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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside the uc Hell Training Center

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Speaker 1: for today's edition of Broncos Now. Team reporter and host

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Speaker 1: a Sidney Jones here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett as it reflects

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday's game and gives an injury update. Plus

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Speaker 1: Broncos lead writer Eric Delala joins the show for a

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Speaker 1: recap of the Broncos loss in Las Vegas. All that

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Speaker 1: and more on tonight's episode, looking at the top news

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Speaker 1: surrounding the Broncos. Today, head coach Nathaniel Hackett spoke to

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Speaker 1: the media and confirmed that running back Javante Williams will

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Speaker 1: miss the remainder of the season. Vante suffered a knee injury,

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Speaker 1: reportedly a torn a c L during Sunday's loss Versa Raiders.

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Speaker 1: An outside linebacker Randy Gregory also suffered a knee injury

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Speaker 1: on Sunday's game. Coach hack And announced that his A

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Speaker 1: undergo a scope. He will miss some time, and coachack

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Speaker 1: has said that the i R is also a possibility.

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Speaker 1: Coachak It gave his thoughts on both of those guys

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Speaker 1: and who will have to step up in their place.

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Speaker 1: I mean, both those guys are obviously very important to

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Speaker 1: our team. Uh, losing Javonte is so unfortunate. You know,

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Speaker 1: a dynamic player in this league. Randy, same thing, you know,

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Speaker 1: having him to have to miss some time right now. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's hard because he's been a great force on the team.

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Speaker 1: But um, hey, so somebody's got to step up. And

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Speaker 1: I think that, you know, with this whole team, I

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Speaker 1: think they're excited, you know, for that opportunity and we're

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Speaker 1: glad that it comes very soon instead of having to

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Speaker 1: wait longer to be able to get out there and

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Speaker 1: go play. He then goes on to talk about how

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Speaker 1: the team will respond after losing two critical guys to injuries.

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Speaker 1: It's one of those things. Uh, this is this is

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Speaker 1: part of football. It's a physical game. We can't deny.

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Speaker 1: There's certain things we can't control. And as a team,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna band together and we're gonna step it up

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Speaker 1: and get better. And whoever has the opportunity go in

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Speaker 1: has to embrace it and be excited for it and

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Speaker 1: play the best they've ever played. Coach I could also

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Speaker 1: talked about Melvin Gordon's performance on his Sunday Versa Raiders

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Speaker 1: and that he expects him to step up on a

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Speaker 1: Thursday night and have a great game. Melvin is a

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Speaker 1: true pro. I mean, this is a guy that's been

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Speaker 1: doing this for a long time. He's harder on himself

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Speaker 1: than anybody, and he's part of our team and we

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Speaker 1: love the guy. I mean, he he knows there was

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Speaker 1: a mishap right there, and it's a great opportunity for

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Speaker 1: him to get back out on the field and prove himself.

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Speaker 1: And we're excited to be part of that and put

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Speaker 1: him in great positions to be able to make plays

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Speaker 1: and we'll watch him do some good things. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he had our first touchdown two weeks ago. I thought

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Speaker 1: the whole and uh, we want to see that continue.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, he's a true pro and I

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Speaker 1: expect for him to step up and have a great game.

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Speaker 1: And following the team's thirty two to three loss to

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Speaker 1: the offenses performance and what changed from the first half

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Speaker 1: to the second. We were doing really good, a lot

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Speaker 1: of good things in the first half, were able to

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Speaker 1: move the ball pretty well, had a lot of great

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Speaker 1: second half, we just kind of got stalled in behind

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Speaker 1: the chains. I think that's kind of the thing that's

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Speaker 1: have putting ourselves in manageable third down situations so we

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Speaker 1: can continually get some first downs, but in the end,

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Speaker 1: you gotta convert on third down. I mean, our third

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Speaker 1: down percentage was not good. It hasn't been good the

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Speaker 1: Broncos did not practice today, but here's a look at

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Speaker 1: the team's estimated injury report. Outside linebacker Jonathan Cooper, outside

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Speaker 1: Coach Ickett gave an update on Russell and said he

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Speaker 1: Broncos podcast studio is a Broncos lead writer, Eric Delala. Eric,

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Speaker 1: let's dive into Sunday's game and the team's overall performance.

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Speaker 1: You know, I thought the offense they looked pretty good

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Speaker 1: touchdowns on two of their three red zone possessions, though overall, Eric,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was up and down. I think they

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Speaker 1: then once they got things going kind of in the

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Speaker 1: was efficient UM and halftime had just one incompletion. I

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Speaker 1: believe they weren't able to get things going at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the third quarter, but he made some throws

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Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton. Then he has that play to kJ Hamler.

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Speaker 1: He makes a pair of big plays with his legs

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Speaker 1: on that drive, scrambles for a first down on third

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Speaker 1: I think when you're talking about this offense, first and foremost,

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Speaker 1: you've got to feel really good that Russell Wilson looked

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Speaker 1: the things and the running game wasn't good enough. UM. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Jovanta Williams getting hurt impacted that, but Melvin Gordon and

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Speaker 1: Roccos had some negative plays that would set them back,

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Speaker 1: particularly in the third quarter. There are a couple of

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Speaker 1: overall there were some good things. Like you mentioned the

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Speaker 1: that's really encouraging UM. And I think that you're finally

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Speaker 1: a little bit. They've got to be more consistent. You

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Speaker 1: you know, Russell Wilson's overall performance, This is arguably one

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Speaker 1: I thought he did a really good job at finding

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Speaker 1: his receivers. We saw touchdowns from Courtland sign and Jerry Judy,

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Speaker 1: some big plays like the one you mentioned from kJ Hamler,

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Speaker 1: impact on this game. Obviously Kendall Hinton had a couple

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Speaker 1: think they've got to figure out a way to keep

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Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton involved because he had some big plays there

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter it was a little bit quieter. But

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Speaker 1: what I will say is the Broncos just didn't run

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Speaker 1: a lot of talk today about, oh, did you know

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Speaker 1: a lot last year in terms of hey, well the

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Speaker 1: don't have the plays to do that, and so sustained drives,

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Speaker 1: avoiding those negative plays that will help get the ball

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Speaker 1: we've seen when the Broncos got on a roll there,

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Speaker 1: that third quarter, a Broncos didn't stay on schedule. Eric

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Speaker 1: of course, like you said, Javonte Williams he suffered a

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Speaker 1: just so awful to see. We of course hope he

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Speaker 1: game in general needs to get better, needs to get going. Um,

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Speaker 1: figure out are they gonna rely on Melvin Gordon, who

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Speaker 1: obviously now has had several fumbles in his last few games,

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Speaker 1: and kind of bad luck for him and the Broncos

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Speaker 1: I think that helps. Maybe Billy Turner comes back. You know,

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Speaker 1: what happens there, um, but that would help. There needs

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