0:12

Do I have any doubt about the Chiefs beating the

0:14

Lions? Never a doubt. Give

0:16

me a break. They're gonna

0:19

be just fine. So no, I'm

0:21

not worried about it. I am flatly

0:23

not worried about it. Why does no

0:25

one understand what's going on with the

0:27

Chiefs except me? So I'm not worried

0:29

about the Chiefs at all. Everyone

0:32

right now, except for me

0:34

it would seem, is freaking out

0:36

about the wide receivers. They

0:39

will be fine. This

0:42

tattoo is gonna go

0:44

down as one of the

0:47

greatest sports prediction tattoos ever. We'll

0:49

see if I end up being right. Welcome

0:56

in! That's right with Nick

0:58

Wright, episode 216,

1:01

our annual edition where we discuss

1:03

the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl.

1:06

It's a tradition around here. Damanze

1:08

is dressed for the occasion and

1:11

it is a unique

1:13

spot to be in where

1:17

simply by believing in

1:19

Patrick Mahomes, I

1:22

get to be the rightest man

1:24

in sports media. It

1:27

is as if I

1:30

covered physics 110 years

1:33

ago and I just kept betting on Einstein

1:35

and people are like, how do you do

1:37

it? What's your secret?

1:39

It's like, I don't know, is

1:41

the best we've ever seen and he seems pretty good.

1:44

All right, so welcome in. A lot

1:46

to do today. There's a winter storm

1:49

in New York City that has appeared

1:51

to have some impact on our internet,

1:54

which I know can be spotty and frustrating for people

1:56

at times. I think we've got it figured out. watching

2:00

live on YouTube and there's an issue I

2:02

apologize but we will get the full episode

2:04

up and I think we're gonna be fine

2:07

Damanze won money on the Super

2:09

Bowl, Damanze won money on the

2:11

teaser, the teaser by the

2:13

way either way the teaser you

2:15

wanted to do would have hit,

2:17

the teaser I convinced you to

2:19

do needed overtime to hit, I

2:22

almost cost you on that but the

2:24

Chiefs won so I want to talk

2:26

big picture and then

2:29

about the game and Damanze will jump in

2:31

and out with questions and thoughts. The

2:34

big picture we just showed it, Patrick

2:37

tweeting never a doubt so

2:39

I'm gonna talk about me and then the big

2:41

picture I guess and

2:44

I know that there are

2:46

some people wondering was that coincidental

2:49

I don't want to reveal any confidence is but

2:52

a hundred percent not coincidental and in fact

2:54

you know what Patrick won't be mad about

2:57

this Patrick hit me

3:00

right after the Ravens game and

3:03

and text me never a doubt but

3:06

and then next next one but

3:08

still more work to do and

3:11

I and I'm not ashamed

3:14

to say this I will be totally

3:16

honest I said to him

3:18

I was like hey man I think

3:20

I called him a legend and then said

3:22

if you wanted to

3:25

tweet out never a doubt

3:27

it wouldn't exactly be bad

3:29

for me and then two

3:32

hours after winning the Super Bowl he

3:34

puts that on Instagram and

3:36

IG and text me I told

3:39

you I got you see you

3:41

at the parade and it's about

3:43

as good as it gets guys I'm not gonna

3:45

lie to you the Kansas City is very small

3:48

town even when its

3:50

athletes are the biggest stars in

3:53

the world and right after

3:55

the greatest

3:57

athlete in Kansas City history

4:01

Arguably the greatest athlete in NFL history

4:03

and we will see where he goes

4:05

down in all of sports history. Right

4:08

after what I consider the crowning moment

4:10

of his career, the fact that he

4:13

shouted out what we

4:15

do on the television show and my never

4:18

wavering support was a

4:20

very cool moment. So big picture

4:22

wise, why did

4:26

this seem so obvious to me? Not

4:29

that there's never an obvious Super

4:31

Bowl champion, right? It's single

4:34

elimination. These games are close. They're

4:36

one score games. But why did

4:38

it seem so obvious to me

4:40

that the Chiefs were being written

4:43

off in a way that was

4:46

baffling and that they were as

4:48

viable as any team? And now

4:50

everyone is catching up to it, but

4:53

it was three. They had the three

4:56

biggest pieces you need for

4:58

any Super Bowl champion in

5:01

any era of football. They

5:03

had a legitimately great

5:06

defense that

5:08

just became one of only a handful

5:10

of teams in all of NFL history

5:12

to never allow 28 points in a

5:14

game. In

5:17

fact, that defense only allowed 25 points

5:20

one time all season, which

5:23

puts them up with some of

5:25

the greatest defenses we've ever seen.

5:28

So that was the first checkmark

5:30

that was being overlooked. They had

5:32

an unquestioned great coach that

5:36

was in the argument and now

5:38

is unquestionably the best active coach

5:41

in the league and one of

5:43

the greatest coaches ever. And

5:46

a quarterback who,

5:49

while I do not think quarterback

5:52

wins are a stat,

5:55

I do think there is such a thing

5:57

for a quarterback as no one. How

6:00

to win the reason I

6:03

don't like quarterback wins as

6:05

a stat It's a you

6:07

know weaponized against certain

6:10

players or used to laud

6:12

others is because there

6:15

are so often

6:17

in the NFL a quarterback

6:20

does everything he needs to do

6:22

leaves the field with the lead and

6:24

never sees the ball again and takes

6:27

a loss or when

6:29

we saw throughout some of this regular

6:31

season a quarterback could play great as

6:34

Mahomes did and His

6:36

teammates let him down like happened in

6:38

week one as offensive teammates but

6:41

what I do think is a

6:44

real thing is Recognizing

6:48

the type of football that

6:51

is demanded in given

6:54

situations and rising

6:56

to that occasion and What

6:58

you saw from Patrick Mahomes on

7:01

this arc of the postseason was?

7:05

week one of the playoffs

7:07

wildcard round against Miami what

7:09

it was going to take Was

7:12

for him as the tip of

7:14

the spear as the leader of the team

7:16

to look totally

7:18

and completely unfazed

7:21

by negative 30 degrees and He

7:24

did that by opening and read

7:26

did it by calling three straight passes

7:28

by opening the game up saying We

7:30

are not changing anything and

7:33

that game was won in my

7:35

opinion by The

7:38

mentality of Patrick versus

7:40

the mentality of two in the Dolphins

7:43

the from Mike McDaniel to toa

7:45

to Tyreke to everyone They

7:48

looked like they didn't want to be there

7:51

and the Chiefs looked like at it's a

7:53

little chilly out here What

7:55

it what that game took was

7:57

that you were going to have to? show

8:00

up and just pretend it

8:02

wasn't the coldest football game of your

8:05

life. The next game against

8:08

Josh Allen and the Bills

8:10

in Buffalo, what that game

8:13

was going to take from Patrick was

8:15

perfection. I am

8:17

going to have to make the big throws

8:20

down the field, run the ball.

8:23

I am going to have to make zero

8:26

mistakes. And

8:28

that's exactly what he did. I

8:30

am not going to have a ton of

8:33

the super short stuff or the super deep

8:35

stuff, but because of the injuries to their

8:37

linebackers, I am going to be able to

8:39

live in the intermediate part of

8:41

this field. And that is where

8:43

he lived. The

8:46

AFC Championship game in Baltimore,

8:48

the moment the Chiefs Patrick

8:51

needed to come out guns

8:53

blazing and put

8:56

the pressure on Baltimore, he did

8:58

back to back touchdown drives the

9:00

moment that happened. And

9:02

then the Chiefs got up 10 what

9:04

that game took was punts. Don't

9:07

turn the ball over. Don't get greedy

9:10

as long as every

9:12

time I have the ball. We're

9:14

up more than one score. All

9:18

I need to do is make sure

9:20

I don't give them a score. And

9:22

in that game, he did nothing the

9:24

entire second half until

9:26

the one possession where

9:29

it was a one score game,

9:31

the final possession, and then he

9:33

uncorked a perfect 35-yard throw down

9:36

the middle of the field. That

9:39

should be noted when the

9:41

Chiefs lost to the Eagles and

9:44

MVS dropped the game-winning touchdown

9:46

pass and everyone wanted Patrick

9:49

to kill him. Patrick

9:51

went to the podium and said something that I

9:53

think even I was like, oh my gosh,

9:55

you might be taking this accountability thing too far.

9:58

If you remember... He said,

10:00

I could have thrown

10:02

it a little bit shorter. And

10:05

we all ignore, we all were like, give me a break.

10:07

It hit him in the hands. He was reaching forward at

10:09

him in the hands. Fast

10:11

forward two months later, the

10:13

biggest throw of the season up to that point,

10:16

two MVS, same coverage.

10:18

What does he do? He doesn't lead him. He

10:21

throws it a little bit shorter to

10:24

where the ball almost catches MVS, where

10:28

it lands in his chest

10:30

to where it's almost undroppable.

10:33

And then the Super Bowl. What

10:36

was it going to take

10:39

from Patrick Mahomes? It

10:42

was going to take, go

10:44

ahead, Damase, go. I'm

10:46

gonna take some legs. I know that. Exactly

10:49

right. Yeah, he's doing it a

10:51

lot. Well, and

10:54

here is the, what'll I think blow your mind about

10:56

it. So we're used to

10:58

seeing Patrick and the playoffs take off and run.

11:01

And this is where Andy gets credit and

11:03

Patrick gets credit. So Patrick,

11:07

the year they won the Super Bowl, he

11:10

hurt his

11:12

knee on a QB sneak. And

11:15

that was 2019, they took out the quarterback

11:17

sneaks. Then in 2020, in

11:19

the playoffs against the Browns, they

11:22

were running an option play. And

11:25

the league thought Patrick

11:27

got concussed. He actually got

11:30

choked and blacked out, but

11:32

he got choked on the edge and

11:34

had to be out for the rest of the game, was ruled out. That

11:37

was the anything as possible game. That

11:40

was the playoffs in 2020, okay? The

11:43

Chiefs had not

11:45

called a

11:47

single, this is via Bill Barnwell, a

11:50

single designed quarterback

11:52

run from that moment

11:56

until the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. They

11:59

went six. 60 games without saying

12:01

the design of this play is for

12:03

Patrick to keep it and run but

12:07

when the moment demanded it

12:10

when Nicky Bosa is Crashing down

12:12

and crashing down and crashing down

12:15

Patrick takes advantage of

12:17

that on a triple option designed

12:19

run for 22 yards and

12:22

then with the Super Bowl on the line trailing

12:26

in overtime fourth-in-one

12:29

designed quarterback run

12:33

It's what the moment demanded

12:35

so it is what Patrick

12:38

delivered and and

12:42

so that is What

12:44

so we now the numbers on this are

12:46

now insane Okay, I am I'm

12:48

just gonna throw a few at you and

12:51

then we'll get into the actual game But

12:53

the numbers are truly unlike

12:56

anything Damanze we've ever

12:58

seen before and they seem make-believe

13:01

so I and I've got

13:03

a the great stats producer

13:06

from From

13:08

first things first we used them

13:10

on the show But he

13:12

sent him to me in an email because I knew I'd want

13:14

to use them on the podcast as well playoff

13:17

history When

13:19

trailing by double digits, okay

13:22

playoff history before

13:24

Tom Brady came around And

13:27

this is where great athletes Damanze

13:31

change our brain on

13:33

what is Expected

13:36

or possible. This is

13:38

why I've said LeBron playing at this

13:40

level at 39 Staff

13:43

is low-key Getting the short

13:45

end of the stick for what he's doing at

13:47

35 Cuz LeBron

13:49

at 35 led the Lakers to a title.

13:52

So people are thinking. Oh, yeah at 35.

13:54

You're still in your prime You're not you

13:56

know, you know Jordan was at the very end of his

13:59

prime up to it Exactly,

14:01

Curry is, but if LeBron hadn't

14:03

just done it, people were saying,

14:05

oh my god. Okay,

14:07

so before Tom Brady came

14:10

around, postseason

14:12

history, down by

14:14

10 or more, teams

14:18

won 11% of the time. Okay?

14:22

Before Tom Brady took over, NFL

14:25

history, all quarterbacks, all

14:27

teams. If you're down by 10

14:29

in the playoffs, you win 11% of

14:31

the time. Brady

14:35

then took over,

14:38

and in 14 playoff games that he

14:40

was down by double digits, won

14:42

six of them. And

14:45

before his final playoff game ever, he had won, he

14:47

had basically won half. You

14:50

know, he was six and seven going in his last game ever. So

14:53

Brady changed what we

14:55

looked at down 10 as, oh,

14:58

you're in trouble, but you

15:01

got a chance. So all of NFL history

15:03

is 11%. Brady,

15:06

six and eight, 43%. Patrick

15:09

Moone's been down double digits in the playoffs

15:11

seven times. He's won five of

15:13

those games. That's 71%. Okay,

15:17

let's take it further. In

15:20

the last decade, I'm sorry, in

15:22

the last five years, since this

15:24

chief's dynasty started, there

15:27

have been 11 double

15:30

digit playoff comebacks. Okay?

15:34

Mahomes has five, the

15:37

rest of the league has six. In

15:40

the last five years, there

15:43

have been 11 double

15:45

digit playoff comebacks. Patrick

15:47

Mahomes is five

15:49

and one down double digits in the

15:51

playoffs. Every other team in the

15:54

league is six and 48, 11%.

15:58

That same 11. 11%

16:02

the Super Bowl down double

16:04

digits before Tom

16:06

Brady came along a Double-digit

16:09

Super Bowl comeback had been

16:11

done twice in NFL

16:13

history these

16:15

teams down 10 in

16:17

the Super Bowl other than

16:19

Mahomes and Brady two and 47

16:23

okay Brady

16:26

two and one Patrick now

16:29

three in one and

16:31

I will expand it one step further Just

16:34

down and this is where

16:36

greats change our brains Just

16:39

down a touchdown in

16:42

the playoffs just down Seven

16:44

points you can be down seven nothing

16:46

after the opening drive before

16:49

Brady came along teams

16:51

down seven in the playoffs Won

16:55

20% of the time Brady

17:00

Was 10 and 11? Won

17:02

48 percent of the time

17:05

two and a half times more often than

17:07

everybody else Brady did it Patrick

17:10

is 9 and 2 in

17:13

playoff games. He trailed 7 82%

17:18

of the time He finds

17:20

a way go ahead So

17:23

you've called him the greatest active living

17:25

athlete before so do you think that

17:27

he's yeah asked Michael Jordan and Tom

17:30

Brady from the sounds of it So

17:34

I'm I'm glad you asked that because that's

17:36

why I So

17:38

some people misconstrued that so that's why

17:40

I said active. So the

17:44

The what I am so

17:46

let me explain exactly what I think by

17:48

that. So Jordan Brady obviously aren't active But

17:51

LeBron is and you know what I mean? So am I

17:53

saying he's running LeBron? I am

17:56

so I will give all the Mahomes superlatives now

17:58

and then we'll do the game break So

18:01

I think Patrick Mahomes, by greatest

18:03

active living athlete, what I mean

18:06

is take the best player, current

18:09

best player in every sport, Mahomes is the

18:11

best. So I'm right now

18:13

not comparing him to LeBron. I'm comparing

18:15

him to Jokic or Giannis. Mahomes is

18:17

the best. Mahomes is the greatest act.

18:20

Mahomes is better at football than any

18:23

other athlete in their respective sport right

18:25

now. Yes, that's how I

18:27

feel. Absolutely, unequivocally

18:29

yes. Now, as

18:32

far as the Brady Mahomes stuff, this

18:40

is all

18:43

we can do is if

18:45

you are a count the rings

18:47

sycophant, then Mahomes obviously has

18:49

a lot of work to do. Okay,

18:52

if you are just going to say

18:54

he must get to seven and by

18:56

the way, spoiler alert, Damanze, if Mahomes

18:58

gets to seven, what folks will say

19:01

is yeah, but they both have seven.

19:03

Brady had never beat him. Right,

19:06

so he actually needs eight. That's fine.

19:08

All we can do is look at pace. And

19:12

Mahomes has six years as a starter, has won the

19:14

Super Bowl and half of them, been to the Super

19:16

Bowl and 67% of them, been to the conference title

19:18

game every single year. Brady in six

19:20

years as a starter, won

19:23

the Super Bowl in half of them. Yeah,

19:27

that's right. Brady won the Super Bowl in

19:29

half of them, went to the Super Bowl in

19:33

half of them, and went to the

19:35

conference championship game in half of them.

19:37

So he is, no, in

19:40

four of the six. So he's

19:42

ahead of that pace and Brady

19:44

for his career, won the Super Bowl

19:46

32% of the time, went to the Super Bowl

19:48

45% of the time, went to the conference championship

19:50

game 65% of the time. So

19:52

he's ahead of all those paces. But

19:55

that's a different question. If

19:58

the question is, I

20:01

can have any quarterback

20:04

in any era in And

20:07

I don't in any situation for

20:10

one drive one

20:12

game one season who is

20:14

my pick of Course,

20:17

it's Patrick Mahomes and I

20:19

would challenge Anyone

20:22

who thinks it's differently to tell

20:24

me the quarterback you're

20:26

taking What they can

20:28

do that Mahomes can't Because

20:31

the answer is nothing there

20:34

is nothing any of

20:36

these other legends could do that Mahomes

20:38

can't Oh Montana clutch

20:40

my homes is the greatest

20:43

come-from-bind quarterback ever Oh Do

20:46

a game manager don't just take care

20:48

of the football situation Mom just set

20:50

the record for longest consecutive playoff games

20:53

without throwing a pick. Oh

20:55

do it with amazing weapons The oh seven

20:57

Patriots style. Okay. No problem. My home's first

20:59

year in the league through 50 touchdowns and

21:01

5,000 yards All right, do

21:03

it without a bunch of weapons last

21:06

year without a number one receiver Set

21:08

the all-time NFL record for yards in

21:10

a season passing and rushing combined. All

21:12

right, do it with a great defense

21:14

They traded away Tyree kill there's seven

21:16

to know in the playoffs this year

21:19

leaning on their defense No,

21:21

so is Mahomes a game manager? Yes

21:24

Is Mahomes a high

21:26

flying trick shot artist? Yes

21:29

is Mahomes a front-runner? Sure

21:31

is Mahomes the best come-from-behind guy

21:34

you betcha Whatever

21:36

type of player you need for

21:38

that game. He will be that

21:42

is who the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs

21:44

is and There

21:47

there are so there was an

21:49

interesting moment in the Super Bowl when

21:52

Rice got upset Rishi, right thought

21:54

I was gonna score the walk-off

21:56

touchdown so two

21:59

things there One is, Rice

22:02

didn't realize that there was a bad

22:04

snap and that Mahomes had to look

22:06

down. So Mahomes looked

22:08

down so he didn't see Rice

22:11

breaking open. I

22:13

am of the belief, DeMansay, that

22:15

even if he saw him open, he

22:18

was not broken. That's why

22:20

I liked Rasheer Rice getting on his ass about

22:22

it. I do think that even though he's a

22:24

rookie, I feel like it's crazy for him to

22:26

come to Mahomes like that. But

22:28

he was wide open and I noticed that after

22:31

he parked at Mahomes, Mahomes got the

22:33

ball to him when he was open and they ended up

22:35

winning the game. So

22:37

here's the thing. I don't

22:39

have any problem with what Rasheer Rice did and

22:42

Rasheer Rice, by the way, has handled himself beautifully.

22:45

And it's okay for some fiery stuff on the sidelines

22:47

held. Andy, Travis

22:50

Kelsey damn near did an elder abuse

22:52

on Andy Reid. And remind

22:54

me, DeMansay, to talk about that. But I want to talk about the Rasheer

22:56

Rice thing right now. Okay. So

22:59

Rice was spectacular this year. Loving.

23:02

And he's such a great kid. And

23:04

he seems so like, pinch me, I

23:07

can't believe I'm on this team. I really

23:09

love the player. And

23:12

I don't mind him being fiery. His

23:14

only issue was, believe it or not, he

23:16

actually led the Chiefs and Drops. Okay.

23:20

So if you think

23:22

about some of the

23:24

worst Chiefs moments this year, they

23:28

weren't MVS dropping

23:30

the pass against

23:32

the Eagles. They were Caderi's

23:34

Tony dropping a

23:36

pass on a route

23:39

just like Rice was running where

23:41

it hits him in the hands and he pops it up

23:43

in the air and it gets kicked off. Right. So

23:47

10 seconds left in the Super Bowl at the

23:49

10 yard line down three points because

23:51

of Butker, who's a

23:54

legendary postseason performer. You

23:56

have overtime luck.

24:00

With the new rules, you're

24:02

guaranteed a possession. I

24:05

do not think Patrick Mahomes was

24:08

throwing the ball there when

24:10

they had overtime in their back pocket to

24:14

anyone other than Travis on

24:16

the edge because that was the

24:19

only pass he could make that was

24:21

a 0% interception pass. No

24:26

rice running across the field, open,

24:28

but with the safety coming down,

24:31

I think that ... Do you

24:33

understand what I'm saying here? I get what you're

24:35

saying. I think that

24:37

... Now maybe that's not the right play, but

24:40

in my mind, what is happening there

24:44

is Patrick is saying, and

24:46

again, maybe I'm overanalyzing it. Maybe

24:48

it is as simple as the

24:51

snap was low so he never saw him. What I

24:53

think it was, I am

24:55

not going to risk that we

24:57

lose the game on some

25:00

looking on things. You did throw the

25:02

ball was the same spot at

25:04

the end of the day. I think if anything were to happen with

25:06

it. It

25:08

was either going to be a great

25:10

play by Travis or we're going to over

25:13

him. Just a dead ball. Right. What

25:15

it was not going to be is this rookie

25:18

who is awesome but

25:20

has had a fumbling issue and

25:23

a drops issue, I'm going to

25:25

throw it over the middle yards away

25:27

from the end zone with seconds left in

25:29

the Super Bowl. I

25:32

think Rishi probably ... I don't know if Rishi was

25:35

thinking that or not, but Rishi probably ... even trust

25:37

me buddy, I'm there. Seems

25:40

like what he was thinking. But

25:44

also Creed Humphrey, who I think is

25:47

the best center in football, had snap

25:49

issues, all playoffs. All

25:51

playoffs, they were all low and it throws

25:53

off timing. Momes dealt with it. Momes dealt

25:55

with it in overtime. MBS

25:59

took a ... Six-yard gain and

26:01

went back. Oh my go Yeah,

26:05

no, that was really annoying What

26:07

I mean didn't seem like he I kind

26:09

of seem like he got thrown that way

26:11

though Like he kind of got

26:13

thrown and then it's a weird rule So

26:16

you get your forward progress? Unless

26:19

you then try to go forward

26:23

So it so it when he was thrown

26:25

if he'd have just gone down He'd

26:28

have gotten to six yards But the

26:30

moment you regather and then try to

26:32

go it starts anew So

26:35

he regathered and then was like, oh

26:37

man, I lost four yards. Let me

26:39

let me go back further That

26:42

was almost a real disaster. Yeah, and so

26:44

and that's they got out of that Super

26:46

Bowl They got out of it. All right.

26:49

I want to talk about the biggest moments of the game

26:52

Because sometimes we go to macro

26:55

And don't get into the micro so

26:57

I'm just gonna go drive by drive

26:59

and I apologize if this is a

27:01

little laborious and Demons that you jump

27:03

in whenever you drive. Let's go Not

27:07

play by play but drive by drive. All right

27:10

opening drive of the game I Didn't

27:13

like how things were going Cuz

27:16

there were the Niners Got

27:19

they went first and ten second and four

27:21

first and ten first and ten first and

27:24

ten and I'm like, well Not

27:26

even forcing many second downs much

27:29

less third downs. This is not

27:31

good Now I wasn't panics

27:33

because the Chiefs have been such a better

27:35

second half defense than first half defense but

27:37

I didn't love it and

27:39

then the McCaffrey fumble happens and

27:42

I'm I am over

27:44

the moon Because I

27:47

I know the math on if

27:50

you don't win the turnover battle, you don't beat

27:52

the Chiefs The Chiefs

27:54

the the only games they lost this

27:56

year. They lost the turnover battle except

27:58

for the first game of the year,

28:00

they tied the turnover battle, but the turnover

28:03

was a pick six, which counts in my

28:05

brain as two turnovers. So I'm like, okay,

28:07

this is a blown opportunity. And

28:10

then the Chiefs first

28:13

drive goes three and out, and

28:16

it's like, all right, you know what I mean? We're

28:19

fine. Three and out is what it is.

28:21

And then the Chiefs defense settles a bit. Really

28:24

what happens? The Niners get a

28:26

couple of brutal penalties and

28:29

that drive stalls. And

28:32

now we're just kind of trading punts.

28:36

And then the Niners have

28:38

the first significant moment

28:40

of the game when

28:42

right at the end of the, after

28:44

the end of the first quarter, they

28:46

get in Chiefs territory. They

28:48

have a third and 14 and

28:52

I thought the Monza, they were going

28:54

to go short over the

28:56

middle or run McCaffrey, make

28:58

it an easier field goal for

29:00

Jake Moody. The Niners

29:03

instead take a deep shot to

29:05

Debo. And that was

29:07

the play that Trent

29:09

McDuffie had perfect coverage.

29:12

Perfect was one on one with Debo. He

29:14

jumps in the end zone, bats it away.

29:17

And now it's third, it's fourth

29:19

and 14. And

29:21

I'm thinking we are cooking

29:24

with gas here. This Moody

29:26

guy is going to miss the

29:28

kick and we got like, and, and

29:31

Moody, who to the Niners credit, they

29:33

got rid of Robbie Gold, who was

29:35

as money as any kicker in the

29:38

league inside of 40 because he didn't

29:40

have a big enough leg. And

29:43

they, they go with this rookie from

29:45

Michigan who has a monster

29:47

leg, but had been erratic this

29:49

year and he has the longest

29:53

field goal at that time in NFL history.

29:55

Okay. So that is,

29:58

is, is, so Now

30:00

it's three nothing. Alright, next

30:03

drive. The Chiefs once again,

30:07

first play doesn't do much.

30:10

The drive is kind of going

30:13

spotty. Rishi Rice fumbles.

30:16

Keep that in mind. He fumbled in this

30:18

game. Now Tony Romo oddly was like,

30:20

was that intentional Jim? I

30:22

promise you he was not intentionally

30:25

lateraling forward while being tackled. The

30:29

Chiefs recover it. And

30:31

that's when Mahomes uncorks

30:35

the bomb to McColl. And

30:37

McColl, who has had trouble tracking

30:39

balls all year, the

30:43

safety for the Niners lost the ball

30:45

in the lights or something. McColl

30:47

tracks it down. And that

30:49

was when we then got the...

30:52

The Pacheco. ...fumbled by Pacheco. So,

30:56

and that's when we then also saw Travis

31:02

get into it with Andy. So

31:04

let me give a little context there. First

31:07

of all, this is why sports

31:10

and everything, life is so these

31:12

little tiny moments, man. If

31:14

Andy falls over, I... Not

31:19

only do the Chiefs probably lose, but

31:22

like it is now Travis

31:25

Kelce's entire life is different.

31:28

If when he bumps Andy, if

31:31

Andy falls, I think

31:33

Travis maybe is just

31:35

done for the day that the

31:37

Chiefs... You know what I mean? Like

31:39

there is these little moments. Go ahead,

31:41

Demase. I mean, I just kind

31:43

of notice, I kind of look

31:46

at people's body language and stuff. When

31:49

Andy Reid started to slip over, I noticed

31:51

that Travis Kelce's fist was still bald. I

31:53

noticed that he didn't like... I've kind of felt that

31:55

he noticed that he was falling over and he

31:58

was just continuing to scream at him. I

32:00

really like to do is kind of put their head

32:02

down, you know, didn't like grab something, but I think

32:05

I think that if I mean They

32:07

those two guys clearly Deeply

32:09

got a good relationship exactly and but

32:12

same with Travis if you remember a

32:14

couple years ago Travis and

32:16

be enemy got into it on the sideline Travis

32:18

to arm shoved him But for

32:20

some reason with your position coach It's like not

32:23

considered as big of a deal and then

32:25

later that game he and be enemy hugged

32:27

Travis, you know Travis punched a teammate

32:29

in practice. Yeah He

32:32

knows It's

32:35

really high strong It's

32:37

competitive So and it's

32:39

not again. It's a bad look and Travis

32:42

was embarrassed by it Andy You

32:44

know Andy's Andy and just you

32:46

know, he totally let him off the hook Totally

32:49

let him off the hook. I think

32:51

he just kept his eyes forward to be honest. Yeah, I

32:53

was like Like I'm not

32:55

even gonna and by the way, Jarek McKinnon

32:58

Came over and grabbed Travis veteran leader. Yeah, been on

33:00

the team for a long time was on IR made

33:02

some big plays in this game But

33:05

I think so I'm not excusing what trav did

33:09

But I think the context is fascinating

33:12

So do you remember? Daman say I

33:14

think we talked about it on this show

33:16

if not, I'll remind the audience what

33:18

Travis said about About the

33:20

McColl Hardman fumble against

33:22

the Ravens when McColl

33:25

was going for the goal line I'm sorry

33:27

against the bills when McColl was going for

33:29

the goal line member against the bills He

33:31

fumbles it out the back of

33:33

the no, yeah What

33:35

is it? What did he say? Travis said

33:38

I Keep

33:41

apologizing to McColl and

33:44

I'm gonna do it all week. That

33:46

was my fault my

33:49

guy Who

33:51

I was blocking forced that

33:53

fumble and he's like

33:56

and I told him a coal That's my fault and

33:58

that it so I'll explain why I'm saying this in

34:00

a moment but that's a being a

34:02

great teammate and taking full

34:04

accountability in all of it but it's

34:06

also Travis saying McCall was

34:08

gonna score I let

34:11

off my block early that

34:13

guy then came across field

34:15

forced the fumble on

34:18

the pacheco fumble Travis

34:20

had been taken out of the game Noah

34:23

Gray came in Noah

34:25

Gray's guy got off

34:28

the block and forced the

34:30

fumble and I

34:32

think Travis was beside

34:34

himself because Gray

34:37

had made the exact mistake he had

34:39

made and Travis knew

34:41

he wouldn't make that

34:44

mistake in the red zone again same

34:46

circumstance because he had just made it

34:49

you understand what I'm saying so that

34:51

going on Andy Reid about that was just

34:53

it wasn't because of a missed look it

34:56

was because he just wasn't on the field

34:59

cuz he was a man he was not in the

35:01

game yes he

35:03

was mad that he was off the

35:05

field because they have the huge pass

35:08

to Hardman Travis on the pass you

35:10

know thinks it's coming to him put

35:12

his hands up and then sees it's

35:14

going to Hardman and then is coming

35:17

down and he got subbed out because

35:19

a lot of times you take guys

35:21

out after a 50 yard pass to

35:24

get a breather and he was saying

35:27

I'm fine like leave me in the

35:29

game and it was not that now

35:31

listen I I am

35:33

NOT a hundred percent on this but

35:36

I am very confident it was not

35:38

give me the ball I'm gonna

35:41

score it was leave me in

35:43

the game because and he

35:45

wasn't I don't use Matt at gray but

35:47

gray had made the mistake that he had

35:50

already made and then he had you know

35:52

and so that that's the context to why

35:54

that was such a use

35:57

a silly word a triggering moment for Travis

36:00

He had made this mistake, the Chiefs had

36:02

fumbled in the red zone, it almost cost

36:04

him the Bills game, then he gets taken

36:06

off the field, his backup makes the mistake,

36:09

they fumble in the red zone, is it

36:11

gonna cost him the Super Bowl? Like, so

36:13

that's the context there. So then

36:15

after that, the Chiefs force,

36:17

you know, a quick three and out

36:19

punt, the Chiefs then once again can't

36:22

get anything going, and they punt, and

36:24

all of a sudden, the Niners drive

36:27

down the field, and this is

36:29

where I start to get a little nervous. The

36:32

Sneed Personal Foul. So

36:36

now, in the last

36:39

25 minutes of game action,

36:41

DeMonze, we've had a

36:43

fumble in the red zone, Travis

36:45

losing his shit on the sideline, and

36:49

Sneed Personal Foul. And

36:51

I'm sitting there and I'm like, we

36:54

look like the damn Ravens did two weeks

36:56

ago. Yeah. We're

36:58

playing all the same notes. Our

37:01

best guys, they're making mistakes,

37:03

they're losing their composure, and

37:06

right after that, they'll

37:08

all double pass touchdown. And

37:10

now it's 10-0. And...

37:12

Well honestly, like, you know, I'm not trying to

37:15

take anything away, but the Chiefs, their meltdown seemed

37:17

to be a little bit worse than the Ravens

37:19

because it was internal. Like,

37:21

they were coming at each other. The Ravens, I

37:23

don't remember them really coming at each

37:26

other's heads like that, but the Chiefs seemed

37:28

to be folding within. But

37:31

no, I mean, they obviously got it together. So,

37:35

alright, so now it's 10-0. And

37:38

you have the biggest

37:40

drive of the game for Kansas City up to

37:42

that point. You need to get points before

37:45

the half, so you can go

37:47

into the half down just

37:50

down one score. And

37:52

a sneaky, massive

37:55

play was

37:58

the Chiefs have a third. The for

38:00

after the two minute warning. And

38:03

Mccoll Hardman false starts. And.

38:05

Now it's thirty nine at your

38:08

own forty. You. Don't pick

38:10

this up. The. Niners are getting the

38:12

ball. With a. Minute fifty all

38:14

their time outs and you're at

38:16

least down ten as app time

38:18

if not more. And that was

38:20

the play that more homes scrambles

38:23

to. Was right is looking around

38:25

and find Justin Watson over the

38:27

middle of the field. That.

38:29

Also by the way on that play

38:31

for I'd Warner got called for a

38:33

defensive holding their got declined because they

38:36

caught it and I'm so glad the

38:38

Chiefs caught it because I did not

38:40

wanna hear all bailed out third and

38:42

long blah blah blah us arm and

38:44

so watching call it the very next

38:47

play. More. Homes goes back to

38:49

wants he drops it. Farm.

38:51

But they still move the ball down

38:53

the field and Santa hand this was

38:55

his first mistake of the game. Doesn't

38:57

use his time outs once again conservative

38:59

before the end of a half says

39:01

wants to take the lead. he can

39:04

use good time outs to then maybe

39:06

go get a few wolves own he

39:08

doesn't use on his a prom of

39:10

these throughout his coaching career and the

39:12

Chiefs end up with a first insane

39:14

at the fourteen. And

39:16

certain five. At.

39:18

The Nine. Thirty. Seconds

39:20

left my home steaks a sec.

39:23

And all of a sudden go and a half

39:25

time. Ten, three, And in that

39:27

moment, As. Like you know what? That

39:29

have couldn't have gone any worse. Than.

39:31

A Get the ball after halftime, go

39:34

down and score and all the pressure

39:36

will be on the niners. Little did

39:38

I know after halftime the Chiefs were

39:41

going to have. To.

39:43

Have their worst offensive drives

39:45

of the year, Will. do

39:47

the second half of the game and answer

39:49

some of the more some of your guys

39:51

questions next it would break come back with

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41:26

Damanze, before I get to the second half,

41:28

kind of blow by blow, if there

41:31

are some questions or follow-ups or things

41:33

that you want to ask that the

41:35

producers were thinking about, about

41:37

where I was, you know, kind

41:39

of all of it throughout, and then we'll get into the

41:41

second half play by play, we can do that. Okay.

41:46

Yeah, so who's the craziest person that

41:48

you heard of or heard from during

41:50

or after the game? Oh,

41:53

that's a good one. I

41:58

mean, the coolest was Mahomes. That

42:00

I mean the hearing from him after the game

42:02

and I don't know if you can hear me

42:05

or not demands no I can't Good you can

42:07

um I? speak

42:09

I got I don't

42:11

know I got 200 texts Right

42:16

after the game and

42:18

I then responded to them one

42:21

by one yesterday I'm

42:24

scrolling through it now. I mean

42:26

I heard from I heard from someone I haven't

42:28

talked to in like three years um You

42:32

know who was the angriest at the Niners

42:34

in Shanahan? Your

42:37

uncle we Yeah,

42:48

and so he was upset uh

42:50

I The but no the

42:53

answer is I mean I heard from Friends

42:56

and family everyone was congratulating me as if I

42:58

won the Super Bowl which was very nice like

43:00

I can't imagine What it's like for the people

43:02

that actually do But all

43:05

right all right go ahead what else

43:07

so uh what are your plans for the parade?

43:10

Don't wait uh so yeah, no, that's

43:12

great. So we are We

43:15

are going to Do

43:18

first things first from Kansas City We're

43:20

not gonna you know we don't have

43:22

the rights to Broadcast the

43:24

parade or the stage or any of that

43:26

stuff so we're gonna do something similar what

43:28

we did last year where we're just like

43:30

amongst the people and Doing

43:33

it from there, but that so we fly out

43:36

Right after today's show all

43:39

right. What did you watch with in how was

43:41

the vibe? It

43:44

was me your mom your little sister and uh

43:46

coach man genie I could have sworn he wasn't there

43:51

No, I don't know why he was there

43:53

um and He said that

43:55

I kept hitting him. I didn't even know it.

43:57

I just kept like slapping it shoulder

44:00

right but I was I mean the

44:02

vibe was anxious I like I

44:04

had never a doubt about the Chiefs

44:07

over the totality of the season but

44:09

once games start you get

44:11

anxious you know what I mean like

44:13

and there were touch-and-go moments as we'll talk about

44:15

in the second half breakdown.

44:18

Yeah absolutely now at one

44:20

point like mid

44:24

second quarter your sister your baby

44:26

sister was like oh my gosh

44:29

I'm the VIP tomorrow so we have

44:31

to put daddy can you print out

44:33

these pictures for me like oh yeah

44:35

no I cannot like I you've lost

44:37

your mind like you you've truly lost

44:39

your mind all right let's get back

44:41

now let's do the second half because

44:44

it started disastrously um

44:48

you come out of the half down seven

44:50

it's like all right go get points first

44:52

play of the drive uh Pacheco

44:55

doesn't handle the toss and

44:58

all of a sudden we're in second and 22 just

45:01

a total disaster

45:04

and worst start possible third

45:06

second down you get some of the yards back and

45:08

then my homes with

45:10

his one real mistake the

45:14

interception and that's when I was

45:16

like oh my god I thought

45:18

it was gonna be tied and instead it's

45:20

Niners ball damn near and field goal range

45:23

and that's where I think Kyle made

45:25

some mistakes the

45:27

next three Niners drives

45:32

he threw they called seven passes and

45:34

two runs and I understand the Chiefs

45:37

were in uh you

45:40

know fronts where you think you want

45:42

to pass what the Chiefs were

45:44

worried about was McCaffrey

45:47

and you played into their hands of letting purdy

45:49

who was fine like I don't want to spend

45:51

a lot of today I pretty was fine And

45:54

I thought he made some very nice plays

45:56

early in the game and a couple nice

45:59

plays late. Ah, you didn't He

46:01

only had one ball that I thought should

46:03

have been picked the first pass of overtime.

46:06

Ah ai and will get into that later

46:08

like I a birdie was not the reason

46:10

they lost and he was not good enough

46:12

you know and I mean to be the

46:14

reason they will he ever Zola Rambo at

46:16

any point during the game. I'm sure other

46:18

things he did once and they called the

46:20

horse collar even though I thought bolton let

46:22

go. I called the horse collar

46:24

but yeah he didn't scramble months or

46:27

he also his his yardage prop demands

46:29

he was twelve and a half and

46:31

he was at thirteen and then took

46:33

that knee at the end of all.

46:36

Was. It regulation yet took the knee at

46:38

the end of regulation year. under and

46:40

so but or it so they. Go

46:43

ahead. Nods and something small of

46:46

might actually a noise. So continue.

46:48

Sorry. okay thanks. Ah and it's

46:50

oh I love the nine. The

46:52

niners at the ball. Three.

46:54

Times. With. A chance

46:56

to take it to score lead. And.

46:59

Went three and out every single time. And

47:01

that was when they felt like they

47:03

had left the door cracked open just

47:06

enough. And then the Chiefs

47:08

finally get a good drive. Or.

47:10

A decent drive. That. There

47:13

was. The. There wasn't really.

47:15

Are. Or singular group of sued play

47:18

except for the more homes designed

47:20

run when he ran for twenty

47:22

two yards and then all of

47:24

a sudden bought her. Is.

47:26

Lining up for a fifty seven yard or

47:29

to break the record, Moody A just sat

47:31

see. It's it. And now it's ten, six,

47:34

And you're like, okay, we might be

47:36

in business the Niners Then again, Go.

47:39

Three Now. And I'm like, aren't.

47:41

The. Chiefs are going to have the lead. Ai

47:44

and. The. Chiefs have a third

47:46

and to. And. Mom's gets

47:48

rost. Doesn't. Hit words you

47:50

James and their point. And

47:53

that was when. The. Muffed punt up.

47:56

Say. And what even a moth point when

47:58

offered guys legs. And

48:00

it's just unlucky. And the

48:03

Chiefs, you know, the Chiefs had a lot of fumble

48:05

luck in this game. Seven balls were

48:07

fumbled by the two teams. The Chiefs recovered

48:09

six of them. That's, you

48:11

know, that's lucky. And

48:14

the great awareness by the Chiefs

48:16

to get home. Has

48:18

the drive passed where Mahomes threw

48:20

the pass? He's like

48:22

falling. Kind of want to ask you

48:24

if you thought that that was calculated, because I thought

48:26

that was almost a huge mistake as well. Where

48:29

he, he's falling over.

48:31

He throws the ball and it just

48:33

landed perfectly in between two 49ers. But

48:36

it was just like... In the middle of the field?

48:38

Yes. And it was like almost kind of like a

48:40

deep pass. So what

48:42

I was worried about there was, I

48:44

think it was, what I was worried

48:46

about there was that they might call

48:49

grounding. That because

48:51

now you usually don't call grounding in the

48:53

middle of the field, but I didn't see

48:55

a good view on whether or not there

48:57

was anyone around. But they just kept it

48:59

moving. Yeah. Yeah, that could have

49:01

been a, that could have been a big mistake. But

49:03

then so, so the

49:05

muff punt hits thought man's leg. The Chiefs

49:07

recovered first play touchdown in the S and

49:09

all of a sudden the Chiefs have the

49:11

lead. And this is where I will

49:15

give Purdy credit. You

49:17

are trailing end of

49:20

the third quarter headed into the fourth in the

49:22

Super Bowl. And he made some

49:24

big plays. Third and

49:26

five hits Juwan Jennings.

49:30

And then for 17 yards. Fourth

49:33

and three. Shanahan

49:36

at the 15 goes for

49:38

it, which was shocking to

49:40

me, but the right call. Purdy

49:42

hits George Kittle, where George Kittle

49:45

got all four of his yards for the game. But

49:47

keep telling me he's the best tight end in football.

49:49

37 yards for game in the playoffs. Get out of here. And

49:53

then second and nine, Purdy

49:55

finds Juwan Jennings again. And

49:58

all of a sudden the Niners have the lead. That

50:01

was, I mean that's a down in the fourth

50:03

quarter of the Super Bowl and Birdie

50:05

came through so credit to him there

50:07

didn't make any big mistakes it wasn't

50:09

like one screen pass popped off and

50:12

now we get to the Mahomes brilliance okay

50:17

down three in the Super Bowl 11 minutes

50:20

left first

50:22

down hits Kelsey

50:24

for 16

50:27

next first down Pacheco

50:30

nothing second down

50:32

incomplete to rice third and

50:35

ten at your own

50:37

41 down

50:39

three in the Super Bowl ten minutes left

50:42

Travis Kelsey for 13 yards first

50:46

in ten this is the play you're

50:49

talking about DeManse bad

50:51

snap he's getting hit throws it

50:54

deep down the middle to no

50:56

one and they don't call grounding

50:59

I don't know if it was grounding or not but

51:01

that was touch and go second

51:03

down and ten Justin

51:06

Watson for 25

51:08

yards perfectly placed

51:10

down the sideline now

51:12

we're cooking first in

51:15

ten at the 21 Pacheco

51:17

with his best run of the day

51:19

nine yards second

51:22

and one from the 12 Pacheco with

51:24

his second best run of the day

51:26

eight yards and then this

51:28

was where I really couldn't believe they didn't

51:30

get a touchdown first and goal from the

51:32

four Pacheco up the middle

51:34

for one yard second

51:36

down Mahomes incomplete third

51:39

down Mahomes get sacked and they're

51:41

kicking a field goal and

51:43

now it's tied with five and

51:45

a half left and this DeManse is

51:48

when I freaked out because

51:50

they were running that I would

51:52

like you well right five

51:55

under six the Chiefs

51:57

had burned a time out And

51:59

I'm doing. The man. And. I'm

52:01

like. It's. On the board, we don't

52:03

touch the ball again. It's

52:06

on the board that the niners

52:08

just get Six yards. Six yards,

52:10

Four yards. Eight yard. Slowly methodically

52:13

move to the events on the

52:15

tired as hell. Yep. And

52:18

first down, Party.

52:20

Had Jennings for twenty three an

52:22

oddly demands a I didn't hate

52:24

it. Oh and by the

52:26

way I left out obviously a massive

52:29

massive moment which was after the party

52:31

touched down the block that for point

52:33

would see and the math on a

52:35

lot of things now. If the

52:37

zebra down seventeen thirteen set of sixteen thirteen

52:40

when they have that fourth and goal from

52:42

the for they would have or from the

52:44

six they would have gone for it of

52:46

mortars over everything changes but still huge moment.

52:49

Or. It when Jennings gets the

52:51

twenty three yards. On. Their

52:53

first place. I'm not that devastated.

52:56

I don't love it, but I'm

52:58

not that devastated because I'm like,

53:00

okay if they're going to score

53:02

goals, score fast, get big shots,

53:05

But. Then. Debug, it's

53:08

nine yards. And

53:10

i eat so funny I was so

53:12

i was confusing the and have so

53:14

much because. Ah, Well,

53:17

I'm really going on. Oh. That's

53:19

why I was like I wanted him to

53:21

get ten. I wanted to

53:23

be first them as you like wait these like

53:25

why did you want as like I can't explain

53:27

it's you right now. just trust me. Bomb! Ai

53:30

and. Second, In one. Ah,

53:33

the Niners use a timeout. And.

53:36

Then they run Mccaffrey for three. And

53:39

there at the fringe of field goal range.

53:41

And now I'm worried. First.

53:43

And ten three and a half left. They.

53:46

Run Mccaffrey for five. And

53:49

now I'm terrified. Work

53:52

well. It's second and five.

53:54

The. Chiefs have to time outs in the two minute

53:57

warning. if they keep

53:59

running We're not going to

54:01

see the ball again. And

54:03

then, in my opinion, Kyle

54:06

Shanahan made, and

54:09

this is how Super Bowls come down to. People always talk about

54:11

the 28-3. The

54:15

28-3 and Shanahan blew it and Brady on

54:17

it. It's two plays.

54:20

Two plays for Kyle in that Falcons

54:22

game. Up eight after

54:25

the amazing Julio Jones catch on the

54:27

sideline, if he just calls

54:30

two runs in places he called

54:32

two passes, they're kicking

54:34

a field goal and they win the Super Bowl. Called

54:37

a pass, they had a hold, they took a sack,

54:39

and all of a sudden they're punting. Second

54:42

and five, 245 left. If

54:46

you're the Niners, if you run

54:48

five more

54:50

plays, there's

54:53

six more plays, five or six, the

54:56

Chiefs are never touching the ball again. And

54:59

he throws and it goes incomplete.

55:02

And now we keep a timeout and now it's

55:04

third and five. It's the two

55:06

minute warning. And I think your

55:09

mom has this on video. I

55:11

am kneeling in front of the TV saying

55:16

tip a pass, tip a pass,

55:19

tip a pass. Now as a

55:21

Chiefs fan, I wanted them

55:23

to throw again if we're

55:25

going to parse with Kyle. Second

55:28

and five I think is a must run.

55:31

Third and five, you can

55:33

make the argument. The right play

55:35

there is, after the two minute

55:37

warning, to run McCaffrey.

55:41

He can pick up five yards. If he

55:43

does, you can run the clock

55:45

down to 20 seconds and kick your field goal. If

55:48

he doesn't, you have a

55:51

really interesting call. Tied at

55:53

fourth and two With

55:55

a chance to pick up a first down and run

55:57

the clock down to zero and kick the field goal.

56:00

You're. Like but instead they

56:02

call a pass. And.

56:05

I am yelling. Tip: A

56:07

pass to pass to pass and

56:09

print Mcduffie. Who. Had maybe

56:11

the best game of his career. Comes

56:13

on blocked on a blitz drawn up

56:16

by Spagna. hello. And.

56:19

We. Got him in the diary guild

56:21

trade with our first round pick traded.

56:23

then in front of buffalo snag him.

56:26

He leaps in tips the balance. And

56:29

now it's fourth down. And now

56:31

the game is back And Patrick

56:33

moans his hands and I was

56:36

never nervous again. The.

56:38

Moody's shot up to him makes

56:40

the field goal but now it's

56:42

Patrick mom's with to time outs

56:44

of field goal plays. It. A

56:47

touchdown wins it. And what does Patrick

56:49

More homes do? Find. Travis

56:51

for nine yards. Scrambles

56:53

on his own for three. Find.

56:56

Know a great for twelve yards. Find.

56:59

Certain just and watson for eight

57:02

yards. Throws: Incomplete to

57:04

watson. That was on the plus

57:06

I'm. That. Was a weird one.

57:09

Where. Ah, That.

57:12

Romo was yelling Spike The Ball

57:14

Spike The Ball. But.

57:17

Ah. Jarrett Mckinnon. Or.

57:19

Isaiah Pacheco was not. Aware.

57:21

Was not behind the lawyers and Roman

57:23

genius. He was way and so it's

57:25

and then even afterwards you like He could

57:28

have saved thirty seconds like nobody he

57:30

was. They had to wait for him

57:32

to get back. But regardless. Mohamed

57:34

and from the anything there are certain formation that

57:36

you have to be in in order disposable. Your.

57:39

Real was the i mean the has

57:42

spiked formation but the but everyone's gotta

57:44

be behind the line either way that

57:46

arise know of course near the barely

57:48

saw and then and then he goes

57:51

to Mckinnon for seven yards on third

57:53

and to sneaky massive play the played

57:55

a Mckinnon. Thirty. Two you

57:58

ever you have man the Mayor. Hybrids

58:00

deep down the field this is

58:02

where my home's is matured and

58:04

just the best quarterback a you

58:06

I've ever seen. Certain.

58:08

Zoo demands a down three.

58:11

Forty five seconds left? Okay.

58:14

You. Have a chance to the have

58:16

the greatest moment in a bowl

58:18

history of forty yard game winning

58:20

touchdown pass. Knew what he does.

58:23

Parks. And Mckinnon before the snap tells

58:25

them to go out to the right.

58:27

at the snap dumps off to Mckinnon.

58:29

move the sticks. Chiefs.

58:32

Timeout. Bob. First.

58:35

And ten more home scrambles. That was

58:37

I think is only must. For the

58:40

record. Of the our

58:42

entire or of the entire

58:44

last two drives, the scramble

58:46

was bad because the clock

58:49

now runs. Now. Second

58:51

and Seven demands. A goes

58:53

incomplete. Now you've got twenty

58:55

seconds left your at the

58:57

thirty three. So. If you

58:59

don't pick this up it is

59:02

asking buck her who's amazing but

59:04

to make another fifty yard or.

59:06

Another fifty yarder. Just

59:09

to Die. The Superbowl. And

59:11

that was where Drivers, Kelsey, Took.

59:14

The ball on of crossing row. And.

59:17

Not only went twenty two yards.

59:20

Not. Only lowered the shoulder and

59:22

knocked out the Niners defender. But.

59:25

Travis Kelsey them Ozzie And this is

59:27

why Sports are great. Because.

59:30

The legend show you why they're

59:33

legends. Travis. Kelsey demands a

59:35

on that play. Ran.

59:37

Faster. Than he

59:39

is run. On. Any play

59:41

in any game. In. Seven

59:44

years. That.

59:46

Effect. Next. Instead

59:48

that is a legendary

59:51

player. Santa. Ling

59:53

Something. That. He has not

59:55

had access to. In

59:57

almost a decade. I.

59:59

Am. going to because

1:00:01

he knew he had to get

1:00:03

to the sideline. So we and

1:00:07

he knew the circumstances

1:00:09

is the chief still at

1:00:11

a timeout, but you want to get to the

1:00:13

sideline so you can save the timeout, right? Get

1:00:15

to the sideline, get upfield. And

1:00:17

he went the 34 year old

1:00:20

Travis Kelsey ran faster than Travis

1:00:22

Kelsey has in any game since he was 27. And

1:00:26

then the very next play is the Rishi rice

1:00:28

is open, he throws to Kelsey. And now we're

1:00:30

kicking a field goal. And

1:00:32

then we go to overtime. And overtime,

1:00:35

I got to tell you, I'm

1:00:37

glad I'm glad it went this

1:00:39

way. But for all the

1:00:42

folks who have been whining

1:00:44

all damn year, the Chiefs

1:00:46

get all the calls, the Chiefs get all the calls.

1:00:48

There was not a single passenger

1:00:51

ferrance, defensive holding, or

1:00:54

illegal contact penalty called the

1:00:56

accepted the entire game. And

1:00:59

then it's third and 13 in

1:01:03

a broken pocket with

1:01:05

Brock Purdy getting sacked, maybe

1:01:07

fumbling. And they call defensive

1:01:10

holding. And they get a

1:01:12

new set of downs. It was going to be a three

1:01:15

and out punt Chiefs ball go win the Super Bowl. But

1:01:17

you know what, so be it. No problem.

1:01:19

Before you go into that, I have a

1:01:21

question. How would

1:01:23

you have played the overtime decision had you been the

1:01:26

Niners and won the toss? Oh,

1:01:28

I think they listen, I understand what

1:01:30

Kyle was saying about we if it

1:01:32

goes, if there's a third possession that

1:01:34

sudden death, I get the logic. I

1:01:37

don't think that applies to my playing

1:01:39

Mahomes. I think they made a mistake. I

1:01:42

think that if you're playing

1:01:44

Mahomes, giving him an extra

1:01:46

down to where

1:01:49

and giving him the knowledge, what

1:01:51

they call the second advantage, what

1:01:54

he needs to do. I was

1:01:56

thrilled. They picked what they picked.

1:01:59

So I thought that was the mistake. I don't

1:02:01

think it was the biggest mistake Kyle made. I

1:02:03

understood the logic of it. What I did think

1:02:05

was mortifying for the Niners is that none of

1:02:08

their players knew the rules, knew the rules,

1:02:10

than they said after the game. They like, can

1:02:12

you imagine DeManse? What if the Niners had scored

1:02:14

a touchdown on their opening drive? Would

1:02:17

guys have ripped their helmets off late on the

1:02:19

field, been celebrating? Right. Right?

1:02:21

You should have thought it was really good. Meanwhile,

1:02:25

the people like, we had a power point

1:02:27

about it. We had all that we knew

1:02:29

everything. But okay. So

1:02:32

they pick it up. Purdy

1:02:34

makes a really good play on third

1:02:36

and two to move the sticks. They

1:02:39

don't face another third down

1:02:41

until the final offensive play of the

1:02:44

game. They had a sneaky, it was

1:02:46

a blatant, but a really

1:02:49

bad holding penalty by

1:02:52

their right tackle. You could, I mean it

1:02:54

was no question about it was a hold

1:02:56

that put him in second and 12, but

1:02:58

they picked it up anyway to use check

1:03:00

on that pass that I wasn't sure was

1:03:02

a catch or not when you check like

1:03:04

ball when he hit the sideline, but whatever.

1:03:06

Desbrui said it wasn't. Yeah.

1:03:09

So, and then third and four,

1:03:12

DeManse. Legendary

1:03:16

players, you know, do

1:03:18

legendary things. And Chris

1:03:20

Jones, I understand he

1:03:22

was unblocked, but Chris Jones did to

1:03:24

Purdy what he did to Josh Allen

1:03:27

two rounds before. Someone's wide open behind

1:03:29

my head for a potential game-winning touchdown.

1:03:31

I'm gonna make you not be able to see him. Right.

1:03:34

With Josh Allen, he bumped him with Purdy, you

1:03:36

rushed him. And now this was in my opinion

1:03:38

a mistake by Shanahan. Fourth and

1:03:41

four, I think you got to go for that. You

1:03:43

have to. Here's why. If

1:03:46

you don't get it, the Chiefs

1:03:48

are not in four down mode. If

1:03:50

you don't get it, the Chiefs, you

1:03:53

know what I mean? They can't go for a

1:03:55

fourth down if you now only need a field goal.

1:03:57

You know, and so I thought he

1:03:59

made a mistake. there he kicked the field goal

1:04:01

and in that moment I said we're gonna win

1:04:03

the Super Bowl and what

1:04:05

did the listen the the

1:04:08

Chiefs get stuffed on a third and one

1:04:11

they call timeout Mahomes

1:04:14

runs and just

1:04:16

think about that fourth and one down in overtime you

1:04:18

don't pick it up you lose you pick it up

1:04:20

people are talking about who's the greatest player they've ever

1:04:22

seen he picks it up and then after that

1:04:24

you have the MBS play which should have been second

1:04:27

and four instead of second and 13 no

1:04:29

problem he goes right back to

1:04:31

MBS and this is again the

1:04:33

advantage of knowing you have four

1:04:36

downs on second and 13 they

1:04:38

weren't trying to pick up 10 yards

1:04:40

they were like we saw three downs

1:04:42

they picked up six MBS third and

1:04:45

six they run master Rishi rice that

1:04:47

was the play where Kelsey had the

1:04:49

great block after rice caught the

1:04:51

ball and now we're cooking now

1:04:53

all of a sudden we're in Niners territory Mahomes

1:04:56

to Pacheco for four yards

1:04:58

Mahomes to Pacheco for five

1:05:00

yards third and one I

1:05:03

thought Damande I thought he was gonna run for

1:05:05

the game-winning touchdown third and one

1:05:07

Mahomes up the middle for 19 yards

1:05:09

I was gonna get the game-winning down first and

1:05:12

ten Pacheco

1:05:15

for three yards a sneaky

1:05:17

massive moment of the game Kelsey

1:05:19

gets that inside screen there's people everywhere

1:05:22

yeah there were there was a guy

1:05:24

that's a line of scrimmage basically and

1:05:26

he powered through and he willed his

1:05:28

way not only for the

1:05:31

extra yards but this is so important to

1:05:33

the first for a first down if

1:05:36

he's two yards short it's

1:05:38

now third and two at

1:05:41

the five what do you do if you don't

1:05:43

pick it up do you go for

1:05:45

the fourth down do you just force another over what

1:05:48

do you do he picks it up and

1:05:50

then as Tony Romo's explaining to us

1:05:52

about 20 minutes too late that this

1:05:55

clock actually is totally totally irrelevant and

1:05:57

doesn't matter at all McColl

1:05:59

hard into the end zone,

1:06:01

untouched, and the Chiefs win the Super Bowl. And

1:06:05

it took every

1:06:08

bit of every one of those guys. Go

1:06:10

ahead. Like, Shannon has to like

1:06:12

have it in his head that they're probably

1:06:14

going to run that play given they're in

1:06:16

the same spot that they were in when

1:06:18

they ran it to the Cadarius, Tony and

1:06:21

Sky Moore last year. I feel like that's the

1:06:23

one play you've got to be like, and I

1:06:26

get like granted, they might've got them with emotion

1:06:28

that McColl and emotion. They were so

1:06:30

afraid that McColl was going to take

1:06:33

the jet sweep. That I

1:06:35

mean, that's why that play is so

1:06:37

deadly is because we do so much

1:06:39

jet sweep stuff, but this is why

1:06:42

the chiefs are special. They

1:06:44

have scored four, they have four second

1:06:47

half Super Bowl receiving touchdowns to Monza

1:06:49

in the last two years. Those

1:06:53

four have gone to Sky

1:06:55

Moore. Who's going to

1:06:57

have to fight to be on the roster. Cadarius,

1:07:00

Tony, who's going to have to fight to

1:07:02

stay in the league. MVS,

1:07:05

who everyone was done with and

1:07:08

McColl Hardman, who the New York jet

1:07:10

said, we can't use them. Those

1:07:12

are the four guys who have scored receiving

1:07:15

touchdowns from Patrick Mahomes in the last two

1:07:17

Super Bowls. And that's

1:07:19

how you become a dynasty. Uh,

1:07:22

quick break right back. What's right? All

1:07:30

right. Welcome back in. What's right with Nick, right? All

1:07:32

right. I just told the producers I was going to

1:07:34

do something and then I changed my mind. We're going

1:07:37

to do our never a doubt recap in

1:07:39

a week. We have some great tweets from you guys,

1:07:41

and we're going to do that. We have them in

1:07:43

the rundown, but I don't have time to get to

1:07:46

them right now. Cause I have to go do Colin

1:07:48

got to do the show and then I got to

1:07:50

get on a plane. I want to do a speed

1:07:52

round. I'll do it of these questions. John sack. It's

1:07:54

that I want that hoodie. Uh, one

1:07:57

of your mom's friends sent this to

1:07:59

me. Uh, your mom's

1:08:01

friend, I don't want to

1:08:03

say the wrong friend, but someone from Kansas City sent it

1:08:05

to me. Uh, all, when I

1:08:07

find the link to where you can get

1:08:10

these Kansas City versus everybody hoodie and jacket

1:08:12

all tweeted out. Uh, David Snyder

1:08:14

says, controversy with overtime decision by Kyle, let's

1:08:16

say he kicked my home score to touchdown,

1:08:18

would you have liked them to go for

1:08:20

two? Uh, Chris Jones said

1:08:22

they were. Chris Jones said

1:08:25

that their plan all week was

1:08:27

if it goes to overtime, we

1:08:30

want the ball second. And

1:08:32

if we need a touchdown, if we score

1:08:34

a touchdown, uh, we're going for two. Now,

1:08:36

I don't know if they would have or not, but

1:08:39

he said that's what the plan was.

1:08:41

So that was kind of the flaw

1:08:43

in Kyle's thought process was there. You're

1:08:45

not guaranteed that there's going to be a third

1:08:48

possession. Again, I, I, I

1:08:50

understood the logic of wanting the ball first, but I,

1:08:52

I thought it was the wrong decision. Uh,

1:08:55

Gabe Felter said, Nick, do you think the chiefs

1:08:57

will go after a known name, wide receiver and

1:08:59

free agency, uh, or they try to

1:09:01

draft another young player and save cap space. Here's

1:09:04

the thing about winning this year and

1:09:06

last year, DeMansay. Now

1:09:08

there is, if you are a veteran player that

1:09:10

still has stuff left in the tank and

1:09:13

you're like, do I want the biggest contract possible

1:09:15

or do I want the best chance to win a

1:09:17

ring? There is now no argument where you go.

1:09:19

If a ring is your chosen,

1:09:21

it's not like, ah, Buffalo could

1:09:23

be good. Baltimore, Sam, it's, it's

1:09:25

Kansas City. So that, that is where

1:09:28

winning breeds winning. Uh,

1:09:30

they listen, they've used back to back

1:09:32

second round picks on receivers where she's

1:09:34

awesome. Sky hasn't worked out. Oh,

1:09:36

Brian Dugan. Oh, I

1:09:38

love him. He was one of my best friends from

1:09:40

childhood. Uh, Brian, tell your Sean, I

1:09:43

tell your Sean, tell your brother Sean. I say

1:09:45

hello. Uh, he says, never

1:09:47

a doubt, maybe a little panic for me.

1:09:49

I'll never make that mistake again. David Glass

1:09:51

Steppler says, do you think competition between Kelsey

1:09:53

and Coach Reid tarnish the victory a bit

1:09:56

knowing be blown up by those outside Chiefs

1:09:58

kingdom? The only, listen, Sarah Paine. And

1:10:00

blew it up the people that hate

1:10:02

Travis Kelsey because they hate what they

1:10:04

perceive his politics to be We're gonna

1:10:06

are gonna use it against him nobody

1:10:08

that matters will it doesn't it does

1:10:11

not matter Also

1:10:13

the fact that he ended up playing great

1:10:15

He had eight catches on nine targets after

1:10:18

that was spectacular and coach read didn't

1:10:20

mind Cole

1:10:22

Cole Cordova said do you think it's time to make

1:10:24

a move at quarterback for the Niners? No,

1:10:27

I mean you got Brock for one more year at

1:10:29

a million bucks and so

1:10:31

you I think you try to ask Brock

1:10:33

to do a little more and See

1:10:36

what he because you have a major question answer

1:10:38

on Brock a year from now whether or not

1:10:41

you want to pay him Ryan

1:10:44

Fitzgerald said what do you think about the decision to kick

1:10:46

with six left in regulation instead of one more shot at

1:10:48

the end zone? I was fine with

1:10:50

it. I know they had a timeout and

1:10:52

I understand that The

1:10:54

you know it was borderline, but here's

1:10:56

why I was fine with it oddly

1:11:00

because of the bad snaps And

1:11:03

I love Creed and Creed is you know what I

1:11:05

mean a legend, but you six

1:11:08

seconds what if it's

1:11:10

a really bad snap and Either

1:11:12

you lose ten yards or it bounces around

1:11:15

and clock time runs out so I was

1:11:17

fine with it eight seconds I'd have gone

1:11:19

for another shot six seconds. No Attachi

1:11:22

said are we gonna keep Jones? I hope so

1:11:26

And so we'll see Has

1:11:28

Nick paid the Monte's teaser payout yet? No, but

1:11:30

I will today How

1:11:33

long does the excitement land for life? Where

1:11:36

do you go eat in? City a

1:11:39

lot of places um all right Why don't you answer

1:11:41

all your questions keep sending your never doubt tweets from

1:11:43

the parade? And we'll show them on Tuesday

1:11:45

show along all the rest of these demands a did you have

1:11:48

some you want to say? Look like you want we're gonna jump

1:11:50

in right there No,

1:11:52

no, I was actually gonna jump in and say

1:11:54

what you said, but not super fun show. Let's

1:11:56

go Chiefs Kingdom Great job. Let's

1:11:58

go Chiefs Kingdom dynasty Hope you

1:12:00

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1:12:02

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1:12:05

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1:12:07

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