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Chiefs DOMINATE Broncos: Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker & Spags’ Young Defense Are BACK | Richard Sherman · The Richard Sherman Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. And what a
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  Speaker 1: game on Monday night. I thought this division matchup would
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  Speaker 1: be closer than it was. But Patrick Mahomes and obviously
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  Speaker 1: the new addition K-9 dominated this game. The Kansas City
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs and Spags defense looked phenomenal. You wondered what they
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  Speaker 1: would look like when they lose Jalen Watson and Trent McDuffie.
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  Speaker 1: two really good corners, and they're going with a very
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  Speaker 1: young secondary, what would they look like after that? Well,
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  Speaker 1: the answer is they still look damn good, and that's
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  Speaker 1: for sure. Mansoor Delaney, who has a pick, his third
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  Speaker 1: play of the game, gets injured later on, but Noel
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  Speaker 1: Williams looked really good, just aggressive. Every time I looked up,
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  Speaker 1: he was just jumping off the tape in the run game,
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  Speaker 1: in the pass game, forced a couple penalties. They were
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  Speaker 1: sticky in coverage. They were putting pressure. On Bo Nix,
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  Speaker 1: all game long, they held the Broncos to two of
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  Speaker 1: 12 on third down. When you're not executing on third down,
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  Speaker 1: it's really tough to win these ball games. But I
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  Speaker 1: didn't think they would run as much as they did.
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  Speaker 1: I think they ran almost the first, they ran nine
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  Speaker 1: times in the first 10 plays. And you knew they
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  Speaker 1: were going to try to keep the ball out of
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes' hands, kind of keep him out of danger.
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  Speaker 1: Let him kind of work his legs back into football,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and not just put the game on his shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: And Kenneth Walker gives them the ability to do that.
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  Speaker 1: He had 23 carries for 173 yards and a 60-yard touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: The explosiveness, the speed, all the things that made him
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  Speaker 1: great in Seattle. The only issue was durability. And we
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  Speaker 1: will see if running him this way causes any issues
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  Speaker 1: down the line.
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  Speaker 2: But he looked fantastic. He looked like he did.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of last season and in the playoffs
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  Speaker 1: for the Seattle Seahawks and why he got the Super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl MVP. And if he can continue to play this
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  Speaker 1: way and they can start to work in Xavier Worthy
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  Speaker 1: and Taequann Thornton and Rasheed Rice. Rasheed Rice only had
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  Speaker 1: two targets today, but broke a tackle and had a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: 13-yard touchdown in this game. Emmitt Johnson had a good
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  Speaker 1: game backing up.
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  Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker.
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  Speaker 1: And they just look like, the Kansas city chiefs of all,
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  Speaker 1: not even the Kansas city chiefs of all, they look
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  Speaker 1: like a championship contender. Uh, if you look at this
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  Speaker 1: Denver Broncos defense from last season, obviously they're without Jonathan Cooper.
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  Speaker 1: He is on the exempt list, but this is one
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  Speaker 1: of the top defenses in the national football league. And
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  Speaker 1: they put up 31 on this defense and made it
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  Speaker 1: look relatively easy. It didn't take any crazy, uh, Herculean
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  Speaker 1: effort from Patrick Mahomes. It took a great running game,
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  Speaker 1: a great plan and great execution. And, They played a
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  Speaker 1: left tackle that was an undrafted player at left tackle
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  Speaker 1: because of the injuries and things that have happened throughout
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  Speaker 1: training camp. But if the Kansas City Chiefs can play
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  Speaker 1: like this all season long, then again, people are going
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  Speaker 1: to be upset because they will be right back in contention.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why I thought, hey, if Josh Allen was
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  Speaker 1: going to win a Super Bowl, it was supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be last year when there was no Patrick Mahomes and
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  Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. There was no Burrow, no Lamar.
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  Speaker 1: No nothing to get in his way, but he didn't.
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  Speaker 1: The other question in this game was Bo Nix and
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  Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos, and what is Sean Payton going to do? Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: he handed over the play-calling duties to Davis Webb. They
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  Speaker 1: only scored 10 points in this game against a Kansas
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  Speaker 1: City Chiefs defense that's super young. I don't think anybody
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  Speaker 1: was expecting them to dominate in the fashion that they
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  Speaker 1: did in this game. They caused multiple turnovers. They had
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  Speaker 1: Bo Nix flustered the entire game. He dropped the ball
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  Speaker 1: a few times, fumbled it, threw a pick to Mansoor
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  Speaker 1: Delaney in what looked like two-man. The Chiefs defense had
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  Speaker 1: four sacks. They just looked better. They looked like the
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  Speaker 1: more dominant team. They didn't look like they were playing
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  Speaker 1: young guys in the secondary. They looked like they were
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  Speaker 1: playing veterans in the secondary. And if they look like that,
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  Speaker 1: and the Denver Broncos continue to look like they did offensively,
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  Speaker 1: because They were supposed to be better with Jalen Waddell
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  Speaker 1: and the new weapons they got. And he was supposed
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  Speaker 1: to be a big-time factor in this offense. Evan Ingram,
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  Speaker 1: he factored in. He had a touchdown in the game.
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  Speaker 1: But I think everybody was expecting more explosiveness from this offense,
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  Speaker 1: and it just wasn't there. So, obviously, there's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a conversation. There's going to be questions all week
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  Speaker 1: for Sean Payton and Davis Webb. Like, do you continue
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  Speaker 1: to let Davis Webb learn on the job and learn
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  Speaker 1: while the season may become– a lot more dire. They
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  Speaker 1: have a really difficult schedule coming up. They play the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: I think they play the Niners. I think they play
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  Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. They play some really difficult teams that
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  Speaker 1: could easily beat them if they play like they did tonight.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: There's some concern for me with these Denver Broncos. And
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  Speaker 1: if you're a Kansas City Chiefs fan, I know everybody
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  Speaker 1: else in the league is like, the Chiefs are back again.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sorry to say it, but it looks
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  Speaker 1: like that's true. Andy Reid is about to do it
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  Speaker 1: again with a great run game, some really fast and
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  Speaker 1: explosive receivers, and, of course, Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey is
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  Speaker 1: still battling father time, had a 60-something yard run, and, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you got to give him credit. He's out here still
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  Speaker 1: being crafty, still doing his job, got open, made an
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  Speaker 1: explosive play, almost scored on that play.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how he keeps doing it. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how the Kansas City Chiefs keep doing it. They
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  Speaker 1: have great scouting. They have great personnel development, a development team,
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  Speaker 1: because these guys, these young guys they draft, come in
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  Speaker 1: ready to play, ready to make an impact. When they
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  Speaker 1: get rid of two guys who played in, I think,
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  Speaker 1: three Super Bowls, and then just reload more corners who
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  Speaker 1: go out there and look like they did not miss
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  Speaker 1: a beat, and Spags is calling it like he has
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  Speaker 1: always called it, You got to tip your cap off
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  Speaker 1: to this team. And on the other side, a defense
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  Speaker 1: that has been dominant is missing one of the best
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  Speaker 1: pass rushers in the league. But still, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: you should be giving up 31 points. They couldn't stop
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  Speaker 1: the run. They couldn't stop the explosive plays. They weren't
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  Speaker 1: getting a ton of pressure on Patrick Mahomes. When they did,
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  Speaker 1: he beat him with his legs. He beat him with
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  Speaker 1: his legs multiple times. They called his touchdown back. He
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  Speaker 1: turned around and got another touchdown. I mean, Patrick Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: still got it. And you didn't see... any residual impacts
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  Speaker 1: of that knee injury that he's coming off of. He
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  Speaker 1: looked good. He looked confident. Obviously, he still has some
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  Speaker 1: rust to work off, but man, Monday Night Football, this
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  Speaker 1: start of the season was so exciting. It was so action-packed.
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  Speaker 1: So many points, way too many points. I'm a defensive guy,
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  Speaker 1: way too many points. I think hopefully there's some corrections
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  Speaker 1: and teams get things together. Because if I see another
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  Speaker 1: 59-point game from anybody, I don't know. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if I can watch that team. I'm talking so bad
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  Speaker 2: Man. What else can I say about this Chiefs team?
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  Speaker 1: After everything I saw, the Buffalo Bills got a tough
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  Speaker 1: win in Houston, a place they hadn't won in a
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  Speaker 1: long time. The Cincinnati Bengals looked good defensively, caused a
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  Speaker 1: lot of turnovers early, scored some points. Joe Burrow didn't
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  Speaker 1: have his best game, but he's still Joe Burrow. So
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  Speaker 1: that's still going to be a tough out. Baltimore scoring
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  Speaker 1: 41 points. Derrick Henry still looks like King Henry. Who
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  Speaker 1: is the class of the AFC? I think you still
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  Speaker 1: got to put the Chiefs in it. I mean, you still,
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  Speaker 1: you got to, the reigning AFC champions are the New
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  Speaker 1: England Patriots. They did not look great against the Seattle Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: They scored only 10 points in the game. Drake May
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  Speaker 1: looked really flustered. Looks like he hadn't figured it out
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  Speaker 1: from the Super Bowl. And if teams keep attacking them
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  Speaker 1: in the way that they did, A.J. Brown is out
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  Speaker 1: for a little while. So I don't think they're the
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  Speaker 1: class of the AFC right now, even though they're the
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  Speaker 1: reigning AFC champions. the Jacksonville Jaguars have a case. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that receiving core is as deadly and dangerous as any
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  Speaker 1: receiving core in the national football league. That defense is
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  Speaker 1: as aggressive and opportunistic as any defense with, Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 1: Hines Allen, Trevon Walker, Alua Khan. They have some playmakers
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  Speaker 1: back there. And obviously our guy Travis Hunter is going
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  Speaker 1: to be making an impact this season.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I just, it's hard to bet against the Kansas City
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs when Patrick Mahomes is under center and he's healthy.
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  Speaker 1: And now they have an incredible run game. The defense
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  Speaker 1: looks incredible. I feel like the Kansas City Chiefs, there
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  Speaker 1: were question marks coming in. I couldn't put them in
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  Speaker 1: the top five without seeing what Patrick Mahomes and what
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  Speaker 1: the plan was going forward. But, boy, I think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to make a debut in my top five power
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  Speaker 1: rankings this week because of how well they played this week.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't think it's a fluke. This was a
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  Speaker 1: sustainable way to play football. Great defense, great run game.
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  Speaker 1: Look for explosives in a passing game. Catch people off guard.
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  Speaker 1: Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. Deadly combination. Now you gave
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  Speaker 1: him an explosive running back.
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  Speaker 2: Good luck.
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  Speaker 1: This AFC is going to be fun to watch. Football
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  Speaker 1: is going to be fun to watch, for that matter.
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  Speaker 1: I know this is going to be a great season.
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  Speaker 1: It's already been a great season outside of too many
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  Speaker 1: points being scored. But... The next game this week will
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  Speaker 1: be us in Buffalo in the new stadium with the
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills.
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  Speaker 2: Playing the Detroit Lions.
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  Speaker 1: Getting to watch Josh Allen continue his MVP campaign. Can
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  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions shake off whatever that was in the
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  Speaker 1: second half versus the New Orleans Saints?
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  Speaker 2: We will see. Check out TNF tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern,
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  Speaker 2: 4 p.m. Pacific. I will be there. You be there.
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  Speaker 1: and I will see you there.