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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos podcast network and

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 2: As I was and your host is Sidney Jones.

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Speaker 1: And coming up on today's episode, the Number Broncos are

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Speaker 1: set to host the New England Patriots of this Sunday

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Speaker 1: at em Powerfield at Mile High. We'll hear today from

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean pay And for the final time I

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Speaker 1: had a Sunday's matchup and Broncos lead writer Eric Delaladran's

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Speaker 1: to show for a game preview.

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Speaker 2: A lot more coming up.

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Speaker 1: The Number Broncos are set to return home to in

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Speaker 1: power Field at a Mile High as they host the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots this Sunday for a Christmas Eve matchup.

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Speaker 1: And today we heard from head coach Sean pay And

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Speaker 1: as he detailed how practice went this week and how

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Speaker 1: the players responded to having three days off following Saturday's game.

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Speaker 3: Right with three games and thirteen days, three different time zones,

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Speaker 3: you know when you looked at that stretch, and so

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Speaker 3: I just felt like it was necessary.

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Speaker 4: This has been good.

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Speaker 3: No, We're healthy for the most part, and I felt

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Speaker 3: the energy this week was good. We have a night

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Speaker 4: So but overall is good.

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Speaker 1: The weakness good head coach On Payton talked about how

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Speaker 1: he's prepared this week to face Bill Belichick's defense on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Give you an example, So last night's red zone, and

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Speaker 3: we have all this year, and then we go back

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Speaker 3: to last year in the year before, and you put

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Speaker 3: Cincinnati on and you watch how they play. Jamar Chase

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Speaker 3: just giving you examples. You put the Raiders on and

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Speaker 3: you watch how they handle you know, when you're talking now,

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Speaker 3: sometimes they'll double two, you know, the primary and the secondary.

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Speaker 3: The other thing they do a good job with and

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Speaker 3: they always have, is they disrupt the timing of your routes.

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Speaker 3: If your splits get close to you know, the elephants,

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Speaker 3: you get close to the the line of scrimmage, those

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Speaker 3: olbs will you know, and then they'll drop and play.

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Speaker 3: There's some there's some really difficult things in man that

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Speaker 3: some other players, you know, in that in that case,

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Speaker 3: and there's some things you can do if you're getting doubled,

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Speaker 3: you know, that may give the the primary a chance.

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Speaker 3: But all the way back to the Super Bowl versus

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Speaker 3: at Land, Sean watch that tape, all right, and there's Julio,

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Speaker 3: and there's the lean and there's the you know, all

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Speaker 1: Night and for the Broncos defense on Payton talked about

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Speaker 1: where he feels like that unit is at right now.

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Speaker 3: When an offense can generate a consistent run game. Now, man,

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Speaker 3: if it's second and four, every call and the plan

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Speaker 3: I mean obviously staying ahead of the chains. This is

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Speaker 3: You know, it'll take a shot or two. But he

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Speaker 3: likes the tight ends. So we got to get acclimated,

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Speaker 3: is to you know, how they're playing. But back to

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Speaker 4: When you can.

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Speaker 3: Have success with that, then you become easier. It's easier

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Speaker 1: Plus he spoke on the team's resiliency and their ability

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Speaker 3: The one thing I'd say is man, and I've told

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Speaker 3: him this that our resiliency are you know, those things

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Speaker 3: You know, it's coming Philadelphia and it's that's the the

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to take a look at this week

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Speaker 1: as a final injury report, outside linebacker Nick Bonito and

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Speaker 1: Broncos lead writer Eric Delalai.

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Speaker 2: Eric, thanks for joining me today.

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Speaker 4: Yes, Sid, happy holidays.

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Speaker 2: Happy holidays to you. It's gonna be nice.

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Speaker 1: Our first home game in the month of December, so

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be nice to be back at home, especially

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Speaker 4: It really will be. It's been a long, long time

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Speaker 5: I think for this to get back at home, playing

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Speaker 5: for this team. And we'll see if it snows. Sunday

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Speaker 5: said that could be magical. Yeah, magical, that's true. And

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Speaker 2: Christmas Eve snow game. That's true, pretty magical.

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Speaker 5: I would be magical, and a win would be magical too. Yes,

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Speaker 5: I would keep the Broncos in the playoff hunt. So

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Speaker 5: absolutely looking forward to.

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Speaker 1: Well, Eric, we just finished taking a look at the

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Speaker 1: injury report and both Nick Bonito and Greg Dulcige they

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Speaker 2: I know head coach on Payin earlier this week did

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Speaker 1: Hopes to see Greg dolcitch out there at some point

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Speaker 5: So yeah, he on Monday, you wanted to kind of

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Speaker 5: we'll just have to see when Greg dolcicch can get

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Speaker 5: So hopefully the Broncos can get him back out there

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Speaker 5: season and Broncos, you can never have enough edge guys,

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Speaker 5: so if you can come back down the final stretch,

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Speaker 2: Definitely. Yep, thank you for the update there, Eric.

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Speaker 1: Now, looking at the matchup on a Sunday, no head

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Speaker 1: Coachean Payton said earlier this week that is going to

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Speaker 1: you know, what do you really hope to or how

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Speaker 1: do you hope to see this defense just bounce back?

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Speaker 1: You know where do you think they can improve on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's got to be on the early downs and

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Speaker 5: hold them to a short gain. It really decreases what

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Speaker 4: You need to be put them in third down situations.

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Speaker 4: Have Ezekiel Elliot at running back.

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Speaker 5: One of their top rushers is out for this game,

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Speaker 1: Now, Eric, looking at the Patriots defense, I know there's

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Speaker 4: Yes, the Patriots are going to do a couple of things.

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Speaker 5: One, they're going to stop the run, which we know

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Speaker 5: think the other thing is we know that Bill Belichick

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Speaker 5: And so sounds like from what we've heard, and you know,

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Speaker 5: but sounds like Sean Payton expects him to take away

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Speaker 5: we have seen the Broncos have some success, you know, Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: And going off that Eric, you know, given the offensive

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Speaker 5: Again, I think the run game is important. Broncos struggled there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like you said, Eric, can't afford to lose this one.

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Speaker 4: Keep stacking them.

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Speaker 5: But the Cincinnati Pittsburgh game will just have a big

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Speaker 5: But I think if you're picking one game to watch

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Speaker 5: And then next week, after this week's results go through,

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Speaker 5: Root exactly for this team. You need this to happen,

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Speaker 5: and but a Broncos win each week has to be

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well, Eric, looking forward to the game on a Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you joining the show today. You got it, Sid,

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Speaker 1: Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 1: Hope to see you all Adam Powerfield at a mile

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