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ANNOUNCER: NOW BACK TO "NEW
ENGLAND NATION."
YIANNI: WELCOME BACK.
TIME FOR THE ROUND TABLE WITH
GRESH AND RUTHIE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE CHIEFS ARE 5-0.
THE PATS 3-2.
ARGUABLY TWO OF THE BEST TEAMS
IN THE A.F.C.
WHEN THEY GO UP THREE GAMES, BUT
TECHNICALLY, FOUR, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A TIEBREAKER.
DOES THIS GAME DECIDE HOME FIELD
ADVANTAGE IN THE A.F.C.?
I DON'T THINK SO.
KANSAS CITY STILL GOT TO GO TO
THE MEATY PART OF THEIR SCHEDULE
AND THE PATRIOTS GET BETTER AS
THE SEASON GOES ON.
WILL IT COME DOWN TO THE WHOLE
BOTH TEAMS ARE 12-4 AND THEN
THIS GAME MATTERS?
I'M STILL NOT BANKING ON IT.
RUTHIE: KANSAS CITY, DON'T YOU
FEEL LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE THIS
HYPE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON IN IT FEEL LIKE KANSAS
CITY IS THIS TEAM THAT HAS A LOT
OF HYPE AND THEN SOME BAD THINGS
HAPPEN AND THEY FALL OFF?
THEY'RE LIKE THE WISCONSIN OF
THE NFL IN THAT THEY'LL BE LIKE
10-0 AND THEN YOU THINK THEY
MIGHT BE WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN THEY LOSE
TO SOMEONE THEY SHOULDN'T BE
LOSING TO.
AND LET'S REMEMBER TOO.
KANSAS CITY REALLY HAS NOT BEEN
BESET BY INJURIES YET.
AMONG THE THINGS TO KEEP AN EYE
ON TODAY IS THE HEALTH OF JUSTIN
HOUSTON AND ERIC BERRY.
YIANNI: WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PATRICK MAHOMES PROBABLY MORE
THAN TOM BRADY IN THIS EPISODE.
IS THE NEXT BIG THING, RUTHIE?
RUTHIE: HE COULD BE.
I HATE THIS TOPIC BECAUSE
EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT
U.S. OPEN WHO ONLY HAD, YOU
KNOW, -- JIMMY GAROPPOLO, HE HAD
FIVE NFL STARTS AND HE GETS
HURT.
PATRICK MAHOMES IS A VERY
SPECIAL PLAYER.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THE DON'T
BE THE NEXT BIG THING AND HE HAS
A PERSONALITY AND A LIKEABILITY
ABOUT HIM THAT I THINK MAKES
PEOPLE WANT HIM TO BE THE NEXT
BIG THING.
ANDY: I'M NOT READY TO GO THERE
YET AT ALL BECAUSE WHEN THE
LEAGUE CATCHES UP WITH SOME OF
THE RUN PASS OPTION STUFF THEY
DO, THEN WHAT KIND OF GAME DOES
PATRICK MAHOMES HAS?
GUYS WHO ARE THE REAL
SUPERSTARS, BREES, BRADY, AND
I'LL EVEN PUT PHILIP RIVERS IN
THAT CATEGORY, THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO RUN A BASE OFFENSE
AND RUN AN OFFENSE THAT
TRANSLATES TO THE NFL.
THEY'RE DOING GIMMICKY STUFF
HERE BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SO
MUCH THAT SPEED IS AFTER THE
FIELD?
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ACCURATE
ENOUGH TO BE A BRADY.
YIANNI: I THINK HE'S TOP FIVE IN
FIVE YEARS THOUGH, HIM AND --
ANDY: THE NEXT BIG THING AT
QUARTERBACK IS SAM DARNOLD AND
BAKER MAYFIELD ISN'T FAR BEHIND.
WHEN TOM BRADY -- WELL, I THINK
HIS HAND IS STAMPED.
HE'S ALREADY THERE.
HE CAN COME AND GO AS HE PLEASE.
[LAUGHTER]
YIANNI: ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT
CHIEFS OFFENSE THIS WHOLE DAY.
WHO ON THE DEFENSE OR HOW DO THE
PATS STOP THE CHIEFS?
ANDY: WELL, THEY STOP THEM BY
TAKING AWAY EASY THROWS.
THEY STOP THEM BY GETTING A
LEAD.
AND THEN THEY STOP THEM BY
KEEPING THEM OFF THE FIELD.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE
FOR THE PATRIOTS, YOU WANT 34
MINUTES OF POSSESSION TIME, 35
MINUTES OF POSSESSION TIME IF
YOU CAN.
AND IF SO, THEY'LL PUT UP A BIG
NUMBER OF POINTS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE
CHIEFS' ABILITY TO STOP THE RUN.
PEOPLE BEEN WAITING.
SONY MICHEL THIS, SONY MICHEL
THAT.
THE CHIEFS CONDITIONS.
STOP THE RUN.
THE PATRIOTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
RUN IT ON THEM AND IF THEY GET
THAT LEAD, IT'S GOING TO BE
EASIER FOR THE D TO DEAL WITH
KANSAS CITY.
RUTHIE: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT
GOING TO BE TO AFFECT THE
QUARTERBACK AND GET GUYS TO GET
TO HIM?
ANDY: YOU BRING UP SOMETHING
INTERESTING.
KANSAS CITY WANTS TO GET THE
BALL OUT QUICK BUT THE GUYS YOU
MENTIONED ARE LIKE 6'5", 6'6"
WITH LONG ARMS.
MAHOMES IF THE THE SUPER TALLEST
GUYS.
SO GET THOSE HANDS UP.
AS SOON AS HE HITS THAT BACK
FOOT AND PULLS UP AND START, GET
THE HANDS IN THE AIR AND CUT
DOWN THOSE THROWING LANES.
YIANNI: WEEK ONE LAST YEAR IS
PROBABLY THE GAME IN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS WHERE THE MOST BIG
PLAYS AGAINST THE PATRIOTS
DEFENSE, YOU TYPICALLY DON'T SEE
THAT BECAUSE MCCOURTY AND DURON
HARMON PLAYS 50 YARDS OFF THE
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
SO THE PATRIOTS CAN CONTAIN THE
BIG PLAY, THEY'LL BE OK.
ANDY: IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE
YIANNI, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
MIX ZONE AND MAN.
EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT MAN
COVERAGE.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
PLAYS THERE WHEN JACKSONVILLE
WENT MAN COVERAGE.
TACKLING'S GOT TO BE BIG.
SECOND GUYS GOT TO FINISH THE
JOB.
AND THEY BETTER MAKE SURE THAT
IF THEY'RE IN SPACE, THEY'VE GOT