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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 always, I'm your host Sidney Jones.

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Speaker 1: And coming up on today's episode, we'll hear from head

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Speaker 1: coach Sean Payon and several players as they take a

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Speaker 1: look back at a Saturday's loss in Detroit, plus Broncos

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Speaker 1: lead writer Eric de Laladran's a show for a game recap, all.

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Speaker 2: That more coming up.

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Speaker 1: The never Broncos dropped to seven and seven with a

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Speaker 1: forty two to seventeen a loss to the Lions in

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Speaker 1: Detroit on a Saturday, and today weird from head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean Payn and several players as they reflected on the game,

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Speaker 1: and head coach Chan Payn talked about how the team

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Speaker 1: will look to bounce back.

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Speaker 3: We've got good leadership in that locker room. We've got

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Speaker 3: experienced players, and you know, I said to the matter

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Speaker 3: of the game, I said, look, this is a tough loss.

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Speaker 3: You know, they never taste well. This one will go down.

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Speaker 3: But the key for us is to get rested and

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Speaker 3: get ready for you know, the the final three weeks

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Speaker 3: really really starting with this week Versus is New England

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Speaker 3: you know, you can't lose that game twice. You lost

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Speaker 3: it once, and uh we all did collectively. You know,

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Speaker 3: we all could have been better and we weren't, and

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Speaker 3: so let's move forward. I think I think the leadership

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Speaker 3: and the experience in this locker room we've leaned on,

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Speaker 3: we'll lean on again, and I think will service well.

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Speaker 1: Inside linebacker Josie Jewel spoke to the media today and

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Speaker 1: detailed how the defense it didn't execute on a fundamentals

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Speaker 4: One thing we didn't do very well, especially on the

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Speaker 4: defensive side, executing the plan, whether it be you know,

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Speaker 4: doing the exactly what your jobs has to do, or

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Speaker 4: fundamentally finishing plays how we're supposed to and how we've

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Speaker 4: been doing. So just a reminder of you knows the

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Speaker 4: NFL and everybody's good at their job, and you've got

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Speaker 4: to be exceptional if you want to be you know,

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Speaker 4: doing a great job every single week. And that just

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Speaker 1: Plus go chan Payin added to that, discussing the breakdowns

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Speaker 3: Gets the gap integrity and you know, you've got certain gaps,

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Speaker 3: especially when you're playing the down safety defense, and so

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Speaker 3: they they did a good job of of creating space,

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Speaker 3: that that would be the first thing.

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Speaker 1: And on offense, Sean Payne and Titan and Adam Trautman

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Speaker 1: and how they'll look to do that this weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we didn't run it as well as I thought

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Speaker 3: I think that's an area Cleveland. You know, it was

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Speaker 5: I think it's just having answers against different things. I

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Speaker 5: you know, just adjusting and we have done that. Our

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Speaker 5: It just comes down to you know, players executing and

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Speaker 6: Scheme and how and what we know and how to

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, it'll be nice to be stationary. Obviously

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Speaker 3: We all watched the games yesterday and you get caught

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Speaker 3: and it's going to take three wins, but it starts

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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 Delala. Eric,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining me on the show today. You got

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Speaker 1: it said a lot to look at it from a Sunday, Saturday,

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Speaker 1: Saturday night's game, not Sunday, Eric, But are you feeling

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Speaker 2: I know we got back really late on Saturday.

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Speaker 7: I think it was a long road trip. When you

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Speaker 7: in this league the difficulty of going on the road

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Speaker 7: three times in a row rarely happens. The Broncos haven't

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Speaker 7: done it in what six years, And when it does happen,

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Speaker 7: it's a strain I think on these players' bodies. Adam

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Speaker 7: easy sometimes to view these games in a vacuum. Right,

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Speaker 7: it feels like, well, you've just got this next game

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Speaker 7: it's a short week for both teams, right, But for

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Speaker 7: the Broncos in particular, having to go from a road

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Speaker 8: Sure, that's difficult.

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Speaker 7: And there's a reason why teams often struggle with these

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Speaker 7: so that speaks to the difficulty of it. I will say,

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Speaker 7: And so it wasn't necessarily pretty against Detroit, and you

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Speaker 1: I mean, you mentioned it. Three game road trip is

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and we saw Sean Payton say that, Hey, normally,

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Speaker 7: and Sean Payne kind of looked at this team where

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Speaker 7: just in terms of letting this team reset a little bit,

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Speaker 8: Where the Broncos go one in two.

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Speaker 7: Now this is, even though it's only three games, I

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Speaker 1: Definitely, ye, so much needed rest for the players, over

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Speaker 1: Saturday's matchup, you know, certainly a tough loss. I want

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Speaker 7: But unfortunately, after those three drives, the Lions found a

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think some of it, and he's right. The

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Speaker 7: Adam Trumman talked about that on Monday. Just teams are

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Eric, on Saturday, you know the Broncos, they were

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it was big, just in terms of momentum Broncos

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Speaker 8: And it was a missed opportunity.

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Speaker 7: Think the main thing there was the Julia McLoughlin catch

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Speaker 1: look to turn the page after this, how they bounce back.

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Speaker 1: And you know something that wide receiver cool and si

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Speaker 1: And said after the game kind of stuck out to

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Speaker 1: me because someone asked him this.

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Speaker 2: He was like, look at everything that we've done this season.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look at how this team is rallied, look

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Speaker 1: at how this team is fought back, Like, why do

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Speaker 1: you think that would change moving forward here? And I

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Speaker 1: love that mindset for the final three weeks.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and he had a little bit of an edge

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Speaker 7: to him he did as he said that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: I think Alex Singleton post game kind of had the

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Speaker 7: same thing. I think there was a sentiment among these

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Speaker 7: guys of like this, this was a bad loss, no

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Speaker 7: doubt about it. But let's let's wipe it away and

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Speaker 7: let's go get it and we know we can bounce back.

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Speaker 7: And there was almost kind of like a doubt us

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Speaker 7: if you want to, you know, and you know, doubt

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Speaker 7: us if if you think that's best.

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Speaker 8: But we're gonna show you.

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Speaker 7: Like Gary bol said the same thing, Hey, we're six

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Speaker 7: and two in our last eight games, so tell us.

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Speaker 8: We can't do this. We're gonna we're gonna show that

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Speaker 8: you're wrong.

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Speaker 7: And I do think there's an element of this team

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Speaker 7: that wants to get right back on the field, wants

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Speaker 7: to get this taste out of their mouth and kind

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Speaker 7: of go back and go back to what they were doing,

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Speaker 7: which is playing good football. I'm physically dominating opponents and

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Speaker 7: earning wins. And you know, if they're able to turn

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Speaker 7: that mindset into good practices and into action, I think

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Speaker 7: you'll see him bounce back against the Patriots this week.

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Speaker 7: But yeah, I like the mentality sometimes after the losses.

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Speaker 7: During the one and five start, there was almost like

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Speaker 7: a you know, what are we supposed to do? Or

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Speaker 7: just like kind of being down. Nobody was down. They

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Speaker 7: were angry, I think is my sense. In the locker room.

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Speaker 7: They were angry that that that's what happened on the field,

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Speaker 7: you know, and typically when teams are angry, they come

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Speaker 7: back the next week and respond really well.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, Eric, looking at the final three weeks here,

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Speaker 1: these are really now must win games.

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Speaker 2: What does the playoff picture kind of look like at

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Speaker 2: this point?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, well it starts with the Broncos winning, right, and

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Speaker 7: Sean Payton said that we've got to get three wins,

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Speaker 7: but it starts with this one. So you've got to

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Speaker 7: make sure that you don't drop one to the Patriots.

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Speaker 7: And I know they've won only three games, but they

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Speaker 7: pushed Kansas City a little bit this past week, went

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Speaker 7: to Pittsburgh, got a big win on a short week there,

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Speaker 7: which I thought was impressive. They've you know, they had

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Speaker 7: to win over Buffalo earlier in the year. So not

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Speaker 7: a not a team that's just going to come in

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Speaker 7: here and lay down. You've got to be ready to go.

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Speaker 7: Bill Belichick obviously one of the greatest coaches in the

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Speaker 7: history of the NFL. He'll take away your top option.

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Speaker 8: You know.

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Speaker 7: Sean Payton said, look, the Lions took away Courtland Sutton

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Speaker 7: a little bit. Expects the Patriots to do the exact

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Speaker 7: same thing. So you might need Jerry Judy, you might

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Speaker 7: need the run game to step up here a lot.

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Speaker 7: And you've got to take these guys seriously, because if

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Speaker 7: the Broncos think they're just gonna Waltzon and win by

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Speaker 7: thirty without even trying there, you could possibly pick up

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Speaker 7: a loss at ends your season. So it starts there.

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Speaker 7: If you get all three wins, which again easier so

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Speaker 7: than done. You got to take it one week at

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Speaker 7: a time. You're still in good position. I know there's

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Speaker 7: a lot of consternation right now. Good word, that's a

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Speaker 7: good word, with the Broncos playoff chances being around twenty

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Speaker 7: percent right now. But if you if you put those

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Speaker 7: three wins in there, you get to a much better

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Speaker 7: place between seventy and eighty percent for the wild card spot.

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Speaker 7: You're probably looking at the seventh seed right now, which

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Speaker 7: is okay, still in the field. Still gives you a chance.

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Speaker 7: And listen, you're gonna need a couple results here and there.

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Speaker 7: Certainly some teams to monitor are the Jaguars, Texans, and

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Speaker 7: Colts in the AFC South. You know, the Texans and

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Speaker 7: Colts still play each other. In the AFC North, the Steelers, Bengals,

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Speaker 7: Browns are all still alive there, but they you know,

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Speaker 7: the Browns play the Texans this week, so someone picks

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Speaker 7: up a loss there the Browns, or excuse me, the

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Speaker 7: Bengals and Steelers still play. The Steelers and Ravens still play.

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Speaker 7: So there's some teams here that are going to face

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Speaker 7: each other hand themselves some losses, and certainly there's a

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Speaker 7: there's a chance that the Broncos could get ten wins

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Speaker 7: and be left out but I think looking at it,

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Speaker 7: most scenarios, especially ones where the favored team wins. For example,

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Speaker 7: the Broncos are in decent position here if they get

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Speaker 7: to ten wins. And it doesn't look great right now

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Speaker 7: because there's a lot of eight and six teams, but

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Speaker 7: I think after this weekend it'll look better for Denver,

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Speaker 7: especially if you get a win obviously, right and you know,

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Speaker 7: say Houston loses one at or you know, against Cleveland,

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Speaker 7: or you know, either the Steelers or Bengals they play

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Speaker 7: each other this weekend, so one of them is gonna lose, right.

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Speaker 7: You know, Miami plays Dallas, so if Dallas wins that

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Speaker 7: that could be good. Yeah, And so I think you'll

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Speaker 7: start to see some results that go in the broncos favor,

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Speaker 7: even though on Sunday the Browns pull out a win

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Speaker 7: that hurts the Broncos, the Texans come from behind and

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Speaker 7: get a win that hurts the Broncos. But I think,

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Speaker 7: just win these football games, have a little faith. I

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Speaker 7: think it'll work out. And as these teams beat up

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Speaker 7: on each other a little bit, the Broncos kind of

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Speaker 7: have a path where if they win, they don't quite

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Speaker 7: control their own destiny.

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Speaker 8: But they should be in good shape, so.

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Speaker 2: A lot to play for well, Eric, appreciate you coming

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Speaker 2: on the show today.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, got it.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it for today's episode A Broncos

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Speaker 1: Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 2: you right back here on the.

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