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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman & Lindahl 8/9/24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: But Jeff Legwald is our Broncos insider Altitude Sports Radio
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  Speaker 1: ninety two five Pro football.
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  Speaker 2: The insider I've covered, while.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff Legwald he's the balloon popper. He doesn't blow it up.
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  Speaker 3: Start with the jomp and with the career.
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  Speaker 1: It's Leggy on Altitude Sports Radio ninety two five. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get right after with Jeff Legwald here on a Friday
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  Speaker 1: afternoon ahead of preseason game Numero Uno Broncos Colts on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday at eleven am. Uh, Leggy, we start here and
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  Speaker 1: not with quarterbacks. I want to talk to you about
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  Speaker 1: pass rush because you wrote about it this week and
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  Speaker 1: got it. Didn't realize this. Nick Benino had some of
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  Speaker 1: the most really dominant pressure rates in the NFL last year.
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  Speaker 1: The problem impulse size. That's why Nick Benino didn't necessarily
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  Speaker 1: have the other stats that you're looking for. How do
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  Speaker 1: we how do we improve that? How do we gain
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  Speaker 1: confidence that an expanded sample size that Nick Benito can
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  Speaker 1: maintain that level of productivity?
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  Speaker 2: Right Nate? I think that's their hope is that you know,
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  Speaker 2: vance Joseph has called him a special rusher, So I
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  Speaker 2: mean that's not you know, that's not like saying a
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  Speaker 2: guy's okay, or he does he does fine or something.
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  Speaker 2: So I think they're hopeful he takes you know, he
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  Speaker 2: did finish with eight sacks last year in his limited time,
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  Speaker 2: and they will have a rotation. But I think they
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  Speaker 2: really are hoping. You know, Franklin Myers's arrival means the
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  Speaker 2: defensive front, everybody can play in the slots they belong,
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  Speaker 2: and that only helps the outside guys and that Benito
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  Speaker 2: because of that, maybe takes the jump they hoped for
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  Speaker 2: between year one and year two, but maybe he has
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  Speaker 2: that jump now between year two and year three.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, in your mind, leg you're watching this camp,
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  Speaker 1: who is in the to quote Mike Tomlin poll position
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  Speaker 1: to start opposite Nick Benito and get the most snaps
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  Speaker 1: opposite Nick Benito when the season gets going.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I will say that the four they've used the most.
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  Speaker 2: Out of the four you would expect. There's been a
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  Speaker 2: lot of Cooper Browning, Benito and Ellis the rookie has
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  Speaker 2: had a lot of sort of quality snaps here in
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  Speaker 2: training camp. So I think ultimately that will be sort
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  Speaker 2: of their four man rotation, and you know they'll they'll
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  Speaker 2: divvy up the big time rushdowns between all of them.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Jeff, we'll cut to the chase. What was
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  Speaker 3: your take on the quarterback announcement. Obviously Stidham starting, we
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  Speaker 3: already got the Nicks will go next. I only gets
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  Speaker 3: a surprise. You surprised you laid it out that way?
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  Speaker 2: No, Andy, Actually this morning I told somebody the exact
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  Speaker 2: scenario he laid out. That Knicks could even get a
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  Speaker 2: few plays with the starters Sunday that because that's the
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  Speaker 2: way they practiced today. As a matter of fact, Stidham
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  Speaker 2: with the starters and then Knicks took like four snaps
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  Speaker 2: with the starters. So I think that that is his hope.
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  Speaker 2: You know that maybe Stidham moves the team for one
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  Speaker 2: big drive or two quick scoring drives, and that Knicks
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  Speaker 2: can have a handful of plays before they get the
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  Speaker 2: starting offensive line out of there. But if the numbers
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  Speaker 2: don't work right, it won't happen, and it will just
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  Speaker 2: be stit them with the starting offensive line. But and
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  Speaker 2: then Nicks, he said, we'll get the Packers, And I
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  Speaker 2: think he did that just to alleviate the oh you know,
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  Speaker 2: bow Knicks isn't winning the competition. You know, swirl by
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  Speaker 2: just saying right now, bo Nix is starting next week
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  Speaker 2: against the Fackers.
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  Speaker 1: What's the long term vision for Zach Wilson and where
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  Speaker 1: he fits in with this Broncos operation.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be intrigued to see that, Nay, because I know,
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  Speaker 2: I know for a fact they like what he's done
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  Speaker 2: and they think there is something there that they'd like
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  Speaker 2: to work with. And look, I know what everybody thinks,
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  Speaker 2: or what a lot of people think, and I know
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  Speaker 2: how it went for him in New York, and I
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  Speaker 2: know how he played. I know all of those things.
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  Speaker 2: But I will tell you yesterday he made three throws
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  Speaker 2: in one period alone that the other two guys can't make,
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  Speaker 2: and they were simply elite, elite throws. There was a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown throw to Tim Patrick right in front of me
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  Speaker 2: that I'm telling you that's as good as I've seen
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  Speaker 2: in a long time. And the fact he can conjure
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  Speaker 2: that up up from time to time is from a
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  Speaker 2: personnel standpoint, you got him for almost free. You have
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  Speaker 2: to take a look at that and see, because he
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  Speaker 2: just does some things in some moments A lot of
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  Speaker 2: other people can't do. And you know, I think they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna want to be really really sure that they don't
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  Speaker 2: think they can resurrect him to be a quality you know,
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  Speaker 2: backup or whatever, or a guy who could come in
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  Speaker 2: and win games for him if he had to. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're gonna want to be really really sure that
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  Speaker 2: he isn't that before they get rid of him. And
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  Speaker 2: it would really surprise me if they don't find a
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  Speaker 2: way to keep him around, whether that's they take a
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  Speaker 2: chance and try to sneak him through waivers and put
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  Speaker 2: him on the practice squad, or they simply keep free.
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  Speaker 2: But I think the fact they removed him from the
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  Speaker 2: rotation and the starting battle so fast clouded what some
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  Speaker 2: people might think. But I will tell you they really
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  Speaker 2: like him and they like what he's done so far
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  Speaker 2: real quickly.
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  Speaker 3: Devon Valley got to watch to mar do you think
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  Speaker 3: who would you be watching for these fans? Who are
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  Speaker 3: some new folks to watch that we know.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see well after Bailey's sick one hand, or yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: I'd say, yeah, keep an eye on him.
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  Speaker 1: Put him on the team. Man he is.
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  Speaker 2: I've told you guys, if I had to make a
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  Speaker 2: list of three players having the best camp. He is
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  Speaker 2: on it. I will tell you that for sure. I
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  Speaker 2: think I keep tracking if I was a fan, or
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  Speaker 2: if I have played Fantasy plot, I keep track of
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  Speaker 2: how the rotations at running back and receiver look. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm very intrigued to see how Estimate looks in
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  Speaker 2: sort of live contact, when he can really show the
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  Speaker 2: things you can't necessarily show in practice.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I think Valley and Estimated they're going to be hot,
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  Speaker 1: hot commodities in our preseason Fantasy draft coming up in
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  Speaker 1: five twenty this afternoon. Jeff Legwall is always a hot commodity.
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  Speaker 1: He's brought to you by the International Brotherhood of Electrical
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  Speaker 1: Workers IBEW Locals sixty eight. Start with a job and
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  Speaker 1: with a career. Jeff Enjoy Indianapolis. Thanks buddy, Take care
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  Speaker 1: of violence.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see it.