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Speaker 1: What's going on Broncos Country. Welcome back to the Broncos

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Speaker 1: podcast network in YouTube. But for the latest edition of

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Speaker 1: Broncos Now, I'm your host Sidney Jones, and it was

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Speaker 1: a busy Monday here at the U see How Training Center.

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Speaker 1: The team activated both outside linebacker Randy Gregory an offensive

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Speaker 1: those guys coming up on tonight's episode. Those transactions were

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Speaker 1: announced this morning. The Broncos activated both outside linebacker Randy

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Speaker 1: Perform list and they returned to practice. Listen to what

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Speaker 1: head coach Nathaniel Hackett had to say about both of

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Speaker 1: those guys getting back out there. They played a lot

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've been great in the meeting rooms up

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Speaker 1: physically and mentally. Prepared to the pre surgery. Um, you

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Speaker 1: going out there and playing on it like that, it's

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Speaker 1: been kind of tough. But you know, fighters, so you're

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Speaker 1: not trying to fight through it. But like I said,

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Speaker 1: got to a point where we had to really take

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Speaker 1: kind of something that's up in the air. Feel very

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Speaker 1: You know. I know what it takes to go and

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Speaker 1: playing game for sixty minutes against any team in this league.

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Speaker 1: So it's not a mental aspect as much as it is,

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Speaker 1: like I said before, the physical, the timing part of

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Speaker 1: these other guys out here have had two and a

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Speaker 1: as I go on as quick as possible. The Broncos

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Speaker 1: also signed inside linebacker Joe Schobert today. Schobert is a

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Speaker 1: seventh year player that has totaled six hundred in forty

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Speaker 1: force fumbles, and three fumble recoveries during his career. He

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Speaker 1: spoke with the media today and discussed what he adds

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Speaker 1: I've played and this has been a seven different defensive

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Speaker 1: But I've been pretty much on every single scheme you

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Speaker 1: details what he likes about Joe Schobert in his game.

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Speaker 1: Schober's a guy that is another experienced guy that we

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Speaker 1: And somebody that has played special team has done a

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Speaker 1: us throughout that. Now, joining me here in the Broncos

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Speaker 1: podcast studio is Broncos lead writer Eric Delala. Per usual. Eric,

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Speaker 1: what a busy Monday down here at the uc Hell

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Speaker 1: Randy and Billy. Let's talk. Let's start with them. You

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Speaker 1: I like where the Broncos. Are you know you still

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Speaker 1: It's about how do you get the best overall starting five.

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Speaker 1: Josh Johnson impressed me. You know, I don't think you've

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Speaker 1: that was encouraging. Um. The run game needs to be better.

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett talked about that the Broncos I think average

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Speaker 1: think is just it's backup offensive lineman. You hope it's

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be Nathaniel Hacketts kind of go to mantra,

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Speaker 1: some really close games against the Chargers, the Chiefs, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: And so to see Nathaniel Hackett handle that situation that way,

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Speaker 1: Baron Browning to he had a really great game. Seems

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Speaker 1: But Eric, appreciate your insight always. We got a couple

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Speaker 1: more days until we to Buffalo for another preseason game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: exciting first road trip. Yeah. And following practice today, we

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Speaker 1: reflected on his performance during Saturday's preseason game. He's a

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Speaker 1: take a look at Today's injury update, Coachacket updated the

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Speaker 1: media on several injuries from SAD Today's preseason game. Like

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Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier in the show, inside linebacker at Jonas

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Speaker 1: Griffith suffered an elbow injury. Co Chacket said he has

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Speaker 1: expected to miss four to six weeks. Both safety Deliriyon

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Speaker 1: Turnery Yale and a cornerback Michael Ojimudia were evaluated for

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Speaker 1: for a couple more weeks. Well that's all the time

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Speaker 1: we have for tonight's episode Broncos Country. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for tuning in for another edition of Broncos Now. I

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