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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country. Welcome back inside the uc Hell

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Speaker 1: Training Center for another edition of Broncos Now. Team reporter

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

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett as he spoke

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Speaker 1: to the media for the final time. This week BLUs

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Speaker 1: I'll have the final injury report, and Broncos lead writer

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Speaker 1: Eric de Lala joins the show for a game preview.

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Speaker 1: All that and more coming up. Broncos hit the road

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Speaker 1: to head to Las Vegas tomorrow as Denver is set

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Speaker 1: to play in their first Divisional game of the season

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Speaker 1: at Allegiance Stadium on Sunday. Head coach Nathaniel Hackett spoke

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Speaker 1: to the media for the final time today ahead of

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Speaker 1: Sunday's game, and he discussed what he took away from

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Speaker 1: the team's first road trip to Seattle that will help

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Speaker 1: prepare him for this one. Yeah, it's gonna be really loud.

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Speaker 1: I mean everywhere we go, you know, I think, um,

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Speaker 1: extremely loud it is, and now we're gonna go play

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, and I mean the Raiders is a is

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Speaker 1: a West opponent, um, and there's a lot of um,

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Speaker 1: Um and the fans are gonna be excited. So I

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Speaker 1: think that just understanding how loud it is and the

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Speaker 1: communication has to be so clear. I think the guys

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Speaker 1: The big news surrounding the NFL right now is to

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Speaker 1: a tongue Volo as head and neck injuries that he

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Speaker 1: suffered on a Thursday night. First, the Bengals head coach

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett was asked about it today and he said

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Speaker 1: he has a full confidence in the Broncos medical staff

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Speaker 1: here in the NFL's protocols. Yeah, first, first and foremost.

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Speaker 1: My thoughts and prayers are out there too too. Obviously

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Speaker 1: that's something you hate to see in any NFL game.

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Speaker 1: But it is a hard game. It's a rough game,

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Speaker 1: and um, you know, I have full confidence in our

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Speaker 1: medical team on how they evaluate everything. I have full

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Speaker 1: confidence in the NFL on how they treat everything and

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Speaker 1: safety is first. Face safety is always first. I think

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Speaker 1: we're always trying to do the right thing, and every

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Speaker 1: single one of those are so different after you know,

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Speaker 1: being in a position to learn more about that throughout

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Speaker 1: my early years. Um, the one thing is every human

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Speaker 1: the hamstring to Quinn to how a concussion happens. So

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Speaker 1: I think that you know right now there's a protocol

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna do what we think is best for

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Speaker 1: the player in his safety. And now let's take a

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Speaker 1: look at this week's final injury report. Head coach Nathaniel

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Speaker 1: Hackett updated us on a few guys today. Wide receiver

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Speaker 1: Tyree Cleveland, outside linebacker Jonathan Cooper, offensive lineman Quinn Miners,

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Speaker 1: ruled out of Sunday's game. Defensive tackle d J Jones

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Speaker 1: say that DJ Jones has cleared the NFL's the concussion

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Speaker 1: everyone else is good to go now. Joining me here

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Speaker 1: inside the Broncos podcast studio is Broncos lead writer Eric

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Speaker 1: Dalala for a game preview. Eric on just one day

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Speaker 1: now until we hit the road to head to Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: Are excited? How are you feeling? Yeah, I'm excited. So

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Speaker 1: this is a big matchup that Broncos obviously have not

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Speaker 1: in six and their last seven games lost four in

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Speaker 1: has not been pretty against the Raiders, and so this

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Speaker 1: is a big opportunity for the Broncos. His signal, this

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Speaker 1: is a new era of Denver football with Nathaniel Hackett,

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Obviously, this new look defense an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: send a message and get a really important win. Definitely,

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Speaker 1: definitely a big rivalry here between the two teams. Eric,

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Speaker 1: We just took a look at the final injury report

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Speaker 1: Quinn Miners and Billy Turner. They were both ruled out.

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Speaker 1: Dalton Reisner is also questionable. Looking at this offensive line,

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Speaker 1: my in my eyes, the edges are really where they're big.

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Speaker 1: You know. The concerns are in terms of Chandler Jones,

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Speaker 1: So I think it helps in past protection to so

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Speaker 1: Obviously you hope to get those guys back at some point,

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Speaker 1: And what they did was I didn't score a ton

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Speaker 1: want to highlight Randy Gregory and Bradley Chub. They're looking

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Speaker 1: we hope Pats or Tank can can cover Davante Adams

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Speaker 1: It's not just sacks that that don't matter on a

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Speaker 1: think you mentioned Davante Adams and Passer Tan there's no

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Speaker 1: doubt that's a matchup to watch this weekend. What really

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Speaker 1: excites you about that matchup? Well, I just want to

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Speaker 1: see how much um at Giro Everro is gonna move

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Speaker 1: I think we've seen so much from Pat over the

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're just not gonna hold Russell Wilson down

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Speaker 1: say twenty four seventeen Broncos. I like it. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I hope you're right, Eric, appreciate your time in your insight.

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Speaker 1: Broncos Country, Thanks so much for tuning in today and

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Speaker 1: Broncos Podcast Network in YouTube on Monday of following our game.

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