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Speaker 1: What's a Broncos Country.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back inside Center a whole training center for another

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Speaker 2: episode of Broncos Now. As always you, your host is

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Speaker 2: Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode, we'll hear

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Speaker 2: from safety Justin Simmons, cornerback Passer Tan, and wide receiver

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Speaker 2: Marvin Mims Junior. As we've all been named twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: four Pro Bowl Starters. We also here from several other

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Speaker 2: players and all three coordinators. All that more coming out.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the top stories of the day.

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Speaker 2: The NFL announced that safety Justin Simmons, cornerback Patser Tan,

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Speaker 2: and wide receiver Marvin Mims Junior we're named twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: four Pro Bowl starters. We heard from all three of

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Speaker 2: them today as they talked about what this honor means

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Speaker 2: to them.

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Speaker 3: It means a lot.

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Speaker 4: I made a post last night and obviously wanted to

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Speaker 4: thank Broncos Country for you know, all the fan votes,

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Speaker 4: and I said, you know, coaches and you know my

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Speaker 4: peers around the league, because when you get to a point,

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Speaker 4: you know, in this league, and you get recognized for

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Speaker 4: you know, your play, like I said, from the opposing coaches,

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Speaker 4: opposing players and things like that, you know, it means

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Speaker 4: a lot when when your when your name gets put

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Speaker 4: up there with some of the best in our league,

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Speaker 4: and so I just feel honored.

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Speaker 5: It means a lot. Pro Bowl is such a big thing,

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Speaker 5: such a big deal, especially for individually. You always want to,

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Speaker 5: you know, see those accolades where you play. But it's

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Speaker 5: a huge honor to be recognized as such around the

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Speaker 5: league by my peers and even the fans just voting

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Speaker 5: me in, you know, just thinking I'm you know, that

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Speaker 5: ctable of a players. So it means a lot. In general.

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Speaker 6: It's a great honor, huge testament to my teammates and

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Speaker 6: the special teams units. I mean, they gave me a great,

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Speaker 6: great looks all season and you know we kind of

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Speaker 6: led the league and both returned averages and end up

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Speaker 6: working out great. So just to be able to be

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Speaker 6: recognized as a Pro Bowler for this conference and then

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Speaker 6: just represent our Special Teams unit, it's a huge honor.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations to the three of them.

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Speaker 2: And looking ahead to be a final game of the season,

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Speaker 2: as the Broncos had to Las Vegas, cornerback Pastor ten

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Speaker 2: went on to talk about what it would mean it

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it means a lot. Obviously, the past couple years

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Speaker 5: we finished off the season like how he wanted to.

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Speaker 5: But to finish the season off strong with a winning record,

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Speaker 5: it'll mean a lot towards the organization and it's something

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Speaker 1: Looking ahead to that Raiders matchup.

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Speaker 2: We also heard today from offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, and

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Speaker 2: he talked about how he hopes to see a quarterback

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Speaker 7: You know, there was maybe a thrower two that you

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Speaker 7: know was there that he didn't pull the trigger on,

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Speaker 7: but nothing, there was nothing agreedious. Just just keep getting

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Speaker 2: We also heard from DEFENSEI cordenator Vance Joseph, and he

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Speaker 8: Coach's dreamer, you know, and we're here to teach, and

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Speaker 8: I knew it wasn't going to be easy, you know,

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Speaker 8: You know, it's a different staff. It was a combination

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Speaker 8: proud of the guys for allowing us to coach them,

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Speaker 8: you know, because in this league it's it's pro football.

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Speaker 8: Right they can say no to your coaching, right, they

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Speaker 2: And Special teams coordinator Bencott we got talked about what

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Speaker 9: I'm most proud of the collective effort of the guys,

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Speaker 9: Like the things that you don't see on Sundays, you know,

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Speaker 9: like I said, we're just looking for a in this

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Speaker 2: Overall is coaches and players reflected on this season. Tackle

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Speaker 10: You've seen it, you know, kind of progress with our

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Speaker 10: you know, you knew it wasn't going to be the

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Speaker 10: smoothest sailing of coming in for a new coach and

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Speaker 10: a new you know, a new organization, and learned that

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Speaker 10: certainly those things don't come easy, especially when you're trying

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Speaker 10: to overcome a lot of hardship from years past. And

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Speaker 10: I think this team found a little bit of their

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Speaker 10: means to compete in it as hard as you can

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Speaker 10: each week, and we battled and and I think the

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Speaker 10: shown and what we've overcome to be even where we

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Speaker 10: says a lot about who we are and what we're

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Speaker 10: going to become. And I'm very excited for the future.

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Speaker 10: I'm very excited to be at Denver Bronco for a

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Speaker 10: long time and see how good we can get.

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Speaker 2: And as a team, held another day of practice here

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Speaker 2: at Center Health Training Center.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look at today's injury report.

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Speaker 2: Punter Riley Dixon, long snapper Mitchell for Broni, tight end

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Speaker 2: Chris Manhertz, tackle Mike McGlinchey, and defensive tackle Mike Purcell

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Speaker 2: all did not participate in practice today. Everyone else was

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Speaker 2: a full participant. Now joining me on today's episode of

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Speaker 2: Broncos Now to take a look at this season finale

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Speaker 2: from the Raiders perspective as Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 1: Eddie Pascal from Silver and Black Productions. Eddie, great to

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Speaker 1: see you. Thanks for joining me on the podcast this week.

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Speaker 3: Yes, Oh, it's so good to see you too.

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Speaker 11: I was talking to some of our mutual friends earlier

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Speaker 11: this week, and anytime I know it sounds crazy, but

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Speaker 11: anytime I can help my Broncos buddies out leading into

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Speaker 11: a game, you know, I'm hundred percent yes, all the

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Speaker 11: time for you guys.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and we love that, We love you appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: How are things going over there in Las Vegas? I mean,

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Speaker 2: final week of the season here, it's hard to believe

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Speaker 2: the seasons already.

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Speaker 1: Coming to an end.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean things are well. Energy is high.

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Speaker 11: Obviously the Raiders, similar to you guys, eliminated from postseason

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Speaker 11: They have risen to every single challenge and now has

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Speaker 11: the execution been there all the time for your twenty

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Speaker 11: we know is that these guys are going to give

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Speaker 11: right way to a leading stadium this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Eddie, you kind of mentioned it there.

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Speaker 2: What do you feel like it's been the biggest change

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean I think, for lack of a better term,

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Speaker 11: just the vibes, right, I mean, I think that you've

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Speaker 11: a noticeable increase in the vibes and the energy. And

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Speaker 11: I think that the spirit that Antonio appears has brought

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Speaker 11: Antonio really embodies those things, embraces those things, and really

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Speaker 11: that's trickles down to the roster, and we talked about

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Speaker 11: been there. The energy has been excellent, The commitment, the passion,

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Speaker 11: That is what we've seen from the twenty twenty three DERs.

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Speaker 11: But one thing is undebatable, like I said, is that

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Speaker 11: they've given their all one hundred percent since AP took over.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, Edi, the narrative out there has kind

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Speaker 2: of been that this team is playing this final game

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Speaker 2: for Antonio, appears for him to get that head job.

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Speaker 2: Do you feel like that's true over there in the

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean I think really, Like like I said,

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Speaker 11: really since day one of Antonio, Pearson Champ Kelly, who's

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Speaker 11: familiar with as well. I mean, the energy hasn't been

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Speaker 11: same as a Tuesday of week seven. So he's been

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Speaker 11: really kind of steadifast this week and saying like, hey,

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Speaker 11: this is business as usual for us, right, Like we

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Speaker 11: want to finish, you know, on a high note. But

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Speaker 11: really we've wanted to finish every week on a high note.

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Speaker 11: We've taken every game day really seriously, so I think

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Speaker 11: in the best possible.

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Speaker 3: Way in so many different ways.

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Speaker 11: Andy, it's really been business usual here in the building

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Speaker 11: for the guys in the locker room.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, going off of that, Eddie, what do you feel

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Speaker 2: like he's just done for the defense this year? Obviously

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Speaker 2: we know Max Krosby well, he plays really well against

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Speaker 2: us every single time we see you guys, what's just

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Speaker 11: You know, It's still funny when when we found out

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Speaker 2: Right, you know, you kind of mentioned we have differentquarterback

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Speaker 2: We start this season with the Raiders matchup, we end

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Speaker 2: I'm shure, yeah, one hundred percent, Eddie. Really appreciate your

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Speaker 11: Absolutely, And like I said, I'll make sure I come

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Speaker 11: Let's just say that's good, good game, right, everyone stays

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Speaker 1: All right, Yep, you too, Eddie. Appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Plus, it was announced today that tackle Mike McGlinchey is

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Speaker 5: Thank you well. First off, I mean, it's a huge

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Speaker 2: Man that well, that's going to do it for today's

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 2: Let meet you right back here on the Broncos Podcast

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Speaker 2: Network in YouTube tomorrow for a game preview.

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Speaker 1: I will see you all then