07-29-24 Hour 3 of Broncos Country Tonight

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I'm here for that one. We'lldownload that. Take it for Granted
podcast only told the fraid I haveawesome my heart ready web Nick, you
want to get into the biggest misconceptionabout seven and sevens and one on once.
We see a lot of videos outthere, and you know, you
see them all the time, peoplehyping up you know, po Nick's complete
to Marvin Memes, I'm like,hey, it's just there's no defender out
there. You know, we're justgetting started here. Different practice periods offer

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different things, and I think sometaking all of them and trying to turn
you know, for instance, sevenon seven, but there's no pass rush
into something can be if not usedproperly, can can create a false picture.
What really should people be taking outof what on ones and seven on
sevens Well, for the most partis you want to make sure that the

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quarterback is actually seeing the field becauseonce again there's no pass rush, everything
is kind of open, and youwant to make sure that receivers are winning
from the offensive standpoint. Defensively,you want to make sure that there is
communication, adequate communication across the board, and guys are actually competing and challenging
on both sides for the ball,like competitive not combative, right, And

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that's a good way to phrase thattoo. One of the things that was
interesting today that they opened a littlepassing skeleton on was they did the play.
They were running at about sixty percentspeed, but they paused for two
seconds, Like when they got intoreut they paused for two seconds and had
the quarterbacks look and get a mentalpicture of how this thing was developing so
they knew where to go and thenthrowing it. There were people in media
that were so confused, like that'sa sack and like no, no,

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no, no, they're slowing thisdown on purpose. So the quarterback as
a snapshot, understands what's going onhere, so that they're getting a mental
rep inside of a physical rep.And you know, I thought that was
I hadn't seen that done before.No, there's a lot of things that
have taken place in this training campthat I didn't I haven't seen in my
time as a player, but Ihaven't seen here last year and years prior,

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And for me, that's a goodsign. And running a particular play
that you're describing, because we knowfrom a quarterback position there's a lot of
pressure being applied on that guy,both from the defenders but also from the
outside sources. And to be ableto show the quarterback progressions where you expect
the receivers to get to because quarterbacks, unlike you know, popular opinion,

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they think, okay, well he'sthrowing to a wide receiver. I know
the receiver ends up catching the ball, but that quarterback is throwing to the
spot. So when the ball issnapped, here's where the two philosophies are
working simultaneously. The quarterback is tryingto get the ball to his receiver running
down field and a precise position tomake sure that there's run after catch so

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there's a high success rate, butalso keep the player out of harm's way
of a certain big collision. Defensively, those guys who are rushing, you
know when you get to the teamperiod, they're trying to they have a
timer in their head. How quicklycan I get to the quarterback to disrupt
his time and and rhythm because thatimpacts whether the quarterback can actually go through

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his progressions. Now is bring meto this point because I'm standing up on
the deck the couple of Broncos alumniand they were doing the same thing that
I typically see both fans and thosein the media, where you have seven
oh seven, it's like, well, why is the quarterback running on seven
oh seven? Get rid of theball. I know there's no pass rush,

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so sometimes we overjudge quarterbacks and oh, throw the ball, throw the
ball. And they were saying,okay, well, where are you supposed
to throw it? If you throwit in the dirt or you throw it
away. You can't throw those passesaway. But is it keeping the team
on rhythm and on schedule? Andknow it's not. Also, are you
practicing a game situation in that,because you might take off with the ball

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exactly. And that's the part thatI listened to so many people and I
just kind of stumped my foot.So if you ever see me step in
my foot, that's me not sayingwhat is literally on my mind because I'm
like, well, that could lookat that as a game situation. You
want that quarterback to get positive yards. But here's the other way to look
at it too. Yes, hasthe job to complete passes, but the

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ideas to complete passes not to forceballs into a tight window. Also,
it also says to me, allthe receivers winning, because if the receivers
don't win and the quarterback can't throwthe ball and the scrambles the runs,
guess what the defense won that down. Yeah, I'm completely in agreement with
you there. I would change thequarterback's mission to a little bit different.

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Yeah, the quarterbacks job is togain yardage, whether that's by passing the
ball whatever, And so sometimes you'regonna take off and use your feet.
You know, the quarterback's job isto facilitate. Sometimes they're going to pass
the ball. Sometimes you're gonna lobit for a dunk. Sometimes you go
to drive it to the hoop yourself, right. And so that's like when
you're in said, I don't mindsomeone taking off if there's nobody open,

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everybody's covered. You see it,you're seeing the field. I don't have
a guy open. I gotta getthis with my legs on this one,
So I get it in that situation. I think the problem for a lot
of media here is we live throughthe packs to Lynch era where Paston did
not see open guys in seven onseven, which was embarrassing and off and
then would just take off out ofhabit. And that's right. That's different

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because it's one thing if you're standingin there in the pocket one one thousand
and two one thousand, you're actuallygoing through your progressional routes. And once
again, fans don't know whether it'sseven h seven or whether it's team which
wide receiver is number one in thatroute progression because the quarterback they go one,

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two and three, check down right. So for me, I sit
there and I listen. It drivesme crazy here in both fans and especially
those in the media, throw theball. Throw the ball. Well,
you don't want that quarterback to practicebad habits. So if the habit is
you going through your progressions, nothingis there, take off and get positive

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yards because I think any oppositie coordinatorwould root for the idea of being in
second and manasibu opposed to throwing itlong or turnover. Yeah, and I
think that I think it's tough toYou have to find that balance and you
have to make sure that your playersare doing what they're supposed to be doing

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in that situation. Like you don'twant the packs in situation, but you
don't mind it in this particular casethat bon Nixon is doing at one out
every fifteen points, try because that'sa real game scenario. I just I
think the main thing is making surethat you're developing game habits and everything that
you're doing, you practice like youplay. I mean again, I think
you had a great quote there earlierwhen you're talking about contested but not combative.

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Yeah, and I think that youknow, you want those kind of
scenarios and competition and competitive across theboard, but you also want to make
sure that you're practicing it because you'recreating muscle memory. Right, Repetitions create
muscle memory. So you're creating situationswhere you get in the game. Well,
okay, if you're not taking off, then are you going to teach
a quarterback to are you going toput that tool, that gun back in
the hole stero and never use it? Well, playing for Mike Sanahan,

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when we would go through situational football, thirdy short go line or whatever,
we would have a period that hewould designate a scramble period. Right,
So that means as though we alreadyknew he was going to put the quarterback
in a situation where the pocket wasgoing to break down. So Jake Plumber
had to find a way to escapethe pocket still looking down field, which

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told the wide receivers okay, wellhere's your first route. Your first route
is going to be a curve out. So now the quarterback is in trouble.
Do you stay at eight yards onthe curl route with your hands flash
or are you scrambling to get open? These are the things that players need
to be taught how to do becausehow many times that we've seen wild receivers

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just run to the spot. I'mat fourteen, I'm where I need to
be. Find me missed a quarterback. One of my biggest problems with both
well, I guess I really noticedit under Rich Gangarello and then Pat Sherman
and then Nathaniel Hackett as well,is the absolute lack of receiver attention to
detail on scramble drill. Once thatquarterback got it, guys were just sitting

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there doing exactly what you're talking about. I'm part here at fourteen yards.
Get open, Get open. There'sgot to be a rule for this,
you know, if you're calling everything'scovered here. Okay, you're the drift
guy. You're you're you're pushing,You're pushing north into the boundary. You're
pulling the safety this direction. Nowsomebody else is going to vacate. There
are rules beyond once the play breaksdown. And I think the average fan,
I think doesn't necessarily and maybe I'munder selling the average fans football intelligence.

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And I don't mean to be derogatory, but the average fan doesn't really
think about that. I think andI'm watching professional athletes not do it,
you know, And I'm like,I don't have too many gripes with Tim
Patrick, but I was watching TimPatrick just sit there one time. I'm
like, bro, he's running,get north. I know you're scrambled,
rill rules and just sit there andwait, I know that's not what you're
sing. Oh yeah, I meanthis is basically football one on one.

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Like the idea is that any shallowreceiver is going to go deep. Any
deep receiver is gonna come shallow,because the idea is that you're trying to
flash your numbers in your hands togive the quarterback an adequate target on the
run. This is why last yearwhen we look at the production of cold

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and sun compared to any other widereceiver with Russell Wilson, this is why
it was so as productive and wesaw a sudden with ten touchdowns because he
learned, okay, well, Russhas the propensity to scramble this way,
and then he'll throw the ball outsideto the sideline somewhere in the end zone
wherever he's We're only I can makea play on it. And if we

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saw that, and this is where, once again, when we look at
the idea of a pocket passer opposedto a mobile quarterback. The mobile quarterback
can present some challenges for you offensively, but they can create some positive plays
for you offensively at the same time. And when I look at where the
Broncos are right now, the Steadham, Zach Wilson, and Nicks, all

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of those guys have the ability tomove the pocket. So the receiver's tight
ends. Running backs always think thatyou know what if the first thing is
covered and the ball is not onme, based on where I am in
the progressions, I need to startmoving. Look at the quarterback, where's
he scrambling to? Yeah, youeither have north south rules or east west
rules, and so you got tofigure and you need to have guys.

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I feel like you need to practicethat because we have to. We didn't
even see it in practice. Ican't necessarily vouch for shumping, but what
I can say is before that wedidn't see it in practice. We did
not see it with Nathaniel Hackett.I did not see a pasture right all
that we're too busy practice and throwingthe ball out of pounds, and we
did. I don't remember seeing itwith rich Gagarella, although my memory could
be faulty. That's been a numberof years ago, and I don't recall

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off the top of my head.So again, this all goes back to
practicing game situations and putting in theeffort on what it is that we're going
to do in game so that itis muscle memory in game. But this
goes back to and we hear ita lot oh building cohesiveness with between the
quarterbacks and wide receivers. They gettogether in the off season, they go
to California or they go wherever andstart throwing the ball. This is essentially

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what they're trying to work on.Yeah, you want to know these kinds
of things. When the play breaksdown, What do you like to do?
Okay, Russ? You like toget out the back door, usually
loop around and then you're going.In most cases you're going to your right.
If you go back and look atthe tape. He loved going north
to Tyler Lockett. That was thething Lockett would break off when it just
get in Cortland's case. Courtland wouldget to whatever sideline, whatever boundary.
We would look at Russ whichever wayhe was going, he was getting to

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that sideline and presenting up you knowa box out to where you just put
the ball over here, I'll toetap and we'll make the catch. And
that's why he you know, wehad what two touchdowns like that and cut
a number of first downs like that. Yeah, And because because you look
at Tom Brady, you look atDrew Brees, you look at Peyton Manning,
those three quarterbacks have a couple ofthings in common. Not the fact

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that Hall of Fame careers won SuperBowls. None of those quarterbacks by definition,
are very athletic. By definition,all through of those quarterbacks you could
say didn't have the strongest arms inthe NFL, but they had great chemistry
with their wide receivers. Where whenyou look at Marvin Harrison when I played,

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he knew when Peyton started to trysomewhat to simulate a scramble, he
knew how to get open. Andthen you look at Tom Brady with Julian
Elderman, Danny l Medola, WesWelker, all those receivers. Right,
The idea is that Tom was likeDann Marino, how quickly can I get
the ball out of my hands?Because I know I can't I can't run,

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I can't run, but I knowwhen someone's running the choice route,
how to find him? Fake LikeI'm throwing an inside look off the linebacker.
Here comes a whip. Right now, I'm throwing it out between the
hashes and the numbers, away fromthe nickelback and away from the corner.
Right. That's the game. AndI think one of the hidden components of

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the Patriots dynasty and Brady's success toa large part was keeping Gronk in there.
They had the center, They knewwhere each other was gonna be.
They practiced it enough to where theyknew where they just had that football synergy,
you know, and you had yousaw it, Uh, Welker had
it, but they didn't really youknow, they a little bit moved on
from him. Edelman and him goton the same page and had it.
A Medola had it. You justsaw it with Troy Brown, you know,

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he had it with There were receiversthat Tom Brady had that that mental
connection with, and the Patriots madea concerted effort to kind of keep those
guys, uh, you know thereat least the core of that there as
often as long as possible, becausethere's something inherently valuable about knowing where everybody
is on the field, and that'sthat's exactly what it is. It created
with Peyton Manning. You know therethere were guys that he had that that

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came through Anthony Gonzales, Blair White, whatever, but you had the mainstays
and your your Reggie Wayne and MarvinHarrison and you know Dallas Clark, which
one yeah, well fair enough.But I mean that's the secret to success,
it appears over the years, isfinding those players. Fin I mean,

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you want good players, gonna bewrong, but finding players that are
on the same page, that havethat same mentality and when something doesn't go
exactly as you have drawn it up, can make that connection. Use the
force whatever you want to call it. But really it's just have practice to
this situation and have a plan forwhen the plan doesn't work. But this
is where the evolution came with theback show of the faith. That's that's

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the evolution of it. I like, everyone wants to run the fade,
but the corner is taught to beon top. Well we're going to do
that. Just throw the back showed, right, I'm gonna win a position
anyway, especially down in a resolutelysaw with Mike Evans being the man with
that given the jam step and thenturn around it. An offensive guy felt
bad for defensive people at that point, It's like you really felt bad for
us. I did. I sobad that I need to get a I
need to drink a whole six pack, which we'll do next Broncos Country,

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and I'd be back. Welcome backto it, Broncos Country tonight. Benjamin
Albrighten, Nick Ferguson, Grant Smithhere with you right now. It's the
NFL six pack. It's time forthe NFL six pad. IM gonna train
a lot year insight, did insideinformation you can't find anywhere else the top
six NFL headline what. I don'tknow if you guys saw this or not,

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but John Elway says his biggest mistakeinvolves Bill's quarterback, Josh Allen.
John Elway at his time as aquarterback, of course, Broun Broucos quarterback
was just a huge arm confident,competitive, smart as they come. Elway
could make every throw and wasn't afraidto take off and run with a ball,
which you know he did run.He never shied away from contact.
Think we've all seen the helicopter playlay. In many ways, was a
lot like Buffalo Bill's quarterback Josh Allen. Despite drawing a little interest at the

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collegiate level, Allan was confident inhis game, believed he could play not
only at the collegiate level, butthe pro level as well. And much
like Elway had the bazukah ferd armand the legs that could carry him.
Fans c Allen and his competitiveness.Is he stiff arms or leafovers leaps over
defenders. Allan's scored higher than anyquarterback in his draft class on the Winderlau
test as well. In a recentappearance on Our Stool Sports has pardon My

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take, legendary Broncos quarterback admitted thatAllen was his type of quarterback and passing
on him in the twenty eighteen draftwas his biggest mistake as Denver's general manager
did not get Josh Allen. Ifeel like he is exactly your type.
I know he is, and Iplayed with him, and I'm wondering,
how long is it going to takehim to realize that I passed on him

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and took Badley and Chove instead.It's crazy, and it took me.
It took him to an alf holesand I loved him right, It just
you know, you're right, thatwas probably my biggest mistake of my GM
days. I was not taking JoshWell. I can understand why he is

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saying the hindsight being twenty twenty,but at the time, here's what John
Elway had gone for him. Heremembered how he himself won his back to
back Super Bowls, and that wasrun game in defense. And when you
look at the level of success thatJohn Owen had as a GM, it
was on the defensive side of theball. Because guess what, even though

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you missed out on Josh Allen,you drafted Rod Freakin Miller Well, Bradley
Chubb in that draft. Well me, I mean yeah, in that in
that draft, but still he draftedvon So you missed out on Josh,
but you still had vonn and theBroncos still won a Super Bowl with Gary
Kubiak. Yeah, I mean,you go have him business history, but

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to me, it is defense stillwins championship and you can't look back on
it and say, man, Ifailed in some particular way, right.
I'm glad that he was honest inadmitting that. However, at the time
circumstance, we look at this withthe benefit of hindsight that the circumstances were
different at the time. The Broncoshad to replay the new Shaq Barrett was
going to be walking on contract,where was retiring. You had to get
you had to turn over and getanother edge rusher over there. And Bradley

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Chubb falling in your lap when hewas expected to go to the Cleveland Browns
at four and they took Denzel Wardinstead was huge. The other part of
this year is the Broncos were kindof soured on a products big arms quarterback
because they drafted Paxton Lynch in thefirst round and they had worked out they'd
signed case Keenum to be the guywho was coming off a great season there
in Minnesota and the Minnesota Miracle,all that kind of stuff. So there's

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a bit of revision is history thatgoes into that. And there's a lot
of media members around town now thatlove to say, oh, I told
you so on Josh Allen. Theyweren't saying that at the time. That
was not a thing they were saying, but now all of a sudden they
say it because there's no accountability inthis industry, and so it's fascinating to
see sort of the revision is historyand all that. I will say this,
the Broncos did have their eyes onquarterback in that draft. They very
much wanted Baker Mayfield. In thatdraft. Sam Darnold was a guy that

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they were looking at as well.They tried to trade up to number two
with the New York Giants in thatdraft, who were stuck on Saquon Barkley
wouldn't get them and wouldn't budge andso they were looking to move up in
that draft and get a quarterback.It was just Baker Mayfield and not Josh
Allen. We see how this isall played out, and you know,
now everybody with the benefit of hindsight, but good on John for at least
being honest about that after going golfingwith Josh Allen a little bit awkward.

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Next story two, it's been aless than desirable all season for the Dallas
Cowboys and their fan base. Insteadof re signing key players or adding quality
difference makers to the roster, theCowboys decided to run it back. But
basically the same roster players have beenin an Oxnard, California since July twenty
fourth, looking to sharpen their skills, and even though the Cowboys brought Ezekiel
Elliott back in free agencies. Anotherrunning back who has caught the attention of

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people around the building. Cowboys executivevice president Stephen Jones on one to five
three the fans said that veteran runningback Royce Freeman has really impressed. They
were surprised he was available. Theysigned him a one year deal back in
April, and we were just talkingabout it last night at the Scout dinner
and saying, what the heck washe doing sitting around out there. He's

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an interesting guy that just been sittingthere. Had a great two to three
combination in terms of what he cando as a backup. He's a big,
thick guy, held of a specialteams player. He'll be a good
addition of great confident to Ezekiel Elliott. Well, let those young guys between
ham Rico Dowdle and Malik Davis battleit out. Jones said. Freeman is
an extra solid presence in the backfield. He weighs two hundred and thirty eight
pounds, tougher defend to bring himdown. Certainly can't be your main bell

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cow in the backfield by committee,but he's serviceable. Freeman is low four
hundred and seventy one, carries seventeenhundred and ninety two rushing yards and ten
touchdowns in his career. Catches wellout of the backfield as well. Zeke
was probably the number one guy inthat backfield arrest for RB two are up
for grabs. Looks like old BroncoRoyce Freeman taking advantage well. I mean,
Royce was a third round pick outof Oregon, and it's interesting that

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you mentioned his size being two hundredand thirty pounds. That's the low when
you're playing situation of football that youwant to spell Zeke at times. That's
the guy that you can definitely getit, give it to and he's going
to pick up you like to pickat least a yard for you. So
obviously, you know, you know, looking at Royce as being maybe the
starting back, but a complimentary piecethat can help you wear down defensive units

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and solting things up for Ezekiel Ellis. So hopefully it works out for Royce
was a good pass protector and caughtwell out of the backfield too. I
would not be surprised to see himgrab a Samajp running type role. What
we saw last last year with Dallasthis year where you're in on third downs,
you could pass protect you catch aball in the backfield. No,
by the way, they can useyou in short yardage situations as well,
because you're such a load to bringdown. Next story three. Several weeks

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ago, the Broncos added Stanford coachDavid Shaw to the front office. Broncos
Sean Payton was asked about Shaw's arrivaltoday, quote, he was hired in
the off season. David and Iworked together for a couple of years in
Philadelphia. My first two years inthe NFL, ad met I was with
David with the Philadelphia Eagles under RayRhodse. John Gruden was our offensive coordinator,
John Horbar our special teams coordinator.Like six head coaches on that staff

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when you count Bill Callahan and Thomasand former Broncos senior defensive assistant Joe Vitt,
I know I'm gonna miss a few. David was hired in the off
season. He'll be in more ofa front office position, helping us with
evaluation. There are a number ofthings he can help us with. He's
extremely smart, he's a close friend. He's a good addition. Some have
speculated that Shaw will be peering overSean Payton's shoulders on game days, and

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as we understand it, Shaw won'tactually be attending very many games. It's
a remote position. He won't bearound the team on a regular basis.
That should keep anyone from thinking thatShaw will be lurking as a potential replacement
for Sean Payton. However, thatmight be something that he's got his eye
over a different Peyton's shoulder in GeorgePeyton. Shaw did interview for the job

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before Sean Payton was hired. He'sa close relationship with Broncos' limited partner Conda
Lisa Rice from their limited time atStanford. No specific reason to think that
Shawn be supplanting Sean Payton, butGeorge Peyton might need to keep his eyes
up well. I mean when youlook at the position that David Shaw was
hired for as senior Personnel executive andfor me with that Chairan's late too.

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Is another coach and somewhat of aconsultant role that can help you break down
tape because when you are head coach, you have so many things that you
have to worry about. But havinganother eyes and ears who see the game
the same way you see it.It helps out as far as player development.
And also, here's another thing toconsider when you think about David Shaw.

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Shaw was once with Andrew Love.So you have a bunch of young
quarterbacks. We've got two of them. When Zach Wilson and both Niggs,
he can watch tape, he cantell coach, hey, listen, here
are the final points of the gamethat I think they need to work on.
And maybe week the week it helpsthem out. So I like the
hire of David Shaw. Again,as much as I'm suggesting the George Peyton

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thing, I don't actually think thatDavid Shaw is in that role. I
think he's more of a trusted advisorkind of thing. Hey, you're away
from the team, you don't haveany You're not beholding any of these players
because you don't know them. Youcan just look at the tape, look
at the practice tape. See ifI'm missing anything. You're like a cross
check for me. Does that makesense. It's called consultant. There you
go. Yes, I love it. I love consultants. You know what

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do you do well? You knownobody can tell, but I make a
big amount of money. Right nextstory, Deebo Samuel's confident the Niners and
Brandon Ayu could work out a deal, and I hold in continues this week
as he seeks a contract extension withthe forty nine Ers. Scheduled to earn
fourteen at one two four million thisseason on the fifth year option, but
he wants to be paid among thetop receivers in the league. His teammate

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receiver Deebo Samuel, expects that tohappen. Overall, it's a tough situation,
Samuel told NFL media today by aforty nine Ers web zone dot Com.
Going through it in twenty twenty twois just some things you take personally
you don't need to be taken personal. Overall, it's just a stressful process
because at the end of the day, you want what you think you deserve
and the team, your team hasto work with his team, and it's
so much back and forth. Sometimesit gets stressful because end of the day,

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you want to be out here withyour guys, you want to be
practicing, but overall, you wantwhat you deserve. Coach Kyle Shanahan said
it's beneficial for Iu to be aroundthe team even though he's not practicing,
saying, I think it's good whenany of these guys had the business part
of the contracts going on, Ithink it's always good to not get too
far away from football at least takemeet with his teammates here and some meetings,
get some work on strength, conditioning, coaches, things like that.

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Hopefully when things work out, justmakes it a bit of a smoother transition.
I think for that Brendan Ayuki isdoing the right thing because typically we've
seen over the years guys in thissituation, no matter what position they play.
May you call him a little ofsalty and bidder at the fact that,
hey, listen, someone else receivedthis amount of money and I'm not
being paid, So there's a levelof disrespect. But having Deebo Samuel there,

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who has been through this situation,who knows the type of receiver Brendan
and I You is, and howBrendan and I You's game a complements his
own. Yeah, you take aposition where you're really encouraging to the other
guy opposite you and say, hey, look, man, keep your head
on. I understand, I knowwhat you've been through, but open,
through the will of God and somepatience, thing is gonna work out and

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you get your money forty nine ers. Has a team. Got some good
news today is Ricky Piersoll passed hisphysical and will be available as well,
the receiver they drafted this offseason.Next story bye. The Texans have activated
fullback Andrew Beck from the pop thatexpect the part of the training camp where
you having a calf injury. Recordingto a good buddy Aaron Wilson down there
at KPRC. Beck passed his physical. Return to practice today. I paid

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fifteen games last season, quart elevenpasses fifty five yards two touchdowns. Also
returned to kick off eighty five yardsfor a touchdown and a win over the
jet that played five hundred and seventotal snaps last season, three hundred and
twenty two of those on offense.Also played four seasons here in Denver before
joining the Texans last season. Lookedlike an integral part of what they do
down there in Houston in that slowakoffense with C. J. Stroud.

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Good to have Andrew beckback for theHouston Texans. Yeah, I mean they
like to use him maybe like athirty percent like a Coles juicehuk. I'm
not saying that that he's juice dietjuice. Yes, but known as those
slow has been in Shenyhan's offense,kylege Shenian's offense. That is for a
while, they want to get alltheir guys involved. And then now you

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have Joe Mixon there, a guywho could run the ball and catch it
out of the backfield. You getboth of those guys on the field at
the same time. I mean,when I played it for the Broncos,
they used to run a play calledcrossfire. They get kind of like offset
and they make you think that they'rerunning outside zone and they bring that fullback
back. Beck fits that kind ofidea very well because he's not your typical

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fullback, but he still can't theball out the back for anybody's going to
go to receiver, especially at thefullback position, where you can build it.
You talk about to play crossfire.Anytime you build that into where you
can get that guy on a wheelon the backside, that becomes real dangerous
because you get a defense NAF andit's gonna be sitting wide open for a
touchdown. Next story six, JacobyBrissette says, I fully expect to be
the starter as long as I amhere Ya Coovid. Brissett signing by the

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Patriots was seen as insurance in casewhoever they drafted wasn't ready to play Week
one, and that still might bethe case after the Patriots use the third
overall pick on Drake May. ButJacoby Brissett is not approaching it that way,
Verssett. He is competing for thejob while at the same time helping
me get ready to possibly take hisjob. Two things can be true,
Persette told k Adams on The Upand Adams Show, like I can be

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perfect for the situation. I'm theperfect guy to start. Two they'll take
that away from me either. Ifully expect myself to be the starter as
long as I'm here. Whatever happensoutside of the fact that that got nothing
to do with me, doesn't meanmyself or somebody else. It just means,
Hey, I'm not too big fora situation where I can go out
there and perform, but I alsohave to be there to help get my
teammates ready and help lead this team. Set thirty one years old, has

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not started a game since twenty twentytwo, late only forty six STAPs last
season. He's eighteen and thirty andforty eight career starts, but he has
fifty one touchdowns to twenty three interceptions. Jacoby Brissett, he is allowed to
bring down ask von Miller. Itwas always Vin would always joke about that
with it. Jacob Verssett was ahell a guy to try to bring down.
He's just built thick like that.Is Preset one of those guys who
should have got more of an opportunityover the course of his career. I'm

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gonna say no, because look atwhere the game was then and where the
game is now. It's having thatskill set to be able to pull that
off. And he is, Jacobysaid that is he's perfectly suited to be
a backup quarterback. He can comein and spell the starter and you still

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can win some games with it.But the idea of saying that, hey,
listen, in the seventeen game season, we won Jacoby Presett to be
that guy. No, he functionswell as being that guy that's coming off
the bench. W thinking too muchof him and then now he could be
that spot but but but no,but this is a great situation to define

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himself. And it's not how priglelyfor him to say, you know what,
I could expect to be the starter. But once again. Can the
Patriots win with him mini games?Can they win with anybody? I mean,
that roster needs an infusion. Andthey got their their best players having
a contract dispute right now in MatthewJudon, who's apparently now just sitting on
the equipment. Uh while he's out. He's not actually holding out or holding

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in. He's just sitting on equipmentwhile he's Yeah, he's a fan on
the field, right, he's not. He's not an only fan. One
of the other things I want toget to. Uh, it's not really
six pack, but it's kind ofinteresting. The NFL is sending out a
memo reminding all teams now that theball cannot be placed flat on the kicking
tee. That's been interesting because teamswould typically use that when you're doing a

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script cake and something like that.But you're not doing that anymore. A
surprise on side kicks are not allowedand in the kickof rules now and allow
it. So they sat on anew memo outlining the procedures. The ball
cannot be elevated more than an inchoff, so the t you's got to
be a certain size and you can'tbe placed the ball. The placement has
to be vertical into the well ofthe tee, so the tip of the

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ball is not elevated more than aninch. So basically, if you have
it horizontal, it's more than aninch off the ground. If you have
a vertical one tip of the footballis less than an inch off the ground.
Oh, this is essentially easy assessment. And why the league's saying this
because with the changing of the kickoffrules, they wanted to get that aspect
of the game more involved because itwas exciting to see a kickoff. Well,

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this is by far an anti Raidersrule because in twenty twenty two they
did this with a holder tried toget more half done hangtime on the kicks.
So good for the NFL for comingdown on those pesky Raiders. You
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