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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back inside Center a Hall Training Center

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Speaker 1: for another episode of Broncos Now. As always, I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Sidney Jones, and coming up on today's episode, we'll hear

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Speaker 1: from head coach Sean Payne and several players as they

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Speaker 1: take a look back at a Sunday's win, plus Broncos

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Speaker 1: Lead writer Eric Dlalagman's a show for Hi game recap,

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Speaker 1: all that more coming up. Broncos are coming off their

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Speaker 1: first win of the season. We heard from head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean Payn today following Sunday's thirty one to twenty eight

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Speaker 1: win over the Bears, and he detailed what he liked

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Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson's performance.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's one of those guys that a lot like

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Speaker 2: Drew in this way, they kind of saw the game

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Speaker 2: in the world and the work and the journey is

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Speaker 2: glass at full upbeat, you know, and you know at

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Speaker 2: a time when you're down twenty one points, you know

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Speaker 2: that momentum can swing very quickly, and he was certainly,

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Speaker 2: you know, feeling that confidence that hey, just get us

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Speaker 2: the ball, here we go. And I think that's some

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Speaker 2: more contagious the.

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Speaker 1: Ruggles have seen success early on in their games this season.

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Speaker 1: In three of the past four games, Denver scored on

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Speaker 1: their opening drives, and head coach On Payn talked today

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Speaker 1: about that and what's led to that success.

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Speaker 2: You know, we put together in a list of twelve

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Speaker 2: to fifteen openers, depending on the opponent, you try to

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Speaker 2: get a few personnel groupings in see how they're going

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Speaker 2: to handle certain certain groups, theah they're going to handle

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Speaker 2: certain plays. Yesterday, it was apparent right away, you know,

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Speaker 2: we were going to get a lot more cover too.

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Speaker 2: We thought that might be the case with some of

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Speaker 2: the injuries they've had, and then it was just you know,

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Speaker 2: making enough plays. The screen pass and third down was

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Speaker 2: a big play by Jaliel and Russ and was well blocked.

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Speaker 1: Coach Payn also talked about running back Joleil McLoughlin's impact

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday in his role.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about Juliel. You know, he played really well.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the guys that got a game ball

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Speaker 2: this morning. He was explosive in the run in the

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Speaker 2: past and it was he gave us. He gave us

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Speaker 2: some juice and so we'll continue to look at his role.

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Speaker 1: William McLoughlin received a game ball following a Sunday's win,

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Speaker 1: and today we heard him talk about his touchdown versus

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Speaker 1: the Bears.

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Speaker 3: For one, you know, coach was preaching to me all week.

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Speaker 3: You know, patients, patients on these screens, patients off these springs,

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Speaker 3: patients on these screens. So I was just trying to

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Speaker 3: let everything develop. You know, Quinn got out there and

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Speaker 3: he made an awesome block, you know on a linebacker,

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Speaker 3: and you know it just patient, just believing, you know,

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Speaker 3: you know that it's going to open up. And you know,

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Speaker 3: like I said, Quinn went out there and you know,

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Speaker 3: through his body and did a great, awesome job and

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Speaker 3: you know he opened it up for sure. But just

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Speaker 3: really just being patient and letting everything develop. Like I said,

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Speaker 3: those guys make it easy for me.

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Speaker 1: Plus, head coach Sean Payin went on to talk about

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Speaker 1: the adjustments he saw from this defense in the second half.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think we struggled fitting the run in the

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Speaker 2: first half. You know, they had one hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: yards rushing. There are two top targets throughout the season,

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Speaker 2: ended up with big numbers, More and Comet. But we

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Speaker 2: were able to fit the run better. I think that

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Speaker 1: Defensive end, as Zach Allen added to that by detailing

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Speaker 1: what this defense needs to do moving forward.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, we have the talent and we have

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Speaker 4: the players. It's just a matter of us just executing better.

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Speaker 4: Like I said earlier, So yeah, like we saw flashes

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Speaker 4: we just have to continue working it overall.

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Speaker 1: Coach Payn's message to the team was not to be

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Speaker 1: content and to continue to play with urgency.

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Speaker 2: And I said this to the team just fifteen minutes ago.

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Speaker 2: I said, Look, I'm encouraged we fought back into that game.

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Speaker 2: I said, but man, let's not let's not finish today

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Speaker 2: all right, when we're done watching this tape and feel

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Speaker 2: Too many things that's still are disappointing or things that

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Speaker 2: you know, we stalled there for a period of after

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Speaker 2: the first touchdown. You know, we went a third of

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Speaker 2: the game struggling. But that sense of urgency has to

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Speaker 2: a lot better teams here in the next month month

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Speaker 1: Now joining me here inside the Broncos podcast studio for

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Speaker 1: a game recap is Broncos lead writer Eric Delalai. Eric,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining me today. First win of the season here.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a good comeback, right.

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Speaker 6: It was looked a little dire there midway the third quarter,

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Speaker 6: but credit to this team. They fought the Sean Payton

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Speaker 6: said after the game, had every opportunity could have given

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Speaker 6: in and just kind of fallen to zero four, but

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Speaker 6: they fought back. A nice comeback. Offense, defense, special teams.

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Speaker 6: I'll played complimentary football, and like you said, first win

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Speaker 6: of the year.

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Speaker 1: We were definitely on the edge of our seats in

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Speaker 1: the press box. The Broncos tied for the second largest

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Speaker 1: comeback in on the road in team history. So pretty

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Speaker 1: nice little fun fact there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was.

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Speaker 6: I mean, listen, it got to a place where, like

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Speaker 6: I said, it didn't look so great, but a couple

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Speaker 6: of touchdowns in a row by the offense, defense gets

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Speaker 6: of course you know the fourth and one stop toward

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Speaker 6: the end of the game was really critical. Without that,

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Speaker 6: the Bears probably milk the clock down and could potentially

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Speaker 6: kick a field goal going away. So we talk all

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Speaker 6: the time, right said about these game altering plays, as

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Speaker 6: Russell Wilson likes to call him, these small moments that

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Speaker 6: can decide the outcome, win or lose. The Broncos weren't

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Speaker 6: able to make those plays weeks one or two, and

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Speaker 6: those two combined losses by three points, but they made

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Speaker 6: them on Sunday and got them a win.

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Speaker 1: Well, Eric, we have to talk about Russell Wilson. I mean,

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Speaker 1: what are performance by him? He finished the game with

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Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty three point five Quarterback rating. It

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Speaker 1: was the highest QB rating for him as a Bronco.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he was really good. Yeah he was.

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Speaker 6: And less I know, the Bears had a lot of

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Speaker 6: people out in the secondary and you know, obviously not

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Speaker 6: the league's top rank defense by any means. But Russ

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Speaker 6: Winton did what you're supposed to do when when you're

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Speaker 6: playing guys who haven't been out there much before. And

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Speaker 6: I thought one his on the field play was really good.

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Speaker 6: I think back to the second final offensive touchdown drive

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Speaker 6: he just throws a great ball into the end zone

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Speaker 6: there that was impressive, has a nice throat to Marvin

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Speaker 6: those things were impressive. And then just his leadership. We've

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Speaker 6: heard about that a lot since he's gotten here. Went

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Speaker 6: in the fourth quarter and saying, hey, guys, the Bears

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Speaker 5: Guys start believing again.

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Speaker 6: Not that you know they completely lost faith, but when

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Speaker 6: say hey, we're going to win this football game, and

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Speaker 6: I think you really start to buy in. He moved

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Speaker 5: So yeah, a great performance from Russell Wilson.

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Speaker 6: And if you look at all these efficiency ratings across

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Speaker 6: the league, he's near the top and all these categories.

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Speaker 6: If you look at touchdown, passage, passes, yardage, quarterback rating,

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Speaker 5: This is the Russell Wilson I think everybody's been waiting

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Speaker 1: Definitely, Eric, we saw the Bronco score on their opening drive,

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Speaker 1: like we've seen you three out of the four games

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Speaker 1: so far this season. But weird head coach Don Pan

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Speaker 1: talk earlier about how after following that drive, offense kind

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Speaker 1: third quarter. What do you think really sparked that change

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Speaker 1: in offense? You miss mentioned Russell Wilson's leadership, but how

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Speaker 1: do you what was the key to changing things there?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think guys just started making plays.

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Speaker 6: I think obviously the Bears being up a little bit,

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Speaker 6: maybe they allow you to get some of these shorter passes.

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Speaker 6: But a Russ hung in there and made plays when

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Speaker 6: Julio McLoughlin, Marvin Man. They all stepped up and made plays.

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Speaker 6: That's what you got to do when you're facing a

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Speaker 6: earlier and you had the one drive where Marvin Mimmis

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Speaker 6: get going. You've got another one where penalties played a

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Speaker 6: And you know, you don't want to go that long

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Speaker 6: that the Broncos were going to go down and get

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Speaker 1: Their fourth down stop. It was pretty electric, It was fun,

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Speaker 1: It was well, Eric, you mentioned Juliam McLoughlin. Just want

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Speaker 1: was really a bright spots, especially in the run game.

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Speaker 1: You know, he finished the game with over one hundred

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's just been so fun to watch this year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's been a nice surprise and you know we've

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Speaker 6: work to get him in more. We'll see what Jamonte

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Speaker 6: it got to be smart with where I put him.

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Speaker 6: You don't want to put him in bad situations. He

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Speaker 6: there's some situational things you got to be aware of.

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Speaker 6: Julil to his credit, just said, hey, they didn't put

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Speaker 6: me in a bad situation. I've just got to be better.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, bright Spot, he's been really good. Marvin Mims

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Speaker 6: of course again with the big play, and we've seen

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Speaker 6: think is really starting to click. You're seeing these weapons

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Speaker 1: Looking at the defense, Eric, you mentioned this scoop and

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean that was a huge play and I

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Speaker 5: Well maybe manifest they needed that, they got it.

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Speaker 6: It was a first funnel return for a touchdown since

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Speaker 6: of you know, last year had his struggles. I know

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Speaker 5: So that was really good. You know.

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Speaker 6: I do think the drive before that, after the Broncos

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Speaker 5: Boom they go score again.

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Speaker 6: That was also a critical moment because even if you

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Speaker 5: So that was kind of a.

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Speaker 6: Sneaky important drive there to force that three and out.

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Speaker 6: Broncos then cut it to seven. You've got the scoop

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Speaker 6: and you know, I thought it was a gutsy call

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Speaker 5: We were heading down on the field.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, it was a big play in the defense

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Speaker 6: But yeah, if you get a defense that can play

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Speaker 1: Ark, you just kind of touched on this, but you know,

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Speaker 1: I know had coach Sean Payton said he was really

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think just watching the tape, they'll be able

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Speaker 6: to figure out. Sean Payton talked about the cadence and

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Speaker 6: you and you know, listen, a win is great. I

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Speaker 6: As we heard Garay Pole say, when this team plays

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Speaker 6: You've just got to see it for you know, an

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Speaker 6: and to make sure that as you play some of

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Speaker 6: want to discount any thing the Green Bay Packers are doing.

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Speaker 6: I mean, you're gonna face some teams here that that

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Speaker 5: So I think there's a lot to motivate this team.

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Speaker 1: Definitely, and hopefully we'll see that momentum coming off that

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Speaker 1: head into another game at home versus the Jets this weekend. Eric,

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Speaker 1: appreciate you coming on the show.

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Speaker 5: You got it said.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it for today's episode of Broncos Now Broncos Country.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning in. I'll meet you right

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Speaker 1: back here on the Broncos Podcast network and YouTube tomorrow

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Speaker 1: for another episode, and Hall of Famer Steve Attwater will

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Speaker 1: be joining the show, so if you have any questions

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Speaker 5: I'll see you all then