August 18, 2025 • 41 mins
0:00 - Coach and Raj discuss why Jarrett Stidham's value has never been higher. The time may come where teams will come calling but will Sean Payton listen? They also go through who helped themselves Saturday.
12:19 - It's officially time to bring back "Big Play Replay!" We recap the game with the biggest and best plays from the game!
30:52 - Coach Chris Armas, HC of the Colorado Rapids, stopped by for his weekly coaches show. Coach Armas talks about how his team is playing right now and how they know every game is a playoff game. Coach also addresses why other players have stepped up despite major transitions in recent weeks.
12:19 - It's officially time to bring back "Big Play Replay!" We recap the game with the biggest and best plays from the game!
30:52 - Coach Chris Armas, HC of the Colorado Rapids, stopped by for his weekly coaches show. Coach Armas talks about how his team is playing right now and how they know every game is a playoff game. Coach also addresses why other players have stepped up despite major transitions in recent weeks.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
You've got the Morning Sprint with Coach and RAJ podcast.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Happy Monday Altitude Sports Radio ninety two five as we
wave a fond farewell to Mark Moser, Alex, Ryan Emmy
alongside the coach Mike Sandford.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Three h three five, four h nine.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Two five is where you can reach us today. kJ
Granderson's behind the glass and coming up at ten fifteen
because it's the preseason for us as well, coach, and
we don't want to go cold into the regular season.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know what's coming back today, you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Know what makes it return at ten fifteen today, The
Morning Sprints Broncos Big Play replay.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We're bringing it back, babe. Oh yes. And if I
were to go into that weekend thinking that a big
play replay on a Monday after preseason game two with
no starters would be worth our time, I would have said,
you're crazy, rash. But you know what, that was a
whole heck of a lot of fun. That preseason game
was awesome and the Arizona Cardinals just prove yet again
(01:10):
twenty two out of the last twenty three seasons that
Broncos have played against the Cardinals, either in a preseason
game or regular season. Then what I can tell you
about the Cardinals is, man, they just continue to be
the perfect team to give you exactly what you need.
And they did it for bon Nicks on a great
joint practice on a Thursday, get post confidence just sky high.
(01:31):
And then they do it again for all your new toys.
Sean's new toys against show them off against the Arizona Cardinals.
Evan Ingram show them off. RJ. Harvey show them off.
Jean A. Barrett show him off. All the new players
looked like they were exactly what Sean has promised they
would be in Thank you the great state of Arizona
into the Cardinals organization for helping Broncos Country feel very
(01:54):
good about her everything.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, it was a thimble full of medicine, is what
the meeting with Arizona was at the end of the week, and.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
I forgot another new toy. Another new toy, the extremely
slow for nearly a four to seven to forty wide
receiver out of the University of Illinois, Patty Bryant.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Let's talk about Patrick Bryant le receivers. Let's start the
show talking about Patrick Bryant.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Dog.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Dog, Guy's the truth.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Dog.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I know it's the preseason. He's a dog, and a
lot of this is take it with a little bit
of a grain assault, Right, it's the preseason. It doesn't
always translate.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
But it's still football.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
It's still football, it's still positive.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
It's still under the lights, it's still you have to
go perform against players that are If anybody thinks that
in a preseason game you throw out everything. Do you
realize that all those players that are on the field
for the Cardinals are trying to make a roster and
they are NFL caliber players. You realize that all of
the play callers are trying to put their best foot
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forward to make sure that the defense and offense for
say the Arizona Cardinals is respectable. So what the Broncos
did against the Cardinals was good, like really good. Raj
and Pat Bryant back to him is a huge piece
of why you come out of that game so excited
about about some of your new pieces that you added.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
He was sensational, four receptions, seventy.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yards, four first downs. This is who you drafted him
to be right.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And I know we had chunk plays and we're gonna
get into that coming up at about like eight minutes
from here. From right now, he will be one of
those chunk plays. But what you drafted Pat Bryant to
be was third and seven. When you get through your
first or your second read, Pat Bryant is always going
to be available. And what he showed last night is
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like he should be the first of the second read
on a third and manageable.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
He's always in the right spot.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Great in breaker, not slow. He is a really good
inbreaking receiver. Explain that. Yeah, so just so like inbreakers
would be like your dig cuts or your shallow cross,
your basic cross, so anything that that you need a
physical presence in the middle of the field between the hashes.
(04:17):
That's why I keep saying he's a dog because you
want to you want to you want a player that
has zero fear. You know, he's the perfect in breaking receiver.
It's a guy that, even though they have different dimensions,
was getting a lot of comps for a player that
didn't run a great forty the combine and has been
an absolute unit for the Detroit Lions. That's Alman Ross.
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Saint Brown Almen Ross Saint Brown is the type of
player that you trust on an in breaking route. Pat
Bryan starting to show that he is that guy. And
we've seen it all training camp too. Man. This what
was really fun about Saturday night is that a lot
of the things that you and I have been talking
about were confirmed in a preseason game. Jonah ellis big
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time confirmed. He's had an awesome training camp. Troy Franklin waiting.
We were waiting for the other shoot to drop on
Troy Franklin because the training camp has been so good.
He goes out and he backs it up. And then
obviously Patrick Bryan. Pat Brian's shown that he can do
it at a high level against NFL starting defensive backs
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like we've seen in training camp, and then he showed
it he can do it against against you know, a
preseason environment. There's no fear in that young man's game.
He's got some presence to him.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Jared Stidham looks phenomenal as a backup quarterback. That's a
guy that, man, could you shop next offseason if you
want to get a little bit cheaper. And someone's looking
one of the four worst teams in the league in
terms of like quarterback rooms, if someone really needs a
guy that they go, he could be cheap and maybe
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he can find a way to get us eight nine
wins with a really good defense. Him and I know
probably few and far between in terms of the teams
that have the big need for a quarterback and an
excellent defense at this time next year, he might be
someone you might be able to shop during the draft
right before to try and get some mid round pick.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
He looks good if the event came up. So let's
just throw this into the universe. JJ McCarthy has a
great debut season in his second year for the Minnesota Vikings.
All right, the Vikings are NFC North leaders, Week thirteen.
JJ McCarthy tears his acl. I don't sorry Minnesota Vikings
(06:38):
fans and for putting that hypothetical into the universe. The
Vikings want to compete to play for a Super Bowl.
Jarrett Stidham put forth unbelievably good film. Do you trade him?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
You'd have to do it before that time. I think
the trade deadline's like week nine.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Okay, so what hypothetically, and like whenever the trade deadline is,
I'm remember, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
I always have to look, it's always after. It used
to always after be week eight. They moved it was it.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
This year or last year that they moved to after
week nine. So it's at the end of at the
end of week nine, all right, So I'm just messing
with you. That's a good note. Say eight and one. There,
you're eight and one or seven and seven and one.
Who's the backup in Minnesota? Is it? Is it Jared Hall?
He stinks he's not gonna win.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
You never heard that dude's name, b y us.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
He was by US quarterback Sam Howell. Not good former
Bronco Brett Rippon. Yeah, you're not winning Super Bowl.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Jared is better than both of those guys.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
So that situation comes up, and right at the trade deadline,
Minnesota says, hey, we saw the film on Jared Stidham.
Kevin O'Connell believes he's the next Kirk Cousins, like the
the the kind of a four A like. He's not
a he's not a big leaguer, but he's not a
triple A player. He's right in between. And oh, by
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the way, I am the quarterback guru, and I can
get out of that guy a superstar. Do you do it. Yep,
absolutely do.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Now the issue is if you move on from him,
you are one bow Nicks injury away from going well,
all that promise is gone now this season, I.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Love Sam Ellinger?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Do you love him as much? Share it, Stidham.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I think the play style of Sam Ellinger it is
a great It would be an it would be a
great drop off, if you will, in terms of the
play style from boon Nicks. He gets injured dime store
version of both, Yes, and I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
And you see a lot of teams do that right
Like you say, Sam eller made he was fourteen sixteen.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
The guy is dealing. He's been dealing with Campbell and
he's also really athletic and really tough, and he's got
some stuff to him.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Man.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I like Sam Ellnger, you know, is the he wakes
up this Monday in Broncos Country is maybe the MVP
of the entire organization. Davis Frickin' Web quarterback coach Davis
Webb developed three really impressive players that nobody was really
clamoring for any of those three players in league circles.
(09:20):
I'll be saying that bo Nicks is going to be
arguably the second first or second best quarterback in that
draft class where he was drafted six out of those
six in the first round. Nobody said that Jared Stidham's
going to be a dude. Jared Sidham looks awesome, Sam Allinger,
He's just somebody else's trash man. You've turned him into
somebody's treasure. And oh, by the way, Davis Webb calls
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the plays on that Saturday night game and puts forth
five hundred and sixty two yards of offense. Dave's web
I see, man, I'm smelling you better keep that dude
around because that guy understands his quarterbacks. He knows what
makes them tick. He calls plays that puts his quarterback
actually the best place to be successful. He knows what
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they like, and he calls it. It's awesome to watch.
You didn't even mention Zach Wilson. It was his little reclamation.
Now you can go be a backup somewhere. Right, you
were a practice squad third quarterback here in Denver. Everyone
thought that you were this first round bust. And as
of right now, yes, Zach Wilson first round bust. At
this point, he is midway through his reclamation with a
(10:26):
very good chance, considering of two attack by Lowe's injury
history to start some games in Miami with a high
flying offense and really fun weapons to throw out there,
especially on the outside with Tyreek Hill, and it starts
with his reclamation here in Denver with Sean Payton and
Davis Webb. It does, and a lot of people will
show one play. People love when there's a first round
draft pick like Zach Wilson. They like to show one
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play and say, you know, he's cooked. That's what the
dove Climb into the world or poly market football like
to do on the X machine. He was good. Zach
Wilson was good this weekend in preseason game two. I
looked a lot more comfortable in that system. And he's
a tremendous thrower of the football. So yeah, Davis Webb
a couple of feathers in his cap.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
With the quarterback position, you're scoring drives in the first half,
four plays ninety seven yards in a touchdown, eight plays
sixty five yards and a touchdown, eleven plays seventy yards that.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Stalls on the two.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Settles for a field goal, and then you finish off
six plays eighty eight yards and a two minute drill
for a touchdown, you have an opportunity to kick a
field goal with eighteen seconds to go or as time expired.
I can't remember how much time was actually there, but
you find a way to be able to have a
missed field goal opportunity at the end, so you could
have turned zero points into ten.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Well, then not to mention the pre scorn fumble right
at the end zone right in the second half I
found out mistaken, So that's ten points. I mean, I
know it's preseason football, but you're looking at it. You're
staring down the barrel of thirty seven points that you
should have had.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
I know it's preseason.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Solid showing for the Broncos twenty seven to seven in
Week two of the preseason over the Arizona Cardinals three
h three, five oh four or nine two five is
where you can reach us. We'll have Rapids head coach
Chris Armas coming up at ten forty five, Hot nfcrching
Hot Pigs Baby at eleven fifteen. But on the other side, yes,
it's preseason for us as well.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
We're gonna knock off.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
The Rust on one of our favorite segments all year long,
that is the Broncos big play replays coming up on
the other side. Happy Monday, the morning Sprint, RAJ Coach,
Mike Sanford, kJ Granderson Company, You guys live from the
backus in Shanker Studio, serious lawyers for the seriously injured
Broncos a twenty seven to seven victory in week two
of the preseason.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
They improved it two and o.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Just one more to go and we are, coach, we
are dangerously close to real football, not just in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Talk dirty to me, RAJ, so dirty. It's week zero
the night, Yes, talk it dirty to me? What else
is it? It's week one of the high school football season. Baby,
no way is excited. I had no idea that there
was a week zero for high school football and that
I was up till about twelve thirty am last night
game planning for Pine Creek down the Spring.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Hold on, hold on, hold on it before we get
into the Broncos big play where you play it and
knock off some some dust and some rust of that segment.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Oh you've got this, man, We get ready for twenty
twenty five. One thing I've learned about you, man, you
love talking yourself down and then you just crush thing.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Yeah, I know how to set lower expectations. You're the
marginally beat them big underpromise over delivered. Oh yeah. On
the other way, I love talking positive, the big, greatest
thing ever, huge hyperbole guy. And then it's like, really,
that's what you got, Like all you had to do
is watch me on nine News on Saturday night, Like
(13:41):
that guy sucks.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
You look great on nine News.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I need to trim my beard. I look very ratchet.
You're absolutely beautiful, and don't you worry about that. Coaches
just go out there like that on Friday. Think I
can do it. You can do it, You do it.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
You're so dialed into football right now. If you guys
didn't get or catch this on on the socials, I
don't know if they actually made it onto your Twitter,
so they may not have seen it if they're not
on Instagram. You're so into football right now that you
took the wife out for date night and had the
had not one but two iPads in front of you
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at the bar on date night and your wife takes
like an over the shoulder selfie, going real glad we
came out to say.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Coaches buried in game plans. You can zoom in you
see a play sheet from his last scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
That is quintessential Mike Sandford, and it made my weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I probably need some bounce in my life. I don't know, man,
I just love it all. I love watching the Broncos
in NFL football. I'm so excited about college football. I
love my family. I love going out on dates of
my wife. Now, one thing that my wife didn't post
is that for the first hour and a half of
our date afternoon, our Sunday Funday date afternoon.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Yeah, broms gifts.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yes, the first hour and a half was actually at
a very instagrammable kind of wine place up in Fort
Lopton called Salton Acres Great Spot, And so I was
I was locked in there. You want to know why
I was locked in there because their WiFi wasn't working
and they had no cell service, so I couldn't get
any I couldn't watch any film there. I pulled out
my iPad, I'm like, excuse me, up, is your guys
(15:21):
WiFi down? Okay? Hey, hey, honey, I'm just gonna enjoy us.
I'm gonna enjoy us for the next hour. The big skin.
It's gonna be just about us, all right, It's Monday.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
After a Broncos win, and that means it's finally time
for the first time since last season and the Broncos
losing thirty one to seven in the first round of
the playoffs.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Kj's time for the Broncos big play replay.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Let's do this thing, all right.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Start off nice and easy, first and ten from the
Denver three. You are in the shadow of your own
goal post. As they say. Stidham goes short right to
r J. Harvey, little two yard He goes, get.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Yourself a little real estate, just a little.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Just a bit of breathing rooms, so you don't make
the same mistake as you did in week one and
throw a ball away out of your own end zone
and give the other team two points.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Then god Bo Nexon was in playing quarterback because that's
kind of his deal apparently in preseason games.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, no, that's not a big play for two yards,
but the very next one, yeah, it was a big one.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Off the play action.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Instead of rolling to us right and throwing, there's avin
Ingram down the sideline for the big game. Ingram is
still running rolling the Arizona territory. Well designed pass play
through Jared.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Stidham fifty eight yards down to the Arizona thirty seven
on second and eight from the Denver five, and not
only breathing room, but already in striking distance on just
the second play of the game.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
And that is the joker.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
I love naked bootlegs, especially now that you're committing to
running wide zone plays outside zone, just like the old
mile high salute days of Traille Davis and Mark Schlith
and Ben Hamilton and a bunch of good wide zone
type of runners. What I loved about this was the
downfield blocking. Pat Bryant big block, Troy Franklin big block.
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It was awesome. And then, not to mention, did Evan
Ingram for all of you out there if you were wondering,
can the guy run? Yeah he can run. Did he
look fast? Yeah, that's why you got him here.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Little tight rope gets himself over the fifty down to
the Arizona thirty eight and typically well, in one drive,
we really only have time and space for one or
two big plays on the Broncos big play replay. No,
the very next one also happened to be a chunk play.
It's Pat Bryant for twenty nine yards.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
Oh we did him rolling away from trouble, throws right off,
but it is pot there. Pat Bryant makes a man
miss and he's inside of ten. The explosive start for
the Broncos offense. Good for twenty nine more yards.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
The first of four catches for Pat Bryant.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Four reception.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
It's seventy yards on the deck.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Does it feel? And I saw somebody's take on this.
I would love to give credit, but I forgot who
it is. Pat Brian is starting to turn into what
Sean Payton and or this organization prior to Sean Payton
wanted in Jerry Judy, the dog from Florida man, the
frisbee catching dog that just gets everything, and that never
materialized from Jerry Judy. I understand that Jerry Judy's top
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end speed is higher and or it's faster than Pat Bryant.
Pat Bryan just has that South Florida just overall dog
to him and I love it.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
And to cap off a massive four play, ninety seven
yard drive that took two to two off the clock
and to put seven points on the board, it's the
rookie out of Central Florida game, mister.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Harvey straight ahead and he's swung it on the end
zone for the Hot Coast touchdown from eight yards away.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
A draw eight yards out on first and goal from
the Arizona eight, the Broncos go up seven to nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
RJ. Harvey not all that many touches in this game,
so we needed to though.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Three carries eighteen yards in a score.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Saw what you needed to You got what you needed
to do. You know what, you know what you got
on that, just like you did in the first preseason
game when he hit that edge and got to the
corner quickly, shot out of a cannon. You need that acceleration,
that burst at the running back position. We haven't even
yet had a chance to watch JK. Dobbins in real
preseason football, and that's okay because you and I watched
him at RAJ at training camp and he is a dude.
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You are much better at tailback with the combination of JK.
Dobbins and r J. Harvey going into this season.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Former Colt Jacoby Brisset, the backup quarterback for Kyler Murray
in Arizona, where would respond with an eleven play sixty
seven yard touchdown drive, caps it off with a sixteen
yard touchdown pass to his backup tight end McMillan, and
the and the safety kind of get caught up in
a in a mismatch in the zone, kind of wide
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open there in Denver red zone territory. Seven to seven
is the tie. Second offensive drive will go eight plays,
sixty five yards. In the first big play, Jared Stidham,
I think he's just a guy that kind of stands
in the pocket picks apart.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
He shows his elusiveness on this first one.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Stidham's in a slump two incompletions, I take's the.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Snap cards, rushing for pocket collapses.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
Steadham squeezes, throw steps and fires picks Pat Pryet the
first down yardach.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Deep down the middle, seventeen yards to the Arizona forty two.
He should have gotten swallowed up there on third and fifteen,
finds a way to elude like three Cardinals defenders.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
And that wasn't the only time. And I know that
there's probably something that's been planned here for quite some
time because our show's text thread as Jared Stidham is
not just throwing seeds all over the place, He's actually
running around and becoming an athletic threat to extend plays. Infamously,
I said that Jared Stidham will never change his DNA.
Did I not say that? Did I say that I
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can improve his DNA? He's not. Jared Stidham in the
offseason improved his DNA some steps. Something happened with the
DNA of Jared Stidham. Is that DNA not entirely sure?
Speaker 7 (21:05):
All right?
Speaker 3 (21:06):
I wasn't the final big player.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
On the second drive, we talked about Troy Franklin starting
to step up and hold onto footballs.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Here's his first of two touchdown receptions.
Speaker 8 (21:14):
Eighty seconds to play in the quarter.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Stidham has time off to one sideline, ty Franklin into
the zone. Touch down Brockles and a beautiful ball.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Right on time from Jared Stidham.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Again, a beautiful cover two hole shot. You saw Troy
Franklin get the release on the corner who saw an
outbreaking threat by the slot wide receiver. What I loved
about this throw and catch, especially from Troy Franklin. You
have that stet Cover two safety coming over the top
and Jared Stidham just fits that ball perfectly in there.
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Troy Franklin does not flinch, goes up and catches that football,
and that's a pass that it eluded him in the
last season.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Twenty seven yards puts Denver up fourteen to seven. They
would force Arizona to go three and out, and that
was Detroit.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Frankly, that was only gonna be his only touchdown catch
of the day, right, Roch, It's just the first.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Of two and we will get there. We will get there,
I promise. The first of two touchdown receptions. Both are
beautiful balls from Jared Stidham. Now this is the only drive,
rather sorry, the second drive that does not result in
a touchdown for the Broncos.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
It was wonderful. Eleven plays, seventy yards they.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Got down to the two yard line, and then three
false start penalties on that drive alone. The third and
final one brings you back. You have to settle for
a will Let's field goal. But in order to get there,
we get a thirty five yard run from Julia McLoughlin.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
But right now, to me, Tyler Beday is that number
three back?
Speaker 3 (22:43):
R J Harvey, JK.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Dobbins and Tyler Bedet For now's.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
McLaughlin saying, get me on that roster, Ryan, keep four backs.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
George Peyton.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
McLoughlin reps off a big one for thirty five yard.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Maybe don't forget about me, Julil says. Everybody's been talking
about the new toys at running back. What did you
see right there, Raj.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
McLaughlin Three carries forty eight yards, bounces to the outside.
What I am seeing out of a lot of these
running backs, especially your top three, they like to go
to the outside.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
They got burst. But you know why they're going to
the outside, Raj. Guess what the offensive scheme has been
shifting to outside zone? Yes, sir, So if you've got
the edge reached, then you should stay on the outside.
That is not a bad thing. And anytime you get
a rush of thirty plus yards, whether it's inside the
tackles or outside the tackles, you should celebrate it because
it's tough to get explosive runs in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
That immediately followed three plays in fourteen yards from Tyler Beiday. Right,
So Bidet steps out to get a little bit of
a breather, and it did feel as though there was
this boxing match happening between Bedey McLaughlin and Blake Watson
in the running backs room in that second quarter. Right,
but Day goes out three plays, positive yard, opositive yard,
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first down comes out, then mclofflin goes, I gotta show
up and do something big. Here the broadcast was talking
about Levy and Harry is talking about how like, but
Dave's gonna make this team. They love Tyler Biday, they
don't love him as much as they love Julia.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Mclalljulia McLoughlin is the best change of pace back. And
anybody who has any question whatsoever if Joel McLoughlin's making
this team. He cemented his role, which I believe was
already cemented prior to his thirty eight yard carry, But
he showed that he's the change of paceback this team needs. However,
of note, the full back room's taking a couple of hits.
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Nate Adkins not available, Michael Burton not available. Actually went
out just in the last twenty four hours and tried
out three or four full backs and ended up settling
on one. And we'll get the name to you and
here in a second. I think there's a very good
shot that there's four tailbacks that are taken and kept
on the active roster. Tyler Beiday would be number four,
and then Blake Watson if he clears waivers that my
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friend is going to be your practice squad running back.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
They unfortunately have to hold on for a field goal there.
Let's hits one from short range. Seventeen to seven is
the score at that point. They force another punt from Arizona.
Then Denver goes three and out. Another punt from Arizona
after that, and then we go into a two minute
offense for Denver. At the end of that first half,
Jared Stidham still at the helm. They find but Day
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early on tackle for loss, but then Franklin hits fifteen
yards the left side for a Broncos first down.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
He continues to have a great day.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
That was his first of two catches in this two
minute drill and it ends with his second touchdown of
the half.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Ten plays already over ten yards now Steadham wants the
enz fac Soldo in is caught try Franklin. It's another
time for Jared Steadup and he finds Franklin again for
a beautiful touchdown.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
The seventeen yard touchdown reception was the eleventh play of
ten or more yards in that first half for Stidham
and the offense beautiful pass was this the back shoulder
throw yes that he pushes off just a tiny bit
at the end.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Yeah, I mean you got NFL referees and you got
away with it. I don't think it was offensive, PI,
it was.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Just it was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It was an appropriate use of that. I like to
call it the chicken wing. The chicken us that chicken wing.
If you get double hand extension, typically they're gonna throw
the flag at any level, high school, college, or even
youth football, and then certainly in the NFL. Troy Franklin
just finishes a big time catch on probably an even
bigger time throw from Jared Stidham. I love the back shoulder.
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I call that a proximity throw. Just put it in
a long athletic receivers wheelhouse and let the six foot
three Troy Franklin do the rest of the work. Beautiful
work by both Jared Stidham and Troy Franklin. Awesome way
to cap off the drive when the first half is over.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Ingram, Franklin Bryant combined for nine receptions on eleven targets,
one hundred and ninety five yards and two scores, including
longs of fifty eight, twenty nine, and twenty seven from
those three receivers.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Is Devon Vleay in any form of trouble. That's a
great question. Trent Sheerfield, Pat Bryant.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
I don't know, that's a great question. Sherfield is not
because he's gonna make the team. Well, that's a specialty,
that's what I'm saying. But he's also shown to the
offensive value. Oh in terms of like Sherfield no threat
to v Yes.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
And Pat Bryant, who is clearly going to be drafted
and make this roster no matter what. But and you
start looking at this wide receiver room, Devon Valley is
most likely gonna make this roster. I'd say it's like,
to be honest, I probably ninety percent chance he makes
a roster. But is Devon Valay is his spot solidified
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as the big slot number? He was the number one
big slot when training camp was probably in the second week,
third week when he came back and he was fully healthy.
So you have basically a you have a small slot,
like a speed slot, and that's Marvin Mims. But he
plays just like Troy Franklin. He plays a little slot.
Then he plays a little Z receiver, which is outside
Courtland Sutton's the big physical X receiver outside Devon Valley
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plays either the big f position in in eleven personnel
or ten personnel, or sometimes he's the flex y which
is in ten personnel no tight ends, Which why would
you do that very often when you have Evan Ingram,
who essentially is that player already? I think that Pat
Bryant is going to be I think he's already starting
to carve his own niche in this offense in that
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same vein which is the big physical presence across the
middle receiver. I wouldn't say I'm worried for Devon Vley,
but I think Devon Vley's got it. He's got He's
got to have a really good finish to training camp
and his final preseason game.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Sutton Mims, Bryant, Franklin Surefield, Valay.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Right, yes, right, that should be it.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
Those should be your sixth.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
The one thing I'll say about Vley Vala does have
value for Darren Rizzy in special teams. He's been a good,
solid special teams contributor. And when you get you get
into the NFL as a wide receiver via the seventh
round of the draft, you better you better find value
to contribute on the special team side. So that'd be
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a hard that val hasn't had a bad camp. In fact,
I think he's had a really good camp. He looked
very good in the joint practice against the Arizona Cardinals,
so I think that was a bit of a feather
in his cap. He's gonna make the team. The question
more for me is is Pat Bryant taking over the
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vlea role? And I think he is.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
The draft pedigree would tell you yes.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Which is good. It's a good thing because you want
return on investment when you draft somebody in the third round,
which he did with Patrick Brown, Bryant looks like a
third round receiver. He actually looks like first or second
round receiver. The only reason that he's physically in the
third round in availables.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
He doesn't run a four to three because he.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Ran a four to six seven, which is one hundredth
of a second faster than coach Mike Safford ran in
two thousand and four.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Hey, you know what NCAA football, did you dirty with
that speed rating back in two thousand.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
They didn't get out all the day.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
They did you dirty?
Speaker 3 (30:22):
They didn't they didn't have analytics, any one.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Beers the night before that run.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I was I was great. They just tell you what, man,
It didn't me dirty.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Just all those bubbles from the corps lattes are waying
you down.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
The bubble gets again, we'll take a quick time out.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
On the other side, Rapids head coach Chris Armis will
join us. There's the return of one of my favorite
segments that we do all week during the NFL season,
the Broncos Big Play replay, the first of many this
year in Broncos wins.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Chris Armis is next and then.
Speaker 9 (30:52):
Over to Navajo. Back to La Ross in the center,
rolls it to his left for basket maasst scoops it
into the eighteen of Oh yeah, it's one zero's.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
It bounces into the back of the net and the
homegrown with the hothead continues.
Speaker 9 (31:10):
Navajo backs away from the soccer ball deep breath in approaches,
stutter steps right foot. It's safe, It's not safe.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Guzan got a pot to it, but couldn't keep it out.
Speaker 5 (31:21):
He guessed the right direction, but Navajo's power was too much.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Two to one, Colorado.
Speaker 9 (31:28):
Harris rolls it to the top of the eighteen, back
to Harris. Harris into the box, gets pushed down another shot.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Another half safe by Guza that rolls over the gold line.
It's three to one Colorado.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Coming off of a three to one victory against it Lanta.
The PIDs have won two straight. It's ten forty five
on a Monday in the morning sprint, and that means
the time for our weekly chat with Rapids head coach
Chris Armis on his very own Chris Armas Show coach.
Welcome back in good to see your face and the
PIDs are hot.
Speaker 6 (31:59):
Well listen to put wins together.
Speaker 10 (32:01):
But yeah, it's great being back with you guys, and
great that we're coming off a couple of wins in
a row.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Yeah, how good is that? Field? Coach? With all the
adversity that this team has had to endure, both with injuries,
key additions atensio and then players departing, certainly in the
form of Georgia Mihailovich. Am I crazy to think that
this team is playing the best football that it's played
all all season long? Right now?
Speaker 10 (32:27):
Well, listen, it feels like we're the most together we've been.
You know, I'm sure that I can. I can pinpoint
some moments and stretches where we played pretty well in
terms of attacking and defending and throughout the season. But
what I would say is, right now, only through adversity,
Only through you know, when you get stretched like this,
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do guys see what they can become. And we're in
the midst of this figuring out who we are and
where we can go. But we are together, the most
together we've been, and it is through adversity.
Speaker 6 (33:02):
I think that's brought us together.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
As you guys climb the table in the West now
above the line in the seventh spot, just four points
behind LAFC and five five points behind Seattle to get
into that top four. It's very very crunched in the
middle of the table right now. And you have an
LA Galaxy team coming up this weekend that's been struggling
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this year. How do you continue the momentum on a
team that is it easy to take your foot off
the gas or do you worry that a younger team
takes their foot off the gas when you look at
the table and you go, well, yeah, it's an MLS team,
but we're way far ahead of them in the standings.
Speaker 10 (33:41):
Complacency can just kill any opization, any entity. We don't
we don't that complacency bug. Doesn't we don't allow that
one in even though it's real and sometimes hard to combat,
but our process is much much greater than that. We
don't talk about respect everybody, We really do, and then every.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
Team is capable home and away.
Speaker 10 (34:04):
We're talking about the La Galaxy that's advancing in the
League's Cup.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
They're making a deep run there. They'll they'll have.
Speaker 10 (34:12):
Likely eight starters from the MLS Cup champions last year.
So this won't be easy to convince that that we're
playing a really good team that kicked our you know
what in the playoffs last year. So listen, it's so
much about our controllables, about us, that battle of you
against you. How good can we be at being us?
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And how what level of desire do we want? Do
we have to go for this playoff run and how
far are we willing to go to get it?
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Coach, what do you make of Hoffinavajo's two goal performances
braced there against Atlanta just continues a tepid scoring pace
for the Brazilian striker, And is this going to be
a player that you're going to be able to hold
on to? Is there's some suitors from from other international leagues,
namely his home come tree Brazil that are allegedly trying
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to throw some big money in his direction.
Speaker 10 (35:06):
Listen, I would think that he's going to be here
at least to the end of the year, right or beyond.
He's really happy here, and you know, if there's a
big club that comes in wherever it is around the world,
back in his home country Brazil, maybe it's Europe, who knows,
other South American teams, but you know, players always have
to do what they think is best for them. Some
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players want to be where they're scoring goals and happy
that they love what's going on and on the inside,
because that's sometimes you start chasing other things and goals
dry up quickly, like they weren't there when we got here,
you know, two years ago.
Speaker 6 (35:41):
So I don't know, we don't focus on that.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
Great players, great young players, great young goal scorers are
always there's always teams in the mix. If that happens,
we address it. But till now, till then, we're focused
on half of being here. He loves being here and
he loves scoring goals. So he's he's hot right now.
We got to keep him, keep him right.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Speaking of hot hands, hot feet, Darren yappy over his
last seven games, four goals on I believe six or
seven shots on goal in those seven games. Talk to
me about his play and how he's leading your team
right now.
Speaker 10 (36:13):
I've told you guys before he matures and grows overnight.
You know, he's maturing, he's getting better, he's coming into
his own. But all the little things, it's his attitude,
his approach to professionalism, working on the little things, hold
up play, aerial duels. The goals are always going to
come for him, we tell him. And you know, Chris Little,
one of our coaches, works with the attackers and little
movements in the box, and this stuff is going to
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keep coming for him. So we hope that it continues
to be yappy hour around our camp. You know, the
fans love this yappy hour, you know phrase, But yeah,
he's heating up.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
We love yappy hour two here on the morning spring.
We like one beers and enjoy yappy hour ourselves. So
you look at the coming schedule, the slate of games,
and it's coming down to the wire here, just seven
remaining matches for the Rapids. It spreads out fairly nicely
for you, coach, where you did have that stretch of
Wednesday Saturday playing a lot of games over the course
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of what five six weeks throwing the MLS League's Cup
that now between the end of August September just three
games two games in October. How do you feel about
the coming slate and to solidify what has been a really,
really good resurgence season on back half.
Speaker 6 (37:24):
We always like time, you know, this time of year.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
Guys that are injured, gives them time to get back,
Guys that are logging lots of minutes, gives them time
to recover. Coaches who we love coaching, we love working
on the fine details, situational training, individual training, unit work,
like there's so much to do, video prep.
Speaker 6 (37:43):
That we like the time.
Speaker 10 (37:45):
We'll also use it to recharge everybody and also fuel.
We're going to be fuel on the fire of our
togetherness and spirit. And when you get extra days in there,
we're going to use it wisely to double down in
that area.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Coach, as we let you get out of here, I
need you, and I wanted to ask this for the
past few weeks, but it's felt a little like disingenuous.
I'm a jersey guy. I'm not a guy who buys jerseys,
but I love aesthetics of sports What is your favorite
kit that you have going right now?
Speaker 10 (38:17):
Your favorite kit in terms of rapids, like the favorite kit,
like in your uniform, your.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
Favorite uniform that you guys have had over the last
two years. Last year and then this year you've got
the the third which is the throwback you have the
uh the away kit this year which has like the
rapids underscoring, and then the away kit last year, which
is the blue and light blue triangles. What's your favorite
one so far?
Speaker 6 (38:44):
Yeah, for me that the this green one, and for
me is hot. I like it is hot with it really,
it looks sharp, it's fresh. I feel like it gives
us some extra energy. But I am a classic old
school guy. I love the Burgundy. The Burgundy boy same.
I love all all the way.
Speaker 10 (39:02):
But it's hard to to not love this green one.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Man speaking of this green one in the throwback to
the era of Marcello Balbo, any fun anecdotes of your
career crossing over as a player or as as a
manager with Marcelo Balbo and how fun was it to
honor such a legend here in the game.
Speaker 10 (39:21):
Imagine he was the legendary number seventeen. It got retired,
it's in a monument outside of our stadium now be
there forever. Of course, the number seventeen Darren Yappi scores
the goal on the day, A goal on the day
honoring who a guy.
Speaker 6 (39:36):
Who coached him he was twelve years old.
Speaker 10 (39:39):
Amazing that we came out in the second half and
played just like Marcello, to leave everything on the field,
run for each other, play with real passion. I think
you know he as he said after, he was really
proud of the group. But I was always looking up
to him.
Speaker 6 (39:53):
You know.
Speaker 10 (39:54):
All we both came in the league at the same time,
but he was the real pioneer, him and a lot
of those national team guys, and what I would say,
I couldn't wait to meet him.
Speaker 6 (40:01):
I met him in an All Star game.
Speaker 10 (40:03):
We're sitting on a one of these little trams in
the Orlando Disney Complex at the hotel.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
It was in the resort, and I got to know
him a.
Speaker 10 (40:09):
Little bit on that tram that day, and I always
remember how in I was and how much I looked
up to him, and I still do.
Speaker 6 (40:16):
So, Yeah, we go way back.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
The head coach of your Colorado Rapids. You can hear
him every single week here Monday morning at ten forty
five on the Morning Sprint. Rapids have won two straight
Saturday evening eight thirty PM as they visit La Galaxy
looking to make it three straight. You can hear that
game right here on Altitude Sports Radio ninety two to five.
As always, Coach, congratulations.
Speaker 4 (40:37):
On the wind, go get another. It's wonderful talking to you.
Speaker 6 (40:41):
Love our fans, love you guys, Thanks a lot.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
The coach of the Colorado Rapids, Chris Armis, will take
a quick time out, get back into the Broncos preseason
victory over the Arizona Cardinals, and we will tell you.
Speaker 4 (40:54):
Who's in the groove that's next.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Happy Monday Altitude Sports Radio ninety two five as we
wave a fond farewell to Mark Moser, Alex, Ryan Emmy
alongside the coach Mike Sandford.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Three h three five, four h nine.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Two five is where you can reach us today. kJ
Granderson's behind the glass and coming up at ten fifteen
because it's the preseason for us as well, coach, and
we don't want to go cold into the regular season.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know what's coming back today, you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Know what makes it return at ten fifteen today, The
Morning Sprints Broncos Big Play replay.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We're bringing it back, babe. Oh yes. And if I
were to go into that weekend thinking that a big
play replay on a Monday after preseason game two with
no starters would be worth our time, I would have said,
you're crazy, rash. But you know what, that was a
whole heck of a lot of fun. That preseason game
was awesome and the Arizona Cardinals just prove yet again
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twenty two out of the last twenty three seasons that
Broncos have played against the Cardinals, either in a preseason
game or regular season. Then what I can tell you
about the Cardinals is, man, they just continue to be
the perfect team to give you exactly what you need.
And they did it for bon Nicks on a great
joint practice on a Thursday, get post confidence just sky high.
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And then they do it again for all your new toys.
Sean's new toys against show them off against the Arizona Cardinals.
Evan Ingram show them off. RJ. Harvey show them off.
Jean A. Barrett show him off. All the new players
looked like they were exactly what Sean has promised they
would be in Thank you the great state of Arizona
into the Cardinals organization for helping Broncos Country feel very
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good about her everything.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah, it was a thimble full of medicine, is what
the meeting with Arizona was at the end of the week, and.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
I forgot another new toy. Another new toy, the extremely
slow for nearly a four to seven to forty wide
receiver out of the University of Illinois, Patty Bryant.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Let's talk about Patrick Bryant le receivers. Let's start the
show talking about Patrick Bryant.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Dog.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Dog, Guy's the truth.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Dog.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I know it's the preseason. He's a dog, and a
lot of this is take it with a little bit
of a grain assault, Right, it's the preseason. It doesn't
always translate.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
But it's still football.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
It's still football, it's still positive.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
It's still under the lights, it's still you have to
go perform against players that are If anybody thinks that
in a preseason game you throw out everything. Do you
realize that all those players that are on the field
for the Cardinals are trying to make a roster and
they are NFL caliber players. You realize that all of
the play callers are trying to put their best foot
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forward to make sure that the defense and offense for
say the Arizona Cardinals is respectable. So what the Broncos
did against the Cardinals was good, like really good. Raj
and Pat Bryant back to him is a huge piece
of why you come out of that game so excited
about about some of your new pieces that you added.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
He was sensational, four receptions, seventy.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yards, four first downs. This is who you drafted him
to be right.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
And I know we had chunk plays and we're gonna
get into that coming up at about like eight minutes
from here. From right now, he will be one of
those chunk plays. But what you drafted Pat Bryant to
be was third and seven. When you get through your
first or your second read, Pat Bryant is always going
to be available. And what he showed last night is
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like he should be the first of the second read
on a third and manageable.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
He's always in the right spot.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Great in breaker, not slow. He is a really good
inbreaking receiver. Explain that. Yeah, so just so like inbreakers
would be like your dig cuts or your shallow cross,
your basic cross, so anything that that you need a
physical presence in the middle of the field between the hashes.
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That's why I keep saying he's a dog because you
want to you want to you want a player that
has zero fear. You know, he's the perfect in breaking receiver.
It's a guy that, even though they have different dimensions,
was getting a lot of comps for a player that
didn't run a great forty the combine and has been
an absolute unit for the Detroit Lions. That's Alman Ross.
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Saint Brown Almen Ross Saint Brown is the type of
player that you trust on an in breaking route. Pat
Bryan starting to show that he is that guy. And
we've seen it all training camp too. Man. This what
was really fun about Saturday night is that a lot
of the things that you and I have been talking
about were confirmed in a preseason game. Jonah ellis big
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time confirmed. He's had an awesome training camp. Troy Franklin waiting.
We were waiting for the other shoot to drop on
Troy Franklin because the training camp has been so good.
He goes out and he backs it up. And then
obviously Patrick Bryan. Pat Brian's shown that he can do
it at a high level against NFL starting defensive backs
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like we've seen in training camp, and then he showed
it he can do it against against you know, a
preseason environment. There's no fear in that young man's game.
He's got some presence to him.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Jared Stidham looks phenomenal as a backup quarterback. That's a
guy that, man, could you shop next offseason if you
want to get a little bit cheaper. And someone's looking
one of the four worst teams in the league in
terms of like quarterback rooms, if someone really needs a
guy that they go, he could be cheap and maybe
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he can find a way to get us eight nine
wins with a really good defense. Him and I know
probably few and far between in terms of the teams
that have the big need for a quarterback and an
excellent defense at this time next year, he might be
someone you might be able to shop during the draft
right before to try and get some mid round pick.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
He looks good if the event came up. So let's
just throw this into the universe. JJ McCarthy has a
great debut season in his second year for the Minnesota Vikings.
All right, the Vikings are NFC North leaders, Week thirteen.
JJ McCarthy tears his acl. I don't sorry Minnesota Vikings
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fans and for putting that hypothetical into the universe. The
Vikings want to compete to play for a Super Bowl.
Jarrett Stidham put forth unbelievably good film. Do you trade him?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
You'd have to do it before that time. I think
the trade deadline's like week nine.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Okay, so what hypothetically, and like whenever the trade deadline is,
I'm remember, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
I always have to look, it's always after. It used
to always after be week eight. They moved it was it.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
This year or last year that they moved to after
week nine. So it's at the end of at the
end of week nine, all right, So I'm just messing
with you. That's a good note. Say eight and one. There,
you're eight and one or seven and seven and one.
Who's the backup in Minnesota? Is it? Is it Jared Hall?
He stinks he's not gonna win.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
You never heard that dude's name, b y us.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
He was by US quarterback Sam Howell. Not good former
Bronco Brett Rippon. Yeah, you're not winning Super Bowl.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Jared is better than both of those guys.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
So that situation comes up, and right at the trade deadline,
Minnesota says, hey, we saw the film on Jared Stidham.
Kevin O'Connell believes he's the next Kirk Cousins, like the
the the kind of a four A like. He's not
a he's not a big leaguer, but he's not a
triple A player. He's right in between. And oh, by
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the way, I am the quarterback guru, and I can
get out of that guy a superstar. Do you do it. Yep,
absolutely do.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Now the issue is if you move on from him,
you are one bow Nicks injury away from going well,
all that promise is gone now this season, I.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Love Sam Ellinger?
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Do you love him as much? Share it, Stidham.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
I think the play style of Sam Ellinger it is
a great It would be an it would be a
great drop off, if you will, in terms of the
play style from boon Nicks. He gets injured dime store
version of both, Yes, and I like that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
And you see a lot of teams do that right
Like you say, Sam eller made he was fourteen sixteen.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
The guy is dealing. He's been dealing with Campbell and
he's also really athletic and really tough, and he's got
some stuff to him.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Man.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I like Sam Ellnger, you know, is the he wakes
up this Monday in Broncos Country is maybe the MVP
of the entire organization. Davis Frickin' Web quarterback coach Davis
Webb developed three really impressive players that nobody was really
clamoring for any of those three players in league circles.
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I'll be saying that bo Nicks is going to be
arguably the second first or second best quarterback in that
draft class where he was drafted six out of those
six in the first round. Nobody said that Jared Stidham's
going to be a dude. Jared Sidham looks awesome, Sam Allinger,
He's just somebody else's trash man. You've turned him into
somebody's treasure. And oh, by the way, Davis Webb calls
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the plays on that Saturday night game and puts forth
five hundred and sixty two yards of offense. Dave's web
I see, man, I'm smelling you better keep that dude
around because that guy understands his quarterbacks. He knows what
makes them tick. He calls plays that puts his quarterback
actually the best place to be successful. He knows what
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they like, and he calls it. It's awesome to watch.
You didn't even mention Zach Wilson. It was his little reclamation.
Now you can go be a backup somewhere. Right, you
were a practice squad third quarterback here in Denver. Everyone
thought that you were this first round bust. And as
of right now, yes, Zach Wilson first round bust. At
this point, he is midway through his reclamation with a
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very good chance, considering of two attack by Lowe's injury
history to start some games in Miami with a high
flying offense and really fun weapons to throw out there,
especially on the outside with Tyreek Hill, and it starts
with his reclamation here in Denver with Sean Payton and
Davis Webb. It does, and a lot of people will
show one play. People love when there's a first round
draft pick like Zach Wilson. They like to show one
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play and say, you know, he's cooked. That's what the
dove Climb into the world or poly market football like
to do on the X machine. He was good. Zach
Wilson was good this weekend in preseason game two. I
looked a lot more comfortable in that system. And he's
a tremendous thrower of the football. So yeah, Davis Webb
a couple of feathers in his cap.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
With the quarterback position, you're scoring drives in the first half,
four plays ninety seven yards in a touchdown, eight plays
sixty five yards and a touchdown, eleven plays seventy yards that.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Stalls on the two.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Settles for a field goal, and then you finish off
six plays eighty eight yards and a two minute drill
for a touchdown, you have an opportunity to kick a
field goal with eighteen seconds to go or as time expired.
I can't remember how much time was actually there, but
you find a way to be able to have a
missed field goal opportunity at the end, so you could
have turned zero points into ten.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Well, then not to mention the pre scorn fumble right
at the end zone right in the second half I
found out mistaken, So that's ten points. I mean, I
know it's preseason football, but you're looking at it. You're
staring down the barrel of thirty seven points that you
should have had.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
I know it's preseason.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Solid showing for the Broncos twenty seven to seven in
Week two of the preseason over the Arizona Cardinals three
h three, five oh four or nine two five is
where you can reach us. We'll have Rapids head coach
Chris Armas coming up at ten forty five, Hot nfcrching
Hot Pigs Baby at eleven fifteen. But on the other side, yes,
it's preseason for us as well.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
We're gonna knock off.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
The Rust on one of our favorite segments all year long,
that is the Broncos big play replays coming up on
the other side. Happy Monday, the morning Sprint, RAJ Coach,
Mike Sanford, kJ Granderson Company, You guys live from the
backus in Shanker Studio, serious lawyers for the seriously injured
Broncos a twenty seven to seven victory in week two
of the preseason.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
They improved it two and o.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Just one more to go and we are, coach, we
are dangerously close to real football, not just in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Talk dirty to me, RAJ, so dirty. It's week zero
the night, Yes, talk it dirty to me? What else
is it? It's week one of the high school football season. Baby,
no way is excited. I had no idea that there
was a week zero for high school football and that
I was up till about twelve thirty am last night
game planning for Pine Creek down the Spring.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Hold on, hold on, hold on it before we get
into the Broncos big play where you play it and
knock off some some dust and some rust of that segment.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Oh you've got this, man, We get ready for twenty
twenty five. One thing I've learned about you, man, you
love talking yourself down and then you just crush thing.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Yeah, I know how to set lower expectations. You're the
marginally beat them big underpromise over delivered. Oh yeah. On
the other way, I love talking positive, the big, greatest
thing ever, huge hyperbole guy. And then it's like, really,
that's what you got, Like all you had to do
is watch me on nine News on Saturday night, Like
(13:41):
that guy sucks.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
You look great on nine News.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
I need to trim my beard. I look very ratchet.
You're absolutely beautiful, and don't you worry about that. Coaches
just go out there like that on Friday. Think I
can do it. You can do it, You do it.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
You're so dialed into football right now. If you guys
didn't get or catch this on on the socials, I
don't know if they actually made it onto your Twitter,
so they may not have seen it if they're not
on Instagram. You're so into football right now that you
took the wife out for date night and had the
had not one but two iPads in front of you
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at the bar on date night and your wife takes
like an over the shoulder selfie, going real glad we
came out to say.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Coaches buried in game plans. You can zoom in you
see a play sheet from his last scrimmage.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
That is quintessential Mike Sandford, and it made my weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I probably need some bounce in my life. I don't know, man,
I just love it all. I love watching the Broncos
in NFL football. I'm so excited about college football. I
love my family. I love going out on dates of
my wife. Now, one thing that my wife didn't post
is that for the first hour and a half of
our date afternoon, our Sunday Funday date afternoon.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Yeah, broms gifts.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yes, the first hour and a half was actually at
a very instagrammable kind of wine place up in Fort
Lopton called Salton Acres Great Spot, And so I was
I was locked in there. You want to know why
I was locked in there because their WiFi wasn't working
and they had no cell service, so I couldn't get
any I couldn't watch any film there. I pulled out
my iPad, I'm like, excuse me, up, is your guys
(15:21):
WiFi down? Okay? Hey, hey, honey, I'm just gonna enjoy us.
I'm gonna enjoy us for the next hour. The big skin.
It's gonna be just about us, all right, It's Monday.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
After a Broncos win, and that means it's finally time
for the first time since last season and the Broncos
losing thirty one to seven in the first round of
the playoffs.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Kj's time for the Broncos big play replay.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
Let's do this thing, all right.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Start off nice and easy, first and ten from the
Denver three. You are in the shadow of your own
goal post. As they say. Stidham goes short right to
r J. Harvey, little two yard He goes, get.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Yourself a little real estate, just a little.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
Just a bit of breathing rooms, so you don't make
the same mistake as you did in week one and
throw a ball away out of your own end zone
and give the other team two points.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Then god Bo Nexon was in playing quarterback because that's
kind of his deal apparently in preseason games.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, no, that's not a big play for two yards,
but the very next one, yeah, it was a big one.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Off the play action.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Instead of rolling to us right and throwing, there's avin
Ingram down the sideline for the big game. Ingram is
still running rolling the Arizona territory. Well designed pass play
through Jared.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Stidham fifty eight yards down to the Arizona thirty seven
on second and eight from the Denver five, and not
only breathing room, but already in striking distance on just
the second play of the game.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
And that is the joker.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
I love naked bootlegs, especially now that you're committing to
running wide zone plays outside zone, just like the old
mile high salute days of Traille Davis and Mark Schlith
and Ben Hamilton and a bunch of good wide zone
type of runners. What I loved about this was the
downfield blocking. Pat Bryant big block, Troy Franklin big block.
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It was awesome. And then, not to mention, did Evan
Ingram for all of you out there if you were wondering,
can the guy run? Yeah he can run. Did he
look fast? Yeah, that's why you got him here.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Little tight rope gets himself over the fifty down to
the Arizona thirty eight and typically well, in one drive,
we really only have time and space for one or
two big plays on the Broncos big play replay. No,
the very next one also happened to be a chunk play.
It's Pat Bryant for twenty nine yards.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
Oh we did him rolling away from trouble, throws right off,
but it is pot there. Pat Bryant makes a man
miss and he's inside of ten. The explosive start for
the Broncos offense. Good for twenty nine more yards.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
The first of four catches for Pat Bryant.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Four reception.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
It's seventy yards on the deck.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Does it feel? And I saw somebody's take on this.
I would love to give credit, but I forgot who
it is. Pat Brian is starting to turn into what
Sean Payton and or this organization prior to Sean Payton
wanted in Jerry Judy, the dog from Florida man, the
frisbee catching dog that just gets everything, and that never
materialized from Jerry Judy. I understand that Jerry Judy's top
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end speed is higher and or it's faster than Pat Bryant.
Pat Bryan just has that South Florida just overall dog
to him and I love it.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
And to cap off a massive four play, ninety seven
yard drive that took two to two off the clock
and to put seven points on the board, it's the
rookie out of Central Florida game, mister.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Harvey straight ahead and he's swung it on the end
zone for the Hot Coast touchdown from eight yards away.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
A draw eight yards out on first and goal from
the Arizona eight, the Broncos go up seven to nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
RJ. Harvey not all that many touches in this game,
so we needed to though.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Three carries eighteen yards in a score.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Saw what you needed to You got what you needed
to do. You know what, you know what you got
on that, just like you did in the first preseason
game when he hit that edge and got to the
corner quickly, shot out of a cannon. You need that acceleration,
that burst at the running back position. We haven't even
yet had a chance to watch JK. Dobbins in real
preseason football, and that's okay because you and I watched
him at RAJ at training camp and he is a dude.
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You are much better at tailback with the combination of JK.
Dobbins and r J. Harvey going into this season.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Former Colt Jacoby Brisset, the backup quarterback for Kyler Murray
in Arizona, where would respond with an eleven play sixty
seven yard touchdown drive, caps it off with a sixteen
yard touchdown pass to his backup tight end McMillan, and
the and the safety kind of get caught up in
a in a mismatch in the zone, kind of wide
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open there in Denver red zone territory. Seven to seven
is the tie. Second offensive drive will go eight plays,
sixty five yards. In the first big play, Jared Stidham,
I think he's just a guy that kind of stands
in the pocket picks apart.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
He shows his elusiveness on this first one.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Stidham's in a slump two incompletions, I take's the.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Snap cards, rushing for pocket collapses.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
Steadham squeezes, throw steps and fires picks Pat Pryet the
first down yardach.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Deep down the middle, seventeen yards to the Arizona forty two.
He should have gotten swallowed up there on third and fifteen,
finds a way to elude like three Cardinals defenders.
Speaker 3 (20:30):
And that wasn't the only time. And I know that
there's probably something that's been planned here for quite some
time because our show's text thread as Jared Stidham is
not just throwing seeds all over the place, He's actually
running around and becoming an athletic threat to extend plays. Infamously,
I said that Jared Stidham will never change his DNA.
Did I not say that? Did I say that I
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can improve his DNA? He's not. Jared Stidham in the
offseason improved his DNA some steps. Something happened with the
DNA of Jared Stidham. Is that DNA not entirely sure?
Speaker 7 (21:05):
All right?
Speaker 3 (21:06):
I wasn't the final big player.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
On the second drive, we talked about Troy Franklin starting
to step up and hold onto footballs.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Here's his first of two touchdown receptions.
Speaker 8 (21:14):
Eighty seconds to play in the quarter.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Stidham has time off to one sideline, ty Franklin into
the zone. Touch down Brockles and a beautiful ball.
Speaker 8 (21:26):
Right on time from Jared Stidham.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Again, a beautiful cover two hole shot. You saw Troy
Franklin get the release on the corner who saw an
outbreaking threat by the slot wide receiver. What I loved
about this throw and catch, especially from Troy Franklin. You
have that stet Cover two safety coming over the top
and Jared Stidham just fits that ball perfectly in there.
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Troy Franklin does not flinch, goes up and catches that football,
and that's a pass that it eluded him in the
last season.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
Twenty seven yards puts Denver up fourteen to seven. They
would force Arizona to go three and out, and that
was Detroit.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Frankly, that was only gonna be his only touchdown catch
of the day, right, Roch, It's just the first.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Of two and we will get there. We will get there,
I promise. The first of two touchdown receptions. Both are
beautiful balls from Jared Stidham. Now this is the only drive,
rather sorry, the second drive that does not result in
a touchdown for the Broncos.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
It was wonderful. Eleven plays, seventy yards they.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Got down to the two yard line, and then three
false start penalties on that drive alone. The third and
final one brings you back. You have to settle for
a will Let's field goal. But in order to get there,
we get a thirty five yard run from Julia McLoughlin.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
But right now, to me, Tyler Beday is that number
three back?
Speaker 3 (22:43):
R J Harvey, JK.
Speaker 8 (22:45):
Dobbins and Tyler Bedet For now's.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
McLaughlin saying, get me on that roster, Ryan, keep four backs.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
George Peyton.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
McLoughlin reps off a big one for thirty five yard.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Maybe don't forget about me, Julil says. Everybody's been talking
about the new toys at running back. What did you
see right there, Raj.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
McLaughlin Three carries forty eight yards, bounces to the outside.
What I am seeing out of a lot of these
running backs, especially your top three, they like to go
to the outside.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
They got burst. But you know why they're going to
the outside, Raj. Guess what the offensive scheme has been
shifting to outside zone? Yes, sir, So if you've got
the edge reached, then you should stay on the outside.
That is not a bad thing. And anytime you get
a rush of thirty plus yards, whether it's inside the
tackles or outside the tackles, you should celebrate it because
it's tough to get explosive runs in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
That immediately followed three plays in fourteen yards from Tyler Beiday. Right,
So Bidet steps out to get a little bit of
a breather, and it did feel as though there was
this boxing match happening between Bedey McLaughlin and Blake Watson
in the running backs room in that second quarter. Right,
but Day goes out three plays, positive yard, opositive yard,
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first down comes out, then mclofflin goes, I gotta show
up and do something big. Here the broadcast was talking
about Levy and Harry is talking about how like, but
Dave's gonna make this team. They love Tyler Biday, they
don't love him as much as they love Julia.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Mclalljulia McLoughlin is the best change of pace back. And
anybody who has any question whatsoever if Joel McLoughlin's making
this team. He cemented his role, which I believe was
already cemented prior to his thirty eight yard carry, But
he showed that he's the change of paceback this team needs. However,
of note, the full back room's taking a couple of hits.
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Nate Adkins not available, Michael Burton not available. Actually went
out just in the last twenty four hours and tried
out three or four full backs and ended up settling
on one. And we'll get the name to you and
here in a second. I think there's a very good
shot that there's four tailbacks that are taken and kept
on the active roster. Tyler Beiday would be number four,
and then Blake Watson if he clears waivers that my
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friend is going to be your practice squad running back.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
They unfortunately have to hold on for a field goal there.
Let's hits one from short range. Seventeen to seven is
the score at that point. They force another punt from Arizona.
Then Denver goes three and out. Another punt from Arizona
after that, and then we go into a two minute
offense for Denver. At the end of that first half,
Jared Stidham still at the helm. They find but Day
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early on tackle for loss, but then Franklin hits fifteen
yards the left side for a Broncos first down.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
He continues to have a great day.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
That was his first of two catches in this two
minute drill and it ends with his second touchdown of
the half.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Ten plays already over ten yards now Steadham wants the
enz fac Soldo in is caught try Franklin. It's another
time for Jared Steadup and he finds Franklin again for
a beautiful touchdown.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
The seventeen yard touchdown reception was the eleventh play of
ten or more yards in that first half for Stidham
and the offense beautiful pass was this the back shoulder
throw yes that he pushes off just a tiny bit
at the end.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Yeah, I mean you got NFL referees and you got
away with it. I don't think it was offensive, PI,
it was.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Just it was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It was an appropriate use of that. I like to
call it the chicken wing. The chicken us that chicken wing.
If you get double hand extension, typically they're gonna throw
the flag at any level, high school, college, or even
youth football, and then certainly in the NFL. Troy Franklin
just finishes a big time catch on probably an even
bigger time throw from Jared Stidham. I love the back shoulder.
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I call that a proximity throw. Just put it in
a long athletic receivers wheelhouse and let the six foot
three Troy Franklin do the rest of the work. Beautiful
work by both Jared Stidham and Troy Franklin. Awesome way
to cap off the drive when the first half is over.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Ingram, Franklin Bryant combined for nine receptions on eleven targets,
one hundred and ninety five yards and two scores, including
longs of fifty eight, twenty nine, and twenty seven from
those three receivers.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Is Devon Vleay in any form of trouble. That's a
great question. Trent Sheerfield, Pat Bryant.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
I don't know, that's a great question. Sherfield is not
because he's gonna make the team. Well, that's a specialty,
that's what I'm saying. But he's also shown to the
offensive value. Oh in terms of like Sherfield no threat
to v Yes.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
And Pat Bryant, who is clearly going to be drafted
and make this roster no matter what. But and you
start looking at this wide receiver room, Devon Valley is
most likely gonna make this roster. I'd say it's like,
to be honest, I probably ninety percent chance he makes
a roster. But is Devon Valay is his spot solidified
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as the big slot number? He was the number one
big slot when training camp was probably in the second week,
third week when he came back and he was fully healthy.
So you have basically a you have a small slot,
like a speed slot, and that's Marvin Mims. But he
plays just like Troy Franklin. He plays a little slot.
Then he plays a little Z receiver, which is outside
Courtland Sutton's the big physical X receiver outside Devon Valley
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plays either the big f position in in eleven personnel
or ten personnel, or sometimes he's the flex y which
is in ten personnel no tight ends, Which why would
you do that very often when you have Evan Ingram,
who essentially is that player already? I think that Pat
Bryant is going to be I think he's already starting
to carve his own niche in this offense in that
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same vein which is the big physical presence across the
middle receiver. I wouldn't say I'm worried for Devon Vley,
but I think Devon Vley's got it. He's got He's
got to have a really good finish to training camp
and his final preseason game.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Sutton Mims, Bryant, Franklin Surefield, Valay.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Right, yes, right, that should be it.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
Those should be your sixth.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
The one thing I'll say about Vley Vala does have
value for Darren Rizzy in special teams. He's been a good,
solid special teams contributor. And when you get you get
into the NFL as a wide receiver via the seventh
round of the draft, you better you better find value
to contribute on the special team side. So that'd be
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a hard that val hasn't had a bad camp. In fact,
I think he's had a really good camp. He looked
very good in the joint practice against the Arizona Cardinals,
so I think that was a bit of a feather
in his cap. He's gonna make the team. The question
more for me is is Pat Bryant taking over the
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vlea role? And I think he is.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
The draft pedigree would tell you yes.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Which is good. It's a good thing because you want
return on investment when you draft somebody in the third round,
which he did with Patrick Brown, Bryant looks like a
third round receiver. He actually looks like first or second
round receiver. The only reason that he's physically in the
third round in availables.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
He doesn't run a four to three because he.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Ran a four to six seven, which is one hundredth
of a second faster than coach Mike Safford ran in
two thousand and four.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Hey, you know what NCAA football, did you dirty with
that speed rating back in two thousand.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
They didn't get out all the day.
Speaker 4 (30:21):
They did you dirty?
Speaker 3 (30:22):
They didn't they didn't have analytics, any one.
Speaker 4 (30:25):
Beers the night before that run.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I was I was great. They just tell you what, man,
It didn't me dirty.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Just all those bubbles from the corps lattes are waying
you down.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
The bubble gets again, we'll take a quick time out.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
On the other side, Rapids head coach Chris Armis will
join us. There's the return of one of my favorite
segments that we do all week during the NFL season,
the Broncos Big Play replay, the first of many this
year in Broncos wins.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Chris Armis is next and then.
Speaker 9 (30:52):
Over to Navajo. Back to La Ross in the center,
rolls it to his left for basket maasst scoops it
into the eighteen of Oh yeah, it's one zero's.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
It bounces into the back of the net and the
homegrown with the hothead continues.
Speaker 9 (31:10):
Navajo backs away from the soccer ball deep breath in approaches,
stutter steps right foot. It's safe, It's not safe.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Guzan got a pot to it, but couldn't keep it out.
Speaker 5 (31:21):
He guessed the right direction, but Navajo's power was too much.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Two to one, Colorado.
Speaker 9 (31:28):
Harris rolls it to the top of the eighteen, back
to Harris. Harris into the box, gets pushed down another shot.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Another half safe by Guza that rolls over the gold line.
It's three to one Colorado.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Coming off of a three to one victory against it Lanta.
The PIDs have won two straight. It's ten forty five
on a Monday in the morning sprint, and that means
the time for our weekly chat with Rapids head coach
Chris Armis on his very own Chris Armas Show coach.
Welcome back in good to see your face and the
PIDs are hot.
Speaker 6 (31:59):
Well listen to put wins together.
Speaker 10 (32:01):
But yeah, it's great being back with you guys, and
great that we're coming off a couple of wins in
a row.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Yeah, how good is that? Field? Coach? With all the
adversity that this team has had to endure, both with injuries,
key additions atensio and then players departing, certainly in the
form of Georgia Mihailovich. Am I crazy to think that
this team is playing the best football that it's played
all all season long? Right now?
Speaker 10 (32:27):
Well, listen, it feels like we're the most together we've been.
You know, I'm sure that I can. I can pinpoint
some moments and stretches where we played pretty well in
terms of attacking and defending and throughout the season. But
what I would say is, right now, only through adversity,
Only through you know, when you get stretched like this,
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do guys see what they can become. And we're in
the midst of this figuring out who we are and
where we can go. But we are together, the most
together we've been, and it is through adversity.
Speaker 6 (33:02):
I think that's brought us together.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
As you guys climb the table in the West now
above the line in the seventh spot, just four points
behind LAFC and five five points behind Seattle to get
into that top four. It's very very crunched in the
middle of the table right now. And you have an
LA Galaxy team coming up this weekend that's been struggling
(33:25):
this year. How do you continue the momentum on a
team that is it easy to take your foot off
the gas or do you worry that a younger team
takes their foot off the gas when you look at
the table and you go, well, yeah, it's an MLS team,
but we're way far ahead of them in the standings.
Speaker 10 (33:41):
Complacency can just kill any opization, any entity. We don't
we don't that complacency bug. Doesn't we don't allow that
one in even though it's real and sometimes hard to combat,
but our process is much much greater than that. We
don't talk about respect everybody, We really do, and then every.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
Team is capable home and away.
Speaker 10 (34:04):
We're talking about the La Galaxy that's advancing in the
League's Cup.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
They're making a deep run there. They'll they'll have.
Speaker 10 (34:12):
Likely eight starters from the MLS Cup champions last year.
So this won't be easy to convince that that we're
playing a really good team that kicked our you know
what in the playoffs last year. So listen, it's so
much about our controllables, about us, that battle of you
against you. How good can we be at being us?
(34:34):
And how what level of desire do we want? Do
we have to go for this playoff run and how
far are we willing to go to get it?
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Coach, what do you make of Hoffinavajo's two goal performances
braced there against Atlanta just continues a tepid scoring pace
for the Brazilian striker, And is this going to be
a player that you're going to be able to hold
on to? Is there's some suitors from from other international leagues,
namely his home come tree Brazil that are allegedly trying
(35:03):
to throw some big money in his direction.
Speaker 10 (35:06):
Listen, I would think that he's going to be here
at least to the end of the year, right or beyond.
He's really happy here, and you know, if there's a
big club that comes in wherever it is around the world,
back in his home country Brazil, maybe it's Europe, who knows,
other South American teams, but you know, players always have
to do what they think is best for them. Some
(35:29):
players want to be where they're scoring goals and happy
that they love what's going on and on the inside,
because that's sometimes you start chasing other things and goals
dry up quickly, like they weren't there when we got here,
you know, two years ago.
Speaker 6 (35:41):
So I don't know, we don't focus on that.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
Great players, great young players, great young goal scorers are
always there's always teams in the mix. If that happens,
we address it. But till now, till then, we're focused
on half of being here. He loves being here and
he loves scoring goals. So he's he's hot right now.
We got to keep him, keep him right.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Speaking of hot hands, hot feet, Darren yappy over his
last seven games, four goals on I believe six or
seven shots on goal in those seven games. Talk to
me about his play and how he's leading your team
right now.
Speaker 10 (36:13):
I've told you guys before he matures and grows overnight.
You know, he's maturing, he's getting better, he's coming into
his own. But all the little things, it's his attitude,
his approach to professionalism, working on the little things, hold
up play, aerial duels. The goals are always going to
come for him, we tell him. And you know, Chris Little,
one of our coaches, works with the attackers and little
movements in the box, and this stuff is going to
(36:34):
keep coming for him. So we hope that it continues
to be yappy hour around our camp. You know, the
fans love this yappy hour, you know phrase, But yeah,
he's heating up.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
We love yappy hour two here on the morning spring.
We like one beers and enjoy yappy hour ourselves. So
you look at the coming schedule, the slate of games,
and it's coming down to the wire here, just seven
remaining matches for the Rapids. It spreads out fairly nicely
for you, coach, where you did have that stretch of
Wednesday Saturday playing a lot of games over the course
(37:06):
of what five six weeks throwing the MLS League's Cup
that now between the end of August September just three
games two games in October. How do you feel about
the coming slate and to solidify what has been a really,
really good resurgence season on back half.
Speaker 6 (37:24):
We always like time, you know, this time of year.
Speaker 10 (37:28):
Guys that are injured, gives them time to get back,
Guys that are logging lots of minutes, gives them time
to recover. Coaches who we love coaching, we love working
on the fine details, situational training, individual training, unit work,
like there's so much to do, video prep.
Speaker 6 (37:43):
That we like the time.
Speaker 10 (37:45):
We'll also use it to recharge everybody and also fuel.
We're going to be fuel on the fire of our
togetherness and spirit. And when you get extra days in there,
we're going to use it wisely to double down in
that area.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Coach, as we let you get out of here, I
need you, and I wanted to ask this for the
past few weeks, but it's felt a little like disingenuous.
I'm a jersey guy. I'm not a guy who buys jerseys,
but I love aesthetics of sports What is your favorite
kit that you have going right now?
Speaker 10 (38:17):
Your favorite kit in terms of rapids, like the favorite kit,
like in your uniform, your.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
Favorite uniform that you guys have had over the last
two years. Last year and then this year you've got
the the third which is the throwback you have the
uh the away kit this year which has like the
rapids underscoring, and then the away kit last year, which
is the blue and light blue triangles. What's your favorite
one so far?
Speaker 6 (38:44):
Yeah, for me that the this green one, and for
me is hot. I like it is hot with it really,
it looks sharp, it's fresh. I feel like it gives
us some extra energy. But I am a classic old
school guy. I love the Burgundy. The Burgundy boy same.
I love all all the way.
Speaker 10 (39:02):
But it's hard to to not love this green one.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Man speaking of this green one in the throwback to
the era of Marcello Balbo, any fun anecdotes of your
career crossing over as a player or as as a
manager with Marcelo Balbo and how fun was it to
honor such a legend here in the game.
Speaker 10 (39:21):
Imagine he was the legendary number seventeen. It got retired,
it's in a monument outside of our stadium now be
there forever. Of course, the number seventeen Darren Yappi scores
the goal on the day, A goal on the day
honoring who a guy.
Speaker 6 (39:36):
Who coached him he was twelve years old.
Speaker 10 (39:39):
Amazing that we came out in the second half and
played just like Marcello, to leave everything on the field,
run for each other, play with real passion. I think
you know he as he said after, he was really
proud of the group. But I was always looking up
to him.
Speaker 6 (39:53):
You know.
Speaker 10 (39:54):
All we both came in the league at the same time,
but he was the real pioneer, him and a lot
of those national team guys, and what I would say,
I couldn't wait to meet him.
Speaker 6 (40:01):
I met him in an All Star game.
Speaker 10 (40:03):
We're sitting on a one of these little trams in
the Orlando Disney Complex at the hotel.
Speaker 6 (40:08):
It was in the resort, and I got to know
him a.
Speaker 10 (40:09):
Little bit on that tram that day, and I always
remember how in I was and how much I looked
up to him, and I still do.
Speaker 6 (40:16):
So, Yeah, we go way back.
Speaker 2 (40:18):
The head coach of your Colorado Rapids. You can hear
him every single week here Monday morning at ten forty
five on the Morning Sprint. Rapids have won two straight
Saturday evening eight thirty PM as they visit La Galaxy
looking to make it three straight. You can hear that
game right here on Altitude Sports Radio ninety two to five.
As always, Coach, congratulations.
Speaker 4 (40:37):
On the wind, go get another. It's wonderful talking to you.
Speaker 6 (40:41):
Love our fans, love you guys, Thanks a lot.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
The coach of the Colorado Rapids, Chris Armis, will take
a quick time out, get back into the Broncos preseason
victory over the Arizona Cardinals, and we will tell you.
Speaker 4 (40:54):
Who's in the groove that's next.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
You've got the Morning Sprint with Coach and Raj pond Cast.
Listen live every weekday from ten am to noon on
Altitude Sports Radio ninety two five and on the Altitude
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