Two speakers recall a two-minute drill against the Kansas City Chiefs in extreme heat after a fumble returned for a touchdown. The conversation focuses on the physical toll and pressure of late-game decision-making, with one speaker describing the strain of driving the team downfield.
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All right. What do they do when I'm tired and we're in the fourth quarter and the game's on the line? Stress taken over, and these liver tablets, they just kick in.
Well, I didn't.
Know what he meant by kick in. We played Kansas City Chiefs. It was 129 degrees on Clark and Turf. We had just fumbled and they had scooped it up, taking it all the way for a touchdown. We went from winning the game. Now I had to go into a long drive to win a game. So I'm driving a team down the field, watching the clock. You're taught in a two minute drill. You call two plays, you don't make audibles. Everything's an adjustment on the fly. Hadn't even thought about the liver fields. Another thing, Mike's butt was about 8 inches off the turf. So when I had to take a.
Snap, I had to ride in like.
A jockey on the horse. What do you see down here?
Not a lot. But eyeballs. But eyeballs.
Come on up on the two minute drill.
And I'm up and.
I'm looking around, sweat pouring everywhere. And I'm down.