Beyond the Red Helmet Heads, 12.3.21

The Red Helmet Heads — > the Kansas City Chiefs. There’s so much more to this organization than just football players and coaches. Let’s take a look beyond.

My Cause My Cleats

The My Cause My Cleats game will be this weekend and the Chiefs players involved include:

Tyrann Mathieu Foundation Mission: to impact the lives of financially disadvantaged children and youth through encouragement, opportunities and resources to achieve their dreams in Kansas City & and his hometown of New Orleans.

JDRF Mission: leading the fight against type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D.

Sisters Network Mission: increasing local and national attention to the devastating impact that breast cancer has in the African American community.

Mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters: one-to-one mentoring relationships support the critical social and emotional development needed to help build resilience and promote the mental health and well-being of thousands of children we serve across America.

87andRunning Mission: to empower disadvantaged youth to achieve success by providing resources and support to their communities and cultivating their talent in the areas of education, business, athletics, STEM, and the arts. We seek to change the outcomes of underserved youth in communities across the U.S. by creating access to opportunities, enrichment, and advancement.

Signatures For Soldiers Mission: campaign for raising money and awareness for Military Missions In Action (MMIA). Athletes and entertainers sign trading cards, photos and other items with 100% of the money raised going to MMIA.

Uplifting Athletes Mission: Leverage public interest to cultivate resources that accelerate scientific advancements for rare diseases

Mission: 15 and the Mahomies supports initiatives that focus on health, wellness, communities in need of resources and other charitable causes.

Many other Chiefs players will be participating in the My Cause My Cleats game including: Austin Blythe, Harrison Butker, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Josh Gordon, Chad Henne, Mike Hughes, Chris Jones, Kyle Long, Mecole Hardman, Alex Okafor and Cornell Powell. Please visit the Chiefs My Cause My Cleats page to find out more.

Mahomes Questions and Answers

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has thrown 25 TDs this season after 11 games. With six (6) games to go, that projects to 39 TDs (38.6). That’s a great answer to any question critical fans may have about his performance this year. The problem is, he has as many interceptions this year (11) as he’s thrown the past two seasons combined.

Sunday’s Game: Timeline

As you may know, the game on Sunday vs the Broncos has been flexed, meaning, the game has been moved to prime time Sunday Night Football. Here’s what the Chiefs have published about that day:

• 3:00 p.m. – Parking Gates Open
• 3:30 p.m. – Ford Tailgate District Opens
• 5:00 p.m. – Community America Club Level Gates Open
• 5:30 p.m. – All Stadium Gates Open
• 6:20 p.m. – Team Warm-Ups Begin
• 7:11 p.m. – Broncos Team Introduction
• 7:13 p.m. – Chiefs Team Introduction
• 7:17 p.m. – National Anthem
• 7:20 p.m. – Coin Toss
• 7:22 p.m. – Kickoff

Sweet Donkey Moments in History

There was a time when… the Broncos famed quarterback tried to get the referees in Arrowhead to quiet the crowd down so he could call a play. Ha! How did that work out for him? God bless BJ Kissel for this blessed memory while he was with the Chiefs organization:

Brisket: Mitch in the Kitch

While I’ve been hoping Mitch Schwartz could one day return to the Chiefs lineup, but it doesn’t look like that’s in the cards. What he does do though, is cook. Here’s a YouTube session on how he prepares brisket.

Chiefs Chrivia: Question

In 2003, the Chiefs best season under Dick Vermeil, they were mostly known for their offense, so, who was their leading tackler or tacklers. Any of the top three will do. Answer, down below.

Probably the most well-known highlight against in any season, for any NFL team, was when Dante Hall returned a punt for a TD and every Broncos defender had a shot at him… but failed:

It may not be Raiders Week, but Broncos Week comes in a close second place in terms of Chiefs rivals. No one knows better than ex-Chiefs players like Tim Grunhard:

Chiefs Chrivia: Answer

LB Scott Fujita lead the team in tackles with 114. However, it’s unusual for any team to have three players with more than 100 tackles, but that’s exactly what the Chiefs got that year with LB Shawn Barber registering 113 tackles and Safety Greg Wesley pitching in 104.  The Chiefs finished 13-and-3 that year but lost in the playoffs to Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 38-to-31 and if memory serves me correct, that was the game that had zero punts.

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Laddie Morse — ArrowheadOne

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