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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman and Lindahl 11-14-25 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: But light football Friday, we welcome Jeff legwald I. Right now, Leggy,
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the news of the day, and that
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  Speaker 1: is the injury designation of JK. Dobbins not playing on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Do we know the severity of the injury and should
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  Speaker 1: we expect an IR designation sometime this weekend?
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  Speaker 2: You know with the bye week game, it's it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: if they want to get a four week start on it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's gonna miss multiple games. I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: all of us out there have known this. They don't
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  Speaker 2: want to talk about it. It's just a serious enough injury.
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  Speaker 2: I've heard a variety of descriptions of it, but it's
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  Speaker 2: certainly something that will keep him out of multiple games.
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  Speaker 2: And I think the only question is, you know, does
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  Speaker 2: it give them any benefit evolved to do it during
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  Speaker 2: the bye week or since it's four four games? You know,
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  Speaker 2: do you do? You just do it when you get
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  Speaker 2: back or or see how he does uh in the
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  Speaker 2: next couple of weeks. But it's it's serious enough that
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  Speaker 2: they have not done anything so far, and they've kept
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  Speaker 2: trying to get information. And I think some of this
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  Speaker 2: is from Dobbin's side too. That they want to get
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  Speaker 2: all the information they can before they they make a decision.
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  Speaker 1: What do we know about the injury or illness situation
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  Speaker 1: regarding Gwyn Minors.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's obviously some kind of fatigue inducing
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  Speaker 2: ailment and it's you know, it's it's lingered for about
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  Speaker 2: six weeks, he says. So, uh, you know, it's obvious.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's he practiced this week. I've seen him
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  Speaker 2: in the locker room every day. He's going about his
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  Speaker 2: usual schedule. So I'm I think they're just trying to
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  Speaker 2: give him enough tests and figure out what's what's happening.
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  Speaker 2: I think they've tried to figure out a regiment of
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  Speaker 2: fluids and hydration and all the rest of it because
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  Speaker 2: that seemed to help him during the game when he
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  Speaker 2: had a sort of a bout with it. But he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't really want to expand on it because I think
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't really have all the answers yet that he'd
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  Speaker 2: like to have. But I mean, I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: speak for him, but he's basically taking the stance of
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've said what I'm going to say about it,
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  Speaker 2: which is it's a fatigue issue and that it's lingered
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  Speaker 2: for a while here, but it's not impacting his yet
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  Speaker 2: so far. Anyway, his attendance at practice or meetings or
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  Speaker 2: whatever else is going on.
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  Speaker 3: Death is all wild. All we've done is talk about health,
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  Speaker 3: and you and Native talked about it's almost impossible, by
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  Speaker 3: the numbers of sheer percentages for them to stay this healthy.
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  Speaker 3: And it feels like they're getting hit with a lot
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  Speaker 3: of weird things at the same time. But I'll ask you,
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  Speaker 3: you've been in the locker room all week, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I like to get the temperature check from you. You're
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  Speaker 3: a little walking thermometer. How bad they need this game?
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  Speaker 2: I think mentally, you know, you think you're having a
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  Speaker 2: really good season, and you think you're a mentally tough
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  Speaker 2: team that's been tested late in games and done comebacks,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, they are the fourth quarter Kings
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  Speaker 2: of the NFL right now, So you I think, if
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  Speaker 2: you're them, you would like to think that all counts
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  Speaker 2: for something. But you know, and and players, you know,
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  Speaker 2: even Sean Payton said it this week. At some point,
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  Speaker 2: if you're going to say you are a factor in
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  Speaker 2: this division, you have to beat the Chiefs and you
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  Speaker 2: have to beat Mahomes and the factorymains is they've only
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  Speaker 2: beaten Mahomes a game the Chiefs in the game Mahomes
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  Speaker 2: has started one time, you know, so far, so that's
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  Speaker 2: not a lot of data. But they'd like to think
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  Speaker 2: this team is built for these kinds of games, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, kind of this stretch run here, this is
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  Speaker 2: the first real test. You know, are you going to
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  Speaker 2: be among the best records in the AFC when you
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  Speaker 2: get to December? You know that type of thing. And
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  Speaker 2: I think they think they're ready. But you know again
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  Speaker 2: when you when you play a team that's done what
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs have done, and even you know the Peyton
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  Speaker 2: Manning Broncos, when you play that kind of team, they
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  Speaker 2: already have the answer you're looking for. And sometimes that's
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  Speaker 2: the difference.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Well, Jordan Humphrey, what's the role do you
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  Speaker 3: think there? You know, I guess when the move is
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  Speaker 3: initially made, Jeff and we saw Sherfield at a tow injury,
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  Speaker 3: I think Nate and I both thought, ah, well, maybe
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  Speaker 3: he's going to come in and play the role of Sherfield.
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  Speaker 3: But Sherfield looks good to go according to the injury report.
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  Speaker 3: Why the need to get little Jordan Back.
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  Speaker 2: I think just they want more physicality. I think it
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  Speaker 2: gives them a player they can line up. He's a
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver, but he is a player they can line
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  Speaker 2: up with the responsibilities when they put the tight end
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  Speaker 2: a little wider in the slot, maybe out wide, some
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  Speaker 2: of the stuff they've done with Nate Atkins in the past.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, before he signed elsewhere, they had discussed
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  Speaker 2: briefly here about making him a tight end. So I
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  Speaker 2: think he is going to get sherfield snaps or it
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  Speaker 2: will surprise me greatly after seeing practice this week that
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  Speaker 2: if he doesn't get surfield snaps and then be in
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  Speaker 2: the formation where that lined up in line, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like a blocker or something, but be in the formation
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  Speaker 2: where we have seen tight ends previously this season. I
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  Speaker 2: think they want that hybrid physicality with the threat of
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  Speaker 2: catching the ball because I think they feel like they're
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  Speaker 2: tipping plays a little bit with some of their personnel groupings.
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  Speaker 1: Ah. Good to note right there. That's from Jeff Legwald.
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  Speaker 1: Good note, good Legwalald nugget right there on the Roos Show. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: let's let's keep a close eye on that here this week.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald, as always is brought to you by the
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  Speaker 1: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW Local sixty eight. Start
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  Speaker 1: with the job, end with a career, Jeff, you had
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  Speaker 1: a note today on ESPN dot com difference between wins
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  Speaker 1: and losses. Five wins, Mahomes has been hit on average
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  Speaker 1: five point eight times, four losses. He has been hit
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  Speaker 1: by average nine point three times. That certainly would shout
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  Speaker 1: that that is playing into Denver's hands. With the best
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  Speaker 1: pass rush in the entire NFL I have gone so
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  Speaker 1: far this week is to say if lebron Because are
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  Speaker 1: gonna win this game, it's because the defense is going
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  Speaker 1: to single handedly go out and get it done. But
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  Speaker 1: when you see a note like that and you see
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  Speaker 1: the way that Mahomes played against Buffalo, I mean, it
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  Speaker 1: really does scream to you this is a game that
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  Speaker 1: Denver's gonna have to win in their front seven.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it has to be. And is that
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  Speaker 2: more difficult without certain and Singleton, Yes, it's much more difficult.
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  Speaker 2: But I think Buffalo showed you don't necessarily have to
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  Speaker 2: sack him. You have to put pressure on him. You've
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  Speaker 2: got to be physical and hit him and you cannot
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  Speaker 2: let him escape vertically and you know, he's the leading
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  Speaker 2: I think he's number two in the league right now
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  Speaker 2: in passing yardage when he's on the move and rushing
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  Speaker 2: yardage on scrambles put together, and you just have to
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  Speaker 2: limit that, you know, the second act, as defensive coaches
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  Speaker 2: call it, and they they have to do what they've
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  Speaker 2: done such a good job with this year, the best
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  Speaker 2: I've seen in a long time. And they rush with responsibility.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're very aggressive, they're click off the ball,
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  Speaker 2: but they have not let quarterbacks escape this year. And
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  Speaker 2: Sunday that has to be a big deal. When the
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  Speaker 2: day is done, they have to have hits on the
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  Speaker 2: homes and his scramble yardage has to be minimal.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, keep him in the pocket. The games they played
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  Speaker 1: without certain so far, Davis mostly Davis Mills and Gino Smith,
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  Speaker 1: now Mahomes with you know, with Worthy, with Rashid Rice
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  Speaker 1: back and done with his suspension, Hollywood Brown and Juju
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  Speaker 1: and all. Look, there's good veterans that are that are
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  Speaker 1: receivers on this Kansas City team. But but how is
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  Speaker 1: is the matchup without certain How is it different this
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  Speaker 1: go around going up against I don't know, the best
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  Speaker 1: football player of his generation in Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think some of it is, uh, you got
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  Speaker 2: to keep Rice. I think out of the big plays known,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he is the you know, the lid lifter.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's the guy that's going to be pushing
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  Speaker 2: your safeties out of the help places they can be
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  Speaker 2: because of his speed. So they've got I think you
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  Speaker 2: start there. You know, Kelsey's always Kelsey, and he's always
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  Speaker 2: gonna find the soft spot in your zone and all
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  Speaker 2: those things. But I think Rice is the one that
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  Speaker 2: can do the serious damage or he makes you make
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  Speaker 2: a move in coverage that allows serious damage to get
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  Speaker 2: done elsewhere. And I think that's the one they've really
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  Speaker 2: got to to maintain. And you know, the difference with
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  Speaker 2: Mahomes and the great quarterbacks is, you know, defensively, you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna make a handful of mistakes every game and most
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  Speaker 2: times you get to say, oh man, we screwed up,
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  Speaker 2: and you know the quarterback doesn't find it. Mahomes punishes
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  Speaker 2: you every time you make a mistake. And that's that's
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  Speaker 2: the big deal with Cirtan out of the lineup, they
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of young guys who cannot make technical
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  Speaker 2: you know, passing guys off from one zone to the other,
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  Speaker 2: or losing players in the bunch in man coverage that
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  Speaker 2: you just can't make a mistake. There's no room for
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  Speaker 2: air because if you make three mistakes, he'll punish you
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  Speaker 2: for two of them. And it won't be, you know,
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  Speaker 2: punish you for a twelve yard crosser. It will be
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  Speaker 2: punish you for the score.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff, this is a little bit of a weird either
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  Speaker 1: or a question, because I feel like the answer is
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  Speaker 1: yes to both of them. But what should concern the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos more Andy Reid with a full bye week going
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  Speaker 1: into this one and we know the record there, or
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  Speaker 1: Steve Spagnolo in a must win game against a Denver
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  Speaker 1: defense that or excuse me, a Denver offense and particularly
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  Speaker 1: a Denver passing game that's been stuck in neutral.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm you know, I think the defense has earned
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  Speaker 2: the hours they're getting, and so I'd go with if
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  Speaker 2: there is a game this year where the Broncos could
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  Speaker 2: really use the offense to sort of pull the wagon
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, it's this one. Don't give them a
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  Speaker 2: short field, don't mess up on special teams, you know,
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  Speaker 2: don't fumble the ball deep in your own territory. This
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  Speaker 2: is the game where I think the defense deserves to
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  Speaker 2: not get sent out there because you've had nine to
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  Speaker 2: three and outs. So I would say, you know, handling,
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  Speaker 2: the aggressiveness and the unpredictability of Spagnola is a big deal.
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  Speaker 3: All right, And how do you run the football? You
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  Speaker 3: and I both know I'm gonna ask you. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you you influenced me. They got to run the ball?
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  Speaker 3: Is he gonna trust Harvey to run the ball?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, we don't know. He says yes, but
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  Speaker 2: he has said yes to a lot of things about
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  Speaker 2: the Sean Payton, I mean, has said yes to a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things about the run game this year, and
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  Speaker 2: we don't always see it on game day. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: they did lose the security blanket. I mean, who's been
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  Speaker 2: in when they really need a drive to kill the clock,
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  Speaker 2: or they really need to move the ball, or they
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  Speaker 2: really need their back way up. It's been JK. Dobbins.
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  Speaker 2: You know who's the third down, the high stress back,
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  Speaker 2: you know in the protection scheme, it's JK. Dobbins. So
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  Speaker 2: it you know, it really is going to test their
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  Speaker 2: level of comfort with you know, with R. J. Harvey,
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  Speaker 2: And then you know, they're finally going to have to
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  Speaker 2: put Julia McLoughlin back on the field, and I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, my personal opinion is they you know, they
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  Speaker 2: should have looked at him as sort of a little
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  Speaker 2: change of pace before this, but you know, and that
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  Speaker 2: may be a little bit of a boost there too,
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  Speaker 2: But Harvey is going to need to have his best
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  Speaker 2: day as a pro so far, and we'll need more
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  Speaker 2: of those best days as they move forward here.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Lake, Well to ESPN, Jeff, last thing I want
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  Speaker 1: to ask you about is you know you're You're a living, breathing,
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  Speaker 1: warm blooded human. You're aware of what the narratives are
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  Speaker 1: that are out there, what some of your colleagues are writing,
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  Speaker 1: what some of the coverage is about the Denver Broncos.
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  Speaker 1: On a week like this, and when the offense has
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  Speaker 1: been as futrid as it has been of late, it
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  Speaker 1: becomes blame game, it becomes finger pointing, and everyone's got
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  Speaker 1: to take a camp and it's Sean Payton's fault, it's
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  Speaker 1: Bo Nick's fault. I would say it's pretty much on
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  Speaker 1: all parties involved right now. That said, as you have
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  Speaker 1: had a week to break this down, to look at
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  Speaker 1: the tape to talk to people down at the facility
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  Speaker 1: like it, give us, give us one thing each of
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  Speaker 1: them has to do better this week against Bags in
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City. Give me one thing Sean has to do better,
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  Speaker 1: one thing bo Nicks has to do better.
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  Speaker 2: I would say Sean has to be less you know,
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  Speaker 2: enamored with the idea of getting so many answers early.
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  Speaker 2: He loves to get all the personnel groupings on the
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  Speaker 2: field because he wants to see how the defense is
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  Speaker 2: going to respond to each of those so he can
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  Speaker 2: use that information later in the game. So he is
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  Speaker 2: not only trying to move the ball early, but he
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  Speaker 2: is gathering facts like in the third quarter when I
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  Speaker 2: need this, I want to know how they're going to respond.
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  Speaker 2: I think he needs to be less inclined with that
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  Speaker 2: and give bow Nicks the fifteen plays he is absolutely
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  Speaker 2: most comfortable with, instead of the ones where Sean believes
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  Speaker 2: they can get the most information. That's what I would
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  Speaker 2: say there. And bow has to have just cleaner footwork.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just play with cleaner footwork, you'll be more accurate.
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  Speaker 2: You know, things will happen the way you want to
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  Speaker 2: happen and want them to happen. And right now his
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  Speaker 2: footwork is Le's getting him in trouble and you know,
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  Speaker 2: have good footwork. Get the ball out of your hand.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, nothing's happened good late in the down and
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  Speaker 2: if you're gonna run, just do it, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: think there's just indecisiveness and poor footwork in.
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  Speaker 1: His play right now, All right, Sean Chill on the
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  Speaker 1: play calling, Bo clean up that footwork and the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: have a chance to win this game. On Sunday, Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Legwald will be covering all of it for ESPN, and
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  Speaker 1: he'll be talking to us again on Monday afternoon for
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  Speaker 1: the post mortem. Jefflegwaldespn dot com Read his latest right there, Leggy,
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  Speaker 1: excellent work as always, man, Thank you, Thanks, Poles Say