Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - CONFIDENCE: How Denver Broncos UPSET over Philly Can Impact Season

Starting point is 00:00:00 Confidence is born from demonstrated ability, and the Denver Broncos win on Sunday against the egos could change the course of their entire season. We'll break it all down here on today's episode, Locked on Broncos. You are Locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Broncos country, what's happening? Welcome into another episode. Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. We know what your team every day.

Starting point is 00:00:33 I'm Cody Roark, Broncos reporter for My mom. high sports. I want to give a special shot on. Thank you to everyone in Broncos country. All the everydayers out there. Thanks for tuning in making us your first listen. However, you choose to do just that. We got a lot to break down on today's episode of the show, which is brought to you about friends over there at Mazda. And like our players, we sweat every detail because when you make every move count, pulling off the unexpected is only the beginning. Stay tuned later for highlights in this week's moving the game forward. Mazda move and be moved. And here's what you're going to get on today's bonus episode of the show,

Starting point is 00:01:03 fresh off the hills of a monumental victory for this team on Sunday against the defending Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles. We're going to go through why this win on Sunday against the Eagles could change the course of the Broncos entire 2025 season if they can capitalize on that. Plus we'll also go through an injury update here to Ben Powers who suffered a biceps injury in the Broncos win on Sunday. Will he miss time? What's the latest on that?

Starting point is 00:01:27 Plus, Jared Stidham isn't making the trip either. But for a good reason, you get all that on today's episode of the show. So let's dive into this as well. I mean, Broncos country, you're still probably excited. Jazz looking at highlights going through and rewatching the game. I'm going through the All-22 and it's been fun to watch the grip, the fight that this Broncos team showed in Sunday's game against the Eagles. Because as I mentioned, I wasn't very confident when it was 173 going into the fourth quarter

Starting point is 00:01:52 and the Broncos just simply didn't have momentum until Bo Nix really started to get things going in that fourth quarter. They impressed me. They showed us something that we had not seen. seen from this team so far, I think in the Sean Payton era, right? Like, I think that we can look at this Peyton team going back to 2023. They clawed their way out of a one in five start. But now this is an entirely different team, right? That required a lot of true grit resilience. This Broncos team has that.

Starting point is 00:02:18 And they showcased that last year. But for them to be down 17 to 3 to claw, pun intended, their way back against the Eagles, the way that they did to find a way to stop the Eagles' offense defensively after you gave up a couple of explosive plays, this was. a statement win. It was monumental. And it goes to one thing that I wanted to talk about here. Sarah and I talked about it in our postgame podcast. This is the biggest win for this Broncos team in the last 10 years, right? Since Super Bowl 50, I think the stakes of this, right? Yes, it's an NFC game. At the end of the year, there's no tiebreaker between the Broncos and the Eagles. But I think when we look at this game and how it's played,

Starting point is 00:02:54 you can't undersell it enough, like how important a win like this was for a team like the Broncos, right? who the narrative for them coming into this game against the Eagles is, well, they can't beat the good teams. They can't beat teams with winning records. And that was the narrative on the Bow Nix and Sean Payton pairing so far. Yes, they beat Kansas City last year without their starters. Everyone keeps reminding them. They did it. They beat Kansas City without the starters.

Starting point is 00:03:18 I think a lot of people forget that this Broncos team showed a lot of resilience and grid on the road last year at Arrowhead. Should have beat the Kansas City Chiefs. But we can't go back and cry over spilled milk here. I'm saying that this is a good Broncos football team. This is a tough team. And look, I think it's easy. Like when they're down 17.3, yeah, it doesn't look pretty. But for them, they showed us that they could claw their way out of a situation like this.

Starting point is 00:03:41 And I think that this could have massive ramifications on this Broncos team throughout the entire season. And here's why. John Payton talks about it all the time. Confidence is born from demonstrated ability, right? You gain more confidence, the more you start to do things. And the more that you do things, right, the more belief you kind of encapsulate here. And I think that when you look at the Broncos sideline, and you look at like after Bow Nix and the offense scored that touchdown,

Starting point is 00:04:04 and they got up 1817, Pat Sertan's running off the field and he's looking at Bonney saying, yeah, like you can tell that there's this belief internally amongst the players and right there to go on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles defense that, granted they have some new pieces, but they're pretty intact from last year's team that dominated and derailed the Kansas city chiefs in the Super Bowl in just epic blowout fashion, right? For the Broncos to go on the road against an undefeated team like that and to claw their

Starting point is 00:04:35 way back and to win a game of that magnitude, I think speaks volumes to the level of resiliency that this team really does have. And the thing is, I think we can all sit here and agree that this Broncos team hasn't quite fully pieced everything together just yet, right? And that could be a scary good thing here. I think some of the developments that we saw that we want to see when we talk about confidence, being born from demonstrated ability. Not only does that apply to beating good teams,

Starting point is 00:05:00 but I think you can look at individual players and you can apply that same process. So let's take a look here at J.K. Dobbins. I think J.K. has done such a great job of breathing life here into this Broncos offense. And it's the little things. I was going back and rewatching the game. And there's times where the Eagles are just crashing their D line inwards.

Starting point is 00:05:18 And it doesn't look like there's a hole that's opening up. And then you just see J.K. stay patient for a second. And then he shoots through for a 13-yard run on one big play. play that moved the chains here for the Broncos that helped get this drive, kickstarted that ultimately allowed JK to score from two yards out to make it 17 to 10 at that point. JK is like this little accelerator, the energizer bunny, I think, to this offense. But then not only that, it goes to Cortland Sutton where you need a big play. Okay, we're going to find a way to go to Cortland.

Starting point is 00:05:47 Cortland against Quinnion Mitchell, one of the NFL's top young cornerbacks in today's game. he was having a great game up until Cortland started getting going late in that third quarter. Really, I think in the final minute and a half of the third quarter, Cortland started to get some rhythm and some wheels about him. And then the fourth quarter, we just saw Cortland go up there and make some big plays on some back shoulders, you know, big body adjustments in the air, boxing out of smaller defender. And then that third and 15 play where he caught, I think, a 34-yard catch right there. That was so big for this team, right?

Starting point is 00:06:15 And so now you see that element taking place here. You see the confidence level growing in Bo Nix, who shook off a rough start where he had 79 yards a half time and he couldn't really get the ball to anybody at that point. And then he goes and he catches fire 14 of 18 in the second half, nine of 10 passing in that fourth quarter alone. Bo was surgical and he was decisive and he did the things that the Broncos needed him to do. That is what you're talking about as, okay, we've been in these situations and hopefully you're not in many, right? you don't want the Broncos to be in a situation where they're trailing 20 to 3 or 17 to 3, but you know now against good teams, if you find yourself in that hole in that situation, this team has shown that they can claw their way out of that.

Starting point is 00:06:59 And I think that they just have this locked in mentality where when things get tough, and that's one thing that Sean Payton said this offseason, it goes back to Cortland. Suddenly says, when things are falling apart, Cortland is the guy you look to and he's going to keep things afloat for you. And that that's exactly what we saw. But let's talk about Evan Ingram now. We talk about that confidence. What we saw from him there, and then Sean Payton said it in his half, like coming out of his postgame pressers that at halftime, he and Evan, they were mad at each other. And that, you know, Evan was mad at him and, you know, Sean challenged him back.

Starting point is 00:07:28 And then in the second half, they said, okay, we're going to, we're going to get him some touches. And man, that kind of spin around catch that he made was incredible. What was impressive was on his touchdown catch, he goes through and he sits and finds a really, really, really tight spot there. Jalen Carter's underneath. Bo finds him. he runs through a Jalen Carter arm tackle where Jalen's trying to wrap up his legs. We know how big Jalen Carter is and he fights his way into the end zone. This is a confidence booster here for Evan Ingram.

Starting point is 00:07:54 So not only is it a confidence booster for the team as a whole, but these players that we've mentioned here specifically, they've gained confidence because of that. And a win like this, I don't want to downplay. And I don't want to hype it up too much. But I think that from a psychological standpoint, when you know, when you overcome circumstances the way that Denver did in this game and you piece together a very, very clean victory where you dominate really in that second

Starting point is 00:08:19 half, that right there can tell you who you are as a team. Now the Broncos, they did it. And now they believe we are a team. Sean Payton asked them in the locker mouth of the game. Who are you afraid of? And they said, nobody. We're not afraid of anybody. That right here is the message. That's the mentality of this team needs to carry throughout the course of the rest of the season. I think it's big too because this win, you have to build on it. You're in London now. The Broncos obviously are in London as we speak. They traveled after they beat the Eagles and you can't have a letdown

Starting point is 00:08:47 against the New York Jets on the road. I understand there's some dynamics there. Derrimoji, maybe a revenge game dynamic there. Aaron Glenn against his former mentor, Sean Payton. Like the storylines are already writing itself, but those storylines shouldn't matter this week. The Broncos need to go take care of business on the road overseas. And with that said, speaking of overseas,

Starting point is 00:09:05 Broncos country, a couple of players did not make the trip to London. One for a good reason. And one reason that has maybe some concerns for the Broncos offensive line. If he has to miss some time, we'll break that down here on today's episode, Locked on Broncos. Today's episode of the show is Bronco is Bronco's over there at Square. Your favorite neighborhood spots, they run on Square, and there are certain places that make the neighborhood of the neighborhood.

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Starting point is 00:11:48 You get your podcast, so you never miss out on what's going on with your favorite team every single day all year long. The Broncos already overseas in London, and they do not have Ben Powers or Jared Stidham. There's a good reason, and then there's a bad reason. So let's get to the good reason here first. Jared Stidham did not make the trip to London because he and his wife, Kennedy, they're expecting the birth of their third child here. And it's expected any time at this point.

Starting point is 00:12:13 So there is a chance here that Stidham could be back in time for Sunday's game. Obviously, as the backup quarterback to Bo Nix, there's a chance that he could catch a flight later out in the week. But if not, the Broncos will probably move up with Sam Ellinger as their backup guy for this game. But I think this is an important thing to touch on here because Sean Payton really believes in guys not missing these big milestone moments, right? Sean is very much a all about the memories, the things that matter, family,

Starting point is 00:12:40 being one of the more important pieces. One thing he said in his post-game locker room speech after the Broncos beat the Eagles, he said, you won't always remember the money, you won't remember the cars, you won't remember some of these things, but wins like this is what you're going to remember. And also, I think in general, for Sean,

Starting point is 00:12:54 as we've seen with him, being there for life's biggest events, like the birth of a child has been big. I think more recently, Julelea McLaughlin and obviously his wife, they had their daughter. And Sean said, hey, that's more important. Be there. You don't need to go to this final preseason game.

Starting point is 00:13:09 You're going to make the roster. We want you to be there. It's the same exact thing here for Jared Stidham in this situation. So obviously, happy for Jared and his wife. Jared is just a great dude to talk to inside the locker room. I know a lot of Broncos fans don't normally get that experience here. Jarrett's a laid back, fun, competitive guy. He does a lot for this team behind the scenes.

Starting point is 00:13:29 And so obviously, I think for him, they hope that he, he can rejoin them at some point this week, but this is a week where for Sean Payton, I don't think he's too worried about that. I think the expectation is that Jarrett will rejoin the team in London at some point this week here, but being there for the birth of a child is probably more important. And it's a good thing to Sean Peyton prioritizes that. So that is the good news,

Starting point is 00:13:48 but let's get to the bad news here, Broncos country. Ben Powers of Broncos starting left guard played every single snap over 70 plus snaps on offense with a bicep injury that he suffered in that game. He did not make the trip to London in the, Broncos had to send out an injury report Sunday night because they're going overseas. And if they have to leave somebody behind, they have to document that. That's a league policy there.

Starting point is 00:14:09 So a little surprising for us to hear that Ben Powers was making the trip back to Denver, not going to London here. He's going to Denver to undergo more testing. So we're going to continue to monitor this. But he suffered a biceps injury. He finished the entire game, which is obviously a good sign there. But the fact that he did not make the trip, I think is something we have to keep an eye on here as the Broncos are preparing for the New York.

Starting point is 00:14:31 Jets this week in a London showcase. And so what does this mean if Ben Powers is not able to take kind of like the Jared Stidham route and maybe rejoin the team later on the week by catching a flight? Well, then that means that the Broncos are going to have to look at some other options here on the offensive line. And if Ben Powers injury happens to be serious, which we don't know the severity of it just yet. But if that is the case, this is something that they're going to have to game plan for, which goes into veteran offensive lineman Matt Parrott, who got a lot of reps at guard in the NFL preseason and training camp. And for Sean Payton, one of the things he's talked about as well, even in the preseason and training camp was some guys have a preference to a side, not necessarily a position, right?

Starting point is 00:15:09 So for the left side, that's where Matt Parrott seems to be more comfortable, whereas Alex Paucheski, he can play guard. We saw him play plenty of guard in the preseason. He's also the extra tackle eligible here at this point. He's more of a right side guy, right? He's more comfortable on the right side. So I think that we probably will see if Ben Powers is not able to go. If he's unable to play and miss his time, I think Matt Pert will step up into that. that spot. And there's also a chance to keep an eye on Alex Forsyte. The Broncos backup center behind

Starting point is 00:15:35 Luke Wattenberg could step in at the guard position as well here. But this would obviously be a big blow here for the Broncos offense. I think Ben Power struggled in the preseason, but I'll say this, he's had a pretty good regular season here for the Broncos. And I love when they get him involved in the poll game. So if he misses some time here, this is a big loss for the Broncos offense. And obviously, we talk about his contract that, you know, he's kind of dwindling down at there. He's played every single snap so far of his contract, hasn't missed a game. That's what you love about Ben Powers is the durability. So that could be in danger this week against the New York Jets. And we'll see if that is the case here. But the Broncos do have some

Starting point is 00:16:10 contingency plans in place here. And with that, there could be some challenges too. Right. You put somebody new into the offensive lineup, you know, specifically that could impact maybe your chemistry or maybe some of the things that some guys can just play off of one another, you know, on the offensive line or at other positions. They have these, you have all these reps together. or you can sit there and you can read based off of, okay, we don't have to say anything, but I know how this guy blocks based on how he does that. We'll keep you updated all week long here,

Starting point is 00:16:37 Broncos Country on Ben Powers, Jared Stidham, anything else that's coming out of the Broncos realm is there now overseas in London. You've got a factor in the time difference. So you'll get some updates probably in the middle of the night sometimes as you're checking your phone periodically throughout the week. But we'll have you covered every step of the way, including a crossover Thursday with locked on jets later on this week.

Starting point is 00:16:55 But Broncos Country tomorrow's episode of the show, Sarah and I, we are going to sit down. and we're going to talk about how the Broncos have a chance right now in the wide open AFC after week four of play undefeated teams fall in left and right. There's no clear-cut perennial guy right now in the AFC and the Broncos have a chance to become that. We'll talk about that and more on tomorrow's episode, Lockdown Broncos.

Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - CONFIDENCE: How Denver Broncos UPSET over Philly Can Impact Season

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