Mellinger Minutes For Your Ears

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Le’Veon Bell signing with the Chiefs is the news of the last two weeks. This podcast will tell you everything you need to know: a point that’s being missed about what the Chiefs see in Bell, and a point that Bell is hitting about what he sees in the Chiefs. His word choice the other day was really interesting.

Also, we examine questions about Andy Reid’s future, Mizzou and Nebraska football, and covering sports in 2020.

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Busy week, busy show.

We start with a point we’ve made before about the Chiefs, and one that will become more apparent after the Bills game Monday. Then we do questions on a fact about No. 1 picks that I didn’t know before, Le’Veon Bell, and the learned skill of ignoring nonsense.

Then Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News joins to break down the Chiefs’ next opponent. Vic is a legend in this business and knows the Bills as well as any writer knows a team.

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This show is going to be a little different every week, and this week we’re starting off with, basically, a column on the disconnect between how COVID-19 cases are being discussed publicly in the NFL vs. college football. It doesn’t make sense.

Then we get to the questions: Harrison Butker’s misses, the next man up after Eric Bieniemy gets a head coaching job, the Chiefs’ biggest rival and how to get into this weird business.

The last section is built around a point Patrick Mahomes made this week, and expanding it more broadly in a way that highlights who he is.

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There’s a point about the Chiefs that’s becoming clearer and clearer all the time. We get to that, questions about the Royals and Chiefs, and we breakdown Chiefs-Patriots with Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston, who covers the Patriots as closely as anyone.

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Lots to get to this week. Alex Gordon is retiring, and the Chiefs are playing the Ravens.

Gordon debuted during the first full season I covered the Royals full-time. I can’t say I know him incredibly well — who can? — but I can say I’ve known him a long time. Wanted to share some thoughts on him as a man, and then we go heavy on Chiefs at Baltimore, including an enlightening conversation with the voice of the Ravens.

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We will have plenty of time to drool over the Chiefs’ offense this season. Today, let’s talk about the defense, and a point some are missing.

Also: questions about Chiefs ticket prices, modern media and Alex Gordon.

The conversation this week is with Royals GM Dayton Moore, who talks openly about a critical point of his franchise’s rebuild.

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Yes, there were boos. And cheers! And “CHIEEEEEFS!” So this isn’t as simple as the headlines. Let’s talk about that here, including with a die hard Chiefs fan who was in the stands.

Also: we will talk about real, actual football.

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A conversation with Andy Reid turns into a story Pat Mahomes once told me about Brett Favre.

Also on the Mellinger Minutes For Your Ears podcast: the biggest point about how Adalberto Mondesi can get out of this slump, a way to watch the 2020 Chiefs, questions about KC’s team owners, and more.

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The Chiefs only allowed four of us to watch all of their training camp practices, so I owe you some insight.

There’s a lot that stuck out, from Andy Reid to Patrick Mahomes to Jody Fortson.

Also, Brett Veach answers the question a lot of you have been asking: How the heck did the Chiefs sign all these stars to contract extensions when the salary cap is going down next year?

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The Chiefs’ decision to let fans attend games at Arrowhead Stadium this fall generated strong reactions on both sides — some who think the plan is dangerous, others who welcome the chance for something closer to normalcy.

But there’s also a plain point that both sides are missing, and we explore that here in the 20th episode of Mellinger Minutes For Your Ears.

Plus, we tackle questions about kids going back to school and playing sports, Super Bowl repeats and whether the Chiefs had the perfect offseason.

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