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Walker Runs Wild, Why NFL Offenses Are Back and Rams Play Game of Time Zones | EP 201

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Walker Runs Wild, Why NFL Offenses Are Back and Rams Play Game of Time Zones | EP 201

The transcript discusses various aspects of the NFL season, focusing on travel logistics, team performance, and player experiences. A central theme is the overemphasis on scientific research regarding travel’s effect on athletes—contrasted by personal anecdotes where players report feeling better when arriving early, citing physical readiness and team chemistry rather than circadian science. The Chiefs' opening win is highlighted as a testament to team unity, with rookie Kenneth Walker delivering a dominant debut (23 carries, 173 rushing yards, two touchdowns), while Patrick Mahomes showcased aggressive playmaking. The defense was also effective, with early interceptions and strong coverage. The Eagles’ home opener was a close contest, with Jalen Hertz and a new offensive system showing promise despite early struggles. Special teams highlights, including Tyler Owens’ dramatic return and a controversial play-by-play, add excitement. Offenses are trending toward higher point totals, suggesting a shift in how defenses are forced to adapt. The discussion also touches on rule interpretations, such as a quarterback throwing backward after being hit, which remains a point of debate. Notable mentions include the Rams’ travel to Australia and the success of the Niners, who overcame injury setbacks. Finally, the show promotes partnerships like American Express, Xfinity, and Expedia, emphasizing fan experiences, home security, and trip planning. The overall tone is energetic and grounded in real-world player perspectives, downplaying scientific myths in favor of lived experience.

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Everybody's talking about the travel. So let's bring it up. Why not? I don't think that this was as much of an impact as everybody is making it to be. There's always like somebody that comes up who's done like some scientific research. Oh, there's always a scientific researcher who's done this. Surely your circadian rhythms don't get more affected. If you've been there for 24 hours, you can find the science to say whatever the fuck you want to do. I kind of like sleeping in my bed. What's the science say? Let's send 12 guys out there before time. Let's send the staffers out there and see if they sleep better. Hey, Bill, what do you think you're asleep? Uh, well, I actually slept better the first day than the third day. How'd your arthritis from playing 13 years in the NFL feel, Bill? Oh, turns out your fucking knees don't have any of that. I don't need a scientist to tell me that I feel better fucking being a week ahead of the game. I've traveled. I've traveled before. But the interns felt fine. Awesome. Jesus Christ. Welcome back to new highs, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. A one-dry show brought to you by Reese's. Oh, you got to love that chocolate and peanut butter delight. Yeah, how about it? I'm Travis Guzzi, my big brother, Jason Kelsey. We are your host here in new heights. Subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your pockets. And yeah, follow the show on all social media. I had new heights show with 1S for fun clips throughout the week. I got my brother in Kansas City. So we're doing this together. That's right. We're in person. And 92% is we have a great show lined up for you. We're going to get to the Eagles win a Philadelphia. The Chiefs big win against Broncos in the early head. As well as everything else week one related in the NFL. Also settled the debate on sports proposals. Who likes those? Not me. Anyways, let's get into some of that new news on. New news is brought to you by American Express. We are in person because we have something special coming out later this week. And that is a very special episode that we had the privilege of doing with the one and only Tom. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Chris. Dun dun dun. That's what it felt like. That's. Well, you made us see a lot more. I was going to do the sweet and have a hearing like, "Dun dun dun dun." I knew he was up there. Dun dun dun dun. It's the dun dun dun dun. It's the anthem in life, man. There's so many anthems around Tom. And yeah, you guys are going to want to tune in. We got to coming out this Friday because he has a new movie coming out. Digger, we get into all of that as well as the rest of the history of his cinematic career as well as he's just an incredible person. No, we're just shooting the shit with him. Yeah. That's the thing about Tom is you can just kind of hang with him and and get some cool insights because he's so. That you call him Tom is crazy to me. What do you call him Mr. Cruz? I feel like when somebody gets that famous, you just call the person Tom Cruz is all that is what you're doing. I'm hanging out with Tom. Who? Tom. This was Tom Cruz. You can't just call him Tom. This was what we had. We had to like break that habit of your daughters. I was going to already say this. I don't ever. When they got to meet Aunt Day Day. They were calling her Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift, can I do this? Taylor Swift? Yeah. That'd be horrible. Either way, yeah. You can call her Taylor. You don't have to say. It was definitely Tom Cruz for the first two times, but then him coming to the game and us having a sit down right here. I mean, that's my guy Tom. Yeah, that's my guy. Well, he's the man. You guys are going to love the sit down with him. The sit down was great. I mean, being in the suite last night in Arrowhead was great. We're going to get to a little more of that coming up in the show. I know. So let's finish off new news. All right, Jake. Really milking this whole baby situation. Don't know of all you 9 duper centers saw online. That baby's undefeated, man. It is technically an undefeated Jets baby for the first time and perhaps forever. We had some fans having some fun in the comments from @KermudgeonDude. Or actually @20 means speed. This is sick. Can't wait for the kindergarten pick of her when the Jets win their next game. That ain't right. That ain't right. They didn't deserve that. That's like, I mean, I love that. I think it's accurate. OK, we got another little photo here. Oh, this is just Jake, holding his baby. Jake Chatsky, the newer Jets are undefeated. And my daughter's lifetime, 1-0, baby. OK, @JustChrist Christ, M-- Just Christ, yeah. Just Christy, M-- Christ. And haven't had an interception since before conception. That's good. Right, man. No rhyme time like that, like that. Congratulations to Iris Chatsky for being undefeated. The first Jets undefeated baby in over a decade. Well done. You go, girl. We'll see how long it lasts. I'm guessing one week. But hang on to it for as long as you can. Good luck, Iris. Did the NFL tweet something about Jake's baby? That was the photo you're looking at. They put that photo on ESPN NFL Instagram page. This photo was on ESPN's Instagram, yes. I don't know what it is. That a girl. Well done, Jake. You've hit it big. It only took you having a daughter. And to call off work to be shown, to get more famous. Some of you're doing better not being here. Which is for sure. You guys don't get-- don't start to get creative on us, all right? All right, and that does it for new news. Brought to you by American Express. Let's get to some bold topics brought to you by Xfinity. That's right. He's given the Chiefs game track. Come on, Fred. 31, 10. Fire me up, man. Monday night football could not have started better. You get an interception from your rookie defensive back. And then everybody's wondering what kind of version we're going to see Pat McCombs. And he let us know right away. I mean, that stadium was going insane. From the interception to Pat McCombs, scrambling in a touchdown. There's been some-- Oh, it was definitely a questionable play. [LAUGHTER] That's one of those where you get up slowly. Like, please don't be any laundry on the floor. [LAUGHTER] Had a man up by his neck. Can't do it. Can't do it almost cost us. And to be honest, that would have been Pat McCombs' second rusty touchdown called back in two plays. Because he literally did the same thing. I don't know if the first one was a touchdown, but either way. He was like using his legs, which-- And that would have taken us out of the red zone. Yeah, no, that would have been a real bad tone. That was risky business right there. It would have been very bad. No, but you know what? Sometimes you just live them right. Either way, it was an awesome play. And it was a great tone setter for the game. So what are your initial thoughts? There were some other tone setters. What were the big takeaways for you? My initial thoughts were, this has been brewing for a while. And in the building, everybody knows what I'm talking about. From the start of the off season, into training camp, the mentality we've had to fix the things that we needed to fix to clean up a lot of the small things to really reinvent the culture of how we do things in Kansas City. We feel like we got a great team. And this team loves each other, man. And that's one of the biggest things, man. You get a group of men that have one goal in mind and want to tack that goal every single day for the betterment of the guy next to him. It's a special feeling, man. And I just-- I absolutely love this team. And you could tell how much we loved each other out there on that field last night. And damn, it was fun to be out there in Arrowhead, man. Arrow, when Arrowhead's rocking like that on a Monday night, it's a feeling that, I don't ever want to stop feeling. And that's what keeps me coming back and playing every single year. And that's what gets me excited throughout the work week. We got another big one coming up on a Sunday night this week. But that was a fun one, man. And to see Patty, my homes go through what he went through in terms of rehab and saw the determination from him that the second he had that surgery on just how he was going to attack this. When your leaders are doing that kind of stuff, man, you just-- you fall in line and you-- it's infectious. It's an infectious thing. And I could be more proud of him on how he came out and just was his old Texas gunslinger self out there just having some fun playing football. And leading us into victory. And then you can't say enough about what Kenneth Walker is and what he's going to be for this team and this organization. And this city, man, he's one of those Kansas City guys. And you guys that in Kansas City that don't know him yet to the core of who that guy is, he's an A1 person. He's got great character. He's got great attention to detail. He has great integrity. And who he is is what you see on that field. And everybody loves playing with him, man. Even everybody in Seattle that I've talked to about him says he exact same things. And we're lucky to have him, man. But it was a complete showing. Our defense came out, got the interception early. Delane, unfortunately, got injured on that play but at the same time, what a unbelievable way to start your career. One target, one interception. You go our Mason, another young guy got a sack. Defense was flying around, spags was in his bag in terms of pulling out the blitzes and the coverages to have bonics in that offense, just not in sync. And it was all around a great game for us. And we know all of them are going to be like that. It's the NFL now. But at the same time for us to have an entire off season and to come out week one and put it all together like that, man, it was a fun one. Yeah, and we're speaking to putting it all together. The one guy that put it all together very well is Kenneth Walker. I think that was a big surprise. I think to everybody, it was that debut. 23 carries 173 rushing yards, 191 yards total, two touchdowns. He might have had over 100 yards. after contacts. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he did. I did. That was the endeavor is a felt like one of the best defenses in the NFL. They have players across that entire front in the back end. Their linebackers are great to well coach by Vance Joseph. And they they're typically in sync man. They play well together. He was running through any little arm tackle legitimate tackle. Like I don't think I saw him brought down maybe one time by the first guy that touched. I know it was impressive. And the ball to nine. I've been saying that shit all summer, man. Well, in the 80s credit, like, listen, this was a completely reinvented version. The Kansas City Chiefs week one. Like what it has been shotgun, RPO, like spread air attack. Like that's what it's been for pretty much the last seven years since Pat's been there. All of a sudden, under center, multiple titles. Yes, are pulling people. Yeah, and this was my big thing before the game. It's like, all right, yeah, Denver is good. Andy, when he has time to develop a game plan for a specific opponent, whether it's after a by-week or starting a season, there's going to be some things dialed up and whether it's him, whether it's be enemy coming with from things he learned with Ben Johnson, I thought the offense was very creative, very innovative. And that's the thing you have to, you have to keep in inventing things and being the, you know, the this is a league where you will get skimmed up in a heartbeat. If you're not reinventing how you're attacking, how you're playing the game. Yeah, and coach Reed knows that, man, and we got, we got a special skill set right now on the offensive side that we can really exploit a lot of different like exploited defense in a lot of different ways. We have downfield speed. We have guys in the backfield that can run the game. Everybody was impressed by Kenneth Walker, but Emma Johnson came in there and had a bunch of really good plays. I think together, those two by themselves had over like 200 yards of or 220, 230 yards of offense. Yeah, it might have been 250. We got a great backfield. We got a great tight end room. We're grabbing the our guy, Tango from the D line to come in and play for the first fourth down. Come on now, baby. And in our on our side of the 50, we have pieces to attack defenses and yeah, in unique ways. And we feel like we can really have a complete game plan because of the pieces that we got. We talked about that fourth down. Andy going for it on your own 50 yard line on your side of the ball. Like Andy's aggressive. The defense was spags. They're blitzing. That was a, it felt like you guys were going out there to try and make a statement. And it was well executed in all fronts. I hear you on the statement. The the game felt like a statement because we just wanted to go out there and win that game. Yeah, you know what I mean? Like we were a tent, we were a tentative. We were, we played with a sense of urgency. And, and you know, we played together. We played together. We got a rookie left tackle and he played absolutely fucking outstanding. The offensive line played great and gave, gave one five an opportunity to get the ball into playmaker's hands as well as getting downhill with, uh, with the running running game. If we can keep just, you know, looking out for each other, playing together, um, and making plays when, when given, man, uh, you know, it's, uh, it's going to be a fun year for this offense, man. I could feel it. Well, if there's one thing Andy does really well, it's getting athletic playmakers the ball in space and find ways to make creative, uh, opportunities for him. And he did that with Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker, last year the chiefs only had one explosive run of more than 20 yards. All season, Walker already has two in the first week. And not to mention he outgained the entire Broncos team. It's a good debut. Give nine to ball. Pat is also back 15 for 27. It wasn't a crazy date for Pat my homes, but it didn't need to be. He did what he needed to do. That's for sure. 207 total yards, three touchdowns, including a rushing touchdown, trickeration touchdown. Yeah, I mean, we knew Andy was going to have some things down up. Pretty cool. Did you hear you hear his, uh, response to what that, uh, the play you're talking about the touchdown to Kenneth was, uh, I think it was the 1930s. Chris Berman, uh, sent it to him. No, it might not have been the 30s. But either way, Chris Berman sent him the clip of it. And we watched it. And my mind. And it's so funny watching these old like black and white, like, yeah, film of like, uh, these, like, beginning stages of football and how everyone. Yeah, everybody is the same size. Yeah. It's just like there's no fat boys out there. Just everybody's like six foot, two hundred to ten pounds. Yeah. And the thing just absolutely opened up, similar to how it did on this one. I was just like, man, that'd be really sweet. If I could come flying around there with no. Yeah, exactly. Nobody knew where the ball was. Well, you broke another tight end record. And this is not a bond record. It's not a record. It's not a record. You're going into second place all time. Second place. That's not a record. Well, you broke, you broke Jason Witten's record. I will say this. I fucking, I grew up in an era where I saw guys, like Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharp, Shaki, Shaki, um, and then Dallas Clark, I Dallas, like, I don't want to come in, baby. So, and there was a certain way that they played the game. And, you know, that you just love as a football player. They had the toughness. They had the, the savviness in the, in the past game. Um, and then on top of that, man, um, I had no idea that moving the tight end, I would find that much more love for the game. I get to do a whole lot more, um, in terms of just being a football player at the tight end position. And, uh, when I moved the tight end, guys like Jason Witten were at the helm. Yeah. And so I'm looking at who are the best in, in the world at doing this right now. Tony Gonzalez was there. Jason Witten was right there. Gronk was right there. Yeah. And I'm looking at these guys and I'm like, man, how do I get to that level? Yeah. So to be in the same talks as these guys at this point in my career, Jason is an absolute honor to be in the same conversation as you. Um, and, uh, I'll have to just play another five years to catch Tony. Ha, ha, ha. Well, yeah, you do have a ways to go to catch Tony had Tony G has the record at 15, 1127 Travis broke Witten's record of 13,046 yards and now has 13,067 yards and you broke it on your biggest play of the day, a 59 yard catch, um, in the third quarter, walk us through the play. What happened? I mean, heavy coverage. Heavy blitz. Yeah, it was cover zero. Was it zero? I knew it was blitz. I think you're right. Somebody said it was zero online, so I'm pretty sure you're right. It was cover zero, um, heavy inside leverage. I got a route where outbreaker, yeah, yeah, and it's like kind of like the fake inside come out. It's called a whip route. I can talk about it now because it was, it's all over the internet. But yeah, were you, when you, when you go in there, you see it happening? Are you like, Oh, this ball is already, yeah, I'm like, I got a quick in this up. I had it. My home's going to be one, two, three bang. Yes. At least that's what I'm hoping. Yeah. No, it was, uh, it was a play where you just got to be, uh, you got to be ready for the QB knowing that it's blitz. You know what I mean? It's like, you know, uh, you know, uh, you know, he's going to be hot. He's going to have to get the ball out. He's going to have to get the ball out quick and, uh, and then on top of that, man to man coverage. When you catch the ball, you make one man miss a lot of grass. We're going down the slip inside. You were kind of like, oh, you were like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I was bullshit, but I was just got to pick a side, pick a side and run, uh, I got the cavalry out in front of me. It was like, they're working to get a body. People are talking about a hole. I don't think that's holding. He had hand up the entire time with driving his feet. Yeah. I don't want to hear none of that. I can talk about yours. But, yeah. Well, technically, I didn't grab anything. I just kind of hugged them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I did text Troy when that happened because Troy said on the broadcast, I think this is a hold by Kelsey. Missed this one. I was like, hands are inside. Hands are inside. He texted back. Yeah. Our expert over here is ESPN called him out on that. You can always tell a lot about teams and how the guys start finding work when it's not their job, right? Like they, they're just playing ball, that's got to be the MO, man. Yeah. It's got to be the MO. Yeah. I think, uh, I'm always working to be better at that as well as, you know, everybody on the chiefs, man. But when you got guys fighting for, you know, your brother's extra, extra gains and those extra first downs are those big plays, um, it's just fun, man. Yeah. It's a fun ride, man. Well, it was fun for the rookies. Rookie's we already talked about it had a pretty good showing for the chiefs. Mansour Delaane at an interception in one play or two plays, I guess it was the third play in the game. Third play. Third down. Yeah. First play throwing at him. One target. One interception. One shoulder injury. We'll see how he does next week. But hell of a start for him. The Armies and Thomas got in on a sack early, had a couple other pressures, Peter Woods got the pressure. Peter was in there clogging up the middle and that run game doing his thing and then trying to get to the QB in the past game. It listened, man. The D line, we've, we've got some young guys that can absolutely ball, man. And they, they built a lot of that confidence and a lot of that, you know, uh, that passion in college and to be able to step into a, uh, defense that likes bags where you're going to get opportunities to get those matchups that, that you, that favor your skill set, um, you know, that these guys are out there and, you know, excited to get in after it, man. Yeah. The other rookie that we, uh, we already mentioned once was Cleo Benson obviously starting playing a really good defensive line in general, but great player in Nick Benito held his own, didn't allow a single pressure. Now, he's helping out quite a bit, right, got some chip help, but did some really good things in the run game. I like what the gig can do. Come on now, baby. Yeah. You know, there's a lot of new guys in here to look and play, man. Spags is the one thing that I wish. You know, there's a lot of new guys. in place on defense, but we got to give some love to Spags for what he did throughout the game plan and blitzing simulated pressures, mixing it up, keeping the Denver Broncos kind of on edge about what they were seeing. And you know, coming into the game, it's all right, how all these young guys are going to do. You know, what's this defense going to look like? And it still look pretty good around. Yeah, man, it was. Spags has been in his bag for the last three years. And picking up right where he left off, man, it was good to see you from the defense. For sure. You know it. And we're and we're off to Sunday night football. We were playing a little Monday night football. Now we got little Sunday night football. Indianapolis Colts. What are you thinking? Oh, you're ready for some football. Shane Stuykin. Yeah, Daniel Jones. I haven't I haven't peaked out of him other than just watching that that Ravens game last week. No, they're going to be hungry. You know, it's a it's a team with a great defense of line. I know that for a fact. Yeah, got some, got some players in the, yep, lose, you know, had our number in a few games. We played him and he's unbelievable. I don't know how the hell he got out of Cincinnati. But, you know, Indianapolis has a great coach in him. And on top of that, they got some great players on the back end. Obviously a friend of the show saw his gardener, Cincinnati Bearcatch. Shout out, shout out. And I think Danny Dimes is a good player, man. It's obviously he's showed a lot from last year. And we're definitely going to, you know, be in for it because everybody's going to get excited for a little Sunday night football, man. I mean, just look at the way the team dropped off when Danny got hurt, right? They were rolling. They were looking really good in the AFC up until that moment. And then all of a sudden, it was a tough ending. Philip Rivers came in out of retirement had a great show and loved watching that. But Danny being healthy, this team, this coach team is good. I don't know. They didn't win week one because Baltimore looks like a stupid team right now. But, you know, they're going to be fired up coming into Arrowhead for this one, for sure. Well, Travis, Andy called you old. That's just because everybody else is calling me. Well, you did have Andy sees these glutes. He knows about the glutes. About the glutes, baby. Keep them glutes fired. And to read quoted is saying three for 71 yards. It's pretty good for old man. I'll have to keep surprising them with my, my youthfulness. Yeah. Yeah. Just how do you keep, how do you make somebody think you're younger than you are? What's the key to that? Um, dye your hair. I was going to say get a haircut maybe. Dye your hair. I felt like after I got a haircut by old patty cuts this weekend that I went back in time. Maybe I got hair. What are young kids wear now? What are all the young guys doing? All the young guys. What are they wearing? They're wearing the, uh, uh, the Marnie slippers. You see those Marnie slippers is like, uh, I think our slippers. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody's wearing slippers and, uh, in the house shoes. I don't know how how shoes became so popular outside the house. It's pretty crazy. You start playing the game where you like put your finger in the box. And you're hard. You ready? I've never done it. I have no interest. I'm going to bring some old man status. Have you played it? No. Not that I'm, I, I'll watch it. It's entertaining. It is. It's actually kind of. So man, I'm always in sync and I'll quickly play. That was 10 years younger. I might be into this. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I miss the way. I miss the intro level. I know they're at such a. This is having too fast. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, it's a young man's game. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you to our presenting partner recess. Okay. Consider this. Why are there so many assistants on NFL teams? Where are you going with us? 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Yeah, the more you book, the more you save. So more is more, more or less. And if you want a cocktail with a full meal skewered on top of it, that can probably be arranged to Expedia. The one place you go to go places, sign in to save savings vary. Let's get to a little Eagles commanders. Please big division game Eagles home opener. Yeah, home opener Eagles got out of it for 24, 22. Yeah, came down to a two point conversion to tie the game at the end. And Eagles had a big stand had a big stand. Then there was a celebration penalty earlier in the in the game where they had to kick a field goal. Because they got knocked back. They couldn't go for two. So yeah, I mean, listen, everybody's been curious to see what this offense was going to look like with Sean Manion. My big takeaway from the game is that Jalen Hertz looked really good. Like, you know, looking great. Despite them, you know, him getting some pressure, then struggling in the run game a little bit and things kind of being off tilt. He made some big plays when they needed him. Huge play to wicks early in the game. That was a great, awesome, a couple of awesome plays to Dallas. Got it. Come on now, baby. Tight in you get a quarterback. Let's find the tight end. Just find the tight end man. Nice play down the sideline. I've always thought Dallas needs to get way more touches out there, man. Well, this offense, I think we'll fit him pretty well. You know, all those misdirectional stuff. They scheme things up and it stresses those linebackers. But I think the big thing is obviously they struggled a little bit up front. Landon Dickerson now on IR was, I mean, he's one of the toughest guys I've ever played with. Yeah. Yeah. It got announced yesterday. He's one of the toughest dudes ever. And he he tries to play through everything. And, you know, I think it's the right decision. You know, you can tell he wasn't redirecting as well as he needs to or has. And it's a shame because when he's healthy, he is one of the best guys in the best. So he struggled a little bit in the game. And then I think, you know, Cam Jordan's had a couple holding calls. I don't think he played as bad as I think what Twitter might be seem to say. It going back and watching the tape. I think it was just like, you know, they just strongly in a rhythm. Had a one big run of play where Cyclone Barkley made a, like an awesome cut on an inside zone. Ironically shotgun run, which wasn't one of the underneath stuff that they've been really trying to develop. A lot of blitzes off the edge. We knew Washington was going to come in doing more of this brine floor as thing. And they got us a couple of times on these like edge pressures in the front side of it. Some blitzes into the, uh, in protections. But again, I think if I'm an ego saying I'm happy because Jalen hurts a good. I think a lot of that other stuff will get corrected. And as these guys continue to get reps in the softens, we'll improve. So, um, they got the win. Was it the prettiest? No, but we'll take that one for sure. Yeah. I mean, you, I've been in the same system. So I can't really attest to this. But you're, you've been in a few different offenses or at least the terminology has changed. And a lot of them, how long does it take from the beginning of a new offense or a new system coming in for you to get comfortable in that system? Um, I think it's the obviously manion coming in for Philly and this being week one. I think some of is different. I think, like, I feel like with chips. We were rolling right off the gate right out the gate and a lot of that is I think he had like seven touchdowns in the first game Except the record. Well the first game was was with Vick We and it was against the commanders and we I think we had like over We had over What's the Not 50 points. What do we have at halftime over 50 place ran at halftime I think we ran close to 100 plays in the whole game Vick was throwing the ball all over them. They couldn't stop the run. I mean it was a crazy first game But I Listen when you run in no hotel Like tempo offense The playbook is paired down. So it's not as complex when Doug came back in it took me a couple weeks to get into rhythm I had a terrible starting the first year with Doug. I think it's different for different guys I expected it to be a little bit slower for jailing because I think that's the guy who it felt like was gonna be the most different Ironically, he looked the best on everybody on the first week Offends align-wise they've all run these plays, but they're coached in the little details and the Amy points are just slightly different And I thought it was a big test like I thought going into the game like you know, Washington isn't Necessarily an opponent that everybody is fearful of but they're running a different defense They're gonna be blitzing like crazy and now we're running a new system the angles are slightly different and On top of that we're gonna see an aggressive guys are gonna be slamming the blitzing off the edges to run in corner blitzes It's I knew it was gonna be a test for these guys to run this new offense for everything That was gonna be throwing at him and it was and you know shout out to Because Durante Jones a new DC in Washington. I thought he did a good job. They're front played really well But I do think Overall the Eagles will get better from it. Oh, yeah the front's gonna play better landing going on IR getting healthy We'll see what they do. I don't know what they're gonna do. I mean Drew Kendall played really well in the preseason as did Willie Lampkin We'll see who ends up getting a start next week. Oh my god. Lampkin in there, man. I like Willie a lot. Come on, man Yeah, you're everybody fired up. Yeah, Drew's great too though. Don't sleep on Drew I mean lamb is the one that we were talking about yeah, and the one I saw the highlights of well You talk about hurts 14 for 25 203 yards three touchdowns to do my god Dallas got it. Yep Dallas had 77 yards in two tubs Solid day at the ballpark very solid very solid definitely have some things to build on on top of that But also have some some things to fix as every single week one, but at the end of the day 1-0 Can't doesn't get better than that. Well, there was a crazy ass play by one of the gunners on the commanders Tyler Owens maybe this the coolest and most gnarly like special teams clip I've ever seen It was definitely from best we know better. It was I mean, it's great effort lit the double team Stiff arming the guy with his right arm all the way down the second guy comes back tries to beat him to the spot Fucking throws a left jab from hell yeah to this dude's neck Completely collapses. Yeah, then throws the other guy off of him. Yeah, and ends up catching the returner Yeah, Brynn Covey try to jump. Yeah, I was in a pile driving him into the ground. It was an impressive clip. I would have blown Both my gasket like you would have just seen veins popping out of my like neck if I had ever made a play like that. Yeah Brynn Covey who is an awesome returner is very Like but he returns the ball like he's Michael He's just like I've seen so many clips of bridges putting his body in line to getting fucked up Sometimes it works sometimes the hell out of it we had to go cut fearless that's how you gotta be is a return He's a frontier too. Yeah. Yeah, well shout out to Tyler Owens man as a hell of a fucking play Well, he goes have the tight inside you want anything touch on anything anything else on the game? The biggest thing to me again is just you know offense is gonna keep getting better. It's the first showing Really happy with how Jalen looked. I think the run game will get going here move on a week two, baby Got the Titans week two Titans in Tennessee coming off a rough game against the old Jets Yeah, but I don't know Salah was the DC and Sam Fran last year when we struggled down the stretch there so It's the NFL And he give it Sunday any given Sunday you got to come prepared where you get your Teeth kicked in and now and now that that does it for chiefs and Eagles You want to get to the rest of week one? Let's do it offense is back I'm about to how about that the points have been trending down the last couple of years as teams have gone to these Shell coverages and eliminate an explosive plays but offenses appear to have adjusted 10 teams scored 30 or more points In all on Sunday more points in any week one since they started counting this statistic Oh shit. Yeah, that's crazy. You never want to overreact to week one But I do always think you know, it's always funny how it goes back and forth right like the offense has the upper hand It feels like then defenses adjust and then they kind of got you for a couple of years and then it feels like the Offenses have started adjusting more full-back usage is like three times higher than it's ever been more under center Right more 21 and 12 personnel More Kenneth Walker's and run in the football right teams are playing too high. All right. We're back to bully ball Yeah, man. It's a this is a fun day and age if you like run in the rock you like physical play and It feels like offenses have really adjusted to how the defenses are playing things and that that is probably a big reason why the points are up It's not just a flu week one defenses haven't worked on tackling Because nobody plays in the preseason games. It does feel like this might be a trend for the whole season What do you think? I think the offense is let's go baby. Let's go They also ran up the score out there in a Chicago man They had a combined 96 points between the Bears and Panthers. That's pretty fucking nuts Yeah, man Ben Johnson is a mad scientist dude. He really is you watch the skies game plan How he uses the tie-downs all the different run schemes and it's just it's so fun to watch started off on the right foot He said in earlier in the preseason his goal was to break to 2013 Bronco scoring record and when you put up 59 It's a good start in the first game. You're really giving yourself a chance, Ben and Beyoncé their team is fun to watch man Yeah, they really are they they they run the ball really well with the Andre Swift Well, I don't know how got out of field. Yeah, I don't the guy has been a baller everywhere. He's went Yeah, he finally got paid over there in Chicago. Happy as hell for him. He's running the fucking rock He can he's good out of the backfield. Yeah, no on top of that two-headed monster at the tight end position I know my dog my dog Colson didn't get a our lovelin didn't get a lot of looks, but a cold commit had a big had a big touchdown Yep And their wide receivers man their wide receivers make plays down field Yeah, and and Caleb is back there slinging the rock and making plays with his feet. It's a fun as fun offensive watch Well, the offense look great defensive was not as great gave up some points and also had one of the saddest plays I've ever seen let's let's play this clip Stout always said you want to punish the blitzer break his will I don't even I don't think there was any will going into this one. It just felt like he knew he was gonna get blocked and Did he get hurt? I don't know it looks like you get hurt Well, we can't make fun of him if he got hurt That's not a great look. I think you might have just got caught it almost look like his brain like rebooted like mid-blows. Oh, his system shut down That's just said Niners won the first ever Australia NFL game. That's right. How did it be? The Rams who everybody was already handing a triple-two Basically, including myself and he giving Sunday, baby and don't believe the Rams are still gonna think I make way They got I take away more from that is that and listen I know everybody must have talked about the sleep fucking stuff and like whether it was right to go out last second Roll the balls on less fucking. I don't want to I don't want to talk about that too much because I think a discredits of 40 hours before And I was went in there and they played their asses off. They were flying that defense I think people forget because they have so many injuries like I did I forgot how good these guys are I didn't yeah They're smarter than me. Nick Bosa was fucking flying around throwing guys all over the fucking place Yeah, and their entire defense they got great long back. He was flying around and now we that they're hidden shit Yeah, they were coming downhill. They were ready for that fucking game They heard all the talk about you know the Rams in the media and you can tell they were a little fired up for them And like we said the Rams are gonna be just fine There's still gonna be one of the best teams in the NFL and super bowl contenders But at the same time and that that Niners team rock pretty came out had a great game They went to my guide George who's fucking fought his ass off after an Achilles injury to get back healthy and be there for week one Happy as hell for him Get Kettle out there and NFL is just that much better when you get my guide G Kettle out there And then my guy demarkers Robinson who used to play for the Rams used to play for us He's been fucking stout everywhere. He's been at a big-time game The Niners really put it together out there, man. They they looked like they were playing right debos back out there Yep He had a great game as well, and it's just when they're rolling man That is that is a team to be feared in the NFL and they showed it they showed it out there in Australia Everybody's talking about the travel so let's bring it up. Why not? I don't think that this was as much of an impact as ever is making it to be but the Rams flew 15 hours to Australia one day before versus 49ers who went a whole week in advance. So the debate you're always trying to make. Do you go early to earlier to acclimate to the environment or do you go later? And the one thing that always stands out to me is like there's always like somebody that comes up who's done like some scientific research. There's always a scientific researcher who's done this. Surely your circadian rhythms don't get more affected if you've been there for 24 hours. Yeah, it's where's the sun and the and to me, where's the moon and to me, all these science, whatever they put in front of the team to sell you on the reason they're doing it is you can find the science to say wherever the fucking want to do. Like you can pick and pull like they made a whole study out of saying chocolate healthy for you because it has like antioxidants in it. Yeah, I believe it. Yeah, say anyways. So what happens to in my opinion is these organizations, these organizations or the coaches go into it with like, ah, it'd be really nice to know. I do want to go out there and be really nice and out there all week. Well, there's this one thing that says that your heart rate did a great study on. Well, I actually slept better the first day than the third day. Oh, well, I guess how good your arthritis from playing 13 years in the NFL feel Bill. Oh, turns out you're fucking nice. Don't have to do that. I just like, I don't need a scientist to tell me that I feel better fucking being a week ahead of the game. I've traveled. I have traveled before. I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. If I go a week out, five days after traveling to LA, I feel better than the first time. God damn it, this is so good, man. But the intern felt fine. Awesome. Jesus Christ. Oh, man, shout out to the intern for going out there for a scientific reason. I just think we overthink this shit sometimes. And you know, it's not usually it's overthought because you want a specific outcome. I just that's what it is. Can we all just not try and like, don't overthink it. Do you feel better when you travel after a couple days being there or the first thing you're there? I don't think it's that hard. I don't give a fuck what my HRV says on the third day. I don't care. Let me check my whoop. Yeah. Jesus Christ, guys. Hey, intern, what is your whoop say? Yeah. Yeah. That being said, I don't want to discredit. I don't really think it made as big of a factor. It didn't. Yeah. At the end of the day, this is like a very small difference. We play on it. You're playing a caffeine. You're getting tore it all before the game. Come on now. Come on now. Torrid Alden. I'm the NFL man. We won. I'm far the fuck. Yeah. Honestly, I also just like going early because I have a fuck on it. I like hanging out with my teammates. I get to go do weird shit that I would have never been able to do some of the funnest. There's a haunted castle right next to us. Fuck yeah. That's cool. I want to go get some snitches in Germany with my friends. Snitzels and pilsners. I had fun doing that one. Football question. How long until the league cracks down on the banana motion? I don't want to talk about that. It's nonsense. Use check wasn't doing anything wrong. I feel like people haven't seen fullbacks in such a long time that they don't realize that they used to move around. Hey, that old ball player out there and Sam Fran's been there for a while. Yeah. Yeah. Been there 14 years. As long as you're not going forward and he wasn't going forward. Now, there's sometimes where guys are going a little bit at the line. You run down a toss crack motion. Sometimes those guys will cheat on this time. Those sneaky lose sneaky get up on them. But I mean, I don't think this rule needs to be changed. I don't think there's a big uproar. I am for the way that they work within the rules to utilize that motion. And I think a lot of the outrage is fake to create engagement. So what the hell with the call in the Saints game. A lot of other people did not know this specifically, including last year golf after the game. He didn't even know the rule. So before we see it. If the quarterback gets hit as he's throwing the ball. Mm hmm. And the ball goes backwards. What is that? It has to be a fumble. Apparently not. Let's put it clip. The rule is because the ball doesn't get dislodged in his hand. Like he maintains control of it. And he's trying to throw the ball. Like the intent is to throw the ball forward. And he doesn't lose control. The hit is the thing that makes him throw it backwards by rule. It's an incomplete pass because he was intending to throw it forward. But they're saying his arms coming forward. As long as you're trying to throw the ball, you haven't lost control. It's got to be arms coming. I'm telling you it's not that. I promise you. That's pretty crazy. It's he is intending to throw the ball. Sometimes you watch slow motion football. But guys just getting fucking smoked from the fast. You got damage. I love it. Sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Go through that. Yeah. That's the best. His arm just looks like it was. It wasn't even like a part of his fucking body for a little bit. So that's pretty crazy. I think it's a super rule. If the ball goes backwards, no matter what, it's a fumble to me. Right? Yeah. It was a huge playing the game, a huge moment. And if the ball gets dislodged, it's like a little bit loose, then it would have been a fumble because his arm wasn't going forward first. That's what's like weird. It's not even that the arm wasn't going forward when the initial contact was made. It's just like through it backwards. But he only threw it backwards because he was hit. So he wasn't intending to her. But I just think rules that factor in like in ten or stupid. How do you factor that in? I don't know. I think it's here, here and there. I think that right there judging it by just looking at it, that looks like a fumble. It should be a fumble. Glad we're on the same page. Weak one upsets. Biggest one. Probably it's chargers. Not a lot of people saw Arizona coming out and winning that game. Yeah. Jacobi were set out to, you know, first dub for the floor. Yep. Yep. Jacobi was set. I've always thought he's a ball. He's a good quarterback. He's a ball. They got some weapons over there. He is a professional quarterback. Not the most. I mean, he can't really run for shit, but he's he will take care of the football. Yeah, that's the thing. You don't ask around the static quarterback. You know, he's a sneaky good quarterback sneak guy. Oh, yeah. Nice. I always I always gauge how quarterback runs quarterbacks needs. Brasette's got a good sneak in them. He also takes care of the football. Yeah, it does. I've been a fan of his chargers. Didn't look great in the debut. I don't think that's a case for what they look like long term. I mean, they said they got great coaches, right? Jim Harboss, fantastic. Obviously Mike McDaniel. They're going to get that offense rolling. Justin Herbert, in my opinion, is a good quarterback. Obviously they look good this first week, but they're going to get things rolling. Yeah. The biggest one for me was that Cowboys Giants came. I thought the Cowboys were going to come out and really come to life. The Giants came out. Shout out to the other Harbob, brother. John Harbob had those boys rolling. Rollin. Yeah. And they look like they fucking love playing ball together, man. He talked about it all off season. We're building the bully. And that's what they did, man. Patrick or Carb was on the snap for like 30 on the field for like 36 snaps. Moana fullback. Come on now, big doubt. Scataboo was running physical. Jackson Dart looked great in the pocket. Like he's always been good off schedule and like making shit happen and running down field. But he was very good throwing the ball. Yes, today, taking care of it. Isaiah likely. Isaiah likely had a big game. Two tubs. Throw the ball to the tight end. Forgot to say this about Trey McBride. I think a lot of people have been really high in the Cowboys. Because they fixed their defense. And they've made a bunch of adjustments to the defense. Well, just because you added a bunch of new players in Decor, it doesn't magically make your defense great right away. Christian Parker wasn't Philadelphia. Vic Fangio disciple bringing that defense to Dallas. That's a complex defense to run. That is multiple fronts. You're playing four down fronts, five down fronts, six down fronts. You're doing all sorts of different blitzes, different coverages. Everything's kind of trying to be disguised. That's a lot to ask a bunch of they only had three starters returning on defense. They got a rookie safety plan. This is a lot to try and get that thing orchestrated. There was some blown plays by that defense. It did not look good. I do think it's going to get better. Not a good for showing great for showing for New York. They looked very good. It looks like he's stepping into his own over there, man. Yeah, happy for him and happy for my god Nags over there in New York as well. Matt naggy. That offense looked like a Matt naggy in Greg Roman offense. It looked like he'd come by because the run game and everything that you get out of a Greg Roman offense was awesome and dialed in. And then it felt like Jackson Dart was playing better in just watching it. Now listen, when you run the ball, it's uncomfortable, man. Yes, it looked it looked very good. All right, that's it for bold topics brought to you by Xfinity. Wi-Fi security. It's coming at you. Let's get to stamp of the week, man. I got mine. It's the easiest stamp of all. No, no, no, no, she didn't. Damn it. He literally drilled a human being off the ground like they did in space jam. Yeah, like the hot stars did in space. He just did. That shit was fucking ridiculous. I know why doesn't he get the ball once a drive? Yeah, just one one play drive. Just throw it to him in the flat. Let him stiff arm the fuck out of somebody for 10 to 15 yards. I don't think dude. That's got to be the best stiff arm in the history of the game. That shit was nasty. Not King Henry has got some good ones over there. Nobody has ever bounced a human off the turf with one arm. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I've seen Derek Henry. Derek Henry do that. I mean, he's got a good one too, but that one. It seemed extra vicious. Dude, that was it was just the whole like man handling situation. Like he literally just palmed him in through him on the ground. It was crazy. I was like as a man that just Fuck like everybody's got got like the NFL like in in the NBA like you get dunked on it's like Brother you just got your fucking head Into the fucking term you just got dumped. Yeah, somebody just dunked. I didn't know heads could bounce Yeah, well apparently the whole body can I'm grass. He went hard. It is a dribble ball on grass There's no bounce like at least if you got rubber pellets. Yeah helping you bounce that was so aggressive All right, who you going with? 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We had to this week Jets fan on the side of that Jets fan would use a Jets game to propose Jets fan on the side I'm during warm-ups at the Titans game listen if you didn't get down on a knee it doesn't count That's not how you do it what he just like presented her with the ring what what are we doing? There's no that's not info there's no way he didn't get on a knee. That's the whole thing. Yeah, that's the proposal Yeah, you get down on the knee Yeah, he's down he's down he's down. That's It's like a class Yankees fan with no ring in just a jumbo tron sign. Well, that's Tell about classes. What the fuck are we doing in here? Listen, man We got to have a ring. We got to just we got to find a way to get a ring Yeah, we got to find a way I don't I get it, you know said the rings cost a lot and not everybody has a lot Well, you don't want to get the wrong ring because then the but I mean is that but at the same time we got to have So they're has that's the whole thing you present you present and you accept offering Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you don't put it on a fucking digital school Well, listen, I'll be honest Hi What do you think oh So classy see what I did? Sporting of proposals aren't my thing I few I'm more into the intimate style, but if it's Teach your own like I don't have you both are big fans and you're digging it more power to you Yeah, so if you want to be put on display in front of a crowd of Drunk Yankees fans go for it. I don't know. I mean if that's your thing At Britslow how much Cologne is too much asking for a New York Giants quarterback I think this is in reference to a clip that would viral with James Winston and what she proceeded James is going crazy. Yeah, he has to the entire bottle You want me? I know as he came out there. So I'm pretty good. I was gonna say man. Listen It just depends on how potent you want to be. That's one of those where you're you know Hope you're not stuck in an elevator with that person, but if it's James Winston he pulling it off I'm telling you that right now I want 100% there's nothing that man can do that. I expect him to have a a strong scent You're not a Cologne guy though. I'm not well. You know they make that stuff with like rotten milk and shit like that Like you know what? Dude, it's fucking crazy. They they go with like you have to go with the shitty smell Because that somehow gets the old or four factors or whatever the fuck these things are okay, and it gets those engaged And then they put the the good smell of stuff inside of it. Oh, so you're really yeah, it's like rotten eggs plus flowers I don't really know how it works. Nice. You just crop dusted and walked over there. Well, yeah I'm that's because I'm that's what you do to start to perfume Okay, back and as I can't Jesus smells really good. I'm like you say you just don't you don't come back with anything I got my deodorant on at flr cgh nice. That's a bot. Nice username. We know players When a player switches teams do they share everything they know about their former team usually yes This is a strategy that is actually often you sometimes you'll see your team about to play Um, I say the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Cowboys will sign aid fill it up. You go off the practice squad No, this is very common practice pretty much at this point Everybody knows everybody's calls in the NFL and all of these things because they have it written down by players telling them all this stuff routinely. Stout would always be like a little birdie told me they like to do this. Oh, so you asked our defense Our defensive assistant who was very defensive assistant last year. Real So no, this is very common practice. It does happen The the ranting program in the NFL is pretty pretty intense. Listen, man. If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. Yeah, I mean Listen, you got to make you got to make a living and sometimes live in it. Hey, we'll pay $100,000 if you tell us everything about the Philadelphia Eagles. All right in All right, no no Christians was brought to you by Expedia All right, that does it for new heights make sure you tune in every Wednesday. 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Key Points:

  1. The impact of travel on circadian rhythms and performance is overstated, with personal experience and anecdotal evidence suggesting little difference between traveling early or late.
  2. Players and staff report feeling better when traveling ahead of game week, citing physical and mental readiness rather than scientific data.
  3. The Chiefs’ Week 1 victory against the Broncos showcased a strong, cohesive team culture, with standout performances from rookie Kenneth Walker, Patrick Mahomes, and defensive players like Mansour Daroane and Cleo Benson.

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The transcript discusses various aspects of the NFL season, focusing on travel logistics, team performance, and player experiences. A central theme is the overemphasis on scientific research regarding travel’s effect on athletes—contrasted by personal anecdotes where players report feeling better when arriving early, citing physical readiness and team chemistry rather than circadian science. The Chiefs' opening win is highlighted as a testament to team unity, with rookie Kenneth Walker delivering a dominant debut (23 carries, 173 rushing yards, two touchdowns), while Patrick Mahomes showcased aggressive playmaking.

The defense was also effective, with early interceptions and strong coverage. The Eagles’ home opener was a close contest, with Jalen Hertz and a new offensive system showing promise despite early struggles. Special teams highlights, including Tyler Owens’ dramatic return and a controversial play-by-play, add excitement.

Offenses are trending toward higher point totals, suggesting a shift in how defenses are forced to adapt. The discussion also touches on rule interpretations, such as a quarterback throwing backward after being hit, which remains a point of debate. Notable mentions include the Rams’ travel to Australia and the success of the Niners, who overcame injury setbacks.

Finally, the show promotes partnerships like American Express, Xfinity, and Expedia, emphasizing fan experiences, home security, and trip planning. The overall tone is energetic and grounded in real-world player perspectives, downplaying scientific myths in favor of lived experience.

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The impact is often overestimated. Athletes report feeling better when traveling early, and personal experience often outweighs scientific studies. Circadian rhythms may not be significantly affected, especially when athletes are already accustomed to the environment.

Teams may travel early to acclimate to the time zone, improve team bonding, and enjoy unique experiences. Personal enjoyment and team dynamics often play a bigger role than scientific evidence suggests.

Rookies can have standout performances, such as Kenneth Walker, who rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns in his debut. Their early impact often signals strong potential and team confidence.

Xfinity Shield offers Wi-Fi motion detection and cyber security to give users peace of mind, allowing them to monitor home activity without cameras or complex setups, especially while traveling.

Yes, Tyler Owens made a memorable play where he stiff-armed defenders and caught a return, and Brynn Covey's return was praised for its physicality and skill.

New offensive systems, such as the Chiefs' spread attack, bring creativity and innovation, leading to increased scoring and a different style of play that challenges defenses.

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