Hour 1: Broncos-Chiefs Reactions, plus Rich’s Top 5 NFL Week 1 Takeaways

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2:18Rich Eisen:Well, hey everybody. Welcome to this edition of the Rich Eisen Show live on Disney Plus, the ESPN app, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM, Channel 80. Week one of the NFL season is in the books. And that's awesome. And it's also sad because that means we're one week closer to the end of the season. That's what I think. Wow. 844-204-RICH-NUMBER-ADAL. Let's have a chat today. We've got the comedian Joe Coy in our number three and our usual Tuesday guests. uh cam hayward of the pittsburgh steelers uh who are 1 and 0 and getting set to try and turn brockman's patriots into an 0 and 2 team josh pate will be joining us to talk about college football lots to talk about there and as i mentioned there's our phones uh for you to chit chat with us at 844-204 rich good to see over there chris brockman hey rich hello jason feller what's going on over there feller hello rich eisen hey the candles lit tj jefferson what's going on sir we're on to washington we are indeed uh well that's your dallas cowboys uh you're referring to right there uh overreaction monday uh chris brockman and i recorded it on uh on monday uh we've got an overreaction monday on a tuesday segment coming up but uh thanks to everybody out there who yeah checked out overreaction monday on our youtube channel uh you can listen to it as a podcast but it set a record we're we're closing in on 350 000 views of a show that wasn't even out there 24 hours ago at this point in time.

3:46So we greatly appreciate that.

3:48Rich Eisen:And it is, again, Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. So I don't know if this is an overreaction to start the show, but the Chiefs are back. Chiefs are back. The Chiefs are back in terms of Patrick Mahomes running it and throwing it. The Chiefs are back in terms of showing up with a defense that Steve Spagnuolo is going to dial up and send some evil your way. The Chiefs are back with yet another young, new cornerback that's going to pick you off. The Chiefs are back in terms of coming up with crazy-ass plays from the Calvin Coolidge administration, where we're going to put Mahomes and Justin Fields in a three-point stance and end up flipping the ball to Kenneth Walker.

4:28Rich Eisen:We're also back in terms of Travis Kelsey running the length of the field. And the Chiefs are also back with everybody out there on every social media saying, boy, the refs are in the bag for the Chiefs. You missed that hold. You missed that hold. Look at that hold on Mahomes' touchdown. Look at that hold on Travis Kelsey's run. That was pretty egregious. Listen, I'm saying the Chiefs are back. The Chiefs are back in first place in the AFC West with all due respect, Feli, to your Raiders. Oh, man. That was an outside-of-division season-opening win for the Raiders. The Chiefs have beaten the Broncos to sit in first place through one week because the Chargers lost at home to Arizona and looked absolutely dreadful.

5:12Rich Eisen:And the Chiefs looked like the team that won Super Bowls. That's the only thing that I want to point out, along with, well, the one thing that is different. Kenneth Walker III K-9 because his first name starts with a K and he wears number 9 and he has got the dog in him this guy his last two games are the stuff of legend one leads to him being the MVP of the Super Bowl and thus a hot free agent that the Seahawks decide to let walk and then he goes to Kansas City and the question throughout the spring and summer with Kenneth Walker being there, it's like, great. So glad you're at the spot where they don't run anybody.

6:06Rich Eisen:So glad you're at the spot where Mahomes hasn't had a thousand yard rusher since Kareem Hunt. Will Andy Reid commit to the run? And the answer is Yes!

6:24I love that.

6:26Rich Eisen:Yes, he can commit to the run. How does the most rushing yards in a game by a Kansas City Chief since Jamal Charles hit you? How about 173 rushing yards for Kenneth Walker III? That's a career high. How about that? So how about the most rush yards by any Kansas City Chief since 2012 before Andy Reid got there. And yada, yada, yada. This is his 14th year there, as many as he was in Philadelphia. How about the most rush yards Kenneth Walker's ever had and the most carries 23 that he's had in a game in regulation since week seven, 2023, when he was a second year player in the league. How does that all hit you?

7:17Rich Eisen:How does a 60 yard run to basically end the game? That was a sick run. in retrospect it ended the game on fourth down how about that going forward how about the chiefs are back and this is what andy reed had to say about running the football because this appears to be a commitment not just financially to the running back but getting dividends from that and this appears to be the way they're going to play football this year certainly against a stout defense. Hit it. You never know going in how many times you're going to give him the ball. That's not a calculated thing. That you can do. You've got to be making yards.

8:03For him to play the way he did, I thought was spectacular. It was something you hoped for. You got to see it where he was the main guy there. He did a great job with it. Listen, he can sit there and just do the Andy Reid thing, which is you know, the game plays out the way it plays out and you know, all shucks, we'll just see how it goes and I'll just keep hoisting Lombardis while I all shucks you. You never know how many times you're going to give it to him when the game starts. I imagine the first 15 was scripted. They gave it to him seven times. Seven. Including going for it on fourth down.

8:49sorry man I don't mean to bring up your Cowboys but that's exactly very similar to the first possession the Cowboys had fourth and inches deep in their own end we're not going to do it this one was in Denver's territory but they still went for it and they put in defensive linemen for Kenneth Walker and it also came off of a turnover three snaps into monsoor delane their first round selection in the top 10 where they rarely draft out of lsu he picks off bo nicks to set things up unfortunately for him he hits the ground gets up because he wasn't touched and then courtland sutton tackles him and he's out for the game with a shoulder injury we'll see how long he's going to be out after that but he hands the ball to the Chiefs and then you're wondering are they going to run Kenneth Walker and are they going to run with Mahomes like he usually can do now he's come back for an injury and uh he runs one in but they call it back to a penalty and then he runs it in then people are saying there should have been a penalty it did look like that looked like Kelsey had a nice grab of somebody on the way in but that's the Chiefs way of doing things so we're wondering if you are how the new kid was going to play at corner because Trent McDuffie gets sent to the Rams and you're wondering will you commit to Kenneth Walker and can Mahomes run it anymore check check check and then you know the defense I don't know how many defensive or offensive assistants get into the Hall of Fame based on their work in that role.

10:39You know? Dick LeBeau made it, but he also was an outstanding player in the NFL. And I think what helped put him over the top was just him being so terrific at his job after his playing days. But he got in as a player. But Steve Spagnuolo, he's awesome. In the same way, I don't mean to keep bringing up your Cowboys, but it is the most recent game in week one other than the one that we're talking about right now they couldn't get a pass rush on jackson dart they couldn't and jackson darts a mobile quarterback with some good running backs at his disposal just like bo nicks but boy did they just get after it got after it.

11:28You know? R. Mason, the rookie out of Oklahoma that everybody was talking about. I'm not, that my guy, Gerald, was talking about.

11:41Rich Eisen:R. Mason Thomas, two pressures and a sack. Peter Woods, a pressure and a batted pass. Those are two rookies, along with Delane. They were everywhere. It didn't seem like Bo Nix had a clear throwing lane or he was always moving off the spot. They were living in the backfield. And Khalil Benson. I was thinking there's no way Mahomes is going to survive this against a defense that had 68 sacks last year with Josh Simmons being out as tackle. And Khalil Benson undrafted out of Indiana. No pressures on 34 pass blocking snaps. Allowing the Chiefs to do their thing against a defense that, yes, had 68 sacks last year, but it seemed like they had 68 missed tackles, which we'll get to in a second.

12:32So many missed tackles. It was all good in the Chiefs' hood, and here's the quarterback talking about his new running back. Yeah, I mean, if I was going to say anything, it was probably just get hit on it, but, like, I just wanted to play. Like, I had done so much rehab and so much work to kind of put myself in this position. I just wanted to get out there and play. Like, this is what you do it for. And I was able to play and go out there. And my guys around me kind of helped me. So whenever I wasn't, I feel like I didn't play my best football. We still were able to go out there and beat a really good football team pretty well.

13:05And it's because the guys around me stepped up and knew that they were going to have to help me as I kind of get back into the rhythm of things. Yeah, 15 to 27, a buck 84. First half didn't really look very good. Second half looked much better. Here he is talking about Kenneth Walker III because he kept everything afloat. while Mahomes was getting his passing arm under his seed legs. No, I mean, I told y 'all literally, like first press conference, y 'all were asking what's the difference with our offense, and I said K-9. Like, it's just that simple. It's the way he's able to run the ball, catch the ball.

13:36I threw one a little hot to him there on that read that was probably going to be a big play, but it's just a special ability to run the ball tough between the tackles, and then when he does bounce it, he has the speed to go all the way. Yeah. so next up for the chiefs we're going to see him again on national tv next up for the chiefs is a sunday night home date against the colts who are probably still sleeping off the nightmare of derrick henry and here comes canine yeah good luck now they have their own beast of a running back but then they're at Miami and at Vegas before a bye. You got to sit here wondering if the Chiefs can start 4-0 or what?

14:19Because as you know, Vegas is their home away from home. And they won their Super Bowl there. Then they're home for the Chargers at Seattle. Just going to be a monster game on Sunday night. And then an opportunity to sweep Denver to start November before they welcome in the Jets, visit Atlanta.

14:40it's amazing how week one winning can start setting you up for a run week one can lie as well and that's what denver's gonna hang their hat on it'll get handled when it gets handled week one can lie and denver's like that's not the defense that dominated last year that's not the offense that dominated last year and added Jalen Waddell, who when you look at the stat sheet, one catch, two yards, that's it. Rough.

15:16And that's the new play caller, and you know that's going to be the conversation everybody's going to have in Denver about Davis Webb, the fact that Sean Payton gave up the play calling. This is a hot coordinator in the league and coming in. And, you know, Denver didn't want to lose him. He was interviewing many places because a lot of teams respect him and like him. And the first night was an unmitigated disaster. Just was. I mean, it certainly doesn't help that Knicks throws an interception, just three snaps in, and then after tying the game, the roof caves in on the defensive side of the ball, and the offense just couldn't keep up.

16:09Just that simple. That's the way it looked last night. And when K-9 ran for that 60-yarder, that was all she wrote. I'm like, I don't know if Denver's got the offensive firepower tonight with the way that they're struggling against the Kansas City defense. and you know everyone's just going to lay it at the feet of the fact that there's a new play caller. Sean Payton addressed that head on when asked about it in his postgame. Look, it was just as a head coach always, whether you're calling the plays or you're not, you know, it's regardless of who's calling the plays, when you have a game like that and you're the head coach, you know, it's frustrating, it's disappointing, and I don't know that the feeling is any different whether you're calling them or not, honestly.

16:54so status quo Bo Nix uh as uh quarterbacks will do put it on uh on his plate talking about how it wasn't the play calling it was the execution absolutely I think uh the players did not make it easy on him today uh pretty pitiful actually but um he was you know true to me in the headset he treated it like um you know he was he was a pro with it he's like hey next play here we go you got this. He shot it with conviction. I thought we called exactly what we prepared for and what we wanted to get to. We just didn't execute and then we were behind and just literally I don't think we did a whole lot of good consistently enough to win the game at all.

17:43Yeah. Three fumbles. Lost one. Also through that pick got sacked four times that offensive line is so damn good the rushing game featuring Dobbins and Harvey nothing 61 yards yeah the passing game 131 yards that's it just a a large goose egg in many different ways for the Broncos who are supremely talented. Here's the problem. Whatever's fixable, it's got to happen on a short week. And at the end of the short week rests the Jacksonville Jaguars who destroyed Denver last year. And they looked terrific in week one. And then there's the Rams on a Sunday night. And then there's a trip to San Francisco.

18:50Wow. They have to visit the Chargers before they welcome in the Seahawks on a short week Thursday night and then visit Arizona before they get Kansas City in their house one more time. So that is a rough stretch of games, but they're talented enough to win. They're talented enough to win. And they'll hang their hats on week one lion and figuring out where where to go from there. But those next steps are Lulu's. Oh, man. Two and four incoming? I mean, if you assume that the way that they played Monday night is how they're going to play over the next five. But if the Rams play the way that they played in Australia, they could win that game.

19:37No Miles Garrett, Aaron Donald, you know, up there in the altitude.

19:43I mean, honestly. The way the Chargers played, they can go into Los Angeles and beat the Chargers handily. Well, those are the two wins. I got you. Oh, interesting. You're giving them a win just off the Rams. I don't know. It was troubling, to say the least, to watch the Broncos last night. I thought they were going to win. I thought they were a better team. But again, when you pick week one games, you use the prism of the previous year, and it's a whole new year, and the Chiefs look like they are back. and the schedule, unlike the Broncos, has more of a yellow brick road to traverse. We said that when the schedule came out.

20:30It was set up for them to start well. I got you. Well, listen, man, I don't know. With the way the Patriots play and things work out, I mean, I don't have many more backup quarterbacks they'll be able to see. I don't know why that was a scenario. You know, you're talking about the Chiefs.

20:47Rich Eisen:You take a shot at the Chiefs, I'll take a shot back at the Patriots. But we're not talking about the Patriots.

20:55Rich Eisen:Don't come at the Chiefs when I sit in this chair. I don't know. Look, it was obviously an insane performance by Kenneth Walker and the defense. But, I mean, Patrick Mahomes definitely showed a lot of rust. You know, all of his completions were within eight yards on the line of scrimmage. Both touchdowns were behind the line of scrimmage. Stretching the field is going to be an issue. They still can't push the ball downfield. And that's been the theme the last few seasons. Just to throw something out at you real quick before we take our first break here. But him moving around was pretty impressive.

21:22Cooper sitting next to me watching the game, second half. He says, Dad, would the Chiefs sign Tyree Kill if he's healthy? I don't think so. I wouldn't think so, but stranger things as well.

21:35Rich Eisen:But they need someone who can push the ball downfield. That's Xavier Worthy. Xavier Worthy could do that. I don't know. Or guess what? They don't have to do that. What does it matter? If K-9 is going to run all over you and the defense is going to be all over them and it's a 21-point win, who cares? What does Warren Sapp say? The most, you know, that was actually, that was, who says that about Rod Woodson said the most adaptable organism in the NFL is an NFL game. Yeah. So, I mean, teams will adjust. 844-204-RICH, number to dial here on the program. When we come back, the latest in Cleveland, and why Deshaun Watson's getting the gig again, and why I guess it doesn't matter in the locker room what they think.

22:25That's an interesting soundbite coming up. And I have a top five. Oh.

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