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MHH #1172: Broncos Roster Moves Have Injury Implications | Jags Head-to-Head · Mile High Huddle Podcast

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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the Mile High Huddle Podcast with your football freeze, Chad Jensen and Zach Kilmer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Remember, Broncos Country is not a geographical location.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's a state of being.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome, everybody.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the Mile High Huddle Podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host, Chad Jensen with me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My fellow football priest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You love him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Zach Kelverman.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Is it pretty much a given?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ben Powers will be back this week.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, we talked about that last week.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We were split on it personally, Chad.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I tend to believe they're not going to fix right on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: By the way, you came, you ended up being right about it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I figured they're not going to, whoa, Michaela, they're not going to fix what isn't broken.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I don't know, just to wrap my thoughts up before we get to the Duchess real quickly, that they're going to change up anything this week.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Palo Show is working right now, a left guard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, we don't we can't keep you waiting when you're jumping off the top rope at here's what's here's what's really, thank you so much really unique about this level of support from the Duchess this is not the first time she's thrown down a YouTube super max super chat you can't
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[SPEAKER_01]: donate through YouTube higher than this number right here and it boggles the mind how generous and how supportive and I hope you know Michaela how much it helps us and allows us to continue doing what we do and bring in more and more new stuff to the table and just I don't ever want a moment to go by where you don't
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[SPEAKER_01]: feel our gratitude and love for your level of support and for your friendship and just everything you bring to MHH.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So before we even Zach Reed, Michaela's comments and stuff, much love and respect to the Duchess.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, you blow us away.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You have me stuttering.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You have Chad speechless.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's not the first time in Cali.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's like the 50th time.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I've sent it to your face at the meet and greet.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I've sent it on the podcast.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Chad's heart, Scott's heart, everyone.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You help keep this, this operation of float.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There is no doubt about it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we love you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much, Michaela.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She says, Broncos, quarterback, Bow Nix, named FedEx, Air and Ground Player of the Week following the win over the Packers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So happy for him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I keep on hearing rumors that J.K. Dobbins might be able to come back for the playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Truth.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I am still panicking about it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The game against the Jaguars is Ben Powers going to be able to play in this game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I love you guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Truly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We love you too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So much, so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And to reverse engineer this comment in the Questions Act,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I do think this is when he comes back this week, I know I was like, I'll be surprised if he doesn't come back last week, but when they just waved Calvin Throck Morton off the 53 like they're they're making preparations like they have a plan and they have
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[SPEAKER_01]: 15 players plus their international designation guy Patrick Merton on the practice squad So there's a spot waiting for Throck Morton As soon as he clears waivers, he'll be back on the practice squad So I do think powers comes back now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You got to wonder as he coming back to a full You know full meal so to speak as he's gonna be getting full reps I would guess that because that's kind of you know, hey just throw him in and let him do his thing, but JK Dobbins Zach, what have you heard about that?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Well, you're right about Throck Morton, but that also gave me pause because they signed Nash Jones to the practice squad.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We wrote about that today for the website, former Chargers Guard.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So it's take a guard, leave a guard.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know what's up in the air with Ben Powers right now, Michaela.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I still think Palcho will hold on to the spot, but we'll see on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: In terms of dobbins, that's always been the scuttle, but
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[SPEAKER_03]: Even when news of his injury first came out, they said if the Bronco's did reach deep into the postseason or the Super Bowl, he could potentially be back.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So fingers crossed because they still, as good as RJ Harvey has looked, they still do miss JK Dovens.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, I'm just making sure my math was right in my article.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, man, I've because I forgot about Nash dude.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So for a second, I'm like, oh, snap, did I get my math wrong in the official honest, I article and look like a chump.
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[SPEAKER_01]: No, I was good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, cool.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But hey, the last time Sean Peyton addressed the Dobbins question publicly was only like,
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[SPEAKER_01]: a week and a half ago I want to say it was right after the um commanders came or might have been the raiders either way either way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He said Zach to paraphrase him that JK is very likely to be back a lot sooner than people think.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, to me that means playoff's not super bowl because you know, well, who was it was it?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Shepter might have been a rap a port in the
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, hey, if the Broncos make it all the way to the big dance, they'll they'll see him again, but I think if they win the one seed and Zach, they get the first round by and home field advantage, there's a decent chance that JK could be there for that divisional round game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I've learned to take Sean Payton's optimism on injuries with a grain of salt ever since the Drake Green Lord debacle.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I do think at some point though, Dobbins' injury will be able to be able to return from and wouldn't be great if they're hosting the Patriots, let's say, for the AFC Championship game, and then Outcomes JK Dobbins to start it running back, what a story that would be.
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[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: M. Black's brother.
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[SPEAKER_01]: it is so good to see you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for the membership gift and a membership in the chat tonight.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And also, thank you, brother, for helping out as an admin and moderator on the brand spaken new MHH Discord server.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Guys, if you're in this room and you have not joined the free server, the Discord server, where I'm hanging out, where's that hanging out, where I'm
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[SPEAKER_01]: You got to jump on that guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We were just launched it whatever was was a Monday Sunday or Monday either way It's only a few days old and we need you guys over there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Come join us the links in the description Sam Bam brother good to see you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One of our dear members and bona fide superstar saying even in guys Let's make it 12 in a row 13 and two this Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I hate it and I'm in the fantasy semi finals and playing against bow this week
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[SPEAKER_01]: I have will let so hoping for a Broncos win and lots of field goals go Broncos.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's always tough, Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's why I don't really lament not playing fantasy anymore as those split allegiances.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, isn't it crazy though to think about this, Sam?
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[SPEAKER_01]: 12 in a row is on the table or you kid me dude 12 in a row like it's getting to a point where I think it's some fans and you got a guard against this guys I'm telling you right now where it's almost becoming like yeah Blasay you know Broncos are on a freaking 11 game winning streak guys this happens like maybe once every 10 years if a team's lucky this this big of a win streak so I hope everybody's savering it because this is special
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[SPEAKER_03]: it's pretty funny if you've been playing fantasy long enough last decade they haven't had many players that were fantasy relevant and now bow nicks is the top 10 easy fantasy quarterback Portland Sutton so why do you see for one in fantasy RJ Harvey's a running back to so I understand what you're talking about I'm actually playing Michaela Parker in the consolation bracket this week and she has like every single eagle starter so that should be interesting as well good luck to the both of us this weekend salmon thank you for your support
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[SPEAKER_01]: I say good luck, Michaela.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go, Michaela.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go, Michaela.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Take down Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: probably will happen to probably going to happen anyway love it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm stoked who's who from the MHH who's leading in the MHH.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know you said you guys are in the consolation bracket who's leading the way.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't have it pulled up.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I know Chase Wellner was in it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It near the top.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Lamb Neasy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know if you recognize that name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: From one of the super chat.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So they're near and near and it's out.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They're killing it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We got Eric Holt, I want to say, but it's shown the handle instead of his name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm taking a guess.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll just play it safe and say 97.
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[SPEAKER_01]: E-hole in the Hizzie, but I'm pretty sure we know who this is much love and respect big dog.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It says with Brandon Jones out, would it be a good time to call Justin Simmons to see if he can offer any depth or meaningful snaps for a super bowl run?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Let's talk about it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go Bronco, Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's been a pretty hot topic all week long around the mile high city.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Do you bring back Justin Simmons now?
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[SPEAKER_01]: On one handsack, I'm going to say, look, I don't expect it to happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll use one of your phrases, which is, well, I won't even use the phrase.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll just say it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Broncos usually don't bring back former players like once that is an ex kind of situation.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Usually stays an ex, although there are.
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[SPEAKER_01]: rare examples, little Jordan Humphrey, for example, is one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: However, that wasn't the Broncos moving on from little Jordan.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was a little Jordan taking more money in free agency from the giants at the time, which is why he left, whereas they released just in Simmons a year ago or whatever, it's been a year and a half ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But the point being, I would actually love to see it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it makes it ton of sense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Do I expect it to happen?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I do not that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, uh, e-hole.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We talked about this on Tuesday's episode of Kelberman's Corner.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So if you're not a member yet, please be sure to subscribe so you can see that episode.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I laid out my reasons why the Broncos should not pursue Simmons.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Chad mentioned one of them, X's or X's for a reason.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think Sean Payton and George Payton also abide by that philosophy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: uh, number two, his play on the field.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's a great locker room guy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Don't get me wrong.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Great human being, but it's play on the field's last couple years in Denver.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And as year with Atlanta was not good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: People still think of him as the 2016, 2017 Simmons.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's not that anymore.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And also, you're talking about a guy through little fault of his own shed who didn't really win squat in Denver.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The Broncos have learned to do nothing but win under Sean Payton.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Do you want to take that
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All fair points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I would just for how much he, I mean, you can count on one hand the number of guys that thrive and excel and lead individually amid the Broncos wandering of the desert post Super Bowl 50.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Simmons is one of them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: representing the team well year in year out accolades, et cetera, et cetera, and be in a great leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Fulls, Sutton, who am I missing, am I missing anybody you think, Zack, that stayed throughout that up until at least at one year of the Sean Peyton regime.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I would love to see him get a little bit of, get a little bit of reward for all that long suffering.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But again, I don't think guys, I really don't think that the Denver Broncos are
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[SPEAKER_01]: Alright guys back to the chat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We have the pop of bear checking in on super chat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Great to see you, David.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hope you're doing well, my friend.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Merry Christmas, right back at you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's saying Merry Christmas Broncos Country.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's doing the math.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to wait a minute.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're running out of runway to keep with the whole 13 and 4 thing that's been, I'm upgrading things.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're going 14 and 3 plus plus plus plus.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We all know what the plus is mean.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And guys, thank you for this Mr. Producer to kind of rewind for a second.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It kind of ties into what Papa bears down here, kind of amending his score.
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[SPEAKER_01]: or his record, I should say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that is, think about this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, the Broncos in the last 25.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll say 25, 30 years of football.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've got three notable winning streaks, right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: You had the 98 team get 13 in a row.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You had the 2012 team get 11.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this team, 2025 has 11.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, think about this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Scott, long-suffering Falcons guy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Falcons longest winning streak in franchise history ever is 11 games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's spanned, by the way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Both regular season and playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's only happened once.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then you think back to all those prolific years that Sean Payton had with the New Orleans Saints, their longest winning streak in team history in New Orleans was 13 games achieved in O9.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That was the season that they won the Super Bowl.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Saints started 13 and O before losing to the Cowboys week 14.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's interesting, exact.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But again, to me, it's just more hey guys,
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[SPEAKER_01]: Time flies.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's just the nature of it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You get out of high school and all of a sudden just time telescopes on you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And for me, Zack, it especially starts flying when we get to the football season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But while even though time may be kind of feeling like it's going really fast, again, my advice, guys, try and pump the brakes and smell the roses because this is a historic run this team is on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And typically, I mean, at least in Bronco can and Zach, if you look at the winning streaks, didn't work out well for the 2012 Broncos.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They had that shocking defeat in the divisional round to the Ravens, but the preceding 13 game streak ended in Super Bowl 33.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So keep that in mind.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Merry Christmas to you and yours David.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you so much for your support all year and especially around the holiday season like now you are instrumental to our community and it's tough to find two more losses on the broco schedule with how they're playing right now.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, maybe in week 18, they could be resting their starters in a best case scenario, but it's I agree with what David there did 14 and three.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think that's how they're going to finish this season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Most teams don't get 10 plus game winning streaks every 10 years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos are a unique, unique organization in that respect.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Drew, good to see you, big dog.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hope you're doing well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Says huge Broncos fan in the Chicago, in Chicago here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was amazing having all my family who are, of course, Baris fans, wearing my Broncos gear this past Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Also, yeah, right going against the Packers has no
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm trying to think who was the one NFC loss, Zach?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure it was that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He goes on to say, going to be our Super Bowl.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not sure what you mean by going to be our Super Bowl, Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What do you think he means by that?
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, maybe our Super Bowl year, the brokers are going to make it back to the big game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And you know what, they have their best record through 14 games since 98 when they won the Super Bowl.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So everything right now Chad, they're being favored on prediction markets and betting markets to win the AFC championships.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So right now, they're favored to make the game, let alone win the Super Bowl.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Bose playing extremely well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He joined in a very exclusive list with his touchdown passes, touchdown passing yards and wins through two seasons.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's Bonyx and Dan Marino.
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[SPEAKER_03]: No one notices no one pays attention, but we know we pay attention.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Isn't that wild?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Isn't that wild?
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[SPEAKER_01]: A Donald stead good to see a big dog a deer member and a bona fide superstar saying good evening's Zach and Chad Merry Christmas and happy new year right back at your pal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Ben Powers is ready, he plays, I suspect.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I wonder if Vijay sprinkles Jadae Baron in tactical safety sets on Sunday as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for the knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's an
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how much they want to put on his plate.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Sean Peyton has remained adamant throughout since he was drafted, Baron that is, that our vision for him, yeah, we know he can play safety, but our vision for him is corner, nickel and corner.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so far they stayed true to that, Zach, but they have, you know, necessity is the mother of invention.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so far, this is the first situation at safety since Baron was drafted where necessity might require
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[SPEAKER_01]: doing something a little bit novel and different.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But when you have a guy like P.J.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Lock, that's gonna be their first go too, obviously, because he was their trusted starter last year, but he played through what we learned later, brutally, gnarly back pain, plus some different injuries during last season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There was a reason why he was selected as the Ed Block Courage Award winner, 2024, which by the way, Alex Singleton got it this year for obvious reasons.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, I don't know, I don't expect to see it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: change really other than PJ Lock replacing Jones, but I wouldn't be shocked that that was the scuddle but for Baron coming out of college even before the Broncos drafted him that he can really star at safety in the NFL and just because the Broncos want to keep him at corner back doesn't mean he can't play safety and play it well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I do expect on and thank you for the super first and foremost happy holidays to you and yours.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I do expect VJ to like you said sprinkle
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[SPEAKER_03]: I can't express enough to you guys how comfortable the coaching staff is with PJ Locke stepping up as a starter for Brandon Jones.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We might not be the biggest fans of PJ, but the coaching staff loves him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They really do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They really do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there was a reason they paid him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it wasn't a huge contract two years, seven million.
19:03
[SPEAKER_01]: And I mean, based on how PJ Locke played before the back stuff in 2023 when he was filling in for
19:11
[SPEAKER_01]: It was exciting times for him to get an opportunity to be the guy, but injury, explained in retrospect, we didn't know really exactly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We just figured out, well, he wasn't meant to be a starter guy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's better as that third guy onto the field, but it turned out he was very badly injured last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm really curious to see how he plays now that he's healthy and according to Brandon Jones, who he's replacing an inch taller because of the back surgery he had last January.
19:39
[SPEAKER_03]: I mentioned this to on KK about Simmons.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I know this is very best case scenario optimistic, but it doesn't matter that much who you have at safety if the quarterback you're facing is constantly on the run, constantly on his back, constantly being harassed.
19:53
[SPEAKER_03]: So what I mean by that is they can weather losing Brandon Jones, if everyone up front, Nick Benito, Zach Allen, Jonathan Cooper, JFM, they're all doing their job and getting after the quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And that's what I expect to happen against Trevor Lawrence on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Amen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Amen to that.
20:09
[SPEAKER_01]: And, uh, Don, thank you again, Big Dog.
20:12
[SPEAKER_01]: It's really good to see you tonight, my brother, uh, real quick, Scott, I want to, I think I skipped him on accident, but I guess that's why we have the start.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ralph, the brace girdle, the, the, the father of the brace girdle clan in the hissy saying, my priests, it looks like RJ, Harvey and Bryant,
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[SPEAKER_01]: are a go this Sunday, anywhere it on powers.
20:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, no official word yet on powers in terms of the move, but they did wave.
20:42
[SPEAKER_01]: an offensive guard off the 53 today, Calvin Throck Morton, which is an obvious move to make room for Ben Powers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I will be shocked this time.
20:53
[SPEAKER_01]: Last time I was like, you know, I'm expecting it last week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos to bring him back this week as soon as the previous game, but I'd be stunned now, Zach, if they don't bring him back, considering that they opened up that roster spot.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Pat Brian looks like he's going to play Ralph and also RJ.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thank God, his ribs injury wasn't more significant coming out of the Packers game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He was a full go and he'll be playing on Sunday, barring and except X and I'm very happy that we don't have to rely on Tyler today getting any more snaps than necessary.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this is a tough matchup.
21:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, hey, if you need your highly paid left guard for any game on the schedule this year, it's this one Jaguars.
21:36
[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to go through it here in a little bit, the full head to head, but this is the number one rushing defense act 15 weeks into the NFL season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So Broncos need as many of their horses as they can get and Sean Peyton remarked about that yesterday how how good the Jaguars run defense is playing this year and they can use all of the running backs on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't expect to see Cody Schrader this week's act.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Do you think they'll address him or anything?
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[SPEAKER_01]: He'll be a healthy scratch.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think he'll be a scratch.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think that was insurance against RJ.
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[SPEAKER_03]: If RJ would have been out this week, then Schrader would have been out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Shannon Mills in the his.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's great to see one of our super stars and deer members in the house saying good evening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: God in here late tonight.
22:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Better late than never, my friend.
22:28
[SPEAKER_01]: How do you think the run game will fare against the Jags D?
22:32
[SPEAKER_01]: That's a great question.
22:34
[SPEAKER_01]: And I didn't realize that was your topic.
22:36
[SPEAKER_01]: I would have saved the whole anecdote, observation about them being number one.
22:41
[SPEAKER_01]: But it does give me Zach some courage and confidence with Ben Powers expected to return for Sunday's game.
22:49
[SPEAKER_01]: And I mean, guys, we had kind of up to this point
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[SPEAKER_01]: I kind of felt like Ben Powers was a little bit of a disappointment, relative to his contract.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not that he sucked by any stretch, but just relative to that contract, I was kind of hoping for Pro Bowl caliber impact, and he had basically given you about NFL average at left guard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But this year, Zach, he was in the midst of his best year as a Bronco before he tore that bicep.
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[SPEAKER_01]: against the Eagles week five.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm cautiously optimistic that his return even against this tough Jaguar's rushing defense deck will be a nice little boost for the ground game.
23:34
[SPEAKER_03]: I think they're gonna fare decently well, Shannon.
23:36
[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you so much for the super number one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They're gonna fare decently well if they just stay committed to the ground game.
23:41
[SPEAKER_03]: It's exactly what Sean Payton did after Harvey fumbled last week.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He didn't go away from the run.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He kept giving Harvey the rock and it paid off.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But you know, it gives me confidence.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Number 10, throwing four touchdowns for a big win against a really good defense in the packers.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So even if the running game goes haywire on Sunday and they have to lean on Bo against Jacksonville, so be it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you again, Shannon.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, guys, the time has come.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Get your questions, any other additional supers.
25:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, should we grab, should we grab Sambam?
25:48
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's grab Sambam, then we'll do the head to head real quick.
25:51
[SPEAKER_01]: Sam, brother, thank you for diving in, bug the end.
25:57
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm trying to scope his profile pick.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't quite make it out, Zach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Can you see what that is?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm waiting for you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You'll have to tell us, Sam.
26:08
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for that generous second super chat tonight, Big Dog.
26:11
[SPEAKER_01]: He says, also, here's another 50 bucks.
26:14
[SPEAKER_01]: Or how awesome I'm sure it has been for you to Scott and all those associated MHH that you get to cover a Broncos team that is legitimately competing for a Super Bowl.
26:24
[SPEAKER_01]: You've been podcasting together since 2016, right?
26:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, is that 18 when I?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
26:31
[SPEAKER_03]: So it was like March of 2018, right before for agency.
26:34
[SPEAKER_03]: That's how I remember it.
26:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll give you real quick Sam the cliff notes version of how we came together.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So MHH, I started that back in 2014 and then in 2018, right at the beginning of that year, the network that MHH was on got purchased by CBS sports and that put us together with the 24 seven sports people, which is who's at work for at the time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's how Zack and I met and they basically merged us together.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But you're going to have a helper in our guy who's an employee named Zach that's going to keep helping you cover and Broncos news, try to get along.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And a lot of the people in my shoes, the publishers with different teams, they didn't get along with their guy, Zach and I we hit it off right out of the gates.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think a big reason for that was I was like, hey Zach,
27:23
[SPEAKER_01]: And it worked out this way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I won't get in all the past up, but I just so happened to need a new podcast partner.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's actually wanna join me and mean you will do this thing and he's like, yeah, do you have always wanted to do a podcast?
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so we did it as a,
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[SPEAKER_01]: audio upload only right on demand for about a year and a half together until we have the bright idea to do our mile high mail bag segment as a live stream on YouTube and the rest is history.
27:48
[SPEAKER_01]: So that was 2019 Zach the first time we did it as a live stream and then we just always did it as a live stream from then on out.
27:56
[SPEAKER_03]: and here we are all those years later it's been an absolute pleasure being your podcast partner chat we've done a lot together you know on camera obviously with the podcast doing work at the combine in the draft off camera together it's been a blast been a journey and a lot more still yet to come thank you so much for that Sam.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Chad was doing content before 2016.
28:15
[SPEAKER_03]: I was doing content during 2016, 2017 on Facebook lives, and then Chad and I got together, but it's been a dream since then, especially since, like you said, getting a cover, a competitive team.
28:26
[SPEAKER_03]: I got on the beat right after they won the Super Bowl, and it was nothing but drearyness, nothing but depression.
28:31
[SPEAKER_03]: And that's why we say around these parts, God bless Bonix.
28:35
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's why last year, I mean, I felt, I was happy for everybody to be honest, but I was especially stoked for Zack because it was the first, I mean, he covered a winning season technically in 2016 when the Broncos went 9 and 7 in the last Kubiak year, but not a playoff season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So he got the playoffs last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This year let's hope it's even more than that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the plus plus plus plus like Papa bear puts
29:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah what is Isaiah Rico man some of the some of the handles I don't recognize relative to the name so I'm sorry if I'm not connected to that we said that's when I sub goes mile high hurdle has grown yeah it has it absolutely has because of you guys exactly exactly guys we we keep showing up because you guys support us and
29:31
[SPEAKER_01]: it's reciprocal, it's symbiotic, right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: It just, together, we keep this thing snowballing and our goal right now is to cross 40k subs, which we're about, I don't know, like 2,400 away from cross and 40, then the next goal will be 50.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then the next goal, well, we'll set it at 75 trying to get to 100 though at some point.
29:52
[SPEAKER_01]: And they're out there, Zach, we know that.
29:54
[SPEAKER_01]: We know that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, if you go to the Denver Broncos,
29:57
[SPEAKER_01]: Facebook page.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're just under four million followers on Facebook.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So the fans are out there That's why when we say hey guys share this on your social media help us grow and reach the new and like-minded Broncos fans just like you cuz they're out there
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I have no doubt about it, you guys are going to help us reach those milestones.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And again, it's all because of you that we do this.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So thank you all so much.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And we're so excited for what's yet to come because the best is yet to come.
30:23
[SPEAKER_01]: And one last thing I want to say on this is that we had a blast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There was a reason we were doing this in the first place.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The reason I started the site, the reasons Zack and I teamed up on the podcast.
30:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we just were crazy about what we do, but it reached a critical mass and exploded up through multiple levels, guys, when we started doing it as live streams, you know, six, seven years ago, whatever it's been six years ago, and that's because of you guys.
30:51
[SPEAKER_01]: So once again, I'm not crediting Zack or myself, I'm crediting you guys because we didn't even realize, seriously, we were just doing the upload every day, and we're like, you know,
31:00
[SPEAKER_01]: We didn't even think about it.
31:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I can't remember how Zach, we got the idea to do the mailback one time.
31:06
[SPEAKER_01]: But all it took was us doing it one time and going, man, the ability, because at the time, I think we're like 2,000 subscribers on YouTube at the time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And you're to be able to interact with people in real time answering questions in real time.
31:19
[SPEAKER_01]: That was so addictive.
31:21
[SPEAKER_01]: And then I think the very first super chat we ever got was from Zeus from Stu McPeak.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And they had to explain to us in the chat what
31:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, it's like, oh, it's like colored this one is like red instead of the other one.
31:35
[SPEAKER_01]: So a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then, but guys, good times.
31:39
[SPEAKER_01]: And thank you for bringing that up, Sam Bamm allows, allowing us to reminisce a little bit.
31:45
[SPEAKER_01]: And that was also when we were like this close to the camera.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I can't speak in everybody out, but I can confidently get it off.
31:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, wait, wait, wait, I screwed it up.
31:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, there we go.
31:57
[SPEAKER_03]: I can confidently tell you I'll speak for chat as well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I have not worked a day since 2016 and that's all because of you guys.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So thank you all for your support and we're looking forward to the rest of the season and beyond.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Wait, let me check on Mr. producer.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, that's Broncos fan for life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Good to know.
32:15
[SPEAKER_01]: Great to see you, pal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for being a member.
32:18
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, guys.
32:18
[SPEAKER_01]: The time has come for the head to head.
32:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Wait, what, what?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Pearl is so happy right now, Chad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She loves this part.
32:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
32:27
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, indeed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's true.
32:28
[SPEAKER_01]: She loves the head to head comparison.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it is fun to see like, let's break it down.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, green top 10 red bottom 10 if it's a black in somewhere in the middle, middle of the pack.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as you can see, these are two teams that are forces to be reckoned with in the conference.
32:45
[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos 12 and 2.
32:47
[SPEAKER_01]: the Jaguars are arguably Zack and even bigger surprised this year as a 10 and 14 because at least the Broncos, I mean, no one saw the winning streak, but after they went to the playoffs last year, I think everyone was pretty much expecting at least them to compete for the playoffs this year, but not too many people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: saw the jags being a 10 double digit wind team.
33:08
[SPEAKER_01]: So credit to them, credit to Liam Cohen, Trevor Lawrence has picked up steam.
33:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, what did he have last week's ex six total touchdowns?
33:15
[SPEAKER_01]: And this defense as you guys are going to see is no joke.
33:18
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's take a look here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos in the turnover margin.
33:22
[SPEAKER_01]: They're improving because there were no, I actually, that's not true.
33:26
[SPEAKER_01]: They did have the one turn over last week, Zach with the RJ crumble, but they offset that with two takeaways.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So that moved them up by one takeaway in the margin.
33:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Whereas you look over here, the jags, they are plus 10 guys.
33:40
[SPEAKER_01]: That's tied for third.
33:42
[SPEAKER_01]: So that means they've taken the ball away 10 times more than they've given it away.
33:46
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's a huge metric, something Sean Peyton, in fact, emphasized the podium yesterday.
33:52
[SPEAKER_01]: They're even better than the Broncos who've really gotten better in this respect the last quarter of the season.
33:58
[SPEAKER_01]: But when you look at the jags man, they're they're eight in time and possession.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So they know what they're doing offensively yardage wise.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're about middle of the pack, but in points and scoring.
34:10
[SPEAKER_01]: their eighth.
34:11
[SPEAKER_01]: They're scoring 27 points per game compared to the Broncos at 24 and some change.
34:16
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll just still say it's 24.
34:17
[SPEAKER_01]: Rushing Zach offensively they're middle of the pack same with their passing offense and they have been picked off 11 times which is twice more than the Broncos.
34:28
[SPEAKER_01]: But they've only had five loss fumbles, which ties them with the Broncos for the ninth fewest, 16 total giveaways, which is actually two more than the Broncos, so you're going to wait a minute.
34:38
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll get to this.
34:39
[SPEAKER_01]: But then how are they plus 10?
34:42
[SPEAKER_01]: You're going to see that here, shortly.
34:44
[SPEAKER_01]: Sachs, they've been sack 32 times nearly double what Bonix has been sack.
34:49
[SPEAKER_01]: Here's the hole in the boat, Zach.
34:51
[SPEAKER_01]: They suck on third down and they're not great in the red zone.
34:55
[SPEAKER_01]: They're good and they've gotten better, actually, but they're not great.
34:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Meanwhile, real quick, Broncos are 11th in yards.
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[SPEAKER_01]: their 12th in points, and let's not forget last season, the Broncos did finish top 10 in scoring, literally they were 10th.
35:09
[SPEAKER_01]: So they've got a little ground to make up if they want to improve on what they did last year.
35:13
[SPEAKER_01]: But this is the 17th ranked rushing offense, the Broncos, 11th passing offense, and total giveaways, 14.
35:21
[SPEAKER_01]: That's two better than the Jags, only 17
35:28
[SPEAKER_01]: and a top 10 red zone offense.
35:30
[SPEAKER_01]: So before we get to this defensive comparison, your thoughts here on these two offenses.
35:36
[SPEAKER_03]: Uh, for the Broncos, I'm, I'm happy that we're seeing green finally.
35:39
[SPEAKER_03]: We just talked about all those bad Broncos teams of the decade past so many times.
35:44
[SPEAKER_03]: They were red in third-down percentage, red in red zone, red in scoring under hack.
35:48
[SPEAKER_03]: They were averaging what 15 points a game shed.
35:50
[SPEAKER_03]: So hats off to Bonix and Sean Payton.
35:52
[SPEAKER_03]: I'll say this briefly about the Jaguars and this thought can kind of apply overall with their offense and their defense.
35:59
[SPEAKER_03]: great job so far this season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They've surprised a lot of people for a first year head coach Liam Cohen done an amazing job, but they're getting a little too big for their riches chat.
36:08
[SPEAKER_03]: Some Jaguar fans are going on Twitter, going on social media and saying they're going to beat the brakes off the Broncos.
36:13
[SPEAKER_03]: Every fan base has said that the last 11 or 12 weeks it has not transpired.
36:18
[SPEAKER_03]: Although if there's one thing that doesn't press me about the Jaguar's offense even more than the points they're scoring, if you scroll up, they're green in turnover margin.
36:28
[SPEAKER_03]: Yes, turnover margin.
36:29
[SPEAKER_03]: They're third.
36:29
[SPEAKER_03]: I look at the difference to have the Broncos from negative two, and they've been playing pretty good football this season overall, but the Jaguars are 10.
36:37
[SPEAKER_03]: They're tied for third, and also time in possession, so they're taking care of the ball.
36:40
[SPEAKER_03]: They're not turning it over and they're scoring when given the chance.
36:44
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm, uh, I'll give him credit for that.
36:46
[SPEAKER_01]: I will agree with Liam Cohen to a point.
36:49
[SPEAKER_01]: He said, look, compare in the Broncos and the Jags.
36:52
[SPEAKER_01]: He said, there's a lot of similarities between these two teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there are, especially when you look at these defenses.
36:58
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, starting on the jag side of the street, they're 10th in yards, they're 9th in yards per play.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They are 10th tied that is in points aloud.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're first against the run, so they're not even allowing 87 yards rushing per game.
37:14
[SPEAKER_01]: But their kind of middle of the pack is a passing defense for what it's worth.
37:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Here's where that plus 10 comes into play guys because as we saw, they had 17 turnovers total.
37:25
[SPEAKER_01]: And yet 18 intersections alone, that's double what the Broncos have.
37:31
[SPEAKER_01]: And then they also have eight fumble recoveries, which is more than double what the Broncos have.
37:36
[SPEAKER_01]: So in total takeaways, they've more than doubled the Denver Broncos, which is what explains their plus 10.
37:43
[SPEAKER_01]: And that is not something that you can try for what you got to take this team very very seriously.
37:48
[SPEAKER_01]: And as Sean Peyton talked about earlier this week as well, they're just, you got to be hyper aware and super, your presence of mine just has to be on point when the
37:58
[SPEAKER_01]: they're gonna try and punch it out and they're very good at it.
38:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Sachs, however, Zach, they're not so good at getting after the pastor, which makes you wonder, like where are these interceptions coming from?
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[SPEAKER_01]: but also third-down Zach, not so good, which I like because the Broncos are improving in that respect on offense.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, there are some matchup opportunities here.
38:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Meanwhile, you look at the Broncos defense, fifth in yards per game, second in yards per play, third in scoring, averaging eight, we'll call it just under 19 points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They've allowed per game, second against the run.
38:31
[SPEAKER_01]: So, isn't that interesting, Zach?
38:33
[SPEAKER_01]: You have the number one rushing defense,
38:36
[SPEAKER_01]: going against the second rushing defense, passing the Broncos or just outside the top 10.
38:41
[SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, Zack, they'd be well inside the top 10.
38:44
[SPEAKER_01]: Were it not for that three games they had to play without PS2.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Interceptions again, it's gotten better lately, but still they're kind of playing catch-up there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos are, and they just haven't had a lot of force fumbles.
38:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Let alone the opportunity to fall on the ball and recover one.
38:59
[SPEAKER_01]: So that takeaway thing remains that kind of the sore thumb, right sticks out pretty obviously, but here comes the calling card right here, baby.
39:08
[SPEAKER_01]: 58 sacks first, third down, first, red zone, first.
39:14
[SPEAKER_01]: So Trevor Lawrence and Jags fans are feeling their oats.
39:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Let him, let him because he hasn't seen anything quite like this yet.
39:22
[SPEAKER_03]: This is what I was talking about a few minutes ago with getting too big for their British chat.
39:26
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, the similarities to the Broncos, let's pump the brakes.
39:28
[SPEAKER_03]: They do two things good on defense.
39:30
[SPEAKER_03]: They can stop the run and they can force turnovers.
39:33
[SPEAKER_03]: But the real stats that matter, getting after the quarterback through 25th, third down their 26th, red zone their 16th.
39:40
[SPEAKER_03]: Look at the Broncos in comparison, first, first and first.
39:44
[SPEAKER_03]: Those are the metrics that really matter and at the end of the day, the Broncos have a clear advantage on defense.
39:50
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, special teams.
39:53
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you got Marvin Mims keeping you in the top five there with the pump return.
39:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Everything else is kind of middle of the pack to not so good.
40:01
[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos are one of those teams that are still trying to get their act together relative to the new kickoff rules.
40:08
[SPEAKER_01]: Whereas the Jaguars are even better than the Broncos returning punts, they're second best in covering punts.
40:15
[SPEAKER_01]: So that'll be interesting to see which what side gives there
40:20
[SPEAKER_01]: the jacks being able to cover things up really well.
40:23
[SPEAKER_01]: And then also they have a great return.
40:25
[SPEAKER_01]: So this is what it had been in the past.
40:27
[SPEAKER_01]: You had Marvin Mims because of the former kickoff rules, you know, top five and return on both, punt and kick.
40:34
[SPEAKER_01]: they've got that downpack, even with Zach, the new kickoff return rules.
40:39
[SPEAKER_01]: And then, of course, you know, feel gold percentage, just pretty dang close, but even 2.2% separates 19th from the Broncos at 15th.
40:48
[SPEAKER_01]: But look at this, Zach, you have the two most penalized teams going head to head.
40:52
[SPEAKER_01]: The Broncos have been now 31st for a couple of weeks straight.
40:56
[SPEAKER_01]: They have been doing a better job since the buy of cutting down the number of penalties per game, but Zach the Jags are even worse in terms of penalties.
41:06
[SPEAKER_01]: So get ready, I think, to see a lot of yellow laundry.
41:10
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, this game's going to take about six hours to complete, so that should be pretty fun.
41:14
[SPEAKER_03]: I think Sean Hawkely is the one officiating the game and the Broncos are two and one with Hawkely officiating at Mile High Stadium.
41:23
[SPEAKER_03]: So we'll see what happens, but the Broncos, I say it every weekend, I'll say it again.
41:26
[SPEAKER_03]: If they want to be a serious legitimate, super Bowl thread, they have to clean up the penalties.
41:32
[SPEAKER_01]: Look at it, you 21.
41:33
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it.
41:34
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt.
41:35
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, guys, real quick before we come off of this here, I just want to look at
41:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, look at that.
41:40
[SPEAKER_01]: Washington's averaging 17 yards per punt return.
41:43
[SPEAKER_01]: That's insane.
41:44
[SPEAKER_01]: And MIMS right behind him real quick.
41:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I wanted to see, let's see, sacks.
41:50
[SPEAKER_01]: So they have an interior defensive lineman leading the team in sacks.
41:54
[SPEAKER_01]: Exactly.
41:54
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's by the way, Heinz Allen.
41:56
[SPEAKER_01]: He's all about it.
41:57
[SPEAKER_01]: he's injured.
42:00
[SPEAKER_01]: He went from DNP yesterday to limited today.
42:03
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's looking like he's going to play, but he's not 100%.
42:07
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's see, Interceptions Lloyd leads them with five.
42:09
[SPEAKER_01]: That's crazy, man.
42:11
[SPEAKER_01]: He was a guy I wanted so badly in the draft, man.
42:15
[SPEAKER_01]: Real quick, let's see, receiving yards.
42:17
[SPEAKER_01]: Look, Zach, with three games to go, Sutton's only 114 yards away from his second straight
42:27
[SPEAKER_01]: their leader is Thomas with 601 at TN is only 50 yards away from a thousand yards season running back.
42:35
[SPEAKER_01]: Lawrence has only 46 fewer passing yards than Bonix.
42:42
[SPEAKER_01]: So there you have it guys.
42:44
[SPEAKER_01]: There is your head-to-head comparison.
42:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Broncos versus Jaguars.
42:49
[SPEAKER_01]: And as you could see from those stats guys, there is absolutely a reason why the Jags are a 10 win team already.
42:57
[SPEAKER_01]: Brad Murdock, good to see you big dog.
42:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for the super chat and for granted, dear member.
43:03
[SPEAKER_01]: He's saying shout out to everyone glad to see most of the players are relatively healthy going into this game.
43:09
[SPEAKER_01]: We got this go Broncos 13.
43:11
[SPEAKER_01]: And two, yeah, Zach, real quick practice report today.
43:15
[SPEAKER_01]: The following players were full participants.
43:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Pat Bryant, RJ Harvey, Mike McGlinci, Marvin Mims, Carina Reed, Luke Wattenberg, limited, were John Franklin Myers and Ben Powers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Powers is coming off of I.R.
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[SPEAKER_01]: this week, trust.
43:31
[SPEAKER_01]: And then Justin Sternodzack, two weeks in a row, or two days in a row, pardon, DNP has not participated.
43:36
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's pretty safe to assume in all likelihood.
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[SPEAKER_01]: going to play.
43:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I know you're talking about their Scott.
43:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I didn't realize when I changed that earlier today.
43:47
[SPEAKER_01]: I was doing it for the email.
43:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I was hoping it would.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I didn't realize it would also reflect on YouTube.
43:52
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll fix that when we get off.
43:54
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Brad, thank you.
43:55
[SPEAKER_01]: But by the way, so Zach, your your thoughts here for for Brad.
43:59
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, fortunately, the Broncos are going to probably get Korean A readback.
44:03
[SPEAKER_03]: They designated him to return from IR.
44:05
[SPEAKER_03]: So they lose a lineback or in stronada might get one back and read.
44:08
[SPEAKER_03]: Should be no big deal.
44:10
[SPEAKER_03]: Two players, we didn't talk about briefly chat in the head to head.
44:13
[SPEAKER_03]: They do have Jacoby Myers who they traded for and Sean Peyton talks about him being or receiving threat.
44:18
[SPEAKER_03]: They're going to have to worry about.
44:19
[SPEAKER_03]: And everyone's old friend, Tim Patrick, now plays for the Jaguars.
44:22
[SPEAKER_03]: And he is pumped.
44:24
[SPEAKER_03]: Let me tell you, this is a revenge game for Tim Patrick.
44:26
[SPEAKER_03]: So the Broncos are going to have to guard against him as well.
44:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you, Brad.
44:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, much love and respect, buddy.
44:32
[SPEAKER_01]: It's great to see you.
44:34
[SPEAKER_01]: You know who else it's great to see our friend Keith Brugman in the Hizzi, saying, hoping the change from Brandon Jones to PJ Locke still allows Talino who found out to play loose thoughts.
44:46
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't think it will
44:51
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, PJ Locke is an experienced guy.
44:55
[SPEAKER_01]: He started all those games last year and started quite a few in 2023.
45:00
[SPEAKER_01]: So, is he quite as reliable?
45:02
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, I think where you worry a little bit and this is his point here, Zach, about the difference between a Jones and a Locke is just, Jones seems to be a lot more always in position like the mental side of things between the air stuff.
45:17
[SPEAKER_01]: So, do you suppose that's gonna change who Funga?
45:21
[SPEAKER_03]: It's a question Keith, I would assume that it would have the opposite effect, unfortunately, that not having the steady, any Brandon Jones out there and going downgrading a little bit to PJ Locke, it would make who Fong is responsibilities grow and it would allow him to, I don't know, not play as loose and not play as free rangey, but I don't think it's going to matter too much again.
45:41
[SPEAKER_03]: I think they're going to get after Trevor Lawrence to the extent where whether you have Brandon Jones, PJ Locke, Devon Key, or the Larry internal Yale, it's not going to matter who's
45:50
[SPEAKER_03]: It's going to be that dominant.
45:53
[SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, guys, I mean, William, I see you as a member going, there's a discord, yeah, buddy.
45:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm dropping the link.
45:59
[SPEAKER_01]: It's in the description of the video, but I'll drop the link in the chat as well.
46:03
[SPEAKER_01]: So come join us.
46:05
[SPEAKER_01]: We want to see each and everybody that's in our community in that discord.
46:10
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a great place that we can hang and become even more close knit Broncos family here.
46:17
[SPEAKER_01]: George Fox, good to see you, but guys, this is the best pod for Broncos football, even in the bad years.
46:23
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for all your team.
46:25
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46:29
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46:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you, George.
46:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Honestly, Zach, it's nice to finally be, you know, talking about a winning product after all those years, but I don't know.
46:40
[SPEAKER_01]: It's hard.
46:41
[SPEAKER_01]: I can't necessarily say in terms of what we do,
46:44
[SPEAKER_01]: that covered and doing what we do in the face of a winning team versus a losing team.
46:50
[SPEAKER_01]: It's no different to me like I have had so much fun in both instances.
46:55
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just happy Zack for fans through a were so patient, so long suffering, wandering the desert, right?
47:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Finally, an oasis.
47:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Russell, uh, turns out to be a mirage.
47:15
[SPEAKER_01]: but thank you for being there, George, and the reminder guys, smash the like button.
47:20
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I agree with that.
47:22
[SPEAKER_03]: Through thick and thin, good times and bad, mostly bad in the last decade, you guys have been there and made this a blast for us.
47:27
[SPEAKER_03]: And it is more fun in a winning season because the attitude is so much better.
47:31
[SPEAKER_03]: I remember people like Michaela, for example, who was so, you mentioned Russell Wilson in that era chat, Michaela was so down on the block as before they drafted Bowenick.
47:39
[SPEAKER_03]: She had no hope left and now the whole fan base is energized.
47:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I remember the days of trying to elevate the corpse of Drew Locke and really just hold on as long as we could to the possibility of him be in a thing and then, I mean, how many iterations of quarterback did we go through post drew?
48:00
[SPEAKER_01]: I guess not that many Teddy Russ.
48:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Bo.
48:04
[SPEAKER_01]: So there weren't too many quarterbacks that bridged between Drew lock and bone next, but rock, what's up, but set a deer member in a long time superstar and supporters saying hit those thumbs up and subscribe to the MHH podcast on YouTube.
48:18
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48:23
[SPEAKER_01]: Go Bo Broncos.
48:24
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a reason why we call him Zach the mayor of MHH.
48:28
[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
48:29
[SPEAKER_03]: He's campaigning with our best interest in mine.
48:31
[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you Michael so much as always.
48:33
[SPEAKER_01]: I want to grab a few comments from the members here or like topics.
48:38
[SPEAKER_01]: So let's see, she's she's a little bit nervous about the jags and you should be I mean, it's a 10 win team.
48:45
[SPEAKER_01]: There are legit force to be reckoned with.
48:47
[SPEAKER_01]: But it's nothing particularly novel or unique that the Broncos haven't seen up to this point other than Zack that rushing defense man.
48:57
[SPEAKER_01]: It's it's a little scary.
49:00
[SPEAKER_03]: Travis C. T. N. from the Jaguars, uh, I don't know if you were mentioning the Brocos running game with the Jaguars running game, but if you're talking about the Jaguars, E. T. N. is similar to Josh Jacobs and that he can catch.
49:10
[SPEAKER_03]: He can roll and he's one of the better backs in the NFL.
49:13
[SPEAKER_03]: So they're going to have to really guard against that on Sunday.
49:15
[SPEAKER_03]: Starts with that up front on both offense and defense, stopping the run and getting the running game going.
49:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, that's your fraternity background, Sam.
49:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Pearl wants to know are you doing a pod during and after the Christmas game chat after the game yes for sure But it's totally voluntary.
49:36
[SPEAKER_01]: I will be going live.
49:37
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm I'm guessing Zach's probably gonna be We will be there now if it was a Thursday pod and it was Christmas, but no game or whatever or Sunday pod, whatever, maybe But what am I trying to say?
49:53
[SPEAKER_01]: If it was just a normal Thursday that Christmas was on, we probably wouldn't be podcasting.
49:58
[SPEAKER_01]: We'd take it off, but since the Broncos are playing, there's going to be, we have to work.
50:04
[SPEAKER_01]: So we look forward to it though.
50:06
[SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't feel like work.
50:07
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, our families that would prefer us an extra hour that day, but my wife and my kids are great about what I do.
50:13
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, it'll be fine here, but we're looking forward to it.
50:18
[SPEAKER_03]: It's the gut reaction those are the most fun pods that we do around here.
50:22
[SPEAKER_03]: So we're going to be here in Pearl absolutely recapping the Broncos win over the chiefs at Arrowhead.
50:28
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it.
50:29
[SPEAKER_01]: Let me see what's gots.
50:32
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
50:34
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, let me see here, a Sentinel Supreme.
50:40
[SPEAKER_01]: Also, Sentinel Supreme, I'm pretty sure I saw you in the Discord, right?
50:44
[SPEAKER_01]: ATM, at the moment, rank the AFC playoff teams from least worried to most worried.
50:50
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, Zach, let me pull up the playoff picture.
50:53
[SPEAKER_03]: I could just tell you, top of my head, the most worry I guess would be like Buffalo only because Allen is the most experienced quarterback left in the fold and also the chargers I mentioned to everyone.
51:03
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, we're waiting for the chargers to charge and they probably will, but they have bonus his number.
51:07
[SPEAKER_03]: They beat the Brock was this season.
51:09
[SPEAKER_03]: I wouldn't count on it as an automatic win for the Brock was in the playoffs.
51:13
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so just so we have some scratch and sniff.
51:16
[SPEAKER_01]: I've been saying it for about a week now.
51:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I agree with Zack, by the way.
51:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Bills are the team that worries me the most.
51:23
[SPEAKER_01]: So here's the order I will go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to go Bills Chargers Texans by way of the teams that worry me for the Broncos.
51:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Steelers, Patriot Steelers, Jacks.
51:36
[SPEAKER_01]: That's that's a very loose kind of at the moment for me Zack and then the teams at the hunt in the hunt pardon me The culture still in this if they can get make some of that Philip Rivers due to you actually work for them They still have a chance, but they might need some help and then the ravens are still alive guys So we can't count those two teams out Everyone else has been eliminated Zack
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[SPEAKER_03]: They would kind of scare me.
52:00
[SPEAKER_03]: I would not want to face Lamar and Derek Henry if they somehow make it and come to mile high.
52:04
[SPEAKER_03]: I think the Broncos can beat them, but they blew out Denver last season.
52:07
[SPEAKER_03]: And you mentioned the Steelers Chat.
52:09
[SPEAKER_03]: We'll know someday what the Jags are made of, but right now, I'm a little more terrified of Jacksonville than I am Pittsburgh.
52:15
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm not scared of 50-year-old Aaron Rogers and a Steelers defense.
52:18
[SPEAKER_03]: That's not what it used to be under Mike Tomman.
52:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Sentinel also bringing up here of why do we not want JK Dobbins back?
52:26
[SPEAKER_01]: The dude's been amazing recign him.
52:28
[SPEAKER_01]: I agree 100% and just like holy matter.
52:31
[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, sorry, Chuck.
52:32
[SPEAKER_01]: No, go ahead.
52:33
[SPEAKER_03]: I didn't mean to cut you off.
52:34
[SPEAKER_03]: I was just thinking out loud.
52:35
[SPEAKER_03]: It's only a matter of time sent before he gets hurt again.
52:37
[SPEAKER_03]: We all love JK and that was the wrap on him with the chargers and the ravens for that matter.
52:42
[SPEAKER_03]: He's he's one of the best running backs in the league when he's healthy, but he's guaranteed to get hurt every year.
52:48
[SPEAKER_01]: guaranteed.
52:49
[SPEAKER_01]: So that doesn't mean the Broncos don't want them.
52:51
[SPEAKER_01]: That just means that if you throw contract to Adam, you're not paying even though when he's on the field Zach, he's one of the top five running backs in the NFL.
53:00
[SPEAKER_01]: You just can't pay him like that because you can't trust he's going to be there.
53:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Unfortunately, that's the one thing you can count on with JK.
53:08
[SPEAKER_01]: He's not going to finish a season or he'll at least miss significant time.
53:13
[SPEAKER_01]: But when Zach, we were getting
53:17
[SPEAKER_01]: when he's out there number two in the NFL and rushing number three in rushing like don't Broncos need to get him paid say well let's wait till December and see and he didn't even make it to December and that's why we were saying Zach wait till December then maybe the Broncos actually start looking at it because there's in the same mindset as we are which is we would love for him to be the guy we love what he does when he's on the field
53:40
[SPEAKER_01]: Even they not convinced that he can go the whole distance.
53:45
[SPEAKER_01]: So I do think that he'll be back next year I just think instead of coming back on a multi-year deal.
53:50
[SPEAKER_01]: He'll come back on another one year and another another one year, maybe Type situation, but he is amazing just like we told you before the season started got lost in the shuffle in the whole conversation and in the Off season like people were even advocating Nick Chub Broncos should sign Chub instead of Go out and get JK, but
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[SPEAKER_01]: The injury bug, all that, notwithstanding, but he had the second highest career rushing average from all running backs since he entered the league in 2020, is just the matter of when he's on the field.
54:21
[SPEAKER_03]: exactly.
54:22
[SPEAKER_03]: I see people in the comments saying the injury wasn't as fault and that's true.
54:25
[SPEAKER_03]: It was a hip drop tackle, but he was hurt nonetheless and he's missing the season nonetheless.
54:30
[SPEAKER_03]: And that's been the rap on JK.
54:32
[SPEAKER_03]: So I do agree with Chad.
54:33
[SPEAKER_03]: I think he'll be back on a one-year deal.
54:35
[SPEAKER_03]: They're going to approach it a lot like they approach Javante.
54:38
[SPEAKER_03]: If you want to accept this proof of deal, here you go.
54:40
[SPEAKER_03]: If not, well, good luck the rest of the way.
54:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Exactly, and they're committed to RJ, you know, RJ is a four year kind of commitment and what they're seeing from RJ since JKs been down is that they'd rather have them both in a perfect world, but they can more than get by with RJ as the guy so that'll go into how they negotiate with JK, but based on the things he was saying before he got hurt and just how.
55:06
[SPEAKER_01]: He had nestled into the Denver and the Bronco cultural thing.
55:11
[SPEAKER_01]: He wants to stay in Denver.
55:12
[SPEAKER_01]: So I think he comes back again next year.
55:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I can't forecast exactly what that's going to look like.
55:17
[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be before March, if it's going to be in March, if it's going to be, well, let's see what kind of offers you get.
55:23
[SPEAKER_01]: And you end up signing him again in June, like last year, we'll see.
55:27
[SPEAKER_01]: But Michaela brings up a good point here, Zach.
55:30
[SPEAKER_01]: about Cody Schrader, the timing of him being signed, because the Broncos almost had a crack at them a couple weeks ago when the Texans claimed him on waivers, but the Texans were ahead of the Broncos.
55:42
[SPEAKER_01]: According to Sean Peyton, they were going to claim Schrader then, if he made it to him, but the Texans claimed him, then the Texans waved him, so they ended up bringing him in, and he's like, look, it has nothing to do with RJ Harvey and the ribs, just so you guys know.
55:54
[SPEAKER_01]: But could it be this, Zach, that he was brought in because he spent so much time with the jags?
56:02
[SPEAKER_01]: It's pretty, pretty conspicuous timing, right?
56:05
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it's not the first time the Broncos have done this either and just to put a bow on the JK thing and might not be the last we've even seen to him this season we're talking about twenty twenty six, but as we mentioned earlier on the pots and I chat there is a chance he could come back if the Broncos go far enough, but shrieker not only to play for Jacksonville, you're absolutely right, Michaela for the intel there, he also just got released from Houston, and I know the Broncos play Houston already, but they might meet again in the postseason and you know Sean Payne's all about scouting his opponents and trying to gain a competitive advantage,
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's one way to do it.
56:36
[SPEAKER_03]: No doubt.
56:37
[SPEAKER_01]: Ralph says do you think powers can increase RJ's average run by a yard or two per carry?
56:44
[SPEAKER_01]: I just think overall he's a significant upgrade like pelchesky
56:52
[SPEAKER_01]: Hey, tip your cap to him.
56:53
[SPEAKER_01]: He hung in there.
56:55
[SPEAKER_01]: He's more of like a tackle guy playing guard.
56:58
[SPEAKER_01]: But he just doesn't open things up on his side for the second level.
57:03
[SPEAKER_01]: You'll see that with Ben Powers.
57:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Like there's a reason why they keep running over and over and over again behind Quinn minors.
57:10
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's not just because minors is so good, but because they were getting zero push from Palcheski.
57:16
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think Palcheski's act started out pretty strong.
57:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I've heard only play the one game, but so let's say week 7 through the week 7 through the Texans game, Texans game is when I really started to feel like actually Palcetsky was a liability.
57:39
[SPEAKER_01]: And even if you don't want to agree with Miragos far as to say he's a liability, I think it's safe to say he's the weak link on the offensive line.
57:45
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's good getting powers back.
57:48
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm still he was the starter for a reason.
57:50
[SPEAKER_03]: So it's, uh, it can't hurt the offense getting their starter back.
57:54
[SPEAKER_03]: But let's also keep in mind, Ralph.
57:56
[SPEAKER_03]: Harvey ran behind powers this season.
57:58
[SPEAKER_03]: It wasn't pal Chesky starting the entire year.
58:00
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm looking at RJ's numbers.
58:02
[SPEAKER_03]: He's averaging 3.8 yards of carry.
58:04
[SPEAKER_03]: So to answer your question, I think jumping up by two yards is a little unrealistic.
58:09
[SPEAKER_03]: If powers reinsertion into the lineup can get him over four yards of carry.
58:13
[SPEAKER_03]: That would be a job well done.
58:15
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it, but excellent question, shout out to the brace girdle clan.
58:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Todd, Austin Dorf, shoot.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I wish we could have brought in Jacobs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That guy kills us every time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we finally got one on him though.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He can no longer walk around saying, I'm undefeated against the Broncos.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But Sean Payton coveted Josh Jacobs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That we know that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Before he even took the job, I think when they were still, he was still working at Fox.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He was trying to get the hot Jacob's over to Denver as well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, he's the Brock Oskiller.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And let's give him credit as well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The catch he made over Drake Greenland coverage.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He is a elite running back.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm a big fan of Josh Jacobs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Same here, man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, let me see here one last, well, let's do this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Zack, you go through our messages for the night and then we'll take one last look at the chat while you're doing that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Phil, but he thanks for reminding or making mention that we miss you every once in a blue moon, um, you know, something slips through.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So thanks for letting us know, but and thanks for your support, pal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It says good evening, Chad Zach and Deacon Scott.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm ordering my overdog's t-shirt got to get on board at Mary Christmas, guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Buckham, I made a change for life, Broncos.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Very Christmas, Phil.
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[SPEAKER_01]: For what it's worth pal, I've got my graphics guy working on a t-shirt right now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hoping to be able to have that launched here on the merch store within the next 24 hours or so.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So stay tuned for that, and Merry Christmas, right back at you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're not talking about the underdog's deck.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're talking over dogs.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And we'll see you guys multiple times before Christmas and actually on Christmas for the gut reaction.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So we'll tell you then, but I'll tell you now, Todd, thank you so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not the first time she's been that generous with an individual super chat as I mentioned earlier.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm pretty sure it's Eric Holt, Sam Bam, multiple super pop-abair, Drew Donald, the Bray Skirtle Clans shout out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure we're on the big screen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hi, everybody.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Shannon, George Fox.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Tucson, Phil, and Brad Murdock.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Love you guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for being here tonight.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Zach and I will see you Sunday for the gut reaction.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So before Christmas, we've got gut reaction.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We've got Monday after math, then Christmas.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Saturday, my son has a basketball tournament.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm not sure what I'm gonna do about Broncos Book Club.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So stay tuned.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll let you know on the YouTube community and on my Twitter account.
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[SPEAKER_01]: because we are reading, this is the new book.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're done with son of bum.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we're reading tales from the Broncos sideline by Andrew Mason.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's an easy read too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, and it's a fun read.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And every word is Broncos relevant.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Unlike for example, son of bum where you're reading some of his non- Broncos stuff.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But anyway, I'll let you guys know what I'm gonna do about Saturday and rescheduling Broncos book clubs so stay tuned for that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But everybody, have a great weekend.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If I don't see you till Sunday, love you.
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[SPEAKER_03]: have a great weekend is right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We'll see you Sunday for the gut reaction.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Take care and as always.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Go Broncos.
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