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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 Team Reporter

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Speaker 1: and hosted Sidney Jones here and coming up on today's episode,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos held Sean Payton's introductory press conference here at

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Speaker 1: the team headquarters. Will take a look at both Sean

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Speaker 1: Payton's and owner and CEO Greg Penner's opening statements and

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Speaker 1: some of the main takeaways from the press conference. All

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Speaker 1: that more coming up. Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payne

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Speaker 1: was introduced to the media on Monday here at the

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Speaker 1: Owner and CEO Greg Penner opened up the press conference

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Speaker 1: by thanking the ownership group and general manager George Payton

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Speaker 1: his staff for their help throughout the head coaching search.

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Speaker 1: He went on to talk about what made Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: the perfect fit for the Denver Broncos. Last month, I

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Speaker 1: said we were looking for a strong leader who could

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Speaker 1: I couldn't be more proud of where we came out,

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Speaker 1: and we have the perfect coach in Sean Payton. We

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Speaker 1: had a chance to visit with people around the league,

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Speaker 1: including a number of Shaun's former players, as part of

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Speaker 1: this process. They could not have been more positive about

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Speaker 1: what Sean brings as a head coach. He coaches with intensity,

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Speaker 1: demanding a high level of accountability and preparation. Sean pours

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Speaker 1: an organization. Let me also say to Broncos Country, thank

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Speaker 1: you for your patients. We realized this was a long process.

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Speaker 1: We wanted to take our time, and we wanted to

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Speaker 1: get it right, and we did. Sean Payton opened up

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Speaker 1: to his press conference by talking about the three upmost

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Speaker 1: important things to him when he decided to take this job,

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Speaker 1: penn Or Family, ownership group, the front office, and the

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Speaker 1: said it pretty clearly. Ownership was important to me. Um

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Speaker 1: All of those things factor in. I think the second

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Speaker 1: when you when you're a first time head coach, you're

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Speaker 1: Erica Lalla and a fellow team reporter at Phil Malani. Guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining me. We're all back inside the studio.

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Speaker 1: It's been a while. We're all here together. I know,

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Speaker 1: So he set the tone right from the very beginning. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Today was all about setting the tone, moving forward, get

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Speaker 1: A lot of waiting and then a lot of busy. Yes,

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