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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos podcast network and

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now. As always,

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Speaker 1: am your host Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll take a look at some of the top highlights

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Speaker 1: from today's practice. BLUs Head coach Sean Payn gives an

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Speaker 1: update on running back Chavonte Williams. All that more coming up.

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Speaker 1: Broncos out their fifth teenth training camp practice here at

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Speaker 1: Centuri Health Training Center today for their first padded practice

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Speaker 1: this week, and as a team heads out to San

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Speaker 1: Francisco for their second preseason game later in the week.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton gave an update today on Javonte Williams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's doing well. We'll have a plan. I plan

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Speaker 2: on playing them. You know, we'll see pitch count wise

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Speaker 2: towards the end of the week. We'll be smart, but

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Speaker 2: I do see him getting to play something.

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Speaker 1: The team only has a two more days left of

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Speaker 1: training camp, but are still nearly a month away from

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Speaker 1: the start of the season, and at this point in

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Speaker 1: the year, head coach Sean Payton said they're still installing

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Speaker 1: their system.

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Speaker 2: We're still in installation today. You know, we're installing another

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Speaker 2: group of third down plays, another group of red zone plays.

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Speaker 2: So we've already done red zone, third down, but not

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Speaker 2: the whole package. So today they got a little bit

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Speaker 2: then as we get closer to the season, you'll see

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Speaker 1: We also heard from fullback Michael Burton falling practice today

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Speaker 1: for the first time, and he detailed why Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: likes the fullback position so much.

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Speaker 3: I think goes back to my first point is that versatility.

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Speaker 3: I think you got to be able a guy who

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Speaker 3: can go out there and do different things, Like if

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Speaker 3: you call out in twenty one personnel, you're not just

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Speaker 3: running the ball. Maybe you can line up wide. You

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Speaker 3: can line a guy up, he can run routes, he

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Speaker 3: as a queue, right, like it's not just automatically run.

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Speaker 3: And then a guy who can play special teams, who

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Speaker 3: think it's a whole versatile thing that Hephie, you know,

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Speaker 1: Now that we've seen some of those younger guys play

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Speaker 1: in their first NFL game. This week of practice and

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Speaker 1: the Broncos second pre season game will be crucial for

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Speaker 1: some of those players.

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Speaker 2: They play their first game, we make the corrections and

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Speaker 2: in a little bit of a race, especially for those players.

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Speaker 2: We got to see that improvement now week two, and

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Speaker 2: a lot of times it's in the kicking game, so

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Speaker 2: there is a sense of urgency for those players.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio is

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Speaker 1: Broncos Zeed writer Eric to Lali, Eric, before we look

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Speaker 1: at practice today, I want to talk about Javante Williams.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton confirmed today that he will be

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Speaker 1: playing in the BRONCOSCD second preseason game on Saturday. Exciting news, yeah,

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Speaker 4: Obviously, Davante suffers that horrible, devastating injury last year against

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Speaker 4: the Raiders. People say, hey, is it going to be

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Speaker 4: all sorts of speculation out there. Javonte Williams comes back,

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Speaker 4: he beats the timetable, He's out there for the offseason program.

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Speaker 4: He's out there at the start of training camp and

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Speaker 4: voids the physically unable to perform list, and now it

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Speaker 4: I personally have been surprised just by the burst, the explosiveness.

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Speaker 4: We don't know how many snaps he's going to play yet,

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Speaker 1: Yeah on Saturday, mean too, And mentally, I feel like

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt. And I think part of that, right

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Speaker 4: I think they've done a great job of working him

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be really fun to watch on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: for sure. You know, Eric, the team was back in

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Speaker 4: Yeah, again, you know, you saw some guys come back

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Speaker 4: But again, I thought the offense did a decent job,

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Speaker 4: think about practice today, he had a nice practice, and listen,

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Speaker 1: And thank you Eric for addressing the kicking game, because

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Speaker 1: Now that they've played a preseason game, how important really

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Speaker 4: Yeah, good question. I think part of the NFL, right

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Speaker 4: improving during the week. And it can't just be him.

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Speaker 4: so Sean Payton talked about that and using this week

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Speaker 4: heard him say that the preseason reps count a little

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Speaker 4: and did things the coaches liked, carry that forward into

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. Well, another new is Eric. The vote is

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Speaker 1: And of course, as we know, Mike Shanahan and Dan

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Speaker 1: you know, the official confirmation won't come out until tomorrow though.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and as we're recording this, we haven't heard anything yet.

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Speaker 4: both guys very deserving. Dan Reeves obviously, I think nine

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Speaker 4: Mike Shanahan and his offensive system has both on Peyton

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Speaker 4: but there's a lot of deserving candidates and so of

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Speaker 4: But this is by and large kind of the biggest

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Speaker 1: news tomorrow. Eric, appreciate you coming on the show today.

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Speaker 4: You got it. Sid Plus.

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Speaker 1: We heard from outside linebacker Jonathan Cooper today and he

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Speaker 5: Just working on my explosiveness. I feel like being more

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