11-14-25 Josh Klingler with KOA Sports

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Broncos and Chiefs are Coverage, of course, starts at eight
o'clock on Sunday morning as we head out to the
KA Commaspurity Health high Line and bring on a good
friend of mine, Josh Klingler, who does a fantastic job
as a sideline reporter for the Chiefs radio network, Josh
Uron with Nate Jackson and Ryan Evert. How are you, man,
I'm good.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
How are you guys? This is a big one. You know,
we haven't seen maybe the Chiefs be in this position
or Denver in this position. Right, Yeah, we're there obviously
having a great season, and the Chiefs are trying to
kind of dig themselves out of a hole here at
the midpoint.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, you know, you're absolutely right. It's unique for a
multitude of reasons. The Chiefs seemingly playing for an opportunity
to win the division. I mean, if they lose this game,
then maybe takes them out of that. And meanwhile the
Broncos are kind of trying to hold off the Chiefs. Again,
it's rare territory over the last decade. What gives you
confidence for the chief side of things, and then what

(00:51):
makes you a little pause on this matchup coming upon Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, I mean, I think this is a very talented
Chiefs team, and but your record's your record at some
point in time, right. So they're five and four, and
at times they have looked like they could be the
best team in the NFL, and there's been other times
where you're like, Okay, they've been scouted pretty well and
teams have taken away all the fun stuff that they're
able to do and have found ways to have success,

(01:17):
namely Jacksonville and Buffalo. I thought did a really good
job in beating the Chiefs and kind of taking away
some of those those things they do well. And then
I guess in this matchup, it's I know, the Denver
defense is really good. I think the Chiefs offense is
very good, and I think that if the Chiefs can
score enough, I'm not sure that Denver can score enough.

(01:38):
So I don't think it's going to be a, you know,
a high scoring game by any means, but I think
the Chiefs offense has a much better chance. Even though
the Broncos defense is better probably overall than the Chiefs defense,
I think the Chiefs have the better chance of scoring
points in this one, which I think maybe gives them
a tad bit of advantage. But if Denver does what
Denver you know does, which is sacked the quarterback and

(02:00):
they can get some heat on Patrick Mahomes an offensive
line that's been a little bit in flux for the Chiefs,
I think that's where Denver is going to find success.
And obviously that's been a good thing for them. You know,
that's an advantage they've had, is getting after the quarterbacks,
and so if they can continue to do that this
week and give Mahomes some problems, you know, that'll be
a best serve for the Broncos.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
You mentioned that the Chiefs and the Broncos are in
different positions than they usually are when they face each
other over the last decade, the Chiefs are usually in
first place, Broncos trying to chase them, trying to prove
that they belong. Now the Chiefs are the ones chasing
the Broncos. Where do you think the Chiefs confidence level
is coming in to Denver and just the way they
feel about the Broncos, did the Chiefs kind of still
see themselves as the big brother and the bully in

(02:42):
the situation?

Speaker 2 (02:43):
You know, I don't think so. I think I think
Andy Reid keeps them two level headed for that, but
he's also pretty realistic with them, Like you know, I
don't think Patrick Mahomes said. I think after it was
their third loss, before loss number four, that you know,
we've lost enough games, and he met for the season.
So I think that they realize the position that they're

(03:04):
in right now, that you know, there are no excuses
you've lost games, and so you need to win the
division first, right That's always their goal first and foremost,
and not put yourself in a position to be in
a wild card situation. They haven't been in this position before,
although we have seen Chiefs teams kind of go in
the reel off a bunch of wins, and it wouldn't

(03:25):
be surprising if they're able to do that again. But
this is also one that hasn't been as good at
winning games kind of in weird ways like they did
last season, you know, kind of like the Broncos are
doing this season. I mean, there's a lot to be
said about believing you can pull yourself out of holes
and win games, and so far, this particular Chiefs team

(03:45):
hasn't done that, and we know the Broncos certainly have.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
I know, you got to run here in a sex.
So this will be in my last one now against
the Bills, specifically the game right before the bye week,
that buffle of Bills defense really got after Mahomes. I
mean you had like a forty four percent completion rate,
no touchdown, interception. I mean, he had some big passes
in the game, because he's going to do that, but
it seemed like they really rattled him. Was there something
in that game specifically where it's like, Okay, this is

(04:11):
something that they figured out that we've got to continue
to work against.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well. I think he hasn't been as good throwing under
pressure this year as he has been now. Early in
the season, he probably took off running a little bit more.
As the season's gone on, he stayed in the pocket
a little bit more as he's gotten a little more
trust in the offensive line. But they were able to
get pressure on him continuously, and I think that that
was a big key. It always is. I think against
the Homes right, don't give him a lot of time

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and try to get him off of schedule, and if
he's got time and can look around the field and
pick out targets, it's going to be a long day.
So they did that defensively and then offensively. I think
if there's kind of a weak link, it's linebackers and coverage,
and Buffalo just ran their tight hits across the field
and ran a lot of crossing routes in the middle
of the field and took advantage of the Chiefs offensively there,

(04:58):
which is then kind of an achilles heel for them.
So I thought they just did a really good job
of negating some of the things, or at least attacking
some of the things that look like kind of weaknesses
at times for the Chiefs. Again, we'll see about the
offensive line. Josh Simmons, their first round pick at left tackle,
was away from the team for personal reasons for about
a month. May or may not go on Sunday. The

(05:19):
backup Jalen Moore has played okay at times. They've been
banged up at other spots along the offensive line, so
they really needed to buy a week for the offensive line,
I thought, specifically, and we'll see how healthy they are,
because we know that that Denver defensive line is going
to give you a long day at the office if
you're not ready to go, and.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
No doubt, hey always a pleasure catch up with you
my friends. Safe travel out here to Denver and hope
you have just check in with you very soon.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Sounds good, all right, appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Josh Klinger, Thanks Josh, one of the best ones. Yeah,
he's really really good. Does a great job as sidelines
there for the Kansas City Chiefs.