry. Now, they had lost Tyrone Tracy
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Speaker 1: in our game to injury and like that kid. But
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Speaker 1: and they’ve got you know, the other running back, the
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Speaker 1: Bills guy. But it’s Cam Scatabovin Singletary Singletary, sorry, Devin Singletary,
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Speaker 1: but Kam scatabo is a beast as a runner and
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Speaker 1: as a catcher. And if they use him more of
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Speaker 1: as a centerpiece, and even with Jackson Dart’s running ability,
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, now they give you a lesser
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Speaker 1: version of what we’ll see this week. When you have
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Speaker 1: a quarterback who can run in a dynamic runner and
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Speaker 1: that sets up RPOs and and different run opportunities and
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Speaker 1: passing off the run. But Scatabo now is I think
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Speaker 1: he’s a star in the making, a.
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Speaker 4: Star in the making in that market right in New York.
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Speaker 4: I just think he’s the perfect fit. I mean, given
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Speaker 4: they’ve had a lack of star power, and then he
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Speaker 4: get a guy like him who’s sort of an extra
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Speaker 4: effort guy and overachiever kind of guy. I think, whoever
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Speaker 4: his agent is, he’s going to be getting a lot
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Speaker 4: of off the field deals. I think Cam if you’re
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Speaker 4: a bit on futures, I think he’s a good one
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Speaker 4: to look at. All Right, let’s look at one of
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Speaker 4: the Monday night games. You’ve got the Bengals, No Joe
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Speaker 4: Burrow are going to the Broncos. It feels a little
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Speaker 4: like there’s pressure on the Broncos, right, Like, even though
836
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Speaker 4: it’s early in the season, now this seems like a
837
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Speaker 4: must win game. But no Joe Burrow, what do your
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Speaker 4: guys take on the Monday night match up?
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Speaker 2: Well, they have the Eagles right after that, so I
840
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Speaker 2: think for Denver this is a must win. And again
841
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Speaker 2: based on my father in law’s texts, I think people
842
00:37:24,640 –> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 2: are getting a little bit nervous in Denver. I mean,
843
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Speaker 2: there’s so much offseason hype about the Broncos, about how
844
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Speaker 2: this was their opportunity to really push the Chiefs in
845
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Speaker 2: the division. It kind of feels like the Chargers are
846
00:37:33,719 –> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 2: the one that has kind of taken over that role
847
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Speaker 2: of being a team that’s going to challenge us. And
848
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Speaker 2: Denver has all the talent in the world, I think,
849
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Speaker 2: but it’s still a very young team. And one thing
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Speaker 2: I always think about with teams like this, it’s one
851
00:37:44,080 –> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 2: thing to kind of surprise people in the win games,
852
00:37:46,400 –> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 2: it’s another one you’re expected to win, particularly when you’re
853
00:37:48,960 –> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 2: as young as they are. So yeah, I mean it
854
00:37:51,640 –> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 2: is a big game. The Bengals did not look good
855
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Speaker 2: last week against Minnesota. Jake Browning’s better than that.
856
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Speaker 1: Though.
857
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Speaker 2: We’ve seen what Jake brown can do a couple of
858
00:38:00,400 –> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 2: years ago when he almost got them in the playoffs,
859
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Speaker 2: So I expect Cincinnati to be better their defense. I
860
00:38:05,280 –> 00:38:07,359
Speaker 2: still struggled a lot though this year, and we’ll see
861
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Speaker 2: what Bonex can do against him.
862
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Speaker 4: Hey, Mitch, I want to get your take specifically on
863
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Speaker 4: Sean Payton. I really questioned why he put it out
864
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Speaker 4: there that he thinks this team is elite and then
865
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Speaker 4: bow Nicks is.
866
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Speaker 5: A future superstar.
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Speaker 4: Just try to explain to me why he would put
868
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Speaker 4: that extra pressure on his team. I realize you maybe
869
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Speaker 4: want to build some hype, but Sean Payton’s a veteran coach.
870
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Speaker 4: You would never hear and Andy Reid do something like that.
871
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Speaker 4: I was curious what your take is on Sean Payton
872
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Speaker 4: and how he was really trying to convince everyone before
873
00:38:34,760 –> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 4: a single down was played that the Broncos were for real.
874
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Speaker 1: One of the most compelling stats in NFL history is
875
00:38:44,000 –> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: that no coach who has won a Super Bowl with
876
00:38:46,719 –> 00:38:49,760
Speaker 1: a franchise has ever won another one with another one.
877
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Speaker 1: It’s never happened. Never happened. So we can go down
878
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Speaker 1: through the line. Even our Hank Stram couldn’t get it done.
879
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Speaker 1: But there have been so many coaches have tried and failed.
880
00:39:01,480 –> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: But one of the if you do a case study
881
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Speaker 1: on why that hasn’t happened is because the coach who
882
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Speaker 1: goes to the next spot tries to make the next
883
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Speaker 1: spot their last spot. And I think that there is
884
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Speaker 1: a strategical error there, meaning I think maybe where coach
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00:39:18,080 –> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: Payton got ahead of himself and at least publicly, was
886
00:39:21,160 –> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: to thinking, this is Drew Brees, this is the New
887
00:39:24,120 –> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: York New Orleans Saints of two thousand and nine, and
888
00:39:27,480 –> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: this is what we are. And I think that that’s
889
00:39:31,040 –> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 1: a bit premature. There’s a ton of talent. That defense
890
00:39:33,840 –> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: is for real. They have no weakness on that defense,
891
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Speaker 1: and they’ve got some underrated dudes along with premier players.
892
00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: But the point is, though the Broncos, they’re not the Saints.
893
00:39:43,400 –> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 1: And I kind of noticed to hear a little bit
894
00:39:45,840 –> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 1: when we had coach for Meal, because there were two
895
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Speaker 1: years the first two years we’re gonna be the Rams
896
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Speaker 1: of ninety nine, and that didn’t work. In fact, it
897
00:39:55,400 –> 00:39:58,919
Speaker 1: really impeded the progress and what we needed to make
898
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Speaker 1: in the first two years trying to make us what
899
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Speaker 1: the last stop was. And so I think that’s probably
900
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Speaker 1: the adjustment that Sean Payton’s gonna have to make. It’s
901
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Speaker 1: not the Saints, it’s the Broncos. And the Broncos are
902
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Speaker 1: gonna have to win it their own way.
903
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and you know, at least for now, Bonnicks is
904
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Speaker 5: not Drew Brees. All right.
905
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Speaker 4: My game of last week, it’s hard to compare the
906
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Speaker 4: Giants Cowboys game from the week before because that was
907
00:40:20,200 –> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 4: just off the charts madness.
908
00:40:21,800 –> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 5: But I chose the Rams at the Eagles game.
909
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Speaker 4: The Rams did so many things right, I mean, but
910
00:40:26,360 –> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 4: the thing was in the first half they ended up
911
00:40:27,760 –> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 4: settling for a bunch of field goals when they had
912
00:40:29,800 –> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 4: a chance to blow the game wide open, the game
913
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Speaker 4: ends up coming down to the wire. Last week, we
914
00:40:35,520 –> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 4: talked about in the Cowboys game that the state of
915
00:40:38,040 –> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 4: kicking in the NFL has completely changed. Like, I don’t
916
00:40:40,719 –> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 4: understand how now is sixty four yarders just no big deal? Well,
917
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Speaker 4: and we were talking about the evolution of mankind. Explain
918
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Speaker 4: to me how Jordan Davis at six six, three hundred
919
00:40:49,719 –> 00:40:53,399
Speaker 4: and thirty six pounds can run eighteen point five nine
920
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Speaker 4: miles per hour, block the kick and then literally just
921
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Speaker 4: sprint into the end zone. It was one of the
922
00:40:58,280 –> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 4: wildest finishes I’ve ever seen. I know you guys were
923
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Speaker 4: busy on sending it. What was your take on Jordan
924
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Speaker 4: Davis in the end.
925
00:41:03,560 –> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 5: Of that game.
926
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Speaker 2: This is such like trying to think of the right
927
00:41:07,120 –> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 2: word for this. Hater is a wrong word. But in
928
00:41:09,520 –> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 2: my mind it didn’t The clock was at triple zero’s
929
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Speaker 2: when he was running it back right, yes, So in
930
00:41:15,680 –> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 2: my mind, shouldn’t he just have gone down? I get
931
00:41:18,040 –> 00:41:19,719
Speaker 2: it was exciting and the crowd’s going nuts, and he
932
00:41:19,760 –> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 2: returns it for a touchdown and that’s your instinct, but
933
00:41:21,680 –> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 2: like what if like the ball got punched out from
934
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Speaker 2: behind him and the Rams ran it all the way back.
935
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Speaker 1: And bb leon Lett back in the day. I mean,
936
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Speaker 1: there’s some receiver, some but speedy guys out there lurking
937
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Speaker 1: around Gold to chase him down. But yeah, that’s to
938
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Speaker 1: your point.
939
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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, it was a great show of athleticism.
940
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Speaker 2: I don’t love the Eagles, and maybe that’s why I’m
941
00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 2: thinking this way, But in my mind it was a
942
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Speaker 2: coaching point where that was really cool Jordan Davis. But
943
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Speaker 2: maybe next time, don’t return it all the way for
944
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Speaker 2: a touchdown and allow the Rams to still have a chance.
945
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Speaker 2: But incredible finish And you know what’s funny, maybe you
946
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Speaker 2: saw this. So I was at MetLife and all the
947
00:41:53,600 –> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 2: TVs were on different games right next to each other.
948
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Speaker 2: That kick happened at the same time as the Browns
949
00:41:59,680 –> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 2: Packers field goal where the Browns beat the Packers like
950
00:42:02,120 –> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 2: it was like simultaneous. I almost thought we’d see two
951
00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 2: game winning field goals at once, but we got one
952
00:42:06,320 –> 00:42:08,720
Speaker 2: in the Browns, not so much with the With the Rams.
953
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Speaker 1: To me, I’m gonna look at it on a broader
954
00:42:11,000 –> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: basis because they’re in a span of about feel felt
955
00:42:14,160 –> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: like an hour. There were like six block kicks. Now
956
00:42:17,200 –> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: Matt knows. Now, Matt knows. Sorry, I love block kicks.
957
00:42:20,880 –> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: There is no better sound in football than the thud
958
00:42:24,200 –> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 1: of a block punt. It’s awesome. Uh. If I came
959
00:42:29,280 –> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: back in another life, I would be the thud of
960
00:42:31,520 –> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: the kick like it’s it’s uh. But all of a sudden,
961
00:42:34,760 –> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: and there’ll be maybe one a month or two a month.
962
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Speaker 1: I may not chart them, and all of a sudden,
963
00:42:39,440 –> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 1: there’s like six in an hour, like boom, boom boom.
964
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Speaker 1: The Jets game right, and the Jets, the Jets do it.
965
00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: They run back and I go too soon, too soon.
966
00:42:48,680 –> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 1: You guys should have put down at the one. Mayfield
967
00:42:51,800 –> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: is going to come back and win this game. But
968
00:42:53,960 –> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: the fact that there were all these block kicks that
969
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Speaker 1: happened in a in a quick span, it just it
970
00:42:59,520 –> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 1: tells you. You mentioned the athleticism. Some of these defensive
971
00:43:03,880 –> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: front guys are becoming so athletic. And in the Jets game,
972
00:43:07,480 –> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 1: like McDonald, he jumped over the blockers. He didn’t. It
973
00:43:11,000 –> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: wasn’t leverage. I didn’t use Matt to jump over to
974
00:43:13,719 –> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: block your kick. He just like a high jump and
975
00:43:16,480 –> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: block the kick. These guys are getting so athletic that
976
00:43:21,000 –> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: who knows. I mean, you’re just surprised every week. But man,
977
00:43:24,040 –> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 1: you have that many block kicks in a short amount
978
00:43:25,760 –> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: of time was blowing my mind.
979
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Speaker 5: Well, on that note, it’d be curious. I’m curious whether there’s.
980
00:43:31,840 –> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 4: Talk in the facility for the Chiefs if you really
981
00:43:35,080 –> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 4: need a block, like I feel like Chris Jones should
982
00:43:37,120 –> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 4: be on the field, right, Is that something that you
983
00:43:38,880 –> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 4: think will maybe get a second look because you’re seeing
984
00:43:40,800 –> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 4: the guys with his kind of physical stature in there
985
00:43:44,120 –> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 4: being able to kind of blow up and if they
986
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Speaker 4: don’t get the block the guy near him and maybe
987
00:43:47,920 –> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 4: not doing it on special teams every time. But you know,
988
00:43:50,640 –> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 4: sometimes those late game situations called half your very best
989
00:43:53,680 –> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 4: players on the field. What do you think about potentially
990
00:43:55,840 –> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 4: a guy like Chris Jones starting to play and try
991
00:43:58,040 –> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 4: to get in there to block some kicks.
992
00:43:59,520 –> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: Or Charles a Mena, who who we had on the
993
00:44:01,200 –> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: podcast right before you, because his wingspan is so long.
994
00:44:04,440 –> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: But the Chiefs and Matt knows this. He and I
995
00:44:06,239 –> 00:44:08,479
Speaker 1: talk about this all the time, the Chiefs talking about
996
00:44:08,480 –> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: one sixty fourth of an inch, We’re one sixty fourth
997
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Speaker 1: of it. How many block kicks you miss fight the Giants? Yeah,
998
00:44:15,480 –> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: it’s like, how did that even miss? It was Shamari Connor. Yeah,
999
00:44:18,239 –> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: and he’s like it’s like that’s right there, and so, uh,
1000
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Speaker 1: we’re getting there. We’re gonna block some kicks. Maybe this week, yeah,
1001
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Speaker 1: maybe this week. Hopefully.
1002
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Speaker 2: It gets me thinking about when we used to have
1003
00:44:28,320 –> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: Tano Passino who was like six foot ten or something
1004
00:44:30,920 –> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 2: crazy and he blocked like two extra points over the
1005
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Speaker 2: course of like three weeks. Uh yeah, I mean it’s
1006
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Speaker 2: what changes games. And I think looking at the Chiefs
1007
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Speaker 2: Giants game last week, I think I think it was
1008
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Speaker 2: Ashton Gelati blocking that extra point. I get that the
1009
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Speaker 2: Giants didn’t have the normal kicker, but blocking that extra
1010
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Speaker 2: point was a big deal in the game because the
1011
00:44:48,040 –> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 2: game remained tied, being down seven to six, it was
1012
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Speaker 2: still very early, but still just like morale wise and
1013
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Speaker 2: for the feel of the game, I think blocking that
1014
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Speaker 2: extra point was a big deal.
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Speaker 1: So at your point, are missed extra point? It’s the
1016
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Speaker 1: Chargers in week one. Never we were ready to shift
1017
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Speaker 1: the pressure to the Chargers sideline. Yeah, they exhale, going
1018
00:45:06,360 –> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: we’re still up one. Yeah, so SAME’s do.
1019
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Speaker 5: Same, all right?
1020
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Speaker 4: So to me, the game of this week coming up
1021
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Speaker 4: on the schedule, it’s no secret it’s the Ravens and
1022
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Speaker 4: the Chiefs. I don’t know anybody who had them coming
1023
00:45:17,760 –> 00:45:19,799
Speaker 4: in at one and two, right, But you know, I
1024
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Speaker 4: think that we are seeing that. You know, the AFC
1025
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Speaker 4: is going to be really competitive. Like you said, it’s
1026
00:45:23,719 –> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 4: just this little things are going to decide games. What
1027
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Speaker 4: I’ve seen from Baltimore though, they’ve got a real problem.
1028
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Speaker 4: Derrick Henry now has a fumbling problem. Right, if you
1029
00:45:32,080 –> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 4: fumble in three straight games, you’ve got an issue because
1030
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Speaker 4: now what’s in his head? And every single defender on
1031
00:45:37,120 –> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 4: that Kansas City Chiefs team is thinking, hey, we got
1032
00:45:39,960 –> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 4: a chance to get the ball out on Derrick Henry.
1033
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Speaker 4: I imagine that they’re always working on trying to get
1034
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Speaker 4: the ball right, but it’s got to be extra tantalizing
1035
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Speaker 4: when you’re going up against the future Hall of Famer
1036
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Speaker 4: who suddenly has a fumbling problem.
1037
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Speaker 2: I think it’s when they happen too. So the Ravens
1038
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Speaker 2: should have beaten the Bills. I think we all agree
1039
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Speaker 2: on that that they had that game in hand and
1040
00:45:58,080 –> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 2: they found a way to give it to Buffalo. And
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00:46:00,760 –> 00:46:02,480
Speaker 2: they were right there with Detroit in that game on
1042
00:46:02,560 –> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 2: Monday where they had an opportunity to go down there
1043
00:46:05,719 –> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 2: and take the lead, but they fumble the ball away late.
1044
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Speaker 2: Not all fumbles are created equally, and for a team
1045
00:46:11,000 –> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 2: like Baltimore that is so talented and has aspirations of
1046
00:46:14,640 –> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 2: winning the AFC, to be kind of allowing teams to
1047
00:46:18,480 –> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 2: either get back into the game or giving away an
1048
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Speaker 2: opportunity for you to go take the lead late in
1049
00:46:23,440 –> 00:46:26,839
Speaker 2: the fourth quarter is not a great sign. So for them,
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00:46:26,880 –> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 2: I mean, I expect them to come into this game
1051
00:46:29,000 –> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 2: laser focused. For the Chiefs, though late in the game,
1052
00:46:31,960 –> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 2: we’ve seen Kansas City over seven to eight years be
1053
00:46:35,680 –> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 2: so good in those late game situations. We’ve got to
1054
00:46:37,840 –> 00:46:40,319
Speaker 2: be good in those situations. Once again here in this game,
1055
00:46:40,360 –> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 2: because with Baltimore, we’ve seen what happens if you’re not.
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Speaker 1: I’m mystified at Baltimore’s defense, how do you give up
1057
00:46:46,840 –> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 1: to ninety eight yard drives? And then these weren’t tricky runs.
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00:46:50,600 –> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: I mean the Detroit offensive line, these were base plays.
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Speaker 1: And Montgomery and Gibbs are good, I know, like both
1060
00:46:56,800 –> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: those guys, but they’re Baltimore’s getting blown off the ball,
1061
00:47:00,719 –> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: and so it was I just sat there was watching it,
1062
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Speaker 1: like what team am I watching it? Because usually the
1063
00:47:04,400 –> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: Ravens are just the opposite of that, And so I
1064
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Speaker 1: don’t think Henry’s going to sow the ball to the
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Speaker 1: ventricles of his heart.
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Speaker 2: Like Friday night lights like that.
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Speaker 1: It was taping, Yeah, it’ll be a yeah, great tape
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Speaker 1: around his body. But then Baltimore’s defense, the Chiefs now
1069
00:47:22,600 –> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: one of the encouraging side. I said, there’s more chlorophyll
1070
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Speaker 1: in the earth now because the Chiefs won the game.
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Speaker 1: But the cool thing, the good thing was in the
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Speaker 1: second half you started to see glimpses like the eleven
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Speaker 1: place seventy four yard drive start the second half, six runs,
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00:47:37,040 –> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: five passes, both both both were working off each other,
1075
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Speaker 1: and you’re gonna have to somehow get to thirty points
1076
00:47:42,800 –> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 1: in this game to be Baltimore. Right, They’ve got one
1077
00:47:45,320 –> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 1: hundred and eleven points in three weeks. So, but that
1078
00:47:48,680 –> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: and the side to side game, like Burshard Smith in
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Speaker 1: what we have seen the Chiefs offense do with jet
1080
00:47:53,840 –> 00:47:56,720
Speaker 1: sweeps and flip passes and end to rounds. That started
1081
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Speaker 1: to happen in this game for the first time since
1082
00:47:59,680 –> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: that AFC Championship game back against the Bills way back when.
1083
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Speaker 1: So that to me gives me some hope that the
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00:48:06,560 –> 00:48:09,160
Speaker 1: offense could get into a rhythm a bit and then
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Speaker 1: try to score on these guys and try to get
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Speaker 1: to thirty or more.
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Speaker 4: All right, well, mech is your first time with us
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00:48:15,400 –> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 4: for this, we like to you a parting thought, and
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Speaker 4: it’s really in honor of how much I’ve loved watching
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00:48:20,040 –> 00:48:22,000
Speaker 4: PTI all these years that they always have like a
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Speaker 4: final thought.
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Speaker 5: Just something to think about for me.
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Speaker 4: The play that Patrick Mahomes made late in the second quarter,
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Speaker 4: to me, maybe the play we look back on as
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00:48:29,800 –> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 4: the play that changed the season. And he said afterwards
1096
00:48:32,920 –> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 4: he didn’t want a lot of credit because it was
1097
00:48:34,440 –> 00:48:37,160
Speaker 4: his mistake. But I’ve watched that play about a half
1098
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Speaker 4: a dozen times. It’s one thing to recognize that you’ve
1099
00:48:40,200 –> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 4: thrown it backwards. I think some quarterbacks we just hope
1100
00:48:42,280 –> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 4: it was you know, people thought it was an incomplete pass.
1101
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Speaker 4: It’s not just the recognition. The physicality and the athleticism
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Speaker 4: to go strip a guy of that size at the
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Speaker 4: five yard line was one of the most breathtaking plays
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Speaker 4: I’ve ever seen in my entire life. What other quarterback
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00:48:56,120 –> 00:48:58,279
Speaker 4: could do that or would have had the presence of mind.
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Speaker 4: You’re in a six to six game on the road,
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Speaker 4: you’re potentially about to go down thirteen to six, and
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00:49:03,680 –> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 4: you’re zero and too right that moment, to me, if
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Speaker 4: they don’t go on and win their fifth Lombardy and
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Speaker 4: everything’s great, we’re all celebrating. You guys are getting sized
1111
00:49:13,080 –> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 4: up for rings. You’re gonna look back at that play
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Speaker 4: from Patrick Mahomes. It wasn’t sexy, but man, it was
1113
00:49:18,560 –> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 4: an incredible play that to me, might have changed the
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Speaker 4: entire complexion of the season.
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Speaker 5: That is my final thought, and now let’s go to
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Speaker 5: Matt Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I couldn’t agree more with that. I didn’t even realize
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Speaker 2: in the moment that he had punched the ball out
1119
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Speaker 2: like he did. I just thought he fell on a
1120
00:49:31,480 –> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 2: loose ball. Then I watched the replay again and I
1121
00:49:34,000 –> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 2: don’t know. I couldn’t believe it the wherewithal to know
1122
00:49:36,440 –> 00:49:38,920
Speaker 2: that of everything you said that the ball was live.
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Speaker 2: To go out there and to punch it out and
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00:49:40,760 –> 00:49:43,600
Speaker 2: to fall on it one of the many reasons Mahomes
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Speaker 2: is what he is. My parting thought. Those listening to
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Speaker 2: the rest of the podcast already know about this, But
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00:49:48,680 –> 00:49:51,400
Speaker 2: Mitch and I went to West Point last week before
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00:49:51,400 –> 00:49:53,319
Speaker 2: the game, went out there a little bit early. I
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Speaker 2: won’t get two into details because I already said all
1130
00:49:55,719 –> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 2: this earlier on the pod, but it was just so
1131
00:49:57,920 –> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 2: much fun to go out there and to share a
1132
00:50:00,160 –> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 2: really cool experience with this guy. Because you know, we
1133
00:50:02,840 –> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 2: work crazy hours and away from our families a lot,
1134
00:50:06,040 –> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 2: and it’s a grind right as much as we love football.
1135
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Speaker 2: But to go out there and to have a really cool,
1136
00:50:10,760 –> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 2: once in the lifetime experience and share it what this
1137
00:50:12,800 –> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 2: do was a lot of fun. So that’s my parting
1138
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Speaker 2: thought for this week.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was phenomenal. I hope. I mean, I wish
1140
00:50:18,320 –> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 1: everybody could be on post and see that going back
1141
00:50:21,280 –> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: to the Pat play, what’s crazy is the exact scenario
1142
00:50:25,040 –> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: happened just minutes earlier, the exact play, and you mentioned
1143
00:50:28,520 –> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: I called it out on the air. I go, I
1144
00:50:29,640 –> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: think that’s a lateral you did. You call it then
1145
00:50:31,480 –> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: the Giants didn’t react, and they did it, but Pat reacted.
1146
00:50:34,880 –> 00:50:37,040
Speaker 1: And because Josh Simmons picks it up and then pass
1147
00:50:37,160 –> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: like over and grabbing the ball like he wasn’t going
1148
00:50:39,520 –> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: to leave it to chance, And that’s to your point.
1149
00:50:41,920 –> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: And so to have it happen just minutes later, because
1150
00:50:45,360 –> 00:50:48,360
Speaker 1: you don’t see that happen like once every three months,
1151
00:50:49,080 –> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: and then I have to go make the play on
1152
00:50:50,560 –> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: Bobby O Garik. It’s a really good player. My parting
1153
00:50:53,080 –> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: thought is I think it’s really cool that you’ve got
1154
00:50:55,400 –> 00:50:59,439
Speaker 1: a map of the world behind it to educate your
1155
00:50:59,520 –> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: children on where places are on the earth. I think
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00:51:02,640 –> 00:51:05,759
Speaker 1: that’s just awesome and that fires me up. I think
1157
00:51:05,760 –> 00:51:07,919
Speaker 1: I’ll go put one up in my living room.
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00:51:09,280 –> 00:51:11,239
Speaker 4: Well, like I said, I told you guys before we
1159
00:51:11,280 –> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 4: came on, I got it like literally weeks after my
1160
00:51:13,280 –> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 4: daughter was born. And you’d be amazed how often it
1161
00:51:15,080 –> 00:51:17,839
Speaker 4: comes up, right, Like every time there’s an international NFL game.
1162
00:51:18,080 –> 00:51:19,399
Speaker 5: Anytime somebody I know is.
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00:51:19,320 –> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 4: Traveling somewhere, my kids will always be like showing me
1164
00:51:21,440 –> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 4: where on the map where is it?
1165
00:51:22,560 –> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 5: They know exactly where Kansas City is.
1166
00:51:24,440 –> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 4: Now, they know where a lot of the different NFL
1167
00:51:26,480 –> 00:51:28,839
Speaker 4: cities that we traveled to, and so the map has
1168
00:51:28,840 –> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 4: been a good thing.
1169
00:51:29,280 –> 00:51:29,920
Speaker 5: I don’t know if you know this.
1170
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Speaker 4: Before I became a broadcaster, I wanted to be a
1171
00:51:33,280 –> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 4: high school history teacher and a coach. I wanted to
1172
00:51:36,040 –> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 4: coach at that level. So I never got to do
1173
00:51:39,000 –> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 4: those things because I aspired to broadcasting. But in this
1174
00:51:41,040 –> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 4: little way with my kids, I get to act like
1175
00:51:42,960 –> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 4: a little bit of a teacher.
1176
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Speaker 5: But look.
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00:51:46,840 –> 00:51:49,319
Speaker 4: To the three of us together reminds me of the
1178
00:51:49,360 –> 00:51:51,399
Speaker 4: live streams of training camp that I have so much
1179
00:51:51,400 –> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 4: fun doing.
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Speaker 5: So I hope you guys enjoyed. This was a ton
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Speaker 5: of fun.
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00:51:54,640 –> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, we appreciate you. Ari brought us some good luck
1183
00:51:57,400 –> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 2: going into last week. Yeah, well, let’s keep it going.
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Speaker 1: Where’skistan? Where’s Zekistan? All right? Thanks to Ari Wolf right there?
1185
00:52:07,000 –> 00:52:10,480
Speaker 1: His all so many close games and we’re seeing teams.
1186
00:52:10,719 –> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: But you talk about the moving goalpost narrative of the Chiefs.
1187
00:52:13,960 –> 00:52:17,000
Speaker 1: Remember last year, like twelve straight one possession wins. You’re like, man,
1188
00:52:17,040 –> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: you can’t live like that. But other teams are doing
1189
00:52:19,280 –> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 1: it this year. It’s like, well, they’re just gritty and
1190
00:52:21,200 –> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: gunny and they blocked a field goal. So that’s what
1191
00:52:24,200 –> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: you do when you win games. What isn’t that what
1192
00:52:26,280 –> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: the Chiefs did against the Broncos? But oh no, now
1193
00:52:28,719 –> 00:52:29,560
Speaker 1: you can’t live off that.
1194
00:52:29,880 –> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 2: I guess this is the tax when you win three
1195
00:52:31,800 –> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 2: Super Bowls in five years, people just want to discount
1196
00:52:34,160 –> 00:52:36,320
Speaker 2: what you do. You know, I’ve talked about this before,
1197
00:52:36,400 –> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 2: but hopefully we can get on a run here. I
1198
00:52:39,040 –> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 2: think this is such an awesome opportunity where we can
1199
00:52:41,000 –> 00:52:43,080
Speaker 2: get to like December and if the Chiefs can lock
1200
00:52:43,160 –> 00:52:45,439
Speaker 2: up the division and we can look back and be like, man,
1201
00:52:45,480 –> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 2: do you believe this team started zero to two and
1202
00:52:47,719 –> 00:52:49,399
Speaker 2: had to fight to get that win in New York.
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00:52:49,480 –> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 2: But that’s the beauty of this team and the beauty
1204
00:52:51,920 –> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 2: of being.
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00:52:52,800 –> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 1: At the top.
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00:52:53,360 –> 00:52:55,880
Speaker 2: Right as you’re constantly fighting to stay there. It’s difficult
1207
00:52:55,920 –> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 2: to sustain success, and no team has been better at
1208
00:52:58,640 –> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 2: it than the Chiefs over the last ten years thirteen
1209
00:53:01,440 –> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 2: years since Coach Reed got here. And that’s why really
1210
00:53:04,560 –> 00:53:06,439
Speaker 2: throughout this whole thing. Like, obviously you want to see
1211
00:53:06,440 –> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 2: the Chiefs win every single week, but our confidence has
1212
00:53:09,120 –> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 2: never wavered in this team. And I’m excited to see
1213
00:53:12,239 –> 00:53:14,879
Speaker 2: what we can do against Baltimore because you go out
1214
00:53:14,880 –> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 2: there against a team that you think will be there
1215
00:53:16,520 –> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 2: with you in the end and the AFC, and this
1216
00:53:18,760 –> 00:53:20,520
Speaker 2: is a chance to show that we’re still right there
1217
00:53:20,520 –> 00:53:20,839
Speaker 2: with them.
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Speaker 1: You know, we have something in common. What’s that women
1219
00:53:24,880 –> 00:53:29,839
Speaker 1: in our lives who actually probably we’ve survived because of them.
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00:53:30,280 –> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, like Ellie’s. I could hear Ellie’s voice in
1221
00:53:32,640 –> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 2: my head when we were at West Point, like did
1222
00:53:34,120 –> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 2: you put sunscreen on it?
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00:53:35,520 –> 00:53:37,600
Speaker 1: And my brain I’m like, wait, no, I didn’t. I
1224
00:53:37,719 –> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: better find some when we’re watching you know half that
1225
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Speaker 1: we were watching two regiments of the Brigade on review
1226
00:53:46,000 –> 00:53:50,360
Speaker 1: was cool on Saturday morning. But your mom and my
1227
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Speaker 1: wife both played Division one basketball, Sure did?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I told you my mom was recruited to
1229
00:53:55,920 –> 00:53:58,360
Speaker 2: West Point and respectively said I don’t think that lifestyle
1230
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Speaker 2: is for me.
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Speaker 1: List So you go to Mississippi State and then Tennessee
1232
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Speaker 1: some big time programs. And my wife played at k
1233
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Speaker 1: State and was a four year starter for them, so
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Speaker 1: don’t ask us ask them about the one two two
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