CHIEFS SQUAD SHOW: NFL Schedule Makers SEND STATEMENT on Patrick Mahomes’ Week One STATUS!

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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NFL schedule makers raise eyebrows by pitting Kansas City Chiefs against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football to open Week One—will Patrick Mahomes be ready after knee surgery? Aaron Ladd, Darren Smith, J.C. Pearson, and Ryan Tracy debate the league’s decision, dissect the risks for Mahomes against Denver’s fierce pass rush, and spotlight the strategic implications for Andy Reid’s offense. Which AFC West foe poses a bigger early threat: the retooled Chargers or the aggressive Broncos?

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0:00.0	My name is Aaron Ladd, host to the Chief Squad Show here in the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:05.0	If you followed the information of Darren Smith and booked your flight to Madrid to watch to Kansas Chief, you are entitled to compensation.
0:12.5	We break down all the latest from the NFL schedule release in this new episode.
0:17.1	And I'm Darren Smith.
0:18.2	Yeah, I might not be going to Spain, but I know one thing.
0:20.5	My sources, I don't have to sleep with him, Air and Land. Man, shots fired earlier. I'm J.C. Pearson. Ryan, I don't know what these two are talking about, but can't wait to find out. On today's show, J.C. and I actually talk ball. Don't know what else is going to happen.
0:39.7	Chief's Kingdom, stand up.
0:41.6	It's the Chief Squad.
0:43.0	Everything Kansas City Chiefs every week.
0:45.9	Breaking down all the big hits and game-changing plays from Arrowhead Stadium,
0:50.4	the way only the locked-on podcast network can.
0:53.9	Squad up.
0:55.2	The Chief Squad Show starts now.
1:00.4	All right, the Chief Squad Show is off and rolling on a Tuesday.
1:03.1	We appreciate you being with us.
1:05.0	Aaron Ladd, Darren Smith, Ryan Tracy, and J.C. Pearson on the week of the 2626 NFL regular season schedule release, the announcement before the announcement.
1:15.6	We break down the slow drip as well as Kansas City's matchup against the Denver Broncos in prime time.
1:21.5	We recap some of the free agent deals that were done since we last spoke with you as well as our one wish and our one prediction
1:28.6	for schedule makers ahead of the release of this schedule on Thursday.
1:33.9	Before we get to any of that, we need something, we need you to do something for us.
1:37.7	And that's easy.
1:38.4	Like, comment, subscribe, hit the hype button, do all those things that make platforms and
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