I guess for one
traffic is the nature of your discussions with Dante in the last for
weeks today. Different than usual. You guys,
different things. Um, I mean we talk about different things just considering
the game that we played before. Nothing unusual. We need to always just give me
things that I can work on to get better. Um, and, and he did that this week
obviously. I mean we have to find a way to have to find a way to play better.
So our offense, our offense can get going very good. I feel like he's
really trying to get across from the new message. Uh, not necessarily. It's
kind of the same stuff is just stuff that I've always had to work on and I
kind of lose sometimes during the season and I have to get better with
and that's kind of hanging in the pocket, working on my footwork staying
on time. All that stuff like that. I mean that's that stuff that I work on
every year you see, it kind of gives me certain games every single year and
it's about to really go back to and learn from and be better at
that show up on film a lot. Yeah, I mean there was times where I could have
maybe stepped and found a soft spot in the pocket where I kind of got out of
there and try to make something happen. But I mean it's stuff like I said, I've
worked on every single year, whenever we don't usually get going as an
offense because I'm doing little things like that. Um, we have the guys on the
team uh, to make plays happen every single drive, but I have to make sure
I'm execute at a high level. So those guys gonna have those opportunities are
gonna be the process behind the firm. But when the strength of the team is
the offense, Have you talked to coach Reid at all about letting the office
start to get my first to see you all convicted imprint on the game versus
Sunday where you finally got control down seven people. Yeah. I mean, I I
haven't talked to him about any of that. I mean, I I know it's I mean there's
there's positive to both sides. I mean, you you defer because you get that
second half. So whereas where I fumbled at the end of the half, this last game,
if we were able to find a way to get points when we come back out and get
points again and we're right back in the football game. Um, so there's
there's positives and negatives to both sides of it. But I kind of leave that
up to coach three and whatever happens you kind of go out there and roll with.
I mean, ever since I've been here, it's been deferring. So I don't have a
preference in a way though. I I asked you about your interactions this week.
What about with your teammates who sort of indicated maybe talk to them and
kind of I took the blame for what happened in Tennessee? Yeah, I mean, I
mean, you can just watch the tape and know that I need to play better in
order to have success. I mean, there was a place where guys were open,
there's a place we had matchup downfield that I didn't hit, um that I
usually would give those guys opportunities to make plays. So, um,
I've said some to them saying that I got to be better, but at the same time
they have that, that mindset, they're gonna, they're gonna try to build me up.
So, I mean, it's, it's a, it's a thing where you're not gonna be your best
game every single game and that's when you have to rely on those other guys to
kind of step up and make plays for you. One of the better place in your career
signature place was actually to run against Tennessee and it was scrambling
and doing that. So how do you kind of marry? Okay, we got to focus more on
pocket presence, but let's not completely lose that aspect of my game
either. Yeah, that's something I always have the battle with. It's, it's when
you want to stay within the offense and make the, make the right play, get the
ball moving. Uh kind of get the drive's going and when I want to try to make
this special play and get outside the park and make throws downfield, it's
something I've battled with my entire career in mind entire life pretty much.
And so especially the game, like the other day when we're, when it's not
going our way early in the game, that's when I'm ready to get back to my
fundamentals, kind of moving the ball down the field, not rely on one play to
try to score a big touchdown, but just do it the right way and then let that
stuff kind of come to me in certain scenarios and you guys focus on that.
When you mentioned something like pressing, does that make you think that
you need to go back to fundamentals? And there's something else that you can
tell yourself that will help you? Maybe not feel that thing where you go. Yeah,
I think it's just, it's, it's me just staying within the offense. Um, as I've
kind of learned throughout my career, it seems like every single year there's
a game or two where I kind of start doing too much. Um, there's nothing to
do either side of the ball. It's just, I start doing too much trying to make a
play happen, trying to make a big play happen and kind of sparked the offense.
Whereas I can just lean on other guys to make that stuff happen. We have a
lot of playmakers on this offense. Uh, we got guys up front that can really be
solid up front and solidify that, that offensive defensive line or whatever.
Um, and so for me, it's about staying within that, getting the ball out of my
hand, getting stuff rolling, get the momentum in our favor and then if that
big play happens, I kind of let it happen. Don't just try to go out there
and make it happen. Thank you. Talk about guys, you know, step fire, print
has been one of those guys week out, talking about your chemistry with him.
It seems like he's developing more as one of your Yeah, I mean he's playing
tough man. I think that's the biggest thing. He's making some tough catches
over the middle of the field. Um and against man coverage and that's what
we're getting a lot of those third down situations, man coverage. And so you've
got to have guys other than uh Travis and Tiring because they're getting
doubled and you've seen guys step up week after week and last week Byron
stepped up, made a lot of big catches, um, took some big hits and he was still
able to hold on to it. So just to be able to have him along with those other
guys keep continue to step up, it's gonna help us a time as the season goes
on, The confidence of the three and four
Last 240, I guess if you can trace back the Super Bowl, did you feel like
confidence was going to be something that you're focus on in the offseason.
Yes,
not necessarily. I feel, I feel like we still have the confidence. I mean, we
understand that we're not playing football the way we want to, we're not
winning the games that we feel like we can win. Um But I think we know that
it's still out in front of us. We have to take it day by day, we have to focus
in and really go out and get better as a team. Um, But we, we feel like if we
can do that and better ourselves, that we can still get whatever we want to do
whatever we want to do. And so that's gonna take us just staying with the
grind, staying with the process and really listening to this coaching staff
and and doing what they want us to do at any point this year. Are you
surprised? I know we talked about teams bloods in us, but is there any part of
what opponents have done that has surprised you in terms of trying to
make you be consistent play after play, after play versus some opportunities in
the password? Maybe you did have that player two that got the offensive.
Um I wouldn't, I wouldn't say I was necessarily surprising. We've kind of
gotten the same type of coverages and schemes every single week from week one
on. Um It's just, it's been to depend on the games and we're gonna execute
and make the plays happen. Um There's been weeks where we executed, drove the
ball down the field, had those long drive score touchdowns. Um There's been
weeks that we've gotten penalties, turnovers and and I'm a big part of
that turnovers and stuff like that and it's really stalled out drives. Um And
so if you want to be a great offense, you got to be able to do it several
different ways and if teams are gonna play us like they were playing us now,
we gonna be able to drive down the field, but I think we can't miss. And
what I feel like I missed a little bit last week is when that big play
opportunities there we gotta we gotta go for it. And um that's that's there
were some shots down the field this last week that I didn't take those,
take those chances and I think that kind of came back to bite at the end of
the game, something like that. Does that happen because you have had a
mistake or two unlucky on occasion that you're playing a little tender then. No,
I don't think it's that, I mean, obviously don't wanna turn the ball
over but I'll never be afraid to throw it to the guys and let them have
chances to make plays. Um I think it's just kinda getting a rhythm of you've
been all game, you've been kind of going short passes, short passes, short
passes and you just kind of eliminate something before actually seeing it. Um
And so I think that was something that I did this last week was, I was kind of
trying to get the offense going short pass, short pass, short pass and there
was a time where I could have just maybe just taking a shot and I don't
even give it a chance because I was so focused in on, they're not gonna let us
have it. Um, and so that's that stuff that I have to continue to work on and
get better at it being true going going through the reeds and if that
opportunities there and get those guys chances to make place. I asked coach
the enemy about 34 weeks ago whether or not the lead has caught up with the
chief's offense and you in particular, you also advertised. And I know he can,
I ask you of course you can kind of, do you think that it's a matter of just
you all eliminating those mistakes or the defense going a little bit
incredible And what they, what they've shown me off, have they call it too?
You can't take away anything defenses have done against us. I mean they've
played us well and they've they've done great things that have limited us to a
certain extent. But like I said, I mean, I think if we execute and do what we
think we can do, we can still go out there and get what we want to, we want,
what we want and that's, I mean we have to go out there and execute play after
play after play and I think that's something that we have to continue to
get better at, I have to continue to get better at is not getting bored with
just taking, taking the profit, I mean go out there and take those shots
obviously, but whenever that the short stuff there keep taking it and uh
moving the ball down the field, no turnovers, cut the penalties out and I
feel like we'll still have success against Washington. It seems like teams
are trying to really beat up tells and he's your main outlet. Just how has
that been maybe impacting some of the things that you guys can do defending
Kelsey. Yeah, I mean I think he's still been doing a great job of getting open.
Um He's battling, I mean those guys are guys are all over him um but he's
battling and getting himself open and fighting through it as best as he
possibly can. Um And so uh I mean they're obviously gonna focus in on
Travis, they're gonna focusing on Tyreek, there's such playmakers,
they're gonna kind of get that they have these last few years, it's about
me finding those those opportunities when they do have good matchups to get
on the ball. Um and then other guys giving them chances to make plays and I
think we did better at that against Washington that we did against
Tennessee and so we'll kind of go back to to kind of picking and choosing when
to get them chances to make plays and letting other guys have chances, couple
more guys will go Haley. That adam Patrick kind of what you were saying
earlier, how every great quarterback has one of their worst games, every
great franchise is going to have a slump and social media being as cruel
as it can be today. What you kind of do to reset knowing that you guys have the
confidence to get back to your winning ways. I think just believing in each
other. I mean we have a lot of guys in this locker room that have won a lot of
football games and played a lot of great football. Um, so we don't really
worry about what other people outside of this building say. I mean we just
focus in on what we know we can do and what we're gonna try to do the rest of
the season. You're coming up on the anniversary of that crazy money. Yeah.
What do you remember about that game? And can you imagine? And and with so
much storm, although now that I ask the question again, yeah, I mean that was a
crazy game. Obviously they're a lot better if we won. Um, but I mean, we,
we battled, I mean we went out their battle against a great football team I
believe was in the Super Bowl that year. Um and uh, we're playing up against a
really good football team this week as well. So uh, luckily enough, we're
going to be an arrowhead this time, so hopefully we can continue to battle and
have a better memory and hopefully maybe win.