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Speaker 1: Welcome back inside the uc Hell Training Center for day

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Speaker 1: eight of training camp practice. Hello everyone, thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for tuning into tonight's episode of Broncos and now I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Sidney Jones and the players were back in

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Speaker 1: full pads today for just this second time this camp,

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Speaker 1: and in my opinion, it was the most exciting practice

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Speaker 1: making up play As the offense, they looked pretty explosive

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Speaker 1: I thought, we've gotten better every day, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: yesterday we had the job through and to me, I

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Speaker 1: I'm shocked at how much we got done yesterday. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we got way more plays than we didn't anticipated. The

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Speaker 1: guys were able to mentally learn, get fresh, get their

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Speaker 1: and have that high level of a practice. That's what

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Speaker 1: you're looking for, you know, you never want to come

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Speaker 1: out and waste the day and pats they're so precious.

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Speaker 1: We don't have a lot of those, um so you

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Speaker 1: want to be sure you get everything. And the guys

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Speaker 1: learned about themselves, and I mean it's like a season.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you don't go a lot of pads in

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Speaker 1: a row during the season, so you want them to

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Speaker 1: get used to that. So um, I mean it was

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a really good practice. I gotta

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Speaker 1: watch the tape. It's never as good as you think,

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Speaker 1: never as bad as you think. I'm happy to see

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Speaker 1: as if you want, you want explosive plays and you

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Speaker 1: want the defense taking the ball away. Which is great

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Speaker 1: about my position is I get to celebrate for all

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Speaker 1: of it. So I don't have We're gonna need to

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Speaker 1: give him at and to unpracticed. Today, the Broncos first

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Speaker 1: team offense had a phenomenal end of game two miniaturel

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Speaker 1: On a fourth and four, Russell Wilson threw it down

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Speaker 1: the left sideline to Courtland Sutton for about a thirty

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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett was certainly impressed by the offense's performance today.

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Speaker 1: Two minutes typically one of the hardest things to get

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Speaker 1: going for a brand new offense, just getting everybody on

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Speaker 1: um was really great. I mean it was great working

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Speaker 1: that last play which was absolutely fantastic and hinted for

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Speaker 1: you always want to see guys getting better slowly but surely,

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Speaker 1: and that was good. We get a long way to go,

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Speaker 1: but that was really nice to seek. Tacket mentioned earlier

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Speaker 1: the team was able to come out and a practice

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Speaker 1: harder today after having that jog through style practice yesterday.

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Speaker 1: This slow time bout practices definitely give the players a

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Speaker 1: body some rest, but there's no doubt that these are

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Speaker 1: full padded practices are needed. In Both Javonte Williams and

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Speaker 1: Draymond Jones agree, my life padded practice is a lot

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Speaker 1: better because on old line can get ahold of life

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Speaker 1: Was there's really life playing in the game because how

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Speaker 1: You know, you start PADO practice giving you a real

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver Darius Shephard this morning to their a

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Speaker 1: ninety man roster. He was with co Chacket in Green

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Speaker 1: day one he was already making plays. He caught a

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Speaker 1: So joining me here in the podcast studio is a

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Speaker 1: Bronco's lead writer Erica Lalla. Eric, what an What an

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Speaker 1: exciting day of practice today? It really was. I think

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Speaker 1: them today? Yeah? I think maybe you know. So what

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Speaker 1: and then you saw Russell Wilson call his own play

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Speaker 1: saw it in that two minute drive. Yeah. Even coach

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Speaker 1: Hackett said after practice today that that, you know, end

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Speaker 1: And I think you have to empower your quarterback like that. Um,

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Speaker 1: they deserve to make those sort of play calls. They've

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Speaker 1: two new guys on the team out there today, wide

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Speaker 1: What do you like about these two additions to the

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Speaker 1: but right, I mean, Shepherd has experience with Nathaniel Hackett

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Speaker 1: One guy we really haven't talked about much on this

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Speaker 1: an impressive diving interception today. What do you what did

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Speaker 1: that athleticism. He's a guy that can play outside. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Broncos need him. So he's definitely gonna make this football team.

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Speaker 1: And I think he's got a good chance if he

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Speaker 1: but maybe challenge a guy like Michael Ogimudia for that

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Speaker 1: fourth corner spot. Well, last question for you, Eric, since

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Speaker 1: was your top play of the day. It's got to

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Speaker 1: two minute drill. Um. Cortland's had, you know, some good

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Speaker 1: And so that play in particular, Um to go up

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