1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,160 Speaker 1: Bronco's Country Tonight. 2 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 2: Coming up at the top of the hour, Grant Smith 3 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: along with Nick Ferguson, looking forward to hearing what they're 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 2: going to talk about this evening, five six six nine 5 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: zeros again is our KWA Common Spirit Health text line. 6 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: We're going to have another chance for you to win 7 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 2: a pair of tickets to the Rockies Phillies game on 8 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: Saturday at five twenty four. Okay, so listen to that 9 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: time to while our streamers as well sometimes feel as 10 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: though the delay doesn't really help you out. Well, that 11 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: is coming up here at five twenty four tonight right 12 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: now that we're gonna head out to the KWA Common 13 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: Spirit Health hotline and bring on a friend of the program, 14 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: Parker Gabriel from the Dever Posts, And of course he 15 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: was fresh off being out at the owners meetings in Phoenix. 16 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: Parker around with David Ryan. 17 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: How are you, sir, I'm doing great. 18 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 3: How are you, guys, Joe do good? 19 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 4: Do a good Parker, Thanks for taking time. So what 20 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 4: do you think about the owners meetings? What were the 21 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 4: two biggest takeaways for you? 22 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think one of them was just sort of 23 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I think the most important thing that happened 24 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 3: to organizationally for the Broncos was just a messaging from 25 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 3: Greg Penner and Demani Leach, primarily around the stadium project 26 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: at Burnham Yard and just the sort of the sense 27 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: of urgency there and the sort of subtle dialing up 28 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 3: of pressure across the board, whether that's you know, Denver 29 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 3: Water and trying to get that, you know, as a 30 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 3: government utility. It's complicated. They're trying to relocate it. That's 31 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: the community benefits agreement process. That's you know, sort of 32 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: city state team all, you know, neighborhood community, all of 33 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 3: the constituents, they sort of you know, it was it 34 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: was white pressure, but notable pressure on hey listen, like 35 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: we we have to kind of get this thing moving. 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: It a little bit quicker of a clip if we're 37 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: going to have a stadium built by twenty thirty one. 38 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 3: And then I think, you know, for all of the 39 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: there are some interesting stuff about Jonah Ellis getting some 40 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: marketing inside linebacker and all of that, but I think 41 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: also just the reiteration that bo Nix's is, you know, 42 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 3: sort of ahead of schedule in his rehab and it 43 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 3: sounds like he'll be pretty much fully involved when they 44 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: start their off season program on May fourth, let alone 45 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 3: sort of ready to roll when they begin OTAs in 46 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 3: early June. 47 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: I don't know, man pro football talks, Mike Florio seems 48 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: to paint us a different picture yesterday. 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: What did you make of that? 50 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 3: Uh that at first I was like, this is a 51 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: full on April Folds, and then it seemed perhaps like 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 3: he maybe got April fools in some way sham. So yeah, no, 53 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: I mean that the Broncos are not bringing in Aaron 54 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 3: Rodgers for a visit or interested in signing with him. 55 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: It was a little strange, And I don't, you know, 56 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 3: everybody in this industry has like a difficult job in 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 3: some way, shape or form, So I'm not you know, 58 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: you won't find me too often like bagging on people 59 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: that are trying to do a good job and be 60 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 3: right about stuff and all that. But just the fact 61 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 3: that it was sort of rooted in, you know, bo 62 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 3: Nick's the status supposedly being up in the air for 63 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: week one was sort of wild thing to put in print, 64 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 3: considering we just literally there in Arizona, had had people 65 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: tell us on the record that he was good to 66 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: go pretty much now, and that the offseton program wasn't 67 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 3: gonna be a problem at all. 68 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 4: When when you think about some of the comments made 69 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 4: down there, and it was interesting to hear them, and 70 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 4: especially I thought interesting to hear Sean talk about some 71 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 4: of the free agent acquisitions or lack thereof. He does 72 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 4: not like the phrase, you guys, ran it back, Let's 73 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 4: run it back. He is pretty obvious he doesn't like that. 74 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 4: But he went out of his way also, and we 75 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: all know Sean from time to time, we'll do that 76 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 4: to make a point. He went out of his way 77 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 4: to say that JK. Dobbins was the first choice for 78 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 4: the Broncos in terms of coming back and playing running back. 79 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: What did you think of that statement? 80 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was super interesting and he and then I 81 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 3: think the thing that he said he said above everybody else. 82 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 3: And then he said, I know that will anger some people, 83 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: and I don't know who it would anger. I guess 84 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: maybe there's fans that just don't believe that j Kdavians 85 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: will stay healthy for a whole year. But there's no denying. 86 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: Like the work that Dobbins did or the first half 87 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: of the season, I mean, he was really good. All 88 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: the metrics, the eye test, everything suggested he was one 89 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 3: of the better backs in the league. The issue at 90 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 3: hand is just he's never played more than fifteen games, 91 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 3: and I think thirteen is the number sort of since 92 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 3: his rookie year. He's missed more than half of the 93 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 3: regular season games in his career. And obviously he wasn't 94 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 3: available to the Broncos in the postseason, though he would 95 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 3: have been in the Super Bowl. So yeah, I mean 96 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: they were involved in you know, they asked about Etn 97 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: at the outset of free agency, but it was pretty 98 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 3: clear pretty quickly that the price was going to get 99 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 3: out of hand, at least to the Broncos. And then 100 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: once New Orleans was involved, like he wanted to go 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: to New Orleans too, So I think, like, aside from that, 102 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: I don't think they were like across the board, and 103 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: particularly at running back, we're not enamored with the free 104 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 3: agent market. And on top of that, and you know this, Dave, 105 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 3: I mean, you know what happens when you're familiar with 106 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: guys that are in your building and you know who 107 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 3: they are and what they are. Sure that's that's how 108 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 3: they feel about a lot of their guys, and Dobbins 109 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 3: in particular, I mean They raped all year last year 110 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 3: about what his presence did for the team, not just 111 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: on the field, but in the locker room, in the 112 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: meetings and all of that. And so you are weighing 113 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: what you know about the player and that you know 114 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 3: you're going to get that impact from him against what 115 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 3: you can see on tape of everybody else, but also 116 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: just the unknown of what they bring beyond you know, 117 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: sort of physical ability. And so they love JK. Dobbins. 118 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: They've made no secret of that, and so I don't 119 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 3: think it was a big surprise to be wound up back. 120 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: In Denver parkar Gabriel joining us. 121 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: So are you, I guess ultimately, as we were watching 122 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 2: this whole thing play out, seventeen guys that were whether 123 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: it's brought back to free agents or signed as restricted 124 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: free agents? Were you a bit surprised that they did 125 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: that or they based on those comments, you say, well, 126 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 2: actually that makes a lot of sense based on where 127 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 2: they thought the free agency class was. 128 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, I'm not going to sit here and 129 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 3: say I wasn't surprised at all. Like I was a 130 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: little surprised. I think everybody knew and they've put their 131 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: money literally where their mouths are in terms of thinking 132 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: that they have a roster that's in a really good 133 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: place over the last eighteen months. I mean they've extended 134 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: core guys, you know, the Nick Benito's and Zach Allens, 135 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 3: the all pro types. They've extended a bunch of starters 136 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 3: who are role players, Malcolm Broach, Luke Wattenbird, Will Watts 137 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 3: on the bye week last year. So the continuation of 138 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: that was not a big surprise, but I think just 139 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 3: the extent of it, and the fact that they ended 140 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 3: up sort of almost exclusively doing that before obviously swinging 141 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 3: the big trade for Jalen Wanda, Like, the extent of 142 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 3: it I think was a little surprising. The general blueprint 143 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: was not all right. 144 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: Last one I have for you just wanted to We 145 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 2: haven't had a chance to Chad since the Agile trade. 146 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: What did you think of that deal? 147 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 2: Did you think was relatively fair under the circumstances, And 148 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: what are some of your expectations of what he'd been able. 149 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: To do here for the Broncos. 150 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: The I think he's going to do a lot, first 151 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 3: of all, I mean, he's you know, he played so 152 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 3: much the last two years, especially in Miami. He played 153 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: outside so much, and I think he will in Denver too, 154 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: but just the ability to move him around the formation, 155 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 3: use him in the slot, use him in a lot 156 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 3: of different ways, use them probably to help control numbers 157 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: in the running game. I mean, it's going to be 158 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 3: awfully difficult to you know, stack a box against Denver 159 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 3: in early downs if you've got a guy with the 160 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 3: sort of true ability to take the top off. So 161 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: I think he helped in a number of ways offensively. 162 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 3: And then you know, I think to me, like personally, 163 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 3: like I think they maybe paid a little bit of 164 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: a premium for him, Like I do think it was 165 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: it was a pretty high acquisition cost. The thing about that, though, 166 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 3: you got to know this, like when when the supply 167 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 3: is low, like the price goes up. And they weren't 168 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 3: looking for just a guy, like they were looking for 169 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 3: a guy that checked a lot of boxes. And that's 170 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 3: what they think they have in Jaleen Waddell. He's a 171 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 3: really good player, but he's also like he's a tough guy. 172 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: He's good in the locker room. He's not, you know, 173 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: high maintenance as a person in the locker room. Even 174 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: though he's a receiver that gets the ball a lot, 175 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 3: certainly by wide receiver standards. He's not high maintenance or 176 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: hasn't been in his career. So you just Sean said, 177 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: he lumped it into all of the other stuff, and 178 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: he said all of the other stuff was ten ten, 179 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 3: ten ten on everybody they talked to. And that to 180 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 3: me is like when you're talking about the caliber of 181 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 3: the player and all of that stuff and you have 182 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: a roster like the Broncos and you think they're ready 183 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 3: to compete and you're just trying to get over the hump. 184 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 3: I mean, that's that's when you say, hey, listen, we'll 185 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 3: pay a little bit more for him. And they did, 186 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: and I think they're thrilled about it all. 187 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: He's great stuff. Parker. Really appreciate the time, man, Thank you. 188 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll talk again. 189 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: Appreciate a Parker sounds good.