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

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now. The 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 interim head coach Jerry Rossberg, quarterback Russell

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Speaker 1: time since the Broncos parted ways with head coach Nathaniel Hackett. Plus,

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Speaker 1: I'll have the latest injury report, and Philmlanni joins the show.

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Speaker 1: All that and more coming up. You're at the uc

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Speaker 1: Hell Training Center today interim head coach Jerry Rossberg spoke

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Speaker 1: for the first time. He opened up his press conference

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Speaker 1: how humble he is for this opportunity, his confidence that

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Speaker 1: he can do the job, and more. First of all,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to just let you know that I'm humbled

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Speaker 1: those two traits are really valuable. I've talked to players

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Speaker 1: also the to cooperate with confidence, and that really is

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Speaker 1: the power couple for me. Because we don't all know everything,

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Speaker 1: we can't all do everything, so we have to embrace

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Speaker 1: pay attention and open our eyes. And at the same time,

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Speaker 1: we're all gifted with traits that not every person has,

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Speaker 1: And if we can combine the humility that we possess

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Speaker 1: And I believe that that's the case right here. I've

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Speaker 1: I'm desiring to have a great practice here in about

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Speaker 1: I don't. I'm not trying to enhance any kind of

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Speaker 1: head coach Nathaniel Hockett meant to them, and they talked

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Speaker 1: Hacket because I think he's an amazing man, amazing teacher,

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Speaker 1: game for US. UM. You know, this season has been UM,

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Speaker 1: today's press conferences, is a fellow team reporter at Phil Melanie, Phil,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining me today. I know it's been a

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Speaker 1: We heard from interim head coach Jerry Rossberg earlier in

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Speaker 1: I'm always happy to come on, and especially with the

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Speaker 1: new year coming up, we're a positive out like in

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Speaker 1: I like it, Okay, I like it. All right, Thanks

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