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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. Team reporter and host

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Speaker 1: Sydney Jones Here and coming up on today's episode, we'll

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Speaker 1: take a look at some of the potential moves the

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Speaker 1: Broncos could make in free agency. All then more coming up.

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Speaker 1: Free agency is set to begin next week with the

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Speaker 1: start of the NFL's new league year on Wednesday, March fifteenth,

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Speaker 1: at two pm Mountain time, though teams that will be

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Speaker 1: allowed to negotiate with unrestricted free agents prior to that

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Speaker 1: during the forty eight hour legal tampering period that will

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Speaker 1: begin on a Monday, March thirteenth at ten am a

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Speaker 1: Mountain time. As a reminder, at the NFL salary cap

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Speaker 1: this year is set at two hundred and twenty four

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Speaker 1: point eight million dollars per team, and that is a

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Speaker 1: sixteen point six million dollar increase from last year. So

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Speaker 1: joining me here on today's episode of Broncos Now to

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Speaker 1: take a look at some of the potential moves the

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Speaker 1: Broncos could make in free agency next week is fellow

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Speaker 1: Broncos reporter film Lannie Phil Pleasure to have you on

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Speaker 1: the show again today. Thanks for joining me in the studio,

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Speaker 1: they said, I missed you when you guys are out

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Speaker 1: of the commune. We missed you too. Hanging back here

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Speaker 1: just by myself, I didn't miss much. Well, Phil, there's

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Speaker 1: a lot to get too, so we'll get right to it.

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Speaker 1: And I feel like the big area of need that's

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Speaker 1: really been the main talk this offseason for the Broncos

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Speaker 1: is the offensive line. We heard from general manager George

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Speaker 1: Paine at the combine and he said, you know, they

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Speaker 1: need to upgrade on the offensive line, and you know

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Speaker 1: an area that they could really do that is at

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Speaker 1: potential free agents this year, I feel like there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of former first round right tackles available. You know.

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Speaker 1: According to Pro Football Focus, the top three free agent

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Speaker 1: right tackles are Mike mcclinchy with the San Francisco forty

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Speaker 1: about some of those guys and what do you think

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Speaker 1: mcclinchy is interesting just because he was a was a

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Speaker 1: top ten pick coming out of non game in twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 1: but maybe some injury concerns. Hey had that torn quad

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Speaker 1: He's like a perfect fit for what Kyle Shanahan likes

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Speaker 1: to do there forty nine ers. One thing I'll be

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Speaker 1: is sort of interested to see is what kind of

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Speaker 1: good fit. I think that the thing about Sean Paynton

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Speaker 1: Mike McGlinchey a good fit for that wide zone. I

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Speaker 1: know that you like Joan Taylor, Florida guy. He's really

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Speaker 1: super durable PF Pro Football Focus says he allowed a

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Speaker 1: pressure on two point five percent of his dropbacks, so

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Speaker 1: really good pass protector. And considering Russell Wilson was sad

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Speaker 1: so many times last year. I think he was tied

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Speaker 1: The offensive line was a major area that they revamped

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Speaker 1: long look at this offensive line. They know that they

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Speaker 1: got to add some players there, and I think right

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Speaker 1: You know, looking at some other positions on offense, phil

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Speaker 1: that the Broncos could you know, target in free agency

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Speaker 1: they want to you know, be safe rather than sorry,

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Speaker 1: You think about what happened last year with Javonte Williams,

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Speaker 1: the draft is really deep at running back. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: if you're talking about potential free agent guys, a guy

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Speaker 1: Miles Sanders is like the top guy there from the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: But you think about Sean Payton. They've had a lot

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Speaker 1: But you know they're always going to look to add talent.

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Speaker 1: next week. Yeah, that's true. We'll be right back you're

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Speaker 1: talking about it exactly. I'm looking forward to it. It'll

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Speaker 1: It will be Yeah. Well, Phil, appreciate your time and

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