{"id":103842,"date":"2025-09-25T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T06:34:00","slug":"%f0%9f%92%a5%f0%9f%92%a5%f0%9f%92%a5breaking-eli-drinkwitz-drops-a-jaw-dropping-line-by-suggesting-his-squad-should-take-on-the-kansas-city-chiefs-in-an-exhibition-chatter-behind-closed-doors-hints-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/images\/2022\/8\/21\/Drinkwitz__Eliah_03192022_MIZ_FB_Mizzou_Spring_Game_hd_edits_170.JPG\" alt=\"Mizzou Announces Two-Year Contract Extension For Eliah Drinkwitz -  University of Missouri Athletics\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz has always been a creative thinker, whether it comes to his offensive schemes or interactions with the media.<\/p>\n<p>And during a recent appearance on \u2018The Paul Finebaum Show,\u2019 Drinkwitz put that mind to work by coming up with a plan to field an in-state crossover matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and his Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read that correctly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SEC teams playing preseason exhibition games vs NFL Teams&#8230;surely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachDrinkwitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoachDrinkwitz<\/a> is joking&#8230;right??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0rKDpOG3sz\">pic.twitter.com\/0rKDpOG3sz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finebaum\/status\/1970950129755750845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way we can generate more money is if we schedule a preseason game with an NFL team, because that would generate great ratings and make it even tougher on our programs,\u201d Drinkwitz said, tongue-in-cheek. \u201cI mean I\u2019m right here with the Chiefs, maybe we can get a preseason game with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finebaum proceeded to grill Drinkwitz on the potential individual matchups in the game, prompting another seemingly sarcastic response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t cover Travis Kelce or stop Patrick Mahomes,\u201d Drinkwitz said. \u201cBut I\u2019ll tell ya this: I don\u2019t know if Mahomes moves as well as LaNorris Sellers does these days. And you got Taylen Green at Arkansas and John Mateer at Oklahoma, and you\u2019re gonna play all 16 of \u2019em!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>And while it certainly appears that Drinkwitz suggested this in jest at the recent 9-game schedule reveal, it does leave one to ponder what that matchup would look like.<\/p>\n<p>Beau Pribula vs. Patrick Mahomes sounds outlandish, and given the fact that the Tiger secondary struggled mightily against South Carolina and Chris Jones could likely run through any college lineman, the game would be hardly entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Missouri football program has played a handful of games at Arrowhead Stadium before, but never against the team which calls it home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":103845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Missouri football program has played a handful of games at Arrowhead Stadium before, but never against the team which calls it home.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"News 365\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\",\"name\":\"MrLuu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrLuu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365","og_description":"The Missouri football program has played a handful of games at Arrowhead Stadium before, but never against the team which calls it home.","og_url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842","og_site_name":"News 365","article_published_time":"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrLuu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrLuu","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842","name":"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season. - News 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-25T06:34:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LUU-194.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=103842#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5\ud83d\udca5BREAKING Eli Drinkwitz drops a jaw-dropping line by suggesting his squad should take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition, chatter behind closed doors hints that what sounded like a joke has already stirred unease among NFL voices, and now the frenzy is skyrocketing as fans wonder if this outrageous flex could snowball into a PR masterstroke or the most embarrassing twist of the season."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/","name":"News 365","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6","name":"MrLuu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27290e42aedd9867dbebe2f5dbfd5135e0d4cac63c12fabb4e8d0e4472737a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrLuu"},"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103847,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103842\/revisions\/103847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}