05-31-24 Hour 2 of Broncos Country Tonight

Episode Transcript

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Colorado Rockies Baseball Rockies taking all theDodgers Dakota Hudson for the Rockies, Walker
Bueller pitching for the Dodgers. Hudsonwon and seven five five forty ra Bueller
one in two four to two sixeer. Colorado Rockies are playing better of
late. Starting the season I believewas eight and twenty eight, now out

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to twenty and thirty five record,which still is the tied for the least
amount of wins in the National League. Miami twenty and thirty seven has a
worse record despite having these same numberof wins, having two more losses.
Neither team broaching the Chicago White Soxlevels of futility get fifteen and forty two

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on the season. Oh my god, fifteen and forty two like I thought.
I mean, when the Rockies areeight twenty I was like, this
is bad, But fifteen and fortytwo is bad bad. I mean,
they are on pace to be theworst team in baseball history in a number
of categories. The worst all timerun differential is negative three hundred and forty

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nine, which was set by thenineteen thirty two Red Sox. The White
Socks are on pace to finish atminus three hundred and sixty one win three
hundred and sixty one run. Excuseme? I mean when they win it's
close, and when they lose theyget blown out negative three hundred sixty one
runs. You're on pace for negativethree sixty one. That is like there's

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bad and then there's laughably bad.It's to me, it's a miracle.
They won fifteen games. How Imean, oh, how bad do you
have to be? As I saythat they are currently winning, they're beating
the Milwaukee Brewers three to one.It's still time to There's plenty of time

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for them to mess it up though, five six six time Zeros text line
Rocky's like I said, coming upbottom of the hour. Jack Corgan and
Jerry Shimmel on the call, excitedto listen to that. Chiefs visited the
White House today Kansas City Chiefs celebratingtheir Super Bowl win. President Biden welcomed

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the team to sixteen hundred Pennsylvania Avenuefor the second consecutive year, saying welcome
back, welcome back to the WhiteHouse. Well champs, Kansas City Chiefs
first team in twenty years to winback to back. Biden joked at winning
back to back. I kind oflike that. Every Chiefs player and coach
was there stood behind Biden. ClarkHunt and his family missed last year's trip

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after his mother, Normal Hunt,died the day before the trip. Lark
Hunt said, I wanted to takea moment to thank you for the very
kind words you shared about my mother. Last year met a lot to our
family. In twenty twenty three,tight end Travis Kelcey, probably better known
as Taylor Swift's boyfriend, went tothe podium uninvited to address the crowd as

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Biden had his back turned and quarterbackPat Mahomes quickly pulled Kelsey away. That
was last year. Today, Bideninvited Kelsey to speak. I'd have Travis
come up here, but god allhe knows what he'd say. Travis come
up here. A teammate yelled Kelsey'strademark. All right now, Kelsey came
up, said my fellow Americans,It's nice to see you all. Yet
again, I'm not going to liePresident Biden. They told me if I

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came up here, I'd get tased. So I'm going back to my spot.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid ga Biden ahelmet after the speeches President put the
helmet on and wandered around for afew US Marine Corps Band, of course,
did the we are the Champions thingand also played Kelsey's favorite, which
is the Beastie Boys Fight for yourright to Party, So the Marine Corps

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band played that. Tradition of theWhite House visits for championship teams began back
in nineteen eighty with Reagan, butthe COVID nineteen pandemic prevented the Chief's trip
in twenty twenty after they beat thethe Niners to cap the twenty nineteen season.
As far as I know, thelast time President congratulated the Chiefs prior

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to that, the last presidential thingthere was prior to the nineteen eighty visits
that started under Ronald Reagan. LandDawson was the chief quarterback. Got a
call from Richard Nixon after Super Bowlfour back in the day. Anyway,
it'd be nice seeing the Broncos getto get to get that go back to
back visit the White House, allthat kind of stuff. SIGs are always

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fun, whatever you I mean,you know, forget the political beliefs and
all that, you know, whatever, but sings always fun. If you've
never been to the I've been toWhite House few times. Like, if
you've never been to the White it'sit's a fun visit. It's it's fun.
I've I've been to the White Houseunder but four different presidents. It's
it's it's a fun it's a funvisit, fun tour, you know,
and then you do the handshake andall that stuff. And you know,
for me it had to do withget awards and all that nonsense. But

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you know, it's it's it was. It's interesting to go and if you've
never been, I highly recommended.I think everybody should go and visit and
get the opportunity to do all that. Hopefully the Broncos will be the be
the team doing that soon. Pollingshows that the Commander's fans don't like the

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Commander's name. Washington Commanders have newownership now, and fans of the Commanders
are not fans of the name.Via the Washington Post, a new poll
shows fifty four percent of DC areasports fans quote dislike or hate the name.
Specific fans of the team's fifty eightpercent don't like it. Most want
a different name. The name wasbestowed by Dan Snyder, a former and

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be leadered, owner of the Washingtonfranchise, after they changed their name from
the Redskins to the Washington Football Teamtemporarily, which I kind of liked.
I just got used to that.I still call them the Washington Football Team.
I got used to it. Buthe wanted to say, you wanted
the Comet or whatever, which boreout a whole bunch of sirpentor memes from
g I Joe, this h Icommand and I'm definitely here for the memes.

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Most wanted different names. Seventeen percentprefer a change back to the name
that was abandoned in the first place, which was, of course, the
Redskins. Earlier this week, MarjorieHarris, who is the wife of majority
owner Josh Harris, said the Commanderswill be the name quote for now before
adopting the Commander's brand. The franchiseis known as the Washington Football Team,

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and many liked that, and,according to this poll, preferred that to
the Commanders. I mean, it'skind of cool like it to have that,
Like it's weird, Like at firstit was weird that they're just the
football team, but then it kindof became like a thing. It's like
we're the ones that own own this. You know, nobody else could do
this, just football team think becauseit's us. I kind of liked it.

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I thought that was the direction theycould kind of could have gone.
There were several other, I thinkdirections that they could have gone. I
just I don't I don't know.I didn't care for the commander's name that
I think it's terrible. It's justkind of a and A. It's kind
of eh. It feels like thename they give you and like Madden when
you're doing creative franchises to say,it's like the creative franchise name though it's

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the admirals of the you know,it's like something like eh, something jumps
out about this. In other newsthis week, the Bears are going to
be featured on Hard Knocks this summer, and coach Matt Iberflu said on Friday
the team's excited about the chance toshow we've got a good thing going.
Ibraflues worked as the Colt's defensive coordinatorwhen HBO and NFL Films did an in

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season version of the show in twentytwenty one, so they thought they did
an outstanding job of getting the messageout about a team Ibra flu says the
Bears message will be quote who weare and how we operate, before adding
that no one's going to deviate fromhow they usually do things because of the
cameras. The show will be filmedduring quarterback Caleb Williams first training camp,

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but even Flu said he thinks thefirst overall pick is well suited to having
the attention on him. Same quote, I do, I really do at
a press conference. It's a reallygood point. I do think you suited
for that. He's comfortable in hisown skin. He knows who he is.
You've been out there for several years. In terms of the media.
He'll be good. Hard Knocks willdebut on August sixth. The Bears will

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be hoping that Williams is able toavoid the same kind of post Hard Knock's
fate that struck Aaron Rodgers last year. Will you be tuning in to Hard
Knocks this year? You a HardKnocks watcher? Jeff Nah, Probably not
this one. It depends on that. What's last year with the Aaron Rodgers
and the Jets and all that Idid because it was Rogers and I think

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there was some intrigue there. Itdepends well, I mean maybe I will.
There's still so much intrigue this yearon this one. I don't know.
It just depends if what kind ofheat it's getting. I guess I
haven't watched in a few years.This has not been my thing, especially
since I really started like sanitizing it, you know. And I mean you
don't really get like the first coupleof years they did it, you really
got kind of a backdoor peak intointo some of this stuff. Now they've

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got an editorial control and you don't. You just don't get as much out
of it. I guess there aresome people that do. And and maybe
if you're looking at it from theperspective of, hey, you know,
I'm getting you a peek into someof these players' personalities. There's there's that.
I like the idea that they've gota rookie quarterback, so it's kind
of a get to know you thing. I do like that. I think

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Kleb blives who fine like I thinkMaddy Ebaflu has had a great point.
You know, Caleb william has beenout in front of the media for years,
so this isn't new territory for him. I don't know if this is
going to hook me into watching it. Maybe if I see a few clips
and something piques my interest, thenmaybe I'll I'll tune in. But I'm
not. I haven't been a hardknocks watcher quite some time. Five six

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six nine zeros text line Vikamas rookiequarterback JJ McCarthy getting some praise from his
teammates. Two first round pick JordanAddison complimented McCarthy on has performance so far
in the offseason program. It say, Corty, he's got a nice tight
spiral, so you got to makesure you catch it. I like him.
JJ's been playing really well, playingwith confidence, anticipating throws. He

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makes mistakes, but he learns fromhim. He's got a bright future.
Addison was positive about all of theteam's quarterbacks, including Sam Donald. Just
said, it's been really good.They're out there playing with a lot of
confidence. I'm confident with whoever theyput out there. Addison had a solid
rookie campaign, catching seventy passes fornine hundred and eleven yards and ten touchdowns.

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And it remains to be seen whowill win the starting job out of
the gate in Minnesota, whether that'sSam Donald or JJ McCarthy, And if
Donald wins it if he's able tohang on to the job. McCarthy was
for a long time speculated to bea target of Sean Payton here in Denver.
Peyton seemed to dismiss that notion whenit came to the draft, and

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the team ultimately selected Nicks with picknumber twelve. Peyton has been complimentary of
bo Knicks thus far throughout OTAs.Brian Baldinger says that refined footwork is the

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key to success in Sean Payton's offenseand that bow Knicks seems to have it
and what he's seen so far.I think of the limited window of opportunity
that we've had to view these quarterbacks, and obviously we're seeing them without pads,
without a pass rush. I thinkNix has looked like he's perfectly capable

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of taking the job. I thinkJared Stidham has easily been the best of
the three thus far, but that'sto be expected you're a guy who's got
a year in the system and sixyears in the league. Zach Wilson has
been the most high variance. Hedefinitely has the most arm talent out of
the three, but at times helooks like a like a train wreck,

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and then he'll put together six eightthrows in a row where you were like,
oh my, that's that's what I'vebeen you know, that's why he
was drafted number two. And thenhe'll make some bone head decision to try
to square You're like where you weredoing so well? That's what he did
with the Jets, right, yeah. I mean, but with the Jets,
and I've talked about this before,I think part of the problem is

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Greg Knapp, who was gonna bethe guy to develop him, was killed
in that tragic bicycling accident. Theydidn't have anybody on that staff with any
experience whatsoever on the offensive side,and then you had a bad offensive line
on top of it. I thinkthey threw him to the Wolves too early.
I'm not saying that Zack Wills isgonna turn it all around. I
don't know if he does or not. If Sean Payton does turn him around,

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I mean, that's a feather inhis cap, you know, Sean
Payton. Andy Reid has had thequarterback guru label for a low time.
Sean Payton, people like, well, I mean, you had Drew Brees
who was already developed when he gotthere, and you haven't developed anyone else,
so I think it's a feather inhis cap. If he does,

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we'll see a lot of that willdepend on the wide receivers. Rocos obviously
shipped out Jerry Judy, Cutler atCourtland Sutton holding out or at least not
participating. Marvin Mims looked pretty goodout there though, and typically wide receivers
in year two and year three that'swhere they really start to hit their stride.

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So maybe we see increased production outof Mims this year. He had
twenty two catches on thirty three targets, three hundred and seventy seven yards on
a touchdown last year. Sean Paytonsaid, I've said this and I'll say

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it again. We referring to thecoaches, we're as much responsible for.
I don't want to say holding himback, but you're trying to get snaps
with Jerry Judy, with Courtland.I think we'll see a lot of growth
from year one to year two.He's tough. He had a really good
play today. Referring to Marvin Mims. Broncos used Mems a returner last year,

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but with the new kickoff rules,he's likely to probably only be punts
maybe you'll get some kickoff stuff andhis speed on the field to be key
for the Broncos offense. With Nick'sexpected or on the show. I just
think he's better suit as a puntreturn than kick return guy. I think

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kick returns in this league with thenew rules, you're probably looking at running
backs vulturing up a lot of thatkick return stuff. Pittsburgh is going to
try something unique. Putting justin fieldsback there with Quarterell Patterson. I think
gives him the opportunity to throw backacross the field with misdirection stuff. I
don't know how often they'll do it, but that'd be interesting. Rockies Baseball
up next to Cota Hudson against WalkerBueller as the Rockies take on the Dodgers.

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Jack Cory and Jimmy Shimmel on thecall. You've been listening to Broncos
country night. I'm bench beinal Bright. You'll take care