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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos podcast network and

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now. As always

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Speaker 1: from your host, as Sidney Jones, and coming up on

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Speaker 1: today's episode, the Broncos were bracket practice today as they

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Speaker 1: look ahead to their next road trip in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: We'll hear from head coach Sean Payn, quarterback Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: in a safety Justin Simmons, all that more coming up.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos look to turn the page as they return

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Speaker 1: to practice today here at centure A Health Training Center

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Speaker 1: and look ahead to their road trip to Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton spoke today about what the keys

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Speaker 1: are to playing well on the road against a division opponent.

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Speaker 2: The reason sometimes the division is more important is because

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Speaker 2: you know, your first goal is to win the division,

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Speaker 2: and by winning a division game, you actually cause a

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Speaker 2: division and punk to lose. But I think relative to

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Speaker 2: you know, going on the road, I think the itinerary

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Speaker 2: and and uh, you know, the focus is really just

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Speaker 2: on the prep leading up to the week. You know,

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Speaker 2: everything we're doing today, the attention to detail, making sure

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Speaker 2: we know this team, this opponent, well, all those things matter.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the matchup of versus Chargers, head coach Sean

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Speaker 1: Payton talked about Khalil Mack and what stands out to him.

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Speaker 2: Defensively, These guys are third overall as a team in sacks,

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Speaker 2: the thing that jumps out at you with I would

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Speaker 2: at the top of the league in sacks, hurries and pressures. Gosh,

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Speaker 2: over the years, consistently, he's just been, you know, one

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Speaker 2: know really well. I worked for Lou Tepper and and

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Speaker 2: Lou raved about him way back when he came out.

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Speaker 2: And you know, he's he's got great technique, he's strong,

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Speaker 1: Now's the Lebronco's look to get back on track in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think it's I don't think it's difficult,

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Speaker 3: look at it as as being difficult to reset, I

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Speaker 3: think just as easy as it was to go on

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Speaker 3: to be able to have that, like I said, that

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Speaker 3: same confidence we move forward and you know, weekend and

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Speaker 3: week out, let me's NFL.

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Speaker 4: You're not gonna win them all.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna lose close games. The fact of the matter

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Speaker 3: is we were as ash as poorly as we played.

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Speaker 3: At times, we were eight yards away from from winning

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Speaker 3: that football game. And then you know, sitting here talking

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Speaker 3: we just didn't find ways to make those plays. But

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Speaker 3: we should be confident. We have a we have a

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Speaker 3: really good Chargers team. Obviously we're gonna go play in

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Speaker 1: And going off of that, quarterback Russell Wilson and head

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Speaker 1: coach Don Payin spoke today about playing in meaningful games

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Speaker 1: and learning how to win in these high stakes situations.

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Speaker 5: Well, if you want to be the best, you got

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Speaker 5: to one beat the best. I think two. Uh, you

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Speaker 5: So I mean every game should always be that mentality anyway,

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Speaker 1: Plus, both Russell Wilson and Justin Simmons talked about communication

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Speaker 5: I think anytime you play on the road, it's a

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Speaker 3: The biggest thing was communication. And I know, you know, surpriser,

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Speaker 1: And last but not Lead's tackle. Garrett Bowle spoke today

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Speaker 4: So we see this award from a great organization. You know,

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Speaker 1: And now it's time to take a look at today's

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Speaker 1: injury report. Defensive end Zach Allen, tackle Mike McGlinchey, wide

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Speaker 1: fellow team reporter Phil Malani. Philip, thanks for joining the

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Speaker 1: We got another AFC West Showdown coming up on the

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Speaker 6: they say like these division games count twice. Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: And then Phil on offense for the Chargers, you know

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Speaker 6: I think that you know what Justin Herbert is capable of.

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Speaker 6: Typically in years past has been Chargers games. Yeah, exactly

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Speaker 1: You'd love to see it.

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Speaker 1: Well, Phil looking forward to I got a few more

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Speaker 6: Should be a fun one.

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Speaker 6: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Broncos Now Broncos Country. Thanks so much for tuning in.

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