QOTD: What moment last night or this season made you realize this year truly is different?

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QOTD: What moment last night or this season made you realize this year really is different?

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00:00Question of the day, at what point last night or at some point this season

00:05made you realize that this year was really different?

00:09That's a great question because there have been moments even early in the year

00:13where you're like, and then they start to make their move a little bit.

00:17You're like, all right, so they might do this.

00:19And then there's moments against the Bills maybe

00:21where you see them sack Josh Allen eight times.

00:26Because last night there was a moment when really the game was just about in,

00:31well, the Texans had control defensively as we've talked about

00:34and are going to talk about.

00:36It was when Alshair got that interception against Travis Kelsey.

00:43Travis Kelsey was scared.

00:46He knew what was coming.

00:48He had dropped a couple of balls for other reasons.

00:51He went one of five, one catch on five targets in that game.

00:55That was Travis Kelsey, and I'm not saying he's a scared player.

00:59I'm saying he was scared in that moment.

01:01He is a Hall of Fame tight end that absolutely has been clutched over and over again.

01:07When things break down, when the Chiefs have faced situations like that in the past,

01:12Kelsey mans up, bows up, figures out a way, finds some room.

01:16Even this year?

01:17Even this year.

01:18Makes the catch, makes a big play.

01:21In that moment, he was scared.

01:23Mark, this defense scares people like that.

01:27That's the moment when I went, it's just different, man.

01:31Oh, and that's the back end of it.

01:32The front end part of it that is a just as important piece of that.

01:36Patrick Mahomes, that throw.

01:38You look at that throw, and that throw was not in that perfect pocket.

01:41No, to be fair, I don't think every quarterback is always putting it in that perfect pocket,

01:45but you kind of think of Patrick Mahomes as placing the ball usually really well

01:49for Travis Kelsey to have a better shot at it.

01:51That one's a little bit behind him because Mahomes is not setting his feet.

01:55He's stepping up in the pocket and throwing on the move because...

01:58Maybe both ends of it are the moment.

01:59Oh, that's what I'm saying.

02:00I'm accentuating.

02:01I'm not taking away from what you're saying.

02:03On the other side of it, at the same time, Mahomes can't get that ball into a great place,

02:07and Kelsey's afraid because the front end is doing their job pushing Mahomes off his spot

02:14and making him make a throw off balance, and then Kelsey having to make a tougher play

02:18is also worried about getting cracked on the backside by Aziz Alshair,

02:24and ultimately all of that leads to the third turnover of the day for the Texans.

02:28Just an absolutely incredible play, and interesting for you to note that as one of those moments.

02:34I put up, I don't know if it's my ultimate answer, but that play that we came back into from break

02:39where you have C.J. Stroud stepping up into the pocket and recognizing,

02:44hey, there's a blitz coming, or maybe not, yeah, it's a blitz coming

02:46because the linebacker, Nick Bolton, basically looked up and saw,

02:49oh, okay, Woody Marks is blocking.

02:51I think that I'm just going to avoid this and go and see if I can hit C.J. Stroud.

02:54C.J. acknowledges that, sees it, gets the ball out at the right timing,

02:58soft enough for Woody Marks to catch it, not to say that Woody Marks doesn't have good hands,

03:02but, you know, it was a running back versus, like, firing that thing in there.

03:05Woody Marks, booty butt naked open, walks into the end zone,

03:08and I was like, this is a C.J. Stroud that is comfortable behind the line,

03:12even under pressure, as you mentioned.

03:14There's some instances where he even knew and was comfortable enough to dirt the ball

03:17and knowing, hey, keep the ball, keep it alive, let's go back and live to fight another day.

03:21I thought C.J. Stroud demonstrated himself really good behind the line,

03:25even though I think the third quarter got a little dicey,

03:28and I can give Steve Spagnuolo and the Chiefs some credit.

03:32We'll talk more about that on that one.

03:33I actually do think that that was part of what happened there.

03:37But C.J. stepping into, stepping even further into himself

03:40and looking at least in the first half, like C.J. Stroud of 2023,

03:44the dude that we were projecting up forward, I think that changes the game a big way.

03:48Yeah, I think the moment also was from last night,

03:52and I was talking to Reggie about this earlier,

03:54the car crash that happened on the field with Jalen Petrie.

03:58Yeah, just running through the stop sign and hitting another car

04:01right in the middle of the interception.

04:04At that point, I'm like, oh, man, I think all of these receivers,

04:08and then at this point, you start seeing a lot of receivers

04:10just dropping a lot of passes, man, even Travis Kelsey,

04:14where I'm like, man, this defense is really getting to him now, man.

04:17Really good one from the text board here,

04:20and I think this is a strong, in that moment you realize things are different,

04:24that's the question, 713-572-4610.

04:27And by the way, I know a lot of folks are going into work or at work or whatever.

04:31Open another tab.

04:33Open another tab or on your phone just to open that YouTube

04:35because we're going to be talking about this all day long.

04:38Just jump into YouTube.

04:39I think there's people in there just chatting it up and all that stuff.

04:41That's one of the best parts is I love seeing the conversations.

04:44I didn't want to do this because I'm not trying to put nobody on blast,

04:47but there was very clearly a Chiefs fan in there mixing it up.

04:49And what a great day to be a Texans fan

04:51when somebody opens themselves up to ridicule.

04:54Come in there.

04:54We ain't going to jump you.

04:55We ain't going to jump you.

04:56Just come in there, man.

04:58You got a bunch of tabs open anyway.

05:00Just open that YouTube, put in your ear pods, and have at it.

05:03They're having a whole other conversation in there.

05:05Yeah, and you can stay up to date on – we got a lot to cover today.

05:08But anyway, this is a really good one in terms of what moment did you realize,

05:13all right, this is different.

05:14And somebody on the text board said when they won the three games with Davis Mills.

05:19That's a great one.

05:20That's a great one.

05:213-4-6 took it to another place, which I really appreciate.

05:24It said, first and start for this Mills,

05:26when Davis said that Daniil had walked to him and told him,

05:28we're a good defense, we're going to get you the ball back, keep balling.

05:31Like the level of confidence, gravitas, cojones to be like,

05:37hey, man, you don't got to do that much.

05:40We got it, big dog.

05:41Just play your role.

05:42Like, and especially from Daniil Hunter, who is the most quiet,

05:47the most, you know, like, just do-your-job type dude to walk with me,

05:51like, show a little bit of bravado in that moment and be like,

05:54hey, you know we got over here, right?

05:56You could be, dog.

05:58We don't care who's at quarterback.

05:59They could put a Goomba Wally back there.

06:02And they might.

06:03Hey, Stover.

06:04Just don't turn the ball over.

06:06Hey, speaking of which, one turnover in the last four games?

06:10Hey.

06:11Remember what I said was their offensive identity?

06:16Just don't screw it up.

06:17I stand by that.

06:19Just don't screw it up.

06:20Last night was a great example of that.

06:21Last night was very, it was the epitome of don't screw it up.

06:24And for a moment there, you were wondering if they would.

06:26Four three and outs.

06:27Four straight three and outs in the third quarter.

06:29And I'm just like, come on, dude.

06:31I'll tell you another moment for me.

06:32Okay.

06:33It still goes down to Travis Kelsey because, like, that's Travis Kelsey.

06:37That's Patrick Mahomes.

06:38But if I had to pick another one, it was the Josh Allen just undressing, man.

06:43That was one of them.

06:44I was going to mention specifically the third and six where Josh Allen drops,

06:50then tries to escape up the middle, and then from behind,

06:54Oh, yeah.

06:54And I'm like, oh, he's done for the game.

06:58The way that he's squirming.

06:59Now, of course, Allen is a tough mofo,

07:00and so he ultimately makes his way back in that football game.

07:04But for me, I am not afraid to admit that all of the, well,

07:10this team has had Josh Allen's number.

07:11I tend to lean more into the D'Amico Ryan school of thought that this is a new year

07:15and you cannot assume that.

07:16And inherently, that is a good dude, so you have to treat him accordingly.

07:20Apparently, they say a bump all that.

07:22We know that's Josh Allen, and we're his daddy.

07:25And that was one of those things where I go, oh, okay, it don't matter.

07:29It don't matter who come in here, right,

07:31especially once this team had gotten their head screwed on straight

07:34because obviously the Matt Stafford performance in week one was something else.

07:37But, like, once they had their head screwed on straight as a defense,

07:41it don't matter who.

07:42And that was solidified once again in this game with Patrick Mahomes,

07:46you know, not being able to, and the Kansas City Chiefs offense,

07:49not being able to be the same boogeyman,

07:52even that they had been in portions of this year,

07:55but specifically not in the past.

07:57I did appreciate someone on the text line,

07:59and I wanted to give them their props.

08:01They were like, since day one, I've been texting and telling y'all

08:03that they lost a couple of games against some great teams.

08:06All right, go ahead and talk your talk.

08:07I ain't mad at you.

08:08So, yes, was there another moment that came,

08:11came up for you in your thought?

08:12It's just more of moments.

08:15Christian McCaffrey was a non-factor.

08:17I mean, I know he ultimately got some yards,

08:20a lot of them late and a lot of them cheap,

08:22but, you know, you're talking about a guy that always catches the ball

08:26and gets yardage, always rushes the ball and gets yardage.

08:29It's kind of like the Josh Allen of running backs.

08:32They just said, no, that ain't going to happen against us.

08:34You know, the McCaffrey game, you know,

08:35when they just basically shut them down.

08:38From the 2-8-1, did we really play the best versions of the Ravens,

08:41Bills, and Chiefs?

08:42Ravens, no.

08:43Bills, probably not.

08:44And Chiefs, no.

08:45However, Ravens don't feel like they'll be in the playoffs.

08:48Bills probably will.

08:50But, again, you demonstrated yourself very good with this defense,

08:53and you handled them up pretty well,

08:56whatever version of them they are right now.

08:57And the Chiefs, again, you put them out of this place

09:00where it does not feel like they'll make it to the playoffs.

09:02Also, a great point made, because I don't want to forget this.

09:04It just reminded me.

09:05Someone said when you stopped them on fourth down.

09:07And that is important, not just because, oh, you stopped them on fourth down.

09:11Patrick Mahomes typically makes those plays, so on and so forth.

09:13You know what the Chiefs have been on fourth down?

09:16What?

09:17The best team in the NFL this year.

09:1921 of 26 up until this game.

09:22And you stopped them on fourth down when they did them up.

09:24That was stupid, though.

09:25I think that was another testament.

09:28That might be a moment.

09:29You made Andy Reid panic.

09:32You know, you made Andy Reid.

09:34He was shook.

09:35He knew that was his best chance and only chance to just try to do something

09:38against this defense.

09:39And, by the way, Figgy, 979 said Petrie did not hit another car.

09:43He ran over a pedestrian.

09:45Well, I didn't want to put it like that.

09:48And he had the care and concern that would happen if you hit a pedestrian.

09:51Because, Vicky, you were mentioning it.

09:53Yeah, yeah.

09:54My favorite thing about that was how hard he hit.

09:57Was it Rasheed Rice?

09:58That's right.

09:59And then, you know, he was hyped.

10:01And then immediately, I think it was the center for the Chiefs came over.

10:06You know how they always do.

10:08And Petrie immediately put his hands up.

10:10Like, we good.

10:11Nobody else.

10:12What are you doing?

10:12That was a clean hit.

10:14That's what I'm saying.

10:14No, that could have easily went the other way around with a guy in the dude's face.

10:20But he was just like, hey, that's a clean hit, brother.

10:22We out here playing football.

10:24How about this one from the A32?

10:25When Ryan's gave up defensive play calling.

10:27That one, I'm still trying to figure that one out.

10:30Because I haven't seen the requisite figuring out of all the other head coaching things.

10:36However, they're getting these wins.

10:38Matt Burke, man.

10:39Matt Burke has been fantastic.

10:40Matt Burke.

10:41Matt Burke has been very good.

10:41Yeah.

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