Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - BRONCOS SQUAD SHOW: What Does An OPTIMAL NFL Draft Look Like For The Broncos?

Episode Date: April 10, 2026

With the NFL Draft two weeks away, there are a few position groups the Denver Broncos are looking to upgrade. How will the Broncos approach the draft and what does an optimal selection pool look like? Plus, Greg and Carrie Penner made a huge move that impacts the Denver sports scene. Join Aniello Piro, Cody Roark, Sayre Bedinger and Nick Ferguson on today's Locked On Broncos Squad Show! Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! TurboTax This year you’re getting a major upgrade — Intuit TurboTax now has in-person locations nationwide. Visit http://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel.Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Betterhelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I'm Manilo Piro and Greg and Carrie Penner made a big move off the football field that will impact Denver sports greatly. I'm Cody Rourke and this year's NFL draft for the Broncos is not a starter draft. The way I see it, the Broncos got 141 and two-third chance to win the Super Bowl if they get it right in the draft. Hey, I'm Nick Ferguson and hey, the Broncos are definitely making some noise by not making any noise at all. Let's dive into it on today's Lockdown Broncos Squad Show. Let's go, fellas. From the South stands, it's the Broncos squad.

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We've made it through another work week. And we'll talk a little Denver Broncos to get you guys on your way for the weekend. We've got the full squad here today. I'm Adelope. We got Cody Work, Sarah Bettinger, and Nick Ferguson. What up chat? Everyone watching on YouTube. Hope you guys are doing well as well as our locked on Broncos audio listeners.

And guys, real quick, today's episode is brought to you by our friends over at Fanduel. Right now, new customers can bet just five. and get $250 in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Head to fanduil.com to get started. Fellas, how we live in? Happy Friday. Sarah just absolutely nailed the Scott Steiner impression of doing math. Listener, I'm glad I put Sarah onto the video and Sarah just did an absolutely killer job replicating it.

That was great. Well done, Sarah. I love it. Yeah, I don't, I had no idea what the reference was beforehand. So, you know, you've got to get educated every once in a while. And I was like, dang, I've got the white sunglasses. Like, let's make this happen. We can let our hair down on the squad show and, you know, just bust it out.

And, you know, I just have some fun, right? I mean, I don't know anything about Scott Steiner. Yeah, absolutely. Nothing about it. Just thought it was hilarious. I'm into it. I'm into it. As Cody said, it's a fun Friday.

And there's also draft season, about two weeks away from the NFL draft. as we all know, the Broncos do not have a first round pick. But to Cody's point, there's still going to be some players that could pick up that maybe aren't necessarily going to be starters for this Denver Broncos team in year one, but maybe play into that role over the course of their careers. And there's certainly some accent pieces that we think Denver's going to be able to add through the draft from the college ranks. Nick, how are you feeling today on this Friday, my friend? I'm feeling spectacular. And is what interesting about this whole idea and concept about drafts?

And the fact that the Broncos don't have a first round draft choice. I think I said it before, the Broncos scouting staff are going to have to dig deep to find some draft picks that can really help out this team. And the great thing about the Broncos being the position that they're in. I mean, I'm not going to say that there are like positions of need. Like it's a dire need. If they don't get this positional guy, then all is lost for the Denver Broncos. Right now they're in a position where all they're doing is trying to add depth and upgrade their team. And no matter where these guys are taken, let's be totally honest, even if the Broncos still had a first round pick, none of these guys are going to be projected as being starters, not right away.

And those guys are going to be projected as far as being able to compete for a starting job. There's a difference between the two. Yeah, and I think you look, we've talked about it extensively the last couple of weeks, right? But like, look at where Nick Benito started out his career. Look at where Jonathan Cooper started out in his career. Cortland Sutton as well. Like some of the names the Broncos might draft the next couple of weeks, as we said, may not make an impact right away, but two, three years down the line,

like this could be a new fan favorite. This can be a new impact player for the team. And I think, Cody, like one of the other things kind of to Nick's point there is there's certain positions of need that I think we value, that I think the organization values as well, but you could go offensive line, you could go linebacker, you could go defensive line. You could go receiver, running back, whatever it might be. And because there isn't necessarily a glaring hole one way or the other, there's some flexibility with how George Payton wants to approach this draft.

Yeah, there is. I just, when you said that, I thought of something to happen this week in the NFL world, and I was like, I can't make that joke. So we're good. But anyway, I know. Great, great, great, great, great. But no, to your point, I do feel like, you know, Denver is in a spot now. Like the positions, I think they don't need to add anybody at right now,

at least with their as premium picks as they possibly have right now. I don't think you need to add to the wide receiver room. I don't think you need to add necessarily a corner. I think you could add to those maybe later on. I wonder if there's a cornerback in this year's draft. The Broncos could take a little bit later or a receiver for that matter that can return kicks on kick return, right? Obviously, we've talked about Marvin Mims being taken off of kick return,

keeping him at punt return, but protecting him a little bit. Though Sarah and I did mention as well, the new rule. not the new rule proposal, but the modification of the new kick return rule. I actually kind of like Nick, and it's where you take one of the players from the front lines, you can now have them as kind of the upman, because really it's just that front line. Your two returners, now you can have an upman that's kind of in front of the two returners that can also be kind of a lead blocker. So you might get two lead blocking bodies versus one.

That might make it a little bit safer. But to me, I want to see them at least come away with. linebacker premier that's my thing is linebacker o line d line in in my opinion and safety i think those are the top four if i had to choose today in terms of positions i hope they at least add to we'll see if that's going to be the case here in what is it and we're almost to the point three days away from it being 10 days away from the draft so 13 days there we go there's my math if i'm doing this time job 141 and two thirds oh geez Yeah, and I think, you know, Darien in the comment section, always one of the good guys.

I mean, the whole chat's awesome, but Darian is always, you know, on point in the conversation as well. And he makes a good point here as well. Like Broncos still need to draft for 2027 needs so we don't roll into the 27 draft needing the same positions for the third year in a row. Like running back, tight-end linebacker, like I feel like we've had this same conversation year after year after year right now for this Broncos team. So it's like at some point, you're going to have to address that. And we did a pretty good deep dive on it last episode on Tuesday as well of like, what is the shelf life with Singleton and Sternot at lineback? Like to me, that's probably the most pressing position.

Like I feel pretty good about cornerback, running back, kind of nature of the position as well as kind of a revolving door to a certain extent. And tight end, for lack of better phrase, has just been kind of neglected to a certain extent too. So I think it's a spot on take from Darien guys that like I don't know if the Broncos can afford. And maybe they could. but like can we address one of the three like can we go into next season not having to talk about one of tight end running back or linebacker like that would be nice we remove one of those from the notches a little bit yeah yeah i think yeah darian knows ball for sure i think it's a hundred percent accurate what he's saying is you know if there's going to be delayed gratification anyway you might as well take some players who could potentially be starters for you down the line right i mean and obviously that's asking a lot out of a late second round pick and and a couple of even early fourth round picks. But that's sort of where everybody's saying the meat of this draft is,

is in that pick range. And that's honestly where it feels like you're going to get the best value at the Broncos' most obvious positions of need. The only question is, are they going to throw a curveball at everybody and go after an offensive lineman early? Are they going to go after another defensive linemen early? Because I think a lot of mock draft situations right now are just, hey, let's go chalk.

Let's find a way to include tight end, running back, and linebacker within those top three picks. That's kind of what everybody seems to be most satisfied with at this point when you talk about all the mock drafts circulating Broncos country. And it doesn't matter necessarily what order you're taking them in. But if your top three picks aren't running back, linebacker, and tight end in some way, it seems like that's kind of setting up the fan base for more disappointment. But then Sean Payton comes out and he's like, I basically don't care what the fan base has to. to say we're going to do what's best for the team. And honestly, I think there's, that's why I say, I think we could see a veteran player traded for during this draft

because there's just not any way, in my opinion, that you can create the perfect draft. Yes, you can hit all the positions with a mock draft. He got seven picks, but three of them are at the back end of the seventh. So I just don't think you can create the perfect draft for what this team needs depth-wise, what they need future starters-wise, without making a trade for at least a player that's in the back end of a rookie deal. Well, I think, oh, I'm sorry, go ahead.

No, I was just going to say, and I'll default to you here, Nick, is when you don't have a first round pick, like, how does the BPA best player available conversation kind of factor into that? Because you know, and to Cody's point as well, like, you're not going to probably get a starter in this draft. I mean, maybe there's a diamond in the rough that turns into a really nice role player, potentially even a starter, if they really hit on one of these draft picks. But like, when you don't have that premium.

pick, is there the thought of maybe you default to BPA? And that means, you know, a safety and offensive linemen as opposed to one of the big three, which we perceive to be right in, tight end, running back, or linebacker? Yeah, that's exactly what you do. And once again, this goes back to where the Broncos find themselves after so many years of just not being in the conversation of being irrelevant. I mean, this is a team that's coming off of a hell of a season of 14 and 3. And do they have some positions of needs?

I mean, you talk about McGlitchie, you talk about Ben Powers, even Garibault as far as age and expiring deals. So that makes you think, okay, well, could the team surprise us and go offensive line? I mean, at this point, they can go any direction that they want to. And I know everyone hung up on the fact of you got to go out there and get someone that's a starter right away. Remember, I mean, Jada Baron, I mean, Jaday Barron was drafted last year. no one predicted that at all. And he was drafting in the first round a hell of a talent coming out of Texas.

But even he couldn't crack the lineup to be a kind of a consistent starter. But to me, that's okay. The idea is adding depth and preparations of moving pieces around just in case guys get injured, expiring deals, like I said, or age comes in to the equation. But the Broncos are in a great situation where they can go in any possible direction. and that's the part that's going to drive fans crazy because fans want what they want, right? They treat it like fantasy football, right? And because the Broncos don't have a first round pick and those first round picks typically go to a quarterback and the Broncos are not in that situation.

And when you draft the quarterback that high in the draft, now there's pressure to push that guy into the starting lineup. So the Broncos are being calm. They're being relaxed. And like Sarah said, who's to say that we can? can't see a veteran on this team traded leading into the draft. And that could be the shocker itself. Like, oh, my God, the Broncos traded this guy to move back up into the first or to acquire another second rounder.

We didn't anticipate that. So it's like what I call, if you guys ever watch that show, let's make a deal? And they have that mystery box, right? It's like, here's a thousand dollars, but we got the mystery box, right? That's where we are with the Broncos. It's the mystery box. and we don't really know exactly what that is and how it's going to play out. You know, it's interesting, guys.

Just a quick little bit of research based on what we're talking about. The average round, the average draft round of starting running backs in the NFL from the 2025 season was roughly 3.25. So that speaks to the idea of the value that we're talking about where the sweet spot is for some of these players. I'm going to do more research and find out the other positions that they need for this draft while we're sitting. here, but you guys have inspired me to look at this because I think ultimately you feel like you have to throw like the fans want, like your most premium NFL draft real estate at the team's most obvious need. And that's not always how it goes. That's not always the best move. Even if Jadae Barron wasn't the right pick last year for the Broncos, we don't necessarily know that to

be the case. But even if it turns out to be the case, that that process might still be the best one for the team, right? It's to take the best guy on your board. So I'm going to do some more research, but I found that interesting that 3.25 is the number. So roughly the third to fourth round being where you find the sweet spot of running backs, starting running backs in today's NFL. And honestly, it feels like everybody's thought processes. If that's the biggest need on the team, that's where the first. That's what I was saying last year during the draft is like first round picks got to be a running back.

Hampton, Henderson, Judkins, doesn't matter. Just take one. But that's not necessarily always the case because the best backs in the NFL. you know, they come from all different places. Yeah, and I think you make some good points. And I think at the end of the day, like as long as the Broncos address, I'm not even going to say all three of them, but two of the three, right, if you bring in a combination of running back and tight end or running back

and lineback or a tight end and, you know, one of these other major three position groups that were kind of hanging, or hanging our hat on here for the Broncos, like, I think that's what the fan base wants to see is, again, I think everyone's kind of on the same page with respect to like, okay, we're probably not legitimately upgrading this roster through the draft, but can we build so we don't have to keep plugging these same holes year after year, whether that's a running back late in the draft,

you know, we'll see what position groups they ultimately decide to target or if it's just that BPA route like we saw which a day baron in the first round. Like they just have to do something and it's okay if they get a little creative with drafting, you know, a cornerback or, you know, a wide receiver, you know, one of these other positions later in the draft as well, Cody. Yeah, I mean, there's no, there's no rhyme or reason for how they should approach this draft.

Like, it is a trap shoot, you know, they've got, you know, what is perceived by many people to have, you know, a big board, this is the best player, best player available, teams best player available's approach are widely different for the most part than the general consensus of the public, right? And that was their justification last year for Jada Baron was, hey, he was the best player available that was on our board versus was this the best player. are available based on the Broncos biggest need, right? That's just how different it is. And that's why, shout out to, you know, the fans said send us mock drafts. But that's why, like, mock drafts can get very tiresome because it is very much like this exercise. I felt like last year was the perfect example for us where we were doing one each week.

Oh, Colston Loveland this week. Tyler Warren to the Broncos this week, a meca egg buca this week, Omerian Henton, and all of a sudden, it's like it didn't play out any way that we thought it would in terms of those guys where Denver was going to go specifically. And it's just like, all right, it's a great content fodder idea. But at the end of the day, this Broncos roster right now, despite the fact that we can all acknowledge that, hey, the plan of running back at tight end wasn't the most popular approach, right?

And obviously, they need to address that just beyond 2026, but going into next year, what does that room specifically look like? We don't know if that guy's in this year's draft, right? If you draft a running back this year, who's to say that's going to upgrade your roster, upgrade that room, right, considering that that player, despite being young and athletic and where they're at in their essential career coming into the NFL, they're going against guys that have already been in this system that have that advantage ahead of them. So, you know, all of a sudden, if that rookie and Ashon Payton has not shied away from this

historically as a coach, let's say that rookie that you get in round number four with one of your two fourth round picks, let's say that guy gets cut. people are like, oh, it's a wasted draft pick. No, it just didn't work out. Like, there's, Denver's roster is at the point right now where they believe in the value of what they currently have. And yes, I think their biggest focus, can we add someone that can upgrade our depth right away, but maybe has the merits to be in a future starter.

I think at 62, that has to be the notion. Whoever is there at 62, and I'm curious, like, this doesn't necessarily have to be linebackers. This doesn't be tight end or running back. I think there are valid arguments for saying, yeah, the Broncos took an officer. offensive guard or an offensive tackle with the 60 second pick, they're looking at either the replacement for Ben Powers or the eventual succession plan for Mike McGlunchy if they draft the right tackle,

Garrett Bulls, if they draft the left tackle. And that doesn't mean that guy's going to start right away. But maybe that player is going to grow inside the system for a year or two and then take over. I think that is where Denver is at from a roster standpoint right now. Well, you kind of just read my mind because that's where I wanted us to go after the commercial break here. There is an ESPN report.

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He says, quote, with only one pick inside the top 100, the Broncos must be strategic about how they'll fill needs in this draft, much like we're talking about. He continues and says one position I've heard could be in play at number 62 is offensive tackle, where Garrett Bowles will turn 34 and Mike McClinty is 31. Before we dive into the conversation of drafting an offensive lineman, I cannot believe Garrett Bowles is about to be fair. 34 years old. I mean, it feels like just yesterday. I remember him holding up his kid when he got drafted. What an interesting kind of career he's had with the Denver Broncos to this point, kind of picked on a little bit, the holding calls, all that kind of stuff,

but it's really settled into a really nice offensive lineman for this team. But Father Time is undefeated. He's going to be 34. McGlunchy's 31. Cody brings up Ben Powers. It seems like offensive line could definitely be in play for the Broncos here, Sarah. Oh, 100%. That was the very first mock draft that I did this offseason for for locked on Broncos was I believe I took Bessantis, Chase Bessantis, the guard from Texas A&M with our previously when we had the 30th overall pick because look, this is an area the Broncos don't often draft to in general using high selections.

I mean, Quinn Miners was a very late third round pick for this team. But other than that, I mean, you guys, you just named it. Garrett Bowles is the other guy. the only tackle they've drafted in the last decade. So I just find it very odd that they haven't thrown darts at that. Like George Payton always throws a dart at the defensive backs in the NFL draft. He always throws darts at the pass rushers in the NFL draft. Why not the offensive line, right?

So the Broncos have compensated with Frank Crum. They've compensated with Alex Palchewski. They have guys and they've developed guys. But I think this is the year where they got to sort of make it a little bit of an investment. in that position group. And my research yielded that, hey, you do want to take offensive tackles. The guys who play the highest snaps at both tackle positions in the NFL last season, averaged out to be mid-second round selection.

So that would make a lot of sense for the Denver Broncos to finally end that drought because not only is McGlinchie 31 right now, he's going to be 32 by the time the season gets going. So the clock is ticking for everybody. And the Broncos understand that at some point, we're not going to be able to have five big money players on the offensive line. We're going to need some guys on rookie contracts. And that second round seems to be a decent spot for them to go out and get somebody or trade up into the third round. They were just at the Miami Pro Day recently and had a meeting after the Pro Day with Miami Offensive Tackle Markle Bell.

So he's one of a number of names in that round two to three range that you could see also had a formal. interview with him at the combine, by the way. So, I mean, there's, there's, where there's smoke, there's fire. And I think we're kind of starting to see the billows of smoke as opposed to this just being like a shoot, is somebody having a campfire down the street somewhere? I think we're starting to kind of see something billowing from Broncos headquarters. Yeah, and I think to that point, too, offensive line is one of the harder, I would say offensive line and cornerback are probably the two hardest positions to fill consistently in

free agency. Like your trenches and your outside corners tend to be drafted guys that you develop over time and stick with your franchise for a while and you get them on their rookie deal, hopefully your second contract, right? And I think to that point, Nick, like if you can go out there and get a guy that you believe in, and I know we're talking about tight end linebacker and running back, but like offensive line is going to become a major position of needs sooner rather than later, just given where Denver's at with their overall age.

Like I know they brought in Michael McGlensche on a free agent contract, but I don't think you could ever have too many offensive line. No, you can't. And, you know, that's kind of been the idea when you think about Sean Payton and you think about anyone from the Mike Sanyan coaching tree, you have to spend your money on your offensive lineman. Even when Mike McGlitchie came over from the San Francisco 49ers, the idea was that most NFL teams,

they don't allow certain players out of the building. More importantly, offensive linemen. So when Mike McGlitchie came in, it was like, oh, well, the Broncos have a veteran tackle, but at the same time, you will love scratching your head, like, well, what was going on in San Francisco that they let him go? And I was in San Francisco, Mike McGlitchie's first year coming out of Notre Dame. So I got a chance to see, and I know a lot of things, and I'm not saying anything because I'm not giving away trade secrets. But what I will say is that with the Broncos need, especially looking at McGlitchie and his productivity, his looking at an expiring deal,

but also looking at, you know, Garrett Bowles and his age being someone to. factor. And I don't think Garib Bowes is slowing down. So that's just the way that I feel about that. You need to go out and find someone who can be a swing tackle, especially as a young guy. And normally I wouldn't do this because I went to Georgia Tech. But there is someone, 67, 315, Monroe Freeling out of the University of Georgia. And here's a guy who has, like, logged maybe 1,700, you know, snaps at both positions. So if you look at, for a guy with versatility and a guy who can displace linebackers on the second level, he would be an ideal choice.

And also think about what we're talking about. We spend a lot of the offseason talking about the Broncos what they need to do with the run game, how they need to make the run game that much better. Wouldn't it be great I keep planning for today and building for the future by drafting a guy like Freeland who can play both positions? Who's to say that? Denver doesn't already have that on the roster right now in terms of what they believe about Paucheski as a right tackle. Frank Crum is a left tackle.

Keep in mind, Paucheschi had the most college starts of any offensive tackle in NCAA history. That experience is something that they really like. They brought them back on a two-year deal. What's the reason they brought them back on the two-year deal? It's not to play left guard, I don't think. I don't either. Agreed. I think that's one of the biggest, that's one of my biggest disagreements or like,

the meme of Eugene Fitzherbert facing all the swords. You know what I'm saying? The Rapunzel meme where he's like, hey, what's your most unpopular opinion and you're just fine with it? As me being, you know, like Alex Palchesecchi is not the left guard of the future. Like he stepped in in an emergency scenario as like the fourth or fifth option. And I agree. Daryan just made a great point in the chat.

Once again, if the Broncos really believed that Palchews had starting potential, at the left guard position going forward, they would not have kept Ben Powers. So, like, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because everybody's thinking like, oh my gosh, Alex Palcheseki is the left guard of the future whenever they decide to move on from powers.

And I'm like, no, no, no, he's not. He wasn't even their third option last year to do it. It was Perth and Peret got hurt. And they brought him back as well, by the way. But I do agree with you, Cody. On one thing, I think there is something to the idea that Crum and Palchowski could be this team's tackle duo of the future. Crum has to prove a lot.

Palchowski has proven in a multi-game stretch that he can step in for a glinchy at right tackle. That was in the 2024 season. So he's gotten even better, most likely. But Crum to me is the wild card. And their projection, their vision for Crum is the wild card. Regardless if he's the best tight end on the team right now, I mean, he might be the left tackle of the future.

so you're not going to be able to use crumb as a tight end all that much longer. Well, I'll ask you guys, since we're talking about the offensive line and guard and tackle, when you look at those two positions, which one you think is more important, right? More important to get a guy who can, you know, has that versatility, but still can stand strong at the position. Are we thinking, you know, let's talk about tackles, left and right tackle, or guard? Because I think guard, I mean, like we talking about Paul Chesky, I'm not saying you can throw anyone in there, but, I mean, that is a position that you have,

you have booked in by the tackle in the center so you can put maybe a little gray player in that position opposed to left on right tackle. Yeah, I agree. I mean, and that's why, like I, I pulled up this, let me pull up this chart here. But in terms of the draft and the players who play the most snaps around the league, you know, it's interesting about the point you just made is that offensive tackles average getting drafted, like I said, mid, mid second round, offensive guard or interior offensive line is the lowest average draft position out of any position on an NFL roster at 3.6 on average.

So it's a, it's a great point that you make that it's not like, well, we can just find these guys anywhere. But I mean, shoot, that's where teams are saying we can just find these guys anywhere. The proof is in the pudding. The proof is in where the investment is. Quinn Miners might be the best guard in the NFL. He was like the 100th, 1001st overall pick or something like that. So again, I think that you love to have ideally like one or two more darts in that third to fourth round range. And I just don't think the Broncos are necessarily going to get that. They might move up like we're going to talk about.

But to Nick's point, I mean, you can find guys to plug and play later at guard versus tackle. And that's why the tackle probably most likely would be that second rounder. And they really like Nick Garzulo as well. unfortunately suffered a really bad injury in preseason last year. They loved maybe what he could. He would have been probably the premier favorite to take over for Ben Powers. After Powers went down with the injury, he probably would have been the first man up over Perth

and over Paucheschi in that situation. I just think Denver, Denver likes their offensive line group. I think they have some talented players there, but I think really your biggest questions come at the future of left tackle. I mean, Garrett Bull is playing his best football. I would say right now he's a physically dominant player, and I think he's got four, five more years, hopefully left in his career.

I mean, he's staying in shape doing that. Mike McGlinchy, a very good player. I think more of a finesse player in terms of how he plays the offensive tackle position and so much of who you have on your old line has to marry with what your scheme is, right? When I look at guys like Quinn Miners, I'm thinking in my head, I'm like, how come the Broncos aren't pulling Quinn Miners more? Pull Miners. Let that dude dominate and eat because,

my goodness, if they did that with him, the Broncos run game certainly would be better. But how are the pieces next year? I was talking about this with Sarah. When we're at Broncos practice and individual drills, it was different last year where they had their current offensive line coach who just got promoted from assistant O line coach to O line coach. Zach Streef no longer has the title O line coach. He just has offensive run game coordinator slash assistant head coach. Well, those two guys, Streif would work with the left guard center and left

tackle and then you would have the other coach who's now the offensive line coach there. He would work with center, right guard, right tackle, and they'd be in the same area, but they'd be working with those individualized groups versus those units all working together. I understand that, but maybe that's been an issue for Denver here in terms of their scheme. I mean, they believe in that group there. I'm just curious to see how they solidified the depth of this position going forward because I do think it is important. I like Denver's depth at center.

I like Alex Forsyth to be able to. able to step in if something were to happen to Luke Wattenberg. I don't know who Denver has right now that would step in at right guard. It would probably be Paucheschi because the Broncos view him as a swing guard tackle. He would probably have to step in at that position. So it depends on what Denver is looking for, where they feel like their strengths are at. They've talked about the fact that their O line is one of their better graded units. I tend to disagree in some situations there. I mean, they have obviously a different grading criteria than maybe I do. I just feel like, Denver has two really physically dominant offensive linemen,

and then the other three guys are more finesse. And I think their scheme translates to the finesse more so than the physically dominant. Cody, you bring up something that's very interesting because I too have said that, listen, if Quim Miners is your best guard, get him out on the edge, even though we know he has that massive belly, he is, he's strong. And he's strong at the point of attack. You go back to that Dallas game where RJ Harvey ran off the left side and it's like, well, who's leading to charge?

It was like we saw Quinn Miners out there. He was like pushing dudes down, right? So the first thing I thought when you brought that up was, I don't know if you guys have seen like old Packer footage, but the Packers successfully used to run what they called the Packer Suite. And I don't care what you do defensively. You were not stopping and they were just mowing guys down. And I was thinking with a guy like, you know, Quinn Miners and his size

and his athleticism and his strength, why don't we see him more getting out on the outside on the perimeter? because the Broncos want to resolve and fix their run game, that's the best way to do it because there's less players on the outside. You know, stop running in the teeth of the defense. Get that big body outside and start mooring guys down because we've seen it, Cody. We've seen, you know, DBs and safeties and corners start making business decisions when you have a big guy like that on the edge.

You don't want to get thrown out the club. That's the number of things. Man, when they run that pinpole, whoa, get out of the way. What's that movie with The Rock? I got a TikTok clip about it where he is like a debt collector for a bookie. And there's like the scene. Oh, my gosh. There's like a scene where he's like in the club.

Yeah, I got a clip of that on my TikTok either yesterday or the day before. Great movie, by the way. That's one of his first, isn't it? Because he looks pretty young. Yeah, yeah. That was kind of one of his first. He still has hair. I'm going through and watching ballers right now on.

I just started. I started the first two episodes of the boys last night. Oh, brother. You better get on that train because. Yeah. Oh, I've been, I'm caught up. I got 20 minutes left.

Well, I'm not fully caught up. Like, with the previous seasons, I'm good. I got 20 minutes left in the second episode. I was fighting for my life last night trying to keep my eyes open. The new season or like an older season?

No, the new season. Okay. I was going to say, good man. I was two episodes in. I was, that's one thing that Nick Benito and I talk a lot about is the boys.

Like, that's one of his favorite shows. And so, of course, comes out take a picture of it posting ig tag him was like man locked in he and i were both talking about that on uh on what was it wednesday i think yeah wednesday so yeah i saw you're like watching at like 7 30 in the morning bro hey man brother cup of coffee you know i'm up early bird gets the worm that way i can you know i went straight to the gym right after that you know it was good

see that's where you and i are different because i like to save that stuff for the end of the day because i feel like if i binge two episodes i'm not going to want to do anything like it gives me something to look forward so that's I guess I guess that's fair. We can't, we can't watch, like we watch TV in bed. She has to have the TV on her. She can't sleep. We fall asleep every night to modern family on the TV.

And the TV's on like throughout the night? Yes. And if it were up to me, there would be nothing on the TV. I can't do that. And I would watch the, she also doesn't like to watch things that are like, what's the word? I wouldn't say, like I watch action, violent drama, things like that. She doesn't want to have things going on that may cause her anxiety while she's trying to go to sleep.

Five nights at Freddy's. Yeah. She doesn't watch horror movies or anything like that, man. Oh, my gosh. That's kind of where I'm, but you know, you're talking about the rundown. My wife has never seen Gridiron Gang, and I told her, I was like, that's one of the movies you absolutely need to see. Just one of my favorite movies that has the rock in it. It's a good one.

Anyone here not seen Grid Iron Gang? It's been a long time. Man, you better brush up on it. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's hit a quick break when we come back. Will the Broncos trade up in the draft? I don't think any of us think they're going to trade into the first round,

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Anilo Piro, Cuddy, Work, Sarah Bedinger and Nick Ferguson. We are your locked on Bronco Squad show. If you're watching on YouTube, hit that like button, smash that subscribe button as well. It really helps us out here on the channel. And the chat, as always, has been spectacular today. So let's put the tinfoil hat on, as Sarah likes to do from time to time. We know where the Broncos are at with respect to what draft picks they currently have. But do we think the Broncos might make a move or two to try to get some additional draft picks?

I know Mike Clist had some thoughts about this as well. Sarah, your time to shine, my friend. What are your thoughts? Yeah, yeah. I think what Cliss said was basically that, you know, I'm paraphrasing, but he basically said he'd be surprised if they didn't end up with at least two day two picks when all of a sudden done, meaning, hey, they have those two fourth round selections, use one of them to trade up and get into the back end of the third round or somewhere into the third round.

And hey, the Broncos have done this a number of times, right? I mean, you go back to Sean Payton's first draft with the team. They did it to trade up for Riley Moss at pick 80 something, and they gave up a future third even to make that trade happen. And then they did it last year, trading up to get Savion Jones. I don't think they traded up in the third round of the 2024 draft with Jonah Ellis. And I think he just kind of fell into their laps. But they did also trade up to get, I think, the first or second pick of the fourth round in the 2024 draft in order to select Troy Franklin. So to me, this would be the fourth year in a row of doing essentially the exact same thing, right?

And this is their MO. This is what they do. They find somebody who's falling to the back end of day two or early day three and they go up and they go get them. Because if you have a player who's in your top 100 or multiple guys in your top 100 that are falling, you have to go get that guy. And it just amplifies the higher that player is on your board. So I'm looking at a big board right now. Dane Bruegler just released The Beast this week. I always love reading The Beast because, you know,

it's obviously got a ton of great information, but it's also a top 100 that is very much in line with people who are plugged in to the NFL. So Dane Bruegler is not just making an arbitrary list. He knows who NFL teams actually like. And in the pick range from like 80 to 100 on his big board, I mean, it's just one linebacker, defensive line, offensive tackle, tight end after another. And so to me, guys, I think it's a no-brainer. Yes, the Broncos are going to trade up from one of those two fourth-round picks to get into the third round,

and they'll come away from day two of the draft with at least two guys. Like I said, I said that on the show a few, like a few weeks ago, I said my multiple prediction is they trade the 11th and the. eighth pick in the fourth round both those fourth rounders to move up into a premier spot in a round three and then they have 62 and I don't know I mean my math ain't necessarily great in terms of trying to figure out okay like you know you want to be in the 90s somewhere around there I think I'll look it up yeah because what is it they got they got Quinn minors was Quinn the 98th pick in the third round a 2021 something like that he was in 2021 that feels like yesterday still oh my gosh So pick 1-08 and pick 111 is worth a combined 150 points on the trade value chart, which that would be equivalent to exactly pick number 88 overall. So those two fourth rounders are worth pick 88 on the trade value chart. 62, 88, bang, you're in business.

Okay, well, let me toss this out to you guys. All right. So what seemed to be more beneficial for the team? I know Sarah brought up, you know, the packaging, the fourth round picks moving back into the third round. The Broncos don't have a first round pick, which we know. I mean, which would be better? What Sarah just said or the Broncos trying to move up from 62 to try to move up maybe higher because looking at where the picks are in the second round, the Jets have the first pick to start the second round at 33.

Would you be willing if you say, if you're looking at the board and you're like, oh, my God, This is a player that's high on our board. He's still there and he's outside the first round. Would you be willing to call Darren Mugi and say, hey, listen, we want to move up a couple of spots from 62 to 33 to make sure we select that guy, whether that guy is the office of linemen, linebacker, or running back? What would you guys prefer?

Moving back in the third or moving up in a second? You would have to give up so much in order to move from 62 to 33, though. I don't know if I'd want to do that. What if it's like in the 40s? Like 33, just like a hypothetical. Like, I mean, I don't know if they're going to go get the first pick of the second round. But I think to Nick's point, like, it'd have to be a player that you fall in love with. And the conversation that we've been having is like this year's draft is me versus next year's

is supposed to be loaded with premium talent outside the first round. Yeah. So right now. Maybe that's trade those picks. Yeah, trade those picks. I'll trade those picks. Let's let's say, let's say you could have one of these two scenarios. Okay. Scenario one is you get to have, I know, I know a number of us in here like this guy a lot.

Scenario number one is you can trade up and use those three picks to get Jacob Rodriguez. Scenario number two is you end up with two picks and you get, let's say, Eli Stowers and Josiah Trotter to address two of those knees. Which would you rather have? Would you rather have Rodriguez or would you rather have the two guys in Stowers and Trotter? Okay, okay, you think from a numerical standpoint, two is more than one. But it goes back to where do you value that particular player of Jacob Rodriguez caliber? And you think, okay, well, we would rather take that one player because we feel as though he's going to pay dividends because next, I mean, 2027 is going to be Justice Chernard and Jacob Rodriguez instead of Alex Singleton. So it all depends on how you value that player and how much you value that position.

I think it's interesting. I mean, it's, it's fair. It's, it's one of those situations in the draft where you know that George Peyton just cringes at the, at the thought of giving up that many picks. Like, I guarantee you just like that pains his soul to even think about having less than like six or seven picks in a draft because that's his philosophy is throw the darts, get as many guys as you can. and your percentage of having hits goes up.

Your chances of hitting a bull's eye goes up. So, I mean, Sean Payton's philosophy has always kind of been the opposite of that, hasn't it? I mean, he's the guy who traded up for Marcus Davenport once upon a time, gave up a future first round pick. I mean, he's the guy who traded to get Jalen Waddled. I mean, him and George both, but you get what I'm saying. He's made those types of bold moves in the past.

And so I just think that it's a combat of philosophy. here and the situation the Broncos are in sort of dictates more to me that they would need volume versus going after somebody. It's not like you're trading up in the first. If you're trading up in the first, I would say absolutely, yes, that could be the missing piece type of guy. But if you're trading up in the second, the odds of that player being a missing piece for you versus three players or even two players being missing pieces in the future, I would go for the bulk. But this is where that best player available conversation comes in. True.

That player is sitting right there. And you have him smack on your board. And you're like, he's still there. And you're looking around the room. What are we going to do, guys? We got five minutes. We need to figure this out. Right.

And to me, I would love to be in a draft room just to see the drama, the sweat, the anxiety takes place and the conversation back and forth, how you have to decide which one of the. these players and who actually wins that debate. Yeah, here's also another thing. We don't know. This is the one thing we have no idea of right now. And maybe they typically kind of tell us before the draft.

But what if they don't view this year's draft class as anything special, right? To them, I think next year, the perception of the 2027 draft class is that it is much more loaded with depth, guys who could start for you. And you have, you're going to have essentially 12 picks unless you trade. some, you know, this upcoming season or obviously going into the draft this year. I don't know how they feel about this year's draft. And once again, it all goes back to if they feel like this is a weak draft from the standpoint that, hey, we're like we're picking at 62.

They also felt a certain way about last year's draft as well to the point where they traded back multiple times to land the players that they ultimately did, whereas like we look at them out like, hey, those are some pretty good picks for Denver. But how the board fell for them initially kind of indicated that, you know what, we don't necessarily like what's available right here. We might gamble a little bit, try to accumulate some more picks here on the later back end of it. So I think that's one thing we're going to have to try to figure out. I don't know if Jordan and Sean, usually they do hold a pre-draft press conference with us over Zoom.

I'm curious to think if they will acknowledge the strengths or the weaknesses of this year's draft class. But to me, that's like the one obstacle we don't know right now that I think plays such a major role in the of this. I could see them, you know, we're going to go out there and we're going to evaluate all of our options, right? There's a lot of different scenarios we can envision upgrading our roster and, you know, a lot of PR. They did say last year, though, they said they felt like the top half of the draft was better than the back end. Fair. Last year. Fair. All right, let's hit our final break. When we come back, kind of a fun Friday story that came out about an hour before we went live. It does involve the Denver Broncos, but it also involves another team.

in the Mile High City. We'll talk about that. We come back right here on your locked on Bronco Squatchew. All right, welcome on back into the program. Enilo Piro, Cody Works, Sarah Bedinger, and Nick Ferguson, hanging out with you here on this Friday. Hope everyone is doing well out there in and around the Mile High City. Good draft conversation.

We'll have plenty of that. I would imagine that next week's shows will be essentially all draft focus unless there's some breaking news with the trade or, you know, something else that comes out involving the Denver Broncos. but at least in my world with my full-time job at the radio station, Sair put me on to a five-alarm fire that has some trickle-down benefits, obviously for the Broncos and their fan base, but for Denver sports fans as a whole.

Like I'm assuming there's a lot of Broncos fans that watch and listen to these shows that are also fans of the Nuggets, the Avalanche, the Rockies, the buffs, the Rams. And also, quick shout out to the D.U. Pioneers, getting the job done last night in the Frozen Four. They will play in the national championship game in hockey. I believe they take on Wisconsin. That game is on Saturday. So it's a great time to be a Denver sports fan.

I live like two blocks away from the D.U campus. And literally like last night, probably around, I think it was like 10, 30, 11. There's just inaudible noise. And I'm like, what the heck is going on? I look at the score and I see that D.U wins a overtime game to advance to the national championship. So that's pretty cool. But the news that came out today that involves the Penners, that being Greg and Kerry Penner in particular, they have purchased a 40% stake in the Colorado Rockies.

And I'm a big baseball guy. The Rockies have been dog for a long, long time. You know, fans have wanted Dick Monfort and the Monfort family to sell the team. They kind of did that in a way by selling a minority share of 40%, but also for the Broncos, right? You look at what the Walton Penner ownership group has done since taking over the Denver Broncos and kind of where the Rockies have been, the last. I don't know, seven, eight years or so.

It's a pretty significant move in the world of Denver sports, but also, guys, it's a commitment from the Penner ownership group to continue developing the Denver sports seat as a whole. Yeah, it's not a bad thing. I mean, they have their hands on a lot of things in the community. Now, the difference is that the Penner Sports Group is behind the major acquisition of this, which is different than the Walton-Penner family ownership group. Obviously, Rob Walton, I think, has 10% stake in the Diamondbacks.

if I'm not mistaken. So these are individual transactions that are separate. But for Kerry Walton Penner, Greg Penner, Nick, I know you've had a chance to be around them like I have. They are, the fun thing about them is usually when you work in the media or you're a reporter, you don't get much interaction with the owners, right? They're kind of like the, hey, you don't talk to those people. They go out of the way to talk to us. And they're the nicest people that I think, you know, I've met.

They have a true investment in the community. You've seen it with obviously girls flag football now being a sanctioned sport. here in the state of Colorado at the high school level. You see their commitment with the all in, all covered with the helmets for every boys high school football team here in the state with 99% buy in, taking care of those costs there, which add up for a lot of programs.

I know that as a former coach myself, but more importantly, they're involved in the community. It's not just lip service. They are actively doing things to try to make the city of Denver, the community even better. We know that they're in the efforts to build in the stadium, but them taking over 60, I mean, 40% ownership of the,

the Rockies. Wish it was 60. The Rockies of their debt that they have. And now they can also pour into the community that way. I have a feeling this just goes beyond baseball. Like obviously they'll have some, they're not going to make the final decisions. That's going to be on the Montfort family with that 60% stake.

But for me, I'm curious to see how this impacts the economic side of Denver, specifically downtown, knowing that the Walton Penner's, you know, the Penner ownership group, they have gone through and they've purchased all this land around Denver.

Yeah, and the momfords, just like on that note, like they own almost all of the real estate around Coors Field, like that little stretch of bars and restaurants on Market Street and Blake Street. Like they own that. And you talk about what the Penters are doing over there in the like the Burdham Yards area for their stadium. I mean, I think it's only good news for Denver. And we can look at it from the economic perspective. We can look at it from the baseball perspective. Like my mind starts going crazy because there's no salary cap in baseball. And I'm like, oh my gosh, like if they put some money into this team, you know, outside of the economics, like what can the Rockies turn into, right?

But here's a quote that I'll read from you guys from the press release today. This is a joint statement from Greg and Kerry Penner with respect to them purchasing that 40% stake in the Rockies. They say, quote, we are excited to expand our commitment to the Denver sports community through a minority partnership with the Colorado Rockies. This investment from the Penner Sports Group reflects our deep appreciation for what the Rockies mean to this region. the passion of their fans and are confidence in the future of the franchise. So, you know, pretty standard stuff there. But you think about the landscape of Denver, right? You've got Coorsfield, which to me is one of the best ballparks of Major League Baseball.

You're going to build this new cathedral of football, not so far away for the Broncos. And then you've got the Pepsi Center or the ball arena, excuse me. It'll always be Pepsi Center to me. Yes, it will. You know, and it's also interesting now. Like you look at Walton Penner and Cronkey, who owned the Nuggets and the Avalanche. It's like there's two families connected through marriage that kind of run a majority of this Denver sports scene. And the Montfort's now kind of allowing them to come into the Rockies aspect of it.

I think it's great, man. And again, like the Rockies have been interesting this year. They're one game below 500. They were on like a four game win streak at one point this season, which is crazy, considering they were expected to lose 100 plus games. It's still very early, of course. But I think to me, the Penners investing in the organization is good for the best. baseball product, but also just tremendous for the city and the Denver sports fan alike, guys.

I'll say it's great for the fan experience because, I mean, butts in the seats, that changes a lot of what you can do from a marketing standpoint. And here's the other thing that it says to me is that I know Rocky's fans have been, you know, really frustrated because the team hasn't really produced over the past couple years back-to-back seasons where you lose over 100 games. That's not good for business at all. And I know, you know, some Rockies fans talk about, you know, hey, it's a great park. They got the Cabanas at the top. And I'm like, well, if I'm going to a baseball park, damn them cabanas, I want to see a great product.

So what it says to me buying 40% of the stake that the Montfranes are not going to move the Rockies team anytime soon. Because with adequate management coming in on part of Greg and Kerry Pinner, you have to figure there are going to be some changes. Like Cody said, they're not probably going to get into roster development. They're going to leave that to the Monfords and their in-house scouts. But when it comes to everything else, we're going to see maybe a bump in an increase. And remember two years ago before the Broncos played the Chargers, the last game of the season, I think the, you know, Greg and Kerry Pinner, they spent what, maybe a quarter of a million dollars changing the field for just one game, right? So I'm thinking about that aspect of course,

changing and trying to put more butts in the seats. Yeah, I think that's going to happen. And you make some good points. For those of you that aren't familiar, like the Montforts had a pretty big philosophical shift in the off season this last year. Dick kind of stepped aside. His son Walker is now kind of doing the day-to-day business.

But in the front office perspective, they brought in Paul D. Podesta. And for those of you that don't know who that is, yes, he did give Deshaun Watson the contract with the Cleveland Browns. But he's a baseball guy first. he's actually the guy that Jonah Hill played the character on in Moneyball. And so there's this big kind of philosophical shift happening with the Rockies where Dick's kind of removed himself from the day-to-day operation.

Walker's hired the right people, kind of hire the right people, get the bleep out of the way type mentality. And now you get this cash infusion by bringing in the Walt, or bringing in the Penner ownership group, excuse me, it can only mean good things. And also just one note, this is not the first time. I know it's the Penner group, but Rob Walton, I believe, owns a 10% stake in the Arizona diamond backs. So this is not the first time we've seen this family kind of dip their toe in the water in the baseball realm. And from what I know when when Rob Walton like obviously

40% is a lot different than 10%, but a lot of that money to Nick's point went into investments in the stadium, investments in the surrounding area. So I think it's going to be a great thing overall. And hopefully like I hope my longstanding joke is like when the nuggets in the avalanche are done, can the Rockies be good enough to get us to Brockos training camp? Like, can you give us something to talk about in July and, you know, August, and then we get to Broncos training camp, and away we go. But I just love this move. And it's, I think, just further proof that this ownership group is the real deal

when it comes to building up our city, guys. Well, in the perception of them, too, I think the number one thing is when you have, there are some owners in pro sports that don't even live in the city of the team that they own, right? They're very hands off. And that is reflected, I think, sometimes in the NFLPA report. card grades at the NFL was so whan, wah, they didn't want it to come out.

But like with Rob, and Kerry and Greg, their front center, they're front facing in terms of the community. They have shown the community that they're willing to do whatever it takes to not only just, it's not just for sports,

it's about being involved in the community, giving back to the community. They're walking the walk, and they're also talking to talk to. They do both of those things. They back it up to the point where now, like I think if you, live in the city of Denver, when you see the penners and the Walton's in the public, you know,

you believe you have trust in what they're going to do, that it's going to be in the betterment of obviously the city. I think economically, their involvement is going to bring some jobs here, which I think will be good. It'll help this thing. Obviously, the city of Denver continues to grow and grow and grow, but you want to be able to have things be more appealing. And I'll be honest with you, outside of course field, going downtown is not that appealing anymore. So they're going to find ways to spruce up. I think the life around downtown, which I think is obviously going to be very important, especially with Cronkies plans to build like this entertainment, housing area next to where Eilich is in Ball Arena currently are. So Denver City could be booming here in the next five to

10 years. I think they're going to have a major play in it. Here's what I can tell you about the owners. What they did when they went out and they kind of thought about, you know, what was going to be like to build a new stadium or how to build a better practice facility. What they did was they went around to other NFL teams. They walked around other buildings and talked to other, I guess, football operations, units around the league to see what was it that they were doing well? What did the fans like? And to me, this is a smart group like Cody said.

And they're going to do the same thing. One place I know they did kind of take a look at, if you look at the Atlanta break, right the Braves used to be downtown right now they're out in Cobb County where I used to live and what they did was that they built the Megaplex all around like a like a small city all around just the stadium right because the whole idea and this is what the Broncos trying to do downtown where they build a new stadium we not only want you to come in just for the game no no no no no we want you to stay right it is what was a hotel California where you check in and you don't check out.

Yep. It's that type of mentality, right? We want you to come and stay, but we don't want you to leave. So I'm thinking, you know, once again, with the Broncos plan on doing with their new stadium and this, this is great for the city of Denver. Yeah, and I'm just starting to think about what it's all going to look like, what it's all set of done, right?

You'll have Coors Field anchoring the north side right there off 20th and Blake. You'll have ball arena off a spear and then a little further south. You'll have the Broncos new stadium. And then on the other side of town, you have like Cherry Creek. right, which is like where they're all of it is. There's still a lot of hurdles. Yeah. This is true.

But it is still the preferred site as they like to continuously talk about. And I think fans are also wondering too, like what happens if Burnham Yard if it falls through? The Broncos have said. Loving tree. No. They said that they'll probably just, they would just renew their lease on their current stadium. Doesn't hurt and power. Which isn't a bad thing.

I enjoy it. I don't like the traffic coming out of it after a game, but that's everywhere. Yeah. Well, we shall see. But a good time to be a Denver sports fan, man. Good luck to the DU pioneers in their championship game here in the hockey realm, Nuggets Playoffs, Avalanche Clint's the president's trophy last night. The Rockies are relevant, right?

So a lot of good things in the Denver sports scene. And of course, the Broncos NFL draft coming up here in two weeks, fresh off a 14-win season. We'll see what they do. And we'll have you guys covered with a couple of more shows next week as well. But that is going to do it for us on today's Lockdown Broncos Squad show. for Cody Rourke, Sarah Bettinger, and Nick Ferguson. I am Anilo Piro.

Thank you guys so, so much for tuning in as always. Enjoy your weekend and we'll talk to you guys next week. Peace out, y'all. Mike Vrable loves Hotel California. Oh, my God. Oh, man, give him a break.