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Jeff Lewgold joins Kreckman & Lindahl 8/23/24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: Joe Legwald is our Broncos insider.
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  Speaker 2: Altitude Sports Radio ninety two five Pro Football, the insider.
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  Speaker 3: I've covered the league, while Jeff Legwald.
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  Speaker 2: i BDW Local sixty eight. Start with the JOm and
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  Speaker 2: with the career Dave Leggy on Altitude Sports Radio ninety
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  Speaker 1: I've at circa Nate Craig and Andy Lyndall.
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  Speaker 5: Best five o'clock hour in the bit starts with a
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  Speaker 5: visit with Jeff Legwald here on a Friday afternoon. Broncos Cardinals,
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  Speaker 5: like like all amazing things, they sadly must end in
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  Speaker 5: the twenty twenty four preseason, unfortunately must conclude this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: What up, Leggy? How you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm good. Take a moment and just suddle yourself. This
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  Speaker 3: is it for the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we will miss it just so much.
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  Speaker 5: Jeff, What is what is Sean Payton's plan out of
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  Speaker 5: preseason game number three? And and what are the questions
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  Speaker 5: that he seeks answers in here in this game against Arizona.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Nate, I will tell you he did say today
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  Speaker 3: they're going to have their at least some of their
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  Speaker 3: uh you know meetings, their personnel meetings with the roster
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  Speaker 3: cuts coming tuesday. They're having some of those meetings this afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: So that tells you they're down to, you know, maybe
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  Speaker 3: a handful of spots on the fifty three that that
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  Speaker 3: this game would really impact. And you know a lot
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  Speaker 3: of those positions would be special teams and then depth
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  Speaker 3: you know, depth questions, and then they'll also decide, you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of what are the positions if they see a
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  Speaker 3: name they like on the wlaver wire where they where
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  Speaker 3: they would actually consider making a claim, And they probably
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  Speaker 3: have a a wish list put together already from their
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  Speaker 3: pro personnel department of these guys are in competitive situations
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  Speaker 3: and might be on the on the waiver wire, and
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  Speaker 3: you know that they would be prepared to claim if
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  Speaker 3: they see them.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, legy Nate and Andy just had their power line tripped.
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  Speaker 6: So I will take this question. We'll see if they
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  Speaker 6: can't get back on by the time you're done answering it.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think the Broncos will keep three quarterbacks?
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  Speaker 3: You know what Spring he said today? I actually asked him,
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  Speaker 3: would you know is that a scenario you would consider,
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  Speaker 3: because they only kept to last year, and there are
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  Speaker 3: an awful lot of people in the league right now
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  Speaker 3: think because of the new game day rules that you
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't have to keep three. But he said they, you know,
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  Speaker 3: His answer was certainly, you know, and that they he
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  Speaker 3: would consider it, and then he likes all three. So
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  Speaker 3: I still think if if they can find a way
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  Speaker 3: to do it and not sort of weaken a depth position,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in some way, I still think they'll they'll
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  Speaker 3: keep three because they do like all three, and they
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  Speaker 3: they think there's value there in those three players.
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  Speaker 5: Talking to Jeff Legwald here on a Friday afternoon, Jeff,
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  Speaker 5: we we lost you momentarily when power was cut to
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  Speaker 5: the entire room. So in the event we're asking you
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  Speaker 5: anything that you already just spoke about in the last
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  Speaker 5: ninety seconds or so, well, everyone's just gonna have to
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  Speaker 5: deal with that. So let's let let's go to this
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  Speaker 5: spot right here. LEGI today Sean Payton, and this really
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  Speaker 5: isn't so much about the game, but Sean Payton talked
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  Speaker 5: about the rebuilding process of this team and how some
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  Speaker 5: of the guys that were a part of sort of
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  Speaker 5: sins of the past are not there anymore, that the
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  Speaker 5: organization and the team in the locker room are are
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  Speaker 5: turning the page. As you have watched this off season
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  Speaker 5: into this camp, through this preseason getting regular ready for
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  Speaker 5: the regular season, Leggy, how much have you observed that
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  Speaker 5: that there really is uh kind of a theme of
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  Speaker 5: facelift of onto the next from what this franchise has
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  Speaker 5: been And how much has that been a goal of
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  Speaker 5: Sean Payton's Well, and I guess been.
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  Speaker 3: A goal all along, you know, very early on in
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  Speaker 3: his tenure. Uh, you know, he sort of said, hey, look,
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  Speaker 3: that's you know, those streaks aren't mine, you know, type
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  Speaker 3: of thing. So I think it's sort of been on
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  Speaker 3: his mind since he's yeah, yeah, you know, and it's not.
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  Speaker 3: And I think he's he's very much tried to tell
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  Speaker 3: this group, you know, you're writing your own story, so
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  Speaker 3: to speak. You're you're not beholding you know, to the
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  Speaker 3: playoff drout or to the history of a franchise or
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  Speaker 3: any of those things. And the NFL is so cyclical anyway,
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  Speaker 3: you know, even in recent seasons, there weren't that many
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  Speaker 3: players left, you know, in the locker room from from
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  Speaker 3: the Super Bowl team, you know, maybe one or two.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Brandon McManus for a long time and was
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  Speaker 3: the only guy left from the from the Super Bowl team,
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  Speaker 3: and Justin Simmons was the only guy who had sort
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  Speaker 3: of been with the team at a position, you know,
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  Speaker 3: for the for the entire playoffs, drout. So I think
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  Speaker 3: that's been his point to this group. He already characterizes
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  Speaker 3: it as a young and hungry team and that you
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  Speaker 3: know that they don't have to worry about the past,
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  Speaker 3: and I think he's done his best to sort of
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  Speaker 3: push that off the table for all of them. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, they they politely answer questions about it, but
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  Speaker 3: they really don't have any emotional tie because again it's
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  Speaker 3: it's the NFL. You're you're talking about guys who've been together,
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  Speaker 3: you know, one, two or three seasons at most in
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  Speaker 3: a lot of cases.
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  Speaker 4: Jeff, what do you think is going on in the secondary?
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  Speaker 4: I know, you know, certain positions get looked at them
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  Speaker 4: more than others. But the quarterback thing has been decided.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's been a fascinating preseason. We never saw
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  Speaker 4: Brandon Jones play. I learned from you, frankly long ago
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  Speaker 4: that even though you never blame a player for an injury.
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  Speaker 4: Coaches don't love the old first week hamstring that seems
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  Speaker 4: to keep you out of playing the whole preseason. What
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  Speaker 4: do you think they'll do in the secondary beyond PS two?
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  Speaker 4: Who do you think has maybe grabbed a job? Who
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  Speaker 4: do you think could surprise us that's fighting for one?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Andy, I think you know that. He hinted today
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  Speaker 3: that the two guys have been hurt in the secondary
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  Speaker 3: a lot in this training camp, Brandon Jones and Levi
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  Speaker 3: Wallace could indeed get some snaps on Sunday, because, as
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  Speaker 3: Sean Payton likes to say, he wants guys to play
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  Speaker 3: in the preseason at least some. He is not a
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  Speaker 3: fan of the hey, you get the preseason off because
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  Speaker 3: you're a veteran. So he did hint that if those
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  Speaker 3: guys are looking healthy, that they could play a couple
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  Speaker 3: of snaps or a few snaps Sunday in the finale
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  Speaker 3: and they'd be one of the two of the few
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  Speaker 3: veterans who will play in the game. Uh Like, in
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  Speaker 3: practice today, most of the starters on both sides of
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  Speaker 3: the ball were essentially serving a scout team just to
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  Speaker 3: get him some work as they worked on Cardinals stuff.
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  Speaker 3: But I think that the secondary will be you know PJ.
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  Speaker 3: Locke and and Jones at safety, and Sir Tan and
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  Speaker 3: Riley Moss most of the time at corner with Tomary
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  Speaker 3: mathis getting it, you know, moving in and out of
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  Speaker 3: the lineup at times with Riley Moss and some of
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  Speaker 3: the run fits. Uh. That's how it looks to me
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  Speaker 3: in practice right now. And I think, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: young guy to watch who they've they've developed a little
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  Speaker 3: bit and really like is is Devon Key. I think
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  Speaker 3: they've they've liked his work uh so far in camp too.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, you know it's it's three new guys essentially,
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  Speaker 3: and and Pat Certan. So uh, there are a lot
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  Speaker 3: of questions still even if we know the lineup, until
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  Speaker 3: we see the group play together. Uh, especially two new safeties,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of communication has to happen at safety. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: And they've been the Broncos have been the benefit of
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  Speaker 3: having having vettered safety play for a few seasons now.
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  Speaker 3: So I think early in the season you could see
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  Speaker 3: you know, some motion and and you know formation switches
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  Speaker 3: that that catch the Broncos at times, because again, you
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  Speaker 3: got two new safeties trying to get used to playing
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  Speaker 3: alongside each other.
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  Speaker 1: Mikey, what's the plan an offensive line in this game? Is?
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  Speaker 1: Is Luke Wantenberg going to play in this game? Is?
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  Speaker 1: Is he locked in? Is the starter?
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  Speaker 5: And and who are the depth guys that are going
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  Speaker 5: to make this team? Is Paul Jesky good to go?
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  Speaker 5: H our dude? Calvin Throckmorton? Is he gonna make this team?
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  Speaker 5: Where we at there?
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  Speaker 3: Dan, I think the big questions are trying to answer
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  Speaker 3: is they've tried a bunch of guys at guard in
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  Speaker 3: recent practices and in last Sunday's game too. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Paulchwsky being one of those guys, usually a tackle, but
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  Speaker 3: they've they've tried Alex ForSight the center at guard. H
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  Speaker 3: And I think they're trying to see, you know, what's
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  Speaker 3: the fewest number of linemen they can keep and still
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  Speaker 3: function in the backup situation? You know, if they keep
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  Speaker 3: three quarterbacks or if they keep an extra running back. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that position's got to come from somewhere. That
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  Speaker 3: roster spot's got to come from somewhere. And I don't
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  Speaker 3: think they're certain yet like what the depth situation at
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  Speaker 3: guard will be. And that's why you've seen a lot
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  Speaker 3: of these guys switching in at guard when you may
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  Speaker 3: not have been expecting it. And I do think if
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  Speaker 3: there is one position where the odds are the greatest,
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  Speaker 3: they will look at the waiver wire hard. I think
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  Speaker 3: offensive line is that position.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 3: I've also been told by a general manager or two
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  Speaker 3: in the league that they don't expect many quality offensive
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  Speaker 3: linemen to be on the waiver wire because everybody's got
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  Speaker 3: the same issue with the COVID. You know, we're still
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  Speaker 3: sort of in the last round of the extra years
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  Speaker 3: of COVID eligibility in college football, and a lot of
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  Speaker 3: those guys are offensive linemen, so there aren't quite as
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  Speaker 3: many offensive linemen for depth purposes as there might be
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  Speaker 3: in a usual year. So I think that's you know,
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  Speaker 3: they'd like to, they'll take a long look, but I
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  Speaker 3: don't know that they'll actually see someone they would deem
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  Speaker 3: worthy of claiming. But today most of the second teamers
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  Speaker 3: were getting the work. So you're going to see, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Matt Purr at tackle. You know you're going to see
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  Speaker 3: Watten or Forsyth and Paulchesky and some of these other
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  Speaker 3: depth guys because they want to. They want to see
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  Speaker 3: who can play multiple positions and function.
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  Speaker 4: Jeff, if I were to pin you down, and I'm
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  Speaker 4: not trying to take away any of your literature for
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  Speaker 4: next week, but who would you have as either five
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  Speaker 4: or six receivers on the roster?
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  Speaker 1: Who would be your group?
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  Speaker 3: I think Andy, I would keep six right now with
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  Speaker 3: with you know your you know Sutton, you know mimes, Uh,
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  Speaker 3: Tim Pat. I think Tim Patrick makes it. I think
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  Speaker 3: both rookies make it, and Josh Reynolds. I think those
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  Speaker 3: would be my six receivers right now.
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  Speaker 4: That's interesting because I know you and Sandford talk a lot.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think they worry at all about just more
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  Speaker 4: of the straight liness of Troy Franklin or do you
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  Speaker 4: think they.
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  Speaker 1: Not a concern?
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  Speaker 4: Do they keep him just because they don't think that
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  Speaker 4: he'd get through to get back on the practice squad?
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  Speaker 3: Some of it is how you frame it. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: they're not you don't. You don't waive a guy because
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  Speaker 3: he's not a finished product. You know, you're you're you're
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  Speaker 3: looking at it, and they look they traded a lot
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  Speaker 3: of draft value to move up to the second pick
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  Speaker 3: of of day three to take him, so you know
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  Speaker 3: that was that's an expenditure, and you know, you're questioned
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  Speaker 3: for a guy that had that high value on the
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  Speaker 3: board for a lot of teams, is you know, can
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  Speaker 3: he get through waivers? Because he's not a veteran player,
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  Speaker 3: they can't simply release him and say hey, we'll sign
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  Speaker 3: you back and and work that off to the side.
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  Speaker 3: They he's a he's not a vested player. He's got
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  Speaker 3: fewer than four years in the league, so he has
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  Speaker 3: to go through waivers and every team as a crack
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  Speaker 3: at him. And I think that factors into it as well.
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  Speaker 3: But again, you know, you you don't sort of punish rookies,
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  Speaker 3: I don't think for not being a finished product, and
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  Speaker 3: he he has had moments in camp when he's really struggled.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, I think a lot of people are
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  Speaker 3: looking at that as to okay, would they try to
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  Speaker 3: put him on the practice squad and develop them? But
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  Speaker 3: I think that is one player who may not squeak
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  Speaker 3: through if you try that.
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  Speaker 5: Jeff Lakewald here on a Friday afternoon, Legy will wrap
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  Speaker 5: up on this question. No, it's not a hot Broncos
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  Speaker 5: Cardinals preseason game number three preview question. No, it's this
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  Speaker 5: You've had a chance to observe practice this week coming
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  Speaker 5: off of game number two? What have been what do
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  Speaker 5: you think of Ben the coaching points of emphasis for
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  Speaker 5: bow Knicks, and what have you seen from him on
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  Speaker 5: the practice field this week?
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  Speaker 3: You know, Nate, I think what you saw was the
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  Speaker 3: beginning of you know what Sean Payton is term tailoring,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the game plan for bow Knicks. You saw
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  Speaker 3: a lot of things he's comfortable with or that I
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  Speaker 3: think they feel like he's comfortable with. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: don't think Sean Payton has used a ton of the
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  Speaker 3: Estol formation or you know, some of the bootleg game
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  Speaker 3: or RPO game. I don't think you know, that hasn't
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  Speaker 3: been an extensive part of his offense that I've looked
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  Speaker 3: at through the years. You know, it's been there, it's
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  Speaker 3: been in there, But I think he's they started to
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  Speaker 3: sort of tinker with more of those types of things
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  Speaker 3: with bow Nicks. You know, gonna be the starter h
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  Speaker 3: And I will say, you know, and I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it probably doesn't matter to folks because he's
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  Speaker 3: you know, sort of technically the three. But Zach Wilson
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  Speaker 3: was dealing this week, and I don't know if it
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  Speaker 3: was just the okay, we finally got the formality of
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  Speaker 3: this quarterback competition out of the way. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: he didn't play that well last Sunday, and maybe he
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  Speaker 3: was a little heated because of that. But I think
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  Speaker 3: they're genuinely excited to see what he does with you know,
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  Speaker 3: two or three quarters with the football to play against
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  Speaker 3: some reserves, and you know that if they can block
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  Speaker 3: it a little bit, he may actually get a chance
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  Speaker 3: to throw the ball some and air it out a
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  Speaker 3: little bit.
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  Speaker 5: All right, Z dub gonna light up the Cardinals on Sunday.
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  Speaker 5: Jeff Legwald, everybody, he's with us here on a Friday afternoon.
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