Return of the Kings in Denver Broncos Season Opener vs. Chiefs

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1:04The NFL season is here. I'm Chris Clark from Chiefs Corner. That is a Betinger from predominantly orange and from the Lockdown Broncos podcast. We're going to be doing it across over episode. Looking at this tremendous Monday night game, I absolutely cannot wait. This is a fantastic way to start the season. A little later in the show, we're going to talk about how running the ball could be the key regardless of the quarterbacks that are on the field. One of the biggest matchups and we're going to talk about this in the next segment. Vincent versus Benito could decide it all, but we're going to start where we need to start. Well, home's next return by far, I would say those are the biggest storylines headed into this game based on how their season is in the last season. I'll let you go and start it there. I can't wait. I've been so excited to see Bonix play his next game. I thought that we were going to see him play in the AFC championship game. I was so excited after the divisional round win against Buffalo. I'm thinking, all right, then the next time I see Bonix play, he's going to be starting quarterback in the AFC title game against New England Patriots and Bowen behold.

2:07I thought it was all fake news, Chris. I don't know if anybody else in Chiefs Kingdom can agree with me, but when I saw all these reports coming in, I'm getting text left and right. I'm thinking, well, this, somebody is certainly impersonating Ian Rappaport and Adam Schefter and telling me that Bonix is out for the rest of the playoffs. It was surreal and sucked. I know that that's just the reality. Now, it's kind of like, when you've got that close, I know that Chiefs have built a little dynasty here in recent years. You've been to the mountaintop more recently than I have, but it certainly was like, okay, we were finally back. Now, we got to wait and do it all over again. I know that that's one of the most difficult things to do is to just even get back to that point. What we have here is an opportunity to see these two quarterbacks that, okay, these are two stars in the league right now. I believe Bonix is a star player in this league. I believe that he's proven he can go toe to toe with anybody.

3:09Now he's got his first opportunity after getting all the way to the AFC Championship game to kind of begin that journey back. I think he's going to be really motivated. I think he's going to have a chip on his shoulder after having that kind of stolen from him at the end of last season. Well, and you look at that and that's the crazy thing. You go back and you think about the fact and I don't want to really have the past too much, but Kansas City was in the AFC Championship game for years. Like you look at how that's played out and then they don't even make the, they don't even make the playoffs last year. The Broncos go to the playoffs. I agree with you. I thought that the Broncos were going to beat the Patriots. I thought they were going to be in the Super Bowl. So I guess my question to you in that regard is when you look at that is losing Bonix and losing that AFC Championship game almost the same as potentially losing the Super Bowl. I would think that the Broncos could add a chance to win it, but you look at the Super Bowl letdown, which usually happens to the teams that lose every year. Do you think that that's similar? I think that honestly, like there's part of you that's kind of like, well, you can only

4:13let yourself go down that path of, you know, the hypothetical what if so far, right? Because there's a little PTSD in Broncos country from playing in Super Bowls against the Seattle Seahawks specifically. So you saw the way they dismantled the New England Patriots and you kind of think, okay, well, was this team ready for a game like that? Even though the Seahawks also, you know, a lot of new pieces, a lot of young players as well, but you kind of feel like, man, that this might have been like their year of, you know, destiny for lack of a better way of putting it. And they just they just had that opportunity stolen from them. But I think as opposed to being a hangover this year, I think there is going to be like I said that kind of chip on the shoulder, not just for Bonaix, but for really this entire team to feel and believe like they could get to that point, they kind of tasted in, you know, first year of Bonaix's career in 2024, they got blown out by the bills in the playoffs. Then you go and you beat Buffalo in the playoffs, which seems to be a, you know, AFC West pastime at this point is to beat up Josh Allen in the playoffs.

5:16But you get to that point and you sort of like, okay, we've been to this. We've been there. We've been so close. Like now we know we can get there. It's just a matter of, hey, we got a every chapter of the story has to be written up to this point. You can't just simulate the season like you can on Madden and get to the AFC Championship game. You've got to put in the work weeks one through 18. And that's why I think this team is ready for. And that's why I'm excited to see start in week one against Kansas City. And Kansas City is going to have a chance. I'm not looking forward to playing this different Broncos team. I, you know, there's a lot of different ways you can look at this. I'm excited for the fact that they changed their offense. I do think that their scheme has changed. We'll get into talking about matchups and how running the ball could be key a little bit later. But when you look at this, you bring back, you know, Eric, being in the major offensive coordinator and the reason you did that is because you have not been the same offense since he left. You go back and you, you're getting Patrick, a home's back from a torn ACL. And the timeline is crazy to me.

6:18He didn't play a single snap in the preseason at all. And now you're expecting him to go out there in his first infill action in almost, you know, nine, ten months is going to be against the Denver Broncos who have one of the best defenses in the NFL or at least have the past couple of years. We'll see how it shakes out this year. I would assume it's going to be the same. But, you know, I think changed year to year. So we'll see. It's just not a great scenario for, for my home's coming back from an ACL injury. And to the thought that he is playing week one after Terry is ACL in December is just crazy to me to put him to think that he's going to be out there. And I think that's where everybody in Broncos country is wondering what is the chief's fans perspective on this? Because from our seat, it's easy to sit here and be like, okay, well, definitely expecting the same old Patrick Mahomes, right? We're definitely expecting him to be the guy that's out there avoiding pressure and, you know, getting away. We know what do we know Patrick Mahomes has in Broncos country?

7:20We know him as not just a thorn on our side, but the guy who's running away from Von Miller and making left-handed throws on Monday night football or whatever that was. And he'll do literally anything to make a play to win a game. And, situationally, he's not gone anywhere. Even if he hasn't been as good in recent years at, you know, X, Y, or Z, whatever it might be, his stats haven't been as good as downfield throwing, whatever you want to say, like we still understand Patrick Mahomes to be Patrick Mahomes. And I think that's where kind of everyone may be outside. I don't, and you tell me what your perspective is, but kind of what I'm gleaning from what you're saying is, okay, there's a little bit of concern here. My question, I guess, to add on to the other questions that I have is, are you expecting, like Tom Brady level return from ACL injury or for me, a bulls fan, are you expecting, like Derek Rose type of return? Like what is, are you skeptical? Are you worried? Are you nervous long term? Are you believing it's going to be the same guy? Like where is everyone in chiefs kingdom at right now?

8:21And that's the big question. Long term, it's up in the air for me. Patrick Mahomes, I will say this. I have learned over the years. I mean, go back and watch the Super Bowl that he won against, you know, the Eagles a couple of years ago where he goes into it with a high ankle sprain, re-injures it mid, you know, during the game and comes back in and still is able to gut it out and get it done. He is built differently. And I will say it that way. So am I worried about it long term? No, I'm not worried about it long term. I'm worried about it short term because one of the things Ryan and I have talked about a ton on, you know, in the prep for this game is he needs to change the way he plays, especially early in the season. Because you can't have him going out there and running 50 yards, a snap trying to make sure he has time to throw the ball. Like you just, you don't want that to happen. You want him to be a little bit different and be more of a guy like, and I hate saying it like this, but more of like an Alex Smith type where he's getting the ball. He knows where he's going with it and he gets the ball out quick. I'm not saying he can't go back to being Patrick Mahomes from, you know, in a couple of games

9:25or, you know, one or two snaps a game even against the Broncos. But it's the consistent time of being in the pocket and taking five or six or seven seconds to throw the ball. You can't do that against this Broncos defense and think that you're going to survive. One of the biggest reasons that that could be is because you have a potential of starting a undrafted free agent left tackle in Khalil Benson versus Nick Benito. We're going to talk about that in other matchups going into this game. That's coming up right after this. Plus over Thursday has brought to you by prize picks. Football is finally back and that means Sundays are about to get a whole lot more interesting. Every week brings new matchups, breakout players, big performances and plenty of storylines to follow. And if you like getting even more engaged with the players and the stats that you're watching, there's a new way to make game day more exciting prize picks is bringing out its best offer yet for kick off. New users sign up, get $150 in lineups. They win their first $5 lineup and prize picks is now available nationwide with prize picks.

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12:35Now, say when you look at this game, the biggest obviously my homes and X returning or the biggest storylines, but one of the second biggest storylines in my opinion from the Chief's perspective is that Josh Simmons may not play in this game. And that is a big problem because you have the potential of starting an undrafted free agent rookie as you're starting left tackle against one of the best past wrestlers in the NFL that happens to do something that colliel Benson struggles with with a huge, huge use of speed rush. How are you looking at that specific matchup and how do you think the Broncos are going to try to exploit in week one? Honestly, and I'll give my unfiltered answer to this. Like I don't understand why they would throw Patrick Mahomes out there for this game. And I know that honestly, like that is that's like, okay, well, you can't just say your best player can't play because you're offensive, you're back up offensive tackle as to play. But to me, the context is obviously the knee injury, the recovery process, a very fast

13:39recovery process coming back very quickly going up against a past rush that has set franchise records and back to back seasons in sacks. And I know that we're going to talk about these teams running the ball. But in the event that even one mistake happens or one bad rep leads to Nick Bonito or Zach Allen or whoever it may be coming screaming off the edge and getting to Mahomes, I understand that you can't plan and prepare scared all year and things like that. You got to throw some, got to throw these guys to the fire at some point. But that's kind of my perspective from if I pull off the orange glasses for a second, if I pull off my Broncos hat for a second. And I would say, Hey, if I'm running the chiefs, Patrick Mahomes ain't going to be out there for a game where I have a rookie undrafted free agent tackle starting against a team that has led the NFL and sacks back to back seasons. Yeah. And I think that's, I mean, if you can watch the tape and he, so in preseason game number

14:40three, he had I think three past rush snaps and did fine. And he was left tackle and I understand the thought process of well, he looked okay in those snaps. It's three snaps. I'm not going to take too much from that. Go back and watch his snaps against the right when he was a right tackle in preseason game number two. And you see a much different player, a guy that basically went viral because of, because he went up against Ruben Bain and Ruben Bain just chucked him like he wasn't even there. And that's really the problem that you're running into in my mind with this situation is you're putting my homes out there with Benito as the defensive end that's going to be coming from his blind side and you're expecting him to play against a Broncos unit. Like, as you said, that has led the NFL or has continued to be a sack leader in the NFL, the past couple of seasons and you're getting ready to start an undrafted free agent left tackle rookie. I just, I cannot fathom that thought process. And it's, it's really been bothering me since we heard it.

15:42Now, obviously we're recording this a couple of days before the game. The chiefs have not had practice. So we will see if something changes and maybe Josh Simmons is able to go in this game. But this to me is a matchup that could decide everything just because if you're not able to get out there and you're not able to get my homes time to throw the ball, that's going to be a big problem. But it could decide the season if they're, if they're not careful. That's my bigger issue. No, that's 100%. I mean, and that's kind of the fear for either side, right? It's like there's still some trepidation, I would say, from Broncos country with bone nicks in the ankle. I know that he's proven like he was out there all throughout training camp with no limits. He went out there for his preseason game that he played and showed no ill effects. He's running around, moving around, doing all the things. He says he's stronger than ever. But there's still that trepidation of like, when you go into a game like this and one hit can change your entire season. So you kind of have that lingering in the back of your mind anyway, but then you change the circumstances around and say, well, it's not just a backup tackle.

16:44It's a rookie free agent playing left tackle. So it's an opportunity for him, honestly, to rise to the occasion, but it's also going to force the chiefs when they do it when they're throwing, they're going to have to bring help to that side. And what does that do to create opportunities for the other past rushers or for Vance Joseph schematically? How is he going to attack with the blitz? How many times are we going to see defensive back coming from the other side or how many times is Justin Sternad going to come up the A gap? There's going to be a lot of different ways that the chiefs they try to make up for that by adding help to that side of the field. And then the Broncos kind of, you know, countering that punch by saying, oh, we're going to send this guy from this side. And we know history tells us they don't blitz Patrick Mahomes, but it might be different in the game in which you're having to keep extra help over on one quiet of the line in order to kind of mask the rookie in his sort of exposed situation. Good for sure. What is another matchup that you're really looking forward to watching in this game?

17:45Well, one thing I've been really excited to talk to you about because we've talked about it at Lockdown Broncos this off season as we kind of assess division rivals is all of the change defensively for Kansas City. Unsantrersonnel is different from what we've come to know over the last two years, the entire secondary. I know the Jerry Asnita's back, but I mean, the entire secondary for all intents and purposes is different than what we've come to know and expect. I mean, it's first round pick here. You know, a lot of draft picks that they believe in. It's your, you know, read on how the defense is acclimating now as opposed to when Steve Spagnolo's had all those veterans on that side of the ball. Are the young guys going to be ready for the opener, like going against this Denver wide receiver group? That's a, I say, boil it down to a matchup, wide receivers for Denver versus the DBs of the Kansas City Chiefs because I know that's where a lot of the moving parts of this off season work. Yeah, and that's a great question. And I would say when I look at this, you go watch Mansor Delane in preseason game number

18:50two and a little bit in preseason game number three. And I think that you can see that I think he's ready to play in NFL. I'm not going to say that he's not going to have rookie mistakes because he's a rookie. He's going to get beat. He's going to have issues that pop up. He's going to, you know, he's going to be in a situation where he hasn't seen something and he's probably going to make a mistake. Now the question isn't necessarily, is he going to make a mistake? It's a question of how does he react to that mistake? Same thing with no Williams. No Williams showed that I think he can play in the NFL last year. I think he'll be better this year, but I expect that the Broncos are going to come out and try to test Delane early to see what he looks like and how the secondary is going to be working. And then he's started talking about the safety group. Chamari Conor, it sounds like probably isn't going to go in this game. So who's the second safety next to a lowe Gilman? Is it going to be a Jaden Hicks or is it going to be Christian Roland Wallace? There's lots of different ways that they could go with this defense, but it's a completely different defensive unit than it has been in the past in the defense of backfield. And it is going to be a big, there are going to be big questions and there's going to

19:53be a lot of answers that come Monday night. How do you guys feel about that? Because I know that over the last couple of years, the offense has still been great situationally for the Chiefs, but they've taken, I mean, they've been what, 15th and 16th or something like that and scoring the last two seasons. And I know it hasn't been the same, like, you know, Patrick Mahomes through 50 touchdowns in the year. That's not the offense that we've seen from Kansas City. I know you said Eric B. Enemies back this off season. I feel like that means, and it screams to what we're going to talk about coming up. Like we are going to run the ball this year and Kenneth Walker is going to help us break this, you know, this streak, I guess, of, you know, not being able to create explosives on the ground. But I guess on the defensive side, how confident are you that they're going to be able to carry on and still be that, that thing that keeps the Chiefs floor, you know, so to speak, high for this upcoming season. The big question is going to be, can they figure out the pass rush? Can they find a way to get pressure? And it's not just on Bownex. It'll be all season long. Can they find a way to get pressure?

20:54Can they get, you know, something more from just Chris, from more than just Chris Jones and George Hurloff. This can, Ashton Jalotti, is he going to play in this game? We're not sure on that. When you get, is, do you have, you know, Armies and Thomas out there and being able to contribute and getting pass rush and getting sacks? That's going to be the big key for me. If they can do that, some of the rest of it will take care of itself because if you can get pressure on the quarterback, your corners don't have to cover near as long. And that could be a huge, that could be a huge key going forward. We're going to talk about how this Chiefs offense has changed and one of the biggest keys in this week for both teams could be running the ball. That's coming up right after this. Today's show is brought to you by FanDuel. Welcome to your most rewarding NFL season ever only on FanDuel. How rewarding are we talking? Well, more rewarding than a touchdown with time expiring, more rewarding than an 18 point comeback, maybe even more rewarding than an O-Liaman catching a touchdown. This season, FanDuel is making the excitement go beyond what happens on the field with the

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23:59That's odo.com slash locked on. Now this is going to be a fun segment because this is something that I don't think that we could talk about in the past several years, at least for the chiefs. Perspective is having a running game. But they went out and they invested in the running game. Kenneth Walker is a huge signing $15 million a year, Super Bowl MVP. We will see how that's going to turn out in Kansas City. And it starts this week and he's going to have a huge impact, I think, in this game because the chiefs need to come out and run the ball. We talked about my homes and nicks earlier about protecting Patrick's home specifically. And even in the last segment talking about Clil Benson, Clil Benson did really well in the running game when you go back and watch Preseason game number two and game number three. You can block and the running game just fine. It's more of the past blocking that you have concerns to with. So when you look at that and you look at what they brought in at running back with 10th Walker and also going out and drafting in a Johnson.

25:01This running game should be something that Kansas City is going to need to focus on in this game to try to help tech Patrick my homes and get to a point where maybe they're even in a situation where play action becomes something that they can use because that hasn't been something that they have been able to use in the past. And I know this is something the Broncos are expecting Alex Singleton met with the media early in the week and he talked about kind of their preparation for this game and that they're expecting the chiefs to try to emphasize the run early on. And I think that that makes sense, right? I mean, you got and you get a guy like Kenneth Walker, not so that he can just be out there past protecting for Patrick my homes, but you want to be able to hand him the ball. And this is where I think the game will be won or lost first down. That's what Vance Joseph talked about earlier in the off season. Like how do we make sure we win first down all throughout the course of a season because if you can't win first down, then you can't get into these third and long situations that play into the Broncos biggest strength, which is rushing the passer and playing past defense.

26:01So they want to emphasize how do we stop these running plays on first down to be able to get into those third and long situations. And that's going to be the toughest thing going up against the guy like Kenneth Walker. Note was two years ago, but when the Broncos took on the Seahawks in week one of 2024, Kenneth Walker might still live in their nightmares after that game. I mean, he was, he ran all over him in that game. And so he's one of the running backs that has had a lot of success against this defense and that the Broncos just had to be able to figure out, are they going to be struggling with tackling? Are they going to be struggling with filling gaps? Are they going to be struggling to replace John Franklin Myers on the defensive line? They're only real starter that they're replacing on either side of the ball. So those are the questions. Can you win first down? Because if you can win first down, then I'll be enough. It sounds blasphemous to even say, Chris, but you want to force the ball into Patrick Mahomes hands in this game. And that's a tough, that's a tough thing to even say, but it's true.

27:02You don't want Kenneth Walker being the reason why you lose this game if you're the Broncos. Well, and I will take it a step further. It's not just Kenneth Walker. Like I said, I'm a Johnson. I mean, you have a change of pace back in him at Johnson and a guy that can step in and I think the chief's really like is a second running back. The bigger issue, if you go back and look at the past several seasons, Kansas City hasn't had a thousand-year-old rusher since Green Hunt, which was in 2018. And I'm not saying that I expect, I think Kenneth Walker could be a thousand-year-old rusher this season, but it's bigger than that for me because when you start looking at the yards per carry last year, it was like 3.2 or 3.3 for Pacheco and Inquiry Hunt. If Walker averages four, four and a half for the season, that changes everything on offense. That changes everything. Then you're looking at defenses that have to start bringing safety down on the box to stop the running game, which I'll be very curious to watch how the Broncos start lining up in this game. Because to me, that's going to be the big question. Do they bring a safety down to try to stop Walker early in the game and force the ball

28:06into Patrick Mahomes's hands into throw? And I think they will. I mean, that's what Talonoa Huffanga is best at. And so we're going to see him attacking the line of scrimmage, whether or not it happens super consistently. I'll be interested to find out as well, but they're definitely going to be emphasizing that first down. They want to be aggressive in stopping the run. And even on offense, like that's the emphasis. You and I talked about this before we even recorded talking about what is the key to each team winning this game. I think for the Broncos, it's kind of the same thing. Honestly, the top segment is Mahomes and Nix return, but you and I kind of joke like, and it might be the running game for both of these teams that ends up dictating the outcome of this matchup because the Broncos, they were terrible when it comes to running the ball on the second half of last season. After JK Dobbins went down with an injury, they couldn't figure it out. No matter if it was RJ Harvey, the little McLaughlin, who's no longer with the team, Tyler Bade, they couldn't figure it out.

29:06So what do they do? They bring back JK Dobbins, who's fully healthy right now, and they're expecting him to be fully healthy. He's bowed to play all 17 games. We'll see what happens. RJ Harvey progressing in his role, Jonah Coleman, the rookie coming in. They're excited about him as well. So I know Web now calling the place for the first time. He's going to want to run the ball. He's going to want to do a lot out of, you know, under center, which Bonaix has been very good at when he's able to play from under center and work from play action and do all the same things that you talked about. So winning first down, which of these two defenses is going to be able to keep each offense in second and long, third and long situations in which running game is going to emerge. That's going to be, I think the number one key in this whole game is staying in front of the sticks on first down. And the biggest thing when I sit here and I look at this, obviously I can't even compare the chief's defense, at least as it sits right now to the Broncos defense. So Broncos have an advantage when it comes to their defense against this chief team, playing

30:10against an offense. But the biggest key in something that I'll be very intrigued by is watching to see how much Eric being in me and going out and getting the guy like, can't walk or changes this offense because the other thing they are looking at is they're also going to be looking at a scenario of probably running under center a lot more than they ever have because Mahomes has generally been in shotgun. How much does that change because it'll change dynamics of angles in throwing lanes too, but it could dictate a lot of different changes when you start looking at running the ball. Yeah, I really could. And that's, I think that's what you're kind of preparing for in terms of, okay, what, what can we prepare for based on what we know about the chiefs and what can we prepare for based on what we think they're going to become this season because the identity is shifting, right? I mean, when you bring back the enemy and you bring in Kenneth Walker, you're no longer expecting this offense to be one dimensional. They are going to try to make this happen, come hell or high water being a two dimensional offense because that does take a ton of pressure off of Mahomes.

31:13You just can't, you can't just pin your ears back on first down expecting they're going to throw the ball every time they, I mean, you know, 70% of the time or whatever it is. And that's where I think the explosives in the run game can help Kansas City this season as well because of what they had the fewest carries of 10 plus yards last season. I think they know that bringing in Kenneth Walker that can give you those explosives back and it can flip the field. And that also helps in a game like this where you're trying to play, you know, feel position. If you want to flip the field and you keep the ball away from the Broncos who are, they've been clutched. They've been, they've been one of those teams that doesn't matter how down they seem to be, they can figure it out, but you can't make those mistakes and give the offense extra possession. So taking care of the football, running it well, creating explosives on the ground, showing these new identities offensively. And that's going to be a really fun storyline to follow. Can't wait. The game is Monday night. We are going to have you covered. Obviously, we will have an extra show this week to preview the game on Friday plus the

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