Games with Names - Highlight Reels: Kansas City Chiefs Fans Share Their Favorite Stories

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

Kansas City Chiefs fans join the show to talk about some of their favorite all-time moments in team history. We're talking Super Bowls, dynasties, and the legend of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. Support the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Hey, it's Ed Helms host of Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu every single episode. 32 lost nuclear weapons. Wait, stop? What? Yeah, it's going to be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of fabulous guests. Paul Shearer, Angela and Jenna, Nick Kroll, Jordan, Klepper.

Listen to season four of Snafoo with Ed Helm. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Sacred Scandal is back, the hit True Crime podcast that uncovers hidden truths and shattered faith. For 19 years, Elena Sada was a nun for the Legion of Christ. This season, she's telling her story. When I first joined the Legion of Christ, I felt chosen. I was 19 years old when Marcia and Masel, the leader of the Legionaries, look me in the eye and told me I had a calling.

Surviving meant hiding, escaping took courage. risking everything to tell her truth. Listen to Sacred Scandal, the many secrets of Marseal-Masio, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Malcolm Gladwell here. This season on Revisionous History,

we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama, where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control. And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years. That's probably not long enough. And I didn't kill him. From Revisionous History,

this is The Alabama Murders. Listen to Revisionist History, The Alabama Murders on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heroin into New York from Asia. We had 30 agents ready to go with shotguns and rifles and you name it.

Five, six white people pushed me in the car. I'm going, what about? Basically, your stay-at-home moms were picking up these large amounts of heroin. All you got to do is receive the package. Don't have to open it, just accept it. She was very upset, crying. Once I saw the gun, I tried to take his hand,

and I saw the flash of light. Listen to the Chinatown Stang on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts. Welcome to Games with Names. I'm Julian Edelman, and we got a brand new compilation highlight reel starting now. Next, Heidi Gardner, on eating everything Patrick Mahomes eats in a day. What's it like being Patrick Mahomes?

Okay, well, so Mahomes eats a lot in a day. I was served like, so I did a day as Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead this summer. And like his breakfast, maybe you eat like this as well. But it was like 12 eggs and sausage and like a muscle protein max shake. And then I feel like he had like steak, fish and chicken at, like, lunch, and then steak fish and chicken again at dinner. I mean, it was an incredible amount of food. How much ketchup?

Oh, I hate ketchup. So I know. That loves it. And then, okay, so I took a snap from Tim Grunhard, which was awesome. And it was under, it was like where I had to get my hands in there. I didn't get up in there. And so I was already a little nervous about getting up in there. and then just the sheer force of the snap sent me flying backwards.

I have a video of it. It looks like I take the snap in the face, but I don't really. It's just I fall back because I've never felt. Yeah, keep them hands together. Yeah. Got to keep them together. Yeah, yeah. You know what?

When I was a quarterback in high school, the worst, was he wearing football pants when you took the snap? No, just shorts. Oh, I see, that's tough because then you feel, you can feel balls. Well, he told me, like, I think he said something, there was, I was also nervous because there was some hand placement where he was like, he was just letting me know, I could really damage, you know, if I did, if I snapped back or so, I don't know, there was something. I was just so, I was so tense when it was like coming in. And then I like just, he like threw me back to the field. Yeah. You got to go shocking with it. Yeah. How would you use Andy Reed in an S&L skit? I mean, he's pretty good. He's good. He's good. He's those nuggies over here, whatever he's a little nuggie.

I got caught by the Annie Reid impersonator yesterday at Radio Row. I know. Oh, Danny Reed. Wait, why is no one here? Yeah. Why he dressed like he's on the sidelines, but he's in a hotel? Someone sent me that too. And I was like, oh, my God.

And then I was like, why is he like walking around a convention center right now? It's slightly off-putting. I'll admit. Yeah, it was really good. He's so good in those commercials. I would just make, I would just cut to him in a sketch for reactions. Now, Eric's, Jones Street on Joe Montana's last-minute drive against the Broncos on Monday night football.

Monday night showdown. It was everything it was built up to be Montana, Elway combined for 650 passing yards, five T-Ds. It was a little slow starting out, nothing, nothing after the first, feeling each other out in mile high. Then we get on the board 14, 14 at the half. Elway is slinging one, Montana slinging one. They trade T-D passes in the third. Then it comes down to the fourth minute 25.

It's the same old story. Elway does the drive, 10 men on the field, he runs it in himself. They take the lead with a minute 29 left. Now it's Joe Magic time. And it really, when you watch that drive, it really is, you know, people talk about Tom Brady with the 10-yard, 3-yard, 4-yard dump-off passes. I mean, he did just check down, check down, check down the whole field. And also interesting, I'm re-watching it the other day.

You see guys in this situation today, it's from the shotgun. empty backfield, spread them out. Back then, Joe's under center every snap with two tight ends. They got a minute 29 left, two timeouts. And he's still marching down the field, under center. I love it. You look at the Chiefs now with this year. Yep.

You know, they've been a lot more under the center. Yeah. Because, you know, you got to incorporate that run game. Helping the tackles out a little bit. Tackles, you know, it's a big thing. And there's something to be said, like when people say, oh, it's a ding, dunk, this, that to have the discipline as a quarterback to not take the foo's goal

because there's spots where it opened up and it closes quick and to be able to not make a mistake in a high pressure situation and take what the defense gives you it seems easy for the regular person but it's so hard because you feel that pressure you feel the time you feel where you are in the game

and you know that's why you're like Patrick Mahomes this year he's been like that he hasn't turned the ball over in six goddamn playoff games and it hasn't been razzle-dazzle but he's had the humility and he's had that kind of confidence to like know what his team is know that we have a really good defense right now we know you know defenses are playing us

probably a little different we don't have what we had in the past on the outside and to just take what the defense gives you is that's a skill you know discipline yeah it's just like but there's going to be that one time where you hit that checkdown you hit that option route option route there's going to be that one time where you have to put that that 14 yard in cut in there you know and and that's what these guys do yeah and that's what you saw with you know joe montana and that's what you saw a lot with tom brady and that's what you're

seeing right now with patrick mohomes it's been impressive jack what's this last this last drive can you just last drive through it what's it do you Remember the last time? Well, I remember we, our tight-in, Keith Cash, was out. He was injured. So we had, I believe his name was Tracy Green or something like that. It was his rookie year from Grambling State. Rambling State.

Grambling State. Biggs. He was a former offensive lineman, 6-5-275, big old tight-in. He had a crucial catch down at the end of the game to get us close to the goal line. And then Willie Davis. I mean, the great Willie Davis, again, still at Kansas City Chief, gets that touchdown. And where Montana put it, very Mahomes-esque. I mean, Mahomes would say my passes are very Joe Montana-esque.

Right where it needed to be, right, leading him to the pylon. It was great. Low and outside. Yep, low. Only where he could get it. So a lot of what you're coached in the National Football League on that. The back line, everything's high. So no one can catch it.

When you're on the goal line, everything has to be low. Because there's less space. How about that pass from Josh Allen against us that was, so low and down at the pylon in that game. And then Patrick Mahomes returns a favor against the Ravens with an equally great pass. Like, oh, my. Man, and great recall, Eric, shout out to Tracy Green. He only had six career receptions in the NFL.

Yeah. And Joe's leaning on him and crunches to crunch times. Yeah, and I don't think, I don't think he, I don't think he, I think he played one more year and then that was it. He did. He did. One more year for the Steelers, Grambling State. Yeah.

Grambling State. And this one ends up 31, 28, in the House of Horrors, Kansas City goes. in there and gets the win. Boom and boom. 14 year drop. Monday night football. Yeah. 14 year.

Marty gets his first one in there. Yeah. At a mile high. That's awesome. I love Marty Schottenheimer. Marty ball, baby. Marty. Now, Rob Riggle talks about watching the 2018

AFC championship game from a glacier with bear grills. Things are turning around. We've got Reed, you know, just all of a sudden. Tyree Hill. You know, it felt like we're knock, knock, knock on heaven's door here. And I was so. excited but bear grills called and said hey will you come do running wild with me in iceland and i said yes because it was a chance to do running wild with bear grills

who would so i said yes and he goes okay great then i looked at the schedule and it was during the a fc championship game so cut to i'm in iceland on a glacier in the middle of the night on the far side, Reykavik is down here and we were way out in the middle of nowhere. And we had these little shelter halves and I'm laying there, freezing my ass off, but I have my phone.

We have Wi-Fi. No Wi-Fi. Just somehow there was a signal that I could connect to because there was a highway that goes all the way around Iceland or whatever. And I guess they have... You had signals.

So I got a very weak, like one, two-bar signal. And I was able to... I couldn't watch it, okay? but I could get updates, right? There was on the, you know, how they had a little football field and it just shows the lines going back. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I'm sitting there in my tent. The game starts, it's like 1 a.m. Right now, I had just done this thing where, you know, we repelled out of helicopters. We were climbing up the ice glacier. We were doing all this stuff, all damn exhausted. I got to get a big sleep because tomorrow, we're hitting it again,

and we're going seven miles across this glacier. and but it's the chiefs in the AMC championship. We've got a chance to go to the Super Bowl in my lifetime. So I'm like, this is, so I'm watching, or watching, I'm getting feeds every five minutes and it's slow and it's, you know, and I can't figure out. I'm like, what the fuck does that mean? You know, what's going on here?

What happened here? What does that mean? Oh, a field goal field is not going to win a game. You know, I'm getting all mad and, you know, all this stuff. And I'm in my little shelter half on this glacier and I keep screaming, motherfucker, you know, I'm cursing. I finally bears like, everything all right, mate, everything okay. You know, I'm like, oh, yeah, sorry, sorry, sorry.

You know, but I kept him up all night. The game finally ends at like four in the morning, you know, Iceland time. Yeah. And we lost, but I didn't understand what happened. You know, I was like, what happened? We were, things were going well. I thought we had to, you know, we went to overtime. And I was, I just couldn't get any information.

And it made me insane. All I saw was the final score. And, you know, obviously I was. heartbroken by that. So I thought maybe I could get some perspective on that game since I didn't see it. And even when I got back, I didn't get back until like midweek of the next week, right? So when I did get back, all the clips were gone, all the highlights were gone. They were focused on other things. They were moving on to the Super Bowl. And I was just, I felt like that game slipped by me. And I saw a couple clips or like a whatever, somebody's offside at the last

penalties and weird things like that that always happened. There's a whole shit ton of those. have you seen it since no so I've never watched the game I literally just watched the game I want to run through the fucking wall right now I'm not joking it was the most epic two minutes of an AFC championship

yes in the history that's actually me where is it that's me and my shelter hat oh my god watching the game on the glacier it's a little windy up here on the glacier tonight and it's blowing up a cut of storm

And for you, for you people that don't know, Rob was a Marine. So the mental toughness he's showing right now on a glacier, in a chief's beanie, taking a video of himself after or during the AFC championship in 2018 is, that's, that's, that's insane. Next up, Eric Stone's trade explains his love for the Kansas City Chiefs, O-Line. So I'm in college, 94,

Joe Montana, John Elway. The other reason I picked this game is because, so we have a suite at Arrowhead. And when I got the suite, they asked me what pictures I wanted in our suite.

And I said, I want offensive line themed pictures. And they said, well, do you have any favorite memories? And I'm like, well, we had a tackle name Joe Valerio

who caught tackle eligible touchdowns from Joe Montana. And he caught one right in front of me at Arrowhead in my seats. And so the motherfucker types it in. He's like, oh, right here.

I'm like, yes, hold on. I'm going to be in this picture. So sure enough, in this picture, Joe Valerio's got his hands up in the air. And there's a young me in the background wearing a green polo for some reason, still have no idea why I wore a green polo to Chief's name. But there I am cheering. So that's up, those pictures are up in my suite right above where that touchdown happened. Well, Joe Valerio scored a touchdown eligible,

tackle eligible touchdown in this game against John L.A. on Monday night football. Also, John Alt was a tackle this game. Favorite player. John Alt was my favorite officer. Why? Have you seen him? I mean, what do you think is bringing up a picture?

Oh, Joe's going to, I wish we were bad enough to get Joe Alt. My dream is that we have John All and Joe Alt. Love Joe. I love him. He's 10, 11, I would guess, is where he'll go. Maybe even earlier. I've heard like five or six.

Well, leaves the wide receiver for us at 32. I'm so happy we're doing like, we're doing like line love. I love offensive line. I love him. Wentworth. Yeah. Oh, big line guy.

Love him. Love him. You must love, Matt Light. Oh, love Matt Light. How fucking funny is he? He's hilarious. And I've heard some of the pranks that he did on coach, on your coach. With the mouse?

Yeah. Or the shock one. Yes, the shock one. And then coach sent him a letter or something. I remember some story about him sending him a letter and got Matt Light back. And Matt was like, oh, shit, I'm in trouble. And then I was like, got you with that letter, didn't I? Yeah, love offensive line.

Love Joe Tune. You played with Joe, of course. Tune is, he's a fucking badass. I love that kid, man. He's really brilliant, too. So smart. Smart guy. He being in his locker, reading the goddamn, like, romance fiction book or something.

Yeah. Well, just look at it this way. Torres, well, I don't know if he tore's back. He heard it back. He's out. He's out. But my point is, is he wanted to still play. And you know what an injury that is?

And they just ruled him out, I think, today. Yeah, I saw that. Great kid. Awesome guy. I love my offensive linemen. Nicky Alligretti is going to go in for him. Nicky two rings. I gave him that, or Nikki, two kids.

I gave him that. nickname after the last Super Bowl because he had twins on the Super Bowl, the day of the Super Bowl last time in Arizona. I'm like, you're fucking Nicky two kids now. Nicky two kids, Alec Reddy. We got to get you, we got to have a, we got to get you just a nickname thing. Yeah, what do you want? Who needs nicknames? We got old fucking

over here. We need help naming games. We're like a bottom barrel like naming some of these games. We have some trouble with that. Next, Heidi Gardner and Jules discuss where's Super Bowl 54 regs among the greatest games ever. So this is a segment where we name the game and we score it. So what's the name of this game?

Oh, I know what the name is. The tornadoes versus the earthquakes. Tornadoes versus the earthquakes. I love that. That's a great name. That is a great name. Is this the greatest game of all time? Let's score it.

The stakes of the game, 1 to 10, 10 being the highest. Decimals OK. The stakes of this game. Can it be just personal? This is your show Okay It was a 10 This was the first time

I'd ever been in the Super Bowl 10 This is a big game Yeah Anytime you're at the Super Bowl Or a World Cup Or like we've done Brandy Chast

Like when the stakes are this high Yeah To be world champ That's a 10 Star power So many Kansas City Chiefs Stars Before we move on from stakes

I think it's interesting The note here That had the chiefs lost This game There was like that season Mahomes has the MVP year and then they lose at home to the Patriots. If they come and lose this game

and it starts getting that little bit of does Patrick Mahomes not a winner? You see that loser mentality. So I think that there was a big thing with the Chiefs here this last quarter if it goes a different way is the whole chief narrative ever getting tied off. So early on in their career,

it was his second year starting. He was also on the cover of Madden that season. And they had always said that needs you're a loser. No, usually the Madden. Madden curse used to be you get hurt. Oh, right. Okay.

That was the curse. Oh, God. And then who was the last one that didn't get hurt? The first one who didn't get hurt. Josh. It's been over for a while. Has it been over? Yeah.

Or like a 10 years span. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Star Power 1 to 10. Decimal's okay. Jalo Shakira. I'm trying to think of who would have been the Niners fans.

I would say. We'll count players, too. Deep. I mean, they've got some big names on the film. There's some big names. Reed. Yeah. Malhomes, Tyree Kill.

Debo. Channahan. Tyrone Matthew. We haven't even said Tyron Matthew. Yeah. Honey Badger. Oh, yeah, Honey Badger. I loved his game.

I loved it when we had a Honey Badger and a Cheetah. It was so fun. The conversation here, though, is, like, they, there's a lot of stars in this matchup that became bigger stars now, right? Like, that whole, like, 49ers' offense. Now they're all stars. Yeah. Like, Patrick Mahomes wasn't quite.

Kelsey wasn't quite at this level that they are now. So they were, like, there's a, you know, 75% of what they're. they are now starwise. I'm going to give it a nine star power. Nine. Yep. It's integrity score right there. Gameplay? Gameplay? Well, the third quarter takes the gameplay down a bit for me. Wasp brings it back up. So I will give the gameplay. Waus. Baby. An eight. Eight? I like that. The name of the game. Tornadoes versus the Earthquakes. Very strong. One to 10. Desmoles. Okay. Oh, that's a that's a tin name

Because I brought it back We were talking about where we're from Tornadoes, earthquakes So also the way that we view name It's like the cultural impact that this game has So like Immaculate Reception, great name Has stuck around for 50 years So like what's the staying power on a game like this too

Not just like the name of the thing But also like the cultural staying power Is that a 10 for this game? Just shitting her cornflakes Why don't you? No. As far as the Super Bowl goes, I think it's a good question. Yeah.

Yeah. You know what? I actually think this is a big game really bigger than even the game play because it's Mahomes' first Super Bowl. So I'm giving it a nine. Nine. Okay. Let's see where this, what's our average? Yeah.

It's just a straight nine. Nine. Where does that stack up? As of now. Do we have the chart? I got it right here. You put it on the thing? It's a dead tie with immaculate reception.

We had Terry Bradshaw on to talk about that one. We're in a dead tie. These are all the games we've done. Oh, cool. Hard nine. I like it. Hard nine. Whoa.

We had Mark Cuban and who's fucked up the curve because he's a marketing genius and wants us to be, wants his game to be on top. So he gave everything a 10. We respect it. But it got beat by the... Then Rob Riggle comes in and did the same thing. Our first perfect score. And that one I actually agree with, though.

I agree with that one, too. Yeah. Have you guys done that? 13 second. We got it. It's high on the list. Okay. Who should we get for that, you think? Just have me back. Come back. I guess.

Thanks for listening. Remember to tune in every Tuesday for a brand new episode and every Sunday for another Games with Names Highlighter. Hey, it's Ed Helms host of Snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw-ups. On our new season, We're bringing you a new snafu every single episode. 32 lost nuclear weapons.

Wait, stop? What? Yeah. It's going to be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny, and a whole lot of fabulous guests. Paul Shearer. Angela and Jenna. Nick Kroll. Jordan, Klepper. Listen to season four of Snafu with Ed Helms on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Sacred Scandal is back. The hit True Crime Podcast that uncovers hidden truths and shattered faith. For 19 years, Elena Sata was a nun for the Legion of Christ. This season, she's telling her story. When I first joined the Legion of Christ, I felt chosen. I was 19 years old when Marcia and Masel, the leader of the Legionaries, look me in the eye and told me I had a calling. Surviving meant hiding, escaping took courage,

risking everything to tell her truth. Listen to Sacred Scandal, the many secrets of Marcial Masiel on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Malcolm Gladwell here, this season on Revisionist History, we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama, where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control. And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years. That's probably not long enough.

And I didn't kill him. From Revisionous History, this is The Alabama Murders. Listen to Revisionous History, The Alabama Murders on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In early 1988, federal agents raced to track down the gang they suspect of importing millions of dollars worth of heroin into New York from Asia. Had 30 agents ready to go with shotguns and rifles and you name it. Five, six white people pushed me in the car. I'm going, what about that out? Basically, your stay-at-home moms were picking up these large amounts of heroin.

All you got to do is receive the package. Don't have to open it, just accept it. She was very upset, crying. Once I saw the gun, I tried to take his hand, and I saw the gun. So the flash of light. Listen to the Chinatown Stang on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.