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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman and Lindahl 8-24-26 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwell covering those Denver Broncos for ESPN dot com.
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  Speaker 1: He joins us right now on the ramos Law Hotline
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  Speaker 1: Visitamoslaw dot com. Jeff, let's start here. First team offense
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  Speaker 1: went right down the field and scored a touchdown. Granted,
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  Speaker 1: the Packers first team offense did as well, But in
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  Speaker 1: the big picture, for the guys that are going to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, actually play for the Broncos this upcoming season,
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  Speaker 1: what was your evaluation for how things looked both offensively
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  Speaker 1: and defensively from Friday night?
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  Speaker 2: Well, mate, I guess that come down with the head coach.
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  Speaker 2: Did it is that that looked like a preseason dip
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, which you know you see sometimes, But
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  Speaker 2: I thought they they just didn't have the same sharpness
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  Speaker 2: they've had even in a lot of their practices on
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  Speaker 2: on either side of the b And some of it
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  Speaker 2: is you have a veteran team. You don't have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people in that initial wave of the game,
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  Speaker 2: even even in the second team really who are just scrapping,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for that roster spot. So sometimes it can
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  Speaker 2: get a little workman like and and frankly, it just
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  Speaker 2: didn't didn't have the same sharpness like I say that
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  Speaker 2: they've had and and that's what struck me. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: special teams especially looked a little wobbily, and that's where
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  Speaker 2: that's where you are looking at a lot of those
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  Speaker 2: guys who are who are battling for those you know,
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  Speaker 2: final roster spots. And I think today's practice reflected that
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. There were a lot of special teams
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  Speaker 2: periods boiled down even some of the you know, sort
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  Speaker 2: of individual positional areas of special teams. So I think
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  Speaker 2: they they had sort of the same feeling about it
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  Speaker 2: as I did when I looked at it. So that's
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  Speaker 2: what struck me. And I think that you know, when
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  Speaker 2: when the Packers are driving early, you know that when
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  Speaker 2: it's starters on starters and Singleton tries to make a check,
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  Speaker 2: a defensive check in the red zone and they haven't
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  Speaker 2: really put a game plan and so not everybody, not
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  Speaker 2: everybody got a check that was was not really on
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  Speaker 2: the table for use in that game. So I think
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  Speaker 2: it was that kind of day.
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  Speaker 3: So I mean, Jeff, use what's so hard about modern
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  Speaker 3: preseason football? I just feel like they're not showing us
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  Speaker 3: anything anyway. So do you have any level of concern
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  Speaker 3: for trends for the years as far as like not
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  Speaker 3: getting off the field. I mean, you know, none of
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  Speaker 3: the real players actually played each other and feels like,
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  Speaker 3: so where what do you take away as far as
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  Speaker 3: concern or you just chalk it up the preseason and
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  Speaker 3: hopefully see a better attitude this Friday.
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  Speaker 2: No, Andy, I always take away you know, you should
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  Speaker 2: execute against the level of players you're against, if it's
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  Speaker 2: ones on ones and twos on twos, largely, you should
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  Speaker 2: see some semblance of of you know, proficiency. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that the deeper they went, I think this this
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  Speaker 2: this was a little surprising. Le Broncos have good depth.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they should not have a preseason game where
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  Speaker 2: things kind of deteriorate with the second teamers and then
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  Speaker 2: they really go downhill with the third teamers. That that
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  Speaker 2: shouldn't happen with a team with this kind of depth.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you don't know if it's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of fatigue and you know, mental fatigue even or
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  Speaker 2: any of that. You shouldn't have that, you know as
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  Speaker 2: much as you did years ago. But you know it's
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  Speaker 2: it's human nature and uh, you know when you talk
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  Speaker 2: to players now, they talk about the grind of training camp.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's real in their world. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe the Ryan caught up with him. If you see
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  Speaker 2: some of the same stuff Friday, then I say, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's you got to believe your eyes and that is
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  Speaker 2: a concern. So I think the head coach was very
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  Speaker 2: adamant in the things he said to them, you know
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  Speaker 2: about Okay, it's not okay to say it's just preseason.
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  Speaker 2: And I give Sean credit for that. He doesn't let
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  Speaker 2: him skate on where it's a veteran team, You're fine,
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  Speaker 2: don't worry about it. He did not let that skate
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  Speaker 2: at all.
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  Speaker 1: Like, like you what did the film show you on
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  Speaker 1: the opening drive? Both both operation and execution bo Nicks
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  Speaker 1: in the first team offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Lonald's gonna make a difference, I would say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he creates just the kind of spatial challenge you want.
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  Speaker 2: The best offense is create against even really good defenses.
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  Speaker 2: Is when you have players that create spatial choices, you
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  Speaker 2: know you can uh, because you know modern defenses, you're
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  Speaker 2: you're really guarding you know, sort of segments of the
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  Speaker 2: field rather than specific players a lot of the time,
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  Speaker 2: and a guy like Waddle is just going to create
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  Speaker 2: different dilemmas for defenses the Broncos didn't create last year.
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  Speaker 2: And look, I know he didn't get many snaps, but
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  Speaker 2: it's easy to see immediately that you know, even his
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  Speaker 2: his long you know, his thirty five yard catch. Pat
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  Speaker 2: Bryant runs a spectacular route on that play that the
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  Speaker 2: corner has to shade and honor it and then Waddle
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  Speaker 2: goes screaming through the met I mean, it just creates
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  Speaker 2: the kind of matchup they didn't create last year. And
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  Speaker 2: that was a big takeaway for me because I've seen
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  Speaker 2: it in practice and that even on plays he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: get the ball, you can see the decisions the defenses
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  Speaker 2: have to make. And you know, I thought operationally, they're
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  Speaker 2: just quicker to the line stream. It's the cricker Alajuddo.
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  Speaker 2: So so far in the preseason, you know, we've seen
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  Speaker 2: the difference. You know, Sean Payton made the change in
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  Speaker 2: play calling for a reason, and you know they've shown
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  Speaker 2: the early benefits of that. Now, you know, you got
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  Speaker 2: to get that to hold up in a November game,
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  Speaker 2: in a September game, All those moments, but right now
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  Speaker 2: you can see why he made why he made that decision.
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  Speaker 3: Is Red Murdoch going to be on this team? Do
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  Speaker 3: you think as far as the fifty three in not
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  Speaker 3: practice squad. I'm trying to think of bubble guys, Jeff
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  Speaker 3: and as you know, and we've laid out for six months.
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  Speaker 3: It's tough, but he certainly seems to pop on game tape.
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  Speaker 2: Again, I always issue the public caveat that fewer guys
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  Speaker 2: that claim than I think will, but I think he's
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  Speaker 2: a guy, a guy like him, Tate's Tasey another rookie.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's those are really hard players to get
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  Speaker 2: through way because they're an awful lot of teams that
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  Speaker 2: don't have the kind of depth the Broncos have. I
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  Speaker 2: believe he's earned a spot in the fifty three. They
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  Speaker 2: have given him, you know, duties in practice that reflect
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  Speaker 2: the guy they intend on keeping. I mean, he's making
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  Speaker 2: all of the play calls when he's in with his group,
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  Speaker 2: and that's a lot of responsibility. And I've been told
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  Speaker 2: he hasn't he hasn't missed many, if any calls. So
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  Speaker 2: if anything, they just want him to cut it loose
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  Speaker 2: a little more as a player, you know, be a
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  Speaker 2: little more free, try not to be so concerned about mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: But it's sometimes hard to tell young players that. But
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  Speaker 2: I think they have bubble players in the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's awfully hard to keep everybody there that
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  Speaker 2: they've had in the previous couple of years. I think
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  Speaker 2: they have difficult decisions at safety, Taylor Ratt probably costing
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  Speaker 2: underplayer or roster spot who may have looked like he
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  Speaker 2: was gonna make it, you know, a couple of weeks ago.
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  Speaker 2: So I think wide receiver. They're gonna put players out
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  Speaker 2: there that would that could easily play for other teams.
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  Speaker 2: So I think they have some tough decisions. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they can manipulate a little bit with the two You
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  Speaker 2: got two spots. You can go to injured reserve with
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  Speaker 2: the intention of return before you go to fifty three.
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  Speaker 2: In the past, he's had to keep those guys for
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  Speaker 2: a day. You don't have to do that this year,
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  Speaker 2: So they've got a little buffer there. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think they do have bubble players that could end
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  Speaker 2: up elsewhere.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff, let's stay on that defensive side of the ball
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  Speaker 1: here for just a moment, and again we're checking in
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  Speaker 1: with Jeff Legwall to ESPN after the Broncos roundly defeated
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  Speaker 1: by the Green Bay Packers on Friday night, snapping Sean
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  Speaker 1: Payton's eight game preseason win streak. What's the status of
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  Speaker 1: Riley Moss? How is he after taking an awkward fall
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  Speaker 1: and injuring what appeared to be his rib area.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he didn't practice today. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: was walking around, he worked on a side field. He
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  Speaker 2: didn't look like he was grimacing or impeded too much,
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  Speaker 2: you know. Now, you know, I'm sure if you've got
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  Speaker 2: a sore rib, tackling somebody isn't all that exciting of
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  Speaker 2: an activity. Yeah, so I think, you know, it stunned
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  Speaker 2: me if they suddenly decided he's he's going to play,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Friday, in any realm of the universe. But
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  Speaker 2: he did not look like it was it was going
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  Speaker 2: to be uh a too lengthy of a of a
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  Speaker 2: recovery before he returned to practice, at least, you know,
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  Speaker 2: before the opener and and that kind of stuff. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I think Frank from a reserve tackle that was one
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't even on the practice field today, And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I saw him limping a little bit during the game,
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  Speaker 2: and I wondered, But then today he was. He was
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  Speaker 2: not out at all. He wasn't even working with the
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  Speaker 2: recovering injured players today. So I have to see how
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  Speaker 2: that goes the next week or so.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, Jeff, did you think Patrick's or Dan
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  Speaker 1: got jobbed? Should that have been a forced fumble against
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  Speaker 1: Christian Watson to play that Moss got injured on?
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  Speaker 2: I sure thought it was. Yeah, you know again, they
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  Speaker 2: went to New York and they were pretty adamant it wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: But I and that that was worthy of a challenge
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  Speaker 2: and it should have been a it should have been
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  Speaker 2: a forced fumble. But I don't know. I think sometimes
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't. It's like he's the the level of expectation
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  Speaker 2: for him to make a player so high. I think
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  Speaker 2: sometimes I feel like he doesn't get credit. You know,
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  Speaker 2: that he gets flagged for plays he's really made because
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  Speaker 2: it would be rare that someone could do that. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think he gets for the reward all
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  Speaker 2: the time for those things.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let's talk about the guy that kind of took
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  Speaker 3: Riley Moss's place anyway, and Chris Abram's drain. It looked
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  Speaker 3: like he was having a bit of a rough night.
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  Speaker 3: What'd the tape tell you?
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's far more comfortable when it's just you
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  Speaker 2: match up on a receiver and and go handle business.
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  Speaker 2: He's really flourishes in those, you know, Man the Man
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  Speaker 2: press Man moments. I think when they go a little
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  Speaker 2: some additional combo coverage and you know, layer some things
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  Speaker 2: a bed, I think sometimes he loses some contact before
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  Speaker 2: he flips his hips, you know, and it gets out
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  Speaker 2: of that title and all those things. But man, he's
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  Speaker 2: he's sure a lot better than a lot of fifth
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  Speaker 2: corners around the league. And like I say, Man the Man,
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  Speaker 2: I thought that snaps were really really clean, and I
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  Speaker 2: think the ones where he did have some issues, I
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  Speaker 2: think he just gives it a little too much cushion.
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  Speaker 2: When they're working some of their combo things, it looks
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  Speaker 2: like man and it's more of a matchup situation.
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  Speaker 1: Leakey, what's the Broncos plan now for Friday night against
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't think they even know yet. They
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  Speaker 2: usually the coaches usually have their sit down Wednesday to
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  Speaker 2: iron all that out. What's the rotation? Who needs more snacks?
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  Speaker 2: Who do you want to longer look at. They'll do
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  Speaker 2: that Wednesday. But the vibe I'm feeling from talking to
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  Speaker 2: people is there may be some starters, including maybe even
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  Speaker 2: Bow that where they say, you know what, we've seen enough,
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  Speaker 2: let's just you know, get to this. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he will place some starters. You know, not
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  Speaker 2: everybody will get the night off, but this is going
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  Speaker 2: to be a good last look for some of those
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  Speaker 2: second and thirdeen guys. We need that final view from
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  Speaker 2: the judges as it were, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, best of luck to those folks. Jeff Legwald will
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  Speaker 1: be there to cover it out in power Field at
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  Speaker 1: Mile High. Reada's latest ESPN dot com. He has got
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  Speaker 1: it all. Good breakdown on the preseason game on Friday night,
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  Speaker 1: latest on the injuries, all of that. Jeff Legwald h
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  Speaker 1: does it all at ESPN dot com. We'll talk to
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  Speaker 1: him again on Friday. Leggy, nice workman, Thank you. All right,
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  Speaker 1: good stuff right there with Jeff Legwald