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Jeff Legwold joins Kreckman & Lindahl 12-2-24 · Jeff Legwold ESPN Broncos Reports

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  Speaker 1: Jet Legwald is our Broncos insider Altitude Sports Radio ninety
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  Speaker 1: two five Pro Football.
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  Speaker 2: The insider I've covered while Jeff.
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  Speaker 3: Legwall he's the balloon popper.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't blow it up.
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  Speaker 1: Brought to you VIY the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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  Speaker 1: i BDW Local sixty eight. Start with the chomp and
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  Speaker 1: with the career. It's Leggy on Altitude Sports Radio ninety
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  Speaker 1: two five. Yeah, it is jet Legwall. Time here on
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  Speaker 1: a Monday after noon. Broncos Browns coming up, uh, just
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  Speaker 1: after six o'clock tonight on Monday night football. Great stuff
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  Speaker 1: from our guy Leggy today on ESPN dot com. So, Jeff,
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  Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta start with this question because I
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  Speaker 1: feel as though you're often loathed to make these kind
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  Speaker 1: of proclamations. The headline for your piece today on ESPN
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  Speaker 1: why Patzertan might be the best Broncos cornerback ever You
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  Speaker 1: are a Bailey respector through and through? Uh? Was that
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  Speaker 1: an editor's choice or are you co signing on that headline?
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  Speaker 2: Jess, You know that the U those guys did say it. Really,
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  Speaker 2: they said, if he does what he's doing right now
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  Speaker 2: for a long time, Uh, that he will be and
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  Speaker 2: even even Champ you know, begrudgingly said not begrudgingly that
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  Speaker 2: he admires Certain's game immensely. But uh, you know, Louis
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  Speaker 2: writs let said it. You know, if he if he
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  Speaker 2: has a long career, the way he's playing now, he
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  Speaker 2: should well be the best Bronco corner ever, which is
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  Speaker 2: saying an awful lot that had some of the best
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  Speaker 2: of the best to do it. Uh, But uh, I
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  Speaker 2: just thought it was an interesting Uh Initially, I just thought,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna touch base with
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  Speaker 2: the with the four best Bronco corners I know and
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  Speaker 2: see what they say. You know, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: get in the way. I'm just gonna see what they say.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought the things they said were fairly amazing
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  Speaker 2: about the young guy. And it just shows you, uh,
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  Speaker 2: sort of a texture of Cirtan's game that maybe we
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  Speaker 2: don't see all the time that they do because they
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously know what they were doing at the position.
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  Speaker 1: This is a year where you can dig through the
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  Speaker 1: numbers and any variety and what's this is one of
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  Speaker 1: the good things about you know, the pro football focused
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  Speaker 1: next gen stats True media World that we live in here, Leggies,
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  Speaker 1: you can really find out the kind of numbers that
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks and receivers are putting up against Patrick's or tan
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  Speaker 1: uh when he is in coverage, and his numbers are
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  Speaker 1: absolutely unbelievable. But he doesn't have the interception totals like
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  Speaker 1: is Patrick's er tan ever going to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do enough to perhaps get Defensive Player of the Year
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  Speaker 1: recognition because he's been the best player one of the
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  Speaker 1: NFL's best defenses.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think, you know, in a perfect world,
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  Speaker 2: he'd be in the conversation. You know, he's playing his
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  Speaker 2: position as well as anybody else is playing theirs. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, corner, you know, Champ Bailey didn't win the
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  Speaker 2: award when he intercepted ten passes and that year I
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  Speaker 2: vividly remember I charted all of those games, and I
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  Speaker 2: believe I had Champ in Bandaman situations like thirty some
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  Speaker 2: times for the whole season that people threw the ball
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  Speaker 2: at him, and he intercepted ten passes that year and
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  Speaker 2: he still didn't win. I just I remember that being
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  Speaker 2: if he couldn't win it that year with that season,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's very difficult for sort of a non
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  Speaker 2: pass rusher, non middle linebacker type to win it.
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  Speaker 3: All right, what was your favorite story or your favorite
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  Speaker 3: little piece about him, maybe even something that didn't make
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  Speaker 3: the article. You've been excited about this article, you've told
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  Speaker 3: me for the last couple three weeks. What was your
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  Speaker 3: favorite little anecdote you got from any of the guys
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  Speaker 3: about him or involving him. I don't know really how
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  Speaker 3: to put it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, just andy, just the way they talked about him.
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  Speaker 2: These guys are phenomenal. I mean, two of them are
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  Speaker 2: all decade players, which is you know, other than the
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  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame, is usually the biggest honor playing on
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  Speaker 2: a player can receive in some ways, so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and just to hear them talk about this guy, none
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  Speaker 2: of it was you know, well he's got to prove
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  Speaker 2: it to me, or he's a young guy. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: none of it was that. It was just a respect
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  Speaker 2: from the best guys to ever do it in the
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  Speaker 2: Bronco uniform to the to the player of today. And
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  Speaker 2: I think sometimes we think of older play players thinking,
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  Speaker 2: you know, no one in today's game can play football correctly.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's just kind of a perception sometimes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all players today, but there was none of that. And
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  Speaker 2: just to hear Louie Wright talk about sitting in the
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  Speaker 2: stands and watching Pettertertan warm up because he just can't
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  Speaker 2: believe it. I think those types of things really really
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  Speaker 2: resonated with me. And you know, I love the Chris Harris.
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  Speaker 2: You know he walks out to the coin flip like
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  Speaker 2: it all pro I mean, that's just that just says
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  Speaker 2: it all from those guys.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Lagweld with us here on a Monday, Jeff Lagwell,
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  Speaker 1: brought to you by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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  Speaker 1: IBEW Local sixty eight. Start with the job, end with
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  Speaker 1: a career, Jeff, I mean lost in the Patricks or
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  Speaker 1: Tan LoveFest is the part with the Broncos have had
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  Speaker 1: two really good corners so far this season. One of them, though,
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  Speaker 1: is out tonight. No Riley Moss in this game. How
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  Speaker 1: is that going to impact the plan? Dealing with Jerry Judy,
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  Speaker 1: who has played very well of late David and Djoku
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  Speaker 1: and anything else that the Browns have to throw at
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  Speaker 1: us tonight.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think that Nate, I think they feel
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  Speaker 2: like you know, Levi Wallace is a veteran defender and
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  Speaker 2: you know when training camp started. You know, the competition
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  Speaker 2: between him and Moss, and the coach's eyes was pretty even,
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  Speaker 2: so they feel good about him filling in that spot. Now.
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  Speaker 2: He isn't as physically strong as Riley Moss and and
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  Speaker 2: even as athletic in certain parts of the coverage as
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  Speaker 2: Riley is as a as a younger player. But the
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  Speaker 2: issue I think will come is if the Browns elect
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  Speaker 2: to push the Broncos into the dime once in a
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  Speaker 2: while with with their formations, because without Riley Moss, they've
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  Speaker 2: lined up in the dime with three safeties and sometimes
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  Speaker 2: that can be you can get exposed in the passing
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  Speaker 2: game doing that. But fortunately most most offenses don't get
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  Speaker 2: the Broncos into the dime unless the Broncos are in
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  Speaker 2: a third and long and they want to rush the
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  Speaker 2: passer like crazy. So the Broncos have done it on
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  Speaker 2: their terms so far. But if the Browns somehow gained
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  Speaker 2: some control and can force the issue, that that would
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  Speaker 2: be something to look out for, and you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think they you know, the other concern would be defending
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  Speaker 2: the run out of the nickel because Riley Moss is
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  Speaker 2: such a good tackler and such a strong player. That.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if they start, if they keep the game
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  Speaker 2: in a rhythm where they can just pound Nick Chubb
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  Speaker 2: at you against your nickel defense, I think that would
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  Speaker 2: be another spot that the Broncos would have concern.
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  Speaker 3: What do you expect out of bow Nicks tonight? What
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  Speaker 3: do you expect out of the Broncos game plan? You know,
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  Speaker 3: we've gone through this stretch of defenses where, let's be honest,
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  Speaker 3: a couple of times, specifically with Atlanta and Carolina. You
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  Speaker 3: guys are sitting here, you and Nate were telling me
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  Speaker 3: how bad the pass rush is, right and one of
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  Speaker 3: the worst pass rushes you've ever seen. They face and
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  Speaker 3: beat up secondaries. And I think it feels like Sean
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  Speaker 3: Payton probably took some time to let bon Nicks, you know,
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  Speaker 3: let's let's work in the pocket. And he was telling
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  Speaker 3: me earlier how the rushing numbers are down. Let's let's
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  Speaker 3: work on maybe working the game, working the ball down
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  Speaker 3: field a little bit more. With Cleveland in town tonight,
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  Speaker 3: will we see them revert back to maybe something a
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  Speaker 3: little more conservative, shall I say, like they did against
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  Speaker 3: Baltimore or something like that. What do you expect this evening?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I think Andy They're gonna try and get it
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  Speaker 2: out of his hands very quickly because you know, Jim Schwartz,
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  Speaker 2: the defensive coordinator for the Browns, uh it is a
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  Speaker 2: long time defensive coach, one of the early, one of
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  Speaker 2: the very early coaches on the in the analytics revolutions,
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  Speaker 2: So he will he will definitely have done his homework
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  Speaker 2: about what bon Nicks doesn't like and what he does like,
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  Speaker 2: and I think they will they will try to mix
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  Speaker 2: coverages up aggressively and give him late looks just before
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  Speaker 2: the snap, maybe bail a safety out or something else.
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  Speaker 2: And then you know they're a quirky defense. They're one
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  Speaker 2: of the league's worst, and yards allowed for pass play
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  Speaker 2: one of the worst, but they're also one of the
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  Speaker 2: best at punishing quarterbacks. So you complete passes, but you
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  Speaker 2: pay the price. And you know, I think that's where
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  Speaker 2: the Broncos have to figure out where the line is
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  Speaker 2: because they're going to feel like they can make plays
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  Speaker 2: in the passing game because people have all year, but
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  Speaker 2: they will punish your quarterback if you leave them in
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  Speaker 2: there too long. So I think they will definitely try
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  Speaker 2: to get the ball out of his hands, move it
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  Speaker 2: quickly and avoid some of those deep dropback settings and
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  Speaker 2: you just let those guys come after you again, you're
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  Speaker 2: probably going to be laying on the ground looking at
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  Speaker 2: your completed pass. But I don't I don't think that's
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  Speaker 2: the way they want to your business. Tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwalld ESPN with us here on a Monday afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Law dot com. Uh, Leggie, we were kicking around our
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  Speaker 1: picks to click for this evening. Who do you think
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  Speaker 1: is poised to have a big game in this Broncos
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  Speaker 1: offense matching up against Jim Schwartz and Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, if they if they had a tight end,
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  Speaker 2: you know, regularly making plays, you'd look right there a
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  Speaker 2: little bit.
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  Speaker 1: The hell of a concept, right, have a tight end?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe one day they'll do it again, but I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: One thing that Broncos have lately is this this Marvin
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  Speaker 2: Men's all over the formation because it's difficult for a
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  Speaker 2: defense to sort of figure out how you tag him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if he's in the backfield, do you do
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  Speaker 2: you line up and and use personnel groupings? Like he's
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  Speaker 2: a running back when when really the formation is a
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  Speaker 2: or a four wide receiver set. So I think that's
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  Speaker 2: a spot where they can get some things if they're
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  Speaker 2: savvy about it, if they have been lately, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Marvin Men's on a little reel route or something. I
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  Speaker 2: think those things are potential big plays, you know, waiting,
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  Speaker 2: So I keep an eye on that tonight.
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  Speaker 3: You know, by the time we talked to you again
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  Speaker 3: this week, the decision will be made. What do you
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  Speaker 3: think will be the decision on Josh Reynolds. They chose
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  Speaker 3: not to active activate him for tonight, probably not a
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  Speaker 3: huge surprise. I think a lot of us have talked
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  Speaker 3: about how we aren't going to be shocked to find
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  Speaker 3: out if there's some mental trauma there after the incident,
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  Speaker 3: you know, after his time at the old Strip club there.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think the plan is here? Do you
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  Speaker 3: have any idea? Do you have a feel for what
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  Speaker 3: they might do? Will they activate him? Is there a
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  Speaker 3: chance they just let him take the rest of the
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  Speaker 3: year to try to digest what happened?
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  Speaker 2: You know? I think ultimately they like the chemistry they
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  Speaker 2: have right now, so I think some of this will
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  Speaker 2: be what's their health, like after tonight, you know, that
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  Speaker 2: could impact the decision. Uh I do know there's a
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  Speaker 2: school thought in the building that you know you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to make a roster move to bring him back in.
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  Speaker 2: And you know right now if if he's not going
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  Speaker 2: to play special teams, that makes it a lot harder decisions.
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  Speaker 2: So I think they're fairly you know, I think they
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  Speaker 2: really want to see what, if anything happens tonight that
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  Speaker 2: would influence their decisions. But uh I could I've heard
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  Speaker 2: scenarios from in the building of it going either way,
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  Speaker 2: So I guess I'm saying I don't have a great sense,
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  Speaker 2: but I do know they like the chemistry of things
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  Speaker 2: right now with the receiver group they have and how
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  Speaker 2: they're being how they're being used.
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  Speaker 1: Leggy. Last thing, this is a it's Monday Night football.
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  Speaker 1: It's on a huge stage. At the same time, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's the last game before the buye the Broncos with
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  Speaker 1: an incredibly late bye to deal with this season, a
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  Speaker 1: Cleveland team coming in at three and eight on the year,
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  Speaker 1: the Broncos are almost a touchdown favorite at home. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of elements in this game that would kind
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  Speaker 1: of scream out that it could potentially be a trap.
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  Speaker 1: What is the sense that you get about this team
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  Speaker 1: going into this game, the focus of this group and
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  Speaker 1: how Sean Payton's gotten them prepared.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, in the parts we saw this week, Nate,
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  Speaker 2: it looked pretty clean on the practice field, you know. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think they know the state. You can't
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  Speaker 2: have a Patriots game like last year, you know, for example,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you know it's always the basic things
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  Speaker 2: that get you in games like this, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: bad turnover, and then Jameis Winston gives the Browns offense
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  Speaker 2: a little different profile, and I think the Broncos have
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  Speaker 2: enough tape on that route to understand that even if
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  Speaker 2: Sean Payton can't get the messager since he coached the guy,
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  Speaker 2: but he gives the Browns a different profile and offense,
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  Speaker 2: and that should make people wear it because he is
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  Speaker 2: he is far more willing to push the ball deep
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  Speaker 2: on your defense. And you know, he's been more successful
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  Speaker 2: already than they had been with DeShawn Watson in all
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  Speaker 2: those other games. So I think those are the two
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  Speaker 2: things avoid the bad early turnover where it takes Bonnicks
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  Speaker 2: two quarters to sort of regain his composure like early
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  Speaker 2: in the season, and stay away from that the home run,
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  Speaker 2: you know that where he got a team in third
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  Speaker 2: and eight and they popped the forty five yarder on you.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they've got to avoid those two things.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald ESPN. Big night for him, Monday Night Football
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  Speaker 1: on the Four Letter Network. Leggy, you got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of work to do. Thanks for giving us some time today.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks mos, you know, anytime for you guys, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald brought to you as he always is, is
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  Speaker 1: by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBW Local sixty eight.
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  Speaker 1: You start with a job, you end with a career.