1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: Now that you asked correct. Wow, Oh, I'm in Dave's 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: mind and he's gonna be along here. Shorty's recording a 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: couple of things. When in Dave's mind, I've already topped 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: that SoundBite on Tuesday because we had Rod Smith in, 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: we had Shelby Harris here, and I was asking them 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: about the crowd noise, full throat, and I said, what. 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 2: That's what you said? 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 3: I said, I said, what's it like? Listen? I want 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 3: to know from a defensive. 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: Players, you know, like you're playing in big time games, 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: it's like being on the field in those moments when 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: the crowd is full throat. 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 3: And they had some fun with that. 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: They had a pretty big reaction to that. 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 3: They laughed. I would assume, yeah. 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: So that's topped mine from last week. 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 3: I think I've let you off the hook all right temporarily. 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 2: Now again, just keep going. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 3: We have you in studio now, so you know, right, 20 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 3: you never. 21 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: Know what's going to happen. If I had to wear 22 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: the diaper, I would do it. That's right. 23 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 3: You just did that like you just pretty earnestly came out. 24 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: Man. 25 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: You know I respect that about you. Let's come on, man, 26 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 3: how are you good, I'm good. 27 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: It looks like changing. The weather coming for the game 28 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: on Saturday looks like much colder and windy. And of 29 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: course the change in the points spread. I don't think 30 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: they're related, but now the Broncos are favored, at least 31 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: on DraftKings by a point and a half. Yep, it's 32 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 2: going to be interesting. I think it's I think it'll 33 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: be a close game. I think it will be a 34 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,279 Speaker 2: low scoring game. And I could see like a twenty 35 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: seventeen type of game, something like that. 36 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: You think low scoring, low scoring that favors the Broncos. 37 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: If it's a low scoring game, I really like the 38 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: broncos chances. 39 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: It's not to say that they couldn't win a shootout. 40 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: They have one shootouts, but it feels like, under the circumstances, 41 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: if they were given the option of a. 42 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 3: High scoring game or a low scoring game right now, they. 43 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Probably take the low scoring game. Just on a surface bullsy, No, 44 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: I'm h with you and how I feel. I feel 45 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: pretty good. I feel pretty good, dude, about where the 46 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: Broncos are at. Yeah, and I it's funny. I went 47 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: down the rabbit hole over the last few days. I 48 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: just out of curiosity, Bill's podcasts, Bill's Twitter, just kind 49 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: of reading a lot of the interactions with Bill's fans 50 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: and some of the media. It's it's been really interesting, 51 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: and that's very confident. It's remarkable because there's this confidence 52 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: because of Josh Allen and because of their success in 53 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: this era of Bill's Football. 54 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: But there's the underlying thing. 55 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: You noticed when a team, when a fan base hasn't 56 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: won a championship or it is used to things falling 57 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: apart because they they've had so much heartbreak out there 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: in Buffalo, and you know, this weekend I identified with 59 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: a little bit of that, right, I mean, last few 60 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: years have been kind of tough for the Broncos. Certainly 61 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: before they won their two championships in the nineties, we'duild 62 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: a ton of heartbreak out here in Denver. 63 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: But it's a fascinating thing to. 64 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: Sort of get a bit of a cross section or 65 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: a microcos of what they are and how they're feeling 66 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: about this game. Particularly there is a there's a certain 67 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: amount of the fans that think this is going to 68 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: be a walk, like a very easy game to win. 69 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 1: They don't believe in bon Nicks, they don't believe in 70 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: the Broncos offense. They don't believe in any of it. 71 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: And then there's quite a few of them out there 72 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: that are like, yeah, but you know, we've. 73 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: Been disappointed before. 74 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I did. I did two Buffalo radio stations this week, 75 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: and they were not talking smack. In fact, I was 76 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 2: a little surprised. They have had a healthy respect for 77 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: the Broncos and bo Nicks, especially the defense, and I 78 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: think they're a little worried. Number one, all the injuries 79 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: that they have, and we talked about that that's that 80 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: should be a bit of a concern for them. And 81 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: then a short week on the road, the altitude, the crowd, noise, 82 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: they didn't seem overly confident to me. They do have 83 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: Josh Allen, who people refer to as Superman, and in 84 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: many ways he is. You know, he wears a cape, 85 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 2: He's got three different injuries that he's dealing with right now. 86 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: I said in the press conference this week, he feels great, 87 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: the best I felt in a long time. Yeah. 88 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: I saw that too. 89 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, you really think that's true. 90 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: No, but you know, you know, you don't want to say, well, 91 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: actually I. 92 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 2: Barely make it to the game Saturday, right, No, I. 93 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 3: Don't hit me in my knee or my foot or 94 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 3: my hand. 95 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: That's what he wanted to say, right I'm I would 96 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 2: say cautiously confident about the game. And that's kind of 97 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: how these guys came across to me two different radio shows, 98 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: and one of them the Bill's flagship station. They seemed 99 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: cautiously optimistic, but they weren't going to go out on 100 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 2: a limb. They didn't want to make any bets that 101 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: type of thing, and I think it's going to be close. 102 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: There's an interesting discussion around this playoffs and and then 103 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: here Litt versus national. But I've noticed when I'm doing 104 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: sort of that deep dive on Bill's Twitter and in 105 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: some of the national rhetoric as well, I gotta imagine 106 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: it's actually kind of a weird place to be for 107 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: a Bills fan because it's being dubbed as no excuses, 108 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: you don't have mahomes, there's no Lamar Jackson's no Joe Burrown. 109 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Now we've said that here, but it rings different for 110 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: the Broncos and Broncos fans because this is this has 111 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: already been a spectacular season and it would be disappointing 112 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: to lose because of what's in front of you, and 113 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: you're the home field and all those kinds of things, 114 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: it would be very disappointing, not saying that we're looking 115 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: past that, but it's different out in Buffalo because the boogeyman, 116 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes is not there. 117 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: Josh Allen, you have a chance to. 118 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: Go play in the AFC Championship Game for a third 119 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: time and no Patrick Mahomes to play against. 120 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 3: So the discussion. 121 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: Points or the rhetoric right now is there's no excuse 122 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills not to win a championship this 123 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: year or at least go to the Super Bowl. There's 124 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: no excuse, and that keeps being thrown in their faces. 125 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: So if I'm a Bills fan, I'm looking at it as, 126 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: oh my god, that's a lot of pressure. 127 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 3: There's a lot writing on this. We've been here before. 128 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: We're used to getting to the postseason and having our 129 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: hearts ripped out. And of course you're going to go 130 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: back because you want to go back, you want to 131 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: experience it, you want to you know it's gonna be 132 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: worth it when you finally break through. But there's just 133 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: that amount of Now the pressure is all in the Bill. 134 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: The Bills have way more pressure in this game in 135 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: the Broncos, in my opinion, I. 136 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 2: Was about to say that, I get the sense that 137 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 2: they do based on their past history, which you mentioned. 138 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 2: Josh Allen has never won a road playoff game. There's 139 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: a lot of pressure on him. He's Superman, He's a 140 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: league MVP and hasn't won a road playoff game, and 141 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 2: he's coming into this one pretty beat up. So I 142 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 2: could see why they're feeling the pressure. To me, the 143 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: Broncos are at least a year ahead of schedule with 144 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: the with the number one seed in the AFC. Yeah, 145 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 2: there's a lot of pressure still because if you get 146 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 2: this far, you certainly don't want to go on and out. 147 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: You need to at least win one playoff game. I think. 148 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: So there's obviously pressure there, but I feel, just like you, 149 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: the Bills are feeling it a whole lot more than 150 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: the Broncos, and maybe even going band all these freaking 151 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: injuries on the road in Denver short week, it'll be 152 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 2: a tough one again. 153 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: Dave's gonna be here in just a little bit, just 154 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: taping some things for the Broncos broadcast coming up here 155 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: on Saturday. Getting our cover starts at nine am. We 156 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: did get the practice report for the Broncos and it's 157 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: a good one. You ready, okay, John Franklin Myers and 158 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: Drake greenlawt full practice is no status nice. 159 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 3: They are good to go. 160 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: So the Broncos get back an important starting defensive lineman 161 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: and they're starting inside linebacker drews Anders Lucas Croll. Though 162 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: they got practiced in all week, even Drew Sander's got 163 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: a full practice today, but they're out for the game, 164 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: which which just doesn't surprise any I mean, they're just 165 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: now getting that practice window. What's going to be interesting 166 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: if Ronk was confined a way to win this game. 167 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: JK Dobbins scene on the side field this week. So 168 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: will they open the window for JK Dobbins to get 169 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: some practice in and can he ramp up in time 170 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: for the AFC Championship game. Now, you don't want to 171 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: look ahead, and we're not looking ahead. We're just talking 172 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: about it in terms of radio people. I know they 173 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: aren't talking about it right, but there's that sense of boy, 174 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: that's another level to this team that you could really 175 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: use right now. 176 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:36,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I wouldn't expect Lucas Crawl or JK Dobbins 177 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 2: this week. Same thing with Drew Sunders. I don't know. 178 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: I phil to see him even this season. But the 179 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 2: best thing is Drake Greenlaw is ready to go. 180 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 3: It's massy. 181 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: He can make a difference in this game. Yes, not 182 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 2: only against the Bills run game, but also in the 183 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: Bill's passing game, especially with their tight ends in the 184 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 2: middle of the field. JK. Dobbins. Man, if you win 185 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 2: this and you can get JK. Dobbins back in the 186 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 2: AFC Championship, man, that's a bonus. 187 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 3: What a shot in the arm. Yes for that team. 188 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: For the fan base, I mean, we're if you can 189 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: get to this is and I'm not saying that. 190 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: Just for a moment. 191 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: I'm not saying the Patriots of the Texans aren't legitimate problems. 192 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: But for me, this is the team. This has always 193 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: been the team. 194 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: When we looked at the postseason picture before the playoffs 195 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: started last weekend, this is the one team I didn't 196 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: want to see. 197 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: But you know what, I've changed my mind. 198 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: I've amended that, and not because I had to, which 199 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: we did, but now I'm excited to see what the 200 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: Broncos are willing to offer. Here. You know, there's so 201 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: much discussion out there about the Broncos being a fraudulent 202 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: one seed and the weakest one seed in the history 203 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: of the I mean literally seeing those tweets today, the 204 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: weakest one seed in the history of the NFL. Well, 205 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: here's the chance you're going to play what most people 206 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: believe is should be the Super Bowl favorite out of 207 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: the AFC, and you're going to play them in the 208 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: divisional round at home. How far have you come since 209 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: that loss a year ago. We're fixing to find out, 210 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: as Gary kubi I would say, and I cannot wait 211 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: to see what they put on paper. This is a 212 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: team that is now two weeks to think about this game, 213 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: prepare for this game? What are you about? Who are you? 214 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: That's when we get to see there is no speculation. 215 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: Like playing down to the opponent of the Chiefs, and 216 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers. 217 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 3: Were not gonna do that in this game. 218 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: No, no, regardless of their injuries, they still have Josh Allen. 219 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: You know, now, if they were starting I don't even 220 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: know who their backup is right now, but if they're 221 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: starting their backup quarterback, maybe we'd have a discussion like, 222 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: oh boy, don't don't you know, don't play down to that. 223 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: You're not going to both sides. All three phases are 224 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: going to give their best effort, and I can't wait 225 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: to see it. 226 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: By the way, I've missed folk. Our listeners are letting 227 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 2: me know. I meant to say, Josh Allen just won 228 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 2: his first playoff game. That was last weekend, his first 229 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: road playoff game. Yes, yeah, Jack just won his first 230 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 2: road playoff game. But to your point, this is why 231 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 2: you have a coach like Sean Payton. You got two 232 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 2: weeks off. Obviously they weren't preparing for the Bills, specifically 233 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: the first week, but I'm sure they put some work 234 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: in on the Bills. And this is why you have 235 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 2: a guy like Sean Payton, future Hall of Fame head coach. 236 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,599 Speaker 2: You know he's going to be ready. You know that 237 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 2: coaching staff is going to be ready, and you know 238 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 2: this team is going to be ready. They're not going 239 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: to come out flat. I think we're going to see 240 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 2: a good chance, will see their best effort. And we 241 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: know if the Broncos can execute play a clean game, 242 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 2: they can not only play with anybody, they can beat 243 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: anybody in the league. Now, the same could be said 244 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: about the Bills. So we'll see which team is going 245 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 2: to be the better team on Saturday. That's what it's 246 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 2: going to come down to. These are two really good 247 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: football teams. 248 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: One of the one of the conversations I want to 249 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: get into with you guys in a little bit, and 250 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: when Dave gets here, I'll definitely ask him because so 251 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: many times we get to the postseason it's about who's healthiest. 252 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 3: Like health, luck matters. 253 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: And I mean, if you just look at this on paper, 254 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: you feel very good about where the Broncos areight. Now. 255 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 3: They're missing a couple key players. 256 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: Brandon Jones isn't playing, You're missing your starting center, Luke Wattenberg. 257 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: But the Broncos have found ways to work well with 258 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: those factors. And again, the extra time, giving those guys 259 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: some time to acclimate helps. I think the fact you 260 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: had those injuries a couple of weeks before the end 261 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: of the season gave them a time to actually play. 262 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: If Luke Wattenberg, say, got hurt in the last game 263 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: against the Chargers, well then that would be a topic 264 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: this week. You'd be like, gosh, what's that going to 265 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: look like with Alex Forsyth, and who knows what that, 266 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: you know, but it's not that he got a couple 267 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: of games under his belt. 268 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 3: Same thing with PJ. 269 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 2: Lock. 270 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: I thought he looked better the second time around. So 271 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about those situations. But on paper, right, 272 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: we say usually and then this goes all the way 273 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. The healthiest teams that had the 274 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: injury luck, if you will, they tend to put themselves 275 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: in the best position. 276 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: That has to be a talking point this week, doesn't it? 277 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 2: Absolutely? And as we know, this team has been one 278 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 2: of the healthiest teams in the league the last three 279 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: seasons now, and at this point, I would say that 280 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 2: the Broncos may be the healthiest team left out of 281 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: the eight teams left. And you're going up against a 282 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 2: team on the coming on the road out here that's 283 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 2: really beat up football team, and that they took everything 284 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 2: they had to be Jacksonville last week on. 285 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 3: The road, and they lost players in the process. 286 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 2: And they cost them, absolutely cost them what the Bronco 287 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 2: has got to sit back. That's the benefit of that 288 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: first round by Shawn just said, right, you got you 289 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 2: got a that's an automatic w and you're not going 290 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 2: to get anybody hurt. It's remarkable Now you went two 291 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: games at home in front of the home crowd and 292 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 2: you're in the super Bowl. So this is where you 293 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 2: want to be. But I still think the pressure is 294 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: more on the Bills. 295 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, and I can think that that's 296 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: going to be now there used to be in these positions. 297 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: They are used to being in these pressure pack situations. 298 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: The Broncos are not right pressure of the regular season. 299 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: They had one playoff game experience. Is here any of 300 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: Sean Payton's myths A couple of days agos and pieces. 301 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, they were. 302 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: They were kind of funny. He says he has eight 303 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: of them, but he only detailed three of them. For 304 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: it's like, uh, you know Moses out there with the 305 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: ten Commandments that you're just like, but I only brought 306 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: three of them. I'm not gonna you know, or what 307 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: was it? 308 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 3: What was that? 309 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: Melt Brooks like, I got fifteen and then one of 310 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: the tables falls ten ten commandments. 311 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: Great, great movie. 312 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 3: Love melt Brooks the best. So anyways, he laid out 313 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 3: some myths. 314 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: And one of them was home field advantage is not 315 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: It's not as important as you think. And he pointed 316 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: to this last week in the wild card because you 317 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: had I think four teams four home teams lost. And 318 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: then he said just just because another second myth, just 319 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: because you're getting rest doesn't mean you're gonna get a 320 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: fast starts. And then the third myth was playoff experience matters, 321 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: so I would say, And the conclusion we got to 322 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: on that Rick is that he's sending a message to 323 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: his team saying, first of all, don't be wowed by 324 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: the amount of playoff experience that the Bills have. Doesn't 325 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: necessarily mean that they're the better team. They just have 326 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: a lot of experience in the playoffs. Also, I don't 327 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: want you guys to think for a moment that being 328 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: at home gives us anything. I don't want you to 329 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: be in the mindset that we're guaranteed a win or 330 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: guaranteed a leg up, other than the fact that our 331 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: crowd is going to be loud when their offense is 332 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: on the field. 333 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: That's quite literally it. 334 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: He's like, I feel like he wanted to send that 335 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: message to his players. Don't believe we're going to get 336 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: to a fast start just because we're here, and don't 337 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: believe that we're going to win just because we're home. 338 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been there, done that. That's right, and that's 339 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: what you would expect from a coach like Sean Payton. 340 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 2: Now us in the media, you know, we can talk 341 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: about that all week long like most of us have 342 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 2: been doing. And I'm wondering if he told the players, hey, man, 343 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 2: don't be listening to the radio, don't watch television, no 344 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 2: sports shows, stay off of social media. Let's focus on 345 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 2: this game and what the job is at hand. Because 346 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 2: you know, players are only human and they could be 347 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: driving home from practice and tuning into this show or 348 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: whatever show and hearing the so called experts quote unquote 349 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 2: on the radio talking about the game. 350 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 3: Oh are you looking at me like that? 351 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: I'm not talking ok specifically, but you know, so these guys, 352 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 2: these guys typically have big ears, they got big radar. 353 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 2: They're very sensitive, most of them, and they hear this 354 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: kind of stuff. I wonder if he said, hey, man, 355 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: this is the time you just want to back away 356 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 2: from all of that trash. Now, get off of social media. 357 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: They don't pay any attention to anything other than what's 358 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: in the building this week and let's do a job. 359 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: Let's get the job done. 360 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: On Saturday, on the Kai Koma Speir Hialth text line 361 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: five six six nine er all is a great text 362 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: mis Trubisky, that's right, he's a backup. I saw him 363 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: played in Week eighteen just for whatever moment forgot that. 364 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 3: Let's see here. 365 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: Rick Lewis Lway won a total of three road playoff 366 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: games during his career. PFM and Montana won two road 367 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: playoff games during their career. 368 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: Brady won seven road playoff games during their career. 369 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: Okay, all those guys won Super Bowl. 370 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 3: They did too, they did Josh. 371 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: He is not and man, listen, I say, and Davis 372 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: said this too, Like Josh Allen's an easy got to 373 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: root for, right. I don't think we here in Denver 374 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: this isn't playing the Chiefs, right, We're not. You know, 375 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: the fans will will be at each other on social media. 376 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: I've been watching it quite a bit on Twitter last 377 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: few days. But regardless of that, Josh Allen played up 378 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: the road Wyoming. I don't think anybody here locally has 379 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: any kind of ill will towards Josh Allen except for 380 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: the fact that he's beat up on this team. The 381 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: few times he's played. They got him one time, They 382 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: got him one time. A regular season with Russell Wilson, 383 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: but for the most part, he tends to win these matchups. 384 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: But the thing about it here is that that doesn't matter. 385 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: And I imagine it's gonna be a rabid fan base. 386 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: Coming back to our original point from the very beginning 387 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: of the show is there's gonna feel like hatred in 388 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: that crowd. And I mean, that's gonna be that's gonna 389 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: be electric, man. I mean, and you you know, I 390 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: asked you about this, I think last week, like as 391 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: you start to think about it as a broadcast voice 392 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: to play by the color analyst, day is the play 393 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: by You're the color analyst. Being in that crowd, you 394 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: getting your first playoff home playoff game, I gotta imagine 395 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: you're getting pretty empty. 396 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. I was talking to Grant before I came into 397 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 2: the studio. I'm starting to feel anxious. We still have 398 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: two more sleeps before this game. We are less than 399 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 2: forty eight hours away from kickoff, and I'm starting to 400 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: feel a little bit anxious. Really, Yeah, And you. 401 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 3: Get anxious often. 402 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 2: No, No, I'm one of those people that I kind 403 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: of try to live day to day, moment by moment. 404 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: I don't think too far down the road and so 405 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 2: it surprised me a little bit. I'm starting to feel 406 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 2: a little bit of anxiety. Now. Some people will go, well, 407 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: that's great, that means you really care. That means you're 408 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 2: going to be ready, right, But no, I'm feeling it. 409 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 2: I've got just a little bit of butterflies going right now. 410 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 2: How about you? This will be your first big game 411 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 2: too as a broadcaster, Yeah. 412 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: I mean the first one I've been on. Yeah, since 413 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: they've been on the Broncos broadcast home playoff, Right, I 414 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: get to be back here for all of us. So 415 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: but I get nervous in the sense of I think, 416 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: probably right closer to the game, like here we are, 417 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: let's go. 418 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 3: But I don't know. I feelretty good right now. 419 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: I haven't thought about it, but now that you've brought 420 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: it up, I'm probably gonna start thinking about it, perseverating, 421 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: and maybe I don't sleep tonight. 422 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 2: I sorry sorry to put that in your head, but 423 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: you know, as a professional broadcaster, of course, it's a 424 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: big game, so you need to be up to big 425 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: game status. So in other words, you want to be 426 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 2: the best version of you on game day as well. 427 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 2: So for me, this is a really big game. I 428 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: want to do the best job I can do on 429 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: that game, and I'm sure you feel the same way. 430 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 2: And so that's why I'm starting to feel a little butterflies, man, 431 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 2: because I'm doing the prep. I'm just about ready. I 432 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: kind of wish we were playing tonight because I'm ready 433 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: to go. 434 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 3: I did think, and it's a small one. 435 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: I did think the Broncos got a bit of a 436 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: break by being a two thirty game because you're not 437 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: sitting around all day. 438 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 3: Ye warm when we kick off, that's right, right, it's. 439 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: A normal time. I mean it's a Saturday, but it's 440 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 1: a normal time. You kick off. You're not sitting around 441 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: with it, you know, watching the other playoff game thinking about, oh, 442 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: well they did they made this mistake. 443 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 3: We got to make sure we don't do this. I mean, 444 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 3: you already have done a ton. 445 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: Of prep, but having to sit around all day, whether 446 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: it's at your house or at the facility or wherever 447 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: you're going to be. 448 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 3: They get to just go out and play. I love that. 449 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 3: I think that. 450 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: Is as perfect as possible for the Broncos. Again, it's 451 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: not all breaks, right, I mean, all breaks would be 452 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: Josh Allen can't he's got the flu. And he can't 453 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: play this game like that's all the breaks. But they're 454 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: not going to get all the breaks. But that break 455 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: right there, mixed with the home field, mixed with health. 456 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 3: I don't know, man, it feels really exciting, It feels 457 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: really special. 458 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 2: This is part of their routine. It is at two 459 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 2: thirty two fifteen, two o'clock kickoff all season long at home. 460 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,239 Speaker 2: It's similar to being a musician. You can relate to this. 461 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 2: You know, if you play a big show, you do 462 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: your sound check, say two o'clock in the afternoon, you 463 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 2: don't play till seven or eight. That's you're sitting around 464 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 2: that whole time with these butterflies in your stomach. Man, 465 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 2: you just want to get on stage exactly right, play 466 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 2: because you're ready to go. 467 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: That's probably where I'm getting that from, more or less 468 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: is the times I've had big show. 469 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: Absolutely. 470 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: You just you know that morning when you wake up, 471 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: you're like, oh boy, I got like ten hours. 472 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 3: I gotta pace myself here right right, Stay in the moment. 473 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: That's right. 474 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 2: I'm trying to stay in the moment. 475 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: All right. 476 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 3: We're off rolling here on a Thursday, very excited to 477 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: be with you. 478 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: Five six, six nine zero is our koa common spirital 479 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: text line. 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I 487 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: was already in the game mode about that. 488 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 2: I got you pumped up. 489 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 3: That's right. 490 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I told you I've got a little butterflies, and 491 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: now suddenly you have butterflies. 492 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 3: Man, I'm thinking about it. Yeah, gett kind of excited. 493 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: Should be, you know, it's very very funny. So we're 494 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: talking about two more sleeps. I know the same way 495 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: with you. Like I do my best right before sleep 496 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: to not think about the next day, not think about anything. 497 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: And then once in a while I'll make a mistake 498 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: and I'll ask my wife, Hey, so what do you 499 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: have come up tomorrow morning? 500 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 3: And oh my god, that is like, oh that's the worst. 501 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 2: Oh. 502 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 3: She gets so mad at me. She's like, ah, why 503 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 3: would you do that? Now? I'm gonna be up all nights. 504 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 3: I was like, oh, I'm sorry, I just was you 505 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 3: know what times your day starts? 506 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: Like, I'm thinking more in terms of logistics of hey, 507 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: after I drop the kids off and I come back, 508 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: or we're gonna have a chance to go for a walk. 509 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 3: And you know whatever. 510 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: But then she's like she gets so mad at me 511 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: because it pops into my head and I just say it, 512 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: and then she does. Then I like two o'clock in 513 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: the morning, I look over and she's on her phone. 514 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: I'm like, oh my god, I'm such a jerk. 515 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 2: I've got like about a one hour wine down time 516 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 2: before I go to sleep. That's my routine. I wake 517 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 2: up at three fifteen in the morning, and my wife 518 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 2: knows super cool about it. But every now and then, 519 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: like ten minutes before I'm ready to actually go to bed, 520 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 2: she'll get into a discussion about I got to tell 521 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 2: you what happened, something's going on with this or that? Right? 522 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 2: Oh man, Okay. Then then I can't sleep because I'm 523 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 2: trying to really just empty my brain out of all thoughts, 524 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 2: all stress, positive feelings, positive thoughts. And then you're like, oh, 525 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 2: it just pulls you right back to reality. I got 526 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: to figure this out. Now we have a problem and 527 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 2: we need to figure it out. And then I can't sleep. 528 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 3: What do you watch before you go to sleep? I 529 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: watch YouTube. 530 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 2: I watch about an hour of YouTube. I've got a 531 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 2: massage chair. Oh yeah, in kind of my mad cave. 532 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 3: Wait, you have a hyper bearer chamber and a massage chair. 533 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: That's true. 534 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: I do. 535 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: So I get in this massage chair for like an hour. 536 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: And it's a good massage chair. 537 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 3: That's amazing. 538 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 2: And I watched just mindless YouTube videos, whatever, whatever, just 539 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 2: I want to watch nothing in particular, just to kind 540 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 2: of numb myself. 541 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: Just whatever the algorithm shows you whatever, and whatever looks interesting. 542 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, and that's my routine every night. I have 543 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 3: a hard time. 544 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: I mean again, we did so many you know West 545 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: Coast things like the Nuggets playing late last night, or 546 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, the Ads play late or whatever, so you 547 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 1: feel an obligation to stay up for quite a few 548 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: of those games. 549 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 3: But those are very difficult to fall asleep after. 550 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: Absolutely so I usually and I and Dave's made fun 551 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: of me. I watched like animated shows, right, so, I 552 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: mean they could be action whatever, like Invincible on Amazon, 553 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 1: or there's there's there's some really good ones out there. 554 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 3: They're really phenomenal. But forever reason that helps my brain. 555 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: Like, but if I have to watch like say Hard 556 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: Knocks or something that is like prep related, oh, it's 557 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: never happening, I'm not sleeping the rest of the night 558 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: because then I'm immediately thinking about the show. 559 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a mistake. I was telling our boss Dave 560 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 2: Chepper last week. I can't sleep after games after our 561 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: broadcast for many reasons. Number one, adrenaline, You're jacked up, 562 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 2: and I kind of replay everything in my head. I 563 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: do the same thing after band gigs, and the replay 564 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 2: I'm mostly going over a mistake I might have made, 565 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,239 Speaker 2: of course, not only you know, with the band, but 566 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 2: also when a broadcast and everybody makes mistakes, nobody's gonna 567 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 2: have a perfect broadcast, perfect gig, right, And so that's 568 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 2: what keeps me up at nights. And I don't know 569 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 2: if that's a character flaw or is that a positive 570 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 2: I focused on, Oh man, why did I say that? 571 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 2: Or I made this mistake or I gave out a 572 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 2: wrong stat when the rest of the broadcast could have 573 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 2: been really really good. Out of three hours, right, and 574 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 2: I'll do the same thing with a band gig. You know, 575 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 2: he missed a beat, messed up a fill, whatever. That's 576 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 2: what I focused on. Is that good or bad? How 577 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 2: did you do it? 578 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: I think as a human condition, I do the same 579 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: thing replaying the gig. 580 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 3: Okay, good and I'm glad to hear you say that. 581 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. And most of mistakes, you know, choices I made, 582 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: like waiting too long to get into a song or yeah. 583 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 3: I mean, they's just stuff like that, and everybody makes mistakes. Ye. 584 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 2: To me, that's a sign of a high achiever because 585 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 2: you want to get better and you want to be better, 586 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 2: and you're always trying to improve at everything you do 587 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: in life. At least that's the way I am. 588 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 3: This is one comedy sitcoms I've seen before. 589 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: I watch They're lighthearted and doesn't stimulate the brain too much. 590 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, the things that. 591 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: I've seen before also tend to help a little bit. 592 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: That's whatever I can do to not sort of challenge 593 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: things and get me thinking about the next day. All right, 594 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: I promise, I tell you guys, So you're gonna have 595 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: a chance, a couple of chances here to win Broncos bills. 596 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: Playoff tickets on Kowa we have our Instagram giveaway. We're 597 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: gonna be giving away a pair of tickets tomorrow at 598 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 1: five thirty after a Coach's Corner segment, and those are 599 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: the opportunities. And I think we're doing what I saw 600 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: on Twitter earlier today, some instructions from our guy Anthony Rod. 601 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 3: Let me see if that's still up there. 602 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: Maybe not, but anyways, our Instagram, So go to our 603 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: Kawa Instagram and then five thirty tomorrow, I hear on 604 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: KIOI Sports right after the Coach's Corner, we'll give you 605 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: a chance to win playoff tickets. Broncos Bill's playoff tickets. 606 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: A couple of text of your five six six nine zero. 607 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: We gotta get to some breaking news that happened a 608 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: little while ago with the Seattle Seahawks, talk about like 609 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: all time oh my god, moment thinking like you never 610 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: want this for a team. We'll get to that a 611 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: second here, but yeah, people were talking a little bit. 612 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: I said, oh man, this's just refreshed. Let's see here. 613 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: Do you think there's any advantage in playing during the day. 614 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, I mean I. 615 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: Again, I thought the Broncos getting the two thirty kick 616 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: off was a huge deal. Rick, don't worry unless you 617 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: hear that. No Code Dan is worried, and I'm not 618 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: now nor will I be. 619 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 3: No cod dance. So no Coddan telling you about We're 620 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 3: good to go with. 621 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 2: The game, the Broncos winning. 622 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, the game. 623 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, No Cod Dan's okay, No Code Ran, thanks for 624 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 2: having me back, No co Dan. 625 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 3: So he says, where's the suit? Rick u Ois? 626 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got this Broncos suit that somebody gave me 627 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: ten years ago, literally orngee suit with the Broncos logos 628 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 2: all over it. It's it's it's hideous. It's like a 629 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: clown suit. And I've never worn it for a game. 630 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 2: And this listener here has been texting me the entire show. 631 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 2: You gotta wear it, you gotta wear it Saturday. I 632 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 2: actually thought about it. I looked at it in the 633 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 2: my closet. I thought this might be the time. Then 634 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 2: I saw the weather shift because it was going to 635 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 2: be fifty at kickoff. Now they're talking maybe thirty and 636 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 2: with like it's gonna feel like twenty degrees. That's gonna 637 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 2: be pretty damn cold in the booth. Dave and I 638 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 2: are going to be huddled under an electric blanket in 639 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 2: the booth if it gets that cold. I'm just saying, wu. 640 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: Does aj bring you Hatkoco? 641 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 2: No, Jesse. It's Jesse, our engineer who he puts these 642 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 2: little uh little you know, room heaters underneath the booth, 643 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 2: and then he'll also bring an electric blanket if we 644 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 2: need it. Hands. 645 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 3: Yes, of course. 646 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: I just like the picture of the two of you 647 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: under the electric planket with your beanies on, zipping hot 648 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: Coco calling the game. 649 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't done that, I would say probably in 650 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 2: two years since we've had to do that. And we 651 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 2: have an open booth. People are probably going right what 652 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 2: you're inside? Not really, it's a wide open booth and 653 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 2: we've had great weather here in the last couple of 654 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 2: years for Broncos home games. Somebody, are you going to 655 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 2: like hold me in a certain position? Well, well, well, 656 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 2: well yeah, okay. 657 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 3: That's that's some of your rest work right there. 658 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 2: I'm not going to say I've never sat on his lap. 659 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 2: I'm not going to say that. 660 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: And now we got another one, all right, Uh, I'm 661 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: gonna tell you what happened. 662 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 3: The Seattle Seahawks coming up. Also, the New York Giants 663 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 3: have a new coach, will continue to break down the 664 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 3: Broncos and Bills. 665 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: Dave will be along. Uh Rick the kick keep doing 666 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: this to you, man. Now Ryan knows where he used 667 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: to do to be Color analyst. 668 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Another one said, Rick, geez, put your guard up. 669 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 2: You know this is this is my wheelhouse type stuff. 670 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 2: As you know anybody that listens to me on the 671 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 2: radio for the past couple of decades, this is what 672 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: kind of the kind of show I typically do. And 673 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 2: the one difference though, and I told you this off 674 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 2: the air, we don't tape anything like we just say 675 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 2: something that's out there and it's gone. You guys archiving 676 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: every little thing back there, grant everything everything. That's one 677 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 2: thing I didn't realize. I'm not going to say I've 678 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 2: never sat on his lap. That's there. You're not going 679 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: to say that. Yeah, I come from the entertainment side 680 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 2: of the business, and you know this is all for 681 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 2: entertainment purposes only. 682 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 3: Folks obviously don't take it too seriously. 683 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 2: But also come up, I've evolved from the puka shells 684 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 2: to this by Color. Yeah. Yeah, you had that one too. 685 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 2: I left you a gold mine of drops in the 686 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 2: funky bunch. I only hime in once a week. How 687 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 2: could he have that many? 688 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: Well, I say, we probably could get one or two 689 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: per hour when you're in here and you're the gid 690 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: that keeps on giving. 691 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 3: So have a scare. 692 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: This is all time panic stuff, I think for any 693 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: football fan base. But a little bit of a scare. 694 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: Hopefully it doesn't end up being serious for Seattle. But 695 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold pulled as a bleak today in practice, and 696 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: suddenly there was a bunch of reports that he's going 697 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: to be questionable for the game, that it was Drew 698 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: Locke taking first team. Can you imagine as being a 699 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks fan, you're coming off a bye. 700 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 3: You know that you've got home field. 701 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: It's one of the best home field advantages in all 702 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: the NFL. 703 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 3: I mean it just is right. 704 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: You've you've been to a lot of these stadiums, right, 705 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: you've been to Seattle. 706 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 3: There's something different there. 707 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 2: One of the top two or three yes or noise yes. 708 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: And you can see, I mean even the TV cameras 709 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: are shaking when those games are happening. So you're coming on, 710 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: you're thinking, hey, we're gonna be pot hosting the forty 711 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: nine ers who are super banged up. They're scrappy, they're indivision, 712 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: but we feel pretty good about our spoting. Oh my god, 713 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: our quarterback is questionable for the game with an oblique injury. 714 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: Now he says he's gonna play right, but also, I 715 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: mean Drew Lock just for a moment. I don't know, man, 716 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: we'd all be kind of rooting for Drew Lock. There 717 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't we. 718 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 2: Drew Lock will be QB one if Donald can't go. 719 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 2: And yeah, oblique injury. Those are really tricky, I would say, 720 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 2: especially for a quarterback forty eight hours before kickoff. This 721 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 2: is really unfortunate for him that he's been so good 722 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 2: and they're a seven point favorite. 723 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 3: Man, he's questionable. He's questionable for this game. 724 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 2: That'll be interesting if Drew Lock does get to play. 725 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 3: Right and how much that changes the entire dynamic. 726 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: And it's not to say that, like, whatever you think 727 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: of Sam Donald, he hasn't actually won a postseason game yet, 728 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: which is kind of remarkable to be this deep in 729 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: his career. But that's also goes to show you how 730 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: difficult it is, right, how difficult it is to win 731 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: in the postseason. So he has that opportunity as home 732 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: field advantage and being on a very complete football team, 733 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: but then to suddenly pull your oblique throwing against air today. 734 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 3: Just heartbreakers. So great gratitude, a lot of gratitude. 735 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,239 Speaker 1: Here knocking on all the wood whatever that that the 736 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: the Broncos are are. We got the practice report, they're 737 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: pretty good shape. Meanwhile, the Bills practice report more or 738 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: less kind of what we thought it would be, because 739 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: they did announce that a couple of their players are 740 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: not going to play. Maxwell Harrison's not going to play, 741 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: and then so Harrison's not gonna play, and then the 742 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: other one is. 743 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 3: Jordan Poyer, their safety. 744 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: So got a good player, both both starters good both 745 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: starters both are out. Uh, the Bills listed Terrell Bernard's 746 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: are starting linebacker questionable, the more hamlin Ty Johnson, who's 747 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: who was out last week, he's questionable. At Oliver's coming 748 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: off IR so is handling, by the way, And Curtis 749 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: Samuel's coming off IR he's questionable as well. So they 750 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: have three guys coming off IR potential to open the 751 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: practice window that are questionable for this game. And then 752 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: those two guys are out, so they're coming into this 753 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: thing a little bit banged. 754 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 2: Up, and Oliver is a beast in the middle of 755 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 2: that line. 756 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: So good, but you got to know he's going to 757 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: be limited, Like even if he gets. 758 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, from what I understand, it could be a game 759 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 2: time decision with him. Not a lot of guys come 760 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 2: right off ir and then play the very first game 761 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 2: that they're eligible to play. Now, this is a big game, 762 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 2: but they may be looking at it like, should we 763 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 2: push it with him here, we can maybe win this 764 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,439 Speaker 2: game and then we play him in the AFC Championship game. 765 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 2: That's probably how they're going to evaluate it when it 766 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 2: comes to game time. And you're right though, if he 767 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 2: does play, I don't know how many snaps he could play. 768 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's coming off a bicep injury, so it is 769 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: an important one, right. So, but yeahs missing two of 770 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: your guys and your starting second the secondary, that's a 771 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:02,479 Speaker 1: really big deal. 772 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 3: And Jordan Poyer is one of their best playmakers back there. 773 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 2: So their secondary is probably the strength of their defense. 774 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 3: I would say so. And they are, I mean, we 775 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 3: talked about it earlier this week. 776 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: They're elite as far as passing yards against the number 777 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: one team in the league, but they obviously struggle when 778 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: it comes to running yards against their twenty eight. 779 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 2: Some people say the reason they're number one against the 780 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 2: pass is everybody can run on them, so they're not 781 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,440 Speaker 2: passing as much. I don't think that's necessarily true. But 782 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 2: if the Broncos can run on the Bills, to me, 783 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,839 Speaker 2: that's one of the keys to the game. But I'm 784 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 2: not saying they have to get one hundred and fifty 785 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 2: six yards like Jacksonville did, although that would be great. 786 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 2: If they can get I think even one hundred and 787 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 2: twenty yards rushing, I think they got a really good 788 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:48,359 Speaker 2: chance to win the game.