WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 We're gonna right out of kay commentary at the hotline that we'll bring our good 2 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:06.240 buddy, Parker Gabriel at Parker J. Gabriel on Twitter covers the Denver broadcast 3 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:09.560 of the Denver Post. Parker, how you doing this evening? I'm doing 4 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.000 great. How do I get Joe doing? Doing pretty well? Known if 5 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.400 you watched any of the Euros at all, but uh, uh, like 6 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:18.359 as we was just talking about, we have the team from Yuruguay's is into 7 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.839 the stands to fight fans from Columbia. Yeah, I saw that. That's 8 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:27.440 uh yeah, like you said, I mean it's you know, you get 9 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:30.559 shut out and then you go, you know, try to hit something. 10 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.600 I guess. But it's pretty That is a pretty wild scene. Yeah, 11 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.920 that's I mean, it's embarrassing. But at the same time, I'm gonna 12 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.159 it's sports talk radio cookies, so I'm gonna I'm gonna get my feast on. 13 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:44.200 Uh you know, right now, I want to talk to uh talk 14 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.479 to you real quick. Of a's start off with big twelve media days. 15 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.759 I don't know if you've been paying attention or not. Of course, yesterday 16 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:55.159 Mike Gundy comes out admits to drunk driving thousands of times. Today Coach Prime 17 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.759 uh was was there talking about the Colorado Buffalo's program and how he has more 18 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.799 pressure on him to win than maybe others. And while I don't necessarily agree 19 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:07.760 with everything that Deon Sanders says, I think he has a point on that 20 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.920 because if it was literally anyone else, I don't think that five wins for 21 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:17.599 the CU Buffs this season would be seen as falling short. But if Coach 22 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.120 Prime doesn't win more than five games, it's definitely going to be seen as 23 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.920 falling short. Yeah, I think that's right. And then I think it's 24 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:29.560 also fair. I don't mean this in a flight to Dion and that program 25 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.719 in the least, but like, yeah, the pressure might be different on 26 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.280 him, but he brings that. I mean he's not. I think it 27 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.239 might be a little bit. It's a little bit like yeah, man, 28 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:44.120 I mean the way that you run your program and the way you talk about 29 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.599 your program invites that pressure, which is great. Go for it, you 30 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:52.319 know, put big expectations out there, draw a lot of eyeballs, understand 31 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.599 what it's going to do in terms of generating buzz, and also criticism, 32 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:59.920 some of which is fair and some of which is just sort of your general 33 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:05.079 internet babble. But like, yeah, there's pressure, and he is the 34 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.639 one that it starts and ends with and it's by design. So are they 35 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:12.479 going to be held to what like do they need to show progress? Sure? 36 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.439 Yeah they do. But it is sort of like, you know, 37 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:20.919 I mean, he's the one that's drumming this up. So I don't think 38 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:25.199 it's a surprise. He shouldn't be surprised that that there's added pressure that it's 39 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.919 his program, right, I absolute agree, and he absolutely does invite it. 40 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:34.639 The thing I guess I question is the vitriol that gets leveled at him 41 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:39.840 because Dean isn't doing anything original. This is the same playbook that Pete Carroll 42 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:44.560 rolled out at USC. It's the exact same playbook. It's just Pete Carroll 43 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:49.400 versus maybe Dion Sanders, who is maybe a bit more in your face than 44 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.199 Pete Carroll. Is that the is that the difference here? I think a 45 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.520 little bit, you know how that I'm sure he saw the all the clips 46 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:59.639 from the New York Giants and the off season Hard Knocks, right, and 47 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:01.240 like the one that one of the ones that was making their house today was 48 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:08.039 Joe shown with their vice president of communications, and he said something about like 49 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:12.879 he said something about Saquon and those negotiations, and the PR guy was like, 50 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.080 eh, I wouldn't say it that way, and Joe Shoon started laughing, 51 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:16.800 was like, hy, yeah, I'm not obviously going to say that 52 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.919 during the news conference, and like Dion just sometimes says that during the news 53 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.080 conference, and like that. I think what's funny about that is like every 54 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.360 once in a while it goes a little far. Every once in a while 55 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.520 you feel a little bit like, oh man, I mean he is talking 56 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.759 about, you know, making so many kids transfer and it it made like 57 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.159 offends the sensibility a little bit. And on the other hand, like, 58 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.560 especially in our business, then like we want coaches to be honest, right, 59 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.800 we want to not be afraid to speak their mind. We want them 60 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.120 to say interesting things, even if it's not always actually in their best interest 61 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:58.639 to say interesting things. And so like I will never I don't know if 62 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.759 he's handled everything perfectly or whatever, but like I will never complain about a 63 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:05.199 head coach, let alone one with the wattage that that Dean Sanders stakes with 64 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:11.439 them everywhere he goes being upfront and honest and saying things on a daily basis 65 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.719 that draw eyeballs and draw readers and listeners and viewers and all of that. 66 00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:18.120 Well, yeah, and it's certainly more fun for you and I because I 67 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.639 mean I barely even go to press conferences anymore because they're so sanitized, they're 68 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.800 so scripted, and it's usually what you're getting is messaging from the team. 69 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.759 You're you're not getting real answers to questions. You're getting the coach or whomever 70 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.639 is up there framing their answer through the narratives that the team is already predetermined, 71 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.639 honestly practiced in an effort to get whatever message that they want to cross. 72 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.959 Yeah, definitely, And I mean, like listen, I mean it's 73 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:47.160 the same thing if you if you listen to a shareholder call from Bank of 74 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.959 America or whatever. You know, I mean, like this is you you 75 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:58.399 want to like you want Companies want polished, they want people that organizations want 76 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.839 people that represent them well and say the things they want them to say and 77 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:06.360 all that. And like when we buck that trend, sometimes those people catch 78 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:11.279 more wrath. Now, especially with social social media, you catch more vitriol. 79 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:14.360 And then like the same thing happens just in a different flavor. If 80 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:16.639 you're boring all the time, I can you know, think of a quarterback 81 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:21.000 who played in Denver for two years who like part of the seeming problem that 82 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:25.120 everybody had with him was he never said anything interesting and he never said anything 83 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.399 that sounded original. And then you've got someone just like on the other end 84 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:32.800 of the spectrum saying things that sort of make you go whoa what all the 85 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.639 time, and it's and and it's like you you know, it's like you 86 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:40.199 can't win regardless of sort of where you are on that. And so I 87 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.839 just say, hey, listen, if if he's going to be the star 88 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.040 of the show, he wants to put the pressure on himself, he wants 89 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.600 to say spiky stuff like go for it. That's that's that's my opinion on 90 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:51.639 it. Just at some point they've got to deliver that. That's the thing. 91 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:56.240 It's just that you paint the target and you accelerate the process as it 92 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.399 works with the Parker Gabriel at Parker J. Gabriel on Twitter works for the 93 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:04.319 Denver Post. I want to switch gears talk about the Denver Broncos a little 94 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:09.959 bit. The news came out the teams down there gathered down at TCU. 95 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:15.480 And it's interesting the way that this is sort of portrayed because the headline is 96 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:20.439 that Jared Stidham got the team together. They're down there at TCU and and 97 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:25.959 they're practicing. The reality is Botix is there too, right, and and 98 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.319 so this is kind of but that gets omitted from basically all the coverage. 99 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.120 It's that jared' Stidham has done that. That's such a it's a bizarre way 100 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:36.279 to frame what is happening there, is it not? Yeah, maybe a 101 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:39.240 little bit, you know, you know what it's interesting about that, Like 102 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:41.560 I didn't actually give that a lot of thoughts that that's the way it had 103 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.519 been portrayed. And I think it's probably because you know, I mean, 104 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.839 I think the thing that you've noticed about the summer so far is that you 105 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:54.319 know, Jared's didham like so far in his career, Like on the field, 106 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:58.600 he's been what he is, but he's like no matter what you think 107 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.879 the way the quarterbacks is going to go or whatever. Like, the thing 108 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.120 that's undeniable about Jared Siddam so far this summer is that he's in a different 109 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:10.279 position than he's ever been in before, Like he's really competing for the job, 110 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.399 and whether he can win it, you know, we'll we'll see. 111 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.839 But he's actually had this opportunity to sort of take the bull by the horns 112 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.199 and say, like, I'm the veteran guy in the room. We were 113 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.519 laughing about that. I was laughing about that with him during mini camp. 114 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.920 It's like you're the old man in the room, which is kind of funny, 115 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.600 he's like twenty eight years old, but it's true. And so I 116 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:33.480 think one of the things you notice is like he is really trying to like 117 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:36.319 sort of live up to that. And so he took it upon himself as 118 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:40.560 the veteran guy in the room to get everybody together and say we're going to 119 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:43.399 go through. And I think, you know, whether it was just because 120 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.839 he really, you know, wants Bo to be there and it's good for 121 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.600 everyone to be there, or whether it was optics in part or whatever, 122 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.360 like Bo's there too and that's great, and so like it's a very it's 123 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.800 very interesting because you know, it went to Jared Sidham's house, he's he's 124 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.519 down base in Dallas and all of that. But it all sort of like 125 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.720 it is interesting that that two of the three guys are there, and that 126 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.639 Jarrett has clearly sort of taken it upon himself to say, like, I'm 127 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:13.439 gonna do everything I can in the field. I'm gonna put my best foot 128 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:15.720 forward. But one of the things that they won't be able to say about 129 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.839 me at the end of August is that I didn't do my darness as a 130 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.680 leader. And these days in the NFL, this sort of thing is part 131 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.639 of what goes into being a veteran, veteran leader, leader and quarterback on 132 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.800 the team. We're talking with Parker Gabriel. You know, Bill Barnwell puts 133 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:35.120 out a lot of content, and you know he had this write up of 134 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.080 this the skill position groups and rank the Denver Broncos third worst in the NFL, 135 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.960 ahead of only the Chargers and the Giants, bemoaning a lack of firepower 136 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:46.879 not named Courtland Sutton. And the quote here is the day's Denver had a 137 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:52.679 promising young group of playmakers have passed. Jerry Judy never had his breakout before 138 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.639 being traded to the Browns. Tim Patrick hadn't played two years. Javante tore 139 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:58.200 up his knee, average three six a carry, Dalstch caught three passes and 140 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.279 Marvin Mimms didn't much behind Judy in the line. And while all that is 141 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.480 ostensibly true, I wouldn't say that Sean Payton's offense was really built on playmakers 142 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:13.320 so much as it was built on guys who could make plays in the structure 143 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.559 with what with which they were doing. Now, there were some years where 144 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:18.879 they had some great tight ends, you know, Jimmy Graham, Jemmy Shocky, 145 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.039 that kind of stuff, but it wasn't really like they had usually had 146 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:24.879 a slant guy on the on the right hand side, whether it was Colston 147 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:28.039 or Michael Thomas, whatever, They usually had a burner over there on the 148 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.799 left hand side to take the top off of it was Ted Ginn, Brandon 149 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.360 Cooks, you know whomever, and then a stable of running backs. Are 150 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:41.600 we worried at all that the Broncos don't have enough around bow knicks when he 151 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:45.840 eventually takes over. I mean, I think there's there's a little bit of 152 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:50.320 that, But I also think that in part it's not that it's impossible that 153 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.000 it exists. Certainly I think that person is unproven, right like it we 154 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.799 saw the flashes from Marvin Mims last year, but not the usage to really 155 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.120 say, Okay, he can do everything, he can do this, but 156 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.960 he doesn't do this well. You know, we'll see sort of how fast 157 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.159 Troy Franklin can adjust to the physicality, especially of playing in the NFL. 158 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.080 Like they have some guys that if it breaks rider they stay healthy and Greg 159 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.480 dlca's case, or they sort of grow into their role, maybe put on 160 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.080 a little muscle in Juliu McLoughlin's case, Like, you can see some guys 161 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:28.679 that that can be playmakers. I don't I think there's maybe a little don't 162 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.519 concern or whatever, Like I wouldn't be surprised if we get to the season, 163 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.879 We're a few weeks in and we go, I don't know who the 164 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.919 single player is that keeps defensive coordinators up right. But at the same time, 165 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.360 just as you're saying, Ben, like part of John Peyton's you know, 166 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.279 philosophy and part of the system is if you're in the right spot and 167 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.720 we have a vision and a role for you, you don't necessarily need like 168 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.279 four of those guys, right, Like, if you're in the right spot, 169 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.799 the timing is there. The quarterback puts the ball where it's supposed to 170 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.519 go, so the scheme can help the players, and the players can help 171 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.759 the scheme rather than being tilted too heavily one way or the other. And 172 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:09.399 so like, I don't think that their collection of skill talent, at least 173 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:15.799 as far as I've seen it so far, is like particularly daunting or impressive. 174 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.519 But I also am not ready to sit here before training camp even starts 175 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.559 and say like there's no way that as a collective group that they can't do 176 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.039 damage and score points, because I think it just you know, it remains 177 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.240 to be seen. Sehn Payton clearly seems very confident about this group's ability to 178 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.840 be better offensively than they were last year. That's going to take some doing, 179 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.360 obviously, given all of the change. But yeah, I mean I 180 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:43.559 can see both sides that I don't know who the big time playmaker is and 181 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.600 I don't know that it's critical to have, you know, league average or 182 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.240 a little better offense. I'm kind of with you on that. I know 183 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.480 everybody's focused on the Broncos offense, but the more interesting stories to me you 184 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.679 are the other two units. With the change in the kickoff roles, special 185 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.960 teams. All eyes are on special teams and who's going to be who's going 186 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:03.120 to solve the new kickoff rules before anybody else. And then defensively, the 187 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.840 Broncos look like they're in a pivot. You know, you look at the 188 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:09.159 personnel they brought in, you look at what they've tried to do here. 189 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.320 This looks like it's gonna be something more akin to what Vance Joseph has traditionally 190 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.279 run. Vance tried to have continuity with with what Vic Fangio run, and 191 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.399 Gero Vero kind of continued that, and they tried to continue that last year. 192 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:24.840 It didn't really didn't really work, and it's anathetical to what what you 193 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:26.360 know Vance does. Anyway, Vance is a Wade Phillips disciple. They want 194 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.919 to send everybody play play man, and you know, and maybe middle of 195 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.440 field close, whereas you know Vic and Vero it's it's middlefield open, tight, 196 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.240 fronts, cover four, cover two h you know, stuff like that. 197 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.000 A lot of own I'm wondering if we're going to see a significantly more 198 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.320 aggressive defense this year, and if that may be the talk of the town. 199 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.559 You go back and look at the winning streak the Broncos had. The 200 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.240 defense largely carried them, Yeah, yeah, definitely, And you know there 201 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.639 was a there was a sort of anomalous turnover binge in there, but those 202 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.600 those happen in football, right, Like the key is when you get hot 203 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.080 and you force a bunch of turnovers to win games. In the Broncos, 204 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.919 they did that in that in that stretch of five wins in a row. 205 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.120 I do think, you know, like you're saying, I do think you'll 206 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:13.000 see, you know, more more tweaks defensively, probably a little bit more 207 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.240 aggressive. It'll be interesting to watch how the sort of identity of that group 208 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.080 unfolds over the course of camp. But they're obviously like, you know, 209 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:22.759 you get some time playing. I really, I know it's a ways out 210 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:28.000 still, but just given the firepower that Green Bay has offensively, I'm very 211 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.759 interested to see sort of where Denver's at at the midpoint sort of of camp 212 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:37.039 during that joint practice August sixteenth, because it's a good test, right and 213 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:41.720 and the thing is like they're just built a little bit differently. They they 214 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.480 you can play more aggressively if you're not one of the worst teams in the 215 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:50.480 NFL against a run, you can get into more pass rushing situations and and 216 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.639 play, you know, put it on the line a little bit more, 217 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.960 which is how like you said, how Vans likes to play, and so 218 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:58.519 if they can, if they can be better against the run. They put 219 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.960 a lot of sources in sort of like several different ways in terms of like 220 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.919 upgrading the town on the defensive line, which we've talked about before. And 221 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:11.919 so if that if the front seven and really even like sort of the front 222 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.559 five to six, like the defensive line and the outside linebackers, if those 223 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:20.639 guys are a good, solid NFL group this year, that can go a 224 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.399 long way, not only in improving the performance against a run and rushing the 225 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:30.799 passer, but also just in like how confident you are to play aggressively and 226 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.600 let you know your guys in the secondary play man and make plays on the 227 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.279 ball. Tudlick Parker Gabriel of the Dever Post Parker, what is the bare 228 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.240 minimum this year? You know we talked at the beginning of the segment. 229 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:45.159 What's the bare minimum for Coach Prime? What's the bare minimum for Sean Payton? 230 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.080 What's the what's the benchmark they need to clear in terms of wins this 231 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.000 year? Man, that's a great question. I have to tell you that 232 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.200 I don't know the ins and outs of Colorado's schedule all that well, I 233 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.600 feel like I feel like in college football, like if you're not playing in 234 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.840 a bowl game, it's just it's hard to call it a success, right, 235 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:05.440 And so like, could they and especially when you've got Shugar Sanders flank 236 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.399 quarterback, like you just you have to find a way to beat the teams 237 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.720 that are supposed to be you have to find a way to steal one. 238 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:16.720 And so like I feel like if they find themselves out of the postseason again, 239 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.840 like I just don't know how it could be better, But like I 240 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.360 don't know how you call that good. And then you know, with the 241 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.840 Broncos, I honestly don't really know, Like I don't know that I've felt 242 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.720 that out yet. I had a pretty good feel for it at this time 243 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:33.200 last year, and it's just there's been so much change that in a way, 244 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.000 I feel like, no matter how many games win, it could be 245 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:39.960 ten, it could be six. If you know, categorically the answer to 246 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:43.879 the quarterback question. At the end of this year, I think that counts 247 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.000 as a win. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean it will have been a 248 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.159 good year, but to me, like, do you want to make the 249 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.919 playoffs? Yes, with the number of teams, the number of teams that 250 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.679 go from postseason to out out to postseason every year, Like you're not gonna 251 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.480 hear me saying, oh, it's a great year if they don't make the 252 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:03.440 playoffs, but it will be a productive year if you know seven months from 253 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.240 now, you say, hey, listen, whether it's Bonix or either of 254 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.960 the other two guys, Like, if they know the answer to the quarterback 255 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.240 question categorically at the end of this year or ninety eight percent at the end 256 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.759 of this year, I think that's pretty much what this one's about. And 257 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.600 then they're a lot more flexible in twenty twenty five. Yeah, I think 258 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:22.240 I tend to agree, at least specifically on the Broncos, and that is 259 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:26.240 that the wins, not not they're not irrelevant, but if you know, 260 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.799 if you know the answer, if you have the answer, whichever one of 261 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.600 the three of the quarterbacks, not not that you have you know know that 262 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.639 they're not good enough, but if one of them is and you know and 263 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.360 you're willing to build around that, then that's I think the big thing. 264 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.919 The other thing you got to do this year, you got to beat the 265 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.840 Las Vegas Raiders the Bronx. The Denver Broncos had never beaten the Las Vegas 266 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.879 Raiders ever, never beaten the Las Vegas Raiders. That's a problem. So 267 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:51.279 you got to do that this year, Parker. We're out of time. 268 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:53.879 I appreciate you, you jumping on tonight. Yep, you've bet hav a 269 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.440 good night. Absolutely take care of Parker Gable. The Denver Post