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Speaker 1: Ian, Good afternoon, sir. How were you?

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Speaker 2: What's going on? How were you?

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Speaker 3: We're We're doing We're doing fine in not really with

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Speaker 3: the way the game turned out yesterday. From as far

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Speaker 3: as you watch that, I'm assuming you watched that game,

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Speaker 3: what what couple of thoughts jump into your mind? And

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Speaker 3: I want to ask you specifically about some of the

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Speaker 3: some of the calls in the game. How how when

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Speaker 3: you watched that game, did they strike you at the

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Speaker 3: moment as being like, hmm, I wonder what's going on here?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, first of all, I feel like, I mean, look,

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Speaker 2: the Broncos lost, and it's a sort of bitter end

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Speaker 2: to an amazing season, and and you know, that's the result.

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Speaker 2: But I do feel a small bit cheated because I

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Speaker 2: really would have liked to know what would have happened,

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Speaker 2: Like if bo Nicks was healthy and available, what would

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Speaker 2: it have been like if you know, if there was

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Speaker 2: no and I know everybody played in snow, but if

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Speaker 2: there was no snow in the second half, what would

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Speaker 2: it have been Like? Like I sort of get it,

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Speaker 2: and it's the reality and it is what it is,

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Speaker 2: but I'm still left a little bit kind of wondering

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Speaker 2: what might have been, you know, which is to take

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Speaker 2: nothing away from the Patriots at all. It's just you

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Speaker 2: sort of want everyone to be able to play with

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Speaker 2: a fully even everything and then see what happens at

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Speaker 2: the end. And I'm not like one hundred percent sure

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Speaker 2: that we got that.

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Speaker 4: Well you and I want to jump into the coach

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Speaker 4: saying carousel because a lot of jobs have been filled.

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Speaker 4: There were like ten jobs and those jobs went pretty quick.

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Speaker 4: And Davis Web, I mean he's still getting these interviews.

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Speaker 4: I think he's just most recently interviewed with the Buffalo Bills, and.

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Speaker 1: I would find out what's going.

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Speaker 4: On with Web, but more importantly, vance Joseph. Will he

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Speaker 4: be back here in Denver? Do you expect for him

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Speaker 4: to get one of these vacant jobs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, first on the Davis Web situation, you know,

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Speaker 2: he's going to interview with Las Vegas Raiders that I

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Speaker 2: believe is going to be tonight into tomorrow. You know,

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Speaker 2: I would consider him a strong candidate then, I certainly would.

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Speaker 2: It's an in person interview and you know, we'll see

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Speaker 2: what happens. But I know there's there's a lot to like.

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Speaker 2: He is a good leader, he's sort of a dynamic

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Speaker 2: type person, and you know, I would not be totally

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Speaker 2: surprised he ended up as the head coach of Las

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Speaker 2: Vegas Raiders. As far as vance, you know, he's one

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Speaker 2: of the best coordinators in the NFL. He did a

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Speaker 2: great job yesterday, as he always does. And I just

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Speaker 2: haven't really heard any traction for his name for head

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Speaker 2: coaching jobs. And I'm you know, I've done this fourteen

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Speaker 2: or so years. Every search is a little different. This

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Speaker 2: is one where I'm really not sure why he hasn't

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Speaker 2: gained much traction. You know, I thought, you know, another

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Speaker 2: one where like during his tenure when he was the

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Speaker 2: Denver Broncos head coach, I would have really liked to

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Speaker 2: see what would have happened in the decent quarterback and

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Speaker 2: a general manager that was probably better served for him.

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Speaker 2: And we're never gonna find out. But I just haven't

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Speaker 2: really heard his name get any traction in head coaching

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Speaker 2: world unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: Ian.

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Speaker 5: What is your assessment of not only what the Broncos

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Speaker 5: were able to accomplish this season, but what they might

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Speaker 5: look like going into next year.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you know, it was amazing what they

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Speaker 2: were able to accomplish this year. I mean, I think

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Speaker 2: you guys probably know I was pretty impressed. I was

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Speaker 2: impressed last year, I was impressed this year. It is

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Speaker 2: a team that has coached impactably well, plays above its talent.

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Speaker 2: I think a defensive place where its talent is because

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Speaker 2: they are very talented and very good.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: But also there's a bunch of players that you probably

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Speaker 2: haven't heard of who are just really really good and

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Speaker 2: you know, really played themselves into either big money contracts

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Speaker 2: this year. Weinberg is the name that comes to mind.

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Speaker 2: Roach is another one. But just like a really good,

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Speaker 2: well coached team that I think is a really bright future.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I think money wise, they're firing. Russ's

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Speaker 2: coming off the books finally this year, like they'll be

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Speaker 2: able to spend, They'll be able to beep up some talent,

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Speaker 2: Like I think this Denver Broncos team should be around

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Speaker 2: for quite a while.

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Speaker 1: Jack with Ian Rapport last one for me.

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Speaker 5: So you mentioned Davis Webb as a strong candidate for

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Speaker 5: the Raiders, but he did interview with the Bills today.

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Speaker 5: You think they're going in a different direction.

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Speaker 2: Well, I just you know, the way these things play

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Speaker 2: out can sometimes play a part in you know who

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Speaker 2: goes where. So he did a zoom interview with the Bills,

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Speaker 2: and obviously they've had him, they know him and all that,

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Speaker 2: but it was just as zoom and he's in person

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Speaker 2: with the Raiders. The Raiders have waited, you know, three

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Speaker 2: weeks to really sit down with him. You know, there

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Speaker 2: probably also can be more aggressive because they have waited

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Speaker 2: a very long time to hire someone, whereas you know,

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Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills have only waited a couple of weeks,

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Speaker 2: and the little searches a little more in its earlier stages.

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Speaker 2: That's just sort of my feel on things. I'm not

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Speaker 2: saying that, you know, I'm not saying that it's gonna happen,

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Speaker 2: but certainly I wouldn't be surprised if it did.

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Speaker 4: So once again, we have our finals too in the

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Speaker 4: Super Bowl, the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, And when

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Speaker 4: we think about the two quarterbacks, they couldn't be any different.

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Speaker 4: But for Sam Donald, a guy who was ostracized and

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Speaker 4: he's jumped around from team to team, what do you

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Speaker 4: think it's like for him and your evaluation of him

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Speaker 4: at this particular point, knowing as though there are other

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Speaker 4: quarterbacks in the same draft class, but he beat them

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Speaker 4: to the finish line and making it to the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: I think it's pretty cool, to be totally honest, I

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Speaker 2: am fascinated by quarterback arcs in the NFL, which means, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, players who come in, they're highly touted, they're

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Speaker 2: highly drafted, they struggle early, and everyone knows for sure

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Speaker 2: they're a bust, and then they kind of move on

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Speaker 2: and they bounce around and then what you learn is

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Speaker 2: they're not a bust. They just weren't quite ready yet.

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Speaker 2: You know, the Sam Donald's and the Baker Mayfield and

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Speaker 2: the you know Smith before this year. I just it's

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Speaker 2: a really really intriguing thing about the NFL, for the

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Speaker 2: guys who never really give up and keep grinding and

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Speaker 2: kind of keep reinventing themselves. And it's like, sorry, we

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Speaker 2: all sort of decided because of what the evidence showed that,

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Speaker 2: you know, Darnold was someone who in big games just

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Speaker 2: didn't play well enough. And man, I don't know about

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Speaker 2: that pretty freaking well yesterday, and we'll see how it

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Speaker 2: is in the super Bowl. But he's in the super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: So I think it's really cool for him. I don't

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Speaker 2: really know that he's the kind of guy that says

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Speaker 2: like I told yourscus To be honest, I don't think

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Speaker 2: he really cares. But for me, it's been really interesting

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Speaker 2: to watch, you know, a little bit of a sort

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Speaker 2: of redemption story or just a just a really cool,

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Speaker 2: full circle success story for a guy who's a pretty

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Speaker 2: good guy in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Are you so you're down in Mobile this week? Ian?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just yeah, I just landed. I'm driving to

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Speaker 2: my hotel now. I'm learned some of these college players,

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Speaker 2: which you know, get to the NFL season is like,

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Speaker 2: all right, well, who are all these guys? And you know,

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Speaker 2: usually it's sort of time to relax a little bit,

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Speaker 2: but everybody needs a head coach. Four teams still. I

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Speaker 2: know you mentioned it spelt like it's been quick. Not

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Speaker 2: to me, it feels they could take it forever. So

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Speaker 2: we still got four more to go, so it's willing

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Speaker 2: to be some work here as well.

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Speaker 1: No doubt.

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Speaker 5: We'll enjoy Mobile, enjoy the food. I love being down there,

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Speaker 5: especially for that.

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Speaker 2: So definitely enjoy that and I get some of that tonight.

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Speaker 1: All right, Ian, have a great night. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for the time. We'll chat with you.

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Speaker 2: Next week, Okay, look forward to it take care of you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Dean Rapaport,