WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.640 Day one Broncos training camp. At least the portion open 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.919 to the fans is in the books. I thought practice 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.439 out there today was I think the fans were maybe 4 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.480 expecting a little more fireworks than what they got. I 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.879 was expecting a larger crowd than what they got. By 6 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.199 the end, it felt like that maybe, you know, maybe 7 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:25.079 sixty five seventy five percent full. They're on the berm overall. 8 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:27.600 I thought the quarterbacks were a little shaky today. Zach 9 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.359 Wilson got his day up with the ones, and yeah, 10 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.039 I mean the running game. 11 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:35.000 The running backs look good. 12 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:36.359 It'd be nice to see when we get the pads 13 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.719 on we can get a better look at and everything. 14 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:40.719 But as we as we sort of see it right now, 15 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.399 the main competitions, which we've already described the course of 16 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.600 the quarterbacks are at the center position, in which Wattenberg 17 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.640 appears to be in the lead right now, at the 18 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:56.479 inside linebacker position opposite Alex Singleton. They've rotated Jonas Griffith 19 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:59.759 and Cody Barton through that, and then over there at 20 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.880 the corner position opposite Sir Tan and Ja Kwan McMillan, 21 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:06.959 and it looks like that we've seen a rotation so 22 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.120 far of tomorrow, mathis Riley Moss and Levi Wallace, and 23 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.040 that those those appear to be the main sort of 24 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:14.280 camp battles, at least at the top of the roster. 25 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:19.519 Obviously guys will be battering battling for depth and. 26 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.159 And spots and the practice squad as well. 27 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.760 Five six, six nine zeros in textallant to be a 28 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.280 bit of a short show tonight as we've got Rockies 29 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.920 baseball coming up. 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So if 42 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.520 you aren't able to get out there, or maybe you're 43 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:09.840 sitting on the hill and you just want to hear 44 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:11.840 what we're seeing down there at the bottom of the hill. 45 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.400 You bring your little radio, bring your phone, put on 46 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.039 the app, whatever the case may be, you can listen 47 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:16.520 to us there. 48 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.719 Kawa at Training Camp is powered. 49 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.719 By the Sporty Pickle Bar and Grill and Chevron Colorado, 50 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.120 the Human Energy Company committed to our local communities and 51 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:30.159 safely delivering affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy five six six 52 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:31.159 nine zeros of text line. 53 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:33.000 I want to hear what you guys, what questions you. 54 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:34.960 Guys have, because I want to tailor coverage this year 55 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.000 to what it is that you guys want to know about. 56 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.960 Everybody that I talk to, you always wants. 57 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.520 To hear about the quarterbacks. Okay, cool, I know you 58 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:44.080 want to hear about the quarterbacks. But what else do 59 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:45.439 you guys want to hear about? What do you want 60 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:50.439 to know so that we can tailor coverage to that Specifically. 61 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:54.319 One of the things that one of the myths, the narratives, 62 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:55.879 whatever you want to call it, that we sort of 63 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.400 busted already this week was the premature demise of Javante Williams. 64 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.159 We had outlets around town writing out his obituary, and 65 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.960 I didn't particularly understand that Javonte Williams is absolutely dominated, 66 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:11.719 taking almost every rep with the ones that there is 67 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.199 to take, and he is the guy. He's dropped something 68 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.319 like ten pounds, gotten a little bit healthier, got a 69 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:18.960 little more spring in his step, and you know, I 70 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:20.960 think he's fully all the way back finally from that 71 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:26.520 devastating injury he suffered nearly two years ago. So I 72 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:28.319 think that Javante is going to have a huge role 73 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.479 in this offense. I think Odric Estimate is going to 74 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:32.479 have a role in this offense. I think Julia McLoughlin 75 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:34.560 is going to have a role in this offense. I 76 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.000 think if we're asking about an odd man out right now, 77 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.120 that would appear to be some MAJIPI. Ryne p Ryan, 78 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.280 of course, was the kind of the third down back 79 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:43.639 for the Broncos last year. 80 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.400 Caught quite a few passes out of the backfield. 81 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.919 And you know, he did a good, pretty good job 82 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.520 with pass protection, but he had some untimely fumbles and 83 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:54.919 you know, kind of he's always been a guy who 84 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.400 has sort of a violent running style and it's worn 85 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.000 him down. You know, anytime you had him out there's 86 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.080 a starter by the time he gets bulk carries or 87 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:04.599 he gets to a certain amount of carries by the 88 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.639 time he gets to the second third game of doing that, 89 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.039 you know, he tends to be a guy that wears 90 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.960 down a little bit. And so I think that, you know, 91 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.680 I know, the Broncos save I think three million dollars 92 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:17.959 if they do move on from him, versus, for instance, 93 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:21.959 one point five for Javonte, save three million dollars, and 94 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.800 you can work Javonte and you know, an estimate into 95 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.399 into a different load share with with McLoughlin sort of 96 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:31.519 being the the spark back, and I think that rotation 97 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:33.160 wi workout. You've also got a couple of the guys 98 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:37.800 vying for a spot on this roster in Blake Watson 99 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:41.000 who's been injured, and and Tyler Batty and I don't 100 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:42.720 you know, I don't know, baby, maybe. 101 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:43.800 A practice squad guy Watson. 102 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:48.120 I believe, and it is a personal belief that they 103 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:52.399 had sort of a a kick return role kind of 104 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.360 carved out for him and then maybe he would come 105 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.319 in and be another, you know, another spark back kind 106 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.240 of thing, because he does have that extra gear. 107 00:04:58.279 --> 00:04:59.759 But with him being injured, don't. 108 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:04.319 I don't know how he factors in now to those 109 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:07.360 plans when we're seeing what looks like a pretty healthy 110 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.759 rotation from the backs that I've already mentioned. Five six 111 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:16.319 six nine zero is the text line, appreciate appreciate some 112 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.480 of the texts coming in already. Brian wants to hear 113 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:20.399 about the long snappers. Well, we only have one right now, 114 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.600 and Mitchell FERBONI. If we get another one and there 115 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:27.000 suddenly develops a blazing competition for long snappers, I will 116 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.560 do my best to bring you the up to the 117 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:33.720 minute coverage that you all deserve. On that, none of 118 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:36.800 the three quarterbacks have varied from their attire. Jared Stidham 119 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.759 is a short sleeve hoodie guy, Zach Wilson's long sleeve 120 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.399 T shirt a headband guy. And Bo Nix is you know, 121 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:44.639 I just drink water at practice, not gatorade. We're in 122 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.279 the regular uniform with no flare. He does not wear 123 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:52.600 pieces of flair at all, So adjust your quarterback rankings accordingly. 124 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.199 I don't know if you guys got a chance this 125 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:03.079 afternoon to watch the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. What a 126 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.279 chaotic mess. I don't know if you guys had a 127 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.800 chance to see this thing or not. The pyrotechnics and the. 128 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:15.439 Metal and everything else. A six kilometer river parade was planned. 129 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.639 Organizers wanted to make the ceremonies accessible as possible. They 130 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.639 gave away two hundred and twenty two thousand free tickets 131 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.879 eighty giant screens around the city for everybody to watch. 132 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:29.600 So due to the sheer size, they didn't have the 133 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:35.720 opportunity to do a full rehearsal, and so the ceremony 134 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.720 began with a video interlude that field World Cup winner 135 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:43.720 Zenadize a Dane running through Paris, a huge fireworks display 136 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:49.519 of the tricolor and the nation's being introduced, starting with Greece, 137 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:53.839 and then the boats sort of continued being introduced with 138 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:59.759 another interlude featuring Lady Gaga singing in French. But the 139 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.399 I think the chaotic nature of it failed to sort 140 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.920 of grip viewers who were already beginning to turn it 141 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:07.759 off at the start. Uh. 142 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:10.040 Twitter was was pretty hilariously brutal. 143 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.519 Uh, people calling it horrible, the most boring ceremony ever. Sorry, Paris, 144 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:19.079 this is the worst ever, dreadful, What an awful opening ceremony. 145 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.199 It was sort of damp, and further when rain started 146 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:25.879 to come down on the thousands of spectators as they were, 147 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:26.839 uh they were. 148 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.000 Getting drowned a little bit. 149 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.680 Uh they had it was a one point a a 150 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.439 headless Marie Antoinette uh singing. 151 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:36.720 I don't. 152 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.120 I mean, it's sort of is is it a flex 153 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:43.920 if you're the country that beheaded your queen at one 154 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.079 point and you're you're you're pointing back to that is 155 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.240 is the opening welcome ceremony? 156 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:50.199 I I don't know. 157 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.800 There were jokes all over Twitter and people were talking about, 158 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.800 you know, Germany's gonna have to reinvade France after this ceremony. 159 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.399 It was just, uh, it was. It was. It was 160 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.800 chaotic and ridiculous, and. 161 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.800 The people watching, everyone that I saw watching didn't seem 162 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:08.800 to understand and or appreciate the ceremony as it was. 163 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:10.519 I want to get your thoughts of you do we care? 164 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:14.439 Do we care about the Olympics, you know, opening ceremonies, 165 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:16.240 all that kind of stuff. Do we do we care 166 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.560 about any of that kind of stuff? I mean, I 167 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:21.040 was talking with Nick last night and I remember in 168 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:24.959 the nineties being very attuned to the Olympics. 169 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:28.160 I remember, you know, specifically. 170 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:30.079 I think it was like nineteen ninety six where I 171 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.159 was talking about having a you know, a high school 172 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.240 teenage crush on the the one gymnast, the short Way 173 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:40.919 Dominic Mochianu. I vaguely remember that, but I remember being 174 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:44.000 attuned to the Olympics specifically early nineties with the Dream 175 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.879 Team and then you know Dream Team too, and I 176 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.559 sort of the high school years where I was sort 177 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:49.159 of into that, and. 178 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.279 Then I just kind of tuned out. 179 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.600 I kind of quit watching the Olympics over time, and 180 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.519 I guess I've checked back in here or there. There 181 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:00.159 have been some gimmicks that have sort of brought me 182 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:04.120 back in at times, having Snoop Dogg announced things as 183 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.879 frankly hilarious, so that that is something that gimmick worked 184 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:08.519 on me a little bit. 185 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.320 But I'm not one of those people who can really. 186 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.200 Name all the Olympians anymore, or even name all the 187 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.600 sports that we're in in the United States. Is the 188 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:23.360 betting favorite to the prohibitive betting favorite to win the 189 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.799 most medals and and dominating this thing? But I guess 190 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.039 I don't know if it is a combination of poor 191 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.200 marketing on the Olympic side, of things that those personalities 192 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.519 and those names aren't is widely known, or if it's 193 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:44.360 my own ignorance and inability to or unwavering in attentiveness 194 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.440 to it that have have sort of brought that to 195 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.759 bear as it were. Now, I just I don't know. 196 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:53.639 I can't. I haven't been psyched about it. 197 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:55.879 Maybe I started getting some highlights of something and it 198 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:58.120 starts drawing me in. I did watch a little bit 199 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:00.799 of the exhibition basketball stuff, and that that probably is 200 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.559 your best hook for me at this point. But I 201 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.240 used to love the Olympics and I used to have 202 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:06.320 the goofy sports too. 203 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:06.519 You know. 204 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.960 We were talking about that a little bit last night. 205 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.679 I curling, like I would get way into curling for 206 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:18.279 no reason. And you think that, like, you know, a 207 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.399 degenerate gambler like myself would love to this kind of stuff, 208 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.759 to put money on this kind of stuff. I just 209 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.759 I just don't. I just haven't. So I don't. 210 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:28.159 I don't know. 211 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:30.000 You guys, tell me, are you are you tuning into 212 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.000 the Olympics or not? In a text line right now, 213 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.240 does not appear too, does not appear to be very 214 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.200 into the Olympics. I can't read that one on the 215 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.720 air Brian, but I appreciate it. Someone asked if fifteen 216 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:41.919 pieces of flair is the bare minimum? I mean, if 217 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.360 you want to do to bare minimum, if you just 218 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:45.759 want to do the bare minimum. Here we you know 219 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.960 Brian over there's got thirty pieces of flair. So and 220 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.879 he's over there selling the cheesy shooters and extreme fahetes. 221 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:53.799 So we did get a text that I want to 222 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:58.320 read here from the four oh seven that says, Ben, 223 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.639 I want to know how the depth is shaping up 224 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:04.600 on the offensive line, particularly in areas one as the 225 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:05.720 tackle position. 226 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.320 We know the. 227 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.320 Starters will be, but you'll have Polsowski, Pert and Crumb 228 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:12.679 battling for backup positions. So think when Bailey and Calvin 229 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.519 Throckmorton are probably battling for one position on that line, 230 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.600 who are you seeing and where do you think those 231 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.039 battles stand. Well, I would say that on the offensive 232 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.799 tackle battle, Crumb would probably just based on the reps 233 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.279 thus far be a distant third of those three that 234 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.919 you mentioned, Pelshawski and Pert would probably be the backups. 235 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:35.320 Bailey and Throckmorton may be fighting for one spot. Bailey 236 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:38.159 has had a knack for sticking around on the Broncos roster. 237 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:42.559 There were several jokes made today about Calvin Throckmorton's haircut, 238 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:46.559 which is vaguely boy bandish, beieverish if you will. 239 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.080 Thanks keithan Orlando. 240 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:54.840 I think that the real battle there is the center position, 241 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.759 and then once we know who takes that job, whether 242 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.720 it's Alex Forsyth or Luke Wattenberg, and Wattenberg has had 243 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:04.480 the bulk of the reps thus far, or Sam Mustaffer, 244 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:06.159 who I don't think is going to win it but 245 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.480 was certainly brought into to be a veteran. 246 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.399 In the room. I think after that then you sort 247 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:14.000 of know. 248 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:19.440 How many spots are available after that to keep his depth. 249 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:21.840 And the thing I'll say about this is making you 250 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:25.879 fifty three is not what it once was. With the 251 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.720 advent of the practice squad being what it is now 252 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:32.240 and how many spots it has, and the call up 253 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.840 rules where you can keep guys on there for multiple 254 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:39.120 call ups and all that kind of stuff, it's a 255 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:44.279 de facto roster extension. And so you could have a 256 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:46.879 situation where you have like only seven or eight offensive 257 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:49.440 linemen on the fifty three, but you've got five guys 258 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:52.240 on the practice squad that you could rotate through, calling 259 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.159 up week to week and you know, and sort of 260 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:57.759 go from there. And so some of these battles, the 261 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:00.480 down roster battles, where I would have paid more attention 262 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.480 or been glued to who's going to be the guy 263 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.440 to get the last spot here, it doesn't It doesn't 264 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:10.440 resonate as much because these guys are going to make 265 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:14.799 the practice squad and they're going to be there anyway, 266 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:18.639 you know, You're not. It's not a situation where if 267 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.039 they don't make it, they're just not gonna be around you. 268 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:22.480 Probably most of these guys are going to make the 269 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.840 practice squad, you know, And so instead of ninety guys 270 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.440 getting cut down to fifty three, what you really have 271 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:31.759 now is ninety guys getting cut down to fifty three. 272 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.039 But then you know, you're bringing in twenty guys for 273 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.159 the practice squad. So really only like twenty of these 274 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.480 guys you know, ended up getting moved on from and 275 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.039 some of them stay in the area so they can 276 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:45.080 rotate through the practice squad. So I don't know, I 277 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:47.840 hear you on that, and you're probably correct in the 278 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:53.600 sense that Quinn and Calvin are probably fighting for one 279 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.840 offensive line spot due to the nature of the competition 280 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.200 between Forsyth and Wattenburg. 281 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.519 That said, is it really that. 282 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:01.480 Big a d which one wins it and the other 283 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:04.919 one's on the practice squad other than for contractual issues 284 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.639 for them, I mean their money, right, But in terms 285 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:10.440 of in terms of a team perspective, I don't think 286 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:10.960 it matters. 287 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.600 You know, both guys will. 288 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:14.519 Probably be around, one will be on the practice squad, 289 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.559 one will be on the fifty. 290 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:16.320 Three, and you go from there. 291 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.360 And if one of the guys, you know, I'll play 292 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.039 the other, maybe they swap that out at some point 293 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:23.720 or something. But the reality is those down roster battles 294 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.519 feel like they've taken on a lesser importance because of 295 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.320 the expansion of the practice squad five six six nine 296 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.120 zeros text line, I don't think that. I think the 297 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.919 battles that matter are the starting position battles and where 298 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.679 we talk about the linebacker next Alex Singleton, whether it's 299 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:44.399 Cody Barton, Jonas Griffith, the corner position, which especially interests me, 300 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:48.440 between Damari Mathis, Riley Moss, and Levi Wallace. To a 301 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.480 lesser extent, treymont Smith, although I think he makes the 302 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.600 team by virtue of his special teams, and will probably 303 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.960 be on kickoffs. 304 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.200 The center position, which we've mentioned. 305 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.519 Alex Forsyth and Luke Wattenberg, and then of course quarterback, 306 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:04.320 where everyone is laser focused between Jarrett Stidham, bo Nix, 307 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:08.159 and Zach Wilson. And I would say to my mind, 308 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:11.000 at this point, Jarrett Stidham is firmly in the lead 309 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.679 at number one, boon Ennis is firmly number two, and 310 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:17.799 Zach Wilson is firmly number three, And that's probably sort 311 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.960 of to be expected. Jarrett Stidham has a year in 312 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:24.559 this offense, He has a year around most of these 313 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.799 guys as players, and so he's going to have a 314 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.639 better grasp of things and and sort of the game 315 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.879 will slow down for him a little bit more because 316 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.480 of that. That doesn't mean that Bonix won't catch up, 317 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.320 doesn't mean it won't catch up in camp, doesn't mean 318 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.279 Bonix is a bust, doesn't mean any any of that 319 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.720 kind of stuff. I hate it when people go that 320 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:47.159 direction with it. The reality is, at the end of 321 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.480 the day, this team wants Bonnicks to take the job. 322 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.519 That's what they want. Right You drafted him in the 323 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.480 first round. You want that to happen. But Sean Payton 324 00:15:55.600 --> 00:16:01.360 is not going to accelerate the pro pross just because 325 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:05.159 bo Nick is a rookie. He's not John Payton wants 326 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.799 to win football games. He's gonna go with the guy 327 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.600 who on day one he believes gives him the best 328 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:14.120 opportunity to win football games. We'll see bo Nicks at 329 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.399 some point this year, whether that's Week one, whether that's 330 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.720 Week fifteen, whatever, We're going to see bo Nicks some 331 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.279 point this year because they'll need to see what they 332 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.240 have before going into next year. But as it sits 333 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:25.879 right now, if you're wrapping camp right now, before we've 334 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.320 ever put the pads on, I would suggest that Jared 335 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.480 Stidham looks like he's in better command of this offense, 336 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.360 and he should Does he hang on to that lead? 337 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.480 How long does he hang on to that lead? 338 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.759 Those are questions that I think will come up, but 339 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.679 I think it's important to contextualize that again with he 340 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.120 has a year experience in this offense, and with these 341 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:53.120 players and bow Knicks and Zach Wilson have a matter 342 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:58.679 of weeks a dozen practices maybe to have kind of 343 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.919 sort of gotten acclimated to this, and so at this 344 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.519 point you would expect the veteran who's been around to 345 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:04.960 be in the lead. 346 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:07.359 Now. I like some things out of bow Nicks. 347 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.920 I like the fact that he's you know, he's got 348 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.079 a little athleticis into his game that you shouldn't count out. 349 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.200 I like the fact that he tries to get the 350 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.519 ball out quickly and not take negative plays. Those are 351 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.680 things that will definitely play into Sean Payton's love of 352 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:23.920 his game. But as it sits right now, there are 353 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.680 moments you can see out there where he looks a 354 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.480 little frenetic. It hasn't slowed down for him. He's still absorbing. 355 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:30.599 You know, what is it? Defenses are throwing at me, 356 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.279 what is this play? 357 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.440 Call? 358 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.640 What is play that we're running? 359 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:37.559 And that leads to being out of sync in other areas, 360 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.279 being off balance, and you know, part of Zach Wilson's 361 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:42.880 game is thrown from weird platforms. But bo Nicks, you know, 362 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.480 it's it's supposed to be fairly robotic. And you know 363 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.440 there have been times where you've seen him off platform 364 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.759 or you see him, you know, hurrying to get the 365 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.119 ball out rather than perhaps sticking with something to see 366 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.480 if it shakes open in these type situations, and I'm 367 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.079 not privy to what specifically Sean Payton is coaching him 368 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.440 to do in those scenarios. I don't know if the 369 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.559 advice is to just get it out or the advice 370 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:09.759 is to hang with it. But there are some moments 371 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:11.119 there where you kind of wish he'd hang with it 372 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.640 just a little bit, just to sort of see if 373 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:15.000 something would shake open, and you know, maybe set yourself 374 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:18.039 a little bit better to make the throat. When we 375 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:20.039 come back, I want to get a little deeper into 376 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.680 Day one. Listen to Broncos Country to Night live down 377 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:26.480 here at Valley. I'm Benjamin all Bright, this Kawa. 378 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.279 We'll be back. 379 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.119 Welcome back to at Broncos Country Tonight live from down 380 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:03.400 here at the Valley. I'm Benjamin Albright, Michael Cooper. Back 381 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.799 there at iHeart Control, heay Wait Training Campus powered by 382 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.480 the Sporty Pickle, Barn, Grill and Chevron Colorado, where Colorado 383 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.599 is the Human Energy Company's committed to our local communities 384 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:17.519 and safely delivering affordable, reliable, ever cleaning, ever cleaner excuse 385 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.519 me energy five six six nine zeros a text line. 386 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:24.200 I got a few texts during the break, not a 387 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:28.359 lot of you excited about the Olympics. Not a lot 388 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:33.440 of you excited about the Olympics at all. Somebody did 389 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:35.279 say that there's a good gimmick for surfing this year, 390 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.880 which I didn't realize was an Olympic thing because they're 391 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:41.279 in Tahiti and surfing like the most dangerous wave in 392 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:47.400 the world. Okay, maybe if I see some highlights of 393 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.880 that and then I'm like, oh, that's cool, you know, 394 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.839 But as it sits right, there's nothing I just I 395 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:54.359 mean American basketball, yeah, but beyond that, it just does 396 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:57.720 not feel like there's anything there that's that's just an 397 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:03.079 overwhelming draw for me. Someone nine says, I remember Montreal 398 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:05.839 in nineteen seventy six, all the great American boxers. I 399 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:08.279 think we won eight of nine Golds or something ridiculous. 400 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:10.079 That's a couple of. 401 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.839