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Speaker 1: What's the Broncos Country? Welcome back to the Broncos podcast

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Speaker 1: network and YouTube for the latest episode of Broncos Now.

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Speaker 1: Team reporter and host Sydney Jones here and coming up

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Speaker 1: on today's episode, we'll hear from head coach Nathaniel Hackett

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Speaker 1: and all three coordinators as they spoke to the media today.

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Speaker 1: Plus I'll have the latest injury report, and Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: senior writer Jim Wyatt joins the show to take a

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Speaker 1: look at this matchup from the Titans perspective all the

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Speaker 1: more on tonight's episode. Broncos hit the road in just

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Speaker 1: two days ahead to Nashville, Tennessee to take on the

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Speaker 1: Titans this Sunday. So we heard from head coach Nathaniel

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Speaker 1: Hackett and all three coordinators today as the team continues

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Speaker 1: to prepare for this matchup. Go Chack and discuss how

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Speaker 1: he's balancing needing to stack wins and staying in this

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Speaker 1: game by game, week by week mentality. For us, that's

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Speaker 1: you're judged each week on how you do, and for

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Speaker 1: us it's just getting over that hump, just not having

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Speaker 1: those self inflicted wounds, being able to make a couple

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Speaker 1: of plays here in air, which is gonna let us

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Speaker 1: continually win. So obviously we want to stack him up.

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Speaker 1: That's what you have to do to get into the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: That's what you have to do at some point during

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Speaker 1: the season. Even if you want to go to where

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Speaker 1: you want to go, you have to win a lot

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Speaker 1: of games in the playoffs. So um, I mean, we

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Speaker 1: gotta win some back to back. But it starts with

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Speaker 1: this week, and that's what we focus on. Looking at

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Speaker 1: the tight ends, Defensive coordinator E. Jerry Verro detailed the

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Speaker 1: challenge it will be trying to slow down running back

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry and why this defense has continued to struggle

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Speaker 1: to stop the run. Yeah, you know, it really starts

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. And uh, you know, he's, like you said,

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Speaker 1: he's a great player, and we gotta get a lot

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Speaker 1: just don't want one guy trying to tackle him consistently.

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Speaker 1: So we've gotta run to the ball. We gotta hit

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Speaker 1: think for us, the two things is um um, really

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Speaker 1: the one thing is the two big plays. You know,

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Speaker 1: then the forty nine yard or last week. I think

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Speaker 1: From that standpoint. Offensive coordinator just now In then discussed

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Speaker 1: the Titans physical defense and the threat they pose on

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Speaker 1: a Sunday. Yeah, they're they're challenge not only the run

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Speaker 1: game of the past game. They get after everyone up front,

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Speaker 1: big physical guys that can keep their paths down. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a great challenge for our offensive line, great

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Speaker 1: challenge even if their linebacker level um of being able

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Speaker 1: this season versus Jaguars in London. Both coach Hackett and

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Speaker 1: coach Owen commented on that today and how it will

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Speaker 1: help moving forward. UM. As a play designer, sometimes you

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Speaker 1: discussed how new Broncos outside linebacker Jacob Martin and new

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Speaker 1: special teams. So obviously Jacob Martin, he played when we

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Speaker 1: the injury reports. Coachacket updated us on a few guys

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Speaker 1: outside Linebacker Baron Browning, wide receiver kJ Hamler, in quarterback

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Speaker 1: Darius Phillips did not participate at practice today. Coach said

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Speaker 1: that they're evaluating kJ and we'll see how it looks

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Tyree Cleveland, offensive lineman Cam Fleming, safety p J.

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Speaker 1: And I had a chance to catch up with a

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans senior writer and editor Jim Wyatt a little

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Speaker 1: matchup from the Titans perspective. Take a listen, Jim, appreciate

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me of course. How are things over

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Speaker 1: there in Nashville? Thanks for going Well, it's uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: After an owing to star, this team managed to win

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Speaker 1: some positives that came out of it, But obviously it's

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Speaker 1: tough to celebrate a loss. Yeah, as Broncos fans know

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Speaker 1: so that yeah, it was a great game. On Sunday night, Jim,

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Speaker 1: Malik willis his performances the past two games. Well, I

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Speaker 1: I know the Titans are designating wide receiver Trailing Burke's

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Speaker 1: they've seemed to be struggling a bit in the passing

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Speaker 1: But that would definitely help. Uh, you know, he can

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