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OPPORTUNITY: Denver Broncos BIGGEST SHOT to Make Noise in AFC
In this episode of Lockdown Broncos, hosts Cody Rourke and Sarah Betinger discuss the Denver Broncos' pivotal moment in the AFC as they look to capitalize on the current competitive landscape. Wi...
OPPORTUNITY: Denver Broncos BIGGEST SHOT to Make Noise in AFC
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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
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The Denver Broncos have their chance to kick open the door of the AFC.
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Will they take advantage of it?
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We'll break it down here in today's episode.
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Lockdown Broncos.
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You are Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast.
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What's up Broncos country welcome into another episode Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast.
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Part of the Lockdown podcast network, we know it's your team every day.
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Thanks to all the every dayers out there in Broncos country.
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Thanks so much for making us your first listen, however you choose to do so.
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And if you're not yet in every day, be come one.
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I'm Cody Rork, Broncos reporter from Ohio Sports.
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Join us always by Sarah Betinger, site expert of their predominantly orange dot com.
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We got a lot to break down on today's show Broncos country.
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The AFC is wide open for the taking in the Broncos take advantage of this opportunity.
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That's ahead of them.
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We'll go through and tell you why the Broncos can make noise inside of the AFC.
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We'll take a look at how things stack up going in a week, six all around the entire conference.
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Plus we'll take a look at how the Broncos can go on a run for the AFC West and maybe get
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a lead inside of the division over the course of the next five games.
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And then how will the Broncos plan to manage these next two months without bend powers
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who lands on injured reserve?
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You get all that on today's episode of the show.
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Sarah what a wild week five around the NFL.
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We're excited because obviously the Broncos won.
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But I think if you looked at anybody's rooting guide as to who to root for who to root against
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for the Broncos perspective, everything went perfectly this weekend.
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Yeah, it was the holy grail of weekends, right?
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Because the Broncos won and not only did they win, but like you get a huge win on the road
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against the reigning Super Bowl champions.
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And then everybody else in the AFC West, they lose, right?
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That's the best thing.
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The chargers going down to the commanders, the raiders getting blown out by the colds,
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the chiefs blowing it against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Can we say that?
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I mean, shoot the chiefs last year, Cody.
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I mean, they were, they were one of the best teams in history in one score games this year,
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only three in one score game.
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So I think Broncos country loves to see it.
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And yes, it's the holy grail of football weekends.
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Absolutely, but sort of an illuminating weekend as far as what you mentioned,
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like the Broncos really having a shot in the AFC right now, because this was the first time
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since week nine of the 2017 season in which all of the chiefs,
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the bills and the Ravens lost in the same week.
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And that was back when Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson,
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they were still in college, Pat Mahomes.
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He wasn't even the starting quarterback of the chiefs at that time.
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So we're talking about something that really hasn't happened in this current era that we're
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in in the NFL.
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I mean, there's no better time to take advantage of the current state of the AFC than right now.
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Sarah, I'm going to give it take here.
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My take on week five, I feel like the AFC is wide open right now.
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At least this early on in the season, there's no true team out there that I feel like
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is just a clear cut mile ahead of everybody else.
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Or it's like, all right, they're going to be the favorite to win the entire conference.
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I mean, it's, it's wide open.
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And we saw that obviously the Patriots beating the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night football.
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I mean, everything right now is competitive inside the AFC, which is fun to see that,
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okay, there's not like a huge gap between one and seven.
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So let's take a little bit of a look here at the AFC standing so far going into week number six.
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The Colts are atop at four and one.
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The number one seed, if the playoffs were to begin today, they'd be the top seed there.
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And just makes you go back to look at that Broncos loss in week two.
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And you're like, my goodness.
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If that leverage call never happened, the Broncos would be in a really, really good spot right now.
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But we can't cry over spilled milk.
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The Buffalo Bills, they dropped the four and one.
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They were the lone undefeated team in the AFC going into Sunday night football.
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And then that obviously got snapped the Steelers at three and one.
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I'm not necessarily buying into the Steelers right now, Sarah.
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And obviously, Sharke Thoughts on this, the Chargers dropping a game here, too straight.
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Obviously, the Giants, they lost now to the commander.
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So they they lost, unfortunately, two games.
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The downside is that they're just non-conference games.
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So it doesn't impact their conference standing so far.
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So that kind of stinks when you look at it by default.
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The Jaguars, four and one right behind the Chargers at that fifth spot.
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Broncos at that sixth spot of the playoffs were to begin today at three and two.
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And then the Patriots at three and two with the cheese on the outside looking in.
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This is a wild turn of events there.
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Do you feel like like in the beginning of the season, we said week one, hey,
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this is going to be what the AFC landscape looks like six weeks into the season.
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Would you buy it or would you sell?
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I'd be selling this big time, Cody, because we're talking about the,
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not the Tennessee Titans, but we're talking about the Titans of the AFC being kind of down
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bat right now in many ways.
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I mean, I know that Buffalo, obviously, they're still up.
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And but they just lost to the team that's supposed to be kind of the up and coming team
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in that division and Drake May kind of made his arrival game on Sunday night football.
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So the bills are now going to be looking over their shoulder.
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The Baltimore Ravens, I mean, at one and four.
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I that was that to me, I would have said before the season, I had to bet money.
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If I was a betting man, that the Baltimore Ravens wouldn't lose more than two or three games all year.
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And here we are in early October and they've already lost four.
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That's crazy.
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And then yeah, Kansas City, you kind of just figure they're inevitable, right?
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And at this point, they've been anything but inevitable.
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They don't, they don't seem to have their, their sort of killer instinct or that mentality
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at the end of games where it's like, man, Pat Mahomes is going to come through here.
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And obviously, you know, the teams are not afraid of these guys anymore.
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That's the thing that to me, Cody, when you talk about statements in the AFC,
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I feel like it's no longer Big Brother's division or Big Brother's conference.
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Excuse me.
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I think it's, it's little brother grew six inches over the summer.
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You know, we're talking about the, the colds, the jaguars, the Broncos, all these other teams
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are getting back into the mix because the talent has been there for these teams.
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They've been kind of sneaking around the Jaguar is almost went to Kansas City a couple of years ago
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and got to play off when now these teams are kind of creeping back up.
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Little brother might be a, I don't know, a little stronger than Big Brother at this point.
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Well, I think it's an interesting development and I agree with you.
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I think the primary thing is that teams are looking at Kansas City.
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I think there's respect, but there's no fear anymore with them, right?
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And I think so much of that they lost their powers.
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It's almost like that super bowl of to the Eagles really kind of drained them of their power.
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You know, now they're just, they're losing close games like how the tables have turned.
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And you know what?
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I'm here for it because Kansas City, what the run that they've had, I think everyone has to have respect for.
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The run that they have had has been dominant, not only in the AFC, but in the AFC West.
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It's about time that people say, okay, no longer like we can't tolerate this anymore.
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We're not going to take it.
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And I'm glad to see that you have all these other teams punching and throwing jabs here.
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This is going to be a fun season.
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And look, I think to your point on the Baltimore Ravens man, I'm with you.
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They are the biggest disappointment right now.
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Lamar Jackson has been great.
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Obviously, when he's been in, but now he's injured.
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They are dealing with injuries left and right.
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But man, even before the injuries, that Ravens defense has been absolutely terrible.
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They are giving a big plays and they gave some momentum to a pretty lifeless Houston Texans team this past
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weekend as well.
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So very, very interesting to see how this is going to play out over the course of the next six weeks.
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I think this is going to be a crucial six week structure around the entire NFL.
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And but not only that, I think the AFC in general and the Broncos right now,
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they have a great opportunity to kick in the door and say, Hey, we're here.
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We're going to put our feet up on your table and we're going to eat all your food.
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We're not going anywhere.
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The Broncos have a chance to make a statement.
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And when we talk about that, not only in the AFC, Sarah, but the AFC West is where the Broncos
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over the course of the next five weeks, if they can play the brand of football that we've seen them
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play in the last two weeks, they have a chance to really get a lead inside the AFC West.
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We'll take a look at the Broncos next five games and stack it up against the rest of the AFC West here on today's episode
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After a rough start to the season, the AFC West is back to being wide open.
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Everybody, the Los Angeles Charters, they've lost a couple of games in a row.
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The Chiefs, well, they're two and three and the Raiders.
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I don't think anybody really cares what they're doing right now.
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They stink so far this season.
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The Broncos have an opportunity, like Cody said, kick down the door and go kick your feed up on the couch.
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And we'll see if they can do that here.
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Cody, the AFC West is within reach after week five.
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I mean, two weeks ago, it was really interesting because the Broncos had just lost to the Chargers.
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Right? And that was the Chargers third straight win of the season,
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third straight win against an AFC West team.
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The Chiefs, they managed to get back to two and two after starting, you know, a little bit rough.
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Right? This is crazy.
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How quickly things can shift in the NFL in just a two week span?
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Yeah. And look, I think everybody was a little worried after the Chiefs had dominated the Baltimore
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Ravens. But I think now we can look back at it with context and say, you know what? Chiefs
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defense. I mean, obviously flustered, you know, Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry. That was the goal.
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But they did Ravens defense couldn't stop anybody. It couldn't stop a nosebleed.
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So how much do we look at that and say, okay, the Chiefs are back.
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I mean, watching Monday night football, I wasn't convinced.
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I think Jacksonville is a promising young team. I'm sitting there looking at Ken City. I'm like,
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all right, Kansas City, you know, they're making, they're throwing some jabs and whatnot.
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But they couldn't find a way to close it out. We goes back to what we talked about about nobody
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being scared of Kansas City anymore, which is nice. You don't want that to come back to Bicelo here.
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But I think right now inside this division, the Chargers right now, they're atop of the division at three
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and two. They have the tiebreaker and that head to head match up over the Broncos. Plus, you mentioned
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a three and oh divisional record Denver second in the division right now. The Chiefs are under
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anything, which would have been crazy to think like the Chiefs are going to be third in the
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Aves who West right now at this juncture. And then there's the Raiders at the very bottom there.
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Just up and down, Geno Smith, whatever. We'll dive into all that here. But the Broncos right now,
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Sarah, have a really good opportunity. If they can take the momentum from this win against the
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Philadelphia Eagles, I talked about it yesterday. He's bonus show that confidence is born from
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demonstrated ability. The Broncos demonstrated the ability to beat the good teams. But now can you
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become a good team by taking care of business once again against a team that you should. And that
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is the win list New York Jets here this week. So let's take a look here at the Broncos next five
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games. Obviously this weekend, you have the win list New York Jets. This could be a little bit of a
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trap game here for Denver. Hopefully they can avoid that. You'll come back home next week and you take
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on the New York Giants. And they're going to be a little bit rested because they're playing on Thursday
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and I football here this week against the Eagles. So we'll see how that match up goes there. Then
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you have the Cowboys who can put up points as we have seen so far throughout the early part of the
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season. Then you have the Houston Texans on the road. And then a Thursday night football matchup
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against the Raiders. Denver has a good chance here. Sarah, if they can win, let's say they win these
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next five games. I mean, all of a sudden you're sitting at a very, very impressive record here
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at eight and two. I mean, that right there would be huge. Sarah, when it was the last time the Broncos
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have ever been in this position. And of course, we don't like looking too far ahead. But I'm saying
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if Denver can do the things that Sean Peyton wants them to do that if you can win the games you're
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supposed to and compete and play that standard baseline of football, we know that this team can
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the next five games for the Broncos, they should be favored on almost every single one of them.
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They should. I mean, absolutely, especially after last year where they weren't really favored
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in any games. Hardly right? I mean, this the perception of this team has changed. And I think
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that win against the Eagles, the perception within the organization changes a little bit because
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now you've gotten past that mental hurdle of that. We can't beat the best teams in the league.
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It's like the message that Sean Peyton sent to the team after the win. Who do you fear now?
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Who out there in the league? Do you actually fear at this point? I mean, I think it's safe to say
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the Broncos, they Cody, they went into hostile environments last year and they played with no fear
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against Kansas City. They almost won that game. But then when you lose that game in that way,
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then you play against Baltimore, you get blown out. You go into Buffalo, everybody expects you to
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get blown out. You get blown out. So now that switch has been flipped. And you can be this team
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that becomes, okay, a force in the AFC and in the AFC West. And this is your opportunity to
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seize some control. Last year, we saw the Broncos kind of playing a little bit of catch-up even
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for a wild card spot late in the season, right? That was due to the fact that you started slow.
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You maybe lost a couple of games that you shouldn't have lost just like the start of this year.
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So now you're making up ground. Now you're not just saying, hey, we have a great opportunity to
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take control. You also have to think about it in terms of we have to make up the loss against the
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cults. We have to make up the loss against the chargers because those are two games that we had in
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the bag. We had fourth quarter leads. Broncos barely trailed this year at all in the fourth quarter. So
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this is their opportunity to go and yeah, exactly, exactly, right? So this is their chance now to go in
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and do something special as a team now that you've cleared that mental hurdle of, we can't beat the
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elite teams in this league. We're not one of the best. Well, now you've proven that you can beat
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anybody because you're beating the Eagles. And so now it's time to go beat the teams that you should.
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And this is that stretch where you can really make it happen.
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Yeah, and it's all culminating too, like, you know, not to look too far ahead, but eventually,
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just going to lead to that matchup against Kansas City before the Broncos initially go on
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there by week. Kansas City will be coming off of theirs, but we'll dive in here in a little
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bit. But let's take a look here at the chargers next five games, some of the storylines that are,
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you know, they're dealing with right now. I mean, Mary and Hampton just lands on IAR. They already
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lost Naji Harris for the year. Joe Walt lands on IAR. They're going to be without him for quite some
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time here. They just lost two straight games. Their next five games here are very interesting. The
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Miami dolphins who seemingly Darren Waller's done creating mix tapes and he's out there catching
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touchdown passes. Now you got them. You got to match up against the Indianapolis cult right now,
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who look red hot behind Daniel Jones, though they lost their kicker Spencer Schrader for the year. He
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tore his ACL. Then they got to match up with the Titans, which I imagine is probably going to be
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favorable for LA in that regard. Then a matchup against the Vikings and then the stealer. So,
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I mean, defensively, they're going to be facing a couple of tough teams here. But the Broncos have
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a chance here. If the chargers start to fall off their pedestal a little bit and the Broncos start
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rattling off these victories and LA starts losing Denver's got a chance to take at least maybe a two or
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three game lead inside the AFC West, which would be nice there. I mean, your thoughts here on the
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chargers before we get into the chief schedule. That's coming up because it's not easy for Kansas
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City either. The chargers have become known for choking. That's just that's what they do. I mean,
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I hate to say it. I know the Broncos haven't been good for the majority of the last decade, right?
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But the chargers are what they are and they haven't proven anything otherwise. And so, yeah, they have
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a history of being, you know, bad when it matters the most. They have a history of guys getting hurt.
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And that has not changed this year. And Justin Herbert is getting hit a lot. And people are already
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starting to complain about him getting hurt a lot. His performance has taken a huge drop off since
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that game against Denver, which honestly was kind of a humbling experience for him. If he doesn't have
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that crazy touchdown throw to Kenan Allen, he didn't have a great game that day. Cody, the Broncos
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were kind of in control until that moment. So I don't know. He hasn't played well the last two or three
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weeks. And that chargers team is looking a lot like the chargers teams that we've kind of come to know
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over the last handful of years. Yeah. Well, then now let's take a look here at Kansas City. I mean,
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obviously losing on Monday night football. They got a short week. They got to turn around. They got
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a face to Detroit lines. We're playing a little red hot football. Right now after they started off
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O and one on the season, you got that. They always have cuff matchups somehow against the
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Raiders and those divisional matchups. Then they got to play Jaden Daniels in the Washington
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Commanders. So I don't think the commanders are as strong as they were last year. But obviously for
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them, they were able to go on the road in LA beat the chargers this past week. I think that'll be
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a tough matchup for the chiefs. That should be a good game. And then they got to go play the Buffalo
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Bill's Air before they go into their buy week. And then after their buy week, they played the
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Denver Broncos. So really the next five games here for the chiefs, they're not going to be Kate walks
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either. They have a chance to kind of plummet down the rankings a little bit further here.
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They do. I think this is another situation where you just you feel like the lack of drafting
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well for this team is going to catch up to them. I'll be interested to see what the wrinkle that
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Raci Rice adds when he comes back. Right? Because obviously that's kind of one thing that their
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offense is missing is that player that they can go to every single down. And he is that guy for them.
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We saw early last season how dynamic he is and how borderline unstoppable he was for a couple of
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games. So you really want to I don't know kind of gauge where that team is at when he comes back
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because he adds such a different element to their offense. But it also doesn't look like the chiefs
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defense, which has been their calling card the last couple of years is playing at anywhere near
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the same level that we've gotten used to seeing them in their championship caliber seasons. And so
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that may be the bigger concern, even over offensive skill talent. Yeah, well, and I'm with you there.
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Sometimes they usually even if they've had slow starts as we've seen, Steve Spagnolo somehow
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gets those guys right probably at that middle juncture of the season. And then they usually play
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pretty good football from the middle to the end going into the post season. So hopefully that trend
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gets bucked here. As we go forward here, let's take a look at the Raiders next five games very
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interesting with them being at one and four. They got a matchup against the Titans, which you know,
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we know Jeffrey Simmons that defensive line they can get after Gina Smith. Gina Smith has been
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terrible folks and we have people trying to hype him up in the off season, miss me with all that.
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Then they got a matchup with the chiefs, a biweek, then they get off the biweek and they play
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the jaguars and then a Thursday night football matchup against our Denver Broncos. So
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interesting spot for them at one and four, but not necessarily a schedule where you're like, oh,
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you know, they're doomed. They're cooked. They also might be on a little bit of an upset watch
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on a couple of teams here. Yeah, they could be. I think that's all they're going to be though is an
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upset watch type of team, right? I think everything kind of has to go right for the Raiders right now
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because they just don't have the personnel defensively. Gina Smith already has nine
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interceptions this season and that team is just not good and that when they're a couple of injuries,
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I know Brock Brock Bowers is hurt and I know that because he's on my fantasy team of I should never
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draft aFC West guys. What am I thinking? But the Brock Bowers being hurt is a huge deal for that
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team because he was the floor razor for the entire offense and if he's not out there,
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everything else is bad and all you got defensively is Max Crosby and he can't play all 11 spots.
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So I think yeah, they're an upset watch team because they all get paid to play, but the Raiders
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kind of look exactly like you and I expected going into the season. And we'll see how things transpire
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details and Mazda they bring the same intention to how they craft every single model. You can make
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everyday drives feel like anything but from smooth handling to intuitive controls and with all
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wheel drive standard and every crossover SUV, you can drive with confidence through almost any
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season just like Broncos players. We sweat every detail because when you make every move count,
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impossible becomes irrelevant Mazda move and be moved.
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Broncos win against the Eagles at Ben Powers did not make the trip over to London as he was going to
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undergo testing, testing came back and he suffered a thick of terror in his biceps and he underwent
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surgery. So now he's going to be on IAR. He's out for at least two months with an anticipated
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return for the month of December. And this is tough right now, Sarah, just because I think powers
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was a guy who struggled a lot in the preseason. I feel like he's gotten better significantly better
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from the time the preseason ended. He's been one of the better parts of the offensive line.
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So far through five weeks here for Denver. Now you remove him out of the equation after the Broncos
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offense and the run game just started to get going and powers the big reason behind that JK
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Dobbins touchdown run. He was following powers right behind him on a pole play. So now you remove a
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guy out of that lineup. Now someone else has to step in. What's your level of concern here after
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the Broncos have just started to get rhythm with now powers being removed from the equation?
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Well, powers is obviously a good player, but my concern level is pretty low. Cody, because I feel
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like obviously Zach Streef has done a good job of getting these guys ready. Like you said, the Broncos
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offense is kind of picking up some steam lately. At least in terms of the running game, we've seen
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a couple of really great efforts from them the last two weeks. And I think what what powers brought
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to the table more so than anything else is that veteran experience. And there's obviously going
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to be situations like we saw against Philadelphia where teams are running the stunts and all those
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sorts of things to try to confuse your interior offensive linemen to try to mess with whatever
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communication errors you might have. But this is why you resign a guy like Matt Pear. This is why you
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invest in players like Alex Palschewski and you draft interior lineman with versatility. This is
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this is maybe where the Broncos will miss Nick Garzulo the most. Cody, honestly, because obviously
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he was playing really well in the preseason. But when he went down, I think then we saw quite a
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bit more reps for paired there at the left guard spot. Now it's a matter of figuring out, okay,
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what's our best five without Ben powers? Is it Palschewski who's been the, you know, eligible offensive
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lineman out there when the Broncos go jumbo or is it paired at left guard and you keep Palschewski
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in that role because we know paired played that eligible offensive lineman last season. He can do
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those things. So that's where I think right now we saw Palschewski play well when he was asked
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to last year. We saw paired play well when he was asked to last year. Those two guys have played
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good football for this team. So I feel good about them being able to step in even with it being
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kind of a first time situation at left guard. Yeah, and I'm curious what the what the lineup is
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going to be this week here for Denver there just because I don't think we're going to find out
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throughout the week in practice. Now, obviously, there's a big time difference between, you know,
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us in the US and where the Broncos are at overseas, you know, so some of the updates we might get
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might come late in the evening overall. But I would say the one thing that I'm looking at here is
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this is why I think the Broncos invested in having good depth on the offensive line. I think
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there are plenty of guys you mentioned paired you mentioned Palschewski, but the Broncos have kind
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of leaned into guys playing on specific sides. Whereas I think Sean Payton has said that
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Palco is more of a right side guy, which as we've seen him play that eligible tackle, they primarily
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line them up on the right side. I don't think I've seen him line up as the eligible guy to the left.
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Matt paired, as you mentioned, played a lot in the preseason on that left side here. I think it'll
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be paired, but also I understand like you lose one offensive lineman. Maybe you don't want to
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mess with the whole entire system. But I also think too, he's got experience. And this depends on
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the conversation that you and I have had about his up and downs. I actually thought he played pretty
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well against the Philadelphia Eagles. But what if you moved Luke Wattenberg from center over to left
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guard where he has guard experience? He's played plenty of guard throughout his NFL career.
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And you put out four-sided center like is that too much of a change here for the offensive line?
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Or is it easier to just put in a new guy like Matt paired at that left guard spot and say, hey, we're
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just going to roll with that. I'm curious for your thoughts on that. I think it's a good idea. I
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don't think it's too much change because like you said, those guys have both played those spots
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before. And so it kind of just be a brush up on playing guard, Wattenberg, you know, and four-sided,
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that's what he plays his center. So that's where you come back to that point of what is our best
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five right now? Because the Broncos do have depth. They do have options. They do have the ability.
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That I can't wait to find out Cody because we don't necessarily know what this team's plan was
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outside of Garzulo in terms of that developmental spot on the at the guard position specifically.
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Because I think Garzulo was meant to be the top guard that this team had behind Watten,
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or behind excuse me, powers and Quinn Miners. I feel like that was the plan. And that was
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plan A and everything else is kind of just like, hey, we're going to fit together this puzzle. However,
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we need to to make it work as opposed to and like a, oh, we definitely like paired at guard.
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Are we definitely like Palschewski or Wattenberg there if we need to? I think it's going to be
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fascinating to see from the pro scouting department side of things, even Calvin Throckboarden. Let's
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throw his name out there too, because he's on the practice squad. He started games in the NFL before.
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So he's got to be considered an option as well here. That's where this is why you invest in these
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guys. This is why you invest in their development. It's going to be fascinating to see Cody. I can't
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wait to find out because this is going to really ultimately depend on whether or not this team can
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continue to make this push that we're talking about. If there's constant pressure up the middle,
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if there's constant penalties from whoever replaces powers, that's the one thing that I am concerned
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about is, are we going to be having penalties? Are we going to be having miscommunication? Is
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bowls going to be having to do too much to help the guy that's standing next to him when he's playing
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well at left tackle? Those are would be my primary concerns, but I think in terms of ability,
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I would say paired is the guy that I would slot in there right away and see how he does.
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Well, I think you'd get the flexibility with Throckboarden because you could keep him on the practice
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squad. You get three standard elevations to the game day roster. I imagine we're probably,
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even if he's not, let's say the Broncos still have yet as the time we're sitting down talking
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about this, they haven't made a corresponding move. Obviously, they land and powers on IR,
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which means that they have a spot open on the 53. Do they wait for a potential return of Malcolm
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Roach and activate his 21-day window or maybe bring him back if he's ready to go? That's going to
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be a big key to follow this week. I don't even know if Malcolm made the trip over to London. I
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imagine he probably did just because he's a veteran player. The Broncos love him. I mean,
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Drake Greenlash traveling with the team. So I imagine that Malcolm Roach will, so we'll monitor
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that. Also, I think it's a great example as to why like when you run into situations like this,
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you're not desperate. You're not in a position. That's why you just focus on bringing in guys and
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keeping them on your roster all summer long and maybe even carry over from last season because
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some teams when they get injured on the offensive line, we see them make a rush. We've got to bring
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this guy in off the street. Look at the bangles. We've got to bring in this street free agent,
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like Dalton Ryzener. That's not helped. Those guys are free agents for a reason. I think that Denver
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with the developmental system that they have, I think it's just a great example of them trying to
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stay ahead of the curve. If some of these issues and injuries do pop up and hopefully the Broncos
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online can stay healthy throughout the remainder of the year. I mean, powers was very durable. It's
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played in every single game, played every snap in every game so far in his 10 year, finished the
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game with torn biceps, which tough dude, man, tough, tough dude. That's a tough injury to try to
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play through. But he'll return probably mid December and hopefully the Broncos are in a position
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where they can get him back and they're in a position where they can make a run inside of the
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playoffs. We don't know what the future holds just yet for this team Broncos country. But if Denver
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can take care of business, everything is exciting. The narratives around this team is exciting. Can
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they take advantage? Well, they got to make sure they do that against the New York Jets here
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when they play them in London here in week six. But with that said, Broncos country that'll wrap
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up today's episode of the show tomorrow's episode. Sarah and I, we're going to sit down. We're
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going to take a little bit of an early preview of this Jets matchup. Who are the players that the
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Broncos have to watch out for on offense and on defense? Some of the key storylines for both teams
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coming to this matchup. You'll get that in more on tomorrow's episode of the show. We'll see you then.
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