#Chiefs players were asked about advice they’d give to their 10-year-old selves ahead of Super Bowl LVIII.
The Kansas City Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11, and as their week of preparation for the big game draws to a close, players were asked to get introspective in a clip that made the rounds online.
The Chiefs’ social media team asked some of the team’s biggest stars about advice they’d give to their 10-year-old selves, and the players’ responses were predictably hilarious.
Clearly, Kansas City’s roster isn’t taking itself too seriously ahead of their matchup against San Francisco. The lighthearted replies to this sneaky-deep question made for a heartwarming video on Twitter, and showcased the Chiefs’ affable personalities before one of the most important games of their lives.
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Expect Kansas City’s players to lean on experience in their effort to bring the Chiefs another Super Bowl championship in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend.
LaMarcus Aldridge gave advice to young basketball players while on the All The Smoke podcast: Get a couple go-to moves and don’t overthink.
Former NBA star LaMarcus Aldridge appeared on the “All The Smoke” podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson and provided some advice for young players based on how he became successful:
Simplify your thought process when you need a bucket.
As a freshman at the University of Texas in 2004, Aldridge worked with Longhorns head coach Rick Barnes to define how he wanted to play. Rick Barnes told him to find one thing from three different players, and they would work to implement it into Aldridge’s game.
He chose the fadeaway of Kevin Garnett, the ability of Tim Duncan to face up and get to the middle, and the high release of Rasheed Wallace, which Aldridge considered unblockable.
After a solid freshman year of 9.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals, Aldridge broke out as a sophomore, posting averages of 15 points, 92 boards, 2.0 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. He was drafted No. 2 overall and then spent the next 16 seasons using the same things he learned from Barnes.
“Look at my game! I went middle like Tim, faded away like KG, and had a high release like Sheed,” Aldridge said. “It seemed too simple.”
Instead of digging deep into his bag and overthinking the best move to go to at crucial moments, Aldridge had a specific go-to action he could pull out when needed.
“Get a move that if it’s [the] fourth quarter — you can go to it. If it’s first quarter — like, my [expletive] was always my fade, beginning of the game and end of the game,” he said. “It helps you stop thinking so [expletive] much, like end of the game, you’re too skilled, you’re trying to think … get one move where it’s like, I don’t care who’s guarding you.”
Aldridge is one of the top 50 scorers of all time.
“I try to tell kids now: I got 20,000 points and I had three moves,” Aldridge said.
To that, Matt Barnes added: “Kobe said he had two moves.”
Aldridge made seven All-Star teams and five All-NBA teams over his career. He spent nine years with the Portland Trail Blazers and five-plus years with San Antonio before finishing his career with the Brooklyn Nets. Over those 16 seasons, he averaged 19.1 points on 49.3% shooting and 8.1 rebounds per game.
Dante Hall shared his advice for the #Chiefs after Kansas City’s brutal loss to the #Raiders on Christmas day.
The Kansas City Chiefs are in dire straits as the 2023 regular season draws to a close. An identity crisis has gummed up the works for the team’s offense, and even while their defense has played exceptional football in recent weeks, it seems nothing can go right for the defending Super Bowl champions.
Chiefs legend Dante Hall made an appearance on Good Morning Football this week and offered some advice to Kansas City’s players as the playoffs draw ever closer.
Even while the Chiefs haven’t yet clinched their spot in the postseason, Hall suggested that the team get back to basics and stay positive amid their most recent trials and tribulations.
Check out Hall’s take on Kansas City’s situation below:
"I think [Mahomes] needs to fall in love with the mundane. Yes, for 5 years we have been used to the big plays to Tyreek, to Kelce, all of that… It's time to be Checkdown Tom Brady…"
While fans are free to agree or disagree with the legendary returner’s assessment of Kansas City’s situation, one thing is clear: The 2023 Chiefs would be in a much better position if Patrick Mahomes had Hall to throw the ball to in the passing game.
The offseason community involvement of Kansas City Chiefs players has been one of the many highlights since Super Bowl LVII. Each player has shown various ways of giving back and supporting different causes while celebrating the championship victory.
Chiefs’ second-year running back Isiah Pacheco hosted a youth football camp in Columbia, Missouri over the weekend and shared his appreciation for working with kids while speaking with local reporters.
“A blessing to be out here,” Pacheco said. “I can’t imagine where I would have been last year. Now, I look at the point where I’m at today. I’m stoked, but most importantly, I was a kid in these positions to be able to come and support whoever was hosting a camp, and now I’m in a position to (be) the one that is hosting a camp, and I was in their shoes before. So, I know how it feels to get the energy the support to love so I’m gonna give them as much as I can to show them that you know, they could be in the same shoes.”
Pacheco has been recovering from off-season surgery after revealing he played in Super Bowl LVI with a broken hand and torn labrum. He’s become a supportive participant during OTAs without being physically active, passing on positive messages to teammates similar to his message during his camp.
Speaking directly to the incoming rookie class, Pacheco shared his experience coming into the league as a late-round draft pick.
“There’s always gonna be ups and downs in the role. (There are) people in the locker room, you know, saying different contracts, you can’t let that affect you of what you got going on your life,” said Pacheco. “For me, don’t worry about the next man. Worry about yourself. And always remember, there’s gonna be ups and downs, but you got to find ways to get over those and eliminate distractions.”
Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (previously a seventh round pick) has some word of advice for guys who were taken late in this years NFL Draft 🔊⤵️ pic.twitter.com/TJ54efwdwq
It will be a few weeks before the New Orleans Saints take the field with Drew Brees at quarterback again, but he’s received some tips for managing the serious ribs and lung injuries he suffered in Week 10’s win over the San Francisco 49ers.
And the advice comes from someone who would know: Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, who dealt with a similar diagnosis in 2018. Unlike Brees, he was able to play through the injury, though he was noticeably limited. When asked what he would say to Brees as he works to return to the field, Watson preached caution.
He acknowledged that quarterbacks should always look to avoid unnecessary hits, but in their case — Watson was forced to travel to a road game by bus, not airplane, out of an abundance of caution — it’s doubly vital to protect yourself.
“For me, as I think about that moment, it was tough,” Watson said, via Mark Lane over at Texans Wire. “It was a lot of uncomfortable pain and breathing, especially with the punctured lung. You can’t really do too much. You’ve got to really let it just kind of heal.”
Watson added that he was able to avoid surgery while recovering from his own set of broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung, and if that’s the case for Brees, then rest is the only cure. He continued, “A lot of rest, a lot of treatments of breathing and really just kind of — it’s all about the rest.”
That’s a tough pill to swallow for a competitor as driven as Brees, but at the end of the day he’ll be following doctor’s orders. And in this case, it might mean more time on the couch than he’s used to. But it will have been worth it if he’s healthy and rested come January’s NFL playoffs.
The burden of providing advice can be passed off (and reassumed) by Tiger Woods next week during his role as Presidents Cup playing captain.
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Tiger Woods has so far been coy about the number of matches he intends to play at next week’s Presidents Cup. Considering the form he has displayed at the Hero World Challenge – particularly in firing a bogey-free 66 in the second round – the playing captain would be wise to slot himself into the lineup frequently.
Woods is the first man to take on the role of Presidents Cup playing captain since Hale Irwin did it in 1994, the year of the inaugural matches. For the record, Irwin played three times that year, appearing in the foursomes lineup each of the first two days before going out in the lead singles match against Robert Allenby on the final day. His record was 2-1 (which included a singles victory over Allenby).
“I’m playing a minimum of two [matches],” Woods said Thursday with a smile. “Does that help you?”
There’s obviously much more to it than that, though.
Woods has brought on three assistant captains in Fred Couples, Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson (the former two being past Presidents Cup captains themselves). The question is how, exactly, they’ll fill in when Woods is on the course competing, particularly when it comes to giving advice.
The Presidents Cup rulebook states that when it comes to “any counsel or suggestion that could influence a player in determining his play, the choice of a club or the method of making a stroke, each team may appoint one person who may give advice to members of that team. Such person must be identified to the committee before giving advice.”
These stipulations reflect the wording in the Rules of Golf section that covers team competition (Rule 24) and the procedures regarding the creation of a local rule that allows for an “advice giver.”
A report by Golf Channel has cleared up some of the details about how much (and when, exactly) Woods’ assistant captains can take over while he’s competing. The PGA Tour sent this response to a Golf Channel inquiry:
“The captain needs to advise the chief referee before the start of each round who has the advice. The captain may switch the person during the round. For example, if Tiger is planning to play, he would need to advise rules before the matches start who has the advice. After he finishes, he could switch back if he wanted.”
