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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. Fame 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 head coach Nathaniel Hackett as he gives

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Speaker 1: the final injury report ahead of the Broncos Week eleven

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Speaker 1: matchup versus the Raiders. Plus Broncos lead writer Eric Delala

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Speaker 1: joins the show for a game preview. All that and

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Speaker 1: more on tonight's episode. Broncos are back in power Field

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Speaker 1: at a mile High this Sunday as they're set to

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Speaker 1: face the Las Vegas Raiders. It's been nearly a month

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Speaker 1: since a team has played at home, and head coach

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett said he's excited to get back out there.

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Speaker 1: It's been a long month. I mean it has. I

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Speaker 1: mean to think that it has been that long since

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Speaker 1: we've been at home is unbelievable. And we got the

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Speaker 1: best fans in the world and very excited for them

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Speaker 1: to get out there for Raiter Week, which I can.

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Speaker 1: Also gave an update today on the team's injuries, so

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Speaker 1: let's take a look at it. This week's injury report.

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Speaker 1: Coach I get rule out inside linebacker Jonas Griffith, wide

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Speaker 1: receiver Jerry Judy, tight end in fullback Andrew Beck, quarterback

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Speaker 1: Kawan Williams, and wide receiver kJ Hamler, and outside linebacker

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Speaker 1: Baron Browning. Offensive lineman Tom Compton, offensive lineman Cam Fleming,

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Speaker 1: guard Graham Glasgow, and wide receiver Kendall Hinton are all

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Speaker 1: listed as questionable for Sunday's game. Katch I could discuss

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Speaker 1: the challenge that comes with trying to game plan when

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Speaker 1: to change a lot of things up. I mean, especially

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Speaker 1: when it happens in game. Those are things you have

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Speaker 1: to make just trying to figure out as many different ways,

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Speaker 1: whether you have to get out of personnels, get other

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Speaker 1: people up to speed in certain personnels. I mean, if

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Speaker 1: it happens during the week, you can adjust a little

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Speaker 1: bit earlier, like what happened with kJ, but during the

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Speaker 1: game it's it's it's a little bit different, but that's

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Speaker 1: part of the game. Changes the norm things happen. You

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Speaker 1: have to be ready for that as a coach at

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Speaker 1: all times. It was also asked why the Broncos have

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Speaker 1: suffered so many injuries this season. Yes, it's it's it's unbelieving, unfortunate.

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Speaker 1: We've got great people here, We've got the strange staff,

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Speaker 1: the training room, um, everybody, and we're evaluating everything. We're

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Speaker 1: we've all looked into what we can do, how we

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Speaker 1: can prevent prevent things. Um. We obviously when things happen

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Speaker 1: sometimes things happen and for whatever reason, that's it's happened

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Speaker 1: a lot uh this year and it's unfortunate, but it

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Speaker 1: gives other guys opportunities to play. And we're back inside

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Speaker 1: the locker room falling practice today and caught up with

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Speaker 1: inside linebacker Alex Singleton in defensive end Draymont Jones. Singleton

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Speaker 1: discuss what it's gonna mean to be back at home

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Speaker 1: this Sunday. Yeah, I feel like we haven't played hair

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Speaker 1: it's allowed stadium. You know, I thought I thought Philly

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Speaker 1: answerators as we can. Injury mon Joe's discusses the challenge

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Speaker 1: that Raiders running back Josh Jacob supposes shiftiness. Uh, he

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Speaker 1: he's and cues in that area. Now, joining me here

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Speaker 1: inside the Bronco's podcast studio is Bronco's lead writer Eric Delala. Eric,

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Speaker 1: appreciate you joining me today. Happy Friday. Thanks said you too, Eric.

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Speaker 1: We just looked at today's injury report. Gosh's team cannot

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Speaker 1: very long injury segment. I mean there's there's concerns, of course.

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Speaker 1: Because Nathaniel Hackett said it, there's one thing when you

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Speaker 1: It helps make these corners and linebackers come up closer

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Speaker 1: is tough when you're dropping back to pass forty times

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Speaker 1: hope you're right, Eric, I hope so to appreciate your

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in. I hope to see

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