The NFL debacle in Mexico City: Chiefs coach Andy Reid, ESPN Deportes analyst Raul Allegre, and NFL EVP/International Mark Waller

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Reid on the taking 9-1 Kansas City in Los Angeles to face the 9-1 Rams, on the maturity of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and on the specter of catching an idol, Chuck Noll, on the all-time coaching wins list. Allegre, the former NFL kicker and Mexico native, on the embarrassment of having such a high-profile sports event moved out of Mexico, on why the country is such an NFL hotbed, and on what the people in his home city in central Mexico will think of the country losing this big game Waller on the NFL's international future, on how ready London is for a full-time NFL franchise, and on the league's logistics plan if/when a team relocates to England in the near future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Peter King Podcast, where I'll tell you quite a bit about football and
0:09.0	maybe just a little bit about life.
0:11.9	This week, one of the stranger podcasts I've done. I'll tell you
0:16.6	exactly how the sausage got made here late Tuesday night this week, after the
0:22.0	NFL moved the long scheduled Rams chief showdown from
0:26.2	Mexico City to Los Angeles. So what was going to be a neutral site game now turns into a home field edge game for the Rams.
0:37.6	My guest this week, Kansas City Coach Andy Reed, who now will take his team into the game of the year against the Rams in
0:45.8	Los Angeles.
0:47.8	Raoul Allegre, the Mexico native and former NFL kicker, now working for E.S.P.
0:53.6	He told me Saturday, watch out for the field conditions.
0:59.2	They're really bad.
1:01.7	Well, I should have listened to Allegray on Saturday. He turned out to be
1:07.0	Pression on Tuesday.
1:10.0	Ann Mark Waller, the Executive Vice President of NFL International on the state of international games in the league.
1:17.0	And let me be up front with you about this.
1:20.0	I talked to Waller late last week about international play in this game in Mexico
1:25.8	we also discussed but I cut that stuff about Mexico Tuesday night because of the change in the news.
1:35.0	So if you think it's odd I didn't ask him about it, that's why.
1:40.0	So, let's talk about the move of this game.
1:46.5	A Mexican sports writer and radio host Joshua Maya,
1:50.0	he's covering this story and he told me late Tuesday,
1:54.3	this is a shame for us in Mexico.
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