Michael F. Florio (19:24)
Oh, I don't. Listen, I do not think Kansas City is going to get blown out. I. Look, I will. If Kansas City gets blown out, I will be concerned. Okay. I also, spoiler alert, don't think Kansas City is going to lose. And I think that the Chiefs being home dogs with Patrick being healthy is a slap in the face, especially because I do think it's fair to say Philly did not look overwhelming in week one. You know what I mean? I. Philly looked fine, but they looked kind of lucky. Not lucky, but fortunate to get out of that game with a win against a Dallas team that there were no expectations for. Okay. So I, I also think that those of us that have been hoping for or planning on, you know, the Mahomes light show, as Brew calls it, to come back, going to have to wait some more time because obviously they knew they weren't going to have Rasheed Rice in this game, but now they also won't have Xavier worthy in this game. And so I think it's going to be a lot of ball control, a lot of short, intermediate stuff, and a lot of, you know, Mahomes makes some magic. But I think you have a pissed off, urgent Patrick Mahomes and I think he will deliver. I'm going to add to it that where my, where my concern comes in this game is is Jalen hurts going to have four seconds to throw and that chief secondary not be able to hang in there. Now, I know Jalen threw nothing but short except for the one bomb and had nothing but time against Dallas. But I also know that Justin Herbert had nothing but time and carved up the chief secondary. The part of the week one game that was most dispiriting and most concerning to me, Demons A was how the overall pass defense for Kansas City looked. Now, will Philadelphia take advantage of it? Okay, like, will Philadelphia lean into that part of their, of their offense? I don't know. I mean, AJ Brown went 58 minutes in week one without a target and they, they still moved the ball. And Jalen was brilliant scrambling. But that's another piece of this game that does concern me. Designed pass plays, Jalen drops back. They wait. They wait. No one, the times the coverage holds up, no one's open. Jalen's able to run. So I think Philly will be able to move the ball if they lean into the passing game. I, I think the Chiefs run defense has been one of their underrated factors the last couple years. And even in that super bowl when the Chiefs got annihilated the run defense was obviously really impactful or I did a good job, I shouldn't Impact was the wrong word. Did a good job against Saquon. The story of the super bowl was the disastrous offensive line play from Kansas City and now I'm excited to see it because the Chiefs upgraded at left tackle, obviously, and the Eagles don't have the edges they had last year. Now they still do have Jalen Carter in this game. As we talked about, he is suspended for this game, but he's playing in this game. And how will those matchups look if Patrick has even a modicum of time, I believe he will be able to make hay against this Eagle secondary that I believe is going to be a work in progress throughout the year. Obviously dejean is very good and Quinnian Mitchell is excellent and maybe I should call DeJean Excellent and Quinn Mitchell very good. But they're both, at the very least very good players. But there isn't a single other person in that secondary that you trust. I as far as demand say, you know, will you panic? Should I panic if the Chiefs are Owen too? I the answer to that is unequivocally no. And here is the thing that it is Frustrating is the wrong word, but annoying that folks don't seem folks speak with authority and don't have the memories, I guess that I do. On what the Chiefs have actually been in, you know, the Mahomes era. In 2021, the Chief started 3 and 4, 3 and 4 coming off getting blown out in the super bowl by Tampa. They started the next year three and four, and then found themselves, as they always do, at the absolute worst in overtime of the AFC championship game. In 2023, the Chiefs, in November to December lost. They had a stretch where they lost one, two. Yeah, five out of eight, including within that stretch where they lost four out of six. And in that where they lost three out of four and the only win came against the woeful Patriots where they didn't even look that good. And they responded to that by winning the Super Bowl. The idea that they've never had that, it's just been see, and even last year, even though they never lost games, people hated how they looked at various points in the regular season and they found themselves in the super bowl again. So it is just flatly inaccurate to say they haven't faced any regular season adversity or downswings during this time. It's just that the baseline is so high that they have been able to obviously more than overcome it. But I so I wouldn't panic. I will come on here, you know, Tuesday, if not before. If they get manhandled by an Eagles team that I don't think as good as last year's Eagles team, it is time for real concern. Not panic, but concern. If it's a really good game and they end up coming up on the short end of it, I won't panic at all. But I think Kansas City's better than Philadelphia and I also think this and.
