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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country. Welcome back inside the uc Hell

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Speaker 1: Training Center for another episode of Broncos Now to Your

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Speaker 1: Reporter and hosted Sidney Jones. Here and coming up on

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Speaker 1: today's episode, we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett and

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Speaker 1: all three coordinators as they spoke to the media today.

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Speaker 1: Plus I'll have the latest injury report and a quarterback

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Speaker 1: Passortan discusses being named Aree Pro Bowl Starter. All that

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Speaker 1: and more coming up. The big news coming out of

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Speaker 1: the uc Hell Training Center today is that cornerback Pacer

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Speaker 1: Tan was named Aree Pro Bowl Starter. Tig A Lesson

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Speaker 1: Ascertan spoke on what this accolade means to him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it means a lot, especially um, you know, when you

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Speaker 1: put the work in. You know, you're hard, you know,

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Speaker 1: for a reason like this to get all the accolades

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Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So you know, it's a big

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Speaker 1: accomplishment for me and my family of course for my dad,

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Speaker 1: um being in Pro Bowls as well too, you know,

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Speaker 1: So that's the besting. But you know it's just goes

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Speaker 1: to show the work I put in and you know,

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Speaker 1: with my parents and everybody thinks me. So he's a big,

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Speaker 1: conscient and defensive coordinator. Ejero e Vero also discussed how

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Speaker 1: deserving Pat Sortan is of this recognition and how he's

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Speaker 1: seen him grow over the past year. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: definitely a great accomplishment. Um. And uh, he the great

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Speaker 1: thing about him is every day he comes in, he

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Speaker 1: such a work ethic for such a young player. And um,

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Speaker 1: you know he's made strides in a lot of areas.

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Speaker 1: You know, his his recognition, his knowledge of the defense,

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Speaker 1: he will be the first one to tell you too

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Speaker 1: that you know, at the end of the day, he

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Speaker 1: knows it's a it's not only a reflection of himself,

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Speaker 1: but all the people around him, especially as teammates. And uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, we want to win more so than anything,

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Speaker 1: and that's our our mindset, and we definitely want to

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Speaker 1: acknowledge the guys that you help us do get that

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Speaker 1: job done and the guys that get the individual accolades.

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Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, we you know,

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Speaker 1: was selected as a first alternate for this year's Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Justin talked today about what it meant to receive this

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Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, first of all, obviously disappointed, right,

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Speaker 1: But I think with putting things in perspective, you know,

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Speaker 1: missing five games this year, um, you know, the four

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Speaker 1: missing five five games and still being able to be

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Speaker 1: still like special and I think it's really cool, just

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Speaker 1: coaches and other players around the league, UM look at

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Speaker 1: Um you know, no, no, no ill will or shots

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Speaker 1: elevating the safety position. But obviously I think highly of

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Speaker 1: motivation you know, just like last year, I thinking first alternate. Um,

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Speaker 1: discuss just how deserving both Pat and Justin are. With Pat,

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Speaker 1: a great honor for any player to be selected to

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Speaker 1: Now uh with I think with great players, you know,

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Speaker 1: individual accolades. Yeah, I think I think winning games ultimately helps, right,

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Speaker 1: injury report. Outside linebacker Randy Gregory, wide receiver Kendall Hayne,

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Speaker 1: staff writer Stut Jackson to take a look at this

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Speaker 1: matchup from the Rams perspective. Take a listen, Stu, thank

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Speaker 1: We'll see you mentioned that, you know, both the Broncos

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Speaker 1: meet me right back here for a game preview tomorrow evening.

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Speaker 1: I will see you all then,