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Speaker 1: What's Up, Broncos Country. Welcome back to the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: network and YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 1: As always, I'm your host is Sidney Jones, and coming

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Speaker 1: up on today's episode, we'll recap the twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft and take a look at the Broncos moves

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Speaker 1: in the past few days. Plus we'll hear from head

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Speaker 1: coach Sean Payton and general manager George Payon all that more,

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Speaker 1: I mean out. The twenty twenty three NFL Draft is

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Speaker 1: officially in the books. The Broncos added a six new

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Speaker 1: players to their roster this weekend. Weekend head coach Sean

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Speaker 1: Payton believes was a success.

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow's the day that all the draft grades come out.

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Speaker 2: And I love tomorrow, but truly I hope three years

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Speaker 2: idea of how this draft went, the reports will be good.

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Speaker 2: And so again we heard, we heard it a million times.

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Speaker 2: We got our guy today, all right, half of them Marlyon,

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Speaker 2: But I would say, and I don't want to speak

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Speaker 2: for George, but man, I was excited and the process

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Speaker 2: and the hours going into it, all of that because

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Speaker 2: it was new for me, and there's elements of it

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Speaker 2: that were new relative to how we scout. And then man,

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Speaker 2: there's some things that were fantastic. And if you started

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Speaker 2: really at the beginning of it all and you said,

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Speaker 2: here's free agency, here we are. The draft just ended.

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited the Bronco has finished strong. On Saturday,

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Speaker 1: the final day of the NFL Draft, with their first

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Speaker 1: pick coming in the sixth round, Thenver selected Boise State

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Speaker 3: We've liked him throughout the process. I mean, the first

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Speaker 3: thing you see is a size. You know, he's almost

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Speaker 3: for that size is we thought was unique. You know,

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Speaker 3: the short area quickness, the range, you see the ball

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Speaker 3: skills on tape. The thing that really sticks out is

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Speaker 3: his physicality, you know, and playing downhill in the run game,

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Speaker 3: and you see that all over the tape. He's a

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Speaker 3: We were I think the injury did impact, you know,

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Speaker 3: where he was drafted. We were We felt very fortunate

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Speaker 1: Runs then traded back in the draft while adding a

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Speaker 1: veteran a tight end at Denver acquired tight end Adam

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Speaker 1: in the draft from the New Orleans Saints in exchange

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Speaker 2: He is that that the versaal tight end that can

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Speaker 2: better than the other blocker. First. Then when we drafted Adam,

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Speaker 2: So really, to answer your question, we comped him to

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Speaker 3: In foresight, we see him as a center who can flex,

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Speaker 3: and he's going to compete just like all the rookies

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Speaker 3: you know, like everyone else.

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Speaker 1: As a team looks ahead. Coach Payton detailed his expectations

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Speaker 2: I think the first message, and I'll try to be

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Speaker 2: And so I think to answer your question, sometimes you know,

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Speaker 1: All in all, Coach Payton and George Payton felt like

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Speaker 1: they stay true to their vision by drafting the best

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Speaker 1: player available while still addressing the team's needs. Now, joining

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Speaker 1: me here in the Broncos Podcast studio is Broncos lead

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Speaker 1: writer Eric Dalala. Eric another draft in the books here first,

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Speaker 1: one of the Sean e that's.

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Speaker 4: Right, Sid. It was an exciting one. I think maybe

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Speaker 4: more fireworks than people expected.

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Speaker 1: I think so too. Yeah, a few trades up, trade back,

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Speaker 1: you know, six players added to the roster here, Eric,

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Speaker 1: just overall, what did you think about this draft?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they got better as a football team, which is

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Speaker 4: what you need to do. I think the goal here

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Speaker 4: we talked about this a few times. You know, what

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Speaker 4: The Broncos were able to do that. Obviously, it took

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Speaker 4: but they executed them. They got players that I think

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Speaker 4: can be contributors pretty quickly. Obviously, Sean Payton has a

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Speaker 4: history of finding rookies who can make an impact in

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Speaker 4: year one. Does that mean that anybody is going to

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Speaker 4: be a pro bowler and I'll pro I don't know

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Speaker 4: And you know, and not only that, I do think

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Speaker 4: You added speed to the wide receiver position, which you needed.

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Speaker 4: all in all, I think you found good players who

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Speaker 4: I think helped shore at positions where you needed help.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. Eric. Looking at the five picks the Broncos

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Speaker 4: Oh, that's interesting. Yeah, I mean I'm torn, obviously between

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Speaker 4: I'll go with Drew Sanders just because he's a guy.

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Speaker 4: When you looked at all these pre draft rankings and

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Speaker 4: things like that, Dane Brugler from The Athletic had him,

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Speaker 4: i think twenty eighth overall on his list of top

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Speaker 4: one hundred players. He was a number one inside line

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Speaker 4: We heard Sem Payton talk about the Mario Davison New

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Speaker 4: going to be drafted earlier. So he's going to come in,

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Speaker 4: in my opinion, with a little bit of a chip

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Speaker 4: lot of different things. I think I saw someone compare

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Speaker 4: him to kind of Carl Mecklenberg, who would play all

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Speaker 4: over the Broncos. Obviously that's a Ring of Famer, so

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Speaker 4: we don't want to put that sort of expectation on him,

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Speaker 4: but just in terms of how he's gonna be able

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Speaker 4: help the Broncos and the way he hits and Andy,

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Speaker 4: I'm excited to see him get the pads on whenever.

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Speaker 1: That is definitely yeah. Eric, I feel like there's just

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Speaker 1: the you know vision that they had going in and

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Speaker 1: you kind of saw that throughout all five of their

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, I think you toss Adam Troutman in there too,

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Speaker 4: just in terms of definitely one high character guys. The

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Speaker 4: You know, you think of safety Jl Skinner from Boise State,

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Speaker 4: They need to be tougher, they need to be more

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Speaker 4: physical on defense, probably on offense as well, but specifically

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Speaker 4: setting the tone defensively. And then obviously Mims brings an

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Speaker 4: of how all these guys pan out. Obviously, not every

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Speaker 4: But certainly these guys have the traits at least that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Eric, last one for you, where do you think

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Speaker 1: the roster stands? Now? You know, what are we looking

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Speaker 1: for and looking forward to over the next couple of

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Speaker 4: Yeah, a good question, you know, I think look at

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Speaker 4: that fills a need there. You look at cornerback and

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Speaker 4: needs were filled there. Yeah, doesn't mean Kareem Jackson can't

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Speaker 4: come back at safety, as George Payton mentioned on SAT.

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Speaker 4: But you add another body to that room, you know,

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Speaker 4: the tight ends, Sean Payton mentioned that they needed a

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Speaker 4: didn't fall that way, and they weren't going to force it,

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Speaker 4: And so there are still ways to solve problems if

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Speaker 4: you want to put it that way, or a roster holes,

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Speaker 4: veteran free agents. John Peyton mentioned, you know, we're going

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Speaker 4: I think that's one of my big takeaways is what

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Speaker 4: second everybody gets in that room together, it doesn't matter

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Speaker 4: if you were a first round pick. It doesn't matter

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Speaker 4: if you are a rookie, if you're a veteran. You're

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Speaker 4: all equal now, and the best player is going to play.

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Speaker 4: And so you know, if Drew Sanders can show he's

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Speaker 4: If Marvin Mims Junior can show he's the best player,

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Speaker 4: he's going to be out there. If ForSight, you know,

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Speaker 4: one of the I think the fourth to last pick

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Speaker 4: to play. And so one, it's exciting as from a

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Speaker 4: fans perspective of hey, what's going to happen here with

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Speaker 4: But then the other element to me is it's exciting

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Speaker 4: for these players because you know, you show up, you

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Speaker 4: work hard, and you do what the coaches tell you, you're

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Speaker 4: gonna have a chance to make an impact.

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Speaker 1: We'll get the opportunity exactly exactly, Well, an exciting weekend here,

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Speaker 1: a lot of exciting things coming up, Eric, appreciate your time.

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Speaker 4: You got it, sid Well.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it for today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in all weekend for our

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft coverage. I'll meet you right back here on

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Speaker 1: the Broncos Podcast network and YouTube, and next week for

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