Chiefs' Second-String FALTERS in Seattle Showdown | Is Depth a Major Concern?

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🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs' preseason showdown with Seattle Seahawks raises defensive concerns. Can the Chiefs overcome early struggles and build a championship-caliber defense? Hosts Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark, joined by Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest, analyze the Chiefs' second preseason game. They dissect defensive performance issues, evaluate standout players like Robert Tonyan and Isaiah Pacheco, and speculate on crucial roster decisions. The trio explores how the absence of stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce impacted team dynamics and discusses strategies for the final 53-man roster. Tune in for expert insights on the Chiefs' preseason progress and predictions for their regular season preparations.

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0:00.0	Preseason game number two is in the books.
0:03.7	And KC, we have a problem tonight live on Locked-on Chiefs.
0:09.6	From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:18.6	Welcome back in.
0:19.8	Thanks for joining us after a ball game in the preseason, and it's super late, and it's raining in Seattle, and you guys are here anyway, and we appreciate you.
0:27.7	Matt Derek is here with us as well from chiefsdigest.com. Thanks for making us your first listen here on the lockdown podcast network, and check out another lockdown show for your next one.
0:36.8	Just don't listen to the
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0:48.6	off of your first year. We're going to get after it here because a lot to talk about and what are usually a pivotal game in the process of determining the 53.
0:59.7	I'm not so certain.
1:01.1	So we're going to get Matt's input here from Chief Digest.com, Chiefs Digest here on the YouTube platform as well as 41 is the mic.
1:08.6	I'm Ryan Tracy.
1:09.5	You found a rogue analytics and performance
1:10.8	consulting. And my partner, Chris Clark over there at Casey Chief's Corner, you guys know us. We've
1:16.5	been doing this for a long time. And if you don't know us, it's 15 plus years for each of us
1:20.4	cover in this team. Matt as professional, us as professionals of a different sort. I'm not going to
1:27.0	go there. So what I want to know tonight is, hey, what's real? We And I'm going to go there.
1:48.0	So what I want to know tonight is, hey, what's real? We're going to get to that coming up. What can we take away from this? That'll come later in the show. The effect of no Moe Holmes and No Kelsey, while great for them. What does that do for the rest of the team? I think it was evident tonight. But we start, Matt. And I want to ask you right off the top because I'm not trying to be hyperbolic,
1:53.3	but when you have an opportunity to start on defense the way that you did tonight against the team that quite frankly is not as talented on paper as you are, I think this is a problem.
2:00.7	I think there are some contributing factors to it,
2:03.2	but I am more concerned coming out of this preseason game than maybe any other one of the Mahomes
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