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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to the Broncos podcast network and YouTube for the

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Speaker 1: latest episode of Broncos Now. As always in your host

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Speaker 1: is Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode, we'll

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Speaker 1: take a look back at a Sunday's game versus Patriots

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Speaker 1: and look ahead to the final two weeks of the season.

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Speaker 1: A lot more coming up as we take a look

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Speaker 1: back at a Sunday's loss versus Patriots at in power

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Speaker 1: Field at Mile High. We heard today from head coach

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Speaker 1: On Payan as he detailed the offensive struggles of versus

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Speaker 1: New England on a Sunday.

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Speaker 2: I think so many times when we look at some

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Speaker 2: of that stuff, it's self inflicted problems and that has

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Speaker 2: to get cleaned up. That's communication that might be having

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Speaker 2: to reduce, you know, is there too much in But

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Speaker 2: look right now, we're average to blow average, I would say,

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Speaker 2: in a lot of things offensively, and it's not good

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Speaker 2: enough tackle.

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Speaker 1: Mike McGlinchey added to that, discussing how the offense needs

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Speaker 1: to be more consistent and how they can get back

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Speaker 1: into a rhythm.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it just comes down to execution. I

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Speaker 3: truly believe that. I think it comes down to everybody

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Speaker 3: being on the same page and and and you know,

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Speaker 3: taking the opportunities that are given to us, whether the

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Speaker 3: right play call, the right defensive look and capitalizing. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: we didn't do enough of that in the last two

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Speaker 3: And it's a matter of playing consistently. It's a matter

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Speaker 3: of playing with great detail and knowing where you know,

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Speaker 3: how to protect better, how to run the ball better,

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Speaker 3: how to you know, throw the ball where it needs

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Speaker 3: to be, how to get open better. Whatever the issues

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Speaker 3: have been, it's just about doing it better and being

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Speaker 3: more consistent. Because we've shown great things at times on

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Speaker 3: offense this year and certainly was a huge part of

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Speaker 3: the reason why we turn this thing around, but we

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Speaker 3: got to be more consistent when it matters the most.

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Speaker 1: Jean Payne also talked about with the next steps for

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Speaker 1: the Broncos are.

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Speaker 2: I think the ongoing steps is understanding how not to

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Speaker 2: lose games before you learn how to win them. And

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Speaker 2: two thirds of the games we see each weekend or

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Speaker 2: lost before they're ever won. And and we're still we're

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Speaker 2: still learning that the hard way.

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Speaker 1: Insidelinebaker Alex singleton E goot that and talked about how

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Speaker 1: the team is still learning how not to lose games.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think big picture wise, you know, I there

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Speaker 4: is that, you know, I think I said it earlier

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Speaker 4: when we kind of got out of you know, the

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Speaker 4: one in five strick, there was a point kind of

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Speaker 4: I think Buffalo was one of those games where you

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Speaker 4: know we could have you know, at certain points just

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Speaker 4: where they got momentum laid down.

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Speaker 5: You know, this team has learned. I still think when

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Speaker 5: we got kind of in these last few weeks just

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Speaker 5: kind of getting out of you know, you can still

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Speaker 5: you know, revert back to where you've been and stuff,

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Speaker 5: and not that you feel it like we used to

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Speaker 5: on the sideline. I think it's just kind of knowing

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Speaker 5: that you know, there might be one or two plays

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Speaker 5: that we need to win. Those plays to win games

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Speaker 5: is something that you know, we are learning, we have learned,

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Speaker 5: and you know we just need to continue to understand

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Speaker 5: those situations and be able to win those to you know,

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Speaker 5: be able to win these games.

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Speaker 6: And looking ahead.

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Speaker 1: Sean Payne talked today about what this week's focus will

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Speaker 1: be when.

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Speaker 2: These guys come in here, tomorrow morning. It's good. It's

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Speaker 2: it's the message is going to be about winning this

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Speaker 2: game and our last home game. And you know, we

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Speaker 2: haven't played well at home considering uh, or at least

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Speaker 2: the expectations, certainly from Broncos fans and then from from

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Speaker 2: my experience of playing at home. And and so this

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Speaker 2: is our last opportunity to play a home game, and

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Speaker 2: it's going to be about getting this win. And it's

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Speaker 1: And Alex Singleton and Mike mcglinchy added to that, discussing

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Speaker 1: the importance of finishing the season strong.

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Speaker 6: I think it's huge.

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Speaker 5: You know, I won their division games. I think, you know,

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Speaker 5: those are the most important things. Those are you know,

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Speaker 5: original goals when the season starts is to you know,

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Speaker 5: win the games in the AFC West. So that's obviously foremost.

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Speaker 5: I think it sets us up for where we want

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Speaker 5: end of the day. So you know, a lot of guys,

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Speaker 5: you know, obviously it's to make the playoffs. We want

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Speaker 5: to continue playing this year. If it's not you know

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Speaker 5: a lot of futures and you want to put the

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Speaker 5: best film on tape, and so to do that, you

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Speaker 5: got to play your best football and you want to

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Speaker 5: you always want to play your best football in December

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Speaker 5: and January, and you know further so to not do

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Speaker 5: that and to not you know, prepare to be able

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Speaker 5: to do that, I mean you it would just be

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Speaker 5: you know, not just hurting the team, but a disadvantage

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Speaker 5: for yourself.

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Speaker 3: It's certainly important to who we want to be as

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Speaker 3: an organization and as a team moving and especially what

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Speaker 3: we want to be moving forward. I think to be

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Speaker 3: able to be a true professional, you have to be

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Speaker 3: able to put your best work in and it's in

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Speaker 3: the hardest times and the biggest times of adversity, and

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Speaker 3: certainly we're going through.

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Speaker 6: That right now.

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Speaker 3: But I believe that this team is on the is

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Speaker 3: capable of great things. And you know, obviously things didn't

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Speaker 3: go our way this past Sunday, but we got to

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Speaker 3: put our best foot forward for these next two games

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Speaker 3: and certainly finish the season on a great note.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me here in the Broncos Podcast studio is

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Speaker 1: Bronco's lead writer Eric Dalala. Eric, thanks for joining me today.

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Speaker 1: I hope you had a wonderful holiday yesterday.

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Speaker 6: Yeah you too, said, yeah, well, getting.

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Speaker 1: To the news of the day. I know we're now

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Speaker 1: a couple of days removed from the game, Eric, but

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Speaker 1: now that you've had time to take a look back

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Speaker 1: look at the film, I know head coach On Payne

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Speaker 1: talked earlier about some of the offensive struggles. What did

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Speaker 1: you see in terms of that?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I you know, I agree with what

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Speaker 7: Sean Payne was saying, which is a lot of it's

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Speaker 7: self inflicted, it seems like, and that it's got to

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Speaker 7: be better. As Chempayne said, it's not good enough currently.

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Speaker 7: He talked about the offense ranking you know, either average

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Speaker 7: think you can there's kind of three distinct moments or series,

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Speaker 7: if you will, in this game. In the first quarter,

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Speaker 7: you have three opportunities where you start in New England

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Speaker 7: territory only able to get seven points. I like the

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Speaker 7: move to be aggressive there after the opening takeaway by

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Speaker 7: DJ Jones and to go for it there. But you

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Speaker 7: got to find a way to punch it in from

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Speaker 7: the six yard line and take that lead. Maybe that

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Speaker 7: gives you an early momentum boost. Maybe you're able to

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Speaker 7: just kind of put the game out of arms reach

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Speaker 7: to find a way to score there and then score

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Speaker 7: a touchdown when you start inside the ten yard line

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Speaker 7: and have four tries there and then you know, get

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Speaker 7: the ball again near the New England forty yard line

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Speaker 7: and unfortunately not able to get any points there. Finally,

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Speaker 7: off the Marvin Mims return, you do get a touchdown

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Speaker 7: there to start the game. But that was just it

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Speaker 7: felt at the time like an opportunity maybe missed by

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Speaker 7: Then you have a stretch in the middle of the game,

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Speaker 7: second and third quarter, really struggled a couple of you know,

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Speaker 7: of the second quarter, but just you went an extended

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Speaker 6: It puts you in this hole.

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Speaker 7: Marvin Mims has been such an advantage in the return game,

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Speaker 7: but then he has the fumble that's picked up and

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Speaker 6: And so you're just in a hole.

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Speaker 7: And then you find at the end of the game

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Speaker 7: a lot of success, you know, throwing the football down

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Speaker 7: the field, Guys make plays, Jerry Judy, Marvin Mims, you see,

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Speaker 7: people have a big impact there in the passing game.

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Speaker 7: And it was kind of that up tempo attack. But

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Speaker 7: like Sean Payton said, that doesn't necessarily work the whole game.

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Speaker 7: It's hard to I think he said, make it living

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Speaker 7: based on that being your base offense. And so the

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Speaker 7: Broncos do need to find a way to be better

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Speaker 7: on offense. And as Michae McGlinchey said, whether it's people blocking,

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Speaker 7: whether there's people running the ball, throwing the ball, catching

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Speaker 7: of those self inflicted wounds, improve their execution so that

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Speaker 7: his offense can get back to where we know it

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Speaker 7: can be and where it has been at times this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, Oric you mentioned the fourth quarter. I know

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Speaker 1: Michael guinche he talked more about that today and talked

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Speaker 1: about kind of the spontaneous nature of those comebacks. Why

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Speaker 1: do you think that's so different for them later in

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Speaker 7: Well, I think one that's where Russell Wilson's at his

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Speaker 7: bringing this team back. And I think they were just

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Speaker 7: they were able to be aggressive and push the ball

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Speaker 7: down the field. Guys like Marvin Mims, Jerry Judy, Lucas Kroll,

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Speaker 7: you know, Javonte Williams, a bunch of guys start making

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Speaker 7: I think that was the biggest difference is you just

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Speaker 7: had to push the ball down the field and they

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Speaker 7: did it successfully and guys made plays.

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Speaker 1: Eric on the defense, you know, they got off to

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Speaker 1: a good start first play of the game, like you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: DJ Jones, get that strip sack and they you're able

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Speaker 1: to hold off the Patriots in the first half, but

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Speaker 1: not so much in the second half. What were just

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Speaker 1: your impressions of their performance overall.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, obviously a kind of a tough stretch there in

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Speaker 7: the third quarter, a couple of touchdowns led up and

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Speaker 7: then there was the big play light right where the

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Speaker 7: Broncos are calling time out hoping to get the ball back,

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Speaker 7: and Bailey's appy ends up finding a receiver down the

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Speaker 7: think Alex Single then talked about, you know, they're really

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Speaker 7: good kind of that opening script, planning for what the

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Speaker 7: and whatever they're doing off of that, the stuff that

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Speaker 7: stop that as well. And you know, there are a

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Speaker 6: Down the field one on one.

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Speaker 7: Again, the Patriots receivers made some great plays, so you

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Speaker 7: have to credit them for that. But in the defense

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Speaker 7: But it just has to be a little bit more consistent. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Overall, Eric, you know, when you look back to the

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Speaker 7: I mean I asked Sean Payton that on on Tuesday

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Speaker 6: It's turning the ball over.

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Speaker 7: And during that winning streak, the Broncos took care of

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Speaker 6: They're not won. The team gives them away.

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Speaker 7: And clearly he's he feels like over the last couple

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Speaker 6: And it sounds simple and.

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Speaker 7: It's not necessarily like exciting f Oh, we've got to

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Speaker 7: A lot of it is just know, New England turned

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Speaker 7: And so you know, if you take that away, maybe

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Speaker 1: I know, you know, head coach on Payne he talked

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I think these final two weeks are

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Speaker 6: You could earn your first.

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Speaker 7: But we finished strong. We're building towards something. This is

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Speaker 7: But look where they are now, and so I do

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Speaker 7: it's not going to be easy. You got to beat

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Speaker 6: So it's not going to be easy, but there's.

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Speaker 7: Still certainly a lot of value, and you're right, part

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Speaker 6: Still a learning process, definitely.

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Speaker 1: Well, like you said, Eric, a lot to look forward to.

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Speaker 1: Star still here, appreciate you coming on the show. You

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Speaker 1: today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos Country. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for tuning in. Meet you right back here on the

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Speaker 1: Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube tomorrow for another episode. I

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