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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside the uc Hell Training Center

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Speaker 1: for today's edition 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: hear from head coach and Nathaniel Hackett as he reflects

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Speaker 1: on Thursday night's game and gives an injury update. Los

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Speaker 1: Broncos Lead writer Eric Delala joins the show for recap

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Speaker 1: of the Broncos loss at home, All that and more

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Speaker 1: coming up. Broncos fell at home at twelve to nine

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Speaker 1: on Thursday night to the Indianapolis Colts and now sit

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Speaker 1: at two in three. Head coach Nathaniel Hackett spoke to

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Speaker 1: the media today during his press conference to reflect on

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Speaker 1: that loss and discuss how they look to improve moving forward.

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Speaker 1: I think we're in the process. If we're gonna evaluate everything,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna sit down as an offensive staff. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: look at all the things that we thought were good

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Speaker 1: things that sometimes they look good and we might not

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Speaker 1: have capitalized on them. So we don't necessarily want to

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Speaker 1: just throw those things out of there. Um, we just

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Speaker 1: want to find ways to get guys open and give

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Speaker 1: them the opportunity to make plays. That's what we're looking

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Speaker 1: for and we're gonna be sure that we look at

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Speaker 1: it with a fine tooth comb all of us, every

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Speaker 1: single one of us, to try to put those guys

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Speaker 1: in the best position possible. Denver win two for fifteen

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Speaker 1: on third down and oh and four in the red

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Speaker 1: zone on a Thursday night, Coach I could address some

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Speaker 1: of those struggles and how he looks to work on that.

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Speaker 1: Efficiency starts with efficiency on first and second down. All

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Speaker 1: those third downs, when you look at them, they are very,

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Speaker 1: very long. I mean we're talking seven plus for all

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Speaker 1: and eleven plus. Uh. We have to do better on

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Speaker 1: those first downs. We're playing behind the chains and I

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Speaker 1: feel like a broken record. We've been saying that for

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Speaker 1: the first five games. Whether it be a penalty, whether

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Speaker 1: it be a drop, a miss, execution, things like that,

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Speaker 1: and it starts with me. I have to do better

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Speaker 1: coaching the guys. I have to do a better job

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Speaker 1: across the board, whether it be a run player or

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Speaker 1: pass play, because if you're playing behind the chains as

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Speaker 1: much as we are, it's gonna be hard to move

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Speaker 1: that third down, so we're putting ourselves in bad positions there.

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Speaker 1: The defense put up another dominant performance on a Thursday

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Speaker 1: and night. They act Colts quarterback Matt Ryan six times,

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Speaker 1: forced two turnovers, and held Indianapolis to four field goals.

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Speaker 1: Coach I get praised their performance today and said that

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Speaker 1: the offense needs to be more efficient for that unit.

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Speaker 1: Right now, the defense is playing at an unbelievably high level,

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Speaker 1: and I think that from a guy that played defense,

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Speaker 1: I absolutely love watching those guys go out there and play.

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Speaker 1: Being on the offensive side of the ball, it kills

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Speaker 1: our efficiency, in our drive length, the three an ounce

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Speaker 1: we need to take those out. But it starts with

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Speaker 1: not having those self inflicted wounds. Getting behind the chains.

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Speaker 1: That's what's so important, and that's what we have to

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Speaker 1: and starts with running the ball. Now it's time to

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Speaker 1: take a look at today's injury update of following Thursday's game.

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Speaker 1: Very unfortunate news. Today, Coach I Can announced that Garrett

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Speaker 1: Plus cornerback Ronald Darby tour his a c L and

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Speaker 1: Coach I Get commented on these injuries and how the

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Speaker 1: We have to find a way to make those guys successful.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's our job. And it crushes me because

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Speaker 1: you know, we're two and three right now, and that's

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Speaker 1: not where we wanted to be, but that's where we are.

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Speaker 1: And I feel bad for those guys that they can't

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Speaker 1: Joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio is Broncos

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Speaker 1: lead writer Eric Delala. Eric a tough loss at home

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Speaker 1: last night. The Broncos fell to two and three. Just

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Speaker 1: to start, what we're kind of your main takeaways from

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Speaker 1: from the game. Yeah, too many missed opportunities. I mean

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Speaker 1: that's what it basically boils down to. The Broncos defense

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Speaker 1: like that Niner's game. It felt like the second half

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Speaker 1: the first half, the cult just could not get anything going.

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Speaker 1: And all night, Matt Ryan's under pressure and and Nebroncos

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Speaker 1: chance they needed. And unfortunately, saying that's what happens in

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Speaker 1: Colts did, and and the Broncos suffered a tough loss.

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Speaker 1: Looking at this offense, Eric, you know, I feel like

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Speaker 1: we've seen these bursts of really big plays, really great plays,

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Speaker 1: You know, we heard coach I could talk about it today.

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Speaker 1: During his press conference, he says, you know, it starts

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Speaker 1: with coaching, just executing in general. Why do you think

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Speaker 1: you know, it's the negative plays. It's a miss blocking

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Speaker 1: Or you know, I thought, particularly last night, there were

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Speaker 1: needs to find some semblance of consistency. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett said it best. I thought it was hey,

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Speaker 1: of talking about it. Obviously, fans want this to be fixed.

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Speaker 1: So that's where it stands for me. Said, you kind

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Speaker 1: heard that it needs to change. It's got to happen. Plus,

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Speaker 1: again when over four and then talk about third downs,

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Speaker 1: How do you how do you improve that moving forward?

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Speaker 1: that's the recipe that works here, especially as you get

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Speaker 1: these games is a way to find success. Eric, Let's

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Speaker 1: look at this defense a little bit more. Like you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: they put up another dominant performance on Thursday night, you know,

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