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Adam Schefter says the Broncos could trade for TE or Safety at the deadline · Moser, Lombardi and Kane

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  Speaker 6: by Adam Schefter. A very busy Monday for him. So
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  Speaker 6: first of all, Adam, thank you for the time this morning.
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  Speaker 6: How are you holding up?
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  Speaker 1: Doing great. How are you guys doing?
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  Speaker 3: Doing great. So the Broncos get this win yesterday.
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  Speaker 6: And the big question is, you know, we're 24 hours-ish,
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  Speaker 6: a little over that, from the trade deadline. Heard that
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  Speaker 6: maybe they were calling around about Trey McBride. What do
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  Speaker 6: you think the Broncos might do in the coming day?
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  Speaker 4: I think they're going to work the phones. I think
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  Speaker 4: they're going to look to make a move. I can
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  Speaker 4: see various things. Like when you win a game before
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  Speaker 4: the bye week and you're sitting there 7-2 and you
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  Speaker 4: beat a lot of good teams, I think that you
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  Speaker 4: want to look at every opportunity you can to just
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  Speaker 4: shore up any spot you can, whether that's safety, whether
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  Speaker 4: that's tight end, whether that's anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: On their team running, like.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever they feel like they need to do, I would
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  Speaker 4: think that you feel emboldened coming off a win like
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  Speaker 4: that and a bye week heading into the trade deadline
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  Speaker 4: to go make a move.
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  Speaker 1: Now, again, it takes two to tango and.
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  Speaker 4: I can expect them to be active to make a deal,
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  Speaker 4: but unless there's something that makes sense, they're not going
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  Speaker 4: to make a deal just to make a deal, right?
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  Speaker 4: But I can tell you that they're going to spend
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  Speaker 4: the next two days looking at for an upgrade or
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  Speaker 4: two on that roster, if they can.
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  Speaker 5: You're so right, though, Adam.
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  Speaker 2: It could not happen at a better time for the
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  Speaker 2: Broncos with the bye week ahead and a chance, whoever,
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  Speaker 2: if they get somebody, to come in here and implement
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  Speaker 2: the scheme and all that, that they can learn. When
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  Speaker 2: is the exact deadline? What time is the deadline tomorrow?
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  Speaker 1: 4 Eastern, 2 Mountain tomorrow. Okay.
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  Speaker 5: All right. So you're going to be busy here for
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  Speaker 5: the next 24 hours.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Well, you know, we've already gotten nine treats. since
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  Speaker 4: the end of September, nine, including the one this morning
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  Speaker 4: that sent Jesse Bates to Jacksonville. But you had Jesse Bates,
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  Speaker 4: Jacoby Brissett, Jeffrey Simmons, DeForest Buckner, Quinton Nelson, Marvin Harrison,
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  Speaker 4: Cam Juergens, Joy.
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  Speaker 1: Reporter, J.J. McCarthy. Those are some pretty big names already, right?
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  Speaker 4: And now I think we're waiting to see, does Jonathan
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  Speaker 4: Taylor join that list?
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  Speaker 1: Who else joins that list? And I think those are
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  Speaker 1: the questions that remain up in the air right now.
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  Speaker 5: Jonathan Taylor's already saying goodbye.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, his post-game press conferences are basically goodbye press conferences.
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  Speaker 2: What team, if you had to name a team that
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  Speaker 2: had the edge in the Jonathan Taylor sweepstakes, who would
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  Speaker 2: it be?
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm having a hard time with right now.
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  Speaker 4: Okay. Because the Giants and the Colts haven't spoken in
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  Speaker 4: a week. You know, the price has been too rich
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  Speaker 4: for the Broncos and Vikings and Packers. So are the
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  Speaker 4: Colts going to bring back somebody who clearly would like
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  Speaker 4: to go play for a team that's going to win?
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  Speaker 1: Are they going to wait until the offseason to try
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  Speaker 1: to trade him then? How are they going to handle that?
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  Speaker 4: It's one thing to think that you're going to trade
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  Speaker 4: Jonathan Taylor, but you're not just going to do it
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  Speaker 4: just to dump him. You're going to do it because
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  Speaker 4: it makes sense. And right now, I don't know if
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  Speaker 4: they have a trade that makes sense right now.
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  Speaker 3: Is Derrick Henry on the market?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 4: No? I mean, there are teams that are calling, and
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  Speaker 4: there will be, I'm going to guess, more teams that call,
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  Speaker 4: but I was told that Baltimore's not trading.
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  Speaker 1: Now, here's what I also want to say.
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  Speaker 4: We could say that Baltimore's not trading regularly, Derrick Henry,
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  Speaker 4: and I fully believe that and expect that to be
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  Speaker 4: the case, but for all I know, someone's going to
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  Speaker 4: call and make an offer that they can't refuse. Tennessee
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  Speaker 4: wasn't trading Jeffrey Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: They were not.
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  Speaker 4: I can't tell you how many times I spoke to
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  Speaker 4: that team like, yeah, we're not going to trade him.
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  Speaker 4: We're not going to trade him. They just traded Jeffrey Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: Well, why? Because they were offered two ones and a four.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I don't think Derrick Henry's fetching two ones and
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  Speaker 4: a four, but does somebody step up and give Baltimore
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  Speaker 4: something that makes the Ravens think. Again, I do not
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  Speaker 4: expect the Ravens to trade Derrick Henry. I do not
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  Speaker 4: expect the Raiders to trade Kirk Cousins. I do not
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  Speaker 4: expect the Jets to trade Brees Hall.
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  Speaker 1: I do not expect the Eagles to trade Saquon Barkley.
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  Speaker 1: I do not expect all those people. But you just
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  Speaker 1: never know.
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  Speaker 3: Adam Schefter with us. Do you think.
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  Speaker 6: How about I ask it this way? The Broncos are
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  Speaker 6: going to be active in making phone calls. Do you
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  Speaker 6: think it's more likely that those calls would result in
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  Speaker 6: a tight end or a running back?
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  Speaker 1: Tight end right now. But I think it could be
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  Speaker 1: a safety, too.
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  Speaker 2: I was going to ask you about that, given their
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  Speaker 2: safety situation and all the injuries.
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  Speaker 5: Right now, they need depth because you never know.
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  Speaker 3: Now, why?
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  Speaker 5: Is Sean Payton just more.
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  Speaker 2: Content with his running back room than his tight end room?
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  Speaker 2: Is that what it stems from? Or do they need
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  Speaker 2: a game-breaking tight end in your eyes?
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  Speaker 5: I saw your Trey McBride report. That would be unreal.
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  Speaker 4: Well, but, you know, Trey McBride's like the best. I
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  Speaker 4: remember Brock Bowers, the two best tight ends in the game, right? Like,
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  Speaker 4: and when you hear that, it's like, oh, well, you're
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  Speaker 4: calling Trey McBride. Well, then somebody should call the Bills
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  Speaker 4: and make an offer for Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 1: Like, what the heck? That's very tight to me, right? Like,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, and Trey McBride's from Fort Morgan.
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  Speaker 1: He went to Colorado State.
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  Speaker 4: Like, you just, you know, you never know. But some
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  Speaker 4: of these things, you know, they're just outrageous, as I said. Like,
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  Speaker 4: they're outrageous, but they're fun. So, again, I just think
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  Speaker 4: they're looking to fill in the blanks.
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  Speaker 6: What are the odds that you think Minnesota ends up
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  Speaker 6: with another quarterback by the end of tomorrow?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't think so, but I don't rule
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  Speaker 1: it out.
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  Speaker 4: Like, here's the thing. Tell me how tonight's game goes.
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  Speaker 4: Tell me exactly how that goes. Like, do they get
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  Speaker 4: good play from Carson Wentz? Do they not get good play?
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  Speaker 4: Kyler Murray's got a grade two hamstring. Are they comfortable
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  Speaker 4: to get him back in a week or two or not?
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  Speaker 4: You know, do they win or lose tonight?
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  Speaker 1: What's it look like?
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  Speaker 4: Like, that's the thing that I think people have to understand. Like,
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  Speaker 4: everything gets factored in. and changes the dynamics around a
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  Speaker 4: particular situation. So what I say to you this morning
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  Speaker 4: may be entirely different at 1130 Eastern, 930 Eastern Mountain
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  Speaker 4: Time tonight.
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  Speaker 5: Let me ask you this.
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  Speaker 2: The Broncos obviously are sold on Bo Nix. Do you
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  Speaker 2: think anyone's ever made an inquiry with all these quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: moving around on any of the Bronco backup quarterbacks?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: And they're just unwilling to part with them?
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  Speaker 1: You know, again, I don't know. I heard Jared Stidham's
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  Speaker 1: name last week. Like, oh, that's what teams could look at.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Who knows what that means, right? Like,
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  Speaker 1: did somebody call them or not? I don't know the
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  Speaker 1: answer to that.
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  Speaker 4: But did I hear Jared Stidham's name come up last week?
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 4: I have no idea what that was about. But that
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  Speaker 4: name came up to me once for a team last week.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think that the Chargers are going to do anything?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, they're 0-4 still this season, but it doesn't
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  Speaker 6: look like they're really putting anybody out there.
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  Speaker 1: That's the great.
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  Speaker 4: And by the way, this is consistent with what we're
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  Speaker 4: talking about. Like, to me, Khalil Mack is in the
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  Speaker 4: last year of his contract.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to leave. If you got a... We'll make
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  Speaker 1: this up.
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  Speaker 4: A fourth-round pick back for Khalil Mack. And I don't
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  Speaker 4: know what his value would be on an expiring contract
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  Speaker 4: at his age. Why would you not take that? But
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  Speaker 4: they have been... They have been firmly of the mind
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  Speaker 4: telling everybody that's called, no, we're not trading Khalil Mack. No,
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  Speaker 4: we're not trading Ladd-McConkie. No, we would never trade Justin Herbert. No,
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  Speaker 4: that guy, Quentin Johnson, on an experiment, not available. I
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  Speaker 4: understand you want a culture, but the culture right now
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  Speaker 4: is 0-8. And it's about building.
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  Speaker 1: To the future.
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  Speaker 4: And the way to build for the future is would
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  Speaker 4: be to take a veteran like Cleo Mack, as popular
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  Speaker 4: as he is, as respected as he is, and to
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  Speaker 4: trade him for a, I'm guessing, I don't even, they
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  Speaker 4: won't even consider that. I'm guessing somebody would give up
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  Speaker 4: a fourth round pick, maybe more, maybe someone give.
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  Speaker 1: Up a three. Like, you're not going to do that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: They've said, they've been very firm, we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: do that. Now, could they?
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  Speaker 4: Could they change their mind at 0-8? They lost again.
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  Speaker 4: Somebody calls up, that's what we're talking about, right? Like,
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  Speaker 4: They've been very firm. No, we're not doing that. No,
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  Speaker 4: we're not doing that. And that's what I'm expecting right now.
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  Speaker 4: But the rubber hits the road 4 p.m. Eastern to
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  Speaker 4: Mountain Time tomorrow. And we'll know for sure that that is,
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  Speaker 4: in fact, the case.
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  Speaker 5: Well, the Colts have been active.
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  Speaker 2: When's the last time you can recall a team embarking
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  Speaker 2: on this kind of fire sale over the last couple
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  Speaker 2: weeks before the deadline?
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  Speaker 1: Well, Vic, let's see how many more players are traded.
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  Speaker 4: Like, if it's just those two, I would say the
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  Speaker 4: New York Jets last year traded Sasko.
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  Speaker 1: Williams. Like, there are teams that make moves every year.
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  Speaker 4: If the Colts don't trade anybody else, it's not all
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  Speaker 4: that unusual. If they trade more, yes, it's more of
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  Speaker 4: what you're talking about. But that's still up in the air.
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  Speaker 4: They need a trade partner for Jonathan Taylor. I could
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  Speaker 4: see Josh Downs being traded. That I could see happening.
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  Speaker 4: So we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: Again, all these things are right now up in the air.
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  Speaker 6: Last question for you, Adam, uh, which team do you
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  Speaker 6: think has racked up the most minutes on that telephone?
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think the teams like that are winning
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  Speaker 4: and that are positioned well, like Denver, like Jacksonville, um,
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  Speaker 4: like Chicago, like green Bay, like teams that are in
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  Speaker 4: a position, San Francisco to do something here. Um, they've
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  Speaker 4: all been burning up the lines. That's the job of
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  Speaker 4: the front office right now. So to think that somebody's
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  Speaker 4: not on the phone means that somebody's not doing their job.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, this is their Super Bowl week.
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  Speaker 2: Last one for me. You've been in the business a
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  Speaker 2: long time. You've been in a lot of media rooms
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  Speaker 2: and post-game press conferences. Sean Payton yesterday accused a reporter
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  Speaker 2: of smoking a cigarette. Who was the last reporter you
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  Speaker 2: actually witnessed smoking a cigarette during a press conference?
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  Speaker 5: Do you recall anyone? In your history.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think in my 39 years of covering the Broncos.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think I've ever seen anybody smoking a cigarette
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  Speaker 4: in a press conference.
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  Speaker 1: Have you?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 5: That's why it.
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  Speaker 3: Was so out of the field. Wait a minute. Wait
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  Speaker 3: a minute. When's the last year you were here, Adam,
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  Speaker 3: in Denver?
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  Speaker 4: I started covering the Broncos in 1999. My last year
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  Speaker 4: covering the Broncos was 2004.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, so wait.
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  Speaker 6: You were here for the one year in which Jim
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  Speaker 6: Leland was the manager of the Rockies.
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  Speaker 5: He was smoking cigarettes.
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  Speaker 3: Was he blowing smoke in your face? You ever cover
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  Speaker 3: a Rockies game?
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  Speaker 1: I didn't cover the Rockies. But I know that, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think from what I understand, he was a smoker, right?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: He smoked during the game, didn't he, Vic?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, he would smoke. He would hide them during the
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  Speaker 5: game underneath his mouth like this. It was hilarious. But
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  Speaker 5: I don't know if you caught Sean Payton. That was
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  Speaker 5: so funny.
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  Speaker 3: He was so like, hey, hey, hey, put that down.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that was unusual.
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  Speaker 1: I've never seen that. And I don't ever remember. Okay.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Adam.
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  Speaker 6: Get back to it. I got your notifications on my phone, okay?
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  Speaker 6: They're ready to go. So whatever you send out, we'll get.
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  Speaker 6: Adam Schefter joins us every week. Always appreciate it, Adam.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. You guys have a great day.
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  Speaker 3: Adam Schefter, ESPN.com.
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  Speaker 3: He had to think it was a vape, right? Not
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  Speaker 3: an actual cigarette.
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  Speaker 2: It was Sean Keeler, the Denver Post columnist who has,
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  Speaker 2: I've seen him at press conferences.
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  Speaker 5: He always has a pen in his mouth.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm surprised those pens haven't broken and you got
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  Speaker 2: the ink all over your face.
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  Speaker 5: But a proper response, if.
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  Speaker 2: I put myself in Sean's shoes and Coach accused me
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  Speaker 2: of smoking a cigarette, I would have My response would
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  Speaker 2: have been.
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  Speaker 5: Coach, this is not a cigarette. This is crack cocaine. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: it's fine.
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  Speaker 3: Very interesting, by the way.
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  Speaker 6: He said it's more likely the Broncos get a safety
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  Speaker 6: or tight end than a running back.
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  Speaker 5: I thought about safety, bro. I thought about it as
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  Speaker 5: I'm watching that game yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know the future of the starting safeties,
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  Speaker 2: how extensive their injuries are.
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  Speaker 3: I thought about that.
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  Speaker 6: Hufanga was practicing, so he's got to be close to
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  Speaker 6: coming back. So what's going on with Brandon Jones?
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  Speaker 5: I know. But you tell me. They've been giving up yards.
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  Speaker 5: Have they not?
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  Speaker 3: They have. Yeah, they have.