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KCSN Weekly: January 3rd, 2025 Edition

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Hey, KCSN Family!

It was somewhat of a dead week around the Kingdom with the holidays passing us by. The Chiefs last played on Christmas Day and 2025 is here. Mizzou and K-State both won bowl games in the last week. Between that and gearing up for week 18 of the NFL season, there was plenty of news to go around here at KCSN. Let's dive into this week's highlights.

Top Kansas Prospect joins Verbal Commitment

Kevin Flaherty and Ryan Wallace break down the latest with two major Kansas high school recruits. The guys discuss defensive back JJ Dunnigan committing to Kansas and defensive end Hunter Higgins making his commitment on January 15th. Hunter Higgins joins the show to talk about his recruitment.

KCSN Stats of the Week

Our stat department was busy at work this week. We'll start off with a fun one. To celebrate the Chiefs making the playoffs yet again, let's take a look at things that didn't exist the last time the Chiefs missed the playoffs.

• AirPods / iPhone 7

• Disney+

• Fortnite

• GOT Season 5

• “Hello” by Adele

• Nintendo Switch

• Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

• Stranger Things

• TikTok

• Tom Holland’s Spider-Man

• White Claw Hard Seltzer

Here is another playoff stat for you. It should make you feel good. Here are a list of the postseason records among the current starting QBs that are currently slated to make the playoffs.

KC, Patrick Mahomes (15-3)

PIT, Russell Wilson (9-7)

DET, Jared Goff (5-4)

BUF, Josh Allen (5-5)

LAR, Matthew Stafford (4-4)

TB, Baker Mayfield (2-2)

HOU, C.J. Stroud (1-1)

GB, Jordan Love (1-1)

PHI, Jalen Hurts (2-3)

BAL, Lamar Jackson (2-4)

LAC, Justin Herbert (0-1)

DEN, Bo Nix (0-0)

WAS, Jayden Daniels (0-0)

MIN, Sam Darnold (0-0)

As many key players rest against the playoffs and we gear up for the playoffs, here is a Travis Kelce stat for you. These are the rankings of players with the most playoff touchdowns by non-QBs since 2018.

Travis Kelce - 18 TDs

Damien Williams - 10 TDs

Christian McCaffrey - 8 TDs

Aaron Jones - 8 TDs

Tyreek Hill - 7 TDs

Lastly, celebrating Jaylen Watson's potential return, let's take a look at the highest lockdown percentages among cornerbacks in the NFL, via PFF. Let's just say Chiefs Kingdom should be excited to be getting CB-Two back.

1) KC, Trent McDuffie (68.52)

2) CHI, Jaylon Johnson (61.90)

3) WAS, Noah Igbinoghene (61.76)

10) KC, Jaylen Watson (56.52)

Check of KCSN's merch line!

Check out our new "These Are the Good Ole Days" merch line that includes a fun "easter egg" KCSN word design to go along with the "I voted t-shirts." You can grab your own t-shirt or hoodie right now at shopkcsn.com.

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Coverage from the highest-ranked Chiefs podcast network since 2021

Our Chiefs shows did an excellent job filling out a mini-bye week with some really great content. They broke down what the Chiefs could be looking like against the Broncos this weekend, as well as some pre-playoff talk. Check out "Only Weird Games," "KC Laboratory," "Chiefs News Daily," and "That Football Show" to get the most informative and entertaining Chiefs coverage in the YouTube and podcast space.

Don't forget, Hayley Lewis on Chiefs News Daily comes at you all five weekdays with the most up to date Chiefs video and audio content you can find.

You can find all of our 10+ Kansas City Chiefs shows on the YouTube, Apple and Spotify links below.

This week's Substack article from KCSN Sports Data Scientist, Joseph Hefner

This week Joseph took a deep dive into the matchup and last weeks win against Pittsburgh. The Chiefs dominated in nearly every facet of the game. Read the full article here !

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