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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country? Welcome back inside the uc Hell

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Speaker 1: Training Center for another episode of Broncos Now Team Reporter

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Speaker 1: and hosted Sidney Jones. Here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: head coach Nathaniel Hackett will give the final injury report

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Speaker 1: ahead of the Broncos Week fourteen matchup versity Kansas City

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Speaker 1: Chiefs Plas Broncos lead writer Eric Delala joins the show

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Speaker 1: for a game preview All done more coming up. Broncos

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Speaker 1: are set to face the Kansas City Chiefs here at

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Speaker 1: in power Field at Mile High on Sunday. We heard

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Speaker 1: from head coach Nathaniel Hackett today for the final time

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Speaker 1: ahead of this weekend's matchup, and he talked about the

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Speaker 1: rivalry between the Broncos and the Chiefs dating back to

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Speaker 1: when his dad coached in Kansas City. We we had

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Speaker 1: a little presentation today about one of the games that

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Speaker 1: was pretty impressive that had a lot of unique situational

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Speaker 1: things happened during it, just to show that this game

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Speaker 1: is gonna be you know, it's a battle. It's so

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Speaker 1: many different things can happen, and it's who can keep composed,

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Speaker 1: who can continue to battle. I mean, that's how it's

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Speaker 1: been our whole the whole season, and we got to

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Speaker 1: be able to finish the game. Coachack It also spoke

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Speaker 1: on the Chiefs run game and the weapons they have

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Speaker 1: passed the ball ton. I mean that's what that's what

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Speaker 1: game is it's it's very good when they do decide

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Speaker 1: the past, so they know when to pick and choose

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Speaker 1: so it's gonna be a great challenge because they can

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Speaker 1: get you with a lot of different things. Plus, cornerback

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Speaker 1: Kawan Williams was not listed on today's injury reports, so

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Speaker 1: coach I can discussed what will mean to have him

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Speaker 1: back this Sunday. He's he's a very smart football player,

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Speaker 1: so he has the ability to play a little bit

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Speaker 1: man play zone, understand the rolete combinations. Talking with all

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Speaker 1: it's time to look at today's injury report ahead of

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Speaker 1: Sunday's game. Co Jacket ruled out linebacker Dakota Allen, fullback

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Speaker 1: joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio for a

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Speaker 1: game preview is Broncos lead writer Eric Dalala. Eric appreciate

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Speaker 1: and joining me here on this Friday. It's nice to

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Speaker 1: be back at home this weekend after two games on

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Speaker 1: nice We back at in power field at Mile High,

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Speaker 1: have a little fan support. It will be a nice change,

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Speaker 1: it will be for sure. Well, Eric, we just took

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Speaker 1: a look at the final injury report. You know, we

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Speaker 1: A lot of guys didn't practice. D J Jones, Dalton

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Speaker 1: know Courtland Sutton he is out. We heard that a

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Speaker 1: they're no joke in their run game. Now, UM got

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Speaker 1: And then Dalton. You heard Nathaniel Hackett say earlier in

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you have the answer to this, Eric,

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Speaker 1: Like you said, it's it's easier said than done for sure. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: hopefully the Broncos can do that this weekend. Eric, appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time and your insight always. Yeah. Absolutely, well, then

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Speaker 1: I'll do it for today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos country.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in a two day and

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Speaker 1: kickoff is at two o five pm Mountain time. But

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Speaker 1: Broncos podcast network and YouTube Monday following the game. See

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