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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country. Welcome back to the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: network in YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now

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Speaker 1: to reporter and host Sydney Jones here reporting to you

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Speaker 1: from London outside the Broncos Pub. Coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett and I'll have

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Speaker 1: the final injury report, Plus Broncos lead writer Eric Delala

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Speaker 1: joins the show for eight game preview, all that more

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Speaker 1: on tonight's episode. Broncos are set to face the Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: Jaguars here in London in just two days at Wembley Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Today was the last full day of practice for the

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Speaker 1: Broncos and the team seem to have a little bit

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Speaker 1: of extra juice out on the field. CoA Jacket explains why. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a combination of a lot of things. I think

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Speaker 1: the guys are fired up to get out there and

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Speaker 1: have another opportunity. I think they want to go out

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Speaker 1: there and they want to prove themselves. We've been so

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Speaker 1: close for so many games. Has been a couple of

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Speaker 1: there and make those places. Ka Chaki gave an update

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Speaker 1: on a Russell Wilson's hamstring injury today and said, unless

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Speaker 1: there's any setbacks, they're hoping to see him out on

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Speaker 1: the field on a Sunday. Russell's always gonna think he

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Speaker 1: can go. I mean that, that's what you love about

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Speaker 1: the guy. He's always gonna want to be out there.

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Speaker 1: He's a true competitor for us. We wanted to be

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Speaker 1: sure we gave him time time to be able to

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Speaker 1: just being out here watching him throw, watching a move

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Speaker 1: than last week. Coachak had discussed Russell's the last art

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Speaker 1: build off of that. Just focusing on those basics and

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Speaker 1: those fundamentals, I think that's what we did great in

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Speaker 1: the beginning. He was able to get some completions early.

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Speaker 1: Uh and I think he's had a bunch of them

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Speaker 1: And we just want to continue that. We want to

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Speaker 1: spread the ball around, we want to be efficient and

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Speaker 1: team's that by week follows Sunday's game at Wembley, coachack

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Speaker 1: It says, this is a must win game. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we just want to win the football game. Doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: what spotlight we're in right now. We want to go

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Speaker 1: out there, execute as a team and play at a

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Speaker 1: high level. Uh. In this situation for us, especially before by,

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Speaker 1: it be right to get a win. It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a heck of a challenge. Jacksonville is a very good

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Speaker 1: football team and it's going to take all of us.

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Speaker 1: And as we wrap up the top news of the day,

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Speaker 1: let's take a look at today's injury report. The Broncos

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Speaker 1: will be without quarterback Eastang Bassie, safety at Caden Stearns,

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Speaker 1: tackle Cam Fleming, wide receiver It's Hyreek Cleveland, and outside

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Speaker 1: linebacker Baron Browning as coach Hackett ruled them out today.

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Speaker 1: Defensive lineman Mike Purcell, quarterback Russell Wilson, inside linebacker Josie

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Speaker 1: jewel In quarnerback Kawan Williams. We're all full participants at

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Speaker 1: practice now. Joining me on the show today is Bronco's

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Speaker 1: lead writer Eric Delaala. We are here at the Harrow

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Speaker 1: School where the Broncos aren't practicing this week. Eric, appreciate

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Speaker 1: the studio. Yeah, it looks nice. We're out podcast outside

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Speaker 1: wherever wherever we want. Well, Eric, how's your week in

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Speaker 1: London been so far? It's been great. This is a

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Speaker 1: really cool experience for the Broncos obviously to spend some

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Speaker 1: time out here practicing at the Harrow School, Winston Churchill

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Speaker 1: win here. Yeah, this school is awesome. Um, good team

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Speaker 1: bonding experience. But for sure, you know, it's also just

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Speaker 1: looking at this matchup, you know, first and foremost, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about Russell Wilson. He's been limited at practice all week.

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Speaker 1: What would it really mean for this team if we

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Speaker 1: it sounds like Russell Wilson is trending in the right

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Speaker 1: We've seen what you can do at times. You think

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Speaker 1: for the Broncos. Eric. We heard from general manager George

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Speaker 1: just giving up on this season. Like he said, he

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Speaker 1: still believes in Nathaniel Hackett's ability to lead this team.

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Speaker 1: He brought up specifically the way that Nathaniel Hackett has

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Speaker 1: that the Broncos have lost five games essentially in heartbreaking fashion,

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Speaker 1: game referendum on Russell Wilson. It's a long term thing

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Speaker 1: take time, for sure. Of course, where we mentioned Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: need to run the football. Well. The Broncos did that

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett, you know, I can't remember if it was

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Speaker 1: last week, earlier this week, but he said at some

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Speaker 1: ye but certainly no one, no one would have even

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Speaker 1: a heck of a lot better than two and six.

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Speaker 1: Definitely should be a fun one regardless on Sunday at Wembley.

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Speaker 1: Excited to see the atmosphere there. But Eric, appreciate your

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Speaker 1: I'll see you guys then,