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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside Central Hall Training Center for

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Speaker 1: another episode at Broncos Now. As always, I'm your host

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Speaker 1: of Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode, the

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Speaker 1: Broncos return back to practice as they're set to face

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Speaker 1: the New York Jets this Sunday. We'll hear from head

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Speaker 1: coach Sean Payon, quarterback Russell Wilson in safety Justin Simmons

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Speaker 1: as they look ahead all that more coming up. Broncos

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Speaker 1: returned back to the practice field today as they've set

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Speaker 1: their focus.

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Speaker 2: On the New York Jets.

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Speaker 1: As a team returns home to Empower Field at Mile

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Speaker 1: High this Sunday, Head coach Sean Payon detailed where he

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Speaker 1: thought the team improved last week.

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Speaker 3: I felt this way after the win, you know, and

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Speaker 3: I was a little bit guarded.

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Speaker 4: I was excited, we fought back.

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Speaker 3: Clearly, we're playing well in the kicking game right now. Offensively,

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Speaker 3: I feel like we can be a lot more efficient.

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Speaker 3: And then defensively, the number one thing are these explosives.

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Speaker 3: You know that that, especially with the type of defense

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Speaker 3: And so what I have liked to be sitting here

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Speaker 3: at the quarter pole four weeks in. Where were those things?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I would, And yet you know it's still something that

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Speaker 3: we have to see each week addressed and get cleaned

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Speaker 3: up offensively. I mentioned it relative to the operation. Our

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Speaker 3: red zone numbers were good last week, and yet you

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Speaker 3: know there's still enough meat on the bone when you

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Speaker 3: actually look at the tape closely.

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Speaker 1: He also mentioned quarterback Russell Wilson's performance and described Russ

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Speaker 1: as locked in.

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Speaker 3: On game day. Man, he's on point. He knows exactly

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Speaker 3: decision wise what we're thinking. I can't think of situations

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Speaker 1: We also heard from quarterback Russell Wilson today as he

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Speaker 1: what he credits that to.

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Speaker 5: I think there's a few things too. I think first

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Speaker 5: And you know, and get outside the pocket if it's

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Speaker 5: thing is that we're all working at it together. I

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Speaker 5: think we're coached extremely well here and we're being taught

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Speaker 5: exactly you know, the detail you guys are out here

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Speaker 5: on Fridays, the detail that we go through and Coach

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Speaker 5: Payton's walking through every deal detail in every single route

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Speaker 5: and every single concept. And you know, we spend I

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Speaker 5: don't know, forty five minutes of just walk through space,

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Speaker 5: then practice starts, you know. So I just think that,

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Speaker 5: We've done some good things there and we can we

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Speaker 5: our focus is is keep capitalizing, you know, scoring touchdowns

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Speaker 1: Looking ahead to Sunday's matchup versus Jets, both head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton and quarterback Russell Wilson talked about how dominate

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Speaker 1: this Jets defense is and the challenges they present.

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Speaker 4: I'd say it's physical.

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Speaker 3: I'd say they're they're extremely well coached, they're extremely talented.

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Speaker 4: If you go back and Robert was with San Francisco.

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Speaker 3: We played them a couple of times when I was

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Speaker 4: I think we played him in twenty one with the Jets.

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Speaker 3: And so there's some things that you see that carry

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Speaker 3: inside linebacker. This is a real physical front. They give

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Speaker 3: you a handful of looks, but the looks they're giving

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Speaker 4: But I think it's a heavy team.

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Speaker 3: When I mean by that, you know, when you when

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Speaker 5: They got great defensive line, They move around really well.

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Speaker 5: They're physical, you know how to get to the quarterback

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Speaker 5: You know, it all starts with mostly there, right, and

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Speaker 5: You know, I've I've played against DJ Read you know,

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Speaker 5: just a guy who worked his butt off every single day.

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Speaker 5: So I know how you know how prepared he gets

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Speaker 5: every week. He's Sauce Gardner, a young guy who's talented.

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Speaker 5: He gets he's he's got some really good things he

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Speaker 1: And on the other side of the ball, safety Justin

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Speaker 1: Simmons talked about the Jets offense and what are you

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Speaker 6: I thought what I saw from him when he's playing

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Speaker 6: that's uh, I think that's what a lot of people saw.

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Speaker 6: You know, he has all the athleticism, he has all

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Speaker 6: it at a high level. And you don't just go

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Speaker 6: And so that speaks volume to him and the guys

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Speaker 6: And uh, we're gonna have, like I said, in order

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Speaker 6: we're gonna have our best outing of the year. And

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Speaker 6: you know, Zach Wilson's a big part of what they do.

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Speaker 6: What's scary is I still see you know, the same

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Speaker 6: I meant getting ready to play him, and you I

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Speaker 4: I mean, he's had Uh.

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Speaker 6: I want to undermine it, but he's had a few

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Speaker 6: obviously last year, knowing what he did and that that

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Speaker 6: you know, we're definitely gonna have to gonna have to

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Speaker 6: pack one of our best performances of the year this

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Speaker 1: And in other news, here's John Payton on the Broncos

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Speaker 1: decision to move forward from outside linebacker Randy Gregory.

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Speaker 3: None of it's been finalized yet, and so the question

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Speaker 3: was about Randy Gregory, and you know something, we felt

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Speaker 3: it was just best for our.

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Speaker 4: Team right now.

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Speaker 3: Timing wise, it hadn't been finalized yet because you know,

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Speaker 3: typically before a transaction takes place, there may be some

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Speaker 3: teams interested in a trade, and but if any of

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Speaker 4: To fruition, and we would we would let you guys know.

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Speaker 3: But we just felt like with some of our younger

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Speaker 3: best for our team right now. Listen, Well, he played

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Speaker 3: these other guys were playing better, and you know, it

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Speaker 3: happens in this league. You know, shoot, we want we

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Speaker 3: want the best players possible and and and so you know,

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Speaker 3: there was a combination of things. But yeah, and those

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Speaker 2: Plus safety PJ.

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Speaker 1: Lock and outside linebacker Baron Browning returned to practice. Here's

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Speaker 1: a look at today's injury reports. Running Back Javonte Williams

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Speaker 1: did not participate, outside linebacker Baron Browning, outside linebacker Frank Clark,

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, defensive tackle Mike Purcell, and safety Justin Simmons

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Speaker 2: Plus safety p J. Locke was a full participant.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me you're inside the Broncos podcast studio is

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Speaker 1: a fellow.

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Speaker 2: Team reporter Phil Malaney. Phil, thanks for joining the show.

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Speaker 7: Today, said it must be Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: It must be always a pleasure to have you on.

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Speaker 7: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Well, Phil, nothing official yet, but we just

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Speaker 1: heard head coach Chean Payton talk about the Bronco's decision

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Speaker 1: to move forward from Randy Gregory, you know, talked a

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Speaker 1: lot about Jonathan Cooper and Nick Bonito and you know

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Speaker 1: how he just felt that they were performing at a

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think the news probably came as a surprise

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Speaker 7: to some people just because, you know, two off seasons ago,

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Speaker 7: But you know, I think Sean Payton said it. He said, look,

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Speaker 7: I think Jonathan Cooper and Nick Benito are playing better, right,

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Speaker 7: you know, and last game against the Bears, Benito and

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Speaker 7: Cooper started that game, and you know, Champagne made it

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Speaker 7: a point to say that in the post game, like, hey,

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Speaker 7: he you know, Nick Beadito started and then you saw

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Speaker 7: the production in the game. I mean, Nick Potato two

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Speaker 7: of course the two of them on the one play,

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Speaker 7: you know, the whole game changed the whole game. Really,

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Speaker 7: you know, so I think that those two guys have

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Speaker 7: been playing really well, and I think it's probably Champagne said,

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Speaker 7: there was a combination of reasons why, but he said

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Speaker 7: that they just mostly think that Nick Botito and Jonathan

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Speaker 7: Cooper are playing really well right now.

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Speaker 2: Definitely.

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Speaker 1: On other big news today, fell outside linebacker Baron Browning

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Speaker 1: in a safety PJ Lock return to practice too. A

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Speaker 1: lot of news coming out of today. Yeah, to see

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Speaker 7: I think Champagne said that PGA Lock is probably a

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Speaker 7: little bit closer, but Baron Browning, I mean, these guys

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Speaker 7: the Broncos are going to be smart with these guys,

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Speaker 7: like they don't want to just throw them into the fire.

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Speaker 7: I don't think, but yeah, I mean, anytime you can

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Speaker 7: Oh guys, Yeah, Zach Wilson looked pretty good, you know.

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Speaker 2: And we heard Justin talk about to the leadership that

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Speaker 7: Yeah, those guys, they don't even have to like talk

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Speaker 2: So you have to be reading each other's mind at that.

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Speaker 7: Point, exactly exactly. And I did think that Turner Yell

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Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be a challenge to going up

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Speaker 7: And we've seen that. I mean, they jumped out to

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Speaker 1: It was interesting to hear Russ talk about, you know,

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Speaker 7: Oh yeah, exactly. Yeah, although I don't know how much

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Speaker 7: And we saw that last year when Sauce was on

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be an exciting matchup for sure, Phil.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's gonna be a little different than the like

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Speaker 2: I think so too. Well, Phil, appreciate you joining the

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Speaker 7: Yeah, of course, thanks pleasure.

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