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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos podcast Network in

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Speaker 1: YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now. Game reporter

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Speaker 1: and host Sydney 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 reflects

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Speaker 1: on Sunday's loss. Plus I'll have an injury update, and

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Speaker 1: a Broncos leadwriter Eric Delala joins the show for a

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Speaker 1: game recap. All done more coming up, Broncos Now said

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Speaker 1: at three and seven as they fell twenty two to

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Speaker 1: sixteen to the Las Vegas Raiders in overtime on a Sunday.

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Speaker 1: We heard from head coach Nathaniel Hackett today as he

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Speaker 1: reflected on Sunday's loss and discussed this being the Broncos

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Speaker 1: six one possession loss of the season. I mean, with

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Speaker 1: all these one score games, it comes down to a

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Speaker 1: It's about understanding the different things we're trying to accomplish,

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Speaker 1: and we have to be sound across the board, whether

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Speaker 1: it's offense, defense or special teams, and we weren't last night,

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Speaker 1: and that's how that game got away from us. At

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Speaker 1: the end, there plus, the team announced earlier today that

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Speaker 1: they waved a running back, Melvin Gordon. Coach Icke discussed

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Speaker 1: what went into that decision. You know, he's a guy

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Speaker 1: that's he's a true pro. He's done a lot of

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Speaker 1: good stuff here at the Denver Broncos and scored the

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Speaker 1: for the team and we moved on and I wish

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Speaker 1: him the best of luck, and I think it's a

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Speaker 1: but with the running backs, it will be Marlon Mack.

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Speaker 1: to see if we can get him up also along

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Speaker 1: with Latavius Quarterbacks. Coach Clint Kubiak was the play caller

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday for the first time this season as

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Speaker 1: coachack and announced that he was handing over his duties

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Speaker 1: on Sunday prior to the game. Coach I Could discussed

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Speaker 1: today that they will stick with coach Kubyak moving forward,

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Speaker 1: and what went into that decision. We were I was

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Speaker 1: evaluating it continually throughout, always trying to think how we

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Speaker 1: I thought it was great. Um having somebody up in

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Speaker 1: it's you don't have as many distractions. Um, you can

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Speaker 1: I think it will give us advantage. So I'm excited

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Speaker 1: He talked about the ten point lead the Broncos have

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Speaker 1: I think in the end offense, we've got to score

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Speaker 1: And we just now got to find a way to finish.

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Speaker 1: some of Coach Hackett's injury updates. Coach Hacket updated us

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Speaker 1: I don't want to pile on here onto Melvin because UM,

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Speaker 1: And I also think for Melvin two, this is probably

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Speaker 1: But it was time for this move that we made.

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Speaker 1: I agree, Leric. Let's dive a little bit deeper into

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