🎙️ ‘Pads!’ – Chiefs Training Camp Update | Defending The Kingdom

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Speaker 1: Well, we’re a little past halfway at training camp in

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Speaker 1: Saint Joseph, Missouri.

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Speaker 2: Is Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs get ready for their sixty seventh season. But

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Speaker 1: the pads are on again here at camp and in

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Speaker 1: this episode of Defending the Kingdom. Even our own Matt

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Speaker 1: McMullen is in pads for this episode. It’s brought to

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Speaker 1: Chiefs training Camp. Here in Saint Joseph, the homes in

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Speaker 2: And how everyone.

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Speaker 1: I Mitch hold this Voice of the Chiefs along with.

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Speaker 2: Pad it up.

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Speaker 1: It’s Matt McMullen. Let’s go, who’s the director of editorial

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Speaker 1: content as well as senior team reporter. That means you

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Speaker 1: put the pads on, you got you look.

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Speaker 2: Good in pads.

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Speaker 3: I wonder how much ridicule kind of open myself up to.

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Speaker 3: We’re gonna find out two years in a row. Now

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Speaker 3: the Social team has no faith in me. They think

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Speaker 3: I can’t go out there and like catch some balls

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Speaker 3: in the jugs machine and do some pott return go

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Speaker 3: through the gauntlet. So I’m up for the challenge. So

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Speaker 3: after this I’m gonna do some drills. We’ll see how

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Speaker 3: I do.

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Speaker 1: We know a lot of you, most of you just

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Speaker 1: listen to Defending the Kingdom, but more and more you’re

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Speaker 1: going to want to watch and listen to Defending the Kingdom.

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Speaker 1: And this episode is a perfect example why because if

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Speaker 1: you’re just listening, you may want to find the video

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Speaker 1: portion of this because Matt is padded up for this episode.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, the Chiefs went three straight days in pads,

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Speaker 1: then at ten ten ten, right back to pads that

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Speaker 1: we just finished that practice. Here we’re on the practice

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Speaker 1: field as we speak, your thought as a chart starts

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Speaker 1: to feel like the dog days of camp.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it’s really kind of the groundhog day sort of vibe. Now,

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Speaker 3: this is always difficult because you think about coach Read’s process.

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Speaker 3: It’s all about pushing and pulling and really pushing the

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Speaker 3: guys for three straight days in pads, which keep in mind,

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Speaker 3: the guys had not been in pads all offseason. The

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Speaker 3: league rules don’t allow that, So first time in pads

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Speaker 3: since last season ended. And then you do it three

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Speaker 3: straight days. Kind of a lighter day yesterday, more of

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Speaker 3: a mental day. But now you’re backing pads today. How

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Speaker 3: do you respond to that? And I mean it’s hot

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Speaker 3: out here. You could tell the guys are kind of

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Speaker 3: going through it. Two hours and twenty five minutes we

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Speaker 3: finished the ramp up. No more kind of easing into it.

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Speaker 3: It’s all about these long practices and the heat and

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Speaker 3: in pads. But saw some good things overall. And this

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Speaker 3: is when true football evaluation can take place, because guys

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Speaker 3: can go out there and look good in shorts. They

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Speaker 3: can look good on the first couple days of pads,

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Speaker 3: but who really flashes on days like this? Those are

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Speaker 3: the guys that are going to make your team and

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Speaker 3: make a difference later on in the year.

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Speaker 1: Matt and I’ve seen this syllabus. This is the fourteenth

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Speaker 1: year that coach has been here. And it’s a great

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Speaker 1: point that you make of the ramp up, take a breath,

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Speaker 1: and then ramp back up again. But it’s all a

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Speaker 1: series of like taking pop quizzes throughout the semester, and

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Speaker 1: your point’s a really good one. This is a pop

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Speaker 1: quiz after a ten ten to ten nopad shells practice

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Speaker 1: to come right back out after it. How do guys respond?

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Speaker 1: The next one will be and we’ll talk about it

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Speaker 1: after the first preseason game because it’s back here in

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Speaker 1: Saint Joseph and back for time in Pats. So it’s

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Speaker 1: just a series of these tests physically, mentally and emotionally.

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Speaker 1: And those of you watching are listening here the obligatory

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Speaker 1: lawnmar in the background, which tells you we’re not virtually

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Speaker 1: doing this.

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Speaker 3: Now we’re here, we’re on the field right now. You know,

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Speaker 3: one thing that we were talking about before it started

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Speaker 3: shooting is the amazing condition the field is in. It’s

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Speaker 3: incredible the condition they keep this field in. It’s not easy.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the guys are out here every single day,

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Speaker 3: but the field looks great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and our players love the surface. It’s a rye

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Speaker 1: bermuta mix. It’s a tight surface, fast surface, natural grass

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Speaker 1: and Travis Hogan does an incredible job with all of

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Speaker 1: his guys and gals. In fact, we share the dorm

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Speaker 1: with them. They get little crazy, sometimes a little steam off,

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Speaker 1: but they’re awesome in what they do. We’re going to

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Speaker 1: get in to in this episode some of the guys

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Speaker 1: that we have seen kind of rise up in Pads

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Speaker 1: and there have been a few surprises with this.

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Speaker 2: I’m going to start with Chamary Connor.

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Speaker 1: Chamarry Connor is now back in a safety position where

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Speaker 1: he’s facing the play. Last year he played a lot

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Speaker 1: of slot kind of a hybrid safety slot corner position,

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Speaker 1: but many times, depending on the coverage and depending on

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Speaker 1: the scheme, he had to turn his back to the play,

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Speaker 1: or turn his hips or turn his shoulders. Right now,

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Speaker 1: for the most point, most time he’s seeing the play

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Speaker 1: in front of him with the shoulder square to the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. In pads, that turns him loose. We

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Speaker 1: have seen him make physical plays, We’ve seen him make

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Speaker 1: plays on the ball and skills. He’s thrilled because this

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Speaker 1: is the way he was two years ago. And remember

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Speaker 1: his game defining play against the Cincinnati Bengals, essentially one

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Speaker 1: net game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, think about early in Shamari’s career, he was always

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Speaker 3: around the football. That play against the Bengals comes to mind,

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Speaker 3: but also the interception against Josh Allen against the Bills

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Speaker 3: a couple of years ago, and then in the playoffs

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Speaker 3: that year, I think Mike Edwards got hurt on the

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Speaker 3: very first snap of the game and Chamari had to

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Speaker 3: go in and played really well in lieu of Mike Edwards.

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Speaker 3: We know Chamari can be a really effective safety in

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Speaker 3: the NFL. He’s been playing a lot of the slot

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Speaker 3: position the last couple of years, and that’s a really

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Speaker 3: tough position to play. I think having more slot centric

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Speaker 3: players in camp this year has been a major benefit

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Speaker 3: for him. We have guys like Chris Rowland, Wallace Caterkoho,

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Speaker 3: and Jaden Kennedy who can all go in the slot

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Speaker 3: and play really effective football.

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Speaker 2: That lets Chamorroi go back to playing more of a

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Speaker 2: traditional safety role.

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Speaker 3: And Yeah, like you said, he’s talked about how much

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Speaker 3: he loves playing just safety, and he’s been around the

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Speaker 3: football like we’re used to seeing with him when he’s

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Speaker 3: playing safety. Throughout this camp, had multiple takeaways we mentioned

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Speaker 3: on the live stream a few days ago when there

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Speaker 3: was a tip ball line of scrimmage, he was the

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Speaker 3: one that went down with the football.

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Speaker 2: Some guys just find themselves.

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Speaker 3: Around the b Mike Edwards was that way too, just

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Speaker 3: kind of always around the football, and when Chamari is

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Speaker 3: playing safety, kind of feels like he’s always around the football.

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Speaker 3: So I think, you know, with our secondary overall, we’ve

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Speaker 3: talked about how it has the potential to be maybe

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Speaker 3: even deeper this year if guys can reach their full potential.

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Speaker 3: I think having players that can fill that slot role

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Speaker 3: and a lot of Shamari go back and play traditional

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Speaker 3: safety again just makes this group better and deeper.

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Speaker 2: So I’m pretty excited about that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the play you mentioned the interception happ at the

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Speaker 1: goal line. I also saw him in red zone fill

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Speaker 1: a gap and physical against the run against Breshard Smith.

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Speaker 1: So again with the pads on, Shamari Connor looks very good.

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Speaker 1: Another guy, and I was curious how he would be

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Speaker 1: because I just I think he’s on a bit of

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Speaker 1: a meteoric rise here. I guess that doesn’t make sense.

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Speaker 1: He’s a meteoric rise. That’s the left guard. Kingsley matia

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Speaker 1: and with the pads on, he looks fast and he

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Speaker 1: looks physical, whether he’s pulling or doing a play side.

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Speaker 1: I think we have an emerging story there because we

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Speaker 1: know the other two guys to his right, Trey Smith

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Speaker 1: and Creed Humphrey, are Pro Bowl level players, but Kingsley’s

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Speaker 1: playing like it could be a potential pro bowler.

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Speaker 3: I think he looks comfortable and confident. Think about last year,

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Speaker 3: he was kind of learning the position on the fly,

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Speaker 3: did a little bit of it at the end of

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Speaker 3: the season a couple of years ago. And remember Zach

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Speaker 3: Allen in that Week eighteen game didn’t have a single

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Speaker 3: pressure on. Carson wentzon that one and told Kingsley afterward, hey,

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Speaker 3: you’re pretty good at this. At Kingsley’s first ever start

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Speaker 3: at guard. Then last year was kind of an experiment.

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Speaker 3: Can he do that throughout the entire year? And the

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Speaker 3: answer is yes. I think he showed us some really

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Speaker 3: good things throughout the season, but it was still new

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Speaker 3: to him. I think he’s coming into this camp. You

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Speaker 3: can tell he’s comfortable and confident in his ability. He

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Speaker 3: knows what he’s doing. And one thing we always talk

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Speaker 3: about is the importance of guys being able to go

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Speaker 3: out there and play fast. You’re not thinking too much.

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Speaker 3: And I don’t think Kingsley has to think too much

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Speaker 3: right now. He knows how to play the position. He

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Speaker 3: can go out there and play fast, and we’re seeing

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Speaker 3: it so far, and we had high hopes. But again,

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Speaker 3: before the pads come on, it’s just impossible to evaluate

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Speaker 3: these guys. Since the pads came on earlier this week,

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Speaker 3: we’ve been pretty impressed.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we got something going on there with the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: Another one is tied in Noah Gray. Really good camp

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Speaker 1: and arguably his best camp yet. But once the pads

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Speaker 1: came on, he just looks physically different. You just talk

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Speaker 1: to him, and we’re going to feature him on a

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Speaker 1: live stream. You can find that too. But the fact

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Speaker 1: that Noah looks more physical, he’s made better plays. Two

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Speaker 1: wonderful catches in the red zone a couple days ago.

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Speaker 1: But Noah looks like he’s poised. Remember that spurt he

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Speaker 1: had a couple of years ago. And if he can

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Speaker 1: take the heat off and he and Walker both take

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Speaker 1: the heat off Kelsey in the red zone especially, then

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Speaker 1: you’re not gonna have guys like biting, pinching and just

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Speaker 1: driving three guys into the ground with kelse If, Noah

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Speaker 1: grays a threat on a consistent basis and to be physical.

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Speaker 1: Keep in mind he has to do a lot of things.

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Speaker 1: I just talked to him about the fact that he

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Speaker 1: has to play in line tight in, he has to

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Speaker 1: play slot. But people go, what if you have to

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Speaker 1: use a fullback. He’s the fallback. He’s the h back

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Speaker 1: of this team. Yeah, but he’s better suited to do

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Speaker 1: it because I think he looks better physically, especially the

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Speaker 1: upper body, and when the pads came on, he’s played

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Speaker 1: really really well.

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Speaker 3: That practice a few days ago that you’re talking about

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Speaker 3: was reminiscent of when he had four touchdowns in two weeks,

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Speaker 3: two against the Bills and then two against the Panthers.

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Speaker 3: It looked a lot like that Bill’s game because all

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Speaker 1: Another one, This may not be a surprise, but once

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Speaker 3: Year old me that I could put one of these on.

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Speaker 3: Big time speed from Melvin Smith, Southern Arkansas grad.

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Speaker 3: And I feel like I mentioned this every episode now,

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Speaker 1: I’ve always wandered to do this always throughout my life.

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Speaker 2: Is this, Let’s go.

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Speaker 1: Let’s go go baby, like we’re getting ready to run

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Speaker 3: I always thought it could be like a Danny Woodhead

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Speaker 1: You can do that. That’s perfect fit. Just on our team,

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Speaker 1: and if you follow me at all on x slash Twitter,

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Speaker 1: you know the day before pads. It’s tradition, right and

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Speaker 1: I’ve done it for years. The day before pads. Always

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Speaker 1: If you’ve played football at any level. The day before

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you’re ready to go and you find out, well,

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Speaker 3: once again, who is going to be a player for us?

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Speaker 3: You know, OTAs are one thing. The first week or

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Speaker 2: It’s exciting. So we’ll close this way.

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Speaker 1: For your spouse for an anniversary gift, go buy them

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Speaker 1: a full set of NFL pads. Do it and put

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Speaker 1: it on and walk around the block and go, how’s

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Speaker 2: How you doing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, tackleing?

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Speaker 1: Uh? The Amazon driver comes up? Where am I tackle them?

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Speaker 1: And uh yeah? And bring out the doughnut and do

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Speaker 1: because it’s life. And thanks to the folks at Mosaic

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Speaker 1: They’ve been great help to you and me as well.

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Speaker 1: But Mosaic is the official presenting sponsor of Chiefs Training Camp.

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Speaker 1: But go get the pads on, and turn the neighborhood

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