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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos podcast networking on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: For the latest edition of Broncos Now, I'm your host

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

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Speaker 1: announced his retirement this morning. We'll hear from him as

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Speaker 1: he reflects on his career in the NFL and here

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Speaker 1: in Denver, plus Hall of Famer Steve Atwater joins the show.

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Speaker 1: All that more coming up. Wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders announced

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Speaker 1: his retirement as a Bronco this morning. After twelve seasons

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, three Super Bowl appearances, super Bowl fifty

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Speaker 1: victory to Pro Bowl selections, Sanders is hanging up his cleats.

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Speaker 1: Take a listen to his opening statement from today's press conference.

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Speaker 1: When I think about my career, uh man, it's it's

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Speaker 1: it has been a blessing. I remember when me and

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Speaker 1: my cousin Josh Brown, were like eight years old, and

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Speaker 1: I always tell him, oh, take it to the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it to the NFL. And then you know,

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Speaker 1: if you ask everybody in my in my community, if

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Speaker 1: they remember me, they say, man, I remember that little

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Speaker 1: eight year old skinny kid that was running around saying

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Speaker 1: that he was gonna make it to the NFL, right.

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Speaker 1: And when I got to college, I remember my cousin

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Speaker 1: I was telling him. I said, Man, I got this dream.

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Speaker 1: I said, I got this dream, and so I wrote,

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Speaker 1: I wrote it, and and it goes. It all started

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Speaker 1: with a dream, A dream of making something of myself,

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Speaker 1: A dream that no matter the circumstances I was born into,

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Speaker 1: that I could attain anything I put my mind to.

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Speaker 1: I was determined to make it, determined to change the

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Speaker 1: dynamic of my family financials, and determined to be the

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Speaker 1: example for the younger generation that if he can make it,

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Speaker 1: so can I. I'm proud to stand up here before

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Speaker 1: you guys and say that I chased down that dream

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Speaker 1: and it was one hell of a ride. God is great,

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Speaker 1: and I know that without Him being my protector and

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Speaker 1: guided me throughout this journey under this will be possible

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Speaker 1: to every coach and player that I had to the

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Speaker 1: privilege of playing with or to be coached by. Thank

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Speaker 1: you to the city of Denver and the Broncos organization.

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Speaker 1: John O. Way paid Manny the Bowling family just to

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Speaker 1: name with you. Thank you for embraced me for six years.

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Speaker 1: Those were some of the best years of my life.

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Speaker 1: I'll never forget hoisting that Lombardi Trophy and riding on

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Speaker 1: that fire truck back to my son and the Marius

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Speaker 1: Thomas during the parade with a million people in attendance.

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Speaker 1: That was one of the best days of my life.

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Speaker 1: The memories in this building I will cherish forever. Sanders

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Speaker 1: goes on to discuss why now was the right time

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Speaker 1: for him. I told myself, I said, when is it

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Speaker 1: ever a right time for me to hang it up?

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Speaker 1: What is it for me to go out and get hurt?

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Speaker 1: For me to be like I'm done? But even how

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Speaker 1: I'm built, me getting hurt? What am I risking? What

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Speaker 1: is it worth? I got two kids, I got a

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Speaker 1: beautiful wife. I actually I have, I have. I have

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Speaker 1: something that's bigger than football and seeing I want to

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Speaker 1: see my grandkids and my kids to have kids, and

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Speaker 1: I want I want. I want to see them grow

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Speaker 1: old and I want to grow in the game of football.

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Speaker 1: It's is tough on the body, and and you know,

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Speaker 1: all knowing to marry Thomas. And for me, it's about

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Speaker 1: longevity of life. Now, you know, Mike, I had a

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Speaker 1: heck of a career. Through twelve years, I've been in three,

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Speaker 1: like I said, three super Bowls, And to me, I

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Speaker 1: feel like, what else do I have to prove? What? What?

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Speaker 1: What else do I have to prove? Now? You know,

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Speaker 1: for me, like there's never really a right time to

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Speaker 1: it up now, and I'm I'm I'm content with hanging

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Speaker 1: it up now. Sanders also reflects on his legacy in

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Speaker 1: the league and passes down advice to this year's Broncos team.

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Speaker 1: Came into the league, I remember when I came into

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Speaker 1: the lead, A said I was gonna be a fourth, fifth,

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Speaker 1: Broncos Podcast studio is the Hall of Famer, the one

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Speaker 1: and only Mr Steve Atwater. Steve, what a pleasure it

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Speaker 1: is having you on the podcast today. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: joining me. Thank you so much, sending for having me on.

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Speaker 1: Of course we'll Steve. How you doing and you're gearing

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Speaker 1: up for the season? Oh yeah, absolutely, everybody's fired up

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Speaker 1: in Broncos country. You already know that. I now, I

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Speaker 1: can't believe the season is already here. Yes, it's here,

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Speaker 1: right now, it's upon us. And now five more days

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Speaker 1: But see, before we get to that, we got to

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Speaker 1: talk about the big news that happened here at the

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Speaker 1: u C All Center Training Center today. Emmanuel Sanders. He

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Speaker 1: announced his retirement this morning. See, just to start, what

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Speaker 1: was your initial reaction to that news, Well, I was

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Speaker 1: happy that he was able to come back and retire

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Speaker 1: as a Denver Bronco. Um has so much respect for

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Speaker 1: an amazing player, amazing work ethic. I remember watching some

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Speaker 1: one of the trainers, one of the other coaches, somebody

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Speaker 1: and that was so impressive to me. And it showed

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Speaker 1: that it was very touching to see him come back

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Speaker 1: shows a lot about his work ethic. That story you

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Speaker 1: him play. What didn't you just really love about his game, Steve?

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Speaker 1: I just love the that he had great hands, you know,

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Speaker 1: But man, he played like he was a big guy.

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Speaker 1: he could do everything. And because I saw that work ethic, Man,

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Speaker 1: I never saw him drop pass again. I may have

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Speaker 1: seen him drop one pass the whole entire time I've watched,

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Speaker 1: And I had hard for days. Well, unfortunately, you know,

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Speaker 1: just to listen to him talk about, you know, playing

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Speaker 1: And you know his coach receivers, coach Zakazani, he was

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Speaker 1: they had that connection there. It was such a beautiful thing.

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Speaker 1: And he'll get a chance to do more of that

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Speaker 1: now that he's retired. Oh yeah, yep. Someone did ask

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Speaker 1: he said, it's just time to spend time with my family.

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Speaker 1: I saw some passion in these eyes. Yeah. Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: shed it down. Well, he did say he has a

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Speaker 1: happy for him, happy that he will get to spend

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Speaker 1: some time with this family in this retirement. Steve let

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Speaker 1: Schaft Gears, Let's look at this current Broncos team right now,

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Speaker 1: Like we mentioned earlier, only five days away from that

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Speaker 1: season opener versus Seahawks. So, Steve, what are your expectations

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Speaker 1: huge expectations, although I do have a prediction that we're

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Speaker 1: For you, Steve, I know you've played in Seattle, so

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Speaker 1: five more days now, Steve, I appreciate you always. Thank

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Speaker 1: Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube for another addition tomorrow evening.

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