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Speaker 1: What's a Broncos Country. Welcome back to the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: network and YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 1: As always, I'm your host Sidey Jones, and coming up

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Speaker 1: on today's episode, head coach Sean Payton announced that quarterback

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Speaker 1: Jared Stidham will be the starter this weekend of versus Chargers.

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Speaker 1: We'll hear from both head coach Sean Payn and Jared

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Speaker 2: Coming out.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the top news of the day. Quarterback Jared

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Speaker 1: Stidham was named the starter for the Broncos this Sunday

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Speaker 1: versus Chargers. We heard today from head coach Sean Payn

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Speaker 1: as he detailed his decision to make the change at quarterback.

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Speaker 3: We're desperately trying to win and sure in our in

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Speaker 3: our game today, they're economics and all those other things,

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Speaker 3: but the number one pushed behind this, and it's a

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Speaker 3: decision I'm making is to you know, get a spark offensively.

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Speaker 3: Obviously it's difficult, and.

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Speaker 4: Y' all us.

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Speaker 3: Feel like, man, we didn't do well enough. But you know,

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Speaker 3: one of the things we saw when we signed Stidham

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Speaker 3: in the off season was not only filmed from preseason games,

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Speaker 3: but regular season games, and you know, he's a guy

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Speaker 3: that you know, I'm anxious to see play and if

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Speaker 3: I didn't feel like he gave us the chance to win,

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Speaker 3: and we wouldn't be making that move. And so the

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Speaker 3: irony is obviously as he was in a situation that

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Speaker 3: many would say is very similar, and yet I would

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Speaker 3: say it's somewhat different. But that's kind of where we're

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Speaker 3: at with it. I spent time with us this morning,

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Speaker 3: and he's been a pro and obviously disappointed, but you know,

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Speaker 3: all the work that goes into doing what he does

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Speaker 3: or doing what they do at that position, it's difficult.

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Speaker 1: Insteadham spoke to the media today and discuss his reaction

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Speaker 1: to the news.

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Speaker 2: I think I can speak for almost anybody that plays

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Speaker 2: in the NFL. But your goal, your goal and objective

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Speaker 2: is to always get out on the field and play.

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Speaker 2: And you know, that's what my goal has always been.

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Speaker 2: That's how I've always prepared myself and so forth. And

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Speaker 2: you know, Sean brought me, brought me up in his

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Speaker 2: office this morning and told me, you know, I was

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Speaker 2: preparing like I like I have been my whole career

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Speaker 2: and get ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Head coach On Payton went on to talk about what

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Speaker 1: it is about Jared that gives him confidence he can

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Speaker 1: help spark something on this offense, and Jared also commented

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Speaker 3: He's someone who's who's got real good poise, He's got

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Speaker 3: real good feet. You see his arm strength, decision making.

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Speaker 3: Take a peek at the forty nine er game, or

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Speaker 3: take a peek at the Chief game or just some

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Speaker 3: of those. Some of those things we saw, and then

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Speaker 3: obviously we get a chance to see him every day

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think I need to overthink it.

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Speaker 2: Just do what I'm coached to do. You know, we

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Speaker 1: A win plus ap Justin Simmons chimed in and talked

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Speaker 1: about it, Jared getting the start this Sunday.

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Speaker 5: You know, anytime decisions like this are made. The first

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Speaker 5: a great teammate. He's been an amazing person, as you

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Speaker 5: all know. And you know this is you know, not

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Speaker 5: also with that being said, I'm I know Stidham is

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Speaker 1: Jared also talked about getting to practice with the ones

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a huge benefit. I mean I haven't taken

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Speaker 1: And lastly, Justin Simmons talked about how critical will be

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Speaker 5: I don't know the percentages and whatever it looks like,

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to take a look at today's injury report.

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Speaker 1: Outside linebacker Baron Browning, Titan Greg Dulcic, running back some

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Speaker 1: while outside linebacker Nick Bonito was limited and tackle Alex

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Speaker 1: Polchwski was a full participant. Now joining me here in

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Speaker 1: the Broncos podcast studio to take a more in depth

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Speaker 1: look at today's news is a fellow team reporter at

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Speaker 1: Film Maloney. Phil, Thanks for joining me.

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Speaker 4: Today, said, plenty of news to get to today.

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Speaker 1: Has a lot to talk about today, Phil. You know,

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Speaker 1: of course, the big news being that head coach On

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Speaker 1: Payton announced that quarterback Jared Stidham he's going to be

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Speaker 1: the starter this Sunday for the Chargers overall, you know,

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Speaker 1: just to start, what are your reactions? What do you

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I mean, I think that the last couple of

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Speaker 4: losing three out of four after that five game winning streak.

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Speaker 4: It kind of has putting a damper on all the

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Speaker 4: for a spark, you know, and he hopes that inserting

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Speaker 4: for this Broncos team. And you know, losing to the

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Speaker 4: well against the Chargers, and you know this, the offensive

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Speaker 4: I think there's just too many long stretches of time

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Speaker 4: a little bit of complimentary football. We saw that in

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Speaker 4: it best. It's like, Okay, I know there's a little

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Speaker 4: But I do think that this offense could use a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Phil, you mentioned that spark. What are maybe your

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Speaker 1: I mean you had a similar situation last year with

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you talked to Mike mclinchy in the locker room.

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Speaker 4: He was talking about how he was on the other

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Speaker 4: Last year, the forty nine ers had the best defense

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Speaker 4: was like, look, I get it, it's a quarterback. All

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Speaker 4: So Sidham, this is going to be his third career start.

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Speaker 4: He was a priority and free agency, they went out

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Speaker 4: you know, I want to see what he can do. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Going off of that, Phil, what kind of opportunity do

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Speaker 4: Is for Jared? Well, Jared, you know, was pretty honest.

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Speaker 4: But you know, I don't think that you can help,

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Speaker 1: Hopefully they pick up these next two wins. Phil appreciate.

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Speaker 4: Getting fired up here, feel the passion. Yeah, thank you, Sidney.

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Speaker 4: A lot to get to you here. We didn't even

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Speaker 4: talk about Kjak, You're right, Yeah, So a lot going

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Speaker 4: on here. Uh, the busy final two weeks for the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Well that's going to do it for today's episode of

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

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Speaker 1: Let meet you right back here on the Broncos Podcast

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