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

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Speaker 1: for another episode of Broncos Now. Tame reporter and host

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

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Speaker 1: hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett as he reflects on

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Speaker 1: Sunday's loss. Plus I'll have an injury update, and Broncos

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Speaker 1: lead writer Eric Delala joins the show for a game recap,

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Speaker 1: All Done more. Coming up first and foremost this week

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Speaker 1: Broncos Now Now for the top news of the day.

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Speaker 1: We heard from head coach Nathaniel Hackett today as Broncos

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Speaker 1: now sit at three and eight following their twenty three

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Speaker 1: to ten loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. He

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Speaker 1: detailed what his message to the team is now at

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Speaker 1: this point in the season, we need to continue to

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Speaker 1: look at ourselves individually. Starts with me, um go, the coaches,

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Speaker 1: the players to see how we can improve. It's not

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Speaker 1: just one guy, it's it's everybody. Everybody's got to get better.

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Speaker 1: Everybody's got to play better. Um. We're obviously not happy

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Speaker 1: with what the outcome was yesterday. We can play better

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Speaker 1: and we're a better football team than that, and we

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Speaker 1: gotta continually get better across the board. Coach i Can

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Speaker 1: also went on to talk about Russell Wilson's recent struggles

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Speaker 1: and what might be causing them. It's a combination of

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Speaker 1: some semblance of newness with this whole group, and we've

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Speaker 1: And we need to get him, you know, the confidence

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Speaker 1: can make. UM. But he's uh, you know, he's out

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Speaker 1: there and he's fighting every single play. You know, I

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Speaker 1: give him so much credit. You know, he's taking a

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Speaker 1: appreciate that on how he's doing that, and everybody's got

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Speaker 1: to play better around him. Last, but not least, as

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Speaker 1: detailed some of his frustrations. What does message to the

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Speaker 1: fans is, I mean, nobody's as frustrated, uh as I am.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is not where we wanted to be

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Speaker 1: at this this time in the season. None of us

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Speaker 1: one that can do everything to help this football team

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Speaker 1: because we as a group have to come together and

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Speaker 1: find a way to win a football game. And we

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Speaker 1: can't play the way that we played last week yesterday

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Speaker 1: and expect to win a football game. So it starts

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Speaker 1: with me. From the preparation, practice, preparation, every single thing

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Speaker 1: our fans are great. I mean they want to win

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Speaker 1: just like we all do. So I mean I don't

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Speaker 1: I believe in the staff, believe in these players, and

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Speaker 1: we got to get better plays, better execution across the board.

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Speaker 1: And as we wrap up the top news of the day,

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Speaker 1: let's take a look at today's injury report. Both fullback

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Speaker 1: and tight end Andrew Beck and linebacker Dakota Allen suffered

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Speaker 1: hamstring injuries in Sunday's game, and we'll be day to

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Speaker 1: day post co Chacket said they're hoping to get running

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Speaker 1: back a Mica Boone back this week and we'll start

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Speaker 1: Randy Gregory status is still up in the air, and

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Speaker 1: coach Hacket said he might need some more time now.

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Speaker 1: Joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio is Bronco's

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Speaker 1: lead writer Eric Dalela for a game recap. Eric, thanks

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Speaker 1: for joining me again this week. Per year, Eric, I

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Speaker 1: feel like every Monday we come in here and unfortunately

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Speaker 1: say the same thing week after week, you know, another

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Speaker 1: disappointing loss to the Panthers on Sunday. You know, this time, however,

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Speaker 1: it was a little different. You know, normally we're in

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Speaker 1: was your what were your main takeaways from the offensive performance? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because you look at the Panthers, you see a three

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Speaker 1: to the offense and the missed opportunities, you're right, there

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Speaker 1: were several chances. I think the biggest one, of course,

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Speaker 1: The Broncos had a chance. UM. I believe at that

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Speaker 1: there's another opportunity where the Broncos have it down, uh,

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Speaker 1: a week before. So um, those were just a couple

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Speaker 1: they struggled offensively. They came out of them, you know,

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Speaker 1: convert on third down. Eric, you know, converted just four

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Speaker 1: they need to get losing out of their system. Why

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Speaker 1: do you think maybe this team hasn't really been able

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Speaker 1: that's still, in my mind at least, not not an

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Speaker 1: still got to find a way to like even if

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Speaker 1: you know, many people have said it this year, if

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Speaker 1: you could score eight teen points a game, obviously it

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Speaker 1: true narrative because opponents would probably change how they played

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Speaker 1: it's been a little bit different game to game, but

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Speaker 1: but yesterday it was third down again, um, and it

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Speaker 1: You know, if it were just one thing, Sydney, I

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Speaker 1: of a bunch of different factors. You mentioned Latavius Murray

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Speaker 1: Defronte Foreman. He rushed for a hundred and thirteen yards,

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Speaker 1: was pretty physical out there. What do you think really

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Speaker 1: play good defense, and it's got to start with stopping

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Speaker 1: Draymond Jones, like Jacob Martin, like Nick Moneto, and you

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Speaker 1: I think we've heard this team say you've got to

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Speaker 1: earn the right to rush the passer, and that starts

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Speaker 1: Another road game this weekend in Baltimore. Or did that? Eric?

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