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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside Center a Health training center

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Speaker 1: for another episode of Broncos Now.

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

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Speaker 1: Jones, and coming up on today's episode, we'll hear from

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Speaker 1: head coach Sean Payn for the final time this week

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Speaker 1: ahead a Sunday's game, plus a fellow team reporter Film

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Speaker 1: Maloney joins a show for e game preview, all that

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Speaker 1: more coming out. Head coach Sean Payton addressed the media

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Speaker 1: for the final time this week ahead of Sunday's matchup,

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Speaker 1: and he was asked if the sixteen game losing streak

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Speaker 1: versus She's came up in conversation at all this week.

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Speaker 3: No, it hasn't. It's really been the focus on this game,

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Speaker 3: you know, the preparation. Sometimes subjects come up, like rivalries, right,

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Speaker 3: And I think probably if I was coaching at a

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Speaker 3: major college and I probably would have brought it up.

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Speaker 3: But these guys each week, you know, are competing to win.

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Speaker 3: Certainly they understand this is this is a real good

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Speaker 3: football team and they just finished when in the prize

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Speaker 3: everyone's looking to get So we're gonna have to play well.

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Speaker 1: Looking back at the Broncos, first a matchup versus Chiefs

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Speaker 1: this season. In Week six, Denver's defense put up a

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Speaker 1: dominant performance as the Chiefs were one of five in

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Speaker 1: the red zone, and head coach Chean Payne said that

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Speaker 1: was something they also worked on today.

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Speaker 3: So today's the day we worked red zone and then

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Speaker 3: we give them the red zone statistics, you know, and

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Speaker 3: if you graded like offensively, let's say you have four

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Speaker 3: trips in, you know, ultimately you're looking at your red

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Speaker 3: zone touchdown efficiency and you get a percentage and then

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Speaker 3: a lot of times your third down numbers in the

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Speaker 3: red zone can point you to what's the end result.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I thought we played good red zone defense.

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Speaker 3: And look, this is an explosive offense. We've seen them

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Speaker 3: move the ball. Fortunately we were able to force field

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Speaker 3: goals and you know, and that'll be an important part

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Speaker 3: of this game coming up, you know, both not only defensively,

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Speaker 1: These two teams have faced off just two weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Sean Payton was also asked if he saw

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Speaker 1: any differences or changes on tape from the Chiefs.

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Speaker 3: You have a lot of like deja vu, I mean,

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Speaker 3: because it feels like it was a month ago to

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Speaker 3: You'll watch the same cutup of like two hundred and

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Speaker 3: three years. You'll forget four things that you saw two

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Speaker 3: weeks ago, and then there'll be four other things that

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Speaker 1: So but.

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Speaker 3: You kind of go down these rabbit holes. You're like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I remember you have these these things that and so

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Speaker 3: the cutups come back the same way, but they add

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Speaker 3: our game, they add the Charger game, that kind of.

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Speaker 2: Thing, plus with snow.

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Speaker 1: In the forecast on a Sunday, head coach Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: talked about playing in the cold and how he deals

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Speaker 3: I dealt with questions about it for my first three

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Speaker 3: Dome team. And then pretty soon that wasn't the case anymore.

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Speaker 3: And then pretty soon we kept winning. We played Philadelphia

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Speaker 3: to playing good football. But we would, yeah, we would.

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Speaker 1: Now. Let's take a look at this week's a final

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Speaker 1: injury report. Wide receiver Brandon Johnson did not participate in

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Speaker 1: today's practice.

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Speaker 1: Well, tackle Garrett Bowles outside linebacker Baron Browning, safety Justin Simmons,

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Speaker 1: and running back Dwayne Washington were all full participants. Now

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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 a fellow team reporter at pil Malani.

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Speaker 2: Phil Thanks for joining the show to thank you this week.

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Speaker 1: I know, not the typical day, but happy to have

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Speaker 1: you on the show regardless.

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Speaker 4: Thank you very much. I'm excited to be here.

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Speaker 2: Excited to have you. Excited for the game this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Although it's going to be freezing, I'm ready.

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Speaker 4: I'm already ready exactly.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't like the called.

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Speaker 4: It seems like every other year something there's a cold

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Speaker 4: game against the Chiefs. Of course, a few years ago

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Speaker 4: in Kansas City it was like blizzard conditions nineteen right, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: so hopefully it's not quite that bad. But yeah, you

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Speaker 4: gotta be ready for the elements.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you do.

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Speaker 4: Pill.

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Speaker 1: It seems like a lot of the talk always heading

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Speaker 1: into these Chiefs weeks is of course the streak. The

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Speaker 1: Broncos are sitting now at a sixteen game losing streak.

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Speaker 1: But it seems like this week everyone's been really positive

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Speaker 2: There so much thinking about that.

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Speaker 4: I feel like I think so like Russell Wilson this week,

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Speaker 4: he said, like, yeah, it matters. Yeah, Like I think

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Speaker 4: even though there's nobody in that locker room who's been

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Speaker 4: are aware that it matters. For the fan base definitely.

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Speaker 4: You know, so the fans have been around for all sixteen,

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Speaker 4: so they know that this is an important game. And

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Speaker 4: I think that anytime you play a division opponent there's

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Speaker 4: this streak just sort of adds to that for this

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Speaker 4: have to beat the Chiefs at some point. So you know,

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Speaker 4: until they do that, it's going to be that monkey

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Speaker 1: Well, fill looking at this the last game Forsus Packers,

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Speaker 1: how important do you think that will be? This week

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Speaker 4: I think there's two parts of it that are going

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Speaker 4: to be important. First of all, time of possession. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think Quinn Minors set it in the locker room

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Speaker 4: on Thursday. He said, Look, the best way to play

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Speaker 4: you know. So I think time of possession is going

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Speaker 4: to be important for the Broncos the first game, even

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Speaker 4: though the offense didn't play well in that game, and

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Speaker 4: they even all said it, the game was unfolding in

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Speaker 4: a way that Champagne said that he was comfortable with

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Speaker 4: that because I think that for the Broncos to win,

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Speaker 4: saw that happen last week with the Chargers. It looked

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Speaker 4: to keep it more in the like low twenties, I

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Speaker 4: That's going to be important. And then the second thing

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Speaker 4: year long. And for the Broncos to win this game,

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Speaker 4: they're going to have to score touchdowns, not field goals.

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Speaker 4: And that was something that happened last week against the Packers.

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Speaker 4: They had to settle for all those field goals three

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Speaker 4: maybe that game would have been put out of reach earlier.

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Speaker 4: And against the chief you certainly have to take advantage

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Speaker 4: You know, if you can get a first down in

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Speaker 1: Well. Definitely will be a tough challenge with this Chiefs defense,

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Speaker 1: specifically looking at defensive tackle Chris Jones. I know Joe

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Speaker 1: Lombardi offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi talked earlier this week and said,

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Speaker 4: To It's possible that Chris Jones has taken the reins

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Speaker 4: they batted the balls down so much, and you know,

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Speaker 4: we saw that in that first game. You know that

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Speaker 4: so that you're able to find these passing lanes. Maybe

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Speaker 4: then of course the pressure on Russ you know, this

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Speaker 4: So I think in that first game, the pass rush

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Speaker 1: Without looking at the Broncos defense, they had a really

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Speaker 1: great game against the Chiefs two weeks ago. The Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: I mean really struggled in the red zone, specifically when

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Speaker 1: will be I guess the key to continuing that building

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Speaker 4: I think that in the locker room a lot of

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Speaker 4: He had the interception against Mahomes, I think four on

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Speaker 4: They don't want to like unload everything that they've got

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Speaker 1: Mention that Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey are coming off

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Speaker 2: Travis Kelsey is I think one hundred and seventy or

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Speaker 4: I think he's probably the best tight end that's ever

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's you know, it's interesting, fella.

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Speaker 1: You look back at some of the history recent his

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Speaker 2: The games are really close. You never know what's going

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Speaker 4: That's true. Even that game last year, the final game

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Phil, you know, if the Broncos are able

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Speaker 4: Heading into the week confidence. I think it would just

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Speaker 4: I think it adds a little more to it too,

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Speaker 2: So well, I think it'll be a fun one on

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Speaker 4: Yeah, cold fun on football weather you like that on

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Speaker 4: the ground, yeah, exactly. And I don't know who that favors.

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Speaker 4: Maybe it I don't know. He churns down a little bit, but.

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Speaker 2: It's cold in Kansas City too though.

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Speaker 4: You both play on the same surface, so you know,

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Speaker 4: so there will be a force to be reckoned with.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, well appreciate you joining the show today.

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Speaker 4: Thanks, thanks for having me. Happy Friday Friday.

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Speaker 1: Well that'll do it for today's episode of Broncos Now

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Speaker 1: Broncos Country.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: Hope to see you all at the game Adam Powerfield

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Speaker 1: at Mile High this Sunday, but if not, I'll meet

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Speaker 1: you right back here on the Broncos Podcast Network and

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Speaker 1: YouTube Monday,