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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos Podcast Network on

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

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Speaker 2: As always, I'm your host, Sidney Jones, and.

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Speaker 1: Coming up on today's episode, we'll hear from head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean Payon in several players as they take a look

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Speaker 1: at Denver's initial roster, Today's longer practice and more all

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Speaker 1: that coming up. Broncos held another practice here at Centure

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Speaker 1: Heal Training Center today and it was a bit of

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Speaker 1: a longer practice today and head coach Sean Payon seems

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Speaker 1: pleased with the work the team put in. He spoke

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Speaker 1: today on quarterback Russell Wilson and how he is picking

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Speaker 1: up this offense really.

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Speaker 3: Good, man, He's a tireless worker. At times, we try

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Speaker 3: to take tags he's familiar with in play design, you know,

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Speaker 3: it's something that's clean for him, well we can adjust.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, today we added a couple of things for

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Speaker 3: third down in red zone that we think we're going

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Speaker 3: to use throughout the red season. So that today was

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Speaker 3: kind of back to the earlier question. Today was still

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Speaker 3: more install a little bit more training camp driven than

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Speaker 3: it was next week.

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Speaker 4: Driven.

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Speaker 1: Offensive tackle Mike mcglinchy added to that by discussing what

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Speaker 1: he's seen from Russell Wilson the past few weeks of

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Speaker 1: training camp and the preseason.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think he's been, first and foremost a great leader.

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Speaker 4: I think he's been a constant workhorse, and I think

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Speaker 4: he's ascending. I think that since the spring and since

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Speaker 4: every day of training camp, you just see him get

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Speaker 4: better and better. And for a player that's of his caliber,

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Speaker 4: that's really special, and he's never satisfied. It's an attitude,

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Speaker 4: it's a it's a it's a mindset that he takes

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Speaker 4: in every single day. And Russ's passion for this game

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Speaker 4: and the way that he improves and the way that

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Speaker 4: he works rubs off in a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton announced today that Denver did not

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Speaker 1: put a waiver claim on any eligible players before the

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Speaker 1: deadline this morning, as he detailed his approach to the

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Speaker 1: Broncos initial roster.

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Speaker 3: Remember, the art of the fifty three sometimes is about

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Speaker 3: protecting the most vulnerable or your assets that you think

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Speaker 3: would be claimed or signed. I think the mistake sometimes

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Speaker 3: is saying, hey, we need five at this position, eight

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Speaker 3: at this position instead of the right fifty three in

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Speaker 3: order to really secure the roster the way you want it.

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Speaker 3: And so you'll begin to see that take shape. And

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Speaker 3: then look, I said this yesterday, I just from experience

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Speaker 3: the first week and a half, two weeks, you know,

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Speaker 3: beginning this time till you know, the next two weeks,

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Speaker 3: you'll see the most roster movement around the league, and

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Speaker 3: then it begins to calm a little bit.

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Speaker 1: He also described as philosophy on building the team's practice

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Speaker 1: were previously on this team and finding new players around

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Speaker 1: the league. I don't.

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Speaker 3: I think if we feel like there's an upgrade, then

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Speaker 3: we look at it closely. We kind of factor in

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Speaker 3: the meeting last night started with you know, the divisions Atlanta, Arizona,

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Speaker 3: all the way down to Tennessee, Washington, and every player

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Speaker 3: some tags that we apply to each player with each team.

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Speaker 3: And then when the process ends, we go back and

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Speaker 3: now we're at seventeen that we've tagged, and then we

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Speaker 3: practice squad tag and it's pretty it's pretty long. Then

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Speaker 3: we go and begin to watch more film. Coaches then

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Speaker 3: watch the film in the morning. It's a little different

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Speaker 5: It's just it is what it is.

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Speaker 3: But I think the process went well.

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Speaker 1: Denver's initial roster featured thirteen defensive backs and safety.

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Speaker 2: Cream Jackson spoke on that depth. Today, we got a group.

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Speaker 6: Of guys that, I mean that can go play, from

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Speaker 6: j Mac to obviously he's saying, I had a huge

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Speaker 6: I think the guys stepped in. I think they played well.

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Speaker 6: You know, everybody you know kind of got comfortable and

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Speaker 1: Like I mentioned in yesterday's episode, the Broncos traded for

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Speaker 1: Saints kicker Will LUTs and Will Leuts was that practice

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Speaker 1: today for the first time, and he spoke on what

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Speaker 1: it means to be reunited with Sean Payton.

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Speaker 5: Yes, I mean, look, today felt good it's good first day.

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Speaker 5: We obviously have a lot of not much time to

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I got here this morning, I didn't know what the

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Speaker 5: they said, hey, you're gonna kick today. I was like, cool,

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Speaker 5: I'm tired, We've got five hours sleep, but let's do it.

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Speaker 5: But no, look for Sean to come over and get

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Speaker 5: me like you did. It's an honor, you know, it's

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Speaker 5: great to be appreciated, it's great to be wanted. And man,

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Speaker 5: I'm just really fired up for a fresh chart and

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Speaker 5: be out here now.

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Speaker 1: Joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio is Broncos lead.

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Speaker 2: Writer Eric Talala.

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Speaker 1: Eric, it was another hot one out there for practice today.

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Speaker 2: Team is out there for a bit longer too.

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Speaker 1: It seems like head coach On Payton said it was

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Speaker 1: more of a training camp like practice as they're still

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Speaker 1: you know, having some installs.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they're you know, getting closer to regular season prep. Here,

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Speaker 7: Sean Payton said, upstairs in the coaching wing, they've started

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Speaker 7: working on the Raiders, but down on the field still

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Speaker 7: focused on getting better as a team. They'll begin that

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Speaker 7: transition to working on the Raiders on Monday. But yet

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Speaker 7: good practice, long practice. Not as many guys out there

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Speaker 7: obviously following their roster cutdowns, but nice to see him

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Speaker 7: get back to work.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the field kind of looked empty out there today,

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Speaker 1: Tom Paraety, Yeah, Eric, you know, we heard head coach

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Speaker 1: on payn talked today about the Bronco's not putting in

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Speaker 1: a waiver claim on any eligible players before that deadline

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Speaker 2: Were you surprised by that at all?

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Speaker 7: I mean, you just never know who's going to be

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Speaker 7: available on the waiver wire, right, and then you don't

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Speaker 7: know how the players that are available match up with

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Speaker 7: what the team considers needs. We heard Trump Payton talk

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Speaker 7: after the Rams came about certain hot spots on the roster.

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Speaker 7: He didn't want to reveal any of those, so we

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Speaker 7: don't know exactly where he's thinking those exist on this roster.

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Speaker 7: But just because you don't add somebody to your active

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Speaker 7: And he said that he views that sixteen player practice

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Speaker 7: way the rules are set up where you can elevate

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Speaker 7: especially now you can have veterans on the practice squad,

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Speaker 7: you can use it in a way that it plays

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Speaker 7: to your advantage. You don't necessarily have to go out

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Speaker 7: waiver wire. You can just get somebody to join your

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Speaker 7: practice squad. And I did ask him about that balance

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Speaker 7: of how do you decide when to bring guys back

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Speaker 7: off season, versus going out and finding somebody new, and

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Speaker 7: he said, the part of that is going through the

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Speaker 7: and then saying, well, it's a guy we need to

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Speaker 7: get to our active rosters. It's a guy we need

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Speaker 7: to get to our practice squad. So just because the

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Speaker 7: Broncos didn't go out and add anybody to their active

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Speaker 7: we've seen some reports out there, so it's still able

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Speaker 7: to add some talent. But you're right not to the

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Speaker 7: think about this roster. And again not to ramble on here,

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Speaker 7: but you look at four receivers versus a lot of dbs.

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Speaker 7: Sean Payton said, Listen, that's more of a something that

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Speaker 7: stems from who's vulnerable on your roster and who might

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Speaker 7: You can't look at the active roster without the practice.

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Speaker 2: Squad you mentioned.

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Speaker 1: You know, this team is starting to assemble that practice squad.

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Speaker 1: What do you like about some of the guys that

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean you look at a guy like Lil

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Speaker 7: Jordan Humphrey, Yeah, a veteran receiver. Obviously with Jerry Judy's

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Speaker 7: kind of dealing with that injury, I'm not going to

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Speaker 7: opposite spectrum there on the defensive line of Tyler Lancaster.

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Speaker 7: I think that's what the new practice squad rules let

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Speaker 7: these guys. But then also it allows veterans who you know,

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Speaker 7: maybe you're not in the league anymore if these practice

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Speaker 7: still got it, to be active for a few games,

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Speaker 7: maybe are in a more permanent spot on the fifty

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Speaker 7: three man roster. So I really like how this sixteen

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Speaker 7: the International Player Pathway program. And so yeah, I just

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Speaker 7: one of the things Sean said that stuck out is

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Speaker 7: one of the things we learned from COVID among all

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Speaker 7: the negatives, or that having that increased roster flexibility and

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Speaker 7: increased practice squad. That was a good thing and the

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Speaker 7: NFL has obviously kept that and I think it helps

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Speaker 7: It helps veterans too.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 2: We saw kicker will Letts out of practice today. He

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Speaker 2: said he flew out early this morning. Of course, was

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Speaker 1: Seems like he's really excited for the fresh start here

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Speaker 1: and to be working with Sean pay again.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, no doubt. I mean it was interesting listening to

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Speaker 7: him kind of very vulnerable press conference Yea in some

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Speaker 7: ways talked about, Hey, last year he felt like a

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Speaker 7: didn't handle that the right way. Obviously didn't have the

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Speaker 7: this offseason working on getting mentally stronger. You know, we

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Speaker 7: obviously had a good training camp. The Broncos had an

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Speaker 7: eye on him for a while and he kind of knew, Hey,

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Speaker 7: le Broncos are one of those teams that I would

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Speaker 7: be interested in if it came to that, and it

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Speaker 7: know he's done it at a high level for a

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Speaker 7: long time. He was a twenty nineteen pro bowler, I mean,

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Speaker 7: I think you're excited about what he could do here.

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Speaker 7: And you add the altitude in makes those kicks go

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Speaker 1: Yep. And Eric, you know tomorrow is the last practice

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Speaker 1: the long weekend before the first game week. What did

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Speaker 1: this free weekend for the players.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, listen, they've got to give the players

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Speaker 7: message that's going to be delivered is you've put so

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Speaker 7: And that's you know, obviously you see stories every year,

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Speaker 7: things happen. I don't think this is about that. This

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Speaker 7: keep working out, keep being dialed into your playbook. Be

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Speaker 7: ready to come back Monday, ready to go and get

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Speaker 7: to work on the Raiders because it's just week once

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Speaker 7: any but we know it's an important football game and

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Speaker 7: you got to take time off, you got to get away.

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Speaker 7: I think that's important for these guys to relax and

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Speaker 7: rejuvenate a little bit. But you can't get too far

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Speaker 7: away from it. It's kind of like that six week

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Speaker 2: Where after Mini camp.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, where Champagne said, hey, it's it's hard to climb

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Speaker 7: up that mountain, really easy to slip back down. Broncos

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Speaker 7: did a great job. Champagne was really pleased with how

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Speaker 7: Hopefully we see the same thing here over these few

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Speaker 7: days ahead of next week.

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Speaker 2: YEP, looking forward to it. Eric, appreciate you coming on

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Speaker 2: the show.

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Speaker 7: You got it, said, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Well, then I'll do it.

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Speaker 1: For today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos Country. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for tuning in.

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Speaker 2: I'll meet you right back here on.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube tomorrow for another episode.

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Speaker 2: See you all then,