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Bring on the anchored reporter at CBS
News Colorado, our friend romy Bean Roby,

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how you doing this evening? Ah, gentlemen, it's good to be

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here. Big, big week for
Colorado sports. You know. You look

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back, the Broncos got a new
quarterback in the draft, and Bowe nicks

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the Abs and the Nuggets continue to
roll on in their respective playoffs. The

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Colorado Rockies are incredibly consistent at losing. And then there's the kerfuffle at CEU

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with the latest comments from coach Prime
and Shador. We were talking a little

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bit about that earlier. And while
I love the fact that Colorado is currently

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the center of the college football universe
in a lot of ways, perhaps the

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quarterback sitting there calling former teammates mid
is not the greatest. Look. Yeah,

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you know, it is funny that
I keep going back to the fact

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that it is crazy and fun to
me that Colorado is the center of the

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football universe. It's still a kind
of a bizarre thing right all these year

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or so later. But nonetheless,
I think that my assumption was that came

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out of a bit of you know, emotion defending his dad. But at

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the end of the day, not
the best luck and at the end of

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the day, when you want to
go where you want to go, if

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you're shouldor probably shouldn't be doing that, I think it comes more from me,

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you know, wanting to defend your
dad aspect, I guess, But

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it's like just certain situations you got
to take the high road, and that's

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one of those where you probably should
romy in your opinion. Does this kind

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of back and forth Twitter battle,
beef, whatever you want to refer to

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it as. Does this put added
pressure on a program that is already surrounded

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by pressure within itself. I don't
know if it adds any pressure, only

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because I think that pressure is already
there. I think the people who want

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the Dean Sanders and the bus to
fail will perhaps this adds fuel to the

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fire, but really I don't know
if it does or it doesn't, because

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they're just hoping that they fail,
and people that want Deon Sanders and the

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bus to succeed then will take a
side of the young Sanders and the bus

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and just want them to succeed that
much more so. I guess if anything,

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it just divides that line even more
so. But this is like a

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great psychological experiment that they should study
at college campuses. One day is the

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effect, the prime effect in terms
of how much people either love or hate

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them and everything that happens, this
tiny little thing becomes just massive news.

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It's kind of crazy. I don't
know. I don't really think it adds

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more pressure, but I do think
to your point, Nick, the pressure,

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the pressure is there, and the
pressure is there because they put the

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pressure there, and you know,
they want that pressure there. I guess

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they want all of this attention and
the success or failure is going to be

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amplified because of it. Or does
this fall in the old time beefs,

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you know, Magic versus Bird versus
poc Nick Wright and Keishawn Johnson versus the

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Denver Nuggets. Where does this fall
in the old time Beef's list? Certainly

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not as high as any of those, especially not Nick. Right in the

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Nuggets. I mean, that's the
Alzheimer right, Jush. I don't know.

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I feel like I'm trying to think
of something witty and funny and I

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don't have anything. Leave it a
good one. Well, speaking of the

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Nuggets, I mean, you got
Jamal Murray first time ever game winning shots

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multiple times final seconds of a series
over the Lakers. Lebron's future there remains

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a question mark, but the Nuggets
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He saw a little bit of faltering
down the stretch, but then you

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know, they kind of put it
together back here in the playoffs. But

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they have what I think is the
toughest matchup on paper coming up next with

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the Wolves. You got a team
that's got to grow a lot of length,

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They're strong, and Edwards provides a
challenging matchup that you're going to have

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to kind of adjust to defensively.
What is our confidence level in the Denver

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Nuggets against the Minnesota Timbwolves. I
am confident, but I completely agree this

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is going to be the toughest matchup
that they played all of last year's playoffs

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and arguably probably the rest of the
way here too, is the Minnesota Timberwolves

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were quite literally built to beat the
Denver Nuggets. Former Nuggets GM Tim Connelly

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went over to Minnesota and tried to
and essentially trying to do what he helped

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do here in Denver. A lot
of those players, of course, were

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there when he got there, but
outside of Rudy Gobert, really that homegrown

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idea bringing in a few added pieces, but you're growing it right around around

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your talent, around and around Kat
and this team is That's the entire kind

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of motto, almost if you will, of how the Minnesota Timberwolves have been

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built by Tim Connelly and you have
to have a lot of confidence in Tim

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Connelly. Look what he did here
in Denver, and Calvin Booth, who

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is under him, has now continued
it and he is out there in Minnesota.

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I mean, give this guy his
flowers. But again, Minnesota was

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quite literally built to beat Denver Nuggets. Now when it comes down to it,

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and this is kind of a maybe
you can call it a lazy,

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a cop out answer, whatever you
want, Kolokich is the best player on

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the planet. As long as he
is out there on the court. I

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always have confidence that, quite simply, nobody can beat the Denver Nuggets in

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seven games. I do think this
one will go six or seven. I'm

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picking Nuggets and seven right now.
But health is a huge factor. Obviously,

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Jamal Murray, he needs to stay
healthy. KCP was battling man through

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that game five. Hopefully a little
bit of time off this rest is huge.

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But health is a big factor for
the Nuggets. I think their bodies

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through last year's run and now it's
like you can see a lot of them

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have kind of struggled with injuries here
and there throughout the season. They have

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to stay healthy. But if they're
at there, if they're healthy or at

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least push through, I still think
they went out. But this one's gonna

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be tough. And for Minnesota it
comes down to what are you gonna do.

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If you're gonna double Nikoliokicic, somebody
else is gonna be opened. And

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Michael Malone said it today. If
they're gonna double Yokich, they're gonna double

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Murray, We're gonna get wide open
looks in that other They have confidence that

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other person's going to make it.
And that's the hardest thing with the Nuggets

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when starting five is out there,
if you double somebody, somebody else is

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open and they're probably going to get
buckets. So I'm curious to see how

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Minnesota attacks it as well. And
let's be honest, and is a problem,

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And he's so much fun to watch. I can't have as much fun

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watching him this series, you know, but he is fun to watch.

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I was talking to some individual I
know in Minnesota who covers all things sports

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in that area. And it's funny
that you bring up Anthony Edwards because his

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level production is going to be important
and determining whether the Nuggets actually accomplished what

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everyone is hoping that they do.
But if you're a coach Malone, how

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do you, I guess, stop
or slow down Anthony Edwards if at all?

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I mean, that's a great question
and we're going to find out.

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But it'll be interesting the matchups that
they put on Anthony Edwards, who they

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put on them, how they try
to slow them down. You know,

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I think last year or a lot, they had TCP on him. They

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think their first ground on him a
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So I am curious what they're going
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he's throwing and Gordon over there a
little bit, but at one of those

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guys where you know, as clichie
as as he's going to get his you

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have to just figure out how to
how to limit it, how to pressure

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him, and are you confident you
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letting somebody else live or you know, might have to do that. But

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I am curious to see what the
niggest game plan is for him because he

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has been and continues to just to
elevate the elevated game. In the biggest

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moment, Colorado Avalanche knock off the
Winnipeg Jets in a series that was supposed

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to feature strength on strength, the
Jets one of the better defensive teams,

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but one of the best goalies,
if not best goalie in hockey, and

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and it turned into two teams hemorrhaging
goals to one another. Where do the

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Avs go from here and what is
our confidence level in them going forward?

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I have to be honest, and
I'm trying to pace myself here, but

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the Ads are playing like the Abs
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They are absolutely unstoppable. And you
got to give Alexander Yorg give all the

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credit in the world. I was
one of the people, I will admit

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it that was just dogging him after
that first game. I'm admitting it.

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I went on TV and I publicly
apologized to him. I'm he was not

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good, he was a sim It
was a disaster, But boy, that

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guy just shut everybody up, myself
included, and I give him all the

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credit in the world. And the
defense in front of them got their act

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together as well. So, I
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that first one, he only gave
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He is playing so great. But
when the Abs play with this level of

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speed and offensive power, they're just
so hard to beat. Nathan McKinnon,

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Kale mccarr playing like the best players
in the world. They look so good

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that when they're playing this fast,
this is it is the exact same formula

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is how they won the Cup two
years ago. Plus the depths. The

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depth scoring has come through too.
It's a lot of things they didn't have

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last year. They lacked the depths
last year, they lacked this kind of

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level of intensity that we're seeing and
so and Miko Randon finally got loose.

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The moose got loose. You were
waiting for it to happen. It's like

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once the damn broke, you feel
pretty good about it. You cannot understate

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the value of val Nachushkin on this
team, but what he brings. I

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don't know if the numbers have changed, guys, but as of yesterday,

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of the top ten points leaders in
the NHL Playoffs, fifty percent around the

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Colorado Avalanche. So when you're playing
like that, your odds are pretty good.

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So going into this previous matchup with
the Winnipeg Jets, the Jets dominated

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the season series. And when you
look at a who weights well, the

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ads of weight, whether whether it
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I mean they're two and one this
past season the regular season against the

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Knights and three and one with the
advantage over to Dallas Stars. Do you

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have a reference preferencecuse me as a
fan, who you rather see the Abs

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actually face? No, I kind
of want doubt. I think a lot

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of people will o say the Nights. I kind of want Dallas because I

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think they're a little bit weaker defensively, and if the Avs can continue to

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play at the level they have offensively, I just feel like that for me,

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feels like a little bit better of
a matchup than Vegas Knights. Even

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though I think the popular opinion is
Vegas, I'm gonna go with Dallas.

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Interesting. Interesting, Yeah, the
Vegas has been the has been the favorite

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I think I've seen on social media
from the fans as far. Nick and

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I were talking a little bit earlier. The Broncos obviously drafted Bone Nicks with

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the twelfth overall pick in the draft. And I've talked to people who and

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I kind of try to get the
temperature of the fan base here, and

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I think this fan base would be
crushed if he was not starting Week one.

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How big of a disappointment would it
be if bo Nicks is not the

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starting quarterback in the never Broncos Week
one over Zach Wilson, Jared Stidham and

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Ben Denucci. You know, I
think it's one of those things that I

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think that's what the fan base wants. I think that's what everybody would like

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to see. But I think that
there's also I could see Bonnicks starting,

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you know, middle of the season
too. You know, if he's not

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ready, you really want to throw
him out there and bust another guy.

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Now that being said, I really
the fans of you know, they just

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they want to see the kid.
They want to see him go. But

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maybe he needs a little bit more
time to develop. And I don't think

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that's the worst thing in the world
if you don't start him right away,

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I think because I think the fans
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full well that Zach Wilson is not
the long term option right, and that

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they I would hope. I would
think people would see that, Okay,

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bonus will come out when he's ready. That being said, fans are impatient.

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We know this. They've been waiting
eight years. So I think everyone

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would much prefer to see bone and
they will be a little bit disappointed.

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But I don't know. I was
disappointed as if you put him into early

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right, and then we're here again
next year and then sending out cryptic tweets

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after another quarterback. You know this
is funny because here's the thing I do

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that every year. This is the
first year I got caught. I would

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have never caught on, by the
way, So kudos to the internet for

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figuring that one out. I will
I have to come up with a heart

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or a more difficult puzzle for people
to solve next year. Yeah, you

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better hope it's not like Shador.
Good luck with that one. I honestly,

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I kind of want the challenge.
Ooh, I'm excited for the you

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sentence speaking of challenge, that the
NFL is on the verge of another challenge

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because every single year we talk about
player safety and Roger Goodell talker talked about

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the idea of having eighteen games.
We had Troy Vincent on and we talked

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to him about how will the lead
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I guess network partners, but more
importantly getting the NFLPA to kind of agree

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to that. Will you look at
the idea of eighteen games. I know

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it's great for us, being as
though you're covering the sport, well,

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when you think about the game as
a whole, I mean, should that

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be the push for eighteenth maybe nineteen
game NFL game? You know what's funny,

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Nick, As you're asking me this
question, the first thing that popped

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into my head was when they moved
it to seventeen games. And if you

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remember, we talked to Justin Simmons
afterwards and he was not happy about it.

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I don't know if you guys remember
that, but like you know,

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he was like, as a player, like, this is not you know,

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he kind of said, I understand
it, but I'm not this is

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not great for us and our health
and everything. And I think that the

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truth is it's inevitable. You follow
the money, right, It's the same

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thing like there's too many teams in
the playoffs these days, right, should

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there really be an NBA play in
with the bottom four teams. Probably not,

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but it makes money, you know, I mean how many you know?

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And same thing with baseball they expand
in the playoffs. It's all money.

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And so I think that this has
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to that same discussion of do they
really care about player safety? Because the

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money is certainly the first thought here. And as soon as they went to

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seventeen games, I thought was how
long till eighteen? Right, that's the

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best thing for the player? Probably
not. I mean, they're you know,

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you look at the one good thing
is that the kind of the recovery

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and the training and the nutrition is
better than ever. Right, it's unparalleled,

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and the resources that these players have. But nonetheless, you know,

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eighteen games is going to take a
huge physical toll on their body. And

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I just it kind of seems like
if the NFL wants it, the NFLPA

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always case. And I don't know, I don't know the business behind that,

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but I can't imagine the NFLPA went
in that one. No, I

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can't either. Talking with Roamy Bean
from CBS News Colorado, Romie, we

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always appreciate the time. Oh,
I love it when you guys have me

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on your best. We try Roby
Bean