Chris Harris Jr. and Brandon Krisztal preview the Broncos’ biggest regular season test in years as Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs come to Denver. From Alex Singleton’s testicular cancer diagnosis to Bo Nix’s growth, defensive game plans, and a Chiefs deep dive with Josh Klingler, they break down everything that will decide Sunday’s showdown.
On this week’s Football Fridays with CHJ & BK, Brandon Krisztal and Chris Harris Jr. start with the news that rocked the Broncos’ locker room: Alex Singleton’s early-detected testicular cancer diagnosis. They discuss how the NFL’s medical testing helped catch it, what it means for Singleton’s timeline, and how teammates like Courtland Sutton are rallying around their captain and friend. From there, the guys hit the offensive side of the ball, reacting to Sean Payton’s comments about simplifying things for Bo Nix, the impact of first- and second-down penalties, and how much the drops and missed opportunities are holding the passing game back. They also talk about the return of Lil’Jordan Humphrey, what he brings as a blocker and reliable target, how Marvin Mims changes the explosive-play equation, and why wide receiver blocking is so critical to the Broncos’ screen game.
Then it’s time to go behind enemy lines as longtime Chiefs sideline reporter Josh Klingler joins the show to explain what’s really going on with Kansas City. Josh and Chris dig into why a 5–4 Chiefs team feels so “meh,” how their banged-up offensive line is holding them back, what Rashee (Richie) Rice adds to the offense, Travis Kelce’s continued dominance, and how teams like the Jags and Bills have attacked the Chiefs’ weaknesses. Back on the Broncos’ side, Chris breaks down why this Denver defense is so unselfish and dangerous, why Vance Joseph’s front can give Mahomes fits, and how guys like Zach Allen and Nik Bonitto can wreck the game if they keep Mahomes in the pocket. In the weekly Chris Harris Jr. Film Room, they roll back last year’s matchup in Kansas City to show how the Broncos generated pressure, what coverages worked against Kelce, and where communication busts simply can’t happen on third-and-long.
The guys also run through the latest Bell & Pollock Injury Report, from Singleton’s absence to Jonah Ellis’ hamstring, Marvin Mims’ return from concussion, and how the Broncos might deploy DeAndre Tillman on defense — and maybe even dream about him as a goal-line tight end. They close with their weekly picks around the league, including Commanders–Dolphins in Madrid, Bucs–Bills, Seahawks–Rams, Lions–Eagles, and finally their predictions for Broncos–Chiefs at Empower Field at Mile High. Will Denver’s defense be enough to slow down Mahomes, and can Bo Nix and the offense do just enough to pull off another statement win? Chris and Brandon both see a tight, low-20s game coming down to a late field goal.
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Brandon Krisztal
The Broncos biggest regular season game in a long, long time is on tap, with the Chiefs coming to Empower Field at Mile High. Chris Harrison I break it all down. Football Fridays starts now.
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Brandon Krisztal
Chris so.
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Chris Harris Jr
Goes.
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Brandon Krisztal
Broncos off that win Friday. You and I talked and I think before you know we did our show as a postgame reaction basically the next day. But yeah as we looked at what they did on their mini bye most guys just chill. I think we need to start with the biggest news of the week in that world, because I think it transcends football.
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Brandon Krisztal
And courtesy of a drug test. A week ago, levels were significantly higher in a certain area. For one, Alex Singleton finds out he has early detection of testicular cancer, gets all the information, keeps it mostly to himself. I think not only medical staff. Some of the coaches knew. Vijay let us know that that he knew last week but then goes out, plays a game, has a good game against his brother's favorite team like when they play the Raiders.
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Brandon Krisztal
He said his brother will wear his like CFL jersey because brother loves Raiders so much. Big game. All smiles in locker room. This is the second time we've had something major going on. He didn't know he tore his ACL against Tampa, but he was all smiles after that one two where he played all but three snaps with a torn ACL.
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Brandon Krisztal
He was all smiles and we have the best defense in the league and then has to has the procedure on the testicular cancer on Friday and now is out for, an undetermined amount of time. But they're not putting him on air yet because he could be back sooner than later. What was your reaction to the news?
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, I mean, I was thinking, this is, you know, a win for, you know, the NFL being able to track some of these different, cancers or diseases. With the tests. I always wondered if they tested more than just, for the steroids, but you know, that clearly showed us. But in this case, we're definitely glad they do, because, it's a major.
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Chris Harris Jr
It's, you know, it's something that could have been definitely a major, situation for him. And, no telling if it was layered with him and his body and how he was feeling and recovery and things like that. So I'm glad they were able to find it and track it and get that surgery right away. And so now that he started his recovery and get back, you know, hopefully, he's ready to go by the time playoffs come.
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Brandon Krisztal
Well, and maybe sooner. I think there was talk that he could maybe even gotten out there this week. I think the you know, they're taking it easy with him, but then you get the bye week. So maybe we see him against the commanders. You know, he told the team, I guess Monday after he'd already had the procedure, but told him before it became public.
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Brandon Krisztal
And it gets out there. Sean Payton, talks about it after Alex puts the news out with the team. Then Alex talked to the media just on the phone on that conference call. But, you know, as each guy came up this week during press conferences, I asked Bo Nix, I asked Courtland Sutton, here's Courtland Sutton. Do reaction.
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Brandon Krisztal
One of the team captains longest, second longest tenured player on the squad to the news that one of the other captains obviously is going through something pretty serious. What is your reaction to, Alex's diagnosis?
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Speaker 3
Yeah. I mean,
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Speaker 3
Anytime you hear, cancer, you know, come, you know, from for anybody or, you know, of any light, it's it's one of those things that, no matter how strong you know, that person is, you know, that is something it's not something to take lightly is something that, obviously, can impact families. Impact communities? It can take a toll.
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Speaker 3
And, I went up to him and I told him that, you know, I appreciate him sharing it because sharing it with us before it came out, I guess you could say, because, you know, I'm sure it's one of those things that when you hear that word, you know, there's a lot of there's a lot of thoughts that, you know, could cross your mind.
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Speaker 3
And, you know, one of the things that's.
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Speaker 3
Encouraging, I guess, you can say about Alex is, man, as you all know, the do this is such a strong man, individual and and strong physically, strong mentally. And he's been throwing a lot of adversity in his life. And the way that he responds is, is is one of those is truly, inspirational. And you know, we all we all are rallying behind him and supporting him and supporting him and, you know, praying that all his, all his tests and everything comes back the way they're supposed to and that he can continue to keep being who he is and, grateful that he was able to find it as early as he was so
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Speaker 3
that, you know, it wasn't something he found, not found out down the road. And it became a bigger issue than, it is right now.
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Brandon Krisztal
And that was the sentiments from from the team, but I don't remember. And you can refresh my memory. And you obviously played more places in here, but did you ever have a teammate that went through some sort of scare like this off the field? You know, we obviously saw the the tragedy in Dallas last week. I don't think you had in your time in Denver.
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Brandon Krisztal
You were thankfully, like Kenny McKinley, that that tragic incident happened before you got here. You were able to avoid stuff like this, but I imagine it's like court said, it puts it in perspective when you when, you know, teammates going through something more than just an ankle roll or a knee, a knee injury or whatever.
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Chris Harris Jr
Of course, every everybody in there is going through things and especially in the NFL, off the field, family, you know, all types of distractions. So, to be able to get this nipped in the bud started working on his health. It's a good thing that, you know, when you're in the NFL, they check everything, right?
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Chris Harris Jr
You go to, numerous of tests on your body. So it's good that they were able to find this fast, be so he can start his recovery and, you know, it's crazy that he played, you know, this salute to him. And, you know, and being able to to still sacrifice his body to go out there and get wins for us.
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Chris Harris Jr
And, I'm pretty sure that goes a long ways amongst the locker room.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. When you're like, oh, I'm not feeling like this dude had cancer in his body and still went out and played against the Raiders. So that that should. Yeah. And we get a sense we're gonna hear from BJ about what makes his defense special coming up in a little bit. But you were around these guys a little bit and you can see it.
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Brandon Krisztal
You've been on special teams, whether it be the Ku team that won an Orange Bowl your freshman year or obviously a Super Bowl team two Super Bowl, you know, teams, you know what a special team feels like. And I'm not saying that means they're going to the Super Bowl, but it does feel like these guys really do like each other and really do play for one another.
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Brandon Krisztal
But that's probably a good thing how well they've rallied around him and how it'll allow guys to say, if this guy's doing that, then I have to play for I'm playing for him right now. Like I'm just I'm starting out and Dre Greenlaw I'm I'm trying to pick him up this week.
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Chris Harris Jr
Right. And they do have that relationships in the locker room. You can see how they, you know, interact with each other, play for each other on the field, the sideline celebrating. And, they believe in their quarterback. So if you have a belief in a quarterback that every game you can win. Yeah, every, every game is possible in the NFL.
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Chris Harris Jr
And, and they have it at endeavor and now it's just going out there. Mean I'm an execute clean up the things the penalties, you know, interceptions, you know, things that, you know, we can, eliminate to be able to take that next step. And as you go into the end of November, December, to play the big time football games.
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Brandon Krisztal
And so, you know, you talk about these guys, their comfort level with each other. They got a, I guess a little lucky with the way the league is set up because a familiar faces walk through the door this week, and he's going to play on Sunday. You got Trent Sherfield banged up with a toe. He came in little Jordan Humphrey.
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Brandon Krisztal
They wanted him back. He wanted a chance to maybe have a bigger role in an offense. So he goes to the Giants. Doesn't end up even making their 53. He's on their practice squad. And even with Nabors neighbors going down they've kept him on the practice squad. They have some flexibility there. But they like some other receivers I guess more and they haven't needed him on special teams.
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Brandon Krisztal
I could argue that they needed him a lot of places. So little Jordan Humphrey, just those practice squad to practice squad and walks right in the door where he knows everybody in the locker room, for the most part knows the playbook. And with Dan Rizzi, even though it's his first year here, he obviously played for him in New Orleans.
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Brandon Krisztal
Did you play with LJ your last year? Last year there in New Orleans?
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Chris Harris Jr
Nah, he wasn't there.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, but so he was there for those couple of years, I guess. How nice is it that a guy that meant a lot, not only on special teams, but even to the offense like he was third in catches can just walk, right? Right, right into the building like you never left.
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Chris Harris Jr
I mean, being able to get him, you know, he's he was productive in Denver, and he's productive, with Sean Payton. So he knows he's a guy who can plug and play, especially until Mims is able to, retire. There has been a little drop off in the receiver since Mims been out. So be able to get a guy like Humphries, you know, to have the receiver room and special teams, that's a big pickup for us.
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Chris Harris Jr
It's a sneaky pick up that, you know, a guy that does the dirty work, can catch the ball and have great yards after catch and, you know, just knows the system well.
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Brandon Krisztal
And we expect we'll see Marvin Mims back. But I love the idea when they're on the field and it's any kind of package that have LJ and with Courtland Sutton and Pat Bryant, and especially if they get into the screen game to one of the backs or, one of the other receivers or to a tight end, because that's I don't have the rankings for, for wide receiver blocking, but that's three of the of the best blockers at that position in the NFL.
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Brandon Krisztal
And time out on the field together. We know how much they've looked at the screen game. And with RJ Harvey they may look to the obviously bolster it even more or you know rely on it more. Having those guys out there you gotta feel confident about that.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. I mean I think in our screen game I think we're just decent right now. I think we kind of do it a little bit too much. You know, where we fall behind of where Bo's not really done. Down the field plays a drop back pass. Right. What does a lot of screens. And probably that's another reason why they picked him up.
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Chris Harris Jr
Better blocking. Right. And more blockers over there to, get the edge. Also, you know, we do need more production in that in that room, right? The competition is going to get up, the defenses are going to get better. It's going to be tighter windows that throw right, better secondaries. So we got to, continue to improve in the receiver room because they are.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. You, regardless of Cortland, right? He's a vet. But after him, everybody else is pretty young.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. So to get a guy that comes in with that experience, that can only help the entire locker room, the special teams unit, and of course, that wide receiver room, we know they're doing all they can to try to help Bo Nix. He's not going to have Jake Dobbins this week as he's dealing with that midfoot sprain. Is it Liz Frank.
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Brandon Krisztal
We don't we don't know. We know he's maybe seeking some other medical opinions as to find out the best course of action. But let's hear from, from the guys on the podium this week a little bit. Sean Payton asked a handful of different questions about Bo Nix and this offense, and one of the questions he was asked was just, can you simplify things for Bo to make this offense more efficient?
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Speaker 4
Well, I think it's it's it's not just a it's not Bo. I mean, I think it's part of the whole process offensively and constantly, in our game planning this week, certainly opponents vary what they do scheme wise. This is a pressure team, you know? And so, our job each week, we are always looking to find easy completions.
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Speaker 4
You know, when we look at when I look at the touchdown reel on Mondays, I've said this to you before, sometimes you look at a play and you just say, player, you know, he went up, made a great play and then sometimes someone's wide open and you click that button. You say that and that was scheme. And so we're constantly looking at you know, how can we find, you know those throws that that fit the scheme and the defense you're attacking.
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Speaker 4
Obviously the penalties we've got to we've got to, you know, we're doing a great job of not taking sacks, but when we're all of a sudden, you know, first and 20, we've got to eliminate those.
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Brandon Krisztal
All right. So when you hear him say that and we know the first and 20 and is the penalty that's not on Bo when they're behind the sticks all the time necessarily. Because they've been the most penalized team on first and second down and the most penalized offense all year. But you like we hear that from Sean.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah I like what I'm hearing. You know he's saying that every week he looks at the highlight reel touchdown reel. He's looking for easy throws. Simple simple completions for Bo. So he's saying he's doing he's doing his job every week to make that happen. And, you know, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But having a veteran offensive line, the vets all across the board is having a game experience.
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Chris Harris Jr
There's no way that we should have lead the league in penalties on the offensive side. So that's something we gotta definitely clean up. You cannot beat yourself. A lot of times the NFL, most teams beat themselves. And the teams that play smart, play consistent, don't beat themselves are usually the teams that have better success. So the Broncos have been getting away and and being on the edge of, beating themselves.
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Chris Harris Jr
Right. So if they can eliminate those things, get more disciplined, you know, and especially on with, with the first, second down penalties eliminate that so that the offense can stay ahead the chains, maybe they can possess the ball more. Maybe they can put, more points on the board right. So it's just not it's about playing smart football and not beating yourself.
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Brandon Krisztal
And this isn't gonna surprise, you know, anybody is watching us or listening to us. Bo Nix has been the focus, the focal point of why the offense has struggled. That's how it goes when you're the quarterback. Unless you know it, there's an outlier, with the quarterbacks playing great, but everybody around is playing terribly now. They are I think second in the league in drops there also he's I think leading the league in in missed air yards and missed open receivers.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. So yeah. And so it they're working kind of they're they're not helping each other necessarily. The catchable balls are always being hauled in. And he's also throwing some that his guys can't get to. And we know that a run game is a quarterback's best friend. But I appreciated this from Bo. And and we've seen some obviously good perspective.
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Brandon Krisztal
We know that he is a religious dude and talks about who he's playing for and all that. But criticism specifically, this is the modern world. We know his wife's on Instagram plenty. That's how we found out that they were pregnant and kind of where they are as they're traveling through the offseason. Zach Wilson's whatever. We don't see a lot of post from Bo unless they're kind of business related when he's got this ad campaign or that.
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Brandon Krisztal
But I think a lot of people appreciated that. You know, even though just in year two that Bo seems to be able to take the criticism, this is how he responds to it.
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Speaker 3
You know, for whatever reason, in life and in football, you know, people think that we have this opportunity to, you know, to doubt or question or hype up or tear down. You know, these guys is really in sport in general. You know, we make this entertainment business, a lot bigger than what it is. And we forget that, you know, everybody's just out here having a good time, having fun, doing the best they can.
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Speaker 3
But for me, it's it's quite simple, really. I, I, I do it all my social media. I don't even have it. So unless somebody says it to my face, I don't really hear it. And, nobody's ever bold enough to say it to your face.
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Brandon Krisztal
I appreciate that, and, I mean, look, you were out there in public. I don't think Bo is living the most public life during the season. Most quarterbacks. Honestly don't unless they're, you know, want to be seen courtside at a game like, you know, our pal Russ at Knicks game or whatever. But you don't see Justin Herbert after the bye.
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Brandon Krisztal
He and his, his, influencer girlfriend or courtside of the Lakers game or after the Thursday night game. Fine. We haven't seen Bo at any games yet. Point being, I appreciate that. He's like, unless you say it to my face. Did you ever have people, you know I'm like, come on, Chris, we got to do better. Did you get that at all from Broncos Country?
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Chris Harris Jr
Oh man. Come on man. Look at my Twitter.
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Brandon Krisztal
No not Twitter not Twitter. He's talking about saying it to your face. Twitter I get I'm talking about you're out at the store dropping the kids off at school. It's very rare where someone's going to come at you in person.
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Chris Harris Jr
No, not not only anybody. Broncos country. Definitely. Chiefs fans. Sure. Raider fans, if I see him around, you know for sure. But, you know that that's they're going to see Bo everywhere, right? And, you know, once he. I don't know if he has that celebrity girlfriend yet. Right.
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Brandon Krisztal
It's a celebrity wife.
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Chris Harris Jr
Oh.
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Brandon Krisztal
He's married. You got a baby on the way. Okay, great. Yeah. No. So they've been together since Herbert.
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Chris Harris Jr
You know Herbie? He's over there. You know, he's got a no famous girl, you know? Now he's in the thing. He's courtside. So he's different now. Maybe he might turn it up another level. You know where, Herbert? Over there. But you know, Bo, that that that comes with the job, man. You know, there's going to be people always talking about the quarterback.
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Chris Harris Jr
And, especially when you're winning and, and the way we're winning. Right? These have been tight games, close games every week, low scoring game. So, of course, people are going to talk about you and what you're doing on the offensive side of the ball. So, it's going to happen. It's going to be like that forever.
00:18:00:00 - 00:18:15:23
Chris Harris Jr
As long as you play in Denver. Right? You could be 11 and one ball in and that could have a terrible have. You might still get a boost. Right. That's just what it is out there, you know. And we have high expectations all of our all the way around. So I think Bo is getting used to that.
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Chris Harris Jr
And, you know, you just got to embrace it.
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Brandon Krisztal
Well, one way that you could help them. This is an idea that I know that you're in favor of. Let's hit the rewind back to last Thursday where the D'Andre Tillman, the team's leader in interceptions to you know as another nice return. So I asked him in his lot at the locker about playing tight end. So here's DeAndre Tillman's postgame comments about maybe helping out the offense if needed.
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Brandon Krisztal
Would you jump to the offensive side and help out the tight end group just because.
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Speaker 3
A little bit, yeah, I got a little bit of time in my background. So they.
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Chris Harris Jr
Needed me. They can come get me. Congratulations. Thank.
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Brandon Krisztal
That's all right. And and you and you posted on the clip. You've seen enough. Put him at tight end. So I took it a step further. And you never know when you want to. You know, you got to pick and choose your spots with a head coach. But Sean seem to be look there eight and two. Tough game this week.
00:19:03:18 - 00:19:19:10
Brandon Krisztal
We know there. But he was doing okay there. His voice was struggling. So about 7 or 8 questions in I was like all right, let's see if I can get anything. Because sometimes we like no we don't think, you know, like you can get that from Sean too. But I asked, Sean. I said, well, I think you can hear the question, but I asked, you know, we heard from Tillman there.
00:19:19:16 - 00:19:29:28
Brandon Krisztal
Could you look at him at tight end potentially. That's Tillman after another good return. He plays. I end up giving the background every thought we got let's say athletic.
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Speaker 4
And we always we always look at our defensive personnel relative to like and have a goal line for, you know, those kind of things. Some teams maybe don't carry a fullback, so they use the defensive tackle or but yeah, you pay attention to I think you got to block them all for him to score, though. But he's listen, it's been, it's been fun to watch.
00:19:58:26 - 00:20:25:08
Chris Harris Jr
Man, why he doing like that? Hey, that was addressed. Say, Coach Payton. Now, he'll sneaky this year and he'll do a slight like that, like, hey, you got to block him off. He's going to score, right? He's just really slow. We gotta block everybody. Right? So, you know, hopefully he gets a goal line package because you know he's balling and when he gets the ball is in his hands you know he's on it.
00:20:25:08 - 00:20:31:03
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Some safety miss. He can make guys miss. But like coach said with Mr. Perfect blocking.
00:20:31:06 - 00:20:55:24
Brandon Krisztal
We we knew how excited everybody was with 63 as reported as eligible with Paul Gesicki before he had to obviously get thrust in the starting lineup. Could you imagine if we were the 92 reported as eligible? And he comes in, whether they line him up on the ball, off the ball, wherever it may be, but you see 92 come into the game and in a goal line package, it's special because you have Mercedes Lewis, but you know, he's so much bigger than, say and Evan Ingram that it would be.
00:20:55:26 - 00:20:59:03
Chris Harris Jr
You know what Rex. What's that.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah I don't remember I mean Mike Vrabel had all those touchdown catches.
00:21:03:22 - 00:21:03:27
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah.
00:21:03:27 - 00:21:24:03
Brandon Krisztal
My favorite over the years. Vrabel. And they talked about it last night on Thursday Night Football that he has 13 touchdowns ones a defensive return to pick 610 in the regular season and two in the playoffs. And I and I think that's kind of all the catches he has I don't think he has any other catches except touchdowns, which is makes him the most efficient, productive receiver of all time.
00:21:24:06 - 00:21:50:04
Brandon Krisztal
But I'm all for it. Look, Sean's the king of creativity. We and you. You probably caught in real time last week, I think, because I've actually seen the clip. But on the Amazon broadcast, Beau yelling get your bleeping personnel in here. And so we know he's got a lot of packages. I'd love to see you DeAndre. Tell him package because the second he comes in and now that he's talked about it, even if he's a decoy, you have to account for him.
00:21:50:04 - 00:21:58:18
Brandon Krisztal
And that might catch your defense a little off guard. Or like oh they're not bringing him in just for fun. They'll throw. And if you don't cover him below throttle.
00:21:58:21 - 00:22:19:22
Chris Harris Jr
You got to respect that. And, you know, maybe Sean Payton might be a little bit embarrassed, you know, from the ball situation because I'm sorry about you. You you got a pretty good me man. But you land on the ground, right. So he might he might not want to bring that back out again. But Tillman looks like he has the routes to be able to get open.
00:22:19:22 - 00:22:35:27
Chris Harris Jr
He might be able to go body somebody, you know, and be able to, you know, run a nice jump ball route. Run route. Let's run him to the pylon, you know. But, this guy has shown the ability to be able to return, and he is leading the team on interceptions.
00:22:36:00 - 00:22:47:15
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. You'd love to see that change. And see some DBS start to get their hands on the football. That's something that, for as good as Patrick Mahomes has been, it feels like Justin Simmons has gotten him plenty. Did you ever get Mahomes and you're a couple matchups with him.
00:22:47:21 - 00:22:53:08
Chris Harris Jr
No I didn't get my how's he always do those deep as crazy Ralph retiring here.
00:22:53:11 - 00:22:54:07
Brandon Krisztal
Well I know but.
00:22:54:07 - 00:23:10:18
Chris Harris Jr
I just I used to get the craziest roles I would wish I had to go back there. The game. Tyreek Hill ran probably the craziest route against me where he ran a shallow cross real route. And I'm Madeleine Brand I yeah that was.
00:23:10:20 - 00:23:11:16
Brandon Krisztal
Monday Night Football.
00:23:11:22 - 00:23:18:10
Chris Harris Jr
He's never ran that route again. Nobody's ever seen that route right from the corner.
00:23:18:12 - 00:23:24:09
Brandon Krisztal
Nobody covering the fastest player maybe in NFL history for 90 yards laterally.
00:23:24:12 - 00:23:26:11
Chris Harris Jr
And then help line up, you know.
00:23:26:13 - 00:23:40:22
Brandon Krisztal
You know, like, that's what I was like. We know Chris is fast, but I don't know. I mean, maybe Dion could have stuck with him, but that that's tough in general. But then with that I remember because I was like, I feel like that was the same game. That case just missed DT on the sidelines that Monday night game.
00:23:40:24 - 00:24:01:15
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. What are you doing man coverage there against that dude. Okay. So you didn't get Mahomes. The Broncos have though. We'll see if they can get on track in terms of their takeaway. That's really the only category they're lacking defensively. But Vance Joseph yesterday met the media and was asked a question I don't think he's been asked yet other than you know, he's had to compare players.
00:24:01:15 - 00:24:05:23
Brandon Krisztal
I've asked him about Benito and Bond, but just what makes this defense so unique?
00:24:05:25 - 00:24:26:17
Speaker 4
That's a great question. That makes me smile because it's a unit of unselfish people, you know, and to watch these guys on game day, especially when a buddy makes a play and see his his teammates joy, it's it's really special, you know, and that that makes the unit go you know it's a bunch of guys in that room that's kind of self-made.
00:24:26:17 - 00:24:43:18
Speaker 4
You know outside of Patrick. You know I mean he's he's a top ten pick and he special. But you know it's a bunch of guys who are self-made guys. You know, who grinded who got him better each year. You know, who kind of, you know, play to the team concept. You know what our numbers, a bunch of guys, good stats and a bunch of guys kind of four sacks.
00:24:43:21 - 00:24:58:22
Speaker 4
But you watch when a guy gets the sack, man, they are celebrating like it was their sack. And that's the best trade off this unit is. So unselfishness such team first guys and they won six. That's what your teammates. So that makes me smile.
00:24:58:24 - 00:25:15:17
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah yeah. That gallant Zach Allen postgame said you know it's a few too many half sacks. But but that's how it goes. You can see that though. You see the joy really on both sides of the ball, but definitely on defense, where they're playing for each other.
00:25:15:19 - 00:25:38:28
Chris Harris Jr
You can definitely see it. The line is, everybody's locked in, everybody's rushing with a, purpose. Everybody's filling their lanes, causing havoc. But, Nate, I was going high running around. Zach. I was pushing the pocket up. Whether they're playing games, twists are fronts. Double and got every look. You know, Coach Joseph is putting together.
00:25:38:28 - 00:26:06:06
Chris Harris Jr
Is making it tough on teams. And, you know, they definitely have a great chance of going to get that sack record. And, yeah, I'm excited to see how they attack. Mahomes. You know, the Chiefs O-line has probably been the weakest aspect of their team the last two years. I know they drafted some first round guys this year and try to make some improvements, but I still think they're able to to get, Mahomes quite a bit this game.
00:26:06:09 - 00:26:19:09
Brandon Krisztal
All right. Before we head to the film room, we're going to do this. We're going to drill down more on the third place Chiefs and go behind enemy lines.
00:26:19:11 - 00:26:50:20
Brandon Krisztal
Because cause we go behind enemy lines. Look at that. I come and teach our long time sideline reporter for the Jayhawk football team and pre and post that well, a proud Iowa Hawkeye, but an honorary Jayhawk, Josh Klingler sideline reporter for the Kansas City Chiefs. But because Josh I was asking Chris before we came on, when he was at Ku, you were doing obviously plenty of stuff with the football team in those years from 2008 through 2000 or 2008 through 2011 season, ten tens or whatever.
00:26:50:20 - 00:27:10:00
Brandon Krisztal
It was 2007 through 2010, right? Josh, I that's a lot of math. Yeah, yeah, a lot of math. But you're there. Chris was there. Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah. You were there doing stuff and Chris was there. Then obviously there was some, some good, some good old days there. You're living in the, the good old days for the Chiefs kingdom.
00:27:10:02 - 00:27:29:15
Brandon Krisztal
You know, when Chris and I were at Kay, you the chiefs were up and down. You know, you and I were together in oh three when they went 13 and three. But how is Kansas City as a fan base? Let's start there handling the third place Chiefs that are not as dominant as they've been. Yeah. Well there's still like a belief that they're good and I think they are.
00:27:29:17 - 00:27:44:21
Brandon Krisztal
But the fact is, at some point in time, your record becomes your record, right? And your five and four. And so it's kind of been a bizarre five and four at times. This team has looked like they could be very unbeatable. And then there's been a couple of games that teams have really done some things to take away.
00:27:44:21 - 00:28:16:28
Brandon Krisztal
What are seemingly their weaknesses. Trevor Lawrence turned into Lamar Jackson for a game against Jacksonville and ran all over the field. Bizarrely enough, I wasn't really necessarily in the game plan, but he had a lot of, things done with his feet. And then, Buffalo. I mean, they just picked it, picked up the linebackers, which are their weakest link in coverage, and got every tight end out in kind of the middle of space and, and took advantage of things there and then, you know, ran the football very well and had timely passing.
00:28:16:28 - 00:28:33:22
Brandon Krisztal
And so, teams always play them. Well, I think that that's something we've seen over the last few years that teams do get up to play the Chiefs. I still think they're a very good team, but you can't say well what the end product going to be because they got to get themselves in the playoff mix. And so this is a very big game for that.
00:28:33:22 - 00:28:49:16
Brandon Krisztal
I think it's a very big game. If the Chiefs think they have a chance at the division race, which again, is kind of weird because the bar is never set on, making the playoffs. It's about usually winning the division first. But they got a long way to go to do that. And certainly, you know, Denver stands, in their way.
00:28:49:16 - 00:29:02:28
Brandon Krisztal
And so heading into this one, I think there's confidence. But also there's a lot of questions certainly around town from the fan base as to what exactly is going on. Because, again, I still think this is a very good team, but five and four is five and four.
00:29:03:00 - 00:29:24:11
Chris Harris Jr
Right? It's a very mediocre team right now at this point. But how what do you see? You know, of course the matchup is Broncos defense versus Patrick Mahomes. How do you see him being protected? Right. A revamped offensive line going against his vaunted defense of line that has 40 plus sacks. How do you see them trying to protect Mahomes this game.
00:29:24:18 - 00:29:44:05
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah I mean and that's the key. That's the biggest key to getting after the Chiefs offensively is put heat on Patrick Mahomes has his numbers against pressure this year. Haven't been as good as they have been in the past. Now is he running around maybe as much as he was last year when when seemingly didn't have a lot of trust in that offensive line he did early in the season, then he's kind of settled in.
00:29:44:07 - 00:30:07:16
Brandon Krisztal
But we don't know who's going to be starting along the offensive line come, come Sunday. Andy Reid speaks here shortly and I doubt he's going to really reveal his hand. But, their first round draft pick, Josh Simmons, has been away from the team now for about a month. Returned to practice. After the bye. I think that if they feel like he's good enough to go, he's going to get the first look at that left tackle.
00:30:07:16 - 00:30:29:17
Brandon Krisztal
But that might not be the case. Jalen Moore has looked okay in spurts at that left tackle spot, a guy they brought in and free agency who they I think for at least initially intending to be the left tackle. The, the left guard, Kingsley Sumarti is just a second year guy. He was nicked up in the last game, wasn't on the injury report, but was, really nicked up in that game.
00:30:29:20 - 00:30:44:14
Brandon Krisztal
The right side of the offensive line. They've been dealing with some injuries there too. So Trey Smith had had a back issue and Joanne Taylor has had knee. Ankle. There may have been something else. I'm I'm leaving out. So they've been a little beat up. They really needed the bye week along the offensive line specifically.
00:30:44:21 - 00:31:07:13
Brandon Krisztal
And then you factor in yeah. You got to keep Patrick Mahomes clean against the the Broncos or it's going to be a long day at the office. So I don't know the who's as of yet. And I don't know exactly how healthy these guys are up front. And that's bad going into this matchup. Yeah. Because we saw against the bills last week and no one's going to confuse the bills pass rush with the Broncos I think they pressured Patrick maybe the most.
00:31:07:13 - 00:31:26:12
Brandon Krisztal
You've been pressured all year. But 50 something percent. And on those throws I think his numbers weren't weren't great. So I guess how do you neutralize a pass rush. It comes from everywhere. And how much different is this offense, I guess, with the return of Ricky Rice? Because that's something that Sean Payton mentioned. He's like four back, man.
00:31:26:12 - 00:31:41:00
Brandon Krisztal
He's really going yeah. And they can do so many different things with him. I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't dialed up a few extra things for him during the bye week as well, to kind of incorporate some different looks. They lined him up in the backfield. They'll put him out in the slot. He'll do end arounds.
00:31:41:03 - 00:32:00:21
Brandon Krisztal
Deebo Samuel like, I guess, use of him. And I think that that'll probably be, you know, up again this week because Isaiah Pacheco is missing at the running back position. And so they're a little bit thin at the running spots. And so not that the Chiefs are an over abundant run team by any means. But having your number one running back out kind of changes some things that they do.
00:32:00:21 - 00:32:19:18
Brandon Krisztal
But I think Richie Rice will probably pick up some of that slack. I think the key though against pressure guys to get the ball out quick. And, Patrick Mahomes has got a lot of weapons offensively. Now that they do have everybody back and everybody healthy as well, he's got a lot of options if he can pick and choose and get the ball out to those guys quickly, that's the best way to negate things.
00:32:19:18 - 00:32:27:27
Brandon Krisztal
So I wouldn't be surprised if they're going to try to get some quick hitting stuff to try to keep that, that pressure, off kilter a little bit.
00:32:27:29 - 00:32:47:08
Chris Harris Jr
But it's going to be a good game. I see the Broncos being able to, you know, try to eliminate Kelce. Now he's the the Chiefs leading receiver right. How would you say him getting that rhythm getting going. That matchup versus the rookie band right. It's gonna he's been a guy that's been a tight end stopper for the Broncos.
00:32:47:15 - 00:32:49:09
Chris Harris Jr
How do you see that matchup happening I.
00:32:49:09 - 00:33:13:27
Brandon Krisztal
Like this better than the matchup when you were kind of out there you know I mean you have shot yeah he he picks on people right. So I mean it's and it's it depends on the game. Right. Sometimes he's going to occupy more people. And if he doesn't they're going elsewhere. Now, I think in the past maybe they would force a little bit more to, to, to Kelce, even if he had a couple of guys around now I think they they take a little pleasure in a you want to double team somebody.
00:33:13:27 - 00:33:30:20
Brandon Krisztal
We're going to go somewhere else. So I think it depends probably how he's matched up. But certainly they're going to try to look at matchups that favor of in that regard. And then yeah, every time, Travis Kelsey seemingly is counted out as he's so many people are ready to jump on. He's done and can't do it. And then he'll come out and have, you know, a big performance.
00:33:30:20 - 00:33:52:24
Brandon Krisztal
And and Mahomes still trusts him implicitly to to find his way, certainly in the middle of the field. And so he obviously factors into what they do offensively. And then if you can get the guys going down the field a little bit, that only opens up more Travis Kelsey, if that is indeed the case. So, their best ability and when they're playing their best is mixing it up and getting it to different people and, and keeping teams off balance.
00:33:52:24 - 00:34:12:02
Brandon Krisztal
That again, that does start with keeping Mahomes clean. With the front. Yeah we know the injuries are a part of it. But Kelsey is still 540 yards leading the team by you know significant margin. And yeah just me. You think you count them out. I mean, he's had so many huge games against the Broncos over the years that you want to try to keep them in check.
00:34:12:02 - 00:34:27:15
Brandon Krisztal
Josh, we gotta keep it moving. But I'll buy you lunch in the press box on Sunday. It'll be great to see. And thanks for giving us some insight on the Chiefs. You guys. Good to see you again. Again, I, I remember I came in, I came in peace today. Came in for your prayers. It's all good. Appreciate it.
00:34:27:15 - 00:35:04:17
Brandon Krisztal
Josh, you guys. We're just going to keep it moving, though. We're going to go because we did a film breakdown of the Raiders game last week. We figured, let's go back to when the Broncos had some success last year in Kansas City. They had him dead to rights. If Alex Forsyth doesn't get pushed into into the backfield, they kick a game winning field goal, chip shot and get out of Arrowhead with the win, we know was a JV team that played in the final week of the regular season, so we wanted to grab a couple plays that obviously showed some of the Broncos success and then what they obviously need to look out for.
00:35:04:17 - 00:35:13:23
Brandon Krisztal
So as we do every single week, let's head in to the Chris Harris Junior film room here on the left right.
00:35:13:25 - 00:35:18:26
Brandon Krisztal
All right. So first play this is the defense getting a look at Zach Allen where he's lined up to start.
00:35:18:28 - 00:35:42:18
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah they're starting out with four strong. But they have a spy right there with that middle linebacker spy. And Patrick Mahomes keeping him in a cage. Right. Keeping him in a box right now. Now he's it's hard for him to finesse spot and run. Mahomes is a big runner right. He likes to run through the the big acts between the guards in the centers.
00:35:42:18 - 00:36:00:00
Chris Harris Jr
That's why he loves the escape from. So the Broncos do a great job. They have to have a great plan all week, to be able to rush the passer, keep him in the box. Do not let this guy scramble. Right. And they should be able to cover them and have a great plan. In the back end to be able to set the receivers down.
00:36:00:02 - 00:36:02:21
Chris Harris Jr
That's a great play by Zach Allen. He's a monster.
00:36:02:23 - 00:36:27:12
Brandon Krisztal
Well, and we don't see him lined up standing up over the center too often. But you got to appreciate that creativity there. And he gets the full sack not the half sack. Obviously I think set up what what is going to then be a punt? Let's, let's jump to the, the next play, which is, you know, and I can pull up the numbers while we're looking at this, but we were just talking about 87, you know, the future Mr. Taylor Swift.
00:36:27:15 - 00:36:31:24
Brandon Krisztal
When they get married, do you think he changed his name? Travis Swift?
00:36:31:26 - 00:36:35:13
Chris Harris Jr
Nah, nah, she'll probably go, like, Swift Kelsey or something. Yeah.
00:36:35:17 - 00:36:36:19
Brandon Krisztal
So what, work there?
00:36:36:21 - 00:36:59:21
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, but this is what they do. And, they go in these formations, to make it look like there's going to be run. But if people start, really if you really study the Chiefs, they're never really under center run team. They usually more play action. So I'm pretty sure the Broncos are going to be like, man, they're going to be tuned in to know when they do get these type of formations.
00:36:59:23 - 00:37:28:09
Chris Harris Jr
These are when Kelsey starts to come alive over routes, corner routes and, play action. And that's where the, the Chiefs try to get their big chunk, big plays. So, I know we can cover these guys. Pat does an excellent job. But we got to understand that this. If we're playing cover four, which we are in this, situation that the safeties going to be have to be low and be able to take Kelsey on his corner route or have good presence underneath.
00:37:28:09 - 00:37:48:03
Chris Harris Jr
You see that linebacker there underneath. He has to be able to drop and expand a little bit more and go deep to short. So I would tell Alex, get get your depth, get underneath this corner around make it make Mahomes put a little bit more air underneath the ball because that's really his zone to go beat the short.
00:37:48:03 - 00:37:56:08
Chris Harris Jr
So but that look for this as y'all watching the game play action when Patrick Mahomes is under center.
00:37:56:11 - 00:38:03:02
Brandon Krisztal
All right let's jump to the next play. You know when you're talking about the pass rush we know who's the first guy you usually bring up is with these Broncos.
00:38:03:04 - 00:38:27:07
Chris Harris Jr
Man did they just let him go by right. And I mean it's it could be like that this week under center again coach Chris they told you they understand that Mahomes loves to play action right. They run the ball and shotgun okay Andy Reid is not changing. He's put up million points right. So they're going to dress it up put it in design.
00:38:27:10 - 00:38:48:08
Chris Harris Jr
Now Benito knows this part right. If I'm the Broncos and I'm under center it's pass. Let's go get a sack. Right. And they have an opportunity to go do that. I'm pretty sure needles tune in. And that's why he's the all pro right. Knows this comment. No time. It can block him. He can get off the ball before these tackles and make big plays like this.
00:38:48:10 - 00:38:55:25
Chris Harris Jr
And hopefully this weekend he's able to get the ball. You know take the ball from Mahomes and us being able to scoop and score.
00:38:55:27 - 00:39:12:12
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah you really should try to. We know Von Miller was his favorite player to mimic, von said. He is always aiming for the ball and you'll get most of the quarterback's body. But we know that von was a master at that. All right, let's look at our final play. After we see Benito Crunch one more time and again, a little more success.
00:39:12:12 - 00:39:15:01
Brandon Krisztal
How about Allen lined up over center again.
00:39:15:03 - 00:39:28:00
Chris Harris Jr
The same rush, but we brought the edge, and, we brought the safety. Right. So we brought five. We're in a pressure and, zone pressure.
00:39:28:02 - 00:39:33:19
Chris Harris Jr
Right. Yeah. Actually, man to man pressure. And we got one guy who's.
00:39:33:21 - 00:39:37:11
Brandon Krisztal
Is the safety and zone on the bottom, or he doesn't have a man.
00:39:37:14 - 00:39:40:04
Chris Harris Jr
No, he has that tight end as blocking.
00:39:40:07 - 00:39:41:06
Brandon Krisztal
Or. That was Pat. Sorry.
00:39:41:07 - 00:40:04:12
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Pair that tight end as block. And so that safety has communicate with Jay Matt who they're guarding because they're guarding the same guy. Right, right. So that's what the teams do. They put you in motions, put you in stacks. Andy Reid tries to trick you and make and dress up different plays. And, sometimes it'll be the same play, but he'll make it look different, right?
00:40:04:12 - 00:40:23:01
Chris Harris Jr
By formations, motion stacks and bunches, things like that. So we have to have great communication. No bus like this, especially on third and 13. In this part of the game. No telling anytime you give the Chiefs, any chance in the red zone, they usually capitalize on it.
00:40:23:03 - 00:40:46:02
Brandon Krisztal
All right. Well, that was our quick trip into the film room. We'll obviously have plenty more to break down, you know, here. Coming coming up after this game next week, especially with a bye week. Well, we can look at several plays. Well what works and maybe some stuff doesn't work. Why it didn't work. But that was our weekly trip inside the Chris Harris Junior film room.
00:40:46:05 - 00:41:00:16
Brandon Krisztal
And so we've alluded to it. Let's jump straight from the film room into our weekly quick peek at the Bell and Pollock injury report.
00:41:00:18 - 00:41:20:25
Brandon Krisztal
The Broncos those injuries are starting to mount up. We know about two we know about obviously you know we talked about Sherfield with the toe. Hadn't practiced for two days Jake Dobbins not Braxton Alex Singleton with testicular cancer recovery. They listed his illness hitting it overly specific with, the injury on here. Nate Atkins still battling his knee.
00:41:20:28 - 00:41:48:24
Brandon Krisztal
Jay FM shows up limited. Nothing on Wednesday. Shows up limited Thursday. And and then you're also talking about the hamstring for Jonah Ellis that he's missing practice. He left the game against the Raiders Thursday. Good chance we're not seeing Jonah Ellis. So D'Andre Tillman may have to focus more on rushing the passer. But the I guess the one piece of good news that you get Marvin Mims back from concussion and and trivial is battling through the toe.
00:41:48:24 - 00:41:59:05
Brandon Krisztal
So he he has been a he was full participant after not practicing Wednesday but getting Mims back just really their that injury specifically how much of that help.
00:41:59:07 - 00:42:21:04
Chris Harris Jr
I mean that's a home run hitter right? He's the guy that could take the top off. Gadget guy runs, runs your bubbles, runs your jet, sweeps. Champagne. Likes to line them up in the backfield. You know, he does it off with his team. Sets him up with great field position in the return game. So it's just it's a it's a Pro Bowl player, right?
00:42:21:04 - 00:42:45:28
Chris Harris Jr
A All-Pro All-Pro returner and impact player for this team since he's been there. So, it's major Piece and you know, he's one of the, you know, guys on the offense that they need, right? He's the top one of the top five playmakers. And so it's always good to have him back, especially of the team in the secondary, which I don't believe is as strong as they've been in the past.
00:42:46:00 - 00:43:05:03
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. And on the Chiefs said real quick just a quick glance. Josh Simmons away from the team for a month for personal reasons. Your first round pick. But as Josh told us know Isaiah Pacheco Xavier Worthy limited in practice after not being on the report on Wednesday. He's now dealing with an ankle and I guess he might have tweaked in Wednesday's workout or during Thursday's workout.
00:43:05:10 - 00:43:22:29
Brandon Krisztal
So we'll see. Xavier Worthy the fastest player in combine history, I believe. If he can't go, that changes what they do. But that was our quick peek at the Belen Polic injury report. Remember, if you have an unexpected injury and you need help. There's nobody I trust more than my friends at Belen Polic. They are champions of the people for a reason.
00:43:22:29 - 00:43:37:09
Brandon Krisztal
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00:43:37:11 - 00:43:59:07
Brandon Krisztal
All right, Chris, before we get out of here, it's our weekly prediction time. We have, fancy graphics that David made coming up here in just a second, but I don't really know if we care about our pal Vaughn and the commanders against the Dolphins in Madrid. Still, how cool is it that the the league is playing a game in Madrid at Real Madrid Stadium and the.
00:43:59:14 - 00:44:08:11
Brandon Krisztal
Oh, we do have that one ready for the commanders. Dolphins 730 mountain time. 830 where you are. Will you be up early to watch the first ever game in Madrid?
00:44:08:13 - 00:44:23:26
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, I'll be up. Yeah. My girls used to wake me up, so I'll be out. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to play in Spain. That's that's fine. You know, I will guarantee that that stadium is probably killing some NFL stadiums. So, they'll have a blast over there for sure.
00:44:23:29 - 00:44:42:23
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. Real Madrid, obviously one of the richest soccer clubs in the world. And I saw where our friend Nikki Duval posted from, the practice facility, just like we were at Tottenham's practice facility with the Broncos and said Real Madrid's was insane. And you just see from which makes sense when you're talking about, you know, killing and bop and the rest of those guys.
00:44:42:23 - 00:44:58:14
Brandon Krisztal
So, it'll be it's always fun to see them in new venues. So yeah, I'll be up early watching that as well because like you, I too have little kids. All right. The best game in the early window is, bucks and bills. Two, six and three teams that I think are both in need of a bounce back win.
00:44:58:14 - 00:45:06:11
Brandon Krisztal
Obviously the bills losing that one to Miami and the bucks losing at home to New England now have to head up to Buffalo.
00:45:06:13 - 00:45:21:08
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah I got the bills. Bucks. You know that Florida heat man gotta travel up the buffalo on the road. The bills are, trying to get it back. Roll it. I'm gonna go. I'm going with Josh Allen in them at home.
00:45:21:10 - 00:45:49:24
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. Bills are five and a half point favorites in that one. Then we'll skip, the Broncos till the end. But the other game that people will be watching in the afternoon, at least in on the West Coast on Fox. And I guess wherever else they'll show because it's the end of the market are playing, the battle for first place in the NFC West, where the Seahawks host the Rams and Rams on the road, going up to one of the toughest places to play.
00:45:49:27 - 00:45:51:23
Brandon Krisztal
Our three point favorites.
00:45:51:26 - 00:46:04:10
Chris Harris Jr
I got Seattle on this one right. I believe Seattle's defense is just a little bit better. I like the D-line. I like their secondary. That's about all the way around in their secondary. So I'm gonna go with Seattle on this game.
00:46:04:13 - 00:46:15:12
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, I'll go opposite of you. I'm going to take the Rams on this. So I think that, I just, I like with, with Nacua back healthy, I, I want the Seahawks to prove it. I'm sorry. The games in LA, I apologize.
00:46:15:15 - 00:46:21:29
Chris Harris Jr
We need the graphic of like our pick rankings. Like, we should know wins and losses. Like.
00:46:22:01 - 00:46:44:23
Brandon Krisztal
Ahead. I'm probably ahead. On, is it Sunday Night Football? You've got a heck of a game with Lions. Eagles? That's the other exciting NFC game where battle two NFC teams. Lions at six and three. And then obviously huge game last week with Dan Campbell calling plays 44 points and Jimmy Gibbs going nuts against the Eagles team.
00:46:44:23 - 00:46:51:26
Brandon Krisztal
That and AJ Brown may not want you to use him on your fantasy team, but they're still finding ways to win games.
00:46:51:28 - 00:46:57:26
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah I'm gonna go with the Eagles. Eagles at home going against the Lions a huge game. The two.
00:46:57:26 - 00:46:59:12
Brandon Krisztal
And a half point favorites.
00:46:59:14 - 00:47:01:14
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. I'm gonna go with the Eagles on this one.
00:47:01:16 - 00:47:16:11
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah I like the Eagles at home too. But I'm not going to be surprised at all. Now they either will be the Lions go in there and win. And then finally before we get out of here, the game that we're looking forward to, a lot of people are saying this is the biggest regular season game in forever. I think you have to qualify it with that.
00:47:16:11 - 00:47:35:18
Brandon Krisztal
Didn't have elimination and playoff contention because you go back to that Patriots game a couple of years ago. That's a bigger game. But in terms of a November game, I can't remember a November game being as big as this one. You know, the Broncos had won eight in a row, Chiefs reeled off 15 in a row. And now it's obviously gone a little back and forth.
00:47:35:18 - 00:47:45:27
Brandon Krisztal
The Broncos winning one game each of the last two years. And so the Broncos are three and a half point home dogs. How do you see it playing out.
00:47:45:29 - 00:48:01:20
Chris Harris Jr
I see this game going being a tight game. You know I always keep thinking that the Broncos games, they got to score 20 to win. But it hasn't been the case. So but I think versus Andy Reid you will have to score 20. Going 24 to 21. Broncos game winning field goal.
00:48:01:23 - 00:48:07:00
Brandon Krisztal
If you go to 2421 you'll push on the over because it's exactly 45 points. So.
00:48:07:03 - 00:48:07:29
Chris Harris Jr
Oh man.
00:48:08:02 - 00:48:10:06
Brandon Krisztal
So 24 to 21. I'm right there.
00:48:10:06 - 00:48:11:18
Chris Harris Jr
I want to go lower.
00:48:11:21 - 00:48:35:04
Brandon Krisztal
Maybe. I definitely like the Broncos to cover. I guess my mind wouldn't be blown if the Chiefs 120 to 17, but I think the Broncos I don't know if the offense is going to do enough to really inspire confidence. It's going to be a fun conversation as they then will go into the bye if they can win the game 30 to 27 or whatever it might be 24, 21, like you said, versus 1613, where it's like, oh, the offense still can't really get it going.
00:48:35:07 - 00:48:51:25
Brandon Krisztal
The defense is just all world, but I'm with you. I think I'm going to take the Broncos to win as well. I didn't make predictions on TV today because we were talking Broncos right now. So, I'm making it right here and I'll say it's 20 to 17. The Broncos kicked the game winning field goal, but with the score tied.
00:48:51:27 - 00:49:04:19
Chris Harris Jr
Definitely a field goal. Tight game going to the wire. You know I don't see any blowouts. And this one is going to be a tie game. Test match. Whoever makes the least amount of mistakes is going to win this football game.
00:49:04:22 - 00:49:23:07
Brandon Krisztal
All right. There it is. He's Chris Harris I'm Brandon Crystal thanks to David Levine, our esteemed producer, as well as Josh Klinger taking us behind enemy lines next week. Might have an in-studio guest as we make our way through the Broncos bye week, so stay tuned for that. But, Chris, it's a lot of fun, and we will catch you next week on Football Fridays.