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Speaker 1: What's at Broncos Country. Welcome back inside the UCL Training

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Speaker 1: Center for another episode of Broncos Now Reporter and hosted

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Speaker 1: Sidney Jones. Here and coming up. On today's episode, we'll

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Speaker 1: hear from interim head coach Jerry Rossberg as it gives

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Speaker 1: the final injury report ahead of the Broncos Week seventeen

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Speaker 1: matchup in Kansas City. Plus Broncos lead writer Eric Delala

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Speaker 1: joins the show for a game preview, All done more

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Speaker 1: coming up. We saw several players defend quarterback Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: on social media yesterday, as Russell has received a ton

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Speaker 1: of criticism this season, guys like Jerry Judy, kJ Hamdler,

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Speaker 1: Kendall Hinton, and Garrett Bowls, just to name a few.

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Speaker 1: Interim head coach Jerry Rossberg spoke today on that in

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Speaker 1: just the respect that he has for Russell, we've all

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Speaker 1: been criticized before, but at some point in time, it's

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Speaker 1: really important that those that know you best stand up

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Speaker 1: for you. And sometimes that's a difficult thing to do

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Speaker 1: because you get yourself messy in the process. But he

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Speaker 1: saw his teammate and friend and comrade Low and he

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Speaker 1: he dug in and stood up with great courage and

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Speaker 1: those guys doing it, and other pros around the league.

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Speaker 1: I understand. I don't. I told you the guys that

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Speaker 1: I don't live in that world, but people tell me things.

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Speaker 1: And I really appreciate those people that did that. Because

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, I watched him practice out here, and I

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Speaker 1: see what he does, and I see a Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame quarterback in practice on the practice field. Now, our

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Speaker 1: jobs as coaches and teammates, if we really want to

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Speaker 1: make a statement, we'll make it on Sunday. We'll play

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Speaker 1: our well. We'll play well, and we'll coach well, and

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Speaker 1: we'll give him the opportunities that he deserves to show

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Speaker 1: what a great quarterback he is. That's action. So all

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Speaker 1: the other things that we may say they're there, they'll

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Speaker 1: have no value unless we go out there and play

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Speaker 1: that way. And wide receiver kJ Hamler also spoke today

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Speaker 1: on why he felt the need to stand up for

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Speaker 1: quarterback Russell Wilson of Explanatory. You know that's my quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You know that's my teammate, that's my brother. You know

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Speaker 1: he didn't since he came here. Um, he just got

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Speaker 1: me through a lot. You know, him and his family

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Speaker 1: has been tremendous impact on me. Um. You know, Miss

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Speaker 1: and things like that. You know, they've been a tremendous

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Speaker 1: impact on me. So, um, I'm not gonna let anybody

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Speaker 1: talk down on you know, Russell Wilson at all. You know,

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Speaker 1: Russ is a great dude. You know, he does everything

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Speaker 1: he needs to do to prepare and just you know,

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Speaker 1: put us in better potition to win. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: probably one of the hardest working people you know. And

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Speaker 1: people can call him corny, people can call them whatever

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Speaker 1: they want to say, but you know, um, he inspires

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Speaker 1: me a lot. A lot of times he inspires me.

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Speaker 1: So you know I look up to him. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: he texts me all the time, you know, just checking

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Speaker 1: you know. So um, you know, just all the bashing

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Speaker 1: to the side. You know, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: he's a human, you know, just like me, just like

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Speaker 1: everybody else. You know, everybody else who you know, all

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Speaker 1: the fans and stuff like that, who want to comment

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Speaker 1: and things like that. You know, you know, everybody go

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Speaker 1: at us as football players. And today the team announced

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Speaker 1: that wide receiver kJ Himler was named the ad Block

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Speaker 1: Courage Award winner. Each year, the d Block Courage Award

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Speaker 1: honors players who exemplify commitments to the principles of a

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Speaker 1: sportsmanship and courage, and kJ was selected by his teammates

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Speaker 1: due to his dedication to the rehab process after suffering

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Speaker 1: season ending nia and hip injuries less season. And take

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Speaker 1: a listen to his reaction to finding out he won.

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Speaker 1: You know it was it's a blessing, you know, um,

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Speaker 1: of myself. Now it's time to take a look at

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Speaker 1: today's injury report. Interim head coach Jerry Rossberg ruled out

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Speaker 1: joining me here in the Broncos Podcast studio for a

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Speaker 1: game preview is Broncos lead writer Eric de Lala. Eric,

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Speaker 1: appreciate joining me again per usual on our Friday's Absolutely

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Speaker 1: you got it, Sid certainly a busy weeks. Yeah, looking

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Speaker 1: at you know, just the top news of the day.

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Speaker 1: We saw several players come to Russ's defense on so

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Speaker 1: social media last night, Twitter specifically, just backing him up

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Speaker 1: as you know that Russe has had so much criticism,

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Speaker 1: kJ Hamler in interim head coach Jerry Rossberg. They spoke

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Speaker 1: about it. Given everything that's just happened this week, Eric,

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Speaker 1: this just adds another layer two things. Yeah, it's wild.

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Speaker 1: You're right. The criticism of Russell Wilson has been going

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Speaker 1: on all year long. For whatever reason, people are infatuated

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Speaker 1: just a place where you can go to watch extra film.

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Speaker 1: It's not that big of a deal, but it's become

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Speaker 1: this flashpoint for people to criticize Russell Wilson. And listen,

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Speaker 1: it was never an issue when he was playing good football. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: You really like to see those guys step forward, Um,

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Speaker 1: it's not related to football. People are just taking shots

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Speaker 1: and having Russ's back came out all birthday party thing

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Speaker 1: That that's how you really prove that that things are

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Speaker 1: that's happened this week. Eric, of course, with that and

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Speaker 1: You've got a different coach, You're you're using your final

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Speaker 1: different from Nathaniel Hackett. Um. You know, not saying one

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Speaker 1: when you've been unsuccessful for the last seven seasons. Now

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Speaker 1: back coming off that really, you know, tough loss in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles for you. Eric, looking at Russell specifically, what

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Speaker 1: of days now left of the season here, Eric, still

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Speaker 1: a lot to be on the lookout for. Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: there's still plenty to play for for these guys. Well,

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Speaker 1: Eric appreciate your time today, always in your insight. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: of course, Sney. Well that'll do it for today's episode

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