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Speaker 1: What's at Broncos Country. Welcome back inside the uc Hell

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Speaker 1: Training Center for another episode of Broncos Now. Team reporter

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Speaker 1: and host Sydney Jones here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from ed coach Nathaniel Hackett, a safety Justin Simmons,

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Speaker 1: and quarterback Pats Ertan as they all spoke to the

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Speaker 1: media today. Plus I'll have the latest injury report in

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Speaker 1: Filmilani joins the show. All that more coming up. The

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Speaker 1: team was back at practice today here at the uc

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Speaker 1: and coach Nathaniel Hackett spoke to the media today and

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Speaker 1: updated us on Russell Wilson. Of course, he remains in

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol and they're taking it day by day. He

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Speaker 1: did not participate in practice today, but was out there

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Speaker 1: during the media viewing portion of practice and stretched with

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Speaker 1: the team. In the end, his his safety is what

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Speaker 1: matters most to us. We want to be sure that

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Speaker 1: we're taking care of him and all his well being

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Speaker 1: and we're doing what's right for Russell. Uh it all.

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Speaker 1: He starts right away with the medical department. We've got

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Speaker 1: a really good medical department, the independent neurologists, where we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be sure we're in constant communication with them. He's

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Speaker 1: being monitored by everybody and uh, and we'll go from there.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk with him and it'll be an organizational decision.

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Speaker 1: Not knowing Russell Wilson's status for Sunday yet, co Chack

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Speaker 1: gave his thoughts on Brent Rippon's performance VERSU Chiefs this

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Speaker 1: Then he comes back and a fourth and seventh situation

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Speaker 1: and I mean that was a dime. I mean it

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Speaker 1: was an unbelievable throw. I mean, we talk about tight

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Speaker 1: So um, I thought that was great by him. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then fro an improvement standpoint is, let's get him

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Speaker 1: So he he did a good job at the Jets.

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Speaker 1: motivation is for the rest of the season with playoffs

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Speaker 1: for I don't know how to say it, like not

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Speaker 1: necessarily for your own self, because it's a team game, right,

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Speaker 1: and there's guys that aren't. And so these next four weeks,

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Speaker 1: know that playoff spot of the wild card spot, things

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Speaker 1: at practice today, wide receiver Courtland Sutton, quarterback Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: reporter at Phil Melanie. Phil, thanks for joining me again

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Speaker 1: on this Wednesday. Yeah, an action packed Wednesday around. Been

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