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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman & Lindahl 12-17-24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald is our Broncos insider Altitude Sports Radio ninety
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  Speaker 1: two five Pro Football.
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  Speaker 2: The insider I've covered the league at while.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff Legwald too cute. Let's dial down the queue and
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  Speaker 3: just play football.
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  Speaker 1: Brought to you by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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  Speaker 1: Starting with the job and with the career, right BDW
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  Speaker 1: Local sixty eight. It's Leggy Yeah, Jeff Yeah. On Altitude
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  Speaker 1: Sports Radio ninety five.
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  Speaker 4: You got three games to win one, but that's not
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  Speaker 4: the way you want to look at it.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, we got three games to win three and
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  Speaker 3: go into the playoffs and win a Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Dropper from bow Knicks.
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  Speaker 4: Right there, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff Jeer, you got a
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  Speaker 4: new Jeff Jeff, Yes, Jeff Legwald on a Tuesday afternoon,
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  Speaker 4: Jeff Legwald is brought to you by the International Brotherhood
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  Speaker 4: of Electrical Workers ib e W Local sixty eight.
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  Speaker 1: Start with a job, you end with a career. Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff.
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  Speaker 1: How is Patrick's artan doing?
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  Speaker 2: He looked pretty good today, So unless there's some kind
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  Speaker 2: of massive change, I would expect to see him Thursday
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  Speaker 2: night in the game. But you know, when I saw
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  Speaker 2: him and talked to him briefly after the game Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: and if they let you go home right away from
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  Speaker 2: the stadium, you know, without a walking boot on or
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  Speaker 2: without any extra time in the training room, that's usually
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  Speaker 2: a good sign. And it turned out it, at least
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  Speaker 2: so far it has been.
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  Speaker 1: You're a veteran NFL reporter, you know how to get
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  Speaker 1: this scoop? Where do you rank finding out Sean Payton's
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  Speaker 1: interpersonal feelings and affections towards Pats or Tan as you
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  Speaker 1: were able to get yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: I like Pat, I inspire I inspire many things from
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  Speaker 2: the Peyton, So we have a system. I asked questions
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  Speaker 2: that irritate him slightly, and he tries to figure out
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  Speaker 2: a way to answer them with, you know, as much
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  Speaker 2: information as he'd like to eke out.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what, liking people is not always what
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  Speaker 3: you inspire from him. But that's fine, that's fine, that's
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  Speaker 3: the job sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: And you pulled a good pivot. Really yeah, it was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like he he tried to cut you off
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  Speaker 1: at the head, and you were like, I'm getting a
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  Speaker 1: question out, Okay, you're gonna have to answer something for
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  Speaker 1: me right now, and we find out that he likes
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  Speaker 1: Patrick's ortan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, that's the that's the name of the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if you're going to get in the pool,
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna have to splash around a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, sometimes the wave pool, maybe it is thunder bag.
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  Speaker 4: You never know.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Jeff, how's the rest of the health look
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  Speaker 3: for this team?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know everybody was out there practice today.
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  Speaker 2: It's just you know what, it was really only a
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  Speaker 2: walk through. In the fact, they didn't even have They've
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  Speaker 2: got these sort of other workout jerseys, they're not really
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  Speaker 2: the jerseys they wear practice. They wear for a walkthrough,
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  Speaker 2: and that's that's what they had on today. So that
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  Speaker 2: is a great indicator that it was indeed a Thursday
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  Speaker 2: game week walkthrough that so you know, everyone was on
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  Speaker 2: the field for that. It's just what's the level of
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  Speaker 2: participation when you're talking about a game now. And I
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  Speaker 2: think they're hopeful, you know, they get as much out
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  Speaker 2: of tomorrow as they can with some of the guys.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I would think DJ Jones will will
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  Speaker 2: play in some fashion. I think Sir Tan will play
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  Speaker 2: in some fashion, you know, Julia McLoughlin. That's another matter.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's a leg injury. But again he was
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  Speaker 2: out there today participating in the walkthrough.
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  Speaker 3: So what about one more week for him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I still don't. I think the Bengals at the soonest.
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  Speaker 2: But again he was out there today and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I was not at school. I was not
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  Speaker 2: at medical school to day they taught medicine. So but
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  Speaker 2: he did not have as big a rap on his
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  Speaker 2: leg as he has you know in the past. But
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  Speaker 2: again that may be because simply it was a walk
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  Speaker 2: through practice and he didn't need one.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwell joins us right now in the Ramos Law
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  Speaker 1: Visit ramos Law dot com. Uh Leggie Gus Bradley's game
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  Speaker 1: plan and the execution of the Indianapolis defense to get
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  Speaker 1: bo Nicks to throw three interceptions in that game. It
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  Speaker 1: was a heavy dose of rushing four and dropping seven.
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  Speaker 1: Jesse Minter is not allergic to his own coverage as
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  Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator of the LA Chargers. What do you
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  Speaker 1: think the upcoming opponents saw on film of the way
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  Speaker 1: that Bradley attacked the Broncos offense and bon Nicks And
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  Speaker 1: how do you think that could influence things going forward?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I do show you people are trying a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things now because the Browns and the Raiders were
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  Speaker 2: the other way. They were very aggressive in the pass rush.
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  Speaker 2: That was how they chose to go after Nicks, and
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  Speaker 2: the Colts chose, you know, the other way, largely a
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  Speaker 2: four man pressure group. But they're they're probably better. The
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  Speaker 2: Colts are in the middle of their defensive line than
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  Speaker 2: those other two teams are, so I think they felt
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  Speaker 2: like they could generate a little more pressure with four
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  Speaker 2: And I think once the the Chargers saw that, I
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  Speaker 2: mean the Colts saw that the run game was going
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  Speaker 2: to be sort of ornamental at best. I think that
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  Speaker 2: dictated how they called the rest of the game too.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if you're going to drop back and throw
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  Speaker 2: it every time, we're going to make you look at
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  Speaker 2: an awful lot of coverages. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: some of the Colts strategy was dictated by what they
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  Speaker 2: saw early, which wasn't much from the Bronco run game.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I think the answer is not the
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  Speaker 2: one the Broncos want to hear about the run game.
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  Speaker 2: Which is, you know, they're in the gun twice as
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  Speaker 2: many snaps as they are and under center right now,
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  Speaker 2: and they have not been that effective running out of
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  Speaker 2: the shotgun. So that's some of the issue.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So that's some of the issue. I think you're
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  Speaker 1: right about that. Broncos averaged two point seven yards per
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  Speaker 1: carry in that game against Indianapolis. Now, LEGI one of
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  Speaker 1: the things I appreciate you. You're never afraid to tell
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  Speaker 1: me when I'm an idiot. So tell me if I'm
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  Speaker 1: an idiot when I ask you this. Why don't the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos just use Audric Estimate as their primary back on
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  Speaker 1: early downs and then Javonte as a third down back?
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  Speaker 1: Is clearly he's the guy that they trust as a
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  Speaker 1: pass blocker, even though he's really struggling to run the
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  Speaker 1: football right now. What am I missing?
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  Speaker 2: That's an excellent question you ask, and I'm not sure
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  Speaker 2: anyone has gotten the answer. I think some of it
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  Speaker 2: is if you're in the gun and the formation is
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  Speaker 2: not condensed, that's largely a five man protection, So you
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  Speaker 2: want the better pass protection back in in that situation. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: in early downs. So I mean, if they're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a shotgun team, and they have been a shotgun team.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know that in a three wide you know
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  Speaker 2: they're running three wide twice as much as any other formation.
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  Speaker 2: They're in the shotgun twice as much as they're under center.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's dictating why he is in on downs
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  Speaker 2: where people are like, why can't you just play someone else?
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  Speaker 2: This is all for their rookie quarterback. You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: more comfortable in the gun. He's more comfortable looking at
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  Speaker 2: coverages if they if they spread it out a little
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  Speaker 2: bit and give them that cleaner look. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think Jamonte Williams is getting some of those snaps
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  Speaker 2: because of.
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  Speaker 3: That, Jeff. They've got the Chargers coming up this week. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: was an ugly game, and Nate laid it out pretty
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  Speaker 3: good for everybody as he was able to see some
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  Speaker 3: of it on red zone. But it was a tighter
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  Speaker 3: game in the fourth quarter at a certain point that
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  Speaker 3: maybe that final score indicated. Are the Chargers though someone
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  Speaker 3: threw this theory out to me, Are the Chargers falling
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  Speaker 3: victim to Jim Harball eight and to beat the crap
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  Speaker 3: out of his players, or what do you think is
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  Speaker 3: going on there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, It's like all teams if you're going to play
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  Speaker 2: it the margin so close, you know, your margin for
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  Speaker 2: error is is very small. And you know the way
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  Speaker 2: they're playing right now, which is, you know, a little
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  Speaker 2: grinded out on offense. Right you know, they have not
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  Speaker 2: unleashed justin Herbert like people have let him throw in
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  Speaker 2: the past because ball wants a little more balance in
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  Speaker 2: the offense. But they have not been finishing drives very often.
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  Speaker 2: And if you're gonna limit your possessions by your own
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  Speaker 2: play calling, you've got to finish those drives with some efficiency.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's where they get caught. They start quickly,
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  Speaker 2: they're a really good first quarter team, but you know
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  Speaker 2: it's hard for them to maintain that lead through the
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  Speaker 2: whole game with limited possessions if you're not going to
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  Speaker 2: close things out better than they have.
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  Speaker 1: What's the best way to deploy Patrick's or ten against
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers? Is it? Is it lad McConkie, or is
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  Speaker 1: it on the speedster Quenton Johnson, who's become more of
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  Speaker 1: a playmaker as the season has gone along.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know you'd like to put them on the
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  Speaker 2: Conkie because you're gonna like that matchup you know, because
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna like any matchup you put Sirtan on right now, frankly,
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  Speaker 2: but the Chargers then would quickly stuff him into the slot.
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  Speaker 2: I think to put him in a bunch so Sirtan
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  Speaker 2: couldn't get his hands on him at the line of scrimmage,
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  Speaker 2: and just to give it more of a two way
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  Speaker 2: go option for McConkey coming out of a coming off
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  Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage. And I think that's what some
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  Speaker 2: teams have tried. If you're gonna put Sirtan on our guy,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna put our guy on the slot and see
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  Speaker 2: how serious you are about this. I don't think they see,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if Riley Moss was playing, I'd say they'd
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  Speaker 2: play it straight for sure. But I think they will
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  Speaker 2: do what they have done the last couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 2: which has picked their spots with Sir Tan and match
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  Speaker 2: him when they feel like it's a bigger down on
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  Speaker 2: Maconkee maybe and go from there. But certainly they will
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  Speaker 2: put him on Johnson naturally in some cases because he's outside,
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  Speaker 2: but I think they'll be more apt to pick their
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  Speaker 2: spots in this one with how they they match him individually.
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  Speaker 3: If McLoughlin can't go Could we see your reemergence of Beday?
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  Speaker 3: What is going on with Biday at all? I know
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  Speaker 3: it's probably not on your radar, but just trying to
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  Speaker 3: it feels like Sean Payton likes go one for one,
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  Speaker 3: body type for body type. Could we see the young
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  Speaker 3: running back that was all to talk the first couple
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  Speaker 3: of weeks back on the roster. They don't have the
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  Speaker 3: room for that. What's your read there?
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  Speaker 2: Well, and he's been working off to the side for
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  Speaker 2: an awfully long time now, so you know they're running
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  Speaker 2: out of weeks. I think he's closing in on one
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  Speaker 2: hundred percent health if he's not already there. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's just they like what McLoughlin's doing and I don't
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  Speaker 2: think they want to do anything that would affect his
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  Speaker 2: availability moving forward or anything like that. But well, you know,
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  Speaker 2: again as far as the injury, he was on the
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  Speaker 2: practice field today, so we'll see what they really think
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  Speaker 2: Thursday during warmups.
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  Speaker 1: Talking to Jeff Legwall the ESPN. He's with us here
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  Speaker 1: on a Tuesday afternoon Broncos they're playing coming up here
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday night. All right, Leggy, you're uh, you've known
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  Speaker 1: to be an awards voter in the past. Of the
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  Speaker 1: of the three Broncos that are in discussions for postseason awards,
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  Speaker 1: Bo Nicks for Offensive Rookie of the Year, Nick Benito
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  Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year, Patrick's or Tan Defensive Player
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  Speaker 1: of the Year. I guess I don't want to overlook
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  Speaker 1: Sean Payton and the Coach of the Year conversation either,
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  Speaker 1: But if you had to pick one of those names
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  Speaker 1: to bring home some actual postseason hardware, and people love
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  Speaker 1: talking awards, people love betting awards.
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  Speaker 2: Who's your guy, Well, if the voters are talking to
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  Speaker 2: football people, it's for Tan, because I mean the guys
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  Speaker 2: gms I know, pro personnel guys I know are very
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  Speaker 2: quick to say, you know, if he's not in their
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  Speaker 2: top three defensive players in the league, he is their
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  Speaker 2: top defensive player in the league. So if you're talking
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  Speaker 2: to football people, it's for Tan. If it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: edge rushers always have a better chance to win the
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  Speaker 2: defensive Player of the Year award because sacks are impact
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  Speaker 2: plays that people recognize. Locking a guy down so he
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  Speaker 2: does not get the ball is tougher, but it's not
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  Speaker 2: recognized as a as a skill set. We like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we like things we can wrap our heads around, Like
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  Speaker 2: he got that many sacks, and he knocked the ball
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  Speaker 2: out that many times, and he scored two touchdowns, and
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  Speaker 2: you know it's easy. But preventing the best players in
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  Speaker 2: the league from getting the ball does not show up
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  Speaker 2: anywhere really, you know, other than.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, he's up the career high four interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Leggy, No, I know that's what I mean. I
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  Speaker 2: I but you know, it's just do the voters. The
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  Speaker 2: voters have always liked edge rushing. I mean, Champ Bailey
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  Speaker 2: didn't win it when he had ten interceptions one year
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  Speaker 2: and by my charts he had been targeted thirty six
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  Speaker 2: times and coverage that year he intercepted ten balls, So
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  Speaker 2: that's pretty good math. But and he didn't win it.
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  Speaker 2: I believe Strahan won it that year. So it just
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  Speaker 2: shows how tough it is for a dB. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's like a non quarterback win in the win in
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  Speaker 2: the big MVP Award. It's just very rare, even Travis
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  Speaker 2: Hunter winning the Heisman. It's it's a tough thing for
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  Speaker 2: a you know, the the non sort of show piece
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  Speaker 2: statistic guy to win that. It's still like him the
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  Speaker 2: best of and I think bo is a very good
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  Speaker 2: chance to win offensive rookie. It's just there are more
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  Speaker 2: voters out east. In fact, you know, I was replaced
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  Speaker 2: on the panel so they could add two more guys
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  Speaker 2: from the Eastern time zone. You know, do your do
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  Speaker 2: your math there. I'm not sure. I'm not sure any
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  Speaker 2: Broncos are going to have a you know, I used
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  Speaker 2: to send the voters, uh, you know, cheat sheets why
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  Speaker 2: guys should be considered you know here. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that. I don't think that will be
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  Speaker 2: done because the number of voters west of the Mississippi
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  Speaker 2: is fewer than it was last year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and plus they get those emails and they just
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  Speaker 1: go Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff Ye, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. All right.
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  Speaker 2: As you guys know, I get that a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I know. By the way, what's happening to the to
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  Speaker 1: the Nick Benito market as he's now time for the
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  Speaker 1: NFL and sacks two picks six? Is what what are
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  Speaker 1: we talking about? Now?
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  Speaker 4: Well?
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  Speaker 2: Nick has if you're Nick, but you know, you know
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  Speaker 2: it's a boom. I mean because not only does he
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  Speaker 2: have the stats, people notice his metrics, the advanced metrics
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  Speaker 2: are just you know, he's in the top ten, the
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  Speaker 2: top eight. I mean, he's just everywhere in those GPS tracking,
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  Speaker 2: you know, advanced metrics that everybody uses now. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: so he's got the the things people notice. And his
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  Speaker 2: two is two touchdowns are just athletic plays. I mean
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  Speaker 2: his interception return for a touchdown against the Browns, he
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  Speaker 2: plays that like a corner. And uh, you know the
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  Speaker 2: fumble return.
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  Speaker 3: Was that it was not a fumble return.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm sorry, I stupid stats. Yeah, but I
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  Speaker 2: mean that's just an athletic play. I would tell people
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  Speaker 2: if you get a if you get a replay, watch
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  Speaker 2: what sir Tad did to force that, to force that play.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he ran, he chased the playdown. He was the
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  Speaker 3: one applying the pressure. He came from the other side, and.
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  Speaker 2: He called it before they ran it. On the bench area,
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  Speaker 2: watched the trick play. Watch the trick play, keep your
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  Speaker 2: eyes right. I mean, the guy is just unbelievable. But anyway,
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  Speaker 2: Bonido is I mean, it's he's ringing the cash register
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  Speaker 2: and you know, he's doing what you should do as
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  Speaker 2: a player. He's having he's showing improvement, he's having his
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  Speaker 2: best year, and you know it's going to be time
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  Speaker 2: for somebody to pay him at some point.
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  Speaker 1: Here to ching. Good for him, Jeff Legwald brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBW Local
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  Speaker 1: sixty eight. You start with a job, you end with
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  Speaker 1: a career. Jeff Leangwald, have a great trip to Los
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  Speaker 1: Angeles on Thursday. We'll talk to you later in the week.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks us, We'll see it