1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,160
Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside the uc Hell Training Center

2
00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,520
Speaker 1: for today's edition of Broncos Now. Team reporter and host

3
00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,319
Speaker 1: Sidney Jones here and coming up on today's episode, we'll

4
00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,399
Speaker 1: hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett as he reflected on

5
00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,880
Speaker 1: Monday and night's game. Plus Broncos lead writer Eric Delala

6
00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,200
Speaker 1: joins the show for a Greek game recap of the

7
00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,040
Speaker 1: Broncos loss in Los Angeles. All Done More coming up.

8
00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,320
Speaker 1: Broncos fell on the road nineteen to sixteen Monday night

9
00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,440
Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Chargers and now sit at two

10
00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,320
Speaker 1: in four. Head coach Nathaniel Hackett spoke to the media

11
00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,240
Speaker 1: today and address some of those offensive struggles we saw

12
00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,279
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, lack of consistency right now, I think

13
00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,680
Speaker 1: it's just you see some good things. I thought that

14
00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,360
Speaker 1: first half there was a lot of good We were

15
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,600
Speaker 1: in some backed up situations, some get back on track situations,

16
00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,680
Speaker 1: which is those long, long deals with some of those

17
00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,680
Speaker 1: penalties that we had earlier, and we battled back from those.

18
00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,680
Speaker 1: We gotta feel go on the first dry I've then

19
00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,480
Speaker 1: we came back and had a bunch of explosive plays

20
00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,560
Speaker 1: and we're able to score the key for us is

21
00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,520
Speaker 1: and then came coming back with a two minute drive

22
00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,280
Speaker 1: to be able to get three points and have an

23
00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,360
Speaker 1: opportunity to score there. Uh, we just have to be consistent.

24
00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,160
Speaker 1: You come out the second half and get yourself in

25
00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,480
Speaker 1: a couple of manageable third downs and don't convert on those.

26
00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,000
Speaker 1: And that's frustrating. It's frustrating for all of us. We

27
00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,920
Speaker 1: need better plays from the coaches. We need better execution.

28
00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,000
Speaker 1: I mean it's all of us as a team because

29
00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,560
Speaker 1: we can't leave the defense out there as long as

30
00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,600
Speaker 1: we did. And Uh, it's again about consistency, consistency, consistency,

31
00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,720
Speaker 1: and it goes from everybody, from every position on the offense.

32
00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,399
Speaker 1: We saw how frustrated some of the players were on

33
00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,760
Speaker 1: the field following the game on Monday night, and head

34
00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,640
Speaker 1: coach Nathaniel Hackett talked about that today and said he

35
00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,800
Speaker 1: completely understands when it comes to the players. Yeah, they're frustrated.

36
00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,320
Speaker 1: The coaches are frustrated. We're all frustrated. We want more consistency.

37
00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,120
Speaker 1: I think I give so much credit for this team

38
00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,400
Speaker 1: as they are battling. We're in all these games, I

39
00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,840
Speaker 1: mean two overtime games. Verse. I think Indianapolis won again

40
00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,360
Speaker 1: this week and then versus good team in uh in

41
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,800
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers. So they are battling and they're

42
00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,320
Speaker 1: doing everything they can, and with our guys being frustrated,

43
00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,440
Speaker 1: that's what you want. You want them to be frustrated

44
00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,120
Speaker 1: to a certain extent because they want to win. They

45
00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,440
Speaker 1: want to win, they want to be part of it.

46
00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,920
Speaker 1: They want to be able to make plays for their teammates.

47
00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,799
Speaker 1: So that happens. That happens when you when when you

48
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,440
Speaker 1: don't win a football game, they want to do whatever

49
00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,639
Speaker 1: they can to be able to help win. Co Chacket

50
00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,760
Speaker 1: was asked when fixing these issues, whether it's about working

51
00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,280
Speaker 1: harder or working smarter, and he said, it's both. You

52
00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,639
Speaker 1: always want to work harder as a coach. As players,

53
00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,519
Speaker 1: you're always trying to do more. That's just kind of

54
00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,440
Speaker 1: our nature. We are always trying to be as efficient

55
00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,760
Speaker 1: as possible. I wanted to put the guys in the

56
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,160
Speaker 1: best spot they can be into to make a play.

57
00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,040
Speaker 1: Uh So we'll continually do that. And we always, like

58
00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,440
Speaker 1: I said, we want to be smart, we want to

59
00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,959
Speaker 1: be efficient. We want to make sure we're doing the

60
00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,679
Speaker 1: right things. And uh, I mean whenever you take over

61
00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,000
Speaker 1: a new offense. There's always growing pains that there's always

62
00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,160
Speaker 1: things and we've talked about that, there's always things from

63
00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,800
Speaker 1: the rhythm, uh getting guys in a rhythm, and thought

64
00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,760
Speaker 1: we were really in the right direction there in the

65
00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,080
Speaker 1: first half, but when all of a sudden you get

66
00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,680
Speaker 1: stalled a couple of times, those are the things that

67
00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,079
Speaker 1: the guys have to learn to battle through. Again. I

68
00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,640
Speaker 1: appreciate the team on how they battled and kept us

69
00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,520
Speaker 1: in all these games. I think I think it's been

70
00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,960
Speaker 1: great to see those guys continually fight, both offense and defense.

71
00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,800
Speaker 1: It's not the result that we want, and we need

72
00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,200
Speaker 1: to move forward and winning these close games. The defense

73
00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,240
Speaker 1: continues to play at a high level weekend and week out,

74
00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,079
Speaker 1: and Monday Diversa Chargers was no different. Go Jacket discussed

75
00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,120
Speaker 1: how impressed he was by their performance and the faith

76
00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,959
Speaker 1: he has in this team to turn things around. Are

77
00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,120
Speaker 1: battling non stop. I mean, now Singleton steps in again,

78
00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,040
Speaker 1: has so many tackles, the defensive line, penetrating rushing the quarterback,

79
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,840
Speaker 1: going against a really good offense and just watching them

80
00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,360
Speaker 1: continually play, I mean, it's a great defense. I give

81
00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,720
Speaker 1: them so much credit and it's on the rest of

82
00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,520
Speaker 1: the team to be able to step up to their

83
00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,800
Speaker 1: level and and have that same standard that they have

84
00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,640
Speaker 1: and be able to make plays. But without a doubt,

85
00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,520
Speaker 1: we have that faith that, uh, you know, we're going

86
00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,520
Speaker 1: to continually get better, continually put the guys in the

87
00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,760
Speaker 1: right spot so we could take advantage of this great defense.

88
00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,480
Speaker 1: Now it's time to take a look at today's injury update.

89
00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,440
Speaker 1: Of following Monday and night's game, coach I can announce

90
00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,120
Speaker 1: that outside linebacker Aaron Patrick tore his a c L

91
00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,560
Speaker 1: and will be out for the remainder of this season. Quarnerback,

92
00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,960
Speaker 1: you're saying Bassie has a hamstring injury and we'll miss

93
00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,080
Speaker 1: some time, and Russell Wilson also has a hamstring injury

94
00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,080
Speaker 1: and his day to day go Chackie confirmed that Russ

95
00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,960
Speaker 1: did get an m r I today and that they

96
00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,159
Speaker 1: will continue to monitor him. Now, joining me here inside

97
00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,120
Speaker 1: the Bongcos podcast studio for a game recap is Bronco's

98
00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,720
Speaker 1: lead writer Eric Delalla. Eric, really brutal loss in Los

99
00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,760
Speaker 1: Angeles last night. You know you've had some time to

100
00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,599
Speaker 1: really digest it. Now, what are you just your overall thoughts? Yeah,

101
00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,880
Speaker 1: the overall thoughts is that the defense keeps playing really,

102
00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,880
Speaker 1: really well. Um. What stands out to me is the

103
00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,839
Speaker 1: three drives the Chargers had essentially with a chance to

104
00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,479
Speaker 1: win the game with just a field goal, and the

105
00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,240
Speaker 1: Broncos defense came up with a stop again and again

106
00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,680
Speaker 1: and again until that muffpunt at the end. And um,

107
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,440
Speaker 1: but to go along with the defense, it's playing so

108
00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,640
Speaker 1: well as an offense that just cannot get out of

109
00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,239
Speaker 1: its own way, cannot find a way to consistently make plays. Again,

110
00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,839
Speaker 1: you still see flashes early in the game. You've got

111
00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,840
Speaker 1: a tend nothing lead, a great play from Rust to

112
00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,560
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, and then the next play finds Greg Dulcet's

113
00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,479
Speaker 1: for a wide open touchdown, but just cannot consistently find success.

114
00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:24,160
Speaker 1: I believe fifteen passing yards in the second half, Um,

115
00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,640
Speaker 1: you know, two consecutive three and ounce in overtime. It

116
00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,440
Speaker 1: just wasn't good enough, quite frankly, and I think the

117
00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,320
Speaker 1: Broncos know that. They've said that I get it again,

118
00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,240
Speaker 1: but they've got to figure out a way to fix

119
00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,880
Speaker 1: it because now at two and four, the margin for

120
00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,760
Speaker 1: error is gone. The Broncos have to find a way

121
00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,280
Speaker 1: to win these next two games, get to the Bay

122
00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,200
Speaker 1: at four and four to to really have a chance

123
00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,919
Speaker 1: at saving their season. Eric, you mentioned flashes that we

124
00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,279
Speaker 1: see from this offense. You know, specifically early on in

125
00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,080
Speaker 1: the game, they did have that rhythm, you know, looking

126
00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,800
Speaker 1: at the first quarter. What do you think kind of

127
00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,279
Speaker 1: change as the game moved on. Well, I mean the

128
00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,360
Speaker 1: negative plays came back. They did overcome some of those

129
00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,920
Speaker 1: early in the game. I mean, I think there was

130
00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,200
Speaker 1: a third and long on the initial field goal drive

131
00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,400
Speaker 1: that Courtland Sutton kind of wiped out with a past

132
00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,120
Speaker 1: interference call that he drew. Um, it's just about you know,

133
00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,000
Speaker 1: we can talk a lot about negative plays and making

134
00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,880
Speaker 1: third and longs thirtain shorts. Your best players have to

135
00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,920
Speaker 1: make plays in big moments, and we saw, you know,

136
00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,440
Speaker 1: the Broncos defense do that. You know, Pat Sir Tan

137
00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,839
Speaker 1: stepped up. Um, Baron Browning made a bunch of plays.

138
00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,640
Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll talk more about him, but the Broncos

139
00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,599
Speaker 1: offense has been unable to make those big time plays.

140
00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,080
Speaker 1: And know, in particular, the protection it seemed like broke down.

141
00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,359
Speaker 1: The Chargers started bringing a lot of pressure. For whatever reason,

142
00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,960
Speaker 1: the Broncos weren't equipped to handle that. I don't know

143
00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,280
Speaker 1: if that's Russell Wilson needing to make a check at

144
00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,880
Speaker 1: the line. I don't know if that's a um individual

145
00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,800
Speaker 1: error on an offensive lineman up front. I don't know

146
00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,360
Speaker 1: if it's a schematic thing in terms of blocking from

147
00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,839
Speaker 1: outside in instead of inside out. But the Broncos have

148
00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,440
Speaker 1: to get that fixed because it's a copycat league. So

149
00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,920
Speaker 1: you know, the Jets this weekend, I'm sure they're gonna

150
00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,080
Speaker 1: bring pressure right up the A gap and try to

151
00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,359
Speaker 1: do the same thing to the Broncos and and dare

152
00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:13,120
Speaker 1: them to stop that rush. So, you know, between not

153
00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,880
Speaker 1: being on the same page protections that broke down, just

154
00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,880
Speaker 1: an inability to make those big plays when he needed.

155
00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,640
Speaker 1: All those things kind of combined so that the Broncos

156
00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,960
Speaker 1: couldn't get anything going there. Mentioned you know Greg Dulsitch

157
00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,680
Speaker 1: a little bit earlier his first NFL game, came in

158
00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,680
Speaker 1: and made an immediate impact on offense, had his first

159
00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,240
Speaker 1: NFL touchdown. What did you really like about his contribution? Yeah,

160
00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,480
Speaker 1: I mean I thought they used him all over the field,

161
00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,440
Speaker 1: which was nice. Saw him split out wide. You saw

162
00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,440
Speaker 1: him kind of as an in line tight end, which

163
00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,480
Speaker 1: is where that a touchdown came from he kind of

164
00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,240
Speaker 1: ran a little a wheel routy escaped out in the

165
00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,960
Speaker 1: flat and then turned it up field. Um, his versatility,

166
00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,200
Speaker 1: his speed really makes him unique. And I thought it

167
00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,360
Speaker 1: was great that, you know, it didn't take long for

168
00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,480
Speaker 1: him to, uh, to become that main guy. I mean,

169
00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,720
Speaker 1: I think he played forty something snaps on offense. He

170
00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,480
Speaker 1: was really involved. Um, targeted in the end zone a

171
00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,200
Speaker 1: second time there at the end of the first half,

172
00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,360
Speaker 1: almost made a great catch that I believe would have

173
00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,040
Speaker 1: put the Broncos up seventeen ten at halftime. UM, So

174
00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,880
Speaker 1: he's a weapon. I'm sure they'll try to continue to

175
00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,640
Speaker 1: get him involved. But again, it comes down to consistency,

176
00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,119
Speaker 1: because we saw a couple of catches in the first half,

177
00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,760
Speaker 1: but then nothing in the second half. And and granted

178
00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,960
Speaker 1: nobody really had much going in the second half, but um,

179
00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,680
Speaker 1: the Broncos need their playmakers, uh to make place throughout

180
00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,040
Speaker 1: the game. They need the quarterback to find those guys

181
00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,040
Speaker 1: when they're open, and uh, they've got to find a

182
00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,080
Speaker 1: way to do it consistently. Well, Eric, you know, Coachacket

183
00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,240
Speaker 1: announced following the game last night that Russell Wilson had

184
00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,520
Speaker 1: suffered a hamstring injury. This is something definitely to monitor

185
00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,360
Speaker 1: over the next couple of days through the week. Yeah,

186
00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,680
Speaker 1: it's a short week obviously. UM, what we'll have to

187
00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,280
Speaker 1: see what happens with Russell because it's kind of twofold

188
00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,760
Speaker 1: is one can you play on a short week against

189
00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,840
Speaker 1: the Jets again? Again, the Broncos desperately need to win.

190
00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,720
Speaker 1: Um and Listen, I know that there are people that

191
00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,640
Speaker 1: are are you know, they're worried, they're complaining about Russell

192
00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,680
Speaker 1: Wilson's play. Broncos are better with Russell Wilson on the field. UM,

193
00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,319
Speaker 1: And so that's one thing to to monitor, just first

194
00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,400
Speaker 1: can he go this week? And then the second thing

195
00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,439
Speaker 1: is how effective can he be because you know, with

196
00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,520
Speaker 1: the shoulder injury, the way we saw Russ play, it

197
00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,280
Speaker 1: seemed like he still had the ability to launch the

198
00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,800
Speaker 1: ball down the field. But Russ, it seems like it's

199
00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,040
Speaker 1: been at his best when he's been moving outside the pocket.

200
00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,840
Speaker 1: You know, they get him on the roll. Um. There

201
00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,520
Speaker 1: are a couple of read option plays they ran in

202
00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,720
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. It wouldn't surprise me if that's when

203
00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,240
Speaker 1: he picked up that injury. He mentioned it was in

204
00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,960
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Um And so the question will be, Okay,

205
00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,439
Speaker 1: if he can play, is he limited to staying inside

206
00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,880
Speaker 1: the pocket? Can he still get out and move? Um?

207
00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,559
Speaker 1: Can he avoid pressure? Because clearly that's something he might

208
00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,920
Speaker 1: just have to deal with all years, avoiding uh pressure,

209
00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,479
Speaker 1: avoiding extra rushers, um, and so those it's a twofold

210
00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,600
Speaker 1: thing here, and the Broncos might have to decide, Hey,

211
00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,280
Speaker 1: he's healthy enough to go, but he's not healthy enough

212
00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,400
Speaker 1: to to move around and be effective. In that case,

213
00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,839
Speaker 1: you start thinking about okay, well as Brett Rippon the

214
00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,240
Speaker 1: guy this week, but obviously a long way from that. Eric.

215
00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,960
Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned the defense a little bit earlier

216
00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,120
Speaker 1: on they battled their hearts out again, you know, just

217
00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,240
Speaker 1: such a consistent group their weekend and week out. How

218
00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,800
Speaker 1: resilient is this defense and its specifically you mentioned passer

219
00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,600
Speaker 1: tan Baron Browning, you know, really showing how good they

220
00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,000
Speaker 1: are or how yeah Monday night, Yeah, I mean Pats Hurtan,

221
00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,160
Speaker 1: We can start with him. Um. I believe that Mike

222
00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,240
Speaker 1: Williams had a hundred yard games, and three of his

223
00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,040
Speaker 1: last four outings he was held to seventeen eighteen yards

224
00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,560
Speaker 1: on two receptions. Neither one of those came with pats

225
00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,240
Speaker 1: Certain in coverage. Um, every time Herbert looked Mike Williams's

226
00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,520
Speaker 1: way with Certain there, it was not a completion. Um.

227
00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,480
Speaker 1: He just continues to be really good. And I know

228
00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,760
Speaker 1: this team is not doing well right now, so it's

229
00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,560
Speaker 1: easy to just kind of write it off as a

230
00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,440
Speaker 1: bright spot. But I hope people appreciate what pats Certain

231
00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,240
Speaker 1: is doing because he's playing as well as any cornerback

232
00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,559
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now, and it's it's impressive to watch,

233
00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,199
Speaker 1: fun to watch. I hope people enjoy that. Um. Up front,

234
00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,000
Speaker 1: I mean you mentioned Baron Browning kind in that front

235
00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,240
Speaker 1: seven sack, an interception, Yes, I picked up a fumble

236
00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,800
Speaker 1: and a fumble recovery of the same play. Um, a

237
00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,080
Speaker 1: bad pass that ended a drive. Um, he's been really impressive.

238
00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,920
Speaker 1: Alex Singleton was all over the place. I think he

239
00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:27,520
Speaker 1: had twenty one tackles in the game. That's that's absurd, Um,

240
00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,240
Speaker 1: But like you mentioned, it's just overall whoever is in there.

241
00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,280
Speaker 1: What's impressed me is these guys. They've been beaten up

242
00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,280
Speaker 1: a little bit. They're missing starters, Um, Josie Jewel, Ronald Darby,

243
00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,400
Speaker 1: and they still find Randy Gregory and they still find

244
00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,000
Speaker 1: a way to keep that elite level of place. I

245
00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,680
Speaker 1: believe they were at there for ninety three plays during

246
00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,080
Speaker 1: this game, and they were able to hold the Chargers

247
00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,240
Speaker 1: to nineteen points. Obviously, the game winning field goal came

248
00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,960
Speaker 1: kind of when they were pinned deep in their own territory.

249
00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:57,760
Speaker 1: But again and again, they just came up big. And

250
00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,360
Speaker 1: that's the I'm rambling a little bit about the offense here,

251
00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,880
Speaker 1: but that'stuff. The frustrating part is that this defense is

252
00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,120
Speaker 1: playing so well, and it's a it's a championship level

253
00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,800
Speaker 1: defense that if the offense could just offense doesn't have

254
00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,440
Speaker 1: to score thirty five points a game. If the if

255
00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:11,760
Speaker 1: the offense could just find a way to get to

256
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,280
Speaker 1: four or just be kind of an average offense, Lebroncos,

257
00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:18,800
Speaker 1: they could be sitting here at five and one, they'd

258
00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,480
Speaker 1: be in a much better spot. They'd have a chance

259
00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,280
Speaker 1: to turn things around. And that's why my faith for

260
00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,400
Speaker 1: this season is not completely lost, because they can. They

261
00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,160
Speaker 1: don't have to click completely if they can just get

262
00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,560
Speaker 1: a little bit better. This defense is good enough that

263
00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,080
Speaker 1: you can still win a lot of football games. And

264
00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,520
Speaker 1: so credit to those guys on defense. I hope they

265
00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,920
Speaker 1: keep battling, and I hope they keep putting this on tape.

266
00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,400
Speaker 1: I completely agree, Eric, last one here for you, And

267
00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,560
Speaker 1: I know every week we say this, you know how

268
00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,240
Speaker 1: critical this next game is critical? Another win is. But

269
00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,800
Speaker 1: like we have two weeks now Jets and then London

270
00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,640
Speaker 1: versus Jags until we head into the buy. So really,

271
00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,200
Speaker 1: how critical are these next two weeks for this team? Yeah?

272
00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,559
Speaker 1: You know, I know Justin Simmons said it was a

273
00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,280
Speaker 1: must win going into the Chargers. Um I did didn't

274
00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,000
Speaker 1: consider it a must win, just because I always thought

275
00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,720
Speaker 1: going on the road to play the Chargers it was

276
00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,040
Speaker 1: going to be a really tough game. And and listen,

277
00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,480
Speaker 1: get dropping dropping a two and four is no fun

278
00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,439
Speaker 1: and obviously puts you behind broncos they're a game and

279
00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,480
Speaker 1: a half back at the seventh seed right now, which

280
00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,319
Speaker 1: is the Coal too. Obviously you had a chance to

281
00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,320
Speaker 1: be but but that's the loss that stings as the

282
00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,520
Speaker 1: Colts well, because if you you pick that up, you're

283
00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,800
Speaker 1: still at three and three. You're in a decent spot. Um,

284
00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,400
Speaker 1: but you're right, we've now reached must win territory. Um.

285
00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,160
Speaker 1: Last year three teams that were two and four ended

286
00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,800
Speaker 1: up making the playoffs. So there there is precedent here

287
00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,920
Speaker 1: in recent history. But the Broncos, with as tough as

288
00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,480
Speaker 1: schedule as they've got late, they have to find a

289
00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,559
Speaker 1: way to win this game this weekend at home. I mean,

290
00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,160
Speaker 1: the Jets are four and two. There are a good

291
00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,839
Speaker 1: football team, they're playing really well. But you've got to

292
00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,400
Speaker 1: find a way to win this game at home and

293
00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,000
Speaker 1: then to play the Jaguars. I know it's in London.

294
00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,280
Speaker 1: I know it's tricky. It's you've got to deal with

295
00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,880
Speaker 1: all the distractions, all the body clock, all that sort

296
00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,719
Speaker 1: of thing. You've got to find a way to win

297
00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,320
Speaker 1: that game. And so if the Broncos can get back

298
00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,360
Speaker 1: to four and four and get to the buy and said,

299
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,680
Speaker 1: you know, there's a chance that they can go on

300
00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,760
Speaker 1: a run here and figure things out and still make

301
00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,520
Speaker 1: a postseason push. But the margin Frere, like I mentioned,

302
00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,360
Speaker 1: it's gone. You've got to find a way to win

303
00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,040
Speaker 1: these next two games or else you know you're gonna

304
00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,800
Speaker 1: be looking at probably an insurmountable hill to climb. Well,

305
00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,400
Speaker 1: hopefully they do. Eric appreciate your time today and your

306
00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,960
Speaker 1: insight always got it. Well, that'll do it for today's

307
00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,720
Speaker 1: episode of Broncos Now. Thanks so much Broncos Country for

308
00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,680
Speaker 1: tuning in. I hope you all will meet me right

309
00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,880
Speaker 1: back here on the Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube tomorrow

310
00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:39,480
Speaker 1: evening for another episode. I'll see you all then, h