The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Richard Sherman Podcast - Chiefs DOMINATE Broncos: Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker & Spags’ Young Defense Are BACK

Episode Date: September 15, 2026

The Chiefs made a statement on Monday Night Football, dominating the Broncos behind Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker III, Travis Kelce, and Steve Spagnuolo’s young defense. Richard Sherman breaks down K9’s explosive 173-yard, 60-yard-TD performance, Mahomes looking healthy and mobile, and Kansas City’s defense forcing turnovers, recording four sacks, and holding Bo Nix and Denver to 2-for-12 on third down. Are the Chiefs back as the AFC team to beat? Plus, Richard discusses Bo Nix, Sean Payton, Davis Webb, and Denver’s offensive concerns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to NFL Pro on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Richard Chairman podcast, and what a game on Monday night. I thought this division matchup would be closer than it was, but Patrick Mahomes, and obviously the new edition K-9 dominated this game. The Kansas City Chiefs and Spag's defense looked phenomenal. You wondered what they would look like when they lose Jalen Watson and Trent McDuffie, two really good corners, and they're going with a very young secondary. What would they look like after that?

Well, the answer is they still look damn good, and that's for sure. Monsor Delaney, who has a pick, his third play of the game, gets injured later on, but Noel Williams looked really good, just aggressive. Every time I looked up, he was just jumping off the tape in the run game and the past game. forced a couple penalties. They were sticky in coverage. They were putting pressure on Bo Nicks all game long. They held the Broncos to two of 12 on third down.

When you're not executing on third down, it's really tough to win these ball games. But I didn't think they would run as much as they did. I think they ran almost the first, they ran nine times in the first 10 plays. And you knew they were going to try to keep the ball out of Patch from Mahon's hands, kind of keep him out of danger, let him kind of work his legs back into football, you know, and not just put the game on his shoulders. And Kenneth Walker gives them the ability to do that. He had 23 carries for 173 yards and a 60-yard touchdown.

The explosiveness, the speed, all the things that made him great in Seattle, the only issue was durability. And we will see if running him this way causes any issues down the line, but he looked fantastic. He looked like he did at the end of last season and in the playoffs for the Seattle Seahawks and why he got the Super Bowl MVP. And if he can continue to play this way

and they can start to work in, Xavier Worthy and Tyquan Thornton and Roshie Rice. Roshie Rice only had two targets today, but broke a tackle and had a touchdown, 13-yard touchdown in this game. Emmett Johnson had a good game backing up. Kenneth Walker. and they just looked like the Kansas City Chiefs of O'all, not even the Kansas City Chiefs of Old.

They look like a championship contender. If you look at this Denver Broncos defense from last season, obviously they're without Jonathan Cooper. He is on the exempt list. But this is one of the top defenses in the National Football League, and they put up 31 on this defense and made it look relatively easy. It didn't take any crazy Herculian effort from Patrick Mahomes. It took a great running game, a great plan. in great execution. And they played a left tackle that was an undrafted player at left tackle because of the injuries

and things that have happened throughout training camp. But if the Kansas City Chiefs can play like this all season long, then again, people are going to be upset because they will be right back in contention. And that's why I thought, hey, if Josh Allen was going to win a Super Bowl, it was supposed to be last year when there was no Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. There was no Burrell, no Lamar, no nothing to get in his way. But he didn't. The other question in this game was Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos,

and what is Sean Payton going to do? Obviously, he handed over the play calling duties to Davis Webb. They only scored 10 points in this game against the Kansas City Chiefs defense that's super young. I don't think anybody was expecting him to dominate in the fashion that they did in this game. They caused multiple turnovers. They had Bow Nix flustered the entire game. He dropped the ball a few times, fumbled it through a pick to Mansour Delaney and what looked like two men.

The Chief Defense had four sacks. They just looked better. They looked like the more dominant team. They didn't look like they were playing young guys in a secondary. They looked like they were playing veterans in the secondary. And if they look like that, and the Denver Broncos continue to look like they did offensively because they were supposed to be better. with Jalen Waddle and the new weapons they got,

and he was supposed to be a big-time factor in this offense. Evan Ingram, he factored in. He had a touchdown in the game, but I think everybody was expecting more explosiveness from this offense, and it just wasn't there. So obviously there's going to be a conversation. There's going to be questions all week for Sean Payton and Davis Webb. Like, do you continue to let Davis Webb learn on the job

and learn while the season may become, a lot more dire. They have a really difficult schedule coming up. They play the Rams. I think they play the Niners. I think they play the Jacksonville Jaguars. They play some really difficult teams that could

easily beat them if they play like they did tonight. So I don't know. There's some concern for me with these Denver Broncos, and if you're a Kansas City Chiefs fan, I know everybody else in the league is like, the Chiefs are back again. I mean, I'm sorry to say it, but it looks like

That's true. Andy Reed is about to do it again with a great run game, some really fast and explosive receivers, and of course, Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey is still battling father time, had a 60-something yard run, and, hey, you got to give him credit. He's out here still being crafty, still doing his job,

got open, made an explosive play, almost scored on that play. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how he keeps doing. I don't know how to Kansas City Chiefs keep doing it. They have great scouting. They have great personnel development, a development team,

because these guys, these young guys, they draft, come in ready to play, ready to make an impact. When they get rid of two guys who played in, I think, three Super Bowls, and then just reload more corners who go out there and look like they did not miss a beat. And Spags is calling it like he has always called it. You got to tip your cap off to this team. On the other side, a defense that has been dominant is missing one of the best pass rushers in the league.

But still, I don't think you should be giving up 31 points. They couldn't stop the run. They couldn't stop the explosive plays. They weren't getting a ton of pressure on Patrick Mahones. When they did, he beat him with his legs. He beat him with his legs multiple times. They called his touchdown back. He turned around and got another touchdown.

I mean, Patrick Mahon still got it. And you didn't see any residual impacts of that knee injury that, he's coming off of. He looked good. He looked confident. Obviously, he still has some rust to work off, but man, Monday night football. This start of the season was so exciting. It was so action-packed, so many points, way too many points. I'm a defensive guy, way too many points. I think hopefully there's some corrections and teams get things together because if I see another 59-point game from anybody, I don't know. I don't know if I could watch that team. I'm talking so bad about him on this podcast. That's for dang short.

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The Cincinnati Bengals looked good defensively, caused a lot of turnovers early, scored some points. Joe Burrow didn't have his best game, but he's still Joe Burrow. So that's still going to be a tough out. Baltimore scoring 41 points. Derek Henry still looks like King Henry. Who is the class of the AFC? I think you still got to put the chiefs in it.

I mean, you still, you got to, the reigning AFC champions are the New England Patriots. They did not look great against the Seattle Seahawks. They scored only 10 points in the game. Drake May looked really flustered. Looks like he hadn't figured it out from the Super Bowl. And if teams keep attacking them in the way that they did, AJ Brown is out for a little while. So I don't think they're the class of the AFC right now,

even though they're the reigning in an AFC champions. the Jacksonville Jaguars have a case. I mean, that receiving core is as deadly and dangerous as any receiving core in the National Football League. That defense is as aggressive and opportunistic as any defense with Josh Allen, Heinz Allen, Trayvon Walker, Alouacan. They have some playmakers back there. And obviously our guy, Travis Hunter, is going to be making an impact this season. I don't know. I don't know.

I just, it's hard to bet against the Kansas City Chiefs when Patrick Mahones is under center and he's healthy. And now they have an incredible run game. The defense looks incredible. I feel like the Kansas City Chiefs may, there were question marks coming in. I couldn't put them in the top five without seeing what Patch Mahones

and what the plan was going forward. But, boy, I think they're going to make a debut in my top five power. Rankings this week because of how well they played this week. And I don't think it's a fluke. This was a sustainable way to play football. Great defense, great run game. Look for explosives in a passing game. Catch people off guard. Andy Reed and Patrick Mahomes, deadly combination. Now you gave him an explosive running back. Good luck. This AFC is going to be fun to watch. Dev football is going to be fun to watch. For that matter, I know this is going to be a great season.

It's already been a great season outside of too many points being scored. But the next game this week will be us in Buffalo, in the new stadium, with the Buffalo Bills playing the Detroit Lions. Getting to watch Josh Allen continue his MVP campaign. Can the Detroit Lions shake off whatever that was in the second half versus the New Orleans States? We will see. Check out TNF tonight at 7.5. p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific. I will be there. You be there or B Square. As always,

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