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Starting point is 00:00:00 The moment you've all been waiting for is officially here. It is Broncos training camp week and a lot of the major position battles. They take center stage. You are locked on Broncos. Your daily Denver Broncos podcast. Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Happy Monday, Broncos country. Cody Rourke, Sarah Bedinger here for another episode,

Starting point is 00:00:27 Locked on Broncos. Today's episode is brought to you of our friends over there at Kaushi for a limited time. Download the Kaushi app and use code locked on two games. up to $500 in bonus credits when you trade $25. As we break down everything you need to pay attention to this week as training camp begins on Tuesday. We'll go through and highlight some of the bigger position battles. We've got our eyes on this week on defense. We'll also look at the offensive side of the ball.

Starting point is 00:00:53 What competitions are taking place amongst some of the deeper groups here on this roster, linebacker, wide receiver, cornerbacks, you name it. We're going to break it all down here. Sarah, I'm excited, my friend, because now we are officially here. And I think everybody in Broncos country, they're waiting for Tuesday because Tuesday, the veterans report. But I must have to inform Broncos country about this. What that means is when veterans report, there's not going to be an on-field practice on Tuesday. That's when players report and they take their physical.

Starting point is 00:01:20 They go to team meetings. They do some lifting. Wednesday is when they'll take the field for the first time. So that's the way to Wednesday to get our training camp tweet updates here. Obviously, I'll be front and center at practice. But nonetheless, we're here. We are, Cody. I mean, and you mentioned it, the fan excitement.

Starting point is 00:01:35 I was kind of surprised. I'm not surprised that Broncos country is showing out to this degree, but I went on to the team's website. I was kind of looking at, you know, the training camp dates upcoming. And I noticed that every single practice open to the public is already sold out. So if any listeners out there are thinking about making last minute plans to go out to Denver and get a ticket to go to training camp, it ain't happening.

Starting point is 00:01:59 So it's sold out. But that speaks to exactly what you're. talking about, the anticipation of this team getting back out onto the field and the expectations of what this season could be certainly has everybody in the fan base finally united towards, I would say, the common, like, we believe we can do this sort of mentality. And yes, there's still, you know, skeptics and there's the eternal optimists and, you know, everything in between. But I think everybody in Broncos country, relatively speaking, Cody understands, like this team legitimately can compete for a Super Bowl.

Starting point is 00:02:34 We saw them come just one game away from getting to the Super Bowl last season. And obviously the questions with Bo Nix seem to have been answered with his, you know, appearance at mini camp. And then the videos that he's posting on his own social media kind of showing that he's ready to go and full participant likely at training camp, as we've already discussed. So I think now everybody can set their gear to where they're going to go in cruise control with this excitement level because that, was the only thing preventing us from getting to that third gear, right, to getting into the high

Starting point is 00:03:07 speed of, of, hey, full steam ahead, the wind is in our sales. We are ready for the season. That was the last thing preventing that from happening. And now here we go. And boys are about to hit the field. Yeah, I'm excited. We're more than likely talk to a few players during Tuesday's practice. They'll hold some media availability for us for some players. And then we're going to get Sean, I think, for the first time on Wednesday after practice, which would be nice. One of the things I want to ask John, and we'll see if I get a chance to do that. I mean, it just depends. These media scrums, it's everyone trying to yell over each other. You know, it's, it's crazy. But one thing I want to ask Sean is there is that myth that just because you made it this far

Starting point is 00:03:44 that you can get back the next year, I know Sean doesn't believe in that. But when you have a roster that has as much continuity of guys that know the message that you and the coaches have preached from last year, how much easier is it to kind of set higher expectations? That's what I think I'm going to ask Sean on Wednesday. But I mean, that's also the question. Like that's the, that's the journey of this whole entire thing, Sarah, because you and I, as we've talked about it here on this show, you make it to the AFC championship game. Of course, you don't have Bo Nicks. You know what if we have Bo Nix in this game next year, we're going to win it. Well, there's no guarantee you get back to that game. Even if I think the Broncos are favorites

Starting point is 00:04:19 right now on the AFC to do that, they've got a tough schedule and the AFC is going to be tough this year in general. But it is that sobering reality that, man, you're not guaranteed to get back there. And I'm wondering how much of that hunger and that motivation for those players getting there as close as they did sits with them. Because I did something over the weekend on behalf of Mile High Sports. We did some stuff with a couple of Broncos players this past week. And I'll go on our Mile High Sports magazine. I can't tell you who we did it with. Yeah, you have to wait for that to come out. But I've already seen images of the new locker room. My goodness, I can't wait to actually tour it and see it. But I asked that same question. And the players told me it's harder. We feel like it's

Starting point is 00:04:57 going to be harder to get back there, but that's what drives us. That's what keeps us hungry. I wonder what Sean's thought on that subject is himself. Yeah, it's going to be harder in the sense that, you know, in this to a much lesser degree, but like if you're playing a video game or something, you got to start over at the beginning of a level that you got all the way to the boss and you didn't save along the way and you got to start over, right? It's like, oh, shoot, I got to do that whole, I got to do all those things again. I got to go all the way back and hit all the checkpoints and yada yada that is tough because mentally the grind of an eight week season plus the playoffs after that and everything that happens in between that right that's difficult for players

Starting point is 00:05:38 to you want so badly because you believe you belong there you want so badly to just hey sim to the end of the season let's get to the playoffs let's get to the championship game whatever we want to prove that we can actually do it with our team at full strength the problem is is that even with unprecedented continuity. And sidebar here, Cody, I'd be fascinated to know because I know Sean Payton is big on like data, analytics, history. I'd be really interested to know like how unprecedented is this level of continuity across pro sports because I bet you he knows. I bet you he has a number. I bet you he's been told all that stuff. But I know those guys want to get back to that same point and you want so badly to just simulate to that point or you wish you had a checkpoint that

Starting point is 00:06:24 you could go back to and just say, hey, we don't have to go through all. We don't have to go through weeks one through four, like Sean Payton's record in September, finding a way back in October. But, you know, that this team is going to look way different. Even with that continuity, like I was saying, you still have to go through the season where there's, there's just, I hate to even say this, but there's bound to be injuries, right? There's bound to be different. Knock on wood.

Starting point is 00:06:48 Knock on wood, right? There's different guys that we know are going to step up, which we're going to be talking about throughout training camp, like who's going to emerge at training camp that's going to change the equation. So it doesn't look exactly the same, but it is that core group of guys that have been this, I mean,

Starting point is 00:07:03 they've been the guys that have been built around. And now you have an opportunity to do something. You can't lose focus on the, what has to happen between now and the AFC championship game because you want to get there so badly. And so much of those outside circumstances are beyond your control,

Starting point is 00:07:22 realistically as a team. You can only control what you can control. And that's your effort, your alignment, your assignment, your preparation. And more importantly, I would say just keeping things in control. What is control? Hey, we're here in week one. We're not focused on week two yet. We're here in week 10. We're not focused on week 11. We are in the moment. But I'll say that is one thing I feel like this Broncos team showed last year was that they are very much an in the moment team. They're not necessarily looking too far ahead. They're not looking behind it. What happened last week. They're very much, this is who we got this week and these are our challenges. And so I think that level of maturity, when you have

Starting point is 00:07:56 the continuity and the message, you know, is coming from the same exact coaching staff and the message is the same and the players believe in it. I have a better belief that the on-field product for Denver, offensively, defensively special teams, I feel like we'll be drastically better than what we saw last year. I think our biggest hope, consistency. Consistency is going to be the biggest factor here for this Broncos team. I'm excited. Look, there are a lot of moving pieces, but, you know, Sarah and I, we're going to have to be covered every step of the the way here as Broncos training camp continues. And we're going to hear some of the biggest storylines on the offensive side of the ball.

Starting point is 00:08:27 There's competition across the board with this team, offense and defense. But on the offensive side of the ball, there are a couple of skill player positions we have our eyes on and maybe some of the little mini battles at some of the more important positions are going to be taking place. We're going to highlight that and more here on today's episode of the show. Today's episode, Lockdown Broncos, is brought to you by friends over there at Kowshi. Before every season even kicks off, everyone's making predictions. Who wins the division?

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Starting point is 00:09:57 Training camp is all about competition, and we are going to be talking about some of the best ones at individual positions, both offensively and defensively. Broncos country, you know, training camp is the place where unheralded players step up. Cinderella stories become reality, and you know what? We got a few of those that we might have in the works this year,

Starting point is 00:10:17 even though the Broncos continuity, all about it, love it. You never know who's going to step up. We're going to talk about it on today's episode of the show. And Broncos fans, man, we appreciate you so much for rocking with us throughout the offseason. We're no longer just in the home stretch. We're finally here. Cody, football is back this week. Some teams are in the league already out there at training camp.

Starting point is 00:10:38 And so I'm excited for the Broncos to get back out there. Offensively, there's a lot of storylines, right? Obviously, Bo Necks coming back, Jalen Waddle, sort of getting acclimated now to his new team, the pads coming on. We're excited to see how this offensive line looks, but I think a couple of position groups that you and I are looking forward to. You mentioned it. A couple of skill positions offensively,

Starting point is 00:11:01 both the wide receiver and the tight end positions. These are two spots where it feels like maybe some of the depth jobs are really up for grabs. And certainly the opportunity is there to impress this coaching staff. Yeah, you mentioned it, right? Like, I think the storylines at Jalen Waddle, Bow Nix, we know that. Like, we already know what those are. Those storylines are already kind of solidified. They're already answered here, whereas I think we should start off with yours, talking about the Broncos wide receiver room here.

Starting point is 00:11:27 And that's looking at who emerges is maybe that main third wide receiver three behind Cortland Sutton, behind Jay Leno, who's going to be that primary third option or the guys are going to have the third most targets out of that group of wide receivers? Is that between Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, and Pat Bryant? I honestly feel like you can go anywhere with any of these guys. Certainly, we would love to see more Marvin Mims. we saw a lot of Troy Franklin last year where he took a huge step forward compared to his rookie season. And then Pat Bryant down the stretch really started to emerge as this reliable go-to option for Bow Nix. And so now as you come into training camp where there's not competition, I'd say, for those guys on their roster spot, but competition amongst themselves to see who gets more snaps than the other guys.

Starting point is 00:12:10 This is where things I feel like we don't have the answer to this yet. Where are you leaning on this? And let's maybe make the case for everybody here. Yeah, I think this is a great problem for the Broncos to have, right? It's honestly been a long time coming that we'd be talking about wide receiver depth as a surplus as opposed to who the heck is going to be on this team playing wide receiver this year. And are they going to be able to make plays? And we know the last two years, Broncos have led the league in drops, right?

Starting point is 00:12:39 So it's been a concern area. That's why you go out and you make the Jalen Waddle trade. But these young players right here, they've all shown in different capacities. that they can be leaned on and trusted in certain situations. Now, Troy Franklin was sort of the de facto wide receiver two last year for this Broncos team and second on the team in targets behind Cortland Sutton almost surpassed Cortland for targets overall last year. But we obviously figure that's going to change this season.

Starting point is 00:13:10 With wattle in the mix, it's going to be waddling Sutton at the top. And then we'll see what happens at tight end. But over the second half of last season, it was actually, Pat Bryant that was out snapping Troy, despite Troy finishing second on the team in targets. So Pat was averaging about 38 snaps a game and Troy was averaging about 36. And I know that seems minute, but it was a drastic difference from the first half of the season where Pat was sort of, you know, working his way even into being acclimated to the game day roster, right?

Starting point is 00:13:42 I mean, he wasn't necessarily playing a full snap count every single week. So for it to shift over the second half of the season is pretty substantial to me. And then Marvin has just proven to be the most clutch weapon on the team. I think that that's fair to say at this point. And it's kind of sad because the opportunities have not been plenty for him. They've not been enough. And I think he needs more. I think it'll be fascinating to see Cody when the Broncos go to 11 personnel at training camp,

Starting point is 00:14:10 the majority of the time, who's out there with Sutton and Waddled? That is, I mean, that is one of the most important. important questions. I think we got to answer. Well, and the crazy thing about that, and this is what's going to be so hard about training camp and answering this question is that everyone, there's going to be so many guys that rotate in. Like, there's going to be times the Broncos come out in 11 personnel and it's Cortland Sutton and maybe Marvin Mims and Pat Bryant. Like, that's going to be tricky. But I come preseason game one, right, when the starters play, 11 personnel, who are the first

Starting point is 00:14:38 three guys out there. And one thing I do know about the Broncos and how they game plan offensively, especially with the receiver group. And I'm curious to see how this changes with Ronald Curry coming over as the new coach now. They would rotate guys in based on matchups, right? Like they may have liked the specific matchup. You mentioned like Pat Bryan getting more snaps down the stretch compared of Troy. They liked Pat against some of these other DBs that they were going against. They liked them in some of these matchups that they had. So how does that change? Is that going to be, I think I'm a little more clear. Maybe that's a question we also asked Sean when we were a chance to speak with him here on Wednesday. How does competition at that

Starting point is 00:15:11 position kind of unfold between those three guys. You know, I think when you talk about and you bring up the drops department, you know, out of everybody there, like Troy Franklin had four, Pat Bryant had three. And Marvin Mims, if I'm not mistaken, I think Marvin's only had one drop so far. I think in his career, he has a very low drop percentage overall, but then you run into the problem. Well, Marvin doesn't have as many snaps as all these other guys. And that to me is where the problem comes in when we talk about Marvin. So how do you view it? Part of me, Sarah, and this is. This is maybe a bold prediction here. We haven't even seen practice yet.

Starting point is 00:15:44 But part of me feels like nothing's going to change with this room specifically with how these guys are used. I still think they're going to make it matchup contingent upon these three guys in terms of who gets the volume this week. Is that fair to every guy? Not necessarily. But this is the problem that you run into when you have two pretty good receivers ahead of them. Yeah. It's like you said, could still be matchup dependent. But is it going to how much?

Starting point is 00:16:11 How much can these guys throw the wrinkle in on their own, right? I mean, of course, they all have unique skill sets, right? Troy is a longer receiver. I don't say prospect anymore. I was going to say prospect. This is his third year in the NFL. But he's a longer receiver with that long speed and the wide catch radius. Whereas Pat Bryant is kind of the, you know, savvy route runner.

Starting point is 00:16:33 He's got toughness as a blocker. He can win after the catch. And Marvin is that deep threat who can also make plays. in space and somebody that you like to get the ball to quickly so he can be sort of that extension of your running game in terms of your quick pass game they all have such different skill sets that it is going to be fascinating to see is it matchup based does one of these guys take such a significant jump in 2026 that they make themselves undeniable for more snaps and the broncos say you know what yes they all three have varying skill sets however this guy was that much better

Starting point is 00:17:10 during training camp. So for all three of them, it's going to be about stacking days. Who's stacking days? Who's making the most plays? Who's out there taking advantage of every opportunity? And who's becoming what I think is the key here, the most trustworthy to the coaching staff. So those are the factors that I would say stack days and make yourself non-negotiable to this coaching staff. I agree there. Let's switch to tight end right now. I think really the bigger question here is who emerges as tight-in for? I think we anticipate Denver's going to keep four tight ends between Dallin Bentley, Nate Adkins, Caleb Loner, or Lucas Crowe. One out of these four guys will have to emerge as the tight end four.

Starting point is 00:17:50 Nate, once again, I'll say probably has the best versatility to play the F type and the inline Y. I feel like everybody else more so projects as an inline Y in comparison. So it does make things very interesting. I think that versatility in special teams helps Nate Adkins here. Dallin Bentley, in my opinion, and I know there's been a lot of buzz around Caleb Loner. We still have to see it. I'm excited to see what he does in camp.

Starting point is 00:18:10 I feel like Dallin Bentley has the most to gain in this potential competition. I think so too. It really comes down to what is the Broncos short and long-term plan at this position and how well do they feel like they could execute it if that means Bentley and Loner have to go to the practice squad because that ultimately means they've got to clear waivers. That ultimately means that you've got to hope other teams don't want them on their roster. So if you're trying to protect those assets, that might mean making a sacrifice with somebody else. Now, Nate Adkins obviously has been a trusted player for this team, both on offense and special teams.

Starting point is 00:18:50 And certainly you don't want to have to sacrifice him. But also, you kind of found out what life was like last year without him, right? When he was injured for a good portion of the season, you saw, hey, this is what life is like without Nate. we can bring prentice in to play fullback. We've got Jolie to play tight end, Bentley, you know, these other players. So I can't wait to see how these guys do. And, you know, whether or not Davis Webb is really trying to implement more 12 and 13 personnel. Because if that's the case, I feel like Bentley has an advantage.

Starting point is 00:19:23 Loner has an advantage. Nate has the advantage in the Sean Payton offense as being that guy who moves around all over the place and plays that Swiss Army role without sort of being a playmaker. But I think that's why you go get Bentley and Jolie because you know you need playmakers. Well, it goes back over the weekend. I saw Andrew Mason share one of the things that Davis Webb obviously said about the Los Angeles Rams offense finding their identity. And I think at first one I heard it, I had thought to myself, oh, is he saying that

Starting point is 00:19:50 maybe the Broncos are going to hopefully transition to more 12 and 13 personnel around week seven? And I thought you asked him a great question. What kind of saying like, do you think it was this or do you think? It was that. He said it was the latter, whereas it just took them that long to really kind of figure out what their identity was versus them trying to do everything all at once. So I am curious to see how everything is going to play out here as we go about here through training camp as it begins here. Veterans Report on Tuesday, first practice on Wednesday. You know, Sarah and I are going to have you covered every step of the way here. Let's know your thoughts on the Broncos' biggest storylines here on offense, a wide receiver and tight end.

Starting point is 00:20:24 But coming up next, we're going to take a look at the linebacker position. And one of the players that I have outlined is actually going to be starting training camp on the non. on football injury list. So it's a little bit of a wrinkle into those plans. We'll discuss it here on today's episode of the show. The Broncos defense has several intriguing position battles that we anticipate will be taking place throughout training camp here. And we'll get into that here.

Starting point is 00:20:47 Just want to say thank you once again to all the every dares out there in Broncos country. Thanks for tuning in Rocking with us here on the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day, plus the number one sports podcast network in the country. All right, Sarah, let's get into this right here at the linebacker position because I feel like we as we're sitting down recording us, We did get the news from the NFL wire that Broncos linebacker Jordan Turner will begin camp on the non-football injury list, which now adds a little bit of a wrinkle to some things here. Because between Alex Singleton, Justin Sternat is your two starters. Competition is wide open.

Starting point is 00:21:20 And Jordan Turner is one of those guys that was having a tremendous offseason program as one of those standout guys. But now this opens up the door for guys like Lavelle Bailey, Red Murdoch, Corrine Reed, and Torrey in New York to get some more opportunities here. to impress. And we don't know what the timeline is going to be for Jordan Turner specifically, but we do know he will start camp on the NFI list. Cody, it's one of those things that when it comes through, it almost just makes you like remember how I don't know, I don't want to say like desperate or dire or anything like that, but it just kind of reminds you like, oh my gosh, here we go, you know, because the linebacker

Starting point is 00:21:56 position is one of those ones that we've talked about all off season. And yes, it's like, you know, the champagne problems or first world problems, you know, where it's like, oh, we don't have good enough depth at linebacker. That can be a problem. It's like, shoot, I mean, you got one of the best teams in the league. So, yeah, you know, go ahead and complain about your backup linebackers. But there's a reason why it's a concern for Broncos fans because we've seen this depth needed. I mean, every year for the last, how many years have the Broncos needed somebody to step up?

Starting point is 00:22:26 So it's great that the team loves Singleton and Sternad. Love it. Happy about it for them. I'm interested to see how it goes. I don't know that I necessarily share their conviction that it's going to be as good as it could have been if they had gone out and got somebody like, say, Devin Lloyd and paired him up with Sir Nad. I don't know. We'll see.

Starting point is 00:22:47 But the one thing that I think we all agree upon is that the depth behind those two guys is, I don't want to say, non-existent because there's guys. there. But man, you're talking about undrafted free agents and Mr. Irrelevant from this past year's draft as excited as we are for Red Murdoch. As excited as we are for Tori and York, at least Jordan Turner was providing us with a, okay, well, yeah, I mean, he got on the field last year, and he impressed Darren Rizzi. And, you know, he's somebody who's kind of interesting as an athlete. You look up his rass score. You look up his highlights from college and you see, oh, I kind of see where they're going. Now he's on the NFI to start off training camp. I mean, it just

Starting point is 00:23:28 amplifies a, you know, the alarm is sounding right now. Oh, and it could just even be something that's soft tissue, right? I know a lot of guys were still training and doing stuff and maybe it's a soft tissue thing. We don't know exactly the extent yet, but maybe maybe we'll find out. We know we're getting to the point where Sean Payton says, don't ask about injuries. I'm not going to answer any questions about him. And then he goes on to tell us, even though he said he's not going to. We'll see if, we'll see what version of that we get this week here. But obviously, we want to make. sure that Jordan comes back into the mix here when the time is appropriate for him, when he's physically able to.

Starting point is 00:24:00 And obviously, I know he'll be working with the coaching staff. But, man, he was one of those guys there that I think you and I, we talked about in our roster predictions. Like there's a very strong case that maybe Jordan Turner is that LB3, that first guy behind Sternad and Singleton, just based on the way things were trending from the momentum from the offseason program, what he was doing when he was on the field making place, but more reps, more snaps for some of these other guys as well, which will help you get a little bit more of an extent to look at Lavel Bailey, who's facing a very important summer.

Starting point is 00:24:26 I think I had for him. So we'll continue to monitor this. Obviously, as the week goes about here, Sarah, but you have your eyes on the Broncos cornerback battle. Riley Moss and Jaday Barron. I think the question to ask here, because I feel like if you talk to Broncos country, if you put a poll out on social media, I think you'll look at it. It'll be a 50, 50 percent split where Broncos country thinks Jada is competing with Riley,

Starting point is 00:24:50 and there's 50 percent to say, no, there is no competition. Riley is the guy. I'm on the side of saying there is no competition. Riley is the guy. How do you feel about that? Where do you stand? Because I know this is, I feel like,

Starting point is 00:25:03 the most debated position battle of this team right now, on paper going into camp. Yeah, I don't think there's a competition either. I looked back and kind of, this was something we've dissected over the course of the offseason, right? It's been a little slow for Broncos country this offseason to be sure.

Starting point is 00:25:23 but you go back and you kind of analyze like when Sean Payton has asked the question, hey, is Jaday Barron going to compete at outside corner this offseason? That's like a get out of jail free card for Sean Payton because what is he going to say to that? Absolutely, yeah, he'll compete there. Well, we took that in the moment, you know, at least to a degree to mean, oh, so he's competing with Riley Moss. No, no, no. Those are two very different questions. You got to make sure you word the question right.

Starting point is 00:25:51 The question is not will Jaday be competing at outside corner during camp? The question is, is Riley Moss's job up for grabs? And those are two so, they're on opposite ends of the spectrum. Like Jaday could be competing at outside corner. It doesn't mean he's competing for the starting job there. So will we see that? I don't, like you said, I don't really think so based on Riley's history and the pedigree that he has, even with the penalties.

Starting point is 00:26:19 I think the Broncos believe in his talent. So I know I've thrown it out there. We've had some listeners of the show asked me like, are you saying you want to see Riley Moss traded? Absolutely not. Like that's not what I'm saying. But we have to over the course of the off season, kind of look at these hypotheticals of,

Starting point is 00:26:38 is the team going to resign this player? Is the first round pick going to play? Are they going to resign both Riley and Jekwon? And what does that mean then for Jada Byrne? Because all these things have a sort of domino effect or whatever. So that's where I'm at with it, Cody, is like, I want to see, okay, yes, if today is just like the number four corner, I guess is what it would be, or is he competing to be the number two, like with Riley Moss's job. So that is going to be fascinating when training camp kicks off. And my opinion on the whole entire subject matter here is when you go back to that question, which was asked to Sean, and he said, will he be competing for reps at outside corner?

Starting point is 00:27:20 And he said, of course, that's Sean's way of saying like, hey, we rotate these guys everywhere. Like same exact thing happened last year in training camps there where you got Jadae getting reps on the outside opposite of Riley, you know, and those guys are rotating. And obviously they're trying to get as many guys, many on-field reps as possible to see. We know Jaday can play outside if need be. I think the Broncos envisioned a larger role for him inside the same exact role that he played last year coming in in the dime. And I think his role, the impact he had, and the limited number of snaps that we saw in totality last season, I thought Jadae impressed a lot. Now, people have, I think, very unrealistic expectations because he's a first rounder.

Starting point is 00:28:00 I think the expectations are obviously high. But considering the context and the circumstances, I think Jaday played really well in his role. You can go through and you can poke holes and make the argument that, well, the Broncos probably should have taken somebody else. You could have made the argument. Jehad Campbell could have been a draft pick for the Denver Broncos. Broncos last year, but they didn't do it. There's a reason behind that. And now for Jaday, he has the flexibility to kind of play a little bit of everywhere.

Starting point is 00:28:25 He is the guy that they like to match up against tight ends in certain situations when they want to preserve their safeties on the back end or play one of their safeties in the box to be able to play against the run a little bit. I like that for Jadae. And here's the best news about it. Like if the Broncos do not resign Riley after this season, well, guess what? Now you have Jaday and Chris Abrams-drain a little more than likely going to camp next year competing for the outside corner job.

Starting point is 00:28:46 You don't have to make these decisions now, but I think that's what the Broncos like. They have flexibility where they're not like, we're not forced to make a decision. We can just let things play out. I think there's a level of patience you have to have with that. And I understand for the fan base at times, it's not easy because first round pick, he should play. Caveman talk, right? We go into that whole analogy there. That's not always the case.

Starting point is 00:29:08 I think every circumstance around the league is different. But this one, I am going to be keeping an eye on this. I know everyone in Broncos country is as well. We'll keep you posted here. Obviously, as I go to all the practices, Sarah, I'm hoping you can make it out to a practice here this summer. But this is going to be one of those positions I think we kind of have under focus. And maybe in the first two weeks of, I would say, trending camp, maybe even the first preseason game, we're like, all right, we already have our answer on this solidified, like truly solidified,

Starting point is 00:29:35 and then we'll go from there. So I'm excited to see how it all plays out. Broncos country. We want to hear from you on today's show. Make sure you let us know your thoughts on the cornerback position with Riley and Jaday. and also the linebacker competition that's now seemingly wide open and how Jordan Turner's injury might impact things. But tomorrow's episode of the show, Broncos Country, we'll go through a primer. We'll answer some everydayers club questions about what we observe during practice with coaches, with certain players,

Starting point is 00:30:00 some things we want to see and other storylines as we get ready for training camp to kick off. We're so stoked, Broncos country. Make sure you stay locked in here, locked on Broncos every day because no one's going to bring you closer to the action than we are.

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