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12-29-25 Hour 3 - Adam Schefter/The Longest Keys to the Game Ever/National narrative about AFC West

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Speaker 3

On here, Adam, this is so classic.

Speaker 4

Brett has been out for five weeks because he had another kid, and he's he's got to keep looking at his notes.

Speaker 3

To figure out what the hell is?

Speaker 5

What?

Yeah?

Speaker 6

Yeah, oh, this is hysterois to have that all answer?

Speaker 5

Great?

Many?

How many kids we have too?

Speaker 3

Two?

Speaker 5

Congratulation boy girl?

What have we got there?

Speaker 6

Two girls?

Speaker 3

Yep?

Speaker 7

Another girl one and the other one three weeks.

Speaker 6

Right, Adam.

Speaker 2

Always appreciate the time and look over the weekend.

With the Chargers loss, that seals the Broncos for winning the AFC West, the first time a non Chiefs team has done that since twenty fifteen.

The question now becomes, when the Broncos played the Chargers this weekend, do the Chargers have the incentive to go all out or is there a chance you think they rest up justin Herbert and just get ready for the postseason.

Speaker 5

Look, Jim Harball is always quirky with these things, and I would think that he's going to be thoughtful.

But I don't know what incentive they have to play certain guys here.

So to me, it's not gonna be surprised if Herbert doesn't play.

But I don't you know that yet.

We haven't heard from him just yet.

Speaker 7

Yeah, the only incentive is incentive is if he's trying to play a particular opponent in the first round of the playoffs.

I mean that that would be it.

I mean, and how much does he value also keeping a healthy upright quarterback.

Maybe he thinks his hand injuries not that big a deal.

What do you think he thinks?

Speaker 5

No, I well, again, Jim thinks differently than most people.

Okay, we'll start there.

But I just think the most important thing justin Herbert's gutting tumult, and so to me, it's most important to get him some rest right now to me, But it's not my team.

Speaker 4

Yeah, well, I guess, Adam, when you look at it, though, with every team having a flaw.

I mean, do you think that coaches genuinely want to try and pick their opponent in the postseason?

Speaker 5

Yeah, I don't believe It's no, Like, what are we talking about?

Also, it's not like, no, I don't believe they really care about that, you know, buy and large now in the NFC, if he gets to play one of the NFC South teams, I mean I could see some thought to that potentially, but I think coaches are more interested in doing what's best for their team, and to me, what's best for their team right now, it's the rest justin Herbert, that's me, not my decision.

Like, why is heeded to be out there for seating they're in, they're in.

I don't know the scenarios of who they would or wouldn't play.

I don't know if they could improve their seating or not.

But to me, I don't see a lot there to gain.

Speaker 2

If you had to handicap it, if I gave you Broncos, Patriots, Jags to represent the AFC or the field, who would you take.

Speaker 5

I probably would take the field because I just Josh Allen looms dangerous in the postseason.

To me, he just Looms dangerous and Houston.

You didn't mention them.

They have the best defense.

Houston is the best defense.

Buffalo is the best quarterback.

So if you're giving me those options, I'll take the field because I get the best of bulge worlds.

Speaker 7

You know what I wouldn't want to do this year, By the way, who votes on all of these awards, like Coach of the Year and MVP.

Who handles that is that media?

Speaker 5

Yes?

Media?

Speaker 7

Okay, So if you're voting for Coach of the Year and you got a week to play, I'm looking at all the contestants here.

I mean, I have no idea what Kyle Shanahan has done to a banged up San Francisco squad.

Liam Cohen and Jacksonville Hell, Sean Payton here in Denver, Mike Rabel in New England, Mike McDonald and Seattle.

You I've never seen a lots, I mean so many can I mean, good luck voting on that one.

Speaker 5

I mean to me, honestly, the case for Vrabel, Liam Cohne, Ben Johnson, and Kyle Shanney like those four guys, Like there are other guys.

Sean Payne's been great, but there are four guys in my mind, that stand and that above the others.

The Bears lost last night, so although what they've done is still incredible, Like those are the real turnaround stories in the NFL this year, New England, Chicago, Jacksonville, and San Francisco is not a turnaround.

But I don't think anybody could survive what the Niners have been through and be in a position going into Week eighteen to play for the number one seed.

Speaker 6

Yeah, that's absolutely it's remarkable.

Speaker 4

I want to ask you this though, because I guess I could do my research, but I think you're smarter than me.

I look at that you talk about the turnarounds, like the Patriots turn around, the Jaguars turnaround.

Houston's playing good football, you know.

A couple of years ago, Straud was the talk of the town.

But a tough one last year.

But Seattle's turnaround.

You know, even Carolinas, you know, can win the division and all they have to do is knock off the dog butt Buccaneers.

Right now, when you're talking about these turnarounds, is this a year where you've seen more?

The Bears is obviously a huge one.

More turnaround for teams that have gone from to pretty dang good than we've seen in a long time.

I'm trying to remember when we had, you know this many teams, six teams or more than actually flipped the script and or playing great ball.

Speaker 5

Well, what I would say to that would be that stat hold on, let me see I have it or did I race it?

I think it's here.

Speaker 3

It is.

Speaker 5

Thirty six straight years.

Thirty six straight years.

Okay, at least four new teams have made the NFL playoffs this year.

The Patriots, Jaguar, Seahawks, Bears forty nine ers were all in.

None of it made it last year, Panthers will making six.

So you say, you've never seen a year like this, And I would say to you, it's happened every year for thirty six years.

Maybe eight, maybe not to this extreme, Yeah, maybe not to this.

Speaker 3

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Speaker 4

Like Bears eleven and five, Seattle you know, thirteen and three, and the Patriots thirteen and three and the Jags twelve and four.

Is that they've gone from you know, not they're not you know, ten and seven getting in, but you know, twelve thirteen wins that kind of thing.

Speaker 5

Thirty six straight years, at least four new teams have made the NFL playffs every year for thirty six straight years.

Okay, so what that tells you is that this league is hard to win in regularly.

Injuries are always a factor.

The difference between one team and another is not that great, just not that great.

It's still a quarterback coaches league.

And when you look at those teams, it turned it around.

What are they have in common?

New England as Mike Rabel newly hired and Drake May second year, Carol Jacksonville's got Trevor Larn's former number one over a pick with a new coach turned him around.

Chicago's got a former number and overall pick and Ben Johnson turned him around.

Kyle Shans Kyle Shann and he's the man like coaches and quarterbacks and teams fire coaches on a regular basis.

Unless they have a great quarterback, they're making changes.

And that's why you get thirty six straight years of at least four new playoff teams every year.

Speaker 2

Well, you brought up the Panthers.

I am very curious to see how that came against the Bucks is going to go and what it means for Todd Bowles.

Todd Bowles did that risky thing.

He went to the well of kind of calling out his team.

He had that moment at the presser.

He's thrown out some f bombs and they responded by losing again.

What do you think happens if Tampa Bay does not make the postseason or even if they do, is Todd Bowles's job up for discussion?

Speaker 7

You think?

Speaker 5

I think, Look, you know, you make the postseason, you can win in the postseason, go on a run after that changes the narrative and the feeling about how you finish.

But if Tampa loses at home on Sunday to Carol or Saturday, excuse me, Saturday to Carolina, Tampa Bay loses his home and then loses what is it, seven of eight games down the stretch.

I mean, I think all things are on the table, all options are on the table at that point in time, But that that team's falling apart down the stretch this year really surprising, disappointing for them.

Speaker 7

Could there be a surprise coaching change out there that we're not aware of?

Speaker 5

Just like there are thirty six years of four new Yeah, it's probably thirty six straight years of at least one surprise, say coaching change every year.

Speaker 7

Yeah, yeah, stuff that every year.

Speaker 5

It happens.

Now, Like you know, we know the regular places that are being discussed.

We already have Tennessee and the Giants.

I think people are waiting on Cleveland atlant Raiders, like nobody's gonna be surprised there anything happens.

And then you know, you got some interesting places like I think the loser a Sunday Nights game between Baltimore and pitt They're gonna be questions asked there.

Speaker 7

Yeah, I thought about that, and those are two long time coaches too, that that'd be a tough one either way.

Speaker 5

Or somebody is gonna some franchise is gonna be disappointed, some fan base is gonna be alienated.

Some people are gonna have said do I think any of them getting fired?

Speaker 4

No?

Speaker 5

I don't.

But do I think they'll be discussions with the team that loses on Sunday Night?

Yeah?

Yeah, I think they'll be discussions.

I don't know what comes out of that, but yeah, that we didn't make the playoffs.

What went wrong?

Speaker 6

What's up?

Speaker 5

What?

Speaker 2

I don't know if you have any inside dope on this, but what's going on between Max Crosby and the Raiders right now.

Speaker 4

You know, I.

Speaker 5

Don't know why people are like all worked up about it.

Speaker 7

Here because because he was worked up because he went public.

That's why.

Speaker 5

Okay, what I would say to that is this, if the Raiders are playing for something, he'd be out there, but they're not.

And he needs surgery.

And they had scans last Tuesday that said his knee had gotten worse and that he was a threat to make it bad if he if he didn't have it operated on.

So why I know he wants to play, That's why he's Max Crosby like he's he's a warrior.

Highest respect for that guy and the way he plays.

Why would you put him out there?

So both things can be right?

Yes, you can be doing what you can to lock in the number one overall pick, and you can be doing smart and proven thing and resting your guy, right, I mean, why can't they both be troue is there?

Speaker 6

I'm just throwing this out there.

Speaker 2

Is there like an incentive thing that he could hit that maybe he can't now if they're shutting him down that he's upset about.

Speaker 5

No, I don't believe that's scary.

He got he has so much guarantee money.

You know, you're not talking about anything incentives they're going to sway things here.

Speaker 7

Yeah, why is it so hard to tank in the National Football League?

Like watching the Raiders and Giants yesterday, I'm sure there's a sluid Giants fans going.

Speaker 3

What are you doing?

Why would you play that hard?

Speaker 5

It's very simple.

Yeah, it's very simple because while your front office or ownership may privately want you to lose players, contracts in large part are not guaranteed players contracts expire, and the moment you put lazy, unmotivated play on tape, you hurt your own value.

You've got coaches in both places coaching to keep their jobs.

They don't you know, they don't care whether they're their franchises in number one.

Pick the coaches in Vegas, maybe five coaches and the Giants staff already some have been fired and some are trying to distinguish themselves.

They want to win, so that, you know, it's really conflicting motivations, you know, and ownership.

With ownership or front officers would never ever admit, oh yeah, we want to lose this game.

But trust me, through the years, I've spoken to enough teams like it's in ournate like I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna watch my team.

I'm gonna be rooting for them to win.

I'd like to see him win.

But if they don't win, I'm gonna be good with it.

I've heard that said to me.

But the players, players are always trying to win, always one hundred percent of the time.

Speaker 7

I get it.

But you know, the three of us put lazy, unmotivated play on tape every morning and it hasn't effect us one.

Speaker 5

Bit that you know.

That's that's why you get cut tomorrow.

Speaker 2

Adam Schefter he joined us every single week and I'm always appreciate the time.

Tek you buddy, guys take care here, do you too?

Adam Schefter joins us every single Monday at nine o'clock.

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If you're looking for the Avs and Kings, you head on over to AM nine to fifty pre games starting at six thirty.

Speaker 6

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Speaker 2

K start with the early game to night five thirty Nuggets at Heat five o'clock pre game VIC.

Speaker 7

The Denver Nuggets have beaten the Miami Heat eleven straight times in the regular season, eleven in a row, pretty hefty win streak.

I think it's going to be a close game again, and I want it to be close game.

I know there are a lot of Nuggets fans who are like, come on, we get a blowout.

At least I want it to come down to the very end.

Do you know that the Denver Nuggets could very easily be sixteen and oh on the road.

Every game they've had on the road, they've had a chance to win or at least tie at the buzzer at the buzzer.

Golden State joker at the shot at the buzzer to win, missed it.

Portland joker with the shot at the buzzer, missed it.

Dallas Peyton Watson shot at the buzzer in and out.

Orlando shot at the buzzer in and out.

You make those shots.

The Denver Nuggets are sixteen and oh on the road.

I wanted to come down to the final shot because I think the more of those you have, the more practice you get.

Speaker 2

Let's go head over to AM nine to fifty at seven o'clock at Savs and Kings.

Speaker 4

MOJ Dude, I don't know how to tell you this, but the Abs at home are unbelievable fifteen to oh and two at ball Arena sixteen oh to four in games.

They have fewer penalties than their opponent.

What does that tell you?

Speaker 7

So hold on a second.

I mean, I just need to You mean to tell me we're approaching New Year's Eve and this team only has two regulation losses.

Speaker 3

Yeah, That's what I'm trying to tell you.

Speaker 7

Is that what you're trying to make that a fact that this team, as we approach New Year's Eve two losses without a point?

That is correct.

Speaker 2

Only two other teams in the league have less than ten regulation losses.

Speaker 4

Listen, the Abs at home are obviously really, really good, and they are the second least penalized team in the entire National Hockey League.

So they don't take a ton of penalties, but they've got a sixteen to hine to four record when they take fewer.

Speaker 6

That's the key.

Speaker 4

Stay out of the box against Los Angeles.

But I'll tell you what's interesting about the Kings.

They got sixteen wins on the year.

Eleven of those have come on the road.

They don't like playing at home, they love playing away from Crypto.

Bottom line is this the average?

The Abs are averaging about four goals a game.

They're given up two point two, right, are a little less than two point two in the Kings.

They can't get the four goals, So stay out of the box, get the four goals, you win.

Speaker 2

The Avs have sixty three points on the year through thirty seven games.

Off the top of your head, how many teams in the Eastern Conference have over fifty points this season?

Speaker 4

I think either none or one.

The only one that would would be Carolina.

Zero is the answer.

Speaker 3

Where's Carolina?

Speaker 6

Carolina is forty nine?

Okay, there you go, and the other way than the Red Wings at four.

Speaker 4

So the Avs will be at Carolina on I want to say Saturday, Saturday.

They've got a rookie goalie there that is twelve one and one who's leading the National Hockey League right now in goals against average.

Yeah, the Carolina Hurricanes.

Speaker 3

Have that kid.

Speaker 6

They play yes Saturday Saturday.

Speaker 4

So that's gonna be a hell of a trip for the Abs at Carolina and Florida back to back day off, then at Tampa.

Oh baby, that's gonna be a toughie.

But nonetheless, my keys stand at home.

Speaker 7

You get the four goals, stay out of the box, you win, all right.

Moses keys lasted seven minutes.

I did mine in thirty seconds.

Can I add one more key?

Just a bounce?

I want a tight, Gabe, you know what.

I want them to be really really squeaking out of the end.

I believe you all are still listening, Nelly.

These keys are supposed to be quick paced, right, They're supposed to be like fast.

Let's get him done less than thirty seconds?

How long did his keys go?

How long?

Speaker 8

I just put Moser is the janitor that's been at the same university for like forty years and he has about one hundred keys, and you're going, hey, we got to get into this room.

Speaker 7

It's supposed to be a faster.

Speaker 3

Than I have stopped.

Speaker 7

It stopped like twenty minutes ago, and you're still talking.

Speaker 3

Stop asking me questions, Brett.

You see what this is.

You see what becomes of it?

Right?

Speaker 7

This is not a key, it's a milestone.

But can I add this tonight?

If Nikola Jokich has another triple, he will tie Oscar Robertson for the most all time.

You keep hearing that and you're kidding.

Speaker 2

Yeah, he will tie Oscar Robertson right now, and then Westbrooks.

Speaker 7

And then Westbrook's, you know, the only guy left which he can he can get to him.

By the end of the season, he has sixteen on the season on Nicole triple doubles.

Do you know that is as many as Jerry West had his entire career?

Speaker 3

Insane?

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Speaker 6

The heat.

Speaker 3

What's the street that they're on.

Speaker 7

Right now against Miami Vick eleven straight eleven straight, not playoffs, just regular season, right, but.

Speaker 6

Even in the playoffs.

Speaker 3

Okay, so five games.

Speaker 6

Fifteen out of sixteen something like that.

Speaker 3

What do you attribute to that?

Is that just weird?

Speaker 7

They can't match up a Joker at Autobio tries and Joker is just too big.

They don't have any plus.

I think that Miami, Uh, they've been unfortunate.

When they play the Nuggets their missing key players Tonight they'll be missing Tyler Hero out of Bio's a game time decision.

Of course, they're not get their missing players do and they're missing, so there's no excuse.

Speaker 5

Funny.

Speaker 2

I think Bamus is a good player.

I know he's what he's six' nine or something like.

Speaker 7

That it's just big.

ENOUGH i, mean there's very few Me he's just too.

Speaker 2

Big i'm sure you heard What jade McDaniel, said, Right, yeah he's, like how is it like matching up With joker When gobert wasn't out?

Speaker 6

There he's, like to be, HONEST i was just the tallest guy left.

Speaker 7

There he had to throw.

Speaker 3

On what do you want me to?

DO i don't know.

Speaker 4

Why it makes my heart sing WHEN i hear guys just become so honest.

Speaker 7

About beat it about.

Speaker 3

It do we have that audio at?

Speaker 4

All On?

Speaker 3

Nellie do you know if you can find?

It because he's he's.

Speaker 4

Pulling kind of pulling on his shirt while he's.

Talking he's, like, LOOK i, can't he, GOES i can't guard.

Him, OKAY i was the tallest guy left THAT i.

CAN'T i, KIDS i can't Guard and.

Speaker 7

What do you want me to?

DO i.

Speaker 4

Can't well, no but it wasn't like he, said you, know, yeah you know What he's, LIKE i just, LIKE i.

Speaker 3

Can't nobody who?

Can nobody?

Speaker 7

Can, yeah it's it's JUST i, mean it's kind of.

Speaker 4

Funny it's just a it's a moment of clarity that's just out there for the.

Speaker 7

World didn't get your thoughts on this because you were, Gone but you probably watched That christmas night, game, Right, yeah of, course and you've always sort of been you Loved Anthony edwards and then you.

Didn't what do you think about his his exercise and bad judgment at the end of that.

GAME i.

Speaker 6

Don't it was.

STUPID i, mean it was really, dumb and it hurt his.

Speaker 2

Team like HE'S i bounced back and forth on him so much because part of me just wants to be, like, hey he's just a guy having fun playing, basketball and is he a little, arrogant, yes but it's, like, okay show some personality and the other part is he can't be stupid with.

Speaker 6

It AND i think he toes that line weight.

Speaker 7

Too what was she doing with jokers hands When joker went to the foul was like.

You it reminds me a lot of Like moser does during timeouts here during commercial, breaks when you remember when you just sort of like stick stuff in your, face.

Speaker 5

Like what are you?

Speaker 7

Doing, WAIT i get get out of my orbit watch this?

Speaker 6

Video watch you.

Speaker 3

Know you know What i'm.

Speaker 7

Saying it's that juvenile like grow up but.

Imattitude, sorry, DUDE i haven't, Example i'm looking at your face right.

Now very rarely are you.

HERE i haven't touched you at all.

Today HAVE i touched?

You heet coughed in my face in the first ten?

Speaker 6

Seconds HAVE i touched?

Speaker 3

You HAVE i touched?

Speaker 6

YOU i don't think.

Speaker 4

So, No, okay there's no touching going on around.

Here there's no in your, face there's no.

NOTHING i don't even want to look at you guys today at a rough start to the, morning it's only Gotten worsey in your two.

Speaker 6

Faces that's not.

True you missed you missed.

Speaker 2

Me, Uh and she, SAYS i always have to remind myself of how Young edwards.

Speaker 3

Is everybody in the league's.

Speaker 2

YOUNG i, Mean, edwards what twenty, two twenty.

Four everybody in THE nba is twenty four years.

Speaker 7

OLD i mean that's not an.

Speaker 2

Excuse he's JUST i think he plays with like, this a youthful, vibrance and it just it goes over the line.

Speaker 7

Sometimes well you know what it says to, Me they're just they're not.

READY i cross them off my list of potential championship.

Camp they're just not.

Ready not with if you have that mentality when the game is on the, LINE i just.

DON'T i don't trust that.

Speaker 2

When they, WERE i mean when they beat The, nuggets they were so packed with depth on that, team and it's just it's slowly kind of chipped.

Speaker 6

AWAY i think it's.

Speaker 2

Hard AND i Think Anthony edwards is realizing this to be a guy who carries a giant, Burden LIKE i still wonder and maybe this is me not sour, Grapes BUT i don't know how to put.

It LIKE i Think okac is so loaded with talent that If shay was forced to carry more of a heavy.

Speaker 6

LOAD i don't know how he'd respond to.

Speaker 2

It maybe he'd be, Fine, like maybe he, would but he how many times is he sitting out in the entire fourth?

Speaker 7

Course, yeah but you know, what he's available, Though, again he's played every game this.

Year, yeah it's Like, Joker he's played every.

Speaker 2

Game But i'm, saying, like you need the way That joker had to put up fifty, SIX i get.

Speaker 7

It you lean got that much in every?

Category?

Yeah doing that every?

Seven name every?

Category, yes could you do?

That and that's WHAT i don't, know not just scoring all of?

It, right to clean up a defensive, rebound clean the, glass gotta have?

Speaker 6

It, yeah every?

Speaker 7

Category?

Speaker 6

Mos what to you?

Speaker 2

THROUGH i mean, again this is always kind of the judgment point of THE nba AND nhl seasons as we get Past christmas into the new, year that sort of.

Thing pick a, Knit what are the ass not doing that they should be despite winning all these?

Speaker 4

Games, well obviously the power plays the easy thing to point.

To, yeah the power play currently six sits overall twenty sixth in The National Hockey.

Speaker 3

League now again we're having this discussion the other, day.

Speaker 4

AND i, said you, know do you know men power play goals you'd have to get to just to get to the middle of the.

Pack but here's your.

Perspective just start playing twenty five percent right.

Speaker 3

Now, yeah it.

Speaker 4

Doesn't matter where you end up in terms of overall power play at the end of the.

Speaker 3

Season, okay it doesn't.

Speaker 4

Matter just do twenty five percent from this point on and get yourselves going.

Right, yeah that's one knit THAT i would pick.

Speaker 3

On any on any given.

Night.

Speaker 4

BRETT i really can't pick too much BECAUSE i look At vegas the other night AND i said during the, broadcast and maybe you heard, this maybe you, didn't BUT i, said it felt like they've given up more guys behind them for breakaways and rushes and that sort of thing than they have in the last month.

Combined, yeah that's a very rare thing where, there where they're not keeping the play in front of them and doing the right.

Speaker 3

Thing it's very rare that that.

Speaker 4

Happens it's rare that a team is going to score five goals on.

You that's very rare against This avalanche.

Team to the number one goals against average team in the entire National Hockey.

Speaker 3

League so it's hard for me on any given.

Speaker 4

NIGHT i, guess on any given, EYE i could, say you know, what it's a bad second, period not enough.

Energy they are sloppy at.

TIMES i mean there are times when they they throw the puck around like a hand Grey maybe they.

Speaker 7

Do i've used that word several.

TIMES i, think when you're that, good you let up a little.

BIT i am fascinated by How Jared bednar and the leaders in that room are able to keep this level of.

Intensity, yeah like the will to.

Win they didn't have to win the other.

Night they.

Could let's be, honest you're down four to, two it's the holiday, week you had to travel To vegas day of.

Game it's, loud THAT pa system's going, crazy you know how it is.

There it would have been easy to let go of the rope when you're down.

Speaker 6

Four, yeah they.

Speaker 7

DIDN'T i mean that is amazing to me how this team continually shows poise in those situations when any other team would just Say.

Speaker 6

I'll tell you this just to tie it into something.

Speaker 2

Else it's SOMETHING i felt after The jags game with The broncos where a part of.

Speaker 6

Me when the game, ENDED i was like.

Speaker 2

GOOD i kind of liked the fact that they lost a game and just had a little reality check for a second that you're not gonna win everything or find a way at some miracle at the end of the.

GAME i don't know you guys felt about.

It but if they just kept.

Winning let's say they finished the year on what would have been a thirteen game win, streak, fourteen whatever the number would have, been and you head into the postseason with, THAT i think that's almost a lot of pressure on you to continue to win like that and be LIKE i haven't made a mistake and NOW i really can't make.

One having just a game every once in a while that, Goes, okay we lost, one we're gonna be.

Fine but The, abs to your, point they're, like, no they had that Chances vegas and they just.

Speaker 7

Refused in it weird how we act as.

Fans, yeah for shant, Perfection like here are The.

Nuggets they're twenty two and, nine And i'm sitting, there, well so you know it could be right, now they could be twenty six and.

Speaker 3

Four you tend to lose.

Speaker 4

Perspective if The avs were sitting there they got sixty.

Three let's say they're sitting there at fifty two points and they're battling for the top spot in The, west or you, know or whatever you'd be, going that's pretty damn.

Speaker 3

Good it's PRETTY i, mean they're having a damn good.

Speaker 4

YEAR i was listening To spring And raje talk the other night after the The avs win In, vegas and they made some very good.

Points you, know if You're, dallas you gotta be, going we're having an unbelievable.

Year, yeah what the hell's going on with the guys in front of?

Speaker 5

Us?

Speaker 3

Right and same With.

Minnesota For, minnesota this is a, very very good.

Year the top.

Speaker 4

Three teams in the league are inside The Central, Division so you got to keep perspective on how good The aves have really.

Been and let's say they lost To vegas and they, lost let's say they lost five to four or even six to, five but they lost in regulation or shootout or.

Whatever, yeah how would you even remotely begin to complain about?

That so this is HAD i, mean you've got two regulation losses on this.

Speaker 3

Season.

Speaker 6

Man that's how we.

Speaker 2

Felt last, year wasn't It when the The avs went on a little bit of a run there and then you looked at the standings and just nobody budged when it next stayed there And dallas stayed, there and you're, like, well what else CAN i do?

Speaker 6

HERE i need?

Help THREE o, three go.

Speaker 7

Ahead there's always those proved games, though, right you want to see The aves In, dallas you want to see The nuggets and, okay see there's those proved games almost unveil more than the rest of the regular, season, right, right don't They, yes they reveal a little bit more about what's at.

Speaker 6

Stake it just gives you a different perspective to.

Speaker 2

It three oh, three five four nine two five mas the text on one, price one, person one, hour AND i will see this.

Speaker 3

On any given.

Speaker 4

Night you can get fo frustrated by a game like let's say The abs.

One nothing went Over, utah And utah is frustrating the way they play the.

Game they're a good young, team, right you're, tap they're, battling they're battling for a pitchoff, spot give me.

Two but it's not just that one game and you're, like, okay well you fumbled the park and you did, this or, well you, know for the second, period you kind of laid down whatever during the course of a seven.

Speaker 3

Game, Series i'm going to love The apps.

Speaker 4

Chances against anybody because anybody can throw up a one off on you and have an off.

Night anybody can do.

That but over the course of seven, games you're a good.

Speaker 7

Team.

Speaker 3

Man, yeah, no, kidd you're a good.

Speaker 2

Team three zero, three five four nine two five miss any of the.

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Speaker 7

NEXT i know we're not supposed to talk about stuff off air that we're supposed to bring on, air BUT i don't.

CARE i want to do the mojis as soon as, Possible and you guys want to wait the moji's is the best of twenty twenty.

FIVE i don't know IF i want to.

WAIT i think that's first of.

Speaker 2

ALL i think it would be perfect if The broncos just win this week and we do it during the bye week they have heading into the.

Speaker 6

POSTSEASON i think that'd be.

Speaker 7

Perfect you guys are degrading the greatest award show we have by pushing it back and back and.

Speaker 2

BACK mos has been, silent by the, way this whole time we've been talking about THIS i don't know what the right answer.

Speaker 7

IS i, mean it's got your.

Name the moji's the greatest of twenty twenty, five roll it the.

Speaker 6

WORST i hate, waiting so DO.

I, hey so what are we asking?

Here what do you want to do?

Speaker 7

Well i'm asking the listeners when do you want to ask a vote the world?

Speaker 6

HERE i really think it'd be perfect that The broncos just.

Speaker 7

Won if they won next week and then we have an off.

Speaker 6

Year then they have a, byewey it'd be.

Speaker 7

Perfect but even if they, win what did you just the hell was?

Speaker 3

That Tommy?

Speaker 7

Jesus that shakes us back to?

Reality never?

Mind never, mind.

Speaker 6

These are things THAT i.

Speaker 7

Miss My, god it's freaking.

Studio just.

Speaker 2

Shock it's gonna.

Happen it's gonna happen, soon that's for.

Sure i'm not waiting Until.

Speaker 6

February that is not care about last.

Speaker 7

Year.

Yehebruary it's all depending on The.

Broncos let's see how they.

Speaker 2

Do Rally house Football.

Monday now, again to go back to where we started for the first, Time it's twenty.

Fifteen The broncos have won THE Afc west AND i, said people want to make this, nationally not people, here but nationally they want to make this about, well it's the first time The chiefs haven't won because The chiefs had a down.

Speaker 6

YEAR i totally will push back on.

Speaker 2

That The chiefs could have had a great.

Year The broncos were.

Better they were just.

Better you win thirteen, games maybe.

Fourteen it has nothing to do with What Kansas city did or did not.

Speaker 7

DO i don't care how you got.

There they're already at thirteen possibly fourteen.

Wins that is a great.

Season that is one of the best seasons In broncos'.

History now we'll see what it does for the.

Postseason but as far as regular, SEASON i, mean this has been ridiculously.

Successful, yeah there's no other way to look at.

IT i don't care that they played at the level of the, competition and they.

Do both games against The raiders were ugly, disgusting all.

Right you had to struggle to beat The giants and The, jets and they both.

Suck all.

Right you also completely tooled The Green Bay.

Packers you beat, them beat the snot out of The.

Cowboys yet you win on the road and beat The.

Eagles look with The, eagles they Beat.

Buffalo LET i, mean, listen there is nothing to be ashamed.

About that isn't a amazing accomplishment this.

Season MY.

Speaker 2

I loved That packers game just because it showed your defense didn't quite have, it your offense had to do something to make up for what they didn't.

Have AND i don't know how many times you've really seen that this.

Year, look they've had games with the offense has played, well but in those games they've kind of felt like.

Blowouts now there's been MOMENTS i guess The giants game was a little bit of, that but that was just in the fourth.

Speaker 6

Quarter it's just to have a game like that.

Speaker 2

Instill some confidence within your offense that they can go out and do and make no.

MISTAKE i, know was Like parsons is hurt in the middle of the.

Game Green bays defense is.

Good you did that against a good defense.

Too it's Funny Bo.

Nicks he is certainly better now than he was early in the, year which makes in turn the offense.

Better to what, DEGREE i don't, know but it kind of feels like has this happened last year?

Too Is bo just kind of a slow starter to the.

Season does it just take him time to get into the rhythm of.

Speaker 7

Things it's Also Sean payton's resume proves, that, yeah they get better as the season goes.

On it's not just.

Bo you, know it's been a weird season schedule wise as.

Well look at all The thursday night.

Games thursday night is not conducive to being sharp for The broncos especially, right look at Their thursday night affairs this?

Year did they play Three thursday night?

Speaker 6

GAMES i think it?

Speaker 7

Did this is, uh that's a that's a season, first that's a that's never.

Happened, wait they played The chiefs and The raiders On thursday.

Night who else did they play On thursday?

Night?

Speaker 6

Uh, no, no, no, though just too.

Speaker 3

Just they played The raiders On thursday.

Speaker 7

NIGHT i just Said chiefs in the.

Speaker 2

Rail but there's also, uh the weird game coming back From, london and that was The New york, game which is not look it's not A, thursday but it feels.

Speaker 6

Weird it was weird because they didn't have much time to.

Speaker 2

Prepare, Right so both of those you could add in the actual game In london when they play The jets and they won thirteen to.

Speaker 3

Eleven that was.

Speaker 2

Terrible and then coming back from that when they played The giants and they were down nineteen and nothing that that.

Game but they've been able to overcome some, stuff that's for.

Speaker 3

Sure well they better.

Win, now have you seen the schedule next?

Speaker 6

Year why you're looking towards next?

Year you're talking about.

Speaker 3

It it's gonna get a lot.

Speaker 6

Harder, well sure it.

Speaker 7

Is you, know here are your.

Speaker 4

Home games inside the, division, Right, Chiefs, Raiders, Chargers bills at?

Home, yep which is, Good dolphins at, Home rams at, Home seahawks at, home THE Afc south.

Speaker 3

Champion jacksonville Or houston at?

Home, yeah.

Speaker 4

ROAD i mean that's there's only one muffin there and that's The.

Dolphins and who knows what.

Speaker 7

They'll, Be so what you'll be a?

Year better have another year under his.

Belt you're out of that dead money From Russell.

WILSON i, mean.

Speaker 3

Let's, go you're already out of the dead.

Money you know.

Speaker 7

What that doesn't scare.

Me you try to scare.

Speaker 2

Me so what are you focused on next?

Year they got a chance to be the number one seed here.

Speaker 1

The.

Speaker 4

Moment, no, no, okay my, Bad, Sorry i'm just SAYING i hope they get while they' getting is good because you're playing a first place.

Schedule next, year it's gonna look a lot.

Different maybe you'll go fourteen and.

Speaker 3

Three maybe you.

WILL i don't.

Speaker 4

Know i'm just SAYING i look at what the opponents are stacking up to, be and as of right, now it seems daunting for.

Speaker 2

Anybody i'm gonna assume the answer here is you guys have heard nothing Because Sean payton says nothing about.

Injuries is there any update To dobbins That i've missed about when his time Super?

Speaker 3

Bowl at The Super bowl would be.

Speaker 7

GREAT i got some info that he could be available in the playoff.

Speaker 6

Run hcause that'd be.

Speaker 3

Huge.

Speaker 7

YEAH i, mean but that's that's a surgical procedure that Right who.

Knows they got to take some nuts and bolts out of his.

Speaker 2

Foot there's there's one thing that is that has been, obvious AND i Think harvey's been.

Okay he's had like moments here and, there but there was a consistency With dobbins running the football that just doesn't exist in the.

Speaker 7

Patients, yeah you notice that patients at the line of scrimmage waiting for the hole to.

Develop you just it's a different feel, now AND.

Speaker 2

I Think harvey can eventually get it because he's SUPER i, mean you asked the question.

Earlier Odric astime really got his first run of the year With New orleans last, week and he had a good.

Game he had ninety four.

Yards would he be playing right now if he's still on the.

ROSTER i don't think he would.

Speaker 3

Be that being, said The broncos have not.

Speaker 4

RELIED i, mean, Listen dobbins had a pretty damn good start to the, year but it wasn't like mind blowing and it wasn't like they had to rely on it to win every single.

Week even after he went, down they continued to.

Win So i'm not necessarily concerned, that, well the running game isn't going to be what because they've.

Speaker 3

Been winning without a good running game or.

Speaker 4

A you, know a high potent running.

Speaker 7

Game university Of Colorado Border regions are proven new contract for a new ad up And.

Boulder Fernando, loovo who is the ad At New, mexico just signed a five year.

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Speaker 6

Luck who has more power him Or?

Prime what do you?

Speaker 2

THINK i think it Was prime and probably still Is.

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Year what don't you think he's.

Speaker 7

Got a locked in contract.

GUARANTEED i, Mean i'd say that's pretty.

Powerful what's more?

Powerful ten million a year or one point two?

Speaker 2

Ten BUT i, still you, KNOW i wonder we're talking about navigating the nil.

World the the dion thing Of i'm a really good recruiter needs to happen this.

Speaker 7

OFFSEASON i wonder when they make a decision like.

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Jokic?

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Move or did they do that?

INDEPENDENTLY i think they talked to.

Speaker 6

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Speaker 3

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The, lobos, right what are you talking?

Speaker 3

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Speaker 6

Lobos he spent time At florida And.

Speaker 2

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Speaker 7

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