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Jeff Legwold joins Moser, Lombardi and Kane 11-7-24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 2: You know, the Steelers are one of the best teams
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  Speaker 2: in the league at managing the calf. That's why they
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  Speaker 2: could surrender a fifth round pick and get Mike Williams
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  Speaker 2: and a seventh round pick and get Preston Smith because
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  Speaker 2: they can add those contracts even over the short term
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  Speaker 2: easily because they manage the cap. You know, Baltimore manages
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  Speaker 2: You can you can add sexy when you do the
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  Speaker 2: non sexy thing like manage your salary. Chap is he
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  Speaker 1: Sexy dudes, I think.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know it, like you know it.
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  Speaker 2: I have been said. I'll just say that.
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  Speaker 4: Can I can I say words that I have been
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  Speaker 4: berated by my two co hosts for the last two
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  Speaker 4: days for suggesting this, and this is all I've said.
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  Speaker 4: I think the game this weekend is a fifty to
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  Speaker 4: fifty coin flip? Is that insane?
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  Speaker 1: You know?
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  Speaker 2: I guess the results of the season would say that's
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  Speaker 2: not a real indication. I think the Chiefs remind me
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  Speaker 2: of the Patriots when they had it going with Brady,
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  Speaker 2: and that they expend exactly the amount of energy they
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  Speaker 2: need to expend uh to get the win, and their
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks better than everyone else. And I guess the one
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  Speaker 2: thing that would make it a fifty to fifty, even
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  Speaker 2: though the Broncos have been torched by their backup a
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  Speaker 2: few years ago, it would be if Mahomes really isn't
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  Speaker 2: as healthy and able to move around as he says
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  Speaker 2: he is. That would make it a different kind of game. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so not totally insane, But this is like last year.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's ringing their hands about all the Chiefs don't look great.
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  Speaker 2: All I know is they win all the games they
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  Speaker 2: play for the most part.
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  Speaker 3: And they're close games, and there is a skill that's
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  Speaker 3: a skill, Jeff.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I think.
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to impress that. The skill is when things
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  Speaker 3: get tight, you loosen up, you're not tight, and that's
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  Speaker 3: what that team does better than any team in the league.
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  Speaker 2: Well, again, who's played more bigger games than he has
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  Speaker 2: at quarterback. He's been in the biggest games in the
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  Speaker 2: toughest places, and they just win. I mean, even the Broncos.
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  Speaker 2: We all forget because of the trophy, the glare of
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  Speaker 2: the trophy, but the twenty fifteen Broncos were masters of
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  Speaker 2: the close game. They did nothing but win close games
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  Speaker 2: that year. Even in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: Spags is eleven and one against rookie quarterbacks. It's not
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  Speaker 3: going to be easy. So paint for us as scenario
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  Speaker 3: in which the Broncos win this game.
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  Speaker 2: They have to manage their pressure that Spagnola is from
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  Speaker 2: the Jim Johnson tree of defensive play call and Johnson
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  Speaker 2: was a long time coordinator in Philadelphia and during his
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  Speaker 2: time he was the most aggressive defensive play caller in
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  Speaker 2: the league when that was not a vogue thing, and
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  Speaker 2: Spagnola studied under him. His variety of pressures is some
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  Speaker 2: of the best in the league. Bow Knicks will see
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things he has not really seen played
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  Speaker 2: with a fish and see and you know, they don't
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  Speaker 2: make mistakes. It's easy to be aggressive and then have
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  Speaker 2: coverage busts all over the place. But they're aggressive and
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  Speaker 2: they don't make mistakes. They get you to throw the
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  Speaker 2: ball where you want, where they want.
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  Speaker 1: You to run up. So what you're telling me then,
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  Speaker 1: I mean you're talking about eight to No. This is
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  Speaker 1: a a top five defense in terms of yards allowed,
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  Speaker 1: but it's still a top ten offense Jeff, yards wise
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  Speaker 1: and scoring wise. I mean, to me, it still looks
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  Speaker 1: like the kids, even though they may not optically appear
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  Speaker 1: to be what they were even in a Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: win last year. It just there's still the Kansas City Chiefs,
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  Speaker 1: that's what you're saying.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I mean they have the championship swagger right.
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  Speaker 2: You know. Again, our modern version is of the dynasty
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  Speaker 2: as the Patriots, and one year they are many years
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  Speaker 2: they were wide open, no huddle, five wide. Some years
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  Speaker 2: they were too tight end. Some years they asked Brave
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  Speaker 2: to hand the ball off a lot. Some years they
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  Speaker 2: asked Brady to run it all and all they did
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  Speaker 2: was win. However, they had to, and that's where the
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  Speaker 2: Chiefs are. They win however they have to. They've had
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  Speaker 2: injuries at wide receiver, doesn't matter, They've had things not
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  Speaker 2: go well at times during games, doesn't matter. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Mahomes has had moments where you know, he looks like
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  Speaker 2: he's non in tune with the with the guys that
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  Speaker 2: are on the field because they keep moving people in
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  Speaker 2: and on the lineup and when the game's on the line,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. And Hopkins changes their offense a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: That was a really good addition on their part. He
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  Speaker 2: will have significant impact for them the rest of the way.
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  Speaker 3: Put Sean Payton on the sideline for that Monday night game.
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  Speaker 3: If the Broncos go in and close to a point
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  Speaker 3: in the final seconds, does Sean Payton go for two
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  Speaker 3: or go to overtime?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: You know what, that's an excellent question. Now. He answered
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  Speaker 2: that yesterday by saying, you got to look at how
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  Speaker 2: your team's playing. You know, he used an example of
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  Speaker 2: kicking a field goal when he was the Saints coach
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  Speaker 2: one time because he said the left tackle was getting
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  Speaker 2: hammered that day. So I think if he felt like
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  Speaker 2: they were playing well, he'd go for it, and if
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  Speaker 2: he felt like they weren't reliable moving the ball, they
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  Speaker 2: probably kick it.
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  Speaker 4: Heard Mike Sanford come up with a stat yesterday that
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  Speaker 4: is pretty surprising in just wondering what you think of
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  Speaker 4: this that bow Nicks is second in the NFL in
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  Speaker 4: plays of twenty yards or more, only behind Lamar Jackson.
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  Speaker 4: What do you make of that.
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  Speaker 2: They're near last in the NFL plays of thirty yards
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  Speaker 2: or more. So I'd say they're right in the I'd
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  Speaker 2: say they're right in the rectangle I've been talking about
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  Speaker 2: all year. They're playing offense in a rectangle right right now,
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  Speaker 2: roughly zero to twenty yards from the line of scrimmage. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think it's just a factor of him
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  Speaker 2: running a lot as well as a solution which a
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  Speaker 2: young guy is gonna do. You know he is. I
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  Speaker 2: believe he's twenty eighth and yards per completion, So that
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  Speaker 2: does not translate to a lot of big plays in
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  Speaker 2: the passing game.
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  Speaker 4: Which defense is better between these two.
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  Speaker 2: Right now? I think that the Chiefs have played more
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  Speaker 2: consistently at their best. I think the Broncos have been better,
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  Speaker 2: if that makes sense, sure, that's I think that I
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  Speaker 2: think the Ravens found a backup safety last week. You
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  Speaker 2: know that that was a big ask for Devon Key
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  Speaker 2: in that game, and the Ravens wasted no time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: going after that. Some teams don't do that anymore. It's
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  Speaker 2: the old we're gonna do what we're gonna do. But
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  Speaker 2: the Ravens are kind of old school. They went right
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  Speaker 2: after the player they thought they could get. And I
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  Speaker 2: was a little surprised the Broncos because they had done
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  Speaker 2: it in practice. I was a little surprised they did
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  Speaker 2: not simply match certan on on Flowers and take their
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  Speaker 2: chances with everybody else.
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  Speaker 3: His PG lock available to play this Sunday practice fully yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that sort of translates to by the
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  Speaker 2: time we get to Sunday, you probably have some kind
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  Speaker 2: of cast or something on his hand. He was practicing
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  Speaker 2: with a big rap yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I Brett raised a very good question, or it might
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  Speaker 1: have been Vic. I don't know, but it was earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the show that at five and three. If the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos don't they're in a playoff spot right now. But
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  Speaker 1: if they don't make it, is it going to be
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  Speaker 1: a disappointing season? And Jeff, I guess they're further along
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  Speaker 1: than I thought they were going to be. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: think they would be five and three. Is it fair
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  Speaker 1: if they if they don't make it to be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit disappointed because they had it in their hands
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  Speaker 1: and they control their own destiny.
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  Speaker 2: Well in that regard, I guess, because I mean there
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  Speaker 2: is some openings now in the AFC at the back
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  Speaker 2: end of the playoff chase, because not a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the teams are pretty much you know, rich or poor.
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  Speaker 2: Time in the a f C, the the good teams
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  Speaker 2: are really good and everybody else is is kind of struggling.
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  Speaker 2: But uh, I would say until the Broncos beat somebody
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  Speaker 2: you know, who's who's in the in the higher weight classes,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure you can say they're ahead of schedule
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  Speaker 2: yet they I think they have two wins or three
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  Speaker 2: wins over teams with two two victories, so uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I don't know that they have a win over
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  Speaker 2: anybody with a winning record right now. I mean I
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  Speaker 2: think Tampa's four for yeah, so they haven't beaten anybody,
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  Speaker 2: you know in the higher weight classes as it were,
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  Speaker 2: and I think had they if they do that once
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  Speaker 2: or twice and don't make the playoffs, then you're kind
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  Speaker 2: of like wow that you know that one kind of
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  Speaker 2: got away from them because they there is a chance
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  Speaker 2: even for them right now at the at the back
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  Speaker 2: end of the wild card race.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, can I ask that another way and a question
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  Speaker 4: that I'm sure you're gonna hate. If they win this weekend,
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  Speaker 4: do you think their playoff team?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that gives you a little more fuel
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  Speaker 2: to say you're more than a one week playoff team.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, right now, if they made the playoffs, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure they're going on the road and taking on anybody,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with until they can find some more pop offense.
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  Speaker 2: Their their defense is just under the microscope all the time.
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  Speaker 2: They have to come up with so many stops, you know,
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  Speaker 2: over and over again, and when they don't, look that's
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  Speaker 2: what the game like Baltimore looks like the defense had
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  Speaker 2: a tough day. And where's the safety net when that happens?
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  Speaker 2: Right now that the Broncos don't have one.
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  Speaker 4: Can I go back to last week? Oh sorry, mouch,
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  Speaker 4: just let me get this out real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no problem, ohay, go ahead. I was just gonna say,
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  Speaker 1: bridge up. This guy is so funny to me. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this guy is hysterical. He's been pushing this narrative now
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  Speaker 1: for a couple of days. Is fifty to fifty and
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  Speaker 1: all this kind of stuff. You shall we disreptentially, but
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  Speaker 1: now definitely if the Broncos win on Sunday. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this guy is a piece of work, is he not?
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  Speaker 3: He six and four?
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  Speaker 1: Understood that, Okay, understood that. But you're you're putting these
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  Speaker 1: different wedges into your argument and you're trying to move
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  Speaker 1: that rock up hill, and I just I can't do it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Jeff, thank god you're not on tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: because it's gonna be crazy. I'm sure.
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  Speaker 4: Well, well, let me follow this up with something else.
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  Speaker 4: I want to go back to last week's game. So
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  Speaker 4: I think we all sat here and we said, you
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  Speaker 4: know what, a blowout in Baltimore's a possibility because Baltimore
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  Speaker 4: is just crazy offensively and it's going to be a
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  Speaker 4: track meet. Can you keep up sort of thing?
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  Speaker 1: They couldn't. But it's funny.
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  Speaker 4: We all got to the show on Monday, none of
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  Speaker 4: us were super upset, and we pointed out, hey, if
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  Speaker 4: you get that throw on fourth and four to Troy Franklin,
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  Speaker 4: I think the game changes a lot in the way
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  Speaker 4: that that that looks. Do you buy into that that
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  Speaker 4: early in that game, a couple of plays they missed,
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  Speaker 4: a missed fourth down misthrowing the end zone to Franklin,
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  Speaker 4: that the game could have been a lot more competitive
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  Speaker 4: and a lot more of a chance to win had
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  Speaker 4: you executed earlier, because once that happened, Baltimore scored a
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  Speaker 4: couple of touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: Just sprint it away with it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, that's how you know they're not quite ready,
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  Speaker 2: because they don't rebound from early mistakes. They don't rebound
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  Speaker 2: from early you know, failed connections. You know, they they
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  Speaker 2: don't keep slugging it out again. If their defense doesn't
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  Speaker 2: play at an elite level right now, they don't have
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  Speaker 2: a safety net against anybody who's any good on offense.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a lot to ask. But from a even
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  Speaker 2: twenty fifteen we all look back on that as one
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  Speaker 2: of the best Bronco defenses ever. They gave up thirty
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  Speaker 2: four to the Steelers in one game that year, and
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  Speaker 2: they gave up you know, twenty four a couple times
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  Speaker 2: that year. You can't hold everybody down every week in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, no matter how good you are on defense,
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  Speaker 2: and when that happens, the good teams have a response.
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  Speaker 2: And the Broncos are at this point in you know,
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  Speaker 2: salary cat misery and offensive development are and a rookie
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  Speaker 2: quarterback who's trying to do all he can just to
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  Speaker 2: survive in the deep end of the pool. Uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: asking a lot. And they don't have that safety that
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  Speaker 2: right now. If if the defense doesn't have that great day,
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  Speaker 2: you know, how do they win a game right now?
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure they do.
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  Speaker 3: Have you ever read a National geographic cover to cover?
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  Speaker 2: Not recently, but yes, okay, just.
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  Speaker 3: Testing because our co host here, that's.
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  Speaker 2: That's like an age test. Really, you know, have you
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  Speaker 2: read National? That's like you've either been to a lot
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  Speaker 2: of doctors' offices or you're you're an ulcer.
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  Speaker 1: You know what it has. I don't know what I wish.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna break my appointment during the break. I'm done,
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  Speaker 1: I'm out, I'm out of here. I love you, Leggy
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  Speaker 1: hey Man. This one about the tomb of Saint Peter
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  Speaker 1: is really really good.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, are you at the dentist right now in the show.
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  Speaker 1: I'm I'm in Winnipeg. Bro, Bro, I'm in Winnipeg.
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  Speaker 4: Been there, and that's the only time you want to
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  Speaker 4: be there. I'm sure. Jeff Lakewell, the ESPN I.
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  Speaker 2: Com I froze my ass off in Winnipeg.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not embarrassed, Jeff, the USPN I com thank you, buddy,
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  Speaker 4: talk next week.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, thanks fellas.
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