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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back inside Center Health Training Center

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Speaker 1: for another episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 2: As always, I'm your host is Sidney.

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Speaker 1: Jones, and coming up on today's episode, we'll hear from

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean Payton and several players as they take

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Speaker 1: a look back at Sunday's loss, plus Broncos lead writer

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Speaker 1: Eric Delaladrian's the show for a game recap, all that

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Speaker 1: more coming up. Broncos fell seventeen to sixteen at home

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Speaker 1: in Week one to the Las Vegas Raiders, not the

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Speaker 1: outcome Denver was hoping for in their season opener, but

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Speaker 1: there are positives that can be taken out of Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton discussed his thoughts on the offensive

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Speaker 1: performance and what they can take out of Week one

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Speaker 1: moving forward.

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Speaker 3: I just finished talking about this with our team in

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Speaker 3: that it's rare both teams end up with just six possessions,

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Speaker 3: you know, in other words, points then become at a premium.

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Speaker 3: You're generally speaking, you're between ten and twelve of the

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Speaker 3: into the game. So part of it was a result

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Speaker 3: of both teams having long sustained drives, you know, overcoming

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Speaker 3: some third downs, maybe some penalties that keep drives moving.

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Speaker 3: But it was a little unusual that way. Obviously, the

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Speaker 3: thing offensively that maybe stood out is there weren't any explosives.

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Speaker 3: Maybe we had a couple of plays that would measure

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Speaker 3: into the explosive category, but it was it was unique

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Speaker 3: that way in a game where you didn't have the

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Speaker 3: same amount of possessions you were used to, and then

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Speaker 3: the margins quickly shifted. So if you told me we

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Speaker 3: were going to win the turnover battle, we were going

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Speaker 3: to win the rushing battle against that team, I would

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Speaker 3: have been real happy and said that more than likely

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Speaker 3: we were going to win the game, but it wasn't

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Speaker 3: the case.

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Speaker 1: Both running backs some A. Jp Ryan and inside linebacker

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Speaker 1: Josie Jewel also spoke on the team's unusual six possessions

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Speaker 1: and how that can be used as a strength moving forward.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's going to be a going to

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Speaker 4: be a huge strength for us just to keep drives going,

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Speaker 4: just uh, you know, take time off of the clock

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Speaker 4: just to wear people down. And you know, when we

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Speaker 4: get the explosives figured out, then you know it's it's

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Speaker 4: really gonna be really going to be difficult to stop us,

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Speaker 4: because you know, you have to worry about the run game,

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Speaker 4: you know, the quick passes, but also the deep there,

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Speaker 4: so you can't just load the box all the time.

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Speaker 4: So you know, it's it's it's definitely gonna help out.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's the season goes along and you know

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Speaker 4: we're just well, just see where it takes us.

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Speaker 5: Definitely longer than usual. I mean, we love when our

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Speaker 5: offense is out there driving the ball, eating up some clock,

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Speaker 5: but then I mean their offense did some of the

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Speaker 5: same to us, So uh yeah, I did feel pretty weird.

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Speaker 5: But we got to be able to, like I said earlier,

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Speaker 5: we've got to be able to find a way to

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Speaker 5: get off on third down, not have those stupid penalties,

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Speaker 5: and just be able to execute the coaches calls. So, uh,

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Speaker 5: it did feel weird, but those are things we can

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Speaker 5: also stop, you know, and we can give our offense

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Speaker 1: Earlier, also talked about his thoughts on the team's one

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Speaker 1: two punch with him and running back Javonte Williams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's working out great.

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Speaker 4: I mean, obviously it was only the first game, but

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Speaker 4: you know, I can see us really you know.

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Speaker 2: Down the stretch, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, going into a third and fourth quarter, really leaning

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Speaker 4: still relatively fresh because you know, we're two physical backs,

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Speaker 4: and you know, some some teams just aren't gonna want

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Speaker 4: to go against that for four quarters. But you know, yesterday,

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Speaker 4: I feel like was a was a decent debut. Would

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Speaker 4: have been great to get to win, but you know,

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Speaker 4: there was of course, there's some things that we have

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Speaker 4: of positives, you know, to take away from this game,

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Speaker 4: and you know, I'm just excited to see how, you know,

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Speaker 4: how we keep moving forward and you know how we

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Speaker 1: Runcus defense held Raiders running back Josh Jacobs to just

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Speaker 1: forty eight yards on nineteen care reason. Josie Jewel said

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Speaker 1: today that he was impressed with the team's physical front.

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Speaker 5: I thought, I DeLine did a great job all game

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Speaker 5: of you know, keeping the lanes pretty tight for us.

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Speaker 5: Alex and I are run around even the safeties every

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Speaker 5: did a great job. I mean, all you saw a

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Speaker 5: we have to do weekend and week out.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payne detailed how we saw the team

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Speaker 1: bounce back in difficult situations yesterday and what his expectations

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Speaker 1: are this week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, look, I thought there was great. I thought,

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Speaker 3: you know, we battled hard all of those things, and

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Speaker 3: yet it's disappointing you don't come away with to win.

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Speaker 3: My expectations this week or you know, we're back at it.

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Speaker 3: We're back to work and we get ready to play

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Speaker 3: another home game and an important game for us.

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Speaker 1: Josie Jewel added to that, saying that the team made

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Speaker 1: their corrections today and it's time to move on to

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Speaker 1: week two.

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Speaker 5: You know, we lost the game yesterday. I made the

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Speaker 5: corrections today and people always talk about the twenty four

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Speaker 5: hour rule and stuff like that, and you know, now

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Speaker 5: that we watched it, now that we all talked about it,

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Speaker 5: it's time to let it go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it sucks. First game.

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Speaker 5: You don't want to lose, specially Raiders AFC game. So

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Speaker 5: now I mean, now it's time to move on, and

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Speaker 5: everybody's got to be on the same page of trying

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Speaker 5: to be Washington, and that's what we're going to try

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Speaker 5: to do.

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Speaker 2: And we're going to keep.

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Speaker 5: Our nose to the grindstone and worry about them and

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Speaker 5: not worry about the last game.

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Speaker 1: Now, joining me here in the Broncos podcast studio for

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Speaker 1: a game recap is Broncos lead writer Eric delalla Erica

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Speaker 1: close one this Sunday. Unfortunately, the Broncos didn't get the

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Speaker 1: win to open up their season, but there were a

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Speaker 1: lot of positives to take out of the game. First off,

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Speaker 1: this offense got off to a faster start, and the

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Speaker 1: Bronco scored on their season opening drive for the first

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Speaker 1: time since two thousand and eight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah long time, hunh, that's a long time.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, surprising. That went all the way through the Peyton

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Speaker 2: But yeah, thank you for that stat too. Welcome.

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Speaker 6: Our friend Tyler Gorse pulled it initially, so I'll give

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Speaker 6: him credit. Yeah, you know, I think the offense looked

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Speaker 6: better obviously. I think there were several signs of that.

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Speaker 6: The touchdown drive, the two minute touchdown right before halftime. Obviously,

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Speaker 6: that put the Broncos in the lead. Their third down

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Speaker 6: efficiency close to fifty percent. You look at the fact

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Speaker 6: scoring drives, only one three and out, and every other

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Speaker 2: I mean, they possessed the ball.

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Speaker 6: Well, it just didn't ultimately lead to I don't how

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Speaker 6: many points or a win unfortunately, and that had to

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Speaker 6: the huge chunk plays that you see sometimes. That was

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Speaker 6: part of the Raiders I think defensive strategy. But yeah,

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Speaker 6: the offense looked better, and I think it's actually compared

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Speaker 6: to last year at this time because granted what we're

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Speaker 6: going to continue to see it improve. I think there's

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Speaker 6: a lot to be encouraged about it, particularly on the

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Speaker 1: Of the football for sure, and something that's been talked

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Speaker 1: about a lot today.

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Speaker 3: Eric.

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Speaker 1: We heard from head coach On Payne earlier in the

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Speaker 1: show about how unusual was for this team to six

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Speaker 1: possessions on Sunday, both the Broncos and the Raiders too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at that, I mean typically

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Speaker 1: in a game a team has what ten possessions or more?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, ten, twelve, I mean eight is a is a

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Speaker 6: since two thousand at least, which is when the data

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Speaker 6: goes back to Broncos have never had a game with

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Speaker 6: this few possessions. And listen, part of that was holding

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Speaker 6: defense did give up some long drives, and Josie Jewell

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Speaker 6: talked about that on Monday, that hey, we've got to

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Speaker 6: get off the field on third down and give our

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Speaker 6: offense a few more chances because points per possession. Scoring

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Speaker 6: on three of the six drive certainly an encouraging, you

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Speaker 6: And Sean Payton talked about that too, that when you

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Speaker 6: the margin for air just gets a lot smaller and unfortunately,

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Speaker 6: so I got the box score in front of me,

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Speaker 6: of first downs, They had the exact same third downefficiency

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Speaker 2: The difference in net yards was one. I mean, you

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Speaker 6: Teams played essentially the same game, and I mean you

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Speaker 6: kind of expect that in a one point game. But

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Speaker 6: the Broncos didn't make the mistakes that the Raiders did.

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Speaker 6: The Raiders threw a pick in the end zone, had

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Speaker 6: that big penalty on Riley Dixon that extended a Bronco's

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Speaker 6: It just felt like, you know, they were two and four,

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Speaker 6: two of four in the red zone instead of two

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Speaker 6: of three. It felt like the Raiders made more mistakes

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Speaker 6: and yet they come away with the victory. And we

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Speaker 6: heard Sean Payton say, when you win in rushing, you

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Speaker 6: win in the penalty yards, you figure you're going to

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Speaker 6: look up. Yet, yeah, turnovers, you figure you're going to

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Speaker 6: it just didn't happen.

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Speaker 1: Eric, you mentioned the penalties. The Broncos had ten for

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Speaker 1: eighty three yards. I mean, how much do you feel

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Speaker 1: like those really impacted yesterday's game?

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Speaker 2: I mean, certainly a couple of them really did.

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Speaker 6: I mean, right that Kareem Jackson unnecessary roughness penalty. It's

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Speaker 6: a tough one, right, it's a bang bang play. He's

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Speaker 6: got to make a stop, You've got to get them

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Speaker 6: off the field. Certainly not trying to hurt anybody, but

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Speaker 6: that was a big one. A saying, Bassie's roughing the

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Speaker 6: passer call that you know, I understand by the letter

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Speaker 6: of the law, maybe it's right, but he's just he's

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: That obviously turned a big play for the Raider into

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and they both got especially samaj got better as

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Speaker 6: You've just had some success with Samaj running the football.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, the running game was was solid, The pass

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Speaker 1: Well, we also heard head coach Sean Payton talked today

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Speaker 6: Yes, some of it is situational, right, I mean, Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Eric Whosld, you know Denver's defense pretty much contained

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's just about it's about having urgency, right, and

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Speaker 2: That's part of it.

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Speaker 6: You can't I mean, from an offensive standpoint, you've got

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Speaker 1: Well, it seems like the message heading into this week

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Speaker 1: It's still a long season and goals just to get

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 6: You know you don't want to dismiss a loss right

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Speaker 2: And if you're these guys, you can't.

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Speaker 6: You know, it's easy for fans to kind of look

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Speaker 1: Yep, Well, the players have the day off tomorrow and Tuesday,

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