Patrick Mahomes' RECOVERY and Kenneth Walker’s IMPACT Changes EVERYTHING!

0:00This is the Lockdown Podcast Network celebrating 10 years of your team every day. 3-0, verse 3-0, the Raiders and the Cheese Week 4 for first place in the AWS. Yeah, just like everyone drew it up, right? The Lockdown Podcast Network Crossover Edition will get into it right now. And welcome into another Crossover Edition here on the Lockdown Podcast Network, Lockdown Chiefs, Lockdown Raiders Week 4 action. The Chiefs and the Raiders, Adelie, Just Stadium. This one is for first place in the AFC West. He's Chris Clark, host of Lockdown Chiefs, I'm QMIRAS Lockdown Raiders and Chris, just like we all drew it up, right? 3-0, verse 3-0. That's what you expect to go in in the week 4, didn't you? Not at all. No, two and one at bed for both teams would have been probably my guess. I just didn't feel great about Kansas, going in the season without having the starters play at all in the preseason at all. So I did not like them against the Broncos. They obviously found a way to

1:01get it done. And the Raiders have been a little bit of surprised to me as well. I would have kind of probably figured one and two, but they're now two, they're now three and 0. So this is going to be an interesting game. Yeah, it really is. Can't wait to break down the storylines, break down the matchups and path to victory for both teams, both the Chiefs and the Raiders will jump right into it after I tell you about the title sponsor, the show, which is Fandall. Make this your most rewarding season ever with Fandall Rewards Club. Every week, check the Fandall app to see what's waiting for you. And Chris, I'd say that a big reward is coming up on Sunday for both Chiefs Kingdom and Raider Nation. This game coming up on, you know, three and 0 for a three and 0. I'm sure that if the league could flex a game on on week four, they might flex this one the Sunday night because this seems like this is going to be maybe the best matchup of the week. But for you and the Chiefs and the way that you cover the Chiefs, what would you say would be the biggest storyline or maybe even a couple storylines for this team? Well, I think you know, the biggest storyline has to be Kenneth Walker. I do think that he has to be the absolute biggest storyline in this game for Kansas City because you see what he's done the first three weeks. And it's not

2:03just he's running for a bunch of yards. It's the mistakels forced. He's averaging over 10 mistakels forced a game and that's just it's phenomenal. It's going to be something that's going to be a lot of fun to watch as this season goes on. And I think the other storyline or a couple more of the storylines, you know, Patrick Mahomes is another one. I did not expect that he would be looking as good as he has the past couple of weeks. I thought that he would take some time to kind of work into it, which is another reason why I didn't see them being three and out at this point is that I thought that he would need to, you know, kind of ease into it versus what he looked like, especially against the Colts. And he played a pretty clean game against the dolphins as well. And then I guess another storyline would be Josh Simmons not playing at left tackle. And that is going to be a big thing for this game because I think that the Raiders are going to try to take advantage of it and use crossby a lot. Yeah, no, there's no doubt about that. The Robbie Leonard led defense has been lying in Max Cross be up everywhere. And I'm sure that trying to match him up against where Josh Simmons would be is going to be one of the spots that, you know, Rob Leonard lines him up. But he's been kind of all over the line of

3:05scrimmage and that Raiders defense has been really good early on this season. I want to go back to a couple of your storylines. He talked about Kenneth Walker and Patrick Mahomes. I feel like that those two kind of go hand in hand. The addition of Kenneth Walker and what he's done so far this season, the fact that he's got what 38 missed tackles he's forced. And obviously Patrick Mahomes coming back from the knee injury. How much has the addition of Kenneth Walker helped kind of ease Patrick Mahomes back into action? Well, it's huge because it doesn't just when you have a running game, it changes the way the defenses play you. And that's the biggest thing for Kansas City. You're not necessarily going to see this that sheet because Mahomes doesn't have other world numbers. But the reality is is that they're able to run the ball efficiently. Walker's been averaging close to four or five yards of carry in a lot of these games. He's been very successful. He's still got a lot of explosive runs. And he's even got explosive pass catches as well. So it's not just the running game. He's able to bring that to the passing game as well, which is not something you saw as much of in Seattle as you kind of have the

4:06first couple weeks in Kansas City. But the other reality is is it changes the way the defenses play you. So you have two safeties or you have a safety coming down in the box. We're cheating down into the box to an extent. And you're playing from a situation where you're under center more because that's where Kenneth Walker is going to be most comfortable. And you're also playing in a situation where you have play action that's going to be more effective because they actually have to expect that they could be running the ball. And because if they are running the ball, they've been very effective running it. Yeah, no, I'm telling you that that run game that the chiefs have now is is really something to pay attention to. And I didn't know what is going to look like immediately. But man, you can see that week one that Kenneth Walker and that run game is really, really effective for the Kansas City Chiefs for the Raiders. A big storyline is well, I mean, there's plenty of them. One, they're three and oh on the season where a lot of people didn't expect and look, I'll tell you the first off top. I thought they're going to be a team that won six, maybe seven games this season. And right now they're at three and oh, so kind of let you know they're already exceeding my expectations. But it's really the defense, you know, for me, is the way that they're playing.

5:10They have nine takeaways already this season 10 sacks right there up there. You know, at the higher metrics when it comes to all the defensive stats and numbers that you could look at. And one real big number that stands out to me. There's a couple, but one that stands out to be the most Chris is the fact that they've scored 22 points in the fourth quarter. And they haven't given up a point yet in the fourth quarter. I think that as you know, a team that plays the Raiders twice a year, that is a big difference from what we've seen in the past. Yeah, and I'm very curious and the funny thing, I've actually watched some of the Raider game against the Saints this past week. And one of the things that the announcers were talking about is how the Saints have been so good in the fourth quarter. Their quarterback had been so good in the fourth quarter. And then the Raiders just, their defense took over and did not allow a single point. And that really allowed them to, you know, cruise to victory at the very end of the game. I think it's going to be interesting to see where this game goes because it's possible that the fourth quarter won't matter. It's also possible that it could come down to the fourth quarter. It really just depends, you know, who is able to

6:14get takeaways? I mean, that's obviously going to be a big one. Kansas City hasn't been forcing the ton of takeaways. They haven't really been giving the ball away either. So, you know, if if the Raiders are able to get a couple takeaways, this game may not be close early. Or if the Raiders give the ball away, this game might not be close early. It just really kind of depends on how that shakes out. Yeah, something tells me this game is going to be very important in the fourth quarter. Something tells me this is going to be a battle to the end. And that's what I'm excited about. And, you know, another good storyline. Go ahead. Sorry, I just want to say it's really quick. I will see this. They haven't played Patrick Mahomes yet. So we'll see if that fourth quarter scoring is still in fact after they play the Chiefs this week. Oh, for sure. For sure. Patrick Mahomes is another, he's another animal as you know. And the chiefs have plenty of animals. Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker, Chris Jones is just the same name if you Travis Kelsey, plenty of animals on that team. But you know, another big storyline for the Raiders is the fact that this is probably the third biggest game in the Legion Stadium history for the Raiders to play in, right? The first one that they played in front of fans in 2021 against Baltimore on Monday Night Football. That was electric. Obviously week 18 in 2023. No, 2021. Yeah, 2021

7:20week 18 when they took on the charges. Remember that game got flexed to Sunday night football and the winner went to the playoffs and the loser went home and the charges ended up losing that one. And then this one, right? And again, I know it's only week four and the Chiefs are used to playing in really big games. And I don't think that the Chiefs are going to consider a week four game a big, big game. But for the Raiders, it is a big game because they haven't had a game this magnitude yet so far in the history, especially the Las Vegas Raiders, you know, to be playing for first place against a team like Kansas City that I used to be in the first place. So I think this is going to be really electric atmosphere. I'm interested to see. I know Chiefs Kingdom travels really well. I'm interested to see what it looks like as far as just the makeup of the fan bases that are going to be there on Sunday. Yeah, it's going to be fascinating to me to see how that shakes out and you know, Kansas City, this is the lead, their second row game in a row. You know, at least it's in a dome so you're not going to be dealing with the heat. I do think that the heat played a little bit of a factor in the Miami game. And they're and it was interesting that the Chief played in their home reds away. That obviously won't be happening

8:22this week. And can't see it'll be in their whites. But I do think it's going to be an interesting to see what happens when they get to a lead stadium and how this game kicks off because you're right. I mean, this is going to be a game it's going to do pretty much. I'm not going to say it's going to determine the AFC West, but it's going to determine who's going to be leading the AFC West for a little bit. Kansas City heads into a buy, but then they play the Chargers in week six. So, you know, Kansas City, if you're them, if you win this game and you win against the Chargers, you're setting yourself up to basically have a great chance of winning the division after week six. Yeah, I mean, it's like there's a lot of football to be played obviously, but you're right. The way that the division is shaking out, especially with the Chargers, you know, sitting there at Ofer right now on the season. I don't think anybody expected that either. And Denver, kind of in my opinion, kind of up and down still just, you know, I think trying to find themselves. But I mean, it's a tough division. We know that, but this is going to be a fun one for sure. We'll look up to the biggest matchups. What is the biggest matchups that Chris is looking for in this one? What are the biggest matchups that I'm looking for in this one week four action chiefs, Adelie just stadium at the Raiders,

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11:33for indeed sponsored jobs. All right, Chris, here we go. Segment number two. We talked about the biggest storylines between the chiefs and the Raiders for week four action at a league stadium. Now we got to really get down to the X's and those the matchups. What are the key matchups that you're looking for with this chiefs team as they're going up against the Raiders on Sunday? Unfortunately, Khalil Benson versus Max Crosby and Quitte Pay. I mean, quite frankly, that's what it's going to come down to for me. It's your left tackle. It's your under after preage and left tackle that played really well the first two weeks, kind of struggled last week. The question becomes is it going to be something that he can build on and or the chiefs going to put them on an island? I think they put in putting them on an island about 70% of the time. If you do that, it gets Max Crosby. My home is going to get hit and that is definitely not a position that you want to put him in. No, no, it's not. And you know, isn't isn't it always a really good matchup, though? Just my homes and max just because the respect that they have for each other, but the rivalry that they have for each other, they seem to hate each other too. But yeah, but yeah, I know

12:34they respect each other, but they look like they hate each other when they're on the field. Yeah, absolutely. Exactly. And that's what Alphas do, right? That's what Alphas do. They go after it like that. And I know he's got a ton of respect for Pat. And I know Pat has a ton of respect. But yeah, when they're on the field, it just looks like, okay, I'm taking your head off and you're taking my head off one way or the other. So that's that's always a fun matchup. So I know that Max is really going to be, you know, itching to get out there and get after patchable homes. But for the Raiders defense, it's really been a collective. It hasn't been just Max Crosby and the rest of the crew. It's been, you know, Max. It's been Quiddie Pay as you mentioned. It's been Nicobie Dean. And that's where really where my matchups going to go. Then I'm paying attention to and I actually told that to Nicobie Dean on Wednesday and the in the Raiders locker room. I think Nicobie Dean and Kenneth Walker are going to be a, is going to be some matchups to watch because Kenneth Walker has been so damn good for the chiefs and and Ken and Nicobie Dean has been, he's been that guy and then some. So I think he's going to be trying to be that he seeking missile and find Kenneth Walker and Kenneth Walker is going to try to find him and run over folks. I mean, that's just who he is breaking a lot of tackles. So that's a big matchup I'm looking for. Yeah. And I'm going to, I'm going

13:39to kind of cheat a little bit and I'm going to say that I'm going to take the Raiders safeties versus my homes and what I mean by that specifically is this. It's going to be a matter of and I guess Andy Reed can be in there as well with Eric B. Enemy. But what I'm looking at is do they take advantage of bringing the Raiders safety down into the box? If they take advantage of that, do they take deep shots off that? Do they, how do they adjust to what the Raiders safeties do and how does my homes, how do my homes, how to read, how do, you know, Eric B. Enemy change the play calling to try to attack the Raiders defense based on if they're playing too deep safeties or if they're bringing a safety up in the box to try to help with against Kenneth Walker. I think that that could be a fascinating part of this game because the reality is is that while you may not have a chance to through the ball deep very often, if you see the right coverage, right, and you have thro�ing out there and you have worthy out there, all it takes is one throw and it can change the game. Yeah. No, you're right about that and it's funny because I was thinking about a matchup as well, but I was thinking more Andy Reed, Eric B. Enemy against Rob Leonard, who's the Raiders defensive coordinator more like that

14:43chess match, right, because Robby Leonard's done a really good job so far as a first year, defense coordinator kind of pushing the right buttons and putting his guys in the right position. And you know, I wonder how this is going to play for the Raiders secondary, you know, going to your point about taking a deep shot, trading stuicks will be back this week. He's the, they're a second round pick out of Arizona. He was out last week and the Saints picked on Isaiah, pull them out a lot. And so you can see that he got lost and coverage stuicks is back. He was dealing with a concussion, talked to him in the locker room as well. So he's happy to be back huge difference. But the thing is, I don't know, is he going to be more assigned of watching 87. So Kelsey's not always open like he's always I don't know why it's not like he's, you know, the fastest dude on the field, but he's always wide open. So I don't know if stuicks is going to be in charge of kind of watching him. If that's going to be maybe someone like Nicobie Dean, I don't know, but maybe they bring in another one of their young secondary players that they that they drafted or brought in. And maybe you see more DBs on the field than than you normally would. But then again, then how does,

15:46you know, Andy re counter that and how does Kenneth Walker play a role in that? So it's it's going to be a fascinating chess match between the two. Yeah, can't wait. Yeah, it's going to be it's going to be fun. You know, another matchup that I'm looking for is, you know, Brock Bowers and and how Spags decides he's going to try to defend Brock Bowers, the AFC off its a player. I mean, Bowers is a dude, right? I mean, he came back one game and 10 catches 116 yards. So how does Spags decide to defend him and try to slow him down? It's a great question. And that's a big question that I don't know that the chiefs have an answer for based on what they've done in the past. I mean, the Titans haven't killed them so far this year, but they haven't played the guy. And I want to be clear, there's not many guys in the NFL that I would put on the same levels Brock Bowers, right? But they haven't really played Titans that are even really close to Brock Bowers. So it's going to be a different situation for me. I'm going to be fascinated to see what Spags does. You know, when it comes to the next matchup for me and one probably one of the bigger matchups for me, it's really going to be Nick Bolton

16:48versus Kirk Cousins or what I really mean is Spags in the past rush and Bolton calling the defense and trying to figure out and moving players in and out and getting pressure on Kirk Cousins. Because if you get pressure on Kirk Cousins, it changes things. But Cousins has been cooking so far this season and has three TVs in the first three games, three TVs in each game of the first three games and is playing very well behind a good offensive line. Now, obviously there are problems on that offensive line at different places. And I think Kansas City should be able to take advantage of those two in a sense. But Spags always sends pressure. And I'm curious to see if the pressure gets home because while they did well against the Broncos, they've still been getting pressure against the Colton and against the Dolphins, but they haven't gotten home. Yeah, you have to get home against Kirk Cousins. You have to hit him. Yeah, you do. You do. And he's been doing a really good job getting the ball of his hands pretty quickly as well. And every once in a while, when he holds it, he usually is able to come up with a big play, usually to Brock or maybe trade Tucker. So I'll see a couple of those too. Yeah,

17:50exactly. So we'll see. We'll see how that plays out. But I'm glad you said the pressure because that's where my my other matchup that I'm really looking looking at is Chris Jones versus the Raiders offense of line because there's a shot that J. J. P. J might not play at the right guard spot Jackson Powers Johnson. He's got a groin injury. So that means Caleb Rogers was sliding to his spot. And I think Caleb Rogers is more than capable of holding that spot down. But this would be the first start for him this season. So you know, let me ask you know continuity of the offense of line might not might not be there. Yeah, let me ask this. Buford to look like struggled last week. Is that more just the guy is the guy's playing? Is it you think? Yeah, he's a guy. But yeah, is it you think it's more of who he's playing against? Or do you think it's just that he's going to struggle? Period. At that point, if if if Jackson Powers Johnson doesn't play, then both of your guards are going to be struggling. That's not going to be a good situation against Chris Jones. No, it's not. And yeah, yeah, Berford has that he's a little bit of a. Yeah, he's hot and cold. Let's put it like that. And they brought him in from San Francisco. He knows the system.

18:52So he fit in really well. I don't know how long he's going to hold down that spot because he did struggle last week. And so he could be the weak link. And so yeah, it's definitely something to pay attention to. You know, Tray Zoon is a rookie that they drafted. He could play up and down the line. But again, talking about continuity of the offense of line, that's that's the most important area of the team that you want to have continuity. And if you have all of a sudden two new guards, you don't have continuity. If you have one new guard, you're not going to have that continuity really. But that's going to be something that obviously they've got to work on this week and figure out if JPJ is going to be able to go. He did not participate in practice on Wednesday. So not a good sign for a guard dealing with a groin injury. That is for sure. So that's going to be an interesting matchup. This is why it's going to be a hell of a test coming up on Sunday. Three in O Kansas City, verse three and O loss Vegas coming up in segment number three keys to victory. The past of victory. What is it going to take for the chiefs to get the dub? What is it going to take for the braiders to get the dub? We'll talk about that coming up next here on the Lockdown podcast network. Before we get to that, though, do want to tell you about a couple more of the great

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22:23You know, the big thing for kids is they need to stay true to who they've been. They need to continue to run the ball and they need to get Walker involved in the offense. And I don't think that that's going to be something that's going to change this season form. I think that they need to continue going down that path. And I'd say you get Walker 20 to 25 touches this game. And I'm not necessarily just talking runs. Obviously, he has been showing up in the passing game as well. And I think that that's huge for both him and this team because it makes it multi-dimensional to where, you know, when you looked at what he did in Seattle, he did catch the ball in Seattle, but he's been way more involved in this passing game in Kansas City than he ever was in Seattle. And to be able to not necessarily know you're going to be running the ball when Walker's out there, I think, is the big thing. And they've got, they've really got a two-back system at this point with image onsen as well. So I do think that if they can get, you know, those guys 30 to 35 touches, I think you've got a pretty good about Kansas City's chance of winning this game. Yeah, I mean, if you get 30 to 35 touches in the run game, you've got to feel great about it. It really doesn't matter who you are. Right? Because that to be clear, to be clear, I'm not just saying run game. I'm saying pass

23:26passing with those with those as well. Just with the running backs. Okay, I got you. I got you. Just with the running backs. Nice. Nice. Well, I mean, look, that's that's a good key to victory for sure. You know, and Candid Walker, I mentioned it earlier in the show how many missed tackles he's forced already. What is it about K9 that he's just, I don't want to say so elusive, but I mean, just, he makes so many people miss. I, you know, I wish I could tell you what it is, but it's just been something that he's been doing this entire season. He's been doing great at it. Like he just, he sees the angles. He doesn't the thing that this, the thing that's changed so much with this running game in Kansas City that they haven't had in the past. Like, Pacheco ran hard and he hit the, he would hit the line hard, but he didn't have great vision. Kenneth Walker's vision is what separates him in the NFL. And it's his vision to bounce it outside sometimes or bounce it, you know, from one hole to the next and get it to a point where he's not taking a direct shot, which allows him to create a mistackle because he's not taking, you know, the full shot. So I do think

24:32that there's part of it that there too. But I think that if they continue using him that the way that they have, he looks like he's just getting stronger and he continues to be playing extremely well. And I think, you know, if they sprinklin image Johnson a little bit more than they have, they're going to keep Walker fresh as well. And it's not like Johnson has been a huge drop off. He's been effective as well. Yeah, I think that one of the big keys for the Raiders is slowing down K9. I mean, it's just that simple. The guy's average and five and a half yards of carry. Every two carries, he gets the first down, right? I mean, I just, you have to be able to slow that down. I'm not saying stop him because he doesn't look like he's going to be stopped anytime soon. But you've got to be able to slow him down. You've got to, and look, the Raiders have had to deal with that week one, uh, first of all, and H on it's H and even though I get it, the dolphins and they're not, you know, they're not clearly not even close to being as good as Kansas City is and their offense align isn't either. But he's a hell of a running back. Then week two, they had a Morion Hampton, right? And week three last week, they've going up against Camera. They're going, you know, they're going up against H and again in Travis who used to be ETN, but apparently he's H and now. So, okay,

25:36that's another, that's a story for another day. But I mean, basically they've had a bunch of really good running backs that they've had to go up against. And so they have to have discipline. They can't let, you know, they can't break contain. They can't get greedy and Max can't get over over Zellus and try to just get after patch of my homes because if you, you lose contain, you know that that canons going to be gone the other way. You know, he's, he's going to break outside and be gone. Once he hits the outside and you see the back of his jersey, it's pretty much lights out. So Kenneth Walker, I've done a whole show on him about how he's a problem. So I, that's, that's, that's my biggest key for this game. Defensively, the Raiders have to do their very best to slow down Kenneth Walker and and it sounds weird, but make Patrick Mahomes maybe drop back and passable a little bit more than he wants to. And I don't know if there's a number at all that Patrick Mahomes doesn't want to throw. You know, I mean, like he's that good of a passer, or he's he's comfortable in that world. No, I agree with you, but I do think it's a little bit different this year. And, and that was one of the things and it was kind of funny watching the first game of the season and listening to the announcer saying they, they wanted to, you know,

26:41you want to keep Patrick Mahomes on the field because you didn't want to deal with Kenneth Walker was, was kind of a funny sentiment. Yeah. But at the same time, you're sitting there going, well, it makes sense because you don't think Mahomes is going to be able to do what he did against the Broncos and what he's done since like he looks better than you except expected him to, you know, to me, the bigger thing and I know we talk about turnovers all the time, but the Raiders, like they force 10, 10 fumbles, they've only recovered five. They've got four interceptions. I mean, they have a, they're plus five in the turnover. Yep. A differential right now. That is a huge reason why they're continuing to win. I mean, you get to a point where you're plus five in the turnover differential after only three games, you're going to be winning more games than you're going to lose. So, I do think that that's huge. Kansas City needs to make sure they take care of the ball. And quite frankly, the one thing that they haven't done really is they haven't put the ball on the ground with fumbles, but the Raiders are forcing a bunch of them. They might not be recovering them all, but they're forcing a bunch of them. So they need to protect the ball this game. Yeah, you know, it's funny. I asked in the Kobe Dean about that in the locker room, you know, how do you go about

27:43still trying to punch the ball out, still trying to create those takeaways, but at the same time, don't miss the tackle because you can fall in love with trying to punch the ball out and not wrapping up. And he said, look, the tackle is the most important thing. That is the most important thing. And I got to wait for my brothers to rally around and try to knock that ball out because, you know, especially with a guy like Kenneth Walker, who's made so many people miss in tackles. So that, that's going to be a huge key for the Raiders, though, as well offensively, it's going to be about the run game, right? The Raiders run game the last couple of weeks hasn't quite been where it's supposed to be. Ashton Gentee hasn't really gone off, but they have stayed committed to it. That's one thing I could promise you, even if Ashton's only averaging two yards, three yards of carry, they're going to keep going with it. They've got Mike Washington Jr. as well who had a big home run run last week against New Orleans for 36 yards. His first touchdown in his NFL career. They're going to continue to run the rock. They're going to be up there around that 30 number that I was talking about when you were talking about touches for the running back. They're going to run the ball close to 30 times as long as they have, you know, they they possess the ball. They're going to do that. They're going to try to be as balanced as possible, but they need to also have some success,

28:46right? It's nice to stay committed to it, but you also need to get it going. So I think this, I don't think I know this would be a big week for the Raiders to actually have success like they had in the run game week one to have success like that closer to that in week four to try to one maintain possession, keep patching my homes and that offense on, you know, off the field. And then also just be able to open up everyone else. Brock Bauer is Michael Mayer in the rest of the receiving core. Yeah, and we kind of talked about this a little bit earlier. You talked about Kenneth Walker and the thing that sticks out to me is I'm sitting here looking at stats on ESPN. Kansas City is like fifth in the NFL with 153 yards rushing a game. And I'm just sitting here going that's crazy. Yes, it is. You ever would have told me that I would have told you you were nuts. Exactly. But that goes back to what Kenneth Walker's done. And I expect that to continue. I'm not going to say that they're going to do 150 yards rushing a game, but they're going to be up there. They're I easily think they'll be 130 yards by the indices. And I think they're over 130, 100, 100 close to maybe 140 yards a game rushing. So I still think that they're going to be doing it.

29:48I still think that that's going to be something they're going to continue to focus on. But when you look at this to me, the other big matchup for me or the other big thing that they have to do is they have to limit Trey Tucker. Don't get me wrong. I completely agree that, you know, you're looking at dealing with Brock Bauer's and you have to take care of that. But if you can limit Trey Tucker, this offense is not going to be as efficient and as explosive as it could be because he's going to be the guy. He seems to be the guy that Kirk Cousins is looking for when he's looking for those bigger plays. If you can keep him at least somewhat in check, I think you feel pretty good about your chances of winning this game. Yeah. No, you're you're right because he can he can stretch the field, right? And they don't take a ton of shots, but he has the speed to take the top off the defense and be that guy. So he's definitely someone to pay attention. I'll give you one name real quick. Cody White. Cody White, the name that everybody knew before the season started. He's got three touchdowns on the season. All he catches is touchdown passes apparently. He's got three catches and three touchdowns. He's on the 53 man roster now. They had him on the practice squad. They'd call

30:49him up on Saturdays, but they did that three times and they can't do that a fourth time. So when Jack Besh went down with a broken forearm, they elevated Cody White to the 53 man roster. So if you see 82 out there, that's who it is. Cody White. And apparently all he does is catch touchdown. So just just watch out to see he's usually the third person in the progression for Kirk Cousins. But somehow he always ends up open and Kirk Cousins finds a way to get him. But Chris, I'm looking forward to this game. Man, this is going to be fun. You know, it's the rivalry renewed in the chiefs have had the way with the rivalry because they've been beating the brakes off the raiders for so long, but it's fun when both teams are good. And right now, both teams are good. 3 and 0, 3 and 0. We'll see what happens coming up on Sunday. But man, it's really fun breaking it down and talking little ball with you. Definitely appreciate you. And if you want more on the chiefs and what they got planning for this Sunday against the raiders, make sure to tune in to locked on chiefs with Chris Clark. He's going to be holding it down. Of course, all things raiders we got here got you here on the locked on raiders podcast as well. So Chris, have fun on

31:51Sunday. But man, definitely appreciate you as always. I appreciate it. Thank you. Looking forward to this game. Cannot wait.