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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside Central Health Training Center for

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Speaker 1: another episode of Broncos Now. As always, I'm your host,

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

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Speaker 2: We'll hear from head coach Sean Payton.

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Speaker 1: Quarterback Russell Wilson in safety Justin Simmons as they've turned

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Speaker 1: the page and are looking ahead to the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 2: All that more coming up.

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Speaker 1: The Denver Broncos. We're back at practice today as they

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Speaker 1: look ahead to face the Green Bay Packers out in

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Speaker 1: Power Field at Mile High this Sunday, and with the

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Speaker 1: team looking to grab their first win at home this season.

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Speaker 1: We heard from quarterback Russell Wilson and safety Justin Simmons

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Speaker 1: as they both talked about how important it will be

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Speaker 1: to get back on track.

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Speaker 3: We got to win at home. It's important for us

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Speaker 3: to show our fans what we're capable of at home.

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Speaker 3: We've got some games there Fellow could have want them,

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Speaker 3: you know, in close games, close matchups at home, those

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Speaker 3: those matter, those mean something to our team, to us

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Speaker 3: as players and coaches, and also the fan base. So

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Speaker 3: it'll be great to go against a good Packers team.

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Speaker 3: They have some really good players on defense, they have

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Speaker 3: some good players on offense, they do some really good

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Speaker 3: things across the boarder. Coach well, so this is going

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Speaker 3: to be a good challenge for us and to know

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Speaker 3: they you know, their fans travel well, but our our

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Speaker 3: fans are nice and loud at home, and uh, it'll

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Speaker 3: throughout the whole game and how much they mean to

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Speaker 3: us and how that that really helps us catch that

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Speaker 3: momentum and hopefully when those games.

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Speaker 4: I say it every week, it feels like and it's frustrating,

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Speaker 4: you know, I get up here and to say it

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Speaker 4: every week, but yeah, this one's it's important, and uh

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Speaker 4: and not just saying that to say it. It's especially

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Speaker 4: when you have a few losses and you just got

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Speaker 4: one is the most important one, which is Sunday against

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Speaker 4: Green Bay. You know, so uh man, it's at home

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Speaker 4: and uh man, I know it's been tough, but I

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Speaker 4: really want to give you know, the fans a home

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Speaker 1: Plus, head coach Sean Paan talked about what is message

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Speaker 1: to Broncos country is looked.

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Speaker 5: There's a fine line here between a groove and a rut,

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Speaker 5: and you know, you take a look at I'll give

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Speaker 5: you an example Detroit. You know a year ago, was

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Speaker 5: sitting and I watched it as a media member covering

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Speaker 5: a handful of tough losses. They were one in six.

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Speaker 5: I know Dan well, and you know, you keep fighting.

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Speaker 5: You know there's a grit element involved, you know, some

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Speaker 5: mental toughness that's involved, and then pretty soon you know,

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Speaker 5: here they are at the end of the season. They win,

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Speaker 5: they're eliminated before that game played, but they were in

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Speaker 5: that contention and then you know here they are now

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Speaker 5: is one of those teams and so you know, we're

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Speaker 5: kind of, you know, in that position where it's you know,

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Speaker 1: Plus quarterback Russell Wilson talked about how important it will

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Speaker 1: how they had a great day of practice today.

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Speaker 3: We've done some really good things offensively, didn't play our

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Speaker 3: we've done some really good things, you know, throughout the season,

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Speaker 3: and I think we can do you do even better.

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Speaker 3: That's the exciting part about it, about where we can

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Speaker 3: Guys are flying around offensively and defensively. Special team, so

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Speaker 2: Today, had goat chun.

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Speaker 1: Payne also talked about what he saw on offense versus

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Speaker 5: You know, I thought there were certain elements to the

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Speaker 1: Early on looking ahead at the Packers, quarterback Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: talked about what have you seen from their defense on tape?

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Speaker 3: And they've got a lot of great athletes in the secondary.

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Speaker 3: Savage is tremendous, So you can fly around, he plays

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Speaker 3: then the defensive line I think is the part that

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Speaker 3: I mean, just this guy's I've played him for a

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Speaker 3: you know. And then obviously Gray off the edge. You know,

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Speaker 3: but he can you know, he calls his havoc too.

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Speaker 3: They got a lot of guys, you know, I'm up front.

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Speaker 3: I mean I can name them all, but just they

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Speaker 3: do a lot of great things. And we're going to

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Speaker 1: Our a game safety Justin Simmons also talked about Green

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Speaker 4: I'm seeing a quarterback that's starting to come into his

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Speaker 4: own and uh man, he's really talented. He makes all

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Speaker 2: Now it's time to take a look at today's injury report.

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Speaker 1: Titan Greg Dolcic did not participate, Safety Justin Simmons and

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Speaker 1: center Lloyd Kushienberry, and defensive tackle DJ Jones were all

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Speaker 1: full participants. Now joining me here inside the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: studio is a fellow team reporter, Film Malaney. Feel pleasure

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Speaker 1: to have you on the show today. Last week, I

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Speaker 1: know week we had to cut our show.

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Speaker 6: Everything had to be flipped around and everything. So good

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Speaker 6: to be back on our normal routine.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I guess we did do a show last week,

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Speaker 2: it was just on a different day.

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Speaker 6: No, I didn't do one last week. I don't think

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Speaker 6: you know I missed you. Oh yeah, exactly the Thursday

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Speaker 6: nights every day. I can't even remember what week it

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Speaker 6: is exactly exactly. But now when we are back, yeap,

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Speaker 6: Thursday nights.

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Speaker 1: They do screw some things up, but everyone gets some

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Speaker 1: time after the game to kind of Yeah.

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Speaker 6: We heard some of the guys talk about it just

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Speaker 6: a chance to clear mind a little bit, hit the reset,

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Speaker 6: and I think this is a good opportunity for the Broncos. Now,

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Speaker 6: two home games and then the bye week coming up,

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Speaker 6: let's just sort of ignore everything else that's happened before

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Speaker 6: and to focus like sort of like a little two

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, a lot of guys today also talked about

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Speaker 1: how important it will be to get a win at home.

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Speaker 6: Oh gosh, but in the next couple.

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Speaker 2: Of weeks here hopefully the Sunday versus Packers. I mean,

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Speaker 2: what would that mean? I guess for the span base,

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Speaker 2: but also for the morality.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, one of

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Speaker 6: you know you've seen them putting a lot of money

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Speaker 6: it's awesome, and part of that fun is experiencing a

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Speaker 6: So, I think it is big to win at home.

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Speaker 6: When you think about really good teams around the league,

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Speaker 6: the good Broncos teams, you know, in the past were

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Speaker 6: It's rocking. Excuse me, people are pounding their feet, you know,

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Speaker 6: I think that it's big to try and win at home.

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Speaker 6: And you know, we're not used to seeing the Broncos

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Speaker 6: lost the first three games at home here. I think

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Speaker 6: well ever ever, so you know this is a big one.

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Speaker 6: The Chiefs coming up after that, another big one, then

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Speaker 6: it's a bye week and then you go on the road.

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Speaker 6: So to just give this Broncos fan base a home win,

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Speaker 6: I think it's gonna be important.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy. How soon we're playing the Chiefs again.

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Speaker 6: Well in three weeks, yeah exactly. They're just going to

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Speaker 6: will help dictate a lot. So it was interesting you

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Speaker 6: saw the Chiefs do a lot of different like kind

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Speaker 6: they they were doing a lot of different things. You know,

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Speaker 6: you just wonder how much they knew that you're playing

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Speaker 6: the same Broncos team again in a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, well, Phil, I know this offense is going

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Speaker 1: to look to bounce back following that Thursday night game.

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Speaker 1: Of course, it wasn't their best performance so far this season.

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Speaker 1: And you know, it's interesting to hear Russell Wilson talk

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Speaker 1: about how, you know, after each game, something that he

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Speaker 1: learned as a rookie is that he sits down, he

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Speaker 1: looks at everything he did well, he looks at everything

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Speaker 1: he didn't do well, like some of the things that

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Speaker 2: And you know, he even said that he's his hardest critic.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, and then you've got to forget about it,

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Speaker 1: Well, Phil, looking at the Broncos defense. You heard from

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Speaker 6: And look, Jordan Love is going to present some issues,

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Speaker 1: So well, team will head back to practice tomorrow as

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you doing the show today.

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Speaker 6: Thank you very much. It's always a pleasure said, always

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Speaker 1: Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: Let meet you right back here on the Broncos Podcast

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Speaker 1: Network and YouTube tomorrow for another episode. I'll see you

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