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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman and Lindahl 8-18-25 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: It's Susan Lucie everybody. Jeff Legwall joins us right now
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  Speaker 1: here on the Craikman and Lindahl Show. Does he is
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  Speaker 1: it just me? Or is on the twitch feet he
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  Speaker 1: has an Elizabeth Taylor esque wash on his.
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  Speaker 2: Cant Yeah, like, maybe wipe the lens. You've got like
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  Speaker 2: a wild glow going on.
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  Speaker 1: My man, it looks nice.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Are you? Are you feeling healthy?
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  Speaker 1: He's been d aged by.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like we're about to take it.
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  Speaker 3: Remember glamour shots, Jeff, I'm getting those.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, Uh, Leggy, Let's talk preseason game number two.
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  Speaker 1: What questions that Sean Peyton and his staff had about
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  Speaker 1: the roster? Do you think we arrived closer to a
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  Speaker 1: conclusion on on Saturday Night?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if we're at a conclusion. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I'll be intrigued to see, you know what it means
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  Speaker 3: for playtime Saturday in New Orleans, because I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 3: that'll tell a lot of the story. But I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, Tyler Badet seems to be nudging
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  Speaker 3: his way in to one of the final spots at
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  Speaker 3: running back. I think the defensive line. I think that
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  Speaker 3: last spot is up for grabs maybe, And and I
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  Speaker 3: think at safety in corner, they've got such depth they're
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  Speaker 3: gonna be given. They're gonna be putting guys on waivers
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  Speaker 3: that can play on other fifty three man rosters. And
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  Speaker 3: you know that's a good sign, yes, but it will
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  Speaker 3: make it will make their decisions pretty tough. And I
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  Speaker 3: think some of their injured guys are at least going
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  Speaker 3: to influence. You know, that initial fifty three may not
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  Speaker 3: be what it is, you know, five days after that,
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  Speaker 3: but I think the injuries they've had, you know, Drew Sanders,
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  Speaker 3: Michael Burton, you know, I think that stuff, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Nate Atkins, I think that impacts what that initial fifty
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  Speaker 3: three looks like and what maybe it looks like two
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  Speaker 3: weeks into September, all.
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  Speaker 2: Right, is is Beday's still ahead of McLoughlin, Because again,
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  Speaker 2: every time I watch McLoughlin plays, some electric happens. But
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  Speaker 2: every time it feels like Seawn's talking. Everyone tells me
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  Speaker 2: Bedey's ahead in the competition.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think is going on with that little battle?
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  Speaker 3: I've not had that feeling at all. I think McLoughlin
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  Speaker 3: is the third running back. I think the day is
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  Speaker 3: making a play for the for the fourth spot. Now,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think after Harvey and Dobbins, how you
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  Speaker 3: number them doesn't really matter. They're the top two. I
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  Speaker 3: think if you're one of the other running backs, you
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  Speaker 3: just want one of those other two spots. Now, the
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  Speaker 3: wild card is, you know, their fullback situation is you know,
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  Speaker 3: the Atkins is injured, Burt is injured. So do they
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  Speaker 3: keep five running backs initially? You know, in two weeks
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  Speaker 3: from now, it's it looks different, That's what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I think, I think this fifty three when at cutdown day,
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  Speaker 3: isn't gonna be the fifty three, you know, for very long.
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  Speaker 3: And I think some of its injury and some of
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  Speaker 3: it is they're gonna want to jockey some things around
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  Speaker 3: with the practice squad.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff.
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  Speaker 1: It's fantasy football drafting season. Everybody needs to know a label. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: I will ask you a label related question. Is Troy
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  Speaker 1: Franklin the Broncos w R two right now?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that they have one. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: you know, probably that potential. I wouldn't say that right now.
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  Speaker 3: I still believe because of the route diversity and the
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  Speaker 3: snaps he could play that Mims would be that. But
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  Speaker 3: Franklin is playing multiple positions this year, which he did
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  Speaker 3: not last year, So that gives you the opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: be on the field more so if if you're doing
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  Speaker 3: those fantasy football drafts, you know Franklin will have the
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  Speaker 3: opportunity for more snaps than he did last year because
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  Speaker 3: he's playing more spots in the in the in the scheme.
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  Speaker 3: So but I don't think he's too right now. And
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  Speaker 3: I still think Evan Ingram is WR two. But even
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  Speaker 3: though he's a tight end, all right.
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  Speaker 2: Who else do you think has made a strong case
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  Speaker 2: and maybe surprise them by this point in camp? Or
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  Speaker 2: is there a guy?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think they have a surprise. I mean I
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  Speaker 3: think that, you know, I think they had a good
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  Speaker 3: understanding of the team they had and they knew these
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  Speaker 3: you know, the bottom of the back end of the
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  Speaker 3: depth chart on the fifty three at every position was
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  Speaker 3: gonna be a lot tougher decision this year, Like you know,
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  Speaker 3: in the defensive line, they're gonna release somebody likely who
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  Speaker 3: has played real football in real games. Uh, that's gonna
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  Speaker 3: be tough. They may release the safety. Uh that's played
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  Speaker 3: real football in real games. I mean, that's that's what
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  Speaker 3: they're they're looking at this year, and I think the
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  Speaker 3: difficulty is something they're happy about, but something they're going
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  Speaker 3: to be frustrated with when they do have to expose
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  Speaker 3: players they'd like to keep. My personal surprise is is, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Estimate, I I really don't see him getting
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  Speaker 3: a lot of good snaps or good opportunities to show
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  Speaker 3: what he can do. When you know, when he kept
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  Speaker 3: saying all off season, all I want to see him,
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  Speaker 3: I want to get those opportunities. But I think the
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  Speaker 3: other guys have have just done more. You know, when
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  Speaker 3: they get one or two carries, they make something happen.
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  Speaker 3: And when Estimate has gotten one or two carries, there's
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  Speaker 3: been a lot of times there's been a penalty or
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  Speaker 3: he he doesn't quite see the whole initially. You know
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  Speaker 3: that he's more of a flow runner, and you're not
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  Speaker 3: getting the opportunity to build up that flow and and
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  Speaker 3: get into a game. He in this kind of situation,
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  Speaker 3: if you get eight plays, you've got to make impact
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  Speaker 3: on on you know, a majority of them. You can't
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  Speaker 3: be that boy on the eleventh to thirteenth play, I
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  Speaker 3: would have been really good. You've got to make it happen.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I think he'll probably get some snaps
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  Speaker 3: in New Orleans at least, that's my feeling right now.
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  Speaker 3: But if he doesn't, that's an indication you just didn't
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  Speaker 3: want him to get hurt.
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  Speaker 1: I prefer flow rider to a flow runner. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: to Jeff Legwald here of ESPN. Leggie, as you evaluated
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  Speaker 1: the play of the offensive line the other night, how
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  Speaker 1: are we feeling right now about the Broncos offensive line depth.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they're okay with it. Nate, and I
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  Speaker 3: think the you know, he said it after the game,
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  Speaker 3: Sean Payton, the pre snap penalties are not a good thing. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that's that's the kind of stuff that are drive killers.
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  Speaker 3: You know, second and second and fifteen or you know,
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  Speaker 3: you you lose a huge play because but he you know,
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't even get going because he had you know,
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  Speaker 3: somebody jumps off side at the pre snap stuff is
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  Speaker 3: that's not a good look. And you know, at one
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  Speaker 3: point they had I think seven pre snap penalties at
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  Speaker 3: one point, and that's just uh.
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  Speaker 1: Keeps getting dinged LEGGI man, he's been having a tough
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  Speaker 1: time out there.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's had at least four penalties in the
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  Speaker 3: preseason and that's that's not awesome. And some of it is.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's at the position where the point of
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  Speaker 3: emphasis from the officials, you know, the depth of the
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  Speaker 3: tackle when you're leaving all of these things. These guys
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  Speaker 3: have been trained to sort of cut the corner and
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  Speaker 3: get the head start and suddenly a penalty. He seems
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  Speaker 3: to be adjusting a little more slowly than some of
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  Speaker 3: the other guys are.
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  Speaker 2: He's surprised by the camp of Pat Bryant. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the guy, the guy looks really good. How much do
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  Speaker 2: you think he'll transfer to when he's playing the real
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  Speaker 2: defenses or is some of this preseason football.
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  Speaker 3: A little both? And you I mean, I think you
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  Speaker 3: know he he he was good at the things that
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  Speaker 3: are tough adjustments for the NFL for some guys, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the physicality, the contested catches, defensive backs just up in
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  Speaker 3: your face a lot more than they are in college.
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  Speaker 3: He was already good at that, and I think that's
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  Speaker 3: transitioned him. And as they talked about when they picked him,
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  Speaker 3: if you're a receiver and you can create clean releases
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  Speaker 3: off the line of scrimmage, you're gonna get the ball
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  Speaker 3: a lot. And he does that. You know, his his
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  Speaker 3: top end speed is not what wide receiver coaches or
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  Speaker 3: general managers would love, but his release is his top
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  Speaker 3: level and that that makes up for some of that.
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  Speaker 3: So when you get the ball to him quickly, when
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  Speaker 3: he has the root, when he's created the space, he's
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  Speaker 3: going to produce for. And I think if they keep
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  Speaker 3: finding the routes that get in the ball in those situations,
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  Speaker 3: I think he will produce in this offense.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff leg Well brought to you by the International Brotherhood
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  Speaker 1: of Electrical Workers IBW Local sixty eight. Start with the
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  Speaker 1: job and with a career the man slinging the rock
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  Speaker 1: to Pat Bryant, Jared Stidham having himself a hell of
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  Speaker 1: a preseason so far. Here, Leggy, are some guys just
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  Speaker 1: better suited to knowing exactly what the role is going
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  Speaker 1: to be. Like did Stidy lock up in a competition
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  Speaker 1: but now with a free ride to be the backup
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  Speaker 1: quarterback of the Denver Broncos. He's just comfortable and going
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  Speaker 1: out and slinging the rock and balling. Is this a
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  Speaker 1: good look for Jared Stidham.
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  Speaker 3: I think so. I mean, I'm not sure he locked up.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was more of both of them during
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback competition last year valued not making a mistake
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  Speaker 3: over making plays. And so that's what it's going to
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  Speaker 3: look like. Uh, you know it's gonna look like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: as they would jeer at both of them, Charlie check down.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's if you make the value don't screw
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  Speaker 3: up is a higher value than making a big play,
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  Speaker 3: then that's what you're gonna get. Yeah, he he does
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  Speaker 3: not have those restraints in this situation. You know, he
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  Speaker 3: can just let it loose. And at this point in
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  Speaker 3: his career, he's just more proficient than the guys he's facing.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you're talking a guy who's played for two
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  Speaker 3: of the toughest coaches in football to learn quarterbacking, and
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  Speaker 3: he's facing reserves on defense, and you know, that's low
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  Speaker 3: hanging fruit. And to the two to what three hundred
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  Speaker 3: and seventy six yards and four touchdowns and three and
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  Speaker 3: a half quarters.
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  Speaker 1: No picks, that's pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean he's just more proficient at this point
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  Speaker 3: in his career, which is frankly, if you didn't see
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  Speaker 3: that from their backup quarterback, you'd be a little concerned.
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  Speaker 3: You know. If if he isn't ringing up big numbers,
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  Speaker 3: then that's a problem, and a big one. So I
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  Speaker 3: think they're very happy with the pressure free Jared Stidham
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  Speaker 3: winging it around and looking very good.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he is certainly impressed thus far. Jeff Legwald, everybody
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  Speaker 1: of ESPN read his stuff at espn dot com and
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  Speaker 1: listen to him on the correct Ben and Lindahl Show
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  Speaker 1: every Monday and Friday afternoon. Leggy, well done, Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Big Balance.