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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside the uc Hell Training Center

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Speaker 1: for another episode of Broncos Now the reporter and host

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Speaker 1: a Sydney Jones here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett as he reflects

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday's loss versus Chiefs. Plus I'll have an

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Speaker 1: injury update in a Bronco's lead writer Eric Delala joins

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Speaker 1: the show for eight game recap, All that and more

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Speaker 1: coming up. The Broncos put up a good fight on

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Speaker 1: Sunday versus Kansas City Chiefs, but ultimately fell a thirty

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Speaker 1: four and now sit at a three and ten. Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson exited the game on a Sunday with a concussion

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, and head coach Nathaniel Hackett updated

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Speaker 1: us on his status today. Russell is in the concussion

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Speaker 1: protocol and we're gonna do everything the way that the

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Speaker 1: medical doctors say, the independent doctors. We're gonna do everything.

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Speaker 1: Think of his safety is by far the number one

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Speaker 1: most important thing, and uh, we'll feel We'll continually talk

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Speaker 1: to him to everybody else about that and make sure

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Speaker 1: we do the right thing. He felt great today when

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Speaker 1: we saw him he looked great, and but we want

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Speaker 1: to be sure that we do everything the right way.

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Speaker 1: Jacket was impressed with the offenses performance on a Sunday

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Speaker 1: versus Chief, specifically Russell Wilson's ability to use his feet.

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Speaker 1: I'll say it's exciting. It's exciting when he takes off.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the crowd stands up and everybody, no, nobody

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Speaker 1: knows what's going to happen. He can get an explosive

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Speaker 1: runs continuously, and I think that's what was really exciting

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Speaker 1: about a lot of the stuff that happened with the offense.

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Speaker 1: One of the players, I don't know if you'll remember,

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Speaker 1: but uh, it was a third and one and we

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Speaker 1: were moving down the field. That was actually his play call,

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Speaker 1: one of the best play calls the night, and he

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Speaker 1: broke it for I think about eleven yards to convert outside.

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Speaker 1: So he wants to run and he wants the ball

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Speaker 1: I mean, I give so much card to that guy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he was a dog last night or yesterday.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he wanted to take that game over. He

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Speaker 1: see it, and that's something he does when he utilizes

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Speaker 1: do every single thing like he does to be able

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Speaker 1: to extend that drive. Receiver Jerry Judy finished the game

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Speaker 1: head coach Nathaniel Hackett gives Jerry so much credit for

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Speaker 1: what he was able to do out there. When Courtland

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Speaker 1: went down last week, we decided to make a move

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Speaker 1: that Courtland was playing at that back side exposition as

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Speaker 1: even more of a role in the different positions that

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Speaker 1: some one on ones on the back side. Russ hit him.

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Speaker 1: One of the beautiful throw that Russ had to Jerry

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Speaker 1: gonna have to keep looking at. And I think that

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Speaker 1: around as much as we have, I think it's going

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Speaker 1: to album. And with four games that left in the season,

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Speaker 1: coachak At details his hope for the rest of the

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Speaker 1: year for us. We're all professionals and we love this game.

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Speaker 1: We love going out there and competing. Um, we're all

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Speaker 1: think that's that's incredible, and that's what you want. That's

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Speaker 1: And and that's the best part about this game, is

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Speaker 1: to go out there and compete every Sunday. And as

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Speaker 1: we wrap up the top news of the day, let's

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Speaker 1: take a look at two day's injury updates. Running Back

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Speaker 1: had said today that it doesn't look good for him

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Speaker 1: they're still evaluating everything. And wide receiver Kendall Hinton went

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Speaker 1: they'll see what that looks like over the next couple

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Speaker 1: of days. Now, joining me here inside the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: studio for a game recap is, of course, Bronco's lead

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Speaker 1: writer Eric de Lala. Eric, thanks for joining me again

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Speaker 1: on this Monday. Of course, you got it. I know

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Speaker 1: the Broncos got you know, another loss yesterday versus Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: But it was a good game. You know, there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of positives to take off out of this game

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Speaker 1: this Monday, I mean certainly better than it has felt.

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Speaker 1: Um a lot recently. It's kind of funny, Cindy. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos still lost by one score, they still weren't

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Speaker 1: able to close it out. But for whatever reason, thirty

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Speaker 1: feels a lot better than ten to nine. It feels

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Speaker 1: a lot better than twelve to nine. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: just think that's the nature of the NFL that you

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Speaker 1: want to see your team's score points, you want to

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Speaker 1: see your team be exciting. The defense made some big

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Speaker 1: you're it felt closer to what we thought this would

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Speaker 1: look like when all of this started back in September,

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Speaker 1: and so that's probably why. You know, if you're us,

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Speaker 1: if you're a Broncos fan out there right now, you're

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Speaker 1: you're feeling a little bit more hope than you have

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Speaker 1: probably in a couple of months at this point. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for sure, let's look at the offense first. You know,

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Speaker 1: Russell he threw for two seven yards three touchdowns. Jerry

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Speaker 1: Judy had his first career three touchdown game. Just overall,

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Speaker 1: what did you like about their performance on Sunday? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, they stuck with it um and they hit

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Speaker 1: but it was better. Um, you know, I think thirty

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Speaker 1: puts up three yesterday. Three was his career high UM

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Speaker 1: he did yesterday was remarkable. First Broncos receiver with three

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Speaker 1: but they respond. They scored quickly twice before halftime. Then

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Speaker 1: running and diving And you know that Brett Rippon quote

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Speaker 1: where hey we're three and nine, they're nine and three

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Speaker 1: and this guy is still out here battle and his

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Speaker 1: exciting moving forward. Eric. You know, of course we saw

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Speaker 1: That's what the protocols therefore, but even if he is cleared,

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Speaker 1: maybe it makes sense to give him another week. Um. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: but Russell's long term health has to be the number

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Speaker 1: one goal. Eric, you mentioned um earlier in the show

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Speaker 1: just about the third down or the third quarter struggles

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Speaker 1: this team has seen throughout the season. But think this

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Speaker 1: how they were able to come out and continue that momentum? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos scored. Uh, they called its time out and

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Speaker 1: and they started the pick. The Broncos score again. So

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Speaker 1: half time. If you score, you've really made this a game.

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Speaker 1: But Eric, appreciate your time and your inside always you

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Speaker 1: got it said, well I don't do it. For today's

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Speaker 1: for tuning in to day and every day. I hope

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