08-21-24 Hour 1 of Broncos Country Tonight

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome in to it Broncos Country. Tonight, Benjamin ol'bright here
with you short show edition again the Democratic National Convention
coverage in the Colorado Rockies. I got a short show. Well,
we got a full show tomorrow, or at least a
two hour show tomorrow live starting at six pm. Nick
Ferguson and I will be down at Broncos Park powered
by Common Spirit at Dove Valley, bringing the latest and

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greatest to you it. Happy bon Nick's Day to those
who celebrate. Bo of course named the starter today. Real shocker.
There no surprise, I think, to no surprise to anybody
as far as as far as that goes. I think

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everybody knew that was coming. The question wasn't would Bo
Nicks be the starter? The question was when would Bo
Nicks be the starter? And we have an answer for
We have an answer for that now. Bonix will start
for the Denver Broncos at Seattle Week one. The question

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now is whether he'll play any of the Arizona preseason
game here in Denver. There are two schools of thought.
Get him as many reps as you possibly can, or
just save him from any freak accidents and you know,
kind of shelve him and let stick him and Zach

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Wilson play that the entirety of that game. Not let
opponents get any more tape on him and they already have.
Maybe you can sneak up on some people early. I
tend to you know, I don't know that I play
him in the Arizona game. I don't think you have
anything to gain and I think you have everything to lose.

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I mean, we might play him for one series in
the sense that he's the starter, so he comes out
for a series. That way, we have him a pair
like the starter, so he's getting into that habit. But
I don't think we would actually play him meaningful snaps
in that game. You know, come in three handoffs and
he's done, and I think we go from there. That'd
be what I would do when rains to be seen
what Sean Payton would do. I will say that after

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talking to people inside that building, I would be stunned
if the Broncos did not carry all three quarterbacks this
season Bo Nicks, Jarrett Stidham, and Zach Wilson. Something I've
been trying to hint at, or you know, kind of
let you guys know a little bit about that jareded
Stidham is a resource in that quarterback room, you know,

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and his maturity in that room, I think he's huge.
I think it goes over well. I think that as
bo is learning to be an NFL quarterback, there are
things that he can pick up from Jared Stidham, and
that's one of them. Jarrett may not have the tools
that guys like Nix or especially Zach Wilson have, but

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he's got a quarterbacks mind. He's able to see things,
and he's been in the quarterback room with some good
ones before, and I think that that sort of lends
to his ability to navigate that room a little bit better.
We'll get more into that later on in the show.
Appreciate you guys being along the ride with me. Vetter.

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Defensive tackle Mike Percell is not going to be a
part of the Patriots initial fifty three man roster. Patriots
announced that they have released Percell. They did not sign
anyone to the ninety man roster, and we'll have to
get down to fifty three players by next Tuesday afternoons deadline.
Purcell signed with the team on August first. Played sixty
five games for the Broncos of course over the last

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five seasons one hundred and sixty six tackles, two and
a half sacks, three fumble recoveries. He spent his first
three NFL seasons with the forty nine ers. The Patriots
of Christian Barmore, who's been out since developing blood clots
early in training camp, Devon Godcho, Jeremiah Farms, Tristan Hill
and Watt Sam Roberts JOSEAMH Bronson all still in the

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mix there at defensive tackle. But interesting that Purcell, who
signed three weeks ago one of the first people cut
by the New England Patriots. There so fascinating to sort
of see that. I don't think he'll be coming back
here to Denver. Russell Wilson made his preseason debut last weekend.

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Remained in the game longer than the Steelers intended to
play him because the offense just struggled to move a
ball in the first two possessions. Wilson started QB playing
five series, couldn't leave the team to a touchdown for
giving way to Fields, who hasn't led the team to
a touchdown in two games. Wilson told reporters on Wednesday
that he expects to get back in the lineup for
Saturday's preseason finale, excited to get on the field against

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the Detroit Lions. Steelers have not scored a touchdown with
fields at quarterback, which is why offensive coordinator Arthur Smith
said this week that the performance has not been up
to the standard the team wants to set. Smith also
said the preseason could distort reality, and Wilson said he
isn't concerned about the state of the unit. Nick far
Above pen Live dot Com quotes Wilson is saying absolutely not,

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because the reason being is I told you guys the
level of practices we've had against one of the best
defenses every day and how we've shown up here. So
I think the best thing that we can do is
just slow our minds down, really play clean football, and
also enjoy the process. Man. So a better outing against
Detroit isn't guaranteed to carry over inno the regular season,
but certainly would be a good shot at momentum. The
teams they turn their attention toward facing the Atlanta Falcons

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in Week one. Russell Wilson is expected to be the starter,
as Mike Tomlin has has named him thus far, so
unless something drastic were to change. He would continue to
be the starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers, justin fields, interestingly,

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is not played well. I don't know. It's interesting to
see sort of a ground swell in terms of support
for fields in that competition, even though he's practiced worse
and played worse. So I don't really understand that, but
that's whatever. There's been some interesting drama in the league.

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Talked about a little bit yesterday between Twattuck and my
law and Brian Flores. Parapress conference is held since his comments,
and no one asked Mike McDaniel whether the situation creates
a distraction. Today, ESPN South pal Antonio asked McDaniel if
he had any concern that Tua's candid criticism of Flores
will be a distraction for the team. Mike said, absolutely not.

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In this world or in this league. On a football team,
you can't hide, and if your mind somewhere else, you
may not tell me, but you show me the supreme details,
a little coaching points, all the things that snap points,
something's going to give if your mind is elsewhere, we
do try our best to make it challenging enough. So
that's always the case, and that's why My conviction comes
from my eyes, my ears being where I'm at. And
it's one thing for an issue to distract the players,
you know, on field focus, but it's another for an

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issue to become an all field distraction where every player
asked about it by reporter's, family, friends, etc. To himself's
not yet given a press conference since the comments emerged.
Palatonio explained during the feature that Tua didn't speak to
the reporters today and then he's not scheduled to do
so next week either. The Dolphins were asked this morning

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when Tua will next answer questions from the media, and
the team is not yet responded. Platonio also interviewed running
back Right he mostered for the segment, and he said,
I know from previous conversations some years back he was
going through a rough time, rough patch, but honestly that's
in the wind, and he made those comments knowing that
he just wants to get it out there. That's his

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big thing. He doesn't talk that much, so when he speaks,
it's with some value, and I would say there's part
of certainly plenty of volume in this situation, especially when
Tua call Flora is a terrible person. It's unclear why
Tua isn't speaking this week or next. For his part,
Flora's handling himself pretty well in dealing with the situation too.
It needs to sort of face reporters too and have

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answers for some of those questions when it comes out.
Flores famously sued the league and several teams, include the
Denver Broncos, where he alleged that John Elway had showed
up disheveled and drunk to his head coaching interview and
that it was a sham interview. He alleged that Joe
Ellis had been drinking. Ellis, who participates in dry January year,
hadn't had a drop to drink in over a month,

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and John Elway was not disheveled but in a full
code and tie. The Denver Broncos taped all their interviews
for head coach that year, the year in which Vic
Fangio was hired, so the tape of the Brian Flores
interview exists when they get to court, and they'll be
able to refute several of the statements that he made
regarding his interview with Denver. We talked a little bit

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about other rookie quarterbacks Jade and Daniels obviously getting the
starting nod with Washington, Caleb Williams with the Bears. We
know Michael Pennix is not going to start. JJ McCarthy's
not going to play old year because of an injury,
so that leaves Drake May and Earlier today, Patriots head
coach Girod Mayo noted that the quarterback competition is still
on even though Jacoby Brissette has continued to work with

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the first team offense. Mayo did say that Drake May
is one hundred percent ready to run a huddle, but
number three overall picked. Drake May was asked about the
competition today and praise the way Brissette has handled things.
He also noted that he wants to do what he
can on the field. May said, I think I'm just
going to take advantage of my opportunities, and that's why

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on Mike Rice of ESPN, I think Jacoby's done a
great job. He's a great player, great teammate, and he's
been working with the ones the whole time, so I'm
excited for him. I'm just trying to take every advantage,
take advantage of the repsite, do get and put I'm
in there, try to have some fun. As a follow up,
May was asked if he feels Brissett is new England's starter.
May said, I'm not one hundred percent sure, but Jacoby

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has played great and he's been a great teacher for me.
He should get plenty more of playing time on Sunday
night with the Patriots visit the Commanders for their last
preseason game. So far the preseason, May has completed eight
to fourteen passes sixty six yards and rushed four times
four fifteen yards with a touchdown. Drake May is, per

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my sourcing, unlikely to start the season as the starting
quarterback and may take that job later on in the
season as Jacoby Brissette will probably start the season early.
Brown's corner Denzel Ward still not back to practice more
than a week after hitting his head on the ground
and in August twelfth practice coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed Wednesday
that Ward was diagnosed with a concussion and remains in

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the protocol. This is the fifth documented concussion for Ward
since the Browns drafted him in twenty eighteen with pick
number four to one pick of where the Broncos took
Bradley Chubb. Ward has earned Pro Bowl hotters three times,
including in twenty twenty three when he played thirteen games
total thirty four tackles, two picks, eleven pass breakups, and
a force fumble. He has never played a full season.

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The Arizona Cardinals have faced plenty of reports in recent
months generated by comments of discaruntinaled former employees reportedly been
using non disclosure agreements to ensure that once workers exit
the organization, they won't talk about things they witness their experience.
Kyle Odegard, who is a former Cardinals employee himself of

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sportcasting dot com. The Cardinals have offered cash payments to
large numbers of outgoing employees in exchange for signing confidentiality agreements.
For the report, the team has extended the offering of
confidentiality agreement to mid tier and low level employees, which
is a new trend that has emerged since the eruption
of reports critical of the team and owner Michael Bidwell.

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The offers have come in at irregularly high frequency compared
to previous years, as the perceived goal is to minimize
any more damaged the club's reputation. The report contends Mary
Joe White, one of the nfls go to external investigators,
recommended in the aftermath of the Force sale of the
Panthers by team founder Jerry Richardson that the league should
curb the use of NDAs, which can become an impediment

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to reporting potential misconduct to the league and or cooperation
with investigations arising from such complaints. It's unclear where the
League ever acted on the advice right wrong. Businesses routinely
use NDAs. The employees get something of value money, usually
in return for refraining from talking. Now they have the
right to reject the offer and retain the ability to

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blab if they so choose. The key becomes ensuring that
they get value to which they already weren't entitled. It's
also helpful to run the agreement by a lawyer before signing.
It should always do that. In some cases, the silence
might be worth a lot more than the company has offered,
and a lot of that stems from the previous regime

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there in Arizona under Chime and some of the head
coat coaches that they had. I will say that talking
to people down there, they certainly don't have any problems
or have not had those same problems with Montey, Austin
Fort and John Gannon down there thus far, Jerry Jones

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trying to get his team inked and signed. Dak Prescott
said last week is his agent and the Cowboys are
having good conversations. Owner Jerry Jones hinted this week that
the Cowboys don't expect to come to an agreement with
the quarterback before the season starts. He just said they're
continuing to talk. It's by Nick Harris of the team's website.
None of us player team, what a hurt preparation or

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likelihood of playing your best wide receiver? Ceed Lamb's contract
stalemate has gotten more noticed since he's not reported to
training camp. Jerry Jones expressed optimism the sides will complete
a deal to get the old pro in the fold
before Week one, but Prescott could be headed to free
agency in March, a decision that is at this point
completely his. He has a note trade and no tag

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clause in his contract. He's entering the final year of
a four year, one hundred and forty million dollar contract
scheduled to count fifty five million against the salary cap.
The Cowboys will take on forty million a dead cap
if he's not on the roster. Cowboys, unlike some teams,
will negotiate during the season, so it's possible that even

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if they don't get Prescott's signed before the season starts,
they could sign him at some point during the season.
Much maligned Brown's quarterback Deshaun Watson has been limited in
practice due to general arm soreness. Watson took a few
snap and team drills in today's practice, but James Winston

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handled most of the work during the session. After the
practice was over, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters
that he dialed back Watson's time on the field because
of general arm soreness. I decided to just hold it
back a little bit with him, but not over the concerns,
Stefanski said Daniel Fusee of ESPN dot Com. Stefanski initially

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said that the plan was for Watson to play in
the team's final preseason game against the Seahawks, but hedged
it a little bit yesterday and again declined to commit
to playing Watson today. In addition to the arms soren as,
the Browns will also have to consider putting Watson out
behind an offensive line that's been thinned out by injury
during camp. The aforementioned Cardinals that tweaked the roster less

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than a week before they'll have to cut down to
the fifty three players. The team announced that they've signed
tight end Sage Sarat. Wide receiver Daniel Arius was released
from the ninety man roster and a corresponding move. Sarat
signed with the Lions after going undrafted in twenty twenty
one and spent time with the Chargers, but never appeared
in a regular season game. They also played in the

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usfl at ufl Arius spent time on the Cardinals practice
squad last year, played in both the team's preseason games,
but did not catch any passes. Sarat has been transitioning
from wide receiver to tight end. The Broncos, as we

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all know, have done what was expected now official. In
this press conference today, Broncos head coach Sean Payton named
Bo Nicks the team's starting quarterback. Peyton touted Nix's consistency
and ability to make off schedule throws as reasons for
why he won the competition. It's not a reflection on
Jarrett or even Zach. It's about what Knicks has been

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able to do so quickly. It was about the overall
body of works. Had a nice debut against the Colts,
engineering four scoring drives the second quarterback in the game
behind Stem, and then he started against the Packers and
led two more scoring drives. In two preseason games, Nick
is twenty three or thirty for two five yards two touchdowns.
Also rushed six times for twenty nine yards. Knicks will
become the first rookie quarterback to start Week one for

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the Broncos since John Elway in nineteen eighty three. Roll
goes wrap up preseason against the Cardinals this weekend before
playing NFC West opponent the Sea Hawks to open the
twenty twenty four season. You listening to Broncos Country tonight
right here on KOA. It's a fifty A ninety four
ONEFLM News Talk Sports. Welcome back to it Broncos Country Tonight.

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Benjamin Albright here with you, Michael Cooper back there behind
the glass. Short show tonight, excuse me, Short show tonight
post Rockies Democratic National Convention edition. We will have a
two hour show tomorrow starting at six pm right here
on KOA. Wo'd be myself Dick Ferguson down there at

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Broncos Park Power by Common Spirit Dove Valley. Look forward
to to chatting with you guys. Then big news of
the day obviously, bo Nick's named the starting quarterback for
the Denver Broncos for the twenty twenty four season. We'll
start week one at Seattle. Sean Payton went on to

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praise his ability to make decisions off schedule, off platform,
and said that he was consistent. I would be shocked
if the Broncos don't carry all three quarterbacks on the
roster this season. Again, Jared's Didham add something to the
room that I don't think you get from Zach or bow.

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So I believe that you're going to see all three
quarterbacks hang on the roster and that the Broncos will
find a way to accommodate that, probably via shuffling skill
position players around on the practice squad, something they've become
quite adept at over the last couple of years. Broncos
take on the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday right here on KOA,

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your official home of the Colorado Buffaloes, Denver Broncos and
Colorado Rockies. X Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is not desiring
a return to coaching, but is rejoining us to teach
Beet Carroll, the former Seattle Seahawks head coach, as well
as trotting on unfamiliar territory this fall for the first

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time in nearly twenty five years. The college football and
NFL seasons are about to start and he does not
have a coaching job. And as interesting as that seems
considering these seventeen year old Carol has spent his entire
professional life as a football coach and been successful at
the college and pro level. The choice of the decision
rather is his choice. I could coach tomorrow, Carol recently

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told Seattle Sports station ninety three through KJR. I'm physically
in the best shape I've been in a long time.
I'm ready to all the activities that I'm doing and
feeling really good about it. I could, but I don't really.
I'm not desiring it at this point. And the latest
and perhaps last chapter of Carol's coaching career ended in
January when he and the Seahawks parted ways after fourteen years.
He wasn't in the mix for of the other head
coaching jobs this offseason, but that doesn't mean he'll spend

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the football season watching red zone and making notes. Instead,
Carol will return to USC Reserved as head coach from
two thousand and one to two thousand and nine to
teach a cheat to take a teaching job, and he
wasn't revealing any details, but he said it's going to
be a really exciting endeavor when it's finalized in all that,

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saying quote, I'm excited about it because there's more stuff
to teach, there's more stuff to share. Everybody wants to
know what I'm doing and all that am I coaching
or what am I doing. I'm working with some really
fun people and some exciting opportunities to do some really
cool stuff and putting things together for others. So I'm
going to keep working that way and see what happens.
Carol didn't close the door of returning to coaching at

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some point, but it doesn't seem like something he's actively pursuing.
He doesn't want to wait for the next opportunity in coaching.
He wants to find his own opportunities wherever they are,
saying quote, we'll see what happens. I'm not waiting on
it at all. I'm going ahead. I've got of the
things that I want to do that. I'm excited about

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and I'm going to see how it out all goes.
I'm not thinking that I'm holding my breath and that
kind of thing. It's been forty something years, forty eight
years or what coaching, and that's it. I'll feel okay
about that now. Some guys want to coach until they
just can't, until they kill over on the sideline with
a headset firmly attached to their ears in a clipboard
in hand. And it sort of seemed like Carol, who

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was the NFL's oldest head coach in twenty twenty three,
it was one of those guys. But reality can be surprising.
Carol's leaving the headset behind. He's met new Seahawks head
coach Mike McDonald just wants a chance meeting in a
parking lot, says he's not paying attention to his former team,
preferring to wish them luck and just let them go.
Carrol has always tried to forge his own path in football,

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has certainly moved on story I saw that was interesting.
Travis Kelcey all over the news thanks to his dating
of Taylor Swift, but his acting resume is growing by
the day. His latest gig is set to be a

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role in Happy Gilmore II, the sequel to the nineteen
ninety six golf comedy. Appearing on the Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon, Adam Sandler confirmed the Kansas City Chiefs tight
end we'll have a part in the movie, which begins
filming in New Jersey next month. Travis is gonna come by.
He's a very nice guy, Saylor said. You guys would

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love him in real life. What a big, handsome guy, funny,
cool as hell. He's a stud and he's so funny.
While Kelsey is seemingly getting attached to roles in movies
and television shows weekly, he first brought up the idea
on the New Heights podcast with his brother Jason back
in June, while reacting to a theory posted on Reddit

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that he would be appearing in the movie. Kelsey said
he'd be open for any role, and he was a
big fan of Sandler's second quote. I didn't even know
there was a job opening on Happy Gilmore too, Kelsey said,
I'll be a bleeping extra anything to get around Happy
Gilmore and Adam Sandler film or set count me in.
The theory was only brought off because Kelsey had worn

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a Happy Gilmore hat on the podcast after the equal
was officially announced. Kelsey stayed busy this offseason. Following the
Chief's fourth Super Bowl victory. In February, he was part
of the cast of the FX horror series Grotesqueary, hosted
a game show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? On
Prime Video, hung out the White House with President Joe Biden,

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received a diploma from the University of Cincinnati, signed a
new deal with the Chiefs, joined girlfriend Taylor Swift during
her European tour, and, as reportedly in talks for a
lead role in the action comedy Loose Cannons, which will
be produced by John Wick series director Chad Steleski. While
his LifeWay from the football field is getting busier, Kelsey,

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who's thirty five, has no plans on playing stop playing
anytime soon. Said in June, I love come to work
every single day of doing this. I'm going to do
it till the wheels fall off, and hopefully that doesn't
happen anytime soon, although Broncos fans wouldn't mind it being
sooner than later. Lamar Jackson has reacted to both Tom

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Brady and Peyton Manning calling him a top five quarterback.
There's been a lot of talk about the Goat greatest
of all time this Baltimore Ravens preseason first head coach
John Horball told the media that he had a quote
divine vision of Lamar Jackson someday being the greatest quarterback

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ever to play the game. When asked about the Harball quote,
Jackson said that Tom Brady is the Goat now. Brady,
along with Peyton Manning, another quarterback often in Goat conversations,
is listed as one of the top five quarterbacks in
the league. Brady listed Jackson third, behind only Pat Mahomes

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and Josh Allen. Peyton Manning slotted Lamar fourth behind Mahomes,
Joe Burrow, and Justin Herbert. Jackson brought up the topic
and provided a pretty animated response, saying, that's crazy, that's dope,
especially coming from those guys. Those guys are on top
of the Mount Rushmore right now. For me at least,
that's great. It's great to hear from the Goats. Jackson

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News twenty seven already has two MVP awards, but he
wouldn't be in the goat discussion until he wins the
Super Bowl. Brian Flores has responded to the to A
Tagaoba Loa comments. Flores is set to enter his second

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season as the Vikings defensive coordinator this fall, heard what
the former quarterback at the Dolphins said about him this
week and didn't sit well with him. Miami Dolphins quarterback
to A tagaboy Lola spoke about his former head coach
and an interview on The Dan LeBatard Show this week
and ripped Flora's coaching style with him compared his current
situation with new Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. Flores, who is

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now the defensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings, admitted Tao
is kinment stung, saying quote, they hit me in a
way that I wouldn't say was positive for me. But
at the same time, I've got to use that and say, hey,
how can I grow from that? How can I be better?
Do I feel like that's me? No? But I can
grow from that situation and create a world that's not
the case where anybody says that about Brian Flores. Flora

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spent three seasons leading the Dolphins, including taga Leo's first
two in the league. McDaniel was hired to replace Flores
after the twenty twenty one campaign. Flores, who spent more
than a decade in various assistant roles under Bill Belichick
with the New England Patriots, spent the twenty twenty two
season with the Pittsburgh Steelers before joining the Vikings as

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a defensive coordinator. The Dolphins. Stint was his only one
as head coach during his time in the NFL. The
difference between the two coaches he's played in the league,
taga Iloa told Levittarde is massive. To put it in
the simplest terms, Tagao Lewis said, if you woke up
every morning and I told you suck at what you
did and that you don't belong what you do, you

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shouldn't be here. This guy shouldn't be here, you haven't
earned this, and then have somebody else come in until
you do. You're the best fit for this, like you're accurate,
You're the best. Whatever you are, this, you're that. How
would it make you feel listening to one or the other?
Taguy Loya took it further too, quote you hear it
regardless of what it is, the good of the bad.
You hear it more and more you start actually believe it.

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I don't care who you are. You could be the
president of the United States. You have a terrible person
that's telling you things that you don't want to hear,
you probably shouldn't be hearing. You're gonna start to believe
that about yourself. Tagua Loa threw for a career high
forty six hundred twenty four yards and twenty nine touchdowns
with fourteen interceptions. Last season. Is fourth with the Dolphins,

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led them to an eleven and six finish, which was
their best record in more than a decade. I had
to a second straight playoff appearance, though the franchise has
not won a postseason game since the two thousand campaign.
Tagua Loya has since signed a new four year, two
hundred and twelve point four million dollars deal with the Dolphins,
and even though he may not have liked what he
heard of Flores, is trying to keep his attention on

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what's ahead of him. I'm genuinely happy for the success
that two has had, Flores said, I really wish him
nothing but the best. Really, more than anything, I'm just
focused on the Vikings. Traylon Burks exited practice today with
an injury. Another injury concerned for the Titans and Titans

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receiver Traylon Burks. Multiple reporters on the scene. Burkes had
to exit Wednesday's practice a bit early. Made it catch
late in practice, went down hard. When he came up,
he was favoring his right hip and lower back area.
He then walked gingerly back into the building with a trainer. Burks,
who was the eighteenth overall pick of the twenty twenty

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two draft, has played only eleven games in each of
his first two seasons. Last year, he caught just sixteen
passes for two hundred and twenty one yards starting nine contests.
Is one twelve yard catch in this year's preseason. Titans
finished their exhibition matchups on Sunday, when they travel to
play the Saints. The current US flag football quarterback says

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he's a better Olympics option than Patrick Mahomes. Darryl whushdu
Set is working through the five stages of flag football grief.
One of those stages as delusion. He knows that with
the sport heading the Olympics in twenty twenty eight, the
best football players in the world will be kicking. The
best flag football players to the curb that hasn't stopped

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the current quarterback of the US men's team from repeatedly
popping off. After recently saying it's disrespectful for NFL players
to horn in on the chase for a gold medal,
du Set actually said that he's a better option to
quarterback the US team than Patrick Mahomes. At the end
of the day, to Set TOLDTMZ dot com, I feel
like I'm better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ

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of the game. After the interview, do Set send a
text message aimed at taking some of the idiot out
of his idiotic remarks, saying, quote, I'm not saying I'm
a better player overall, but until he steps on a
five v five flag field, I'm going to feel that
way until it's proven otherwise. I'm a competitor and I
need to be proven wrong. And that's fine. But we

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don't need to see Mahomes play flag football. We need
to do is watch some flag football, and there are
plenty of highlights out there. I posted some about the
US versus Italy in twenty twenty two. With all due respect,
those aren't NFL players, and some of the guys frankly
look out of shape. Do Set, who will be thirty
nine by the time the Olympics happen, seems to be

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fast and shifty, but he's not exactly being chased by
NFL caliber defensive backs. And if any NFL players want in,
you're probably going to be out. At this point. The
only hope for the current crop of flag only players
is that owners were a volt against the prospect of
having their best players injured while pursuing a little bit glory,
and that adds nothing to the primary team's efforts to

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win a Super Bowl. Although the league is working actively
on making it happen, as few as nine owners could
scrap it if and when it's put up for a vote.
I don't know what possessed do Set to say that
he's smarter than Pat Mahomes. That might have been the
dumbest comment I've seen so far. It might actually motivate
Mahomes to come take his job if he hadn't already

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been the type of person to go get it. The
Giants say they're all in on quarterback Daniel Jones. All
Jones' preseason performance hasn't expired a lot of confidence. Giants
assistant general manager Brandon Brown, So the Giants are not

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considering any changes to their current quarterback room of Daniel Jones,
Drew Locke, and Tommy de Vio. Jones told the New
York Daily News, when you look at that, I would
say no, I would be vi in the quarterback market
right now. With DJ nine months off his ACL injury
and having his feet wet for the first time against Houston,
it's all part of the progression process. That's him getting

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used to weapons and us being able to protect him.
I think what the old line has shown in the
preseason right now is there's continued continuity, perhaps a bit
of redundancy too. We all think that there's going to
be an evolution process here where we can continue to
build continuity and DJ gets comfortable as we get more wraps.
The Giants wanted to be in the quarterback market in

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the draft, and Hard Knocks took viewers inside the team's
attempt to trade up into the top three picks and
take a quarterback, but when that didn't work out, they
decided to stick with Jones. He's guaranteed thirty six million
and twenty twenty four. He's going to have a very
big year to justify keeping him in twenty twenty five.

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Eagles running back Saquon Barkley had a small issue pop
up at practice this week, but it doesn't sound like
it'll keep him out of any meaningful action. According to
multiple reporters on the scene, Barkley was sidelined for some
of Tuesday's practice with an apparent hip or lower back issue.
Barkley was back on the field for portions of Wednesday session,
though he did not participate in team drills. However, reporters

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noted that this was to manage Barkley's workload and not
due to an injury. Barkley is not mentioned as part
of the pre practice injury report, which noted that several
players wouldn't be on the field. The Eagles signed Saquon
Barkley to a three year deal in March after he
rushed for nine hundred and sixty two yards with six
touchdowns and caught forty one passes for two hundred and

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eighty yards with four touchdowns for the Giants last season.
Jets head coach Robert Sala says the Jets don't believe
in running a country club style training camp. Interesting giving
their offensive coordinator certainly seemed to believe it. When he
was here in Denver, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers's training camp

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was much harder this year. Jets head coach Robert Salas
says that's how to prepare a team for a hard Zey.
Asked today about the comments Rogers made yesterday, Salaz said
he thinks sports have gone too far in the direction
of coddling players and that hard work is necessary to
get players ready to play. We're not trying to revisit
the Junction Boys, but at the same time, this country
club style, it's kind of taking on all sport, not

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just football. There's a fine line. They gotta be ready
to play football. The Junction Boys were the Texas A
and M football players who went through a brutal training
camp in Junction, Texas in nineteen fifty four under head
coach Bear Bryant. Story of Bryant's legendarily harsh methods during
all day practices and a hundre degree heat was turned
into book at a movie called The Junction Boys. Some
coaches run harder camps than others, but Salah's known as

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a coach will make his players work hard over the summer.
Tomorrow night, we got a full two hour show starting
at six pm right here on KOWA, myself Nick Ferguson
live from Broncos headquarters at Dove Valley. Appreciate you guys
being along to join us there. Friday will be another

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short show and then next week will be all short shows.
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