Chiefs’ Drue Tranquill: ‘Good to be back in the win column’ | PSNFF | NFL on NBC

Chiefs’ Drue Tranquill: ‘Good to be back in the win column’ | PSNFF | NFL on NBC

TRANQUILL ONTO. >> THE SET. >> AFTER A BIG WIN. THE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, NOTRE DAME’S OWN DRUE TRANQUILL. HOW THE HECK ARE YOU DOING, MAN? >> GOOD TO . >> YOU. MY BROTHER. ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT ABOUT THOSE IRISH? >> HOW ABOUT THOSE IRISH? THEY FINALLY GET A WIN. THE CHIEFS FINALLY. >> HOW ABOUT THOSE CHIEFS? >> WHAT DOES THIS. >> FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON. >> REPRESENT RIGHT. >> NOW TO THIS BUNCH TO YOU. >> WELL IT’S EVERYTHING. >> I MEAN THERE WAS. >> A TON OF EXCITEMENT IN THE LOCKER ROOM. OBVIOUSLY LAST SEASON DIDN’T END THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO, AND WE CERTAINLY DIDN’T GET OFF TO THE START. WE WANTED TO. IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN. GUYS ARE EXCITED. >> YEAH. >> AND TALKING TO THE GUYS BEFORE THE GAME, THERE DIDN’T SEEM TO BE ANY JUST TURMOIL TO ME. OR YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. IT WAS HEY, WE’RE GOING TO COME OUT. WE’RE GOING TO PLAY OUR GAME. WE’RE GOING TO GO. IT SEEM TO BE CONFIDENT, BUT. >> WE’VE GOT A POISED GROUP, AN EXPERIENCED GROUP, A GROUP THAT’S BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME. IT STARTS WITH COACH REID AND FILTERS DOWN THROUGH OUR LEADERS ON THE TEAM. CHRIS, PAT, TRAV, EVERYBODY BOLT. AND SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO COME OUT HERE AND EXECUTE. IT WAS ABOUT ENERGY AND EXECUTION. I FELT LIKE WE DID THAT FOR THE MOST PART. >> WHAT WAS COACH’S MESSAGE THIS WEEK? I KNOW YOU’RE GETTING A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE LIKE US. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CHIEFS AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO? BUT IT SEEMS WHAT WHAT DID COACH REID TELL YOU? >> HE STARTED OFF THE WEEK WITH WHAT I JUST SAID. ENERGY AND EXECUTION. AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THAT. WE CAME OUT, WE GOT SOME STOPS DEFENSIVELY. OFFENSE CAME UP WITH SOME BIG PLAYS. YOU SEE THE SHOT PLAY TO TAKE ONE DOWN THERE ENDS UP BEING AN INCOMPLETE PASS. THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO HIM. MAKES A BIG PLAY FOR US. AND SO THEY CAME UP CLUTCH THERE IN THE SECOND HALF. >> I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE JUST SO. SOUND DEFENSIVELY. THE WAY YOU GUYS SHUT DOWN THESE. YOUNG TALENTED WIDE RECEIVERS OF. >> THE GIANTS. WHAT WAS THE PLAN DEFENSIVELY AND WHAT DID YOU LIKE. MOST WITH THE EXECUTION. >> OF IT. WELL THEY HAD GAME RECORDS ACROSS THE BOARD. I THOUGHT CAM HAD A GREAT GAME. HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE PASSING GAME. THE RUN GAME. WE’LL HAVE TO TIGHTEN SOME THINGS UP IN THE RUN GAME WITH SOME FITS. BUT I THOUGHT DEFENSIVELY WE BROUGHT ENERGY. IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE YOUNG GUYS. CHRIS ROLAND-WALLACE OUT THERE GET A BIG INTERCEPTION FOR US. JAYLEN WATSON ONE ON ONE WITH ONE OF THE BEST RECEIVERS IN THE LEAGUE DOWN HERE IN THIS CORNER, MAKING A BIG PLAY FOR US. GUYS ARE PUNCHING THE BALL OUT. SO IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD OVERALL PERFORMANCE. CERTAINLY TOUGH TO BUILD ON THOUGH. >> YEAH I WAS TALKING TO JOE CULLEN, YOUR DEFENSIVE LINE COACH, BEFORE THE GAME, AND HE SAID, HEY, WE’RE GOING TO RELY ON OUR FOUR MAN RUSH A LITTLE MORE. OUR GUYS ARE GOING TO GET PRESSURE. COACH SPAGS IS A GUY KNOWN FOR BLITZING. HE DIDN’T BRING MANY. HE DIDN’T WANT TO PUT YOUR SECONDARY IN SINGLE COVERAGE. THIS WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR YOU GUYS. >> IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT OUR RUSH WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. YOU SEE CHRIS THERE IN THE SECOND HALF AND THEN GEORGE GETS A BIG SACK. LEO FINISHES IT OFF THERE FOR US IN THE FOURTH DOWN. SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THOSE GUYS GETTING PRESSURE. POWER RUSHING COLLAPSING THE POCKET ON RUSS AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT ON HIM. >> BUT YOU GUYS PLAYED A LITTLE DIFFERENT COVERAGES THAN MAYBE RUSS WAS USED TO SEEING. >> WELL I MEAN YOU’VE GOT TALENTED GUY. YOU GOT TALENTED GUYS LIKE NEIGHBORS. LIKE YOU KNOW THESE GUYS OUT HERE, THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS ALL OVER THE FIELD. AND SO YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO KEEP GUYS ON THEM AND YOU GOT TO ELIMINATE THE EXPLOSIVE PLAY. WE KNEW IF WE COULD KEEP THEM FROM HITTING THAT EXPLOSIVE PLAY TONIGHT AND MAKE HIM GO THE DISTANCE, WE’D HAVE A GOOD SHOT. >> I’M USED TO THIS GUY. COACH, I’M TAKING YOU BACK TO NOTRE DAME. BEING A LEADER AT THE SAFETY POSITION. A COUPLE OF TOUGH INJURIES. NOW HE TRANSITIONS. HE’S A LINEBACKER IN THE NFL. NOW YOU’RE LEADING THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. HOW HAS THE START OF THIS SEASON TESTED YOU AS A LEADER? >> WELL I MEAN IT’S NOT THE START YOU WANT. IT’S 0-2 YOUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. YOU’RE COMING PLAYING AGAINST A TEAM THAT JUST PUT UP LIKE 40 POINTS LAST WEEK AGAINST DALLAS. WE KNEW IT WAS A CHALLENGE. WE KNEW WE HAD TO COME OUT HERE DEFENSIVELY. WE’RE DOWN SOME GUYS ON OFFENSE. AND SO AS A TEAM, WE JUST NEEDED TO BE CLICKING IN ALL PHASES. I FELT LIKE WE GOT THAT GOING IN THE SECOND HALF. >> YEAH . >> DOES IT YOU KNOW, ENERGIZE YOU NOW TO GET THIS WIN AND HAVE SOMETHING TO BUILD ON HERE? >> I MEAN, YOU GET IN THE WIN COLUMN, YOU’VE GOT GUYS WHO ARE PART OF OUR TEAM THAT HAVEN’T WON A GAME YET. SOME OF THE ROOKIES. AND SO TO WRAP THEM UP AFTER THE GAME AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR FIRST WIN WITH THE CHIEFS IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN. I MEAN THIS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN WINNING A LOT LATELY AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN IT. AND SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT ENERGY EXECUTION. I FELT LIKE WE CAME OUT AND GOT IT DONE TONIGHT. >> HOW WOULD YOU GRADE YOURSELF TONIGHT? >> I MEAN THERE’S ALWAYS TIMES TO IMPROVE. HE TALKS ABOUT BEING A SAFETY. HEY, I DROPPED BACK THERE IN THE HALF. I SAW IT ONE TIME. THEY CAME OVER TO THE SIDELINE. THEY’RE LIKE, HEY DREW, NOW GO BACK TO YOUR SAFETY DAYS AND MELT A LITTLE BIT. I’M LIKE, COACH, I’M JUST TRYING NOT TO GET BEAT DEEP BACK THERE. THESE GUYS ARE FAST. >> HOW IS. >> THAT PLAYING THE. >> SAFETY POSITION? >> IT WORKED. >> TO HELP YOU AT LINEBACKER. I’M CURIOUS. >> I MEAN, IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND COVERAGE A BIT, HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE BACK END. AND SO YOU TAKE THAT AND YOU’RE ABLE TO WORK IT INTO YOUR UNDERNEATH ZONES, AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY ASK YOU TO DROP BACK. >> SO NOW I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT. YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN THE DEEP PART OF THE FIELD FROM LINEBACKER. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WORKED ON DURING THE WEEK OR DID THIS JUST SAY, HEY, WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS TONIGHT? >> WE HAD A CALL. WE HAD WE HAD SHOWED SOME PRESSURE OFF THE EDGE. I, YOU KNOW, LINED UP ON THE EDGE AGAIN AND WENT BACK IN THE HALF. AND SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET PRESSURE ON RUSS AND AND HE DIDN’T THROW IT DEEP, BUT IF HE DID, I WOULD HAVE MADE. >> A PLAY. THAT’S WHAT I’M THINKING. >> YEAH, YEAH. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS IN THAT LOCKER ROOM YOU JUST CAME OUT OF GETTING THIS FIRST WIN? >> IT’S JUST A TON OF SMILES TO HAVE OUR OWNERSHIP, THE HUNT FAMILY, RIGHT THERE IN THE TUNNEL. OUR COACHES THERE THE PLAYERS. IT’S A BIG WIN FOR US. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON THE ROAD IN NEW YORK IN THE BIG APPLE. AND TO GET TO HAVE OUR FANS HERE THEY WERE LOUD HERE IN THE STADIUM. IT WAS AWESOME TO HEAR THEM. AND SO TO GET A WIN GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN, WE GOT TO GET BACK, REGROUP AND GET READY FOR BALTIMORE COMING. >> TO TOWN. >> YEAH. >> THESE GUYS ARE EVERYWHERE HUH? >> THEY ARE, THEY ARE. IT’S HOME OF THE CHIEFS. >> AND THEY ALWAYS LIKE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, THEY ALWAYS SNEAK DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE JUST SCOOTING GIANTS FANS OUT OF THE WAY OR WHAT, BUT THEY’RE IN THE FRONT ROW ALL THE WAY AROUND. >> THE STADIUM. THEY ARE. YOU WALK IN AN AWAY GAME EVERY TIME, AND YOU JUST SEE A SEA OF RED AROUND THE STADIUM. I BET THEY’RE TRYING TO SEE TRAVIS. THAT’S JUST MY GUESS. >> I THINK. . >> MY GUESS. >> HOW DID ANDY REID RECRUIT YOU TO COME BE A PART OF THE CHIEFS? I NEED THIS STORY FIRST FROM YOU, AS YOU WERE LOOKING AND, YOU KNOW, HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO, HOW DID HE GET YOU TO KANSAS CITY? >> WELL, I MEAN, FREE AGENCY DIDN’T GO THE WAY I WANTED IT TO. AND SO I WAS SITTING KIND OF WITH A HANDFUL OF ONE YEAR DEALS AND I FELT LIKE THE CHIEFS OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME AND MY WIFE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KANSAS CITY, WOULD HAVE BEEN, LIKE, LEAST EXPECTED TEAM. BUT JUST TO GET THE PHONE CALLS FROM COACH REID AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TEXT THINK, READ AND SEE SUPER BOWLS OR SEE READ AND THINK SUPER BOWLS. I JUST FELT LIKE THEY REALLY HAD A ROLE FOR ME HERE, AND I WAS EXCITED TO COME AND BE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. WOW. >> WHAT. >> A TEXT. I KNOW WHAT A TEXT. EPIC TEXT MAN. I KNOW. >> UNBELIEVABLE. I’VE TALKED TO YOU AND YOU’RE A LOVING KANSAS CITY TALKING ABOUT BEING A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST DOING THINGS IN THE AREA. HOW HAS THAT BEEN BECOMING A KANSAS CITY NATIVE OR NOT NATIVE, BUT RESIDENT? >> WELL, WE LOVE THE CITY THERE. MY WIFE AND THREE KIDS. WE’VE COME TO LOVE IT. WE’VE GOT TO DO SOME AMAZING WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH, WHO’S DOING A TON OF GREAT WORK IN THE CITY. THEY JUST BROKE GROUND IN AN AWESOME PLACE THAT OUTSIDE, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO PLAY SOME BASKETBALL. PICKLEBALL. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY. GUYS LIKE TRAVIS HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK THERE. AND GUYS LIKE PATRICK AND ALL THOSE GUYS CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK IN THE CITY. SO WE JUST HAVE A GREAT IT’S A FOOTBALL TOWN AND YOU FEEL THAT ENERGY. IT’S LIKE BEING BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. SO I LOVE IT. THE CITY’S GREAT, GREAT FOOD AND SO COME TO KANSAS CITY, JOIN THE KINGDOM. >> RIGHT NOW. I GOT ONE LAST QUESTION, COACH STEVE SPAGNUOLO. WHAT A LEGEND. I THINK ABOUT WHAT HE DID IN THIS BUILDING. I THINK ABOUT WHAT HE DID IN SUPER BOWLS. I THINK ABOUT WHAT HE’S DOING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. YOUR RELATIONSHIP. WHAT IS IT LIKE PLAYING FOR THIS GUY? >> I MEAN, HE’S AMAZING. I MEAN, EVEN AFTER OUR LOSS LAST WEEK, HE’S TEXTING ALL OF OUR GUYS HOW PROUD HE IS DEFENSIVELY. HE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT IT WITH OUR EFFORT. AND SO HE’S A GUY THAT HE’S A COACH BUT HE’S HE’S LIKE A FRIEND AND A FATHER IN A LOT OF WAYS. AND SO HE’S HE’S CLOSE WITH US, HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. AND I THINK HIS CONSISTENCY OVER TIME HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF HIS. AND HE’S JUST CONSISTENT DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND THE GUYS APPRECIATE THAT. >> YOU GUYS HAVE SOME BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD. BUT I LIKE WHERE YOU’RE HEADED. >> MAN. THAT DESCRIPTION SOUND LIKE SOMEBODY I KNOW RIGHT THERE. >> HEY LEGEND I’M BY TWO LEGENDS. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WIN. YO

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