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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. As always,

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Speaker 1: from your host is Sidney Jones, and coming up on

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Speaker 1: today's episode, the Broncos we're back at practice again as

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Speaker 1: they continue to prepare to face the LA Chargers this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: We hear from all three coordinators and Javonte Williams was

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Speaker 1: named this year's ed Block Courage Award winner.

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Speaker 2: All that more coming up.

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Speaker 1: As the Broncos continue to prepare for this AFC West

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Speaker 1: showdown in Los Angeles on a Sunday. We heard today

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Speaker 1: from offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi in quarterback Patzertan as they

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Speaker 1: both talked about what makes Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen

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Speaker 1: a special player.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think you know, he was hurt for a

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Speaker 2: good portion last year, but you know, just you know,

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Speaker 2: one of those guys that's always open. As a quarterback,

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Speaker 2: you can kind of hang on him because he's going

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Speaker 2: to do something to get open and he's not going

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Speaker 2: to fool you. Great hands, great route runner, super smart.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's kind of been doing it his whole

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Speaker 2: career and everyone who's played with him will tell you

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Speaker 2: the same thing. It's just you know, he's one of

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Speaker 2: those special players.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he possessed a unique skill trait. I believe they

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Speaker 3: move him around to succeed in the offense. He's a

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Speaker 3: very crafty route runner. He's very smart and decisive, So

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Speaker 3: you know, there's always going to be a challenge going

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Speaker 1: Potterer Chan also talked about Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Vans. Joseph added to that, discussing how they

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Speaker 1: game plan for someone like him.

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Speaker 3: You can make obviously every throw in the field, that's

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Speaker 3: how talented he is. But what's underrated is, you know,

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Speaker 3: it's ability to make second chance plays, you know, just

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Speaker 3: by his feet running the ball and maneuvering through that.

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Speaker 3: So we got a key out on that, and you know,

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Speaker 3: going against him, he is always going to be a

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Speaker 4: I think taking him away, you know, I mean, he

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Speaker 4: is obviously one of their best weapons, and every game

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Speaker 4: plan we have Troy is take away their best weapon

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Speaker 4: and the best content that you know, it goes through him,

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Speaker 4: you know, so that's definitely part of the game plan.

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Speaker 4: You know how we do it. I won't share that,

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Speaker 4: but he is definitely their best player right now as

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Speaker 4: far as numbers and targets and those things, so we

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Speaker 1: On Sunday, Jhila Marty also went on to talk about

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, who leads the league in sacks right now.

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Speaker 2: I think the combination of his skill set. You know,

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Speaker 2: some guys are just dangerous as a speed rush. Other

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Speaker 2: guy's got great power. You know, he's got it all.

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Speaker 2: He's a really good run defender.

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Speaker 4: He's just.

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Speaker 2: You know, some defensive ends or edge players, you know

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Speaker 2: he's one of those al timers as far as his character,

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Speaker 2: his practice habits, and the way he plays, it's just,

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Speaker 1: As a Broncos sit at six and six with meaningful

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Speaker 1: games left of light in the final few weeks of

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Speaker 1: the season. Here, Pat talked about what it means to

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Speaker 1: be playing in the high stakes football.

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Speaker 3: That means a lot. Being able to play high level

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Speaker 3: football at this time of the month is very important

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Speaker 3: obviously on this stretch, you know, we got a couple

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Speaker 3: So I think the main thing is, you know, winning

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Speaker 1: And running back at Javonte Williams was named the team's

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three ed Block Courage Award winner. He spoke

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Speaker 1: today on what his honor means to him.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a great honor just seeing how the God

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Speaker 5: support me. Just hearing Rustling and the general manajers just

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Speaker 5: I know it's a single award, but it was really

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Speaker 1: He also went on to talk about how much it

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Speaker 1: meant to be selected by his teammates due to his

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, that is cool. Like I was, like I

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Speaker 5: It just showed it.

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Speaker 1: It was.

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Speaker 5: It might not have been with me the whole time,

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Speaker 5: on the field is always a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me on today's episode of Broncos Now is Phila.

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Speaker 1: Team reworder at Film Milani filled two days in a row.

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Speaker 6: I know, it's great to be here.

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Speaker 1: I know, happy to have you on.

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Speaker 6: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: No, we just finished hearing from Javonte Williams the fact

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Speaker 1: that he got the Block Courage Award this year. I mean,

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Speaker 1: how deserving is he of this? Think of anyone else

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know it was like so sad and like tragic,

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Speaker 6: like when he went down yeah last year in that

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Speaker 6: he got that injury and you're like, I don't know

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Speaker 6: how he's gonna return, you know, but Javonte's got that

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Speaker 6: resiliency and that work ethic that you know, he just

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Speaker 6: which is really amazing. And you heard offensive coordinator Joel

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Speaker 6: the injury he had, that's really like a two year recovery,

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Speaker 6: So like, don't expect too much from Javonte this year.

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Speaker 6: But you know, he's defied the odds and overcome that

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Speaker 6: the weird thing is Jivant he doesn't have a rushing

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Speaker 6: the UFO. And yeah, the physical style that he plays with,

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Speaker 1: I feel like this word means a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: you know, knowing that your teammates, your friends are the

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Speaker 6: Yeah, exactly, and they play like a little video and

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Speaker 6: to celebrate him in a team meeting, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, and you put that video together this year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and George Payton talked about it and just you know,

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Speaker 6: I think that's a nice way that they can celebrate him.

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Speaker 6: And you know, I think that when you're rehabbing like that,

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Speaker 6: there's a lot of dark days, you know, definitely where

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Speaker 6: do it, deal with it. It's painful. You're alone with

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Speaker 6: and especially last year, you know what the struggles the

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Speaker 1: Very happy for Jamonte Phil looking on a Sunday's matchup.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's been a while since the Broncos have

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Speaker 1: one a divisional road game.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think eleven straight that they've yeah, three straight

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how do you think you know, only you know

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Speaker 1: a lot of the guys on this team haven't been

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Speaker 1: here throughout that whole stretch, of course, But you know,

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Speaker 1: how do you think they approach something like that knowing

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Speaker 6: Haven't Well, I think that you just sort of view

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Speaker 6: just about they know what's on the line now, you know,

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Speaker 6: essentially the same thing, that like, look, all these games

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Speaker 6: end of the year, one of the big tie breakers

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Speaker 6: is your conference record, and so the Broncos have lost

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Speaker 6: It's just that the Charge have been a good team

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So, I know we talked about Chargers wide receiver

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Speaker 1: that's definitely the matchup to watch this game.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean Keenan Allen, especially with Mike Williams out

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Speaker 6: this season, Keenan Allen is sort of Justin Herbert's go

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Speaker 6: but uh yeah, that's gonna be a big part of

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Speaker 6: and uh uh, that's gonna be sort of a fun

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Speaker 1: To watch it fell sticking with Pat in this defense.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos that they have five wins and just one

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Speaker 1: loss this season when they recorded two or more takeaways.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I hope to see Pat got one

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Speaker 6: Yeah exactly. He said, you just got to be patient

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Speaker 6: So quarterbacks like that, you do have an opportunity there

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Speaker 1: Talking about the offense, Phil, you know, I know Javonte Williams.

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Speaker 1: He was asked today how he hopes to see them

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Speaker 6: The Chargers, Well, I think the offensive line. There's like

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Speaker 6: Then last week against Willie Anderson, you know, a rookie sensation,

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Speaker 6: You know, even on that last play, that third down play,

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Speaker 6: the running game. Play action is so important for Russ.

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Speaker 6: His numbers in play action versus non play action are

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Phil, I know Joe Lombardi talked today about, you know,

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Speaker 6: That the Broncos formula to have success on the offensive

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Speaker 6: I think thirty percent of Russ's passes since week seven,

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Speaker 6: think that the core of this offense is from sending

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Speaker 6: I think that that's where a lot of success, especially

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, and I think we'll see a little bit

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Speaker 1: more of that this weekend in La Phil. I appreciate

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Speaker 1: you hamming on the show. Well, that's going to do

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Speaker 1: it for today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos Country. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for tuning in. I'll meet you right back

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Speaker 1: here on the Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube tomorrow for

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Speaker 1: a game preview. I'll see you all then,