Paul Rudd among the Chiefs fans who missed part of Sunday’s game when CBS cut away
Unbeknownst to fans in Kansas City, much of Chiefs Kingdom was irate on Sunday.
When the Bengals-Steelers game went to overtime, the start of the Chiefs’ opener against the Cardinals wasn’t shown on CBS outside of Kansas City.
And later, because the Chiefs were hammering the Cardinals, CBS cut away in markets outside of Kansas City in the fourth quarter and showed the end of another game. That left Chiefs fans outside of Kansas City fuming.
Among the viewers to see a truncated version of the Chiefs game: actor Paul Rudd, the “Big Slick” co-host.
During an interview Monday on “The Rich Eisen Show,” Rudd was asked for his thoughts about the Chiefs’ dominating 44-21 win over the Cardinals.
“It was really exciting to see,” Rudd said. “I must say, I missed most of the fourth quarter because they cut away here in New York. The game was broadcast and then they cut away to a more competitive game, as they said, and they cut back to Chargers and Raiders.
“So I missed most of the fourth quarter, as did most of the people in the country who were watching the game, so that was a bit annoying.”
Rudd, the Shawnee Mission West graduate, did enjoy the chunk of the game he watched.
“But I saw most of it and it was great. It was really exciting to see them moving the ball around so much,” Rudd said. “That field was rough. The injuries always get me concerned. You can only get so excited. But you know, (quarterback Patrick) Mahomes. Look, Josh Allen, he’s incredible. He’s great. He’s amazing. and all the talk, but it was just nice to see the Chiefs come out and kind of be great.”
Eisen called it a statement game for Mahomes and the Chiefs, who had heard from pundits who said the offense would suffer without wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
Rudd shared some of his favorite parts about the big win.
“Everyone is looking to say this is a statement game, whatever they put on it,” Rudd said. “But look, I hate even talking about the Chiefs. I’m so superstitious. And I don’t even like commenting on any of this kind of stuff.
“But I will say, I love (linebacker) Nick Bolton, and I think he’s great. And I’ve loved him since we drafted him and he was awesome. It was great to see (tight end) Jody Fortson get a touchdown. For Chiefs fans, and we follow everything that has happened in his career going down last year with the injury, it’s just great.”
Among the on-screen descriptions of Rudd from the Eisen show included: “Actor/die-hard Chiefs fan,” ”well-liked by friends and peers,” “has not aged since 2007” and “Actor/Age-defying Human/Fantasy Football Professional.”
Yep, Rudd loves fantasy football, and maybe a bit too much.
He was asked how many fantasy teams he has this year.
“I don’t even know, Rich. It’s too many,” said Rudd, the star of “Ant-Man” and “Living With Yourself.” “I had guys playing last night (on “Monday Night Football”) that I didn’t even realize I had playing. I would imagine for many of your listeners it’s like this: You’re in a few leagues but you really have one or two that you really care about?
“So I have like one league is my main league. And then there’s another one which is a keeper league. And those are probably my two. Those are the two that I kind of mind the most.”
Rudd is a big fan of best-ball leagues. In that, players draft a roster that is locked in for the entire season (or part of one). There is no lineup management from week to week.
“I love the best-ball league,” Rudd said. “I’m so down with it. Because you get all of the fun of drafting and none of the headache of having to set your lineup. It’s great. You can’t do anything. I’ve done this now for two years, and I think it’s the best and you can be in like a hundred of them. Because once the season starts you just don’t even look at it. You don’t do anything. It’s great.”
Here is the conversation.
This story was originally published September 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM.
