# Hour 1: Are Chiefs Back as the Team to Beat in the AFC? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-take-1052467/hour-1-are-chiefs-back-as-the-team-to-beat-in-the-afc Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-take-1052467/hour-1-are-chiefs-back-as-the-team-to-beat-in-the-afc.md Podcast: [First Take](https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-take-1052467) Published: 2026-09-15T15:29:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP4637272020.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP4637272020.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-take-1052467/episodes/hour-1-are-chiefs-back-as-the-team-to-beat-in-the-afc Duration seconds: 2811 ## Resource First Take Begins as we finally get some more Mahomes magic as the Chiefs down the Broncos on Monday Night Football. Chris Canty, host of UnSportsmanLike on ESPN, joins to talk about how Kenneth Walker and the Chiefs defense shines as Bo Nix and Sean Payton take a rough week one loss. How concerned should we be with Denver? Next the Rams take on the Giants in week two of Monday Night Football. Could the Giants build on their week one performance and take down a reeling Rams team who is dealing with major injuries already? Then Stephen A. goes off on Kawhi Leonard as his trade to the Raptors is officially completed. How far back does this set back the Clippers franchise? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-take-1052467/episodes/hour-1-are-chiefs-back-as-the-team-to-beat-in-the-afc/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-take-1052467/hour-1-are-chiefs-back-as-the-team-to-beat-in-the-afc.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.