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Speaker 1: What's thet Broncos Country. Welcome back inside the UC Health

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Speaker 1: Training Center for another episode of Broncos Now. Team reporter

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Speaker 1: and host Sidney Jones here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett and quarterback Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson as a team was back at practice today. Plus

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Speaker 1: I'll have the latest injury report and Phil Malaney and

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Speaker 1: team was back at practice today as they look to

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Speaker 1: face the Tennessee Titans in Nashville on Sunday. Head coach

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett spoke to the media today and gave his

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Speaker 1: thoughts on the Titans and discussed how he'll look to

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Speaker 1: prepare the team as they face a physical opponent. And

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Speaker 1: they're unbelievably physical football team. That's what they pride themselves on.

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Speaker 1: That's how they run the ball, that's how they do

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Speaker 1: everything from defense, offense, and special teams. Also, I mean

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Speaker 1: they bring it, and it's something you point out to

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Speaker 1: gonna bring it every single down. Uh. They love contact,

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Speaker 1: it's a challenge for our entire team to go against

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Speaker 1: a very very good, physical football team as the Broncos

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Speaker 1: come off there by and head into the second half

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Speaker 1: of the season. Quarterback Russell Wilson says, the team has

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Speaker 1: to be in a playoff mentality. You know, this is

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Speaker 1: one of those things that you you approach you know

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Speaker 1: this this week, Uh, you know and understanding you're playing

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Speaker 1: a great football team in the Tennessee Titans. Uh, they

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Speaker 1: that's what we're looking forward to is preparing at the

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Speaker 1: highest level this week. The only thing that matters is today.

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Speaker 1: All the other stuff down the road doesn't really matter. Um.

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Speaker 1: And so at the end of the day, we have

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Speaker 1: a great practice today. We've gotta make sure that today's

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Speaker 1: practice is excellent at the highest level. Titans quarterback Ryan

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Speaker 1: head coach Nathaniel Hackett discusses the challenge that comes with

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Speaker 1: preparing for two different quarterbacks. You obviously don't know exactly

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Speaker 1: But the starting point is you gotta we gotta stop

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Speaker 1: two is an unbelievable football player. We all know that,

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Speaker 1: and that's gonna be a huge challenge for us. Russell

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Speaker 1: this offense. I think you always want to emphasize what's

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Speaker 1: and then I think ultimately, I I think you throughout

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Speaker 1: And I think I think London was was a big

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Speaker 1: time it's going to go your way, but every time

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Speaker 1: the mentality you have to have when you walk on

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Speaker 1: and last, but not least, Coachacket announced today that safety

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Speaker 1: injury report. Coach Hacket updated us on a few guys

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Speaker 1: deeper into today's news, so joining me here inside the

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Speaker 1: how's it going. It feels like it's been forever. Two

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Speaker 1: How was your bye week? Um? It was nice. I

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Speaker 1: in London. I know. Yeah, I was jealous of all

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Speaker 1: We heard earlier from Russell Wilson. You know that London

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Speaker 1: It really does feel like maybe this game against the

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Speaker 1: it's still early in the week, but does that kind

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