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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country?

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Broncos podcast network and YouTube for

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Speaker 2: the latest episode.

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Speaker 1: Of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 3: As I was in.

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Speaker 2: Your host is Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 2: the Broncos return back to practice as they prepare for

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Speaker 2: their season finale in Las Vegas. We'll hear today from

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Speaker 2: head coach ch On Payn and quarterback Jared's did them

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Speaker 2: all that any more?

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Speaker 1: Coming up.

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Speaker 2: Then for Broncos were back on the practice field today

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Speaker 2: as they prepare to face the Las Vegas Readers for

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Speaker 2: their season finale on Sunday. Both head coach On Payn

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Speaker 2: and a quarterback Jared Stidham spoke to the media today

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Speaker 2: and discussed how important a win would be for this

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Speaker 4: I think getting the nine wins is important, and I

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Speaker 4: think it's important for our players to understand that, and

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Speaker 4: I think they do as well. You know, heading into

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Speaker 4: next season. You know there's a ton of these peaks

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Speaker 4: and valleys during an a NFL season. I mean, when

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Speaker 4: you look at a team like Philadelphia, it's just it

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Speaker 4: just comes with everyone and uh you certainly we had

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Speaker 4: our fair share, but I think, uh you know, finishing

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Speaker 5: The goal of this week is to win, get the

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Speaker 5: ninth win for the for this team, and you know

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Speaker 5: it's going to be the first winning season and however

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Speaker 5: many seasons it's been, so it's a big deal. I

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Speaker 5: remember were taking this week very seriously obviously, and you know,

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Speaker 5: want to end the in the season.

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Speaker 2: The right way and ed go chan Payne went on

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Speaker 2: to talk about his expectations for Jared this being his

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Speaker 2: first start for the Broncos on the road.

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Speaker 4: Look, I think it'll be important. I mean, obviously he's

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Speaker 4: familiar with this stadium. We're going to you know, you

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Speaker 4: go through the the crowd noise. I would say, today's

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Speaker 4: a silent snap count. I mean, they are little nuances

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Speaker 2: Plus Jaredston and went on to talk about what it

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Speaker 5: Obviously excited. You know, I've spent spent a year there

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Speaker 5: But I'm here now, so I'm looking forward to playing

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Speaker 5: and playing against those guys. I mean I did it

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Speaker 5: in practice obviously all last year. So I'm just excited

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Speaker 2: And hopefully I'm looking at the matchup. Both Sean Payton

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Speaker 2: Max Crosby presents.

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Speaker 4: Max. I mean, the challenge with him is, I said

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Speaker 4: this the other day, these traits where he's an exceptional athlete.

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Speaker 4: He bends really well, so it's hard to stay on him.

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Speaker 4: You know, he can he can get off a block

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Speaker 4: but he's he's playing close to ninety eight ninety nine percent,

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Speaker 4: and when you look at play sixty seven, it's the

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Speaker 4: it in every game. Run end pass, run end pass,

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Speaker 4: you see it in every game. So that creates you know,

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Speaker 4: time relative to tonight will be third down. Obviously, that's

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Speaker 4: to protections and then you know what you want to do.

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Speaker 4: He plays over on the right, but he plays on

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Speaker 4: he's he's something.

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Speaker 5: I can't speak highly enough of this this guy. Being

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Speaker 5: The most impressive thing is, I don't know if I've

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Speaker 5: He's one of the best in the league for a reason.

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Speaker 2: So Sean also detailed the differences he's seen from this

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Speaker 4: I would say this to his credit. Man, he was

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Speaker 4: a tough player. I remember him well. We had some

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Speaker 4: see it on film, you feel it. You know, when

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Speaker 4: we profiled this team, we profiled the entire sea, but

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Speaker 4: then more importantly, we profiled since he took over the

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Speaker 4: one thing that jumped out as you look at their

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Speaker 2: And now it's time to take a look at today's

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Speaker 2: injury report. Titan Chris Manhertz, tackle Mike McGlinchey, running back

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Speaker 2: wide receiver Courtland Sutton. We're all limited in practice. Now

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Speaker 2: joining me here in the Broncos podcast studio for Moreen's

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Speaker 2: upth look at today's news is that fellow team reporter

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Speaker 2: Film Malaney. Phil thanks for joining me. Ye last Wednesday

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Speaker 2: of the season. I know, crazy crazy, how fast? Why

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Speaker 2: every single year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you wish the Broncos are still going to be playing,

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Speaker 3: But overall, I think it's been a pretty good year

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Speaker 3: eight and eight and the goal obviously this week is

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Speaker 3: to get to nine.

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Speaker 1: Yep, absolutely well.

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Speaker 2: P Before we get into this final game of the season,

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about the top news of the evening.

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Speaker 2: It was just announced that this year for the Broncos

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Speaker 2: passer tan Justin Simmons and Marvin Mims Junior, they will

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Speaker 2: be at the Pro Bowl this year. They're problem starters

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Speaker 3: No very exciting for those guys. Obviously big for Mems

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Speaker 3: the Pro Bowl. Obviously, he's one of the top returners

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Speaker 3: one of the top returners in the league. And then

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Speaker 3: this point and those guys tend to get these Pro

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Speaker 3: I think that he plays a position where it's really

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Speaker 3: well he only has one interception. Well, that's not the

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Speaker 3: impact he's having. He's he's still that guy who's taken

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Speaker 1: Yeah, back to back Pro Bowl season. Yeah you in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's going to kind of get onto that Champ

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Speaker 3: Bailey sort of routine here where every year, as long

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Speaker 3: he wants to start racking up those All pros too,

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Speaker 3: So those things are big, big things for these players.

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Speaker 3: When at the end of your career you go back

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Speaker 3: and you look at these these kind of numbers really

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Speaker 3: all three of them, and then a couple of alternates too.

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Speaker 3: So that's very exciting for the Broncos, very very exciting.

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Speaker 2: Well, Phil, looking at the season finale, you know we

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Speaker 2: open the season first the Raiders here at home. We're

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Speaker 2: ending the season in Las Vegas for Raiders. Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 2: bookends for sure. Jared Sidham, he's returning to Las Vegas,

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Speaker 2: his former team there. Just what are your expectations for

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Speaker 2: him in a second start year with the all I'm.

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Speaker 3: Sure that he's excited to go back, and he knows

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Speaker 3: natural emotion to be like, Hey, I want to play,

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Speaker 3: want to see if he can be the guy. You know,

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Speaker 3: He protected the football, he did his best to avoid

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Speaker 1: Kind of to be expected.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, it's a new voice back there,

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Speaker 3: If he's able to protect a football, that is such

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Speaker 3: a big deal for Sean Payton. Just ball security, making

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Speaker 3: If he's able to do that again, I really think

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Speaker 3: and his future here this offseason.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely feel I mean, you mentioned kind of

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Speaker 2: the miscommunication there on offense, But in addition to that,

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Speaker 2: what do you want to see Jared just improve upon

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Speaker 3: Well, I think early in the game some of the

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Speaker 3: know that Jerry Judy got hit pretty hard one time,

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Speaker 2: You know, they're hoping to get Antonio Pears to five

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and you know there's a lot of free agents too,

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Speaker 3: For for the rest of the league too, most definitely.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Phil, it's been a pleasure all season long.

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Wednesdays are a big day. Really

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Speaker 2: So thank you, no, thank you, And of course you'll

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Speaker 3: Which is not as much just not recapp in the

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Speaker 1: Well, always a pleasure. Fell appreciate you joining the show.

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Speaker 2: Well that's going to do it for today's episode of

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Speaker 2: Broncos Now Broncos Country. Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 2: I'll meet you right back here on the Broncos Podcast

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Speaker 2: Network in YouTube tomorrow for another episode.

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Speaker 1: I will see you all then,