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  Speaker 1: Welcome to opposition Territory. Here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: in the world, twelve years strong. We've got a great
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  Speaker 1: opposition territory show coming your way. We are previewing the
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  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles in Kansas City Chiefs week two matchup. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a barn burner, for sure. I have no
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  Speaker 1: idea why I just used the phrase barn burner. I
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  Speaker 1: sounded like an old man saying that maybe I am
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  Speaker 1: an old man. Anyway, I'm Jeff Warren and uh here
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  Speaker 1: we've got Jared Zapp. Buddy, how you doing and thanks
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  Speaker 1: so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Not to be here, I wouldn't say I'm really doing
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  Speaker 2: that well after a week of covering this Chiefs game
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  Speaker 2: and the coverage that just does not end.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's not gonna end. But look, you've got your
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  Speaker 1: very first Chiefs fans have their very first home opener
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  Speaker 1: game this week against the Philadelphia Eagles. I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: I could say that it was bizarre for the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: last year, kicking off the twenty twenty four twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: five season down in Brazil. Kind of a weird feeling,
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  Speaker 1: I would imagine for Chiefs fans as well, and even
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  Speaker 1: Chargers fans too. But I really do want to start
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  Speaker 1: our discussion here, Jared Bide, you know, assessing what we
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  Speaker 1: saw from that Chief's team in Week one against Los
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  Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers. I mean, it was a surprising game, I
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  Speaker 1: think for many of us to watch. Then again, it's
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  Speaker 1: early in the season. There's usually some rust that needs
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  Speaker 1: to get knocked off from from all a lot of teams,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of talent in the NFL. But I truly
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  Speaker 1: thought that Chiefs would really be the aggressor in this game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know from an outsider's perspective, as somebody's just
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  Speaker 1: watching Week one, it seemed that there was like this
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  Speaker 1: lack of like motivation and mojo kind of coming from
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs on both sides of the ball. Quite frankly,
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  Speaker 1: there are of course key injuries on this team, especially offense,
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  Speaker 1: especially with the wide receiver corps. We also saw some
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  Speaker 1: baffling stuff happening with the defense as well. So take
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  Speaker 1: us through it here in terms of your opinion here,
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  Speaker 1: you know what's your take and assessment from what we
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  Speaker 1: saw in the field from the Kansas City Chiefs in
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  Speaker 1: Week one.
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  Speaker 2: Here, I really think you can take a whole lot
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  Speaker 2: from the offense right now. I mean, Philadelphia sports fans
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  Speaker 2: know a lot about how Andy Reid works, and I
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  Speaker 2: think we know how important those first fifteen plays.
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  Speaker 3: That he scripts are to how the game goes.
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  Speaker 2: Because he puts those in, he knows what he wants
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  Speaker 2: to do. The first fifteen calls. It helps him really
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  Speaker 2: make some prettys to adjust the defense as the game
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  Speaker 2: goes on. And that got thrown out the window three
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  Speaker 2: plays in when exag You're worthy went down.
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  Speaker 3: We don't think it's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Season ending, but we haven't really gotten any confirmation that
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  Speaker 2: it's not. I'm fairly certain you're not going to see
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  Speaker 2: him this Sunday against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 3: So I really feel that Andy's first fifteen getting.
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  Speaker 2: Thrown out the window that put the offense in a
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  Speaker 2: hole that they did rebound from. Because the offense played
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  Speaker 2: very well in the second half met the defense.
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  Speaker 3: I don't really know what happened.
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  Speaker 2: You can say a lot the Chiefs don't always look
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  Speaker 2: perfect Week one, but under Andy Reid, the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 3: Always look ready.
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  Speaker 2: You can always tell that that training camp has put
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  Speaker 2: them in position to play, and especially when they've played
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  Speaker 2: the Chargers earlier in the season, they.
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  Speaker 3: Have almost always looked like fifteen not getting gassed, and
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  Speaker 3: you just did not see that on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: One thing, that one thing that I really thought was
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  Speaker 2: going to work to the chiefs favor going into that
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  Speaker 2: game was Andy Reid has just been so good at
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  Speaker 2: adjusting to all the NFL schedule quirks. Yeah, I'm wondering
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  Speaker 2: if the two hour bus ride on Gang Day, which
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  Speaker 2: I did not realize that.
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  Speaker 3: Was a thing. I guess that was a thing for
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  Speaker 3: the Packers last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that yeah, because I guess the Eagles were
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  Speaker 2: like the Chargers and stayed across the street from the stadium.
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  Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah. Actually, now that you're saying that, yes.
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  Speaker 2: And the opposition team, I did not realize that a
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  Speaker 2: they had to stay twenty miles away, and I did
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  Speaker 2: not realize.
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  Speaker 3: That Russia we're in stall Paulo Is. I mean, would
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  Speaker 3: I live in Forworth.
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  Speaker 2: Texas And I can't imagine traffic worse than what I see.
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  Speaker 3: On a regular basis, and you know, two hours to
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  Speaker 3: go nineteen miles.
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  Speaker 1: I imagine that.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, And the last thing and Chiefs fans have not
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  Speaker 2: been really good about this, but I think you've really
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  Speaker 2: got to give a good hat tip to the Chargers.
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  Speaker 3: They had an incredible game plan.
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody thought these guys find a running back
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  Speaker 2: when the first day of free agency, they drafted a
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  Speaker 2: running back in the first round of the draft.
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  Speaker 3: They've got Greg Roman, They've got Jim Harbaugh.
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  Speaker 2: We have years of knowledge of what they're going to do,
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  Speaker 2: and that's not how they came out. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: the Chargers are the best team the Chiefs are going
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  Speaker 2: to face all season. I do think that the Chargers having,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a franchise quarterback, I think I don't think
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  Speaker 2: you could put Justin Herbert outside the top eight quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: and they never really unleashed him like they did on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: I think the Chargers are new were uniquely set up
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  Speaker 2: to really just have an unscouted game plan, and I
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  Speaker 2: think they pulled Steve Spagnola that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was execution too. I mean they executed the
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  Speaker 1: way that they needed to execute against his Chiefs team
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  Speaker 1: in general on both sides to the ball. But I
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  Speaker 1: want to move onto this. You know this upcoming week
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  Speaker 1: here it's a Super Bowl rematch Jared against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: With regard to the Chiefs here and again it's Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: home opener, the energy is going to be really, really high.
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  Speaker 1: These are two teams coming off Week one, again looking
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  Speaker 1: a bit rusty in certain areas, not really strong in
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  Speaker 1: certain aspects of their defensive course, certain areas of the offense.
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  Speaker 1: You know, again, need to get that rust knocked off.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a two part question for you. Let's start
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  Speaker 1: with this first one. What's the biggest area of improvement
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs need on offense? And then we'll move over
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  Speaker 1: to the defense. So that area of improvement that you
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  Speaker 1: want to see on offense, what does that come down to.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that they're going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: get what they really need on offense with Rashid Rice
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  Speaker 2: suspended and now we haven't had a practice week, But
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  Speaker 2: I don't think anybody expects savor Worthy is going to
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  Speaker 2: step up. Yeah, they don't really have a yard after
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  Speaker 2: the catch threat, and you Andy Reid's offense is going
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  Speaker 2: to be very ham strong without a run after the catch.
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  Speaker 2: Wide receiver Hollywood Brown, veteran receiver, very good wide receiver,
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  Speaker 2: I think underrated player. He had a very good second half.
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  Speaker 2: He can run like the wind and get open deep,
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  Speaker 2: but once he catches the ball, he's not going to
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  Speaker 2: do anything with it. Right, There's a couple of rookies
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  Speaker 2: who I'm wondering. I'm wondering if you might if you
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  Speaker 2: might see a little bit bigger role for They had
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  Speaker 2: a rookie fourth Mongan wide receiver, Jalen Royals, who who
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  Speaker 2: they were doing some of that gag stuff within camp.
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  Speaker 2: He's been out with some knee tendonitis. Again, doesn't sound
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  Speaker 2: like it's season ending, but they held he didn't even
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  Speaker 2: travel to Brazil. They had a running back that they
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  Speaker 2: drafted the seventh round, and I know nobody wants to
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  Speaker 2: count on a running back in the seventh round, but
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  Speaker 2: they drafted a running back for chard Smith who was
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  Speaker 2: a college wide receiver, turn and running back that I
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  Speaker 2: think maybe can give a little bit juice and some
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  Speaker 2: gadget plays. Maybe you will see them try to do
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  Speaker 2: some things with those players. But it also wouldn't surprise
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  Speaker 2: me if they're going to hold that back for a
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  Speaker 2: couple of weeks when they see Baltimore, which is a
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  Speaker 2: more important it's going to be a more important game
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  Speaker 2: than Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, on the flip side of things, what's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest area of improvement the Chiefs are going to need
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  Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: It's got to be the past defense.
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  Speaker 2: They did not look like they were anywhere near where
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  Speaker 2: they were supposed to be. And you're and you're talking
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  Speaker 2: about some players who have been successful in the league,
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  Speaker 2: some players on Friday Night, their shortcomings kind of showed
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  Speaker 2: in an extreme form, like we've seen this problem before,
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  Speaker 2: but it's never been this bad. I think communication really
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  Speaker 2: looked like a big issue. The Chiefs did have a
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  Speaker 2: starting cornerback, Christian Fulton, who he's coming back off a
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  Speaker 2: knee cleanup and he's real slow in camp, but they
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  Speaker 2: played them almost the entire third preseason game. He practiced
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  Speaker 2: in full all week, and we thought, well, he's probably
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  Speaker 2: going to play. Steve Spagnola's stereotypical your starting cornerback, you
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  Speaker 2: played one hundred percent of the snaps, and he would
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  Speaker 2: played fifteen snaps, And he went from forty six snaps
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  Speaker 2: in a week three preseason game to fifteen snaps in
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  Speaker 2: Week one. I kind of wondered if that decision was
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  Speaker 2: made a little bit late to scale his rollback, okay,
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  Speaker 2: because it really looked like you had players who have
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  Speaker 2: been in the system for years who did not look
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  Speaker 2: like they knew where to line up at the start
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  Speaker 2: of a play.
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  Speaker 1: There seemed to be confusion every now and again. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's how it looked as somebody on the outside who
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  Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily follow Steve Spagnolo's scheming necessarily. But I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see this week against
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  Speaker 1: this Eagles team how these matchups really work. And it's
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  Speaker 1: also going to be interesting to see too, Jared just
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  Speaker 1: you know Patrick Mahomes, you know, because like it never
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  Speaker 1: ceases to amaze me. The guy just finds ways to
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  Speaker 1: make plays even when the team is down. He has
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  Speaker 1: that it. Eagles fans, I know everybody out there are
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  Speaker 1: gonna get upside with me. If still they we're very honest,
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  Speaker 1: show Patrick Mahomes still one of the greats in this
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  Speaker 1: league at his position. And I've been thinking, especially after
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  Speaker 1: this Week one matchup against the Chargers, Jared, that that
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  Speaker 1: all too often we see him putting the team on
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  Speaker 1: his shoulders, the entire team on his shoulders. We've seen
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  Speaker 1: this time and time again over the years, and I
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  Speaker 1: do wonder if that role is perhaps starting to take
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  Speaker 1: its toll on him in a certain way. Again, it's
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  Speaker 1: early in the season, guys are gonna need to get
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  Speaker 1: reps on both sides of the ball. But really, Patrick
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  Speaker 1: Mahomes really does put the Kansas City Chiefs on his shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: And some may say rightfully so, because of his contract,
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  Speaker 1: because of what he's done in the past. Is one
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  Speaker 1: of the best to play the game. But I'm wondering
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  Speaker 1: if there is too much being placed on Mahomes. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering if you expect to maybe see the same
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  Speaker 1: against the Eagles this week. What are your thoughts.
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna be honest. He was scaring me on Friday
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  Speaker 3: with some of those runs and some of those hits
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  Speaker 3: he was taking.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I want you.
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  Speaker 2: To make a spectacular play, but we we just saw
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  Speaker 2: a wide receiver go down with a dislocated shoulder that
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  Speaker 2: you saw the training staff popping back up.
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  Speaker 3: I don't I don't need to see Mahomes leaning into
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  Speaker 3: the hit like that like you did on a couple
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  Speaker 3: of those runs. Yeah, that they do put too much
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  Speaker 3: on his back.
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  Speaker 2: They've they've managed a massive quarterback contract and also they're
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  Speaker 2: not spending the money that the Eagles ownership is spending.
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  Speaker 3: They've been really good at finding the pieces to put
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  Speaker 3: him in position to succeed. Absolutely, Yeah, they're putting too
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  Speaker 3: They put too much on him.
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  Speaker 2: And my main criticism of Andy Reid he does not
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  Speaker 2: especially the last probably three four years, there's just not
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  Speaker 2: been an attempt to make a run game that limits
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  Speaker 2: those shots Mahomes is taking.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you're and I know he's superman.
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  Speaker 2: I know that playoff run on the high angle spring
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  Speaker 2: that he reaggravated before halftime against the Eagles, and he
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  Speaker 2: came back and did that, and that that's one of
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  Speaker 2: the most amazing things I think I've ever seen in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, is just playing through one of the most
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  Speaker 2: painful injuries in sports, and that had already been managed
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  Speaker 2: for a month. I think they asked him to be
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  Speaker 2: Superman too much.
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  Speaker 3: I don't. I don't think this game.
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  Speaker 2: I think Andy Reid is a very level headed professional,
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  Speaker 2: like I don't. I think he thinks of this as
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  Speaker 2: a completely different vote than what happened with the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 2: Eagles in the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think he holds grudges.
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  Speaker 2: I really think he moves on as fast as it
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  Speaker 2: looks like this is a circle on Patrick Mahomes' calendar. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he's going to want this one, and he's probably going
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  Speaker 2: to want to do some superhuman stuff even without his
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  Speaker 2: two best wide receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I would absolutely agree with you on that. That's
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  Speaker 1: just type, that's the type of player that he is. Again, folks,
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  Speaker 2: Years of doing this, I would stress patience right. I
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  Speaker 1: All right, We are back and again here with Jared
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  Speaker 1: into some of these matchups Jared, that we're gonna see
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  Speaker 1: this week. The one I'm really gonna be concentrating on
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  Speaker 1: is within the trenches and specifically Landon Dickerson, left guard
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  Speaker 1: of the Philadelphia Eagles against Chris Jones and just that
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  Speaker 1: interior of that Chief's defensive line. Landon Dickerson, as many
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  Speaker 1: of us know, has had a back injury that's just
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  Speaker 1: not going away anytime soon. It's been lingering and lingering
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  Speaker 1: and lingering for weeks now. At this point, it really
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  Speaker 1: could be an issue for the Eagles offensive line quite frankly.
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  Speaker 1: So that's what I'm really gonna be honing in on
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  Speaker 1: this week. What matchup are you gonna be looking at
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  Speaker 1: in the trenches this week?
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  Speaker 3: And why I'm definitely looking at how Chris Jones responds
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  Speaker 3: this week. It's Chris Jones.
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  Speaker 2: It looked like he freelanced on that third and fourteen
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the game Friday night to where
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  Speaker 2: they had a great chance to get the ball back
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  Speaker 2: to Mahomes, and the way they were playing at that point,
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  Speaker 2: I think they could have won. And Chris Jones turned
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  Speaker 2: the wrong direction to get Justin Herbert. There was nobody
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  Speaker 2: else to contain him, and he just ran nonsluntly to
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  Speaker 2: the side and ran for the first down and they
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  Speaker 2: ice the game. And It's been a very long time
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  Speaker 2: since I've seen the Chiefs player taking the criticism on
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  Speaker 2: social media and the comment section of my site like
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  Speaker 2: I've seen Chris Jones taking it this week. He's taken
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  Speaker 2: a lot of still a lot of abuse this week
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  Speaker 2: from Chiefs fans. I mean, again, you've got the contract,
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  Speaker 2: you should be living up to it. He's called out
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  Speaker 2: on the field by his teammate, linebacker Drew Trankle. It's
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  Speaker 2: pretty pretty ugly speak when there, so I'm really curious
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  Speaker 2: how he's going to respond because there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: pressure on him to deliver.
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  Speaker 3: A good week this week. Really watching that chief offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: They've rebuilt it.
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  Speaker 2: They've got a rookie left tackle who fell and most
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  Speaker 2: people think would have been a top ten selection in
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  Speaker 2: the draft if not for a torn pateeler tendon and
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  Speaker 2: Josh Timmins. He tore out Ohio State last year, and
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  Speaker 2: the most surprising thing has been that he was He's
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  Speaker 2: taken every.
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  Speaker 3: Starting left tackle rep since early in the offseason, like
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people thought this might it might be
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  Speaker 3: half the season for he's back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's taken every starting left tackle we've seen
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  Speaker 2: so far. Last year, the Chiefs thought Kingsley Suemantaiya, who's
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: their left guard now? They thought he was the select
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  Speaker 2: the solution that left tackle a year ago and he
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: played okay against the Ravens in Week one, and then
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Week two he went up against Trey Hendrickson of the
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Mingles and.
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  Speaker 3: He didn't play again, I think until Week A team
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  Speaker 3: when the starters were bold.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a big test you got to weak of
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: them on you can you hold up like I don't
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  Speaker 2: think the Chiefs are gonna have the Eagles offensive line
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  Speaker 2: anytime soon. But the Chiefs didn't have the Eagles offensive
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  Speaker 2: line when they won the Super Bowl against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Mean Mahomes was on the run against the forty nine
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  Speaker 2: ers And the year later, is the offensive line going
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  Speaker 2: to be good enough to get Mahomes time to do anything,
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  Speaker 2: because they weren't in that first half of the Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl last year. And it's it's just gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: really big test from you know, a defensive coordinator who's
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: coming off with some really strong success against what they do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're gonna have one Jalen Carter who's gonna
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: be pretty hungry playing his first game of the season
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  Speaker 1: after being a jerk last week. Of course, knowing what
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  Speaker 1: he did. It's gonna be interesting to see that matchup
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  Speaker 1: for sure. But you know, as we're continuing the DISCUSSI here,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Hurts didn't put up the greatest numbers
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  Speaker 1: in the world in Week one, but he was absolutely
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  Speaker 1: the MVP in that game against the Cowboys because of
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  Speaker 1: what he did with his legs. And Jalen Hurts has
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  Speaker 1: consistently done this. He's consistently growing as a quarterback frankly,
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  Speaker 1: and consistently getting better in different facets, in different areas
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  Speaker 1: of his game. Again, sole reason why the Eagles won
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: in Week one. Now, the Chiefs defense is going to
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: need to contain him right out of the gate if
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: they are going to have an opportunity to win this game.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Stay in this game. Jalen Hurts? Is that good again?
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: We go back to the Super Bowl, we saw what
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts did, then there's certainly no regression there with
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: him at all. How can the Chiefs really negate what
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: the reigning Super Bowl MVP can do with his legs
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: and how he's just able to keep drives alive? What
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts here, Jared.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be really interested to see this because
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: I think Chiefs fans have forgotten it.
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  Speaker 3: I think the NFL has forgotten that.
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  Speaker 2: I thought for about the first quarter and the half
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: of the Super Bowl, I thought it looked like Steve
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Spagnola had showed up with an outstanding game plan. They
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: they were doing a great job of limiting what the
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Eagles can do. Early on in the Super Bowl, they
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: containing for sure, and as it became.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: Clear that the Chiefs offense wasn't going to be able
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: to get them more than four plays.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Of rest at a time, it just unraveled. I do
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: think Spagnola can be successful against Hurts. He he had
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: a pretty good game plan. If I'm remembering right. When
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: the Chiefs and Eagles played on Monday Night Football, a
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: couple of years ago the game that again Mahomes was
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: in good position to win it and I believe had
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: a like then he had a heartbreaking drop by Mark
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: poys Vela.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: Scanting on the last drive if I remember that game correctly.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: But Stagna's always had a good game plan I think
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: against Lamar Jackson. He's always been really successful at getting
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson into a passing.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: Rhythm and not not being able to rely on the
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: run game as much.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, and so yeah, I'm sorry, go ahead.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: He's been generally been pretty good at taking Lamar in
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: either limiting Lamar's arm or his legs. He can usually
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: take one of those away. I'm wondering if you're gonna
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: see a game plan like that. I don't think you're
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: gonna see Chris Jones trusted to go after Jalen Hurts
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: on his own because if Justin Herbert can beat you
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: that bad, I can't imagine what Jalen Hurts is gonna do.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna it's uh, I mean, And like I said,
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Hurts is getting better at seeing the
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: field in general. He really is getting better at it.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: And it's gonna say, I think we're gonna see some
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: blitzes for sure this week. And given the Eagles secondary situation,
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: the cornerback two situation for the Eagles defense not great
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: and according to Vic Fangio, Dori Jackson likely gonna be
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: starting again this week. Too much of Eagles Nations dismay. So, buddy,
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you go here in a second,
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: But as we do on all of our pregame preview
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: shows here on Opposition Territory with our guests, we want
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: to end with the two questions, the one thing the
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Chiefs are going to need to hit on for a
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: win against the Eagles this week, and vice versa. So
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: let's start with the one thing you believe the Chiefs
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: are going to need to hit on for that win
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Eagles this week.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: What are your thoughts that defense has to be better?
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: And that's a really tall order when you got aj
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: Brown and Devanta Smith coming to town.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: If Lad mcconkee a shell of if Lad mcconakye.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Or Rookie a veteran who's back with the Chargers after
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: a year away, who's in his thirties, if they can
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: all do that to you, I can't imagine what the
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Eagles are going to be able to do if you
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: can't line up the assignments better. I mean, the Eagles
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: are going to hit some big plays. Can you limit
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: it enough to where the Chiefs can match the big
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: plays and with the wide receivers, the Chiefs are going.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: To be trotting out.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: I guess it's probably not, but the Chiefs have to
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: hit better on pass defense. Pass defense is the biggest
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: reason why they're not want to know right now?
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Well, on the flip side of things here,
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: what's the one thing you think that Philadelphia Eagles are
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: going to need to hit on for a win against
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs out in Kansas City this week since.
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: They're going to get the pressure they got in the
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: Super Bowl. But they've got to be able to get
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: home with four and rattle Patrick Mahomes. I mean, we
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: have a big enough sample right now. If you can
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: get home with four and you're not having to the
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: vote Blitzer and you've got the extra bodies and coverage,
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's the key to limiting Patrick Mahomes
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: and again without the yards after the catch threat to
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: kind of bail the Chiefs out. I think you can
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: really style me the Chiefs offense if he can't get
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: a few big shots.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, all right again, folks. He is Jared Sap from
• 23:58
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• 24:02
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• 24:05
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• 24:07
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• 24:10
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• 24:14
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• 24:15
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• 24:19
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