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Speaker 1: Broncos have won four straights, including a marvelous swin last

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Speaker 1: night over the New York Giants. We head out to

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Speaker 1: the Koie Comaspert Health Hotline to bring on our NFL

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Speaker 1: network insider Ian Rappaport powered by Chevron. Chevron, the human

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Speaker 2: Ian Good afternoons or how are you?

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Speaker 3: What's going on? How are you?

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Speaker 4: We're doing good? Ian appreciate the time. I mean, everybody

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Speaker 4: in Denver is excited about what took place at least

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Speaker 4: a fourth quarter yesterday with thirty three points in all

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Speaker 4: time franchise mark for most points in a single quarter.

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Speaker 4: But from an outsider's perspective, as you peeked into the

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Speaker 4: game and sort of now today are hearing things about

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Speaker 4: that game? What couple of things are you hearing most prominently?

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean, so I live in New York and

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Speaker 5: I'm hearing it a lot from the New York. And

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Speaker 5: then the Giants perspective slightly different, take slightly different thoughts.

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Speaker 3: On the game.

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Speaker 5: I mean, first of all, amazing what.

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Speaker 3: The Broncers do.

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Speaker 6: Game was over honestly, and and you know, if Jackson

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Speaker 6: they probably you know, if they hand.

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Speaker 3: The ball off, they give the ball back to the Broncos,

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Speaker 3: up two scores, five minutes to go, no timeouts, Like,

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Speaker 5: You know, there's a lot of things that had to

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Speaker 3: But just to be in that place, just to be

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Speaker 3: in that position the late game, situational football, they resolved

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Speaker 5: It was all pretty amazing, you know, Like, and you know.

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Speaker 3: There's this would not be the Broncos last win of

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Speaker 5: There's gonna be each You're going to have their different

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Speaker 3: But to make this a memorable one, so many things

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Speaker 3: It was it was pretty unbelievable to me.

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Speaker 7: And with all that being said, what was to say

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so That's one interesting thing about this is from

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Speaker 3: Positive about the quarterback position that it's almost like it

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Speaker 5: Everyone's like, well, yeah, but like they got a guy,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think the Broncos went to the same

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Speaker 5: Right, like hope to wait and hope to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Like you know, obviously you want to play as long

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Speaker 3: There's definitely some throwsy makes or decisions that are sort

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Speaker 5: But just knowing that they have a real legitimate starting

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Speaker 1: Well, and again, I understand from that perspective, and we've

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Speaker 2: A little bit of that clutch gene as a team.

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Speaker 5: And you know, there's so many interesting things talking about

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Speaker 5: The regular thing, even with all the pressure in the world.

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Speaker 3: I think there's a reason that Sean Payton thought this

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Speaker 4: final question, next game coming up. It's always a big game,

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Speaker 4: I think when anybody plays the Cowboys, but it sure

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Speaker 4: sure seems like they have figured things out. On an offense,

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Speaker 4: Dak has been unbelievable. There's scoring a bunch of point.

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Speaker 4: He's had three touchdown passes in all the games in

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Speaker 4: the streak. I mean, you've seen them. What are your

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, first of all, the offensive line's playing

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Speaker 5: but offensive line's playing really well. You know, the addition

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Speaker 3: Big playability that they had some last year. But it

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Speaker 3: They can run the ball, and Jevonti Williams is believe

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Speaker 5: And you're sort of like, what's it going to be?

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Speaker 3: So basically what it is is the similar offense what

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Speaker 2: They're good now.

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Speaker 7: So yeah, I know, coming into the game, the Broncos

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Speaker 7: as third down and red zone operation, but overall, what

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Speaker 2: After that fourth quarter performance.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I thought the Broncos defense was good anyway,

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Speaker 3: And that's what was so interesting for me watching the

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Speaker 5: Crazy, look at them go. But you know, when it

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Speaker 3: Is one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: I feel very I feel very confident saying that. And

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Speaker 5: A play, and they did several times yesterday. You know,

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Speaker 5: they're gona absolutely bring.

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Speaker 1: It last one. For me, always appreciate the timing. And

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Speaker 1: a couple of quarterbacks. I'm just curious about J. J. McCarthy.

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Speaker 1: Uh is he going to get his job back there

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Speaker 3: Uh? Yeah, those two specifically, So Tua is going to

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Speaker 3: and play some yesterday as well, which is totally interesting.

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Speaker 5: As far as Minnesota, I would expect Carson Wentz to.

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Speaker 3: Get another start. They play Thursday night, so usually, you know,

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Speaker 3: I haven't heard definitively that J. J McCarthy will get

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Speaker 3: like that. It's been more like, we'll make the decision,

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Speaker 3: we'll meet when it comes to us.

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Speaker 5: So you know, once goes out and plays really well,

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Speaker 3: To win, We'll see what they end up doing. Because

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Speaker 3: he's had some good moments and JJ McCarthy's had one

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Speaker 3: an intriguing, multi layered decision there for Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. Do you think Lamar plays this week?

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Speaker 5: You know, I thought so the whole time.

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Speaker 3: He wasn't out there this week with his Ravens teammates

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Speaker 3: and kind of the bonus practice. So I think he plays,

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Speaker 3: but we'll see what happens on Wednesday if he's able to.

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Speaker 5: Get out there.

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Speaker 2: All right, sounds good. Enjoyed the double header tonight, man,

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Speaker 2: Thank you?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 3: You guys do it.

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Speaker 5: Take care.

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