Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - Denver Broncos Lose Devastating Heartbreaker vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Denver Broncos drop a heartbreaker in Kansas City. Disappointing fashion, following to 5 and 5. Where do the Broncos go from here? And where did things go wrong? We break that down. And much more on today's Lockdown Broncos post-game report. You are Locked-on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

Starting point is 00:00:28 What's happening in Broncos country? Welcome into another episode, Locked-on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked on, Podcast Network, your team every day. I'm Cody Roark. Broncos reporter from Mile High Sports. You can check out my written work over there. Milehysports.com. Joined, as always by Sarah Bedinger, site expert, predominantly orange.com.

Starting point is 00:00:47 Also NFL spin zone. You can check out his written work over there. And the Broncos, unfortunately, coming off of a devastating. I mean, Sarah, we could talk about devastating. We could talk about heartbreaking. We could talk about just backbreaking. That was what summarized the Broncos loss in Kansas City late in this game. We'll break down all that action here on today's show.

Starting point is 00:01:07 We'll wrap things up by highlighting Bo Nix, Audrake Estimate, shining in this game specifically, maybe giving some light as to what they can do going forward. We'll talk about some of the key turning points in this game. And more importantly, we're going to kick off with the brutal part, rip off the Band-Aid, dropping a heartbreaker like this to Kansas City. One of the worst losses that, you know, Broncos players is saying in the post game, you know, locker room there. This is one of the worst losses they've ever felt.

Starting point is 00:01:32 this could be a very, very important juncture for the Broncos season going for. We'll get all that here, Lockdown Broncos, which today's episode is brought to our friends over there, price picks. Go to PricePix.com slash lockdown NFL. Use code all lowercase, locked on NFL will win $50 instantly when you play $5. Sarah, how do you tee up a devastating show like this? I mean, we sat there. It was like that was a game of roller coaster of emotions really from start to finish the Broncos.

Starting point is 00:01:58 They got off to a slow start offensively, but then they really got going to. going in the second quarter. They got themselves a nice lead on Kansas City. And unfortunately, you lose a heartbreaker here. Bill goal attempt to win the game, 35 yards out, blocked. Just, man, no words. Broncos country devastated. I know just us talking about it here.

Starting point is 00:02:17 It's just not something we wanted to highlight here on the post game show. No, it's terrible because we typically after a loss are able to kind of sit here and say, well, the Broncos did this or the Broncos didn't do this. And it, you know, it came down to these. couple of plays here that turned the turn the tide in this game and in a negative sense, right? But in this game, it was really all the Broncos doing things exactly the way that they should have been done. I mean, that's the frustrating part is you hold Mahomes and the chiefs to field goals when they get inside the red zone. You converted on a couple of your best drives into touchdowns.

Starting point is 00:02:52 And then you went down the field at the end of the game and got in position for a chip shot field goal that is converted by the way, 92% of the time over the last five years. 35-yard field goal attempts converted for three points, 95% of the time over the last five years. So, I mean, it's just, that's the tough part about it, Cody, is that we're now sitting here kind of just like, I mean, some of the Broncos players, I'm sure, at a loss for words, unable to articulate, like, how this, I mean, your record says five and five, but everything that you just did on the field says six and four and you should be celebrating right now you should be enjoying the flight back home but now you got to kind of deal with the reality that you're you just

Starting point is 00:03:36 lost a game and i think the best way to think about it is that the broncos outplayed the chiefs like sean peyton said after the game and yet just couldn't find a way to finish the deal i mean a chip shot field goal that's what it came down to and yes you got to play all 60 minutes all every second of those 60 minutes, right? So the Broncos, I mean, Cody, it's, it just came down to that last total fluke there at the end, which again, 95, 92, I can't remember. It's 90 something percent of the time that turns into three points. And it just didn't happen. Well, you know, I'm with you there because we should be talking about Bo NICs leading the Denver Broncos into Arrowhead Stadium against the NFL's best defense and coming away with a victory, which he did everything from his operational standpoint.

Starting point is 00:04:21 the Broncos did everything to be in that position talking about a special teams blunder which look this is the frustrating thing man because special teams have been great for denver all season long you haven't had any issues like this really up until this point here and it's like on a day where the defense they sack patrick mahomes four times they hit him nine times i mean they're pressuring him left and right and the offense finds away i mean third and six third and seven bo nicks delivers the courtland sutton on the in a two-minute drive there To get a first down, Kansas City burns their final timeout. It's like, hey, run the clock down now. This is chip shot field goal.

Starting point is 00:04:58 The outcome, man, I just tell you, like, you look back on this and hats off. Like, once again, Kansas City, undefeated, finds a way to win. But when you look at their record, they're not the best team in football by far. Record, record, you could say, okay, by record, yes, they are. But when you watch them play, they don't look like the best team in football overall. They stole a win from Denver here. It's frustrating. and obviously just a lot of missed opportunities

Starting point is 00:05:22 that will obviously highlight in this game, several key turning points here. But I think the second half for Denver's offense, we certainly do have to talk about it, really until that final drive there where, hey, Denver capitalized on Harrison Butker, not getting the ball to the landing zone. Denver gets to both the 40-yard line,

Starting point is 00:05:38 Bow-nicks and the offense. They did everything that you wanted them to do there. But in the build-up to that, Denver's offense, they have a couple of good plays. They convert a couple of third downs, and they do something that would set them backwards. You know, you get tricky on an end-round play on one series, and it maybe bumps you out of field goal range.

Starting point is 00:05:54 Then you get sacked for a 16-yard loss on a double-a-gap blitz there. And it's just you look at that and you just look at so many moments in this game, which Sarah, we're certainly going to highlight here. There are a lot of missed opportunities here once again for the Broncos, their offense, their defense. Despite all of that, they were in a position to win this game. And so I think a big theme that we'll be following along with here this week here for the show specifically is how are the Broncos going to respond from this?

Starting point is 00:06:22 I mean, a loss like this is devastating. It can change the psyche of your season or it could also serve as the ultimate motivation. I think right now with the Broncos being a young team, that's the challenge we're going to have to see. Yeah, it's going to have to be getting into the film room on Monday and watching this and being ticked off at the fact that you didn't win this game and going on a little bit of a run here. Let this be a starting point for something special as opposed to a point at which

Starting point is 00:06:48 man, you just kind of start to get down on yourself. I think that you look back at this game against Kansas City, Cody, you look at some, I know we're going to talk about key turning points and key moments as well. I just feel like, man, it's such an impressive performance all around, the fact that you went into Kansas City and forced Mahomes of the offense to kick field goals in those situations that they did, kind of getting those stops that Ben don't break. Kansas City kind of inadvertently shortened this game. They did a pretty good job of extending drives with third down conversions,

Starting point is 00:07:20 which the Broncos struggled despite getting pressure in this game, which it was good pressure being applied to Mahomes. I mean, his jersey was, there's a lot of green on it. So you're getting pressure on him. And unfortunately, they're extending drives. But as a byproduct of that, you kind of put yourself in a situation here in a tight one score game to have that, you know, opportunity at the end.

Starting point is 00:07:42 So the Broncos played this game really well on the whole. I mean, it just, like you said, the second half offense, there was the one drive that got past midfield. Bow Nix, I think, took a 16-yard sack because Kansas City called up the perfect play. And it just wasn't there for them at that point. And unfortunately, that's kind of the reality at times. But, man, I feel like the Broncos, they just made all the plays you need to make to win a game. And just you miss a field goal. That is the worst feeling.

Starting point is 00:08:10 It'd be like missing a free throw to lose a basketball game. Yeah, brutal. and obviously not a good feeling here today on our lockdown Broncos post game report for everyone in Broncos country. We're right there with you. It's de-energizing, I would say. And since usually we have a lot of energy, it's just like, man, how do you comprehend everything that just happened there? We'll continue to do just that here in a therapy session here on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos, what were some of the key turning points in this game?

Starting point is 00:08:38 Some penalties, some missed penalties that weren't called definitely had an impact in this game. but overall, there are a couple plays that define the outcome of Sunday's game. We'll highlight that much more here on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos. Today's show is brought to you by five-hour energy, and our friends over at five-hour energy know that being a passionate football fan isn't just a hobby, it's a way of life. And it takes a lot of energy to power through the all-day, L-day, tellgates, the touchdown celebrations, or an agonizing second overtime,

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Starting point is 00:11:17 some officiating stuff that went down that needs to be discussed, regardless of whether or not you think that the refs helping the Chiefs is a hot take. We're going to talk about it on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos. But thanks so much to all of you in Broncos country that make Lockdown Broncos your first listen of the day every single day. And especially if you rock with us after a game like this, man, we appreciate you so much for joining in, as Cody said, the therapy session here, talking about the Denver Broncos and kind of just,

Starting point is 00:11:43 Trying to keep it optimistic here, Cody, after a loss like this, where it's kind of taking me to the majority of the hour between the game ending and us recording for me to kind of gather my wits about me. I think if you're watching on YouTube, my ears might still be a little red. You get a little hot-headed after a loss like this Broncos country. So we feel you on that one. But let's talk about some key moments in this game, Cody. And I think anytime you're playing the Chiefs, it becomes it's not even a,

Starting point is 00:12:12 it's not even a meme at this point, or it is a meme, but it's not, it's not like a, it's not like a joke in terms of like, hey, people just say this because, well, oh, yeah, it's, you just making excuses when you play the chiefs. Like, this is a real thing that happens every time the Kansas City Chiefs play that the officials find a way to make game altering calls or miss game altering calls over the course of a game that it's undeniable at this point. I think even the biggest Kansas City Chiefs Homer out there would have. to acknowledge the fact that I don't know if they will though they they they behind close doors maybe that you've got to acknowledge there's there's no way that we're not seeing the same thing out there let's talk about the first one an illegal contact called on brandon jones on a play in which nick benito sacked patrick mahomes the chief should have been punting back to the broncos unfortunately ends up being a automatic first down and the chiefs get their only touchdown of the game after this. That's why it's so critical is because, yeah, okay, you could go out and make a, make the next play, right? You could go out and get a, get another stop. But at the same time,

Starting point is 00:13:21 you already got the stop. And the officials just straight up took it away. Well, and even on that too, on Travis Kelsey's touchdown, they had on fourth down, you know, Andrew Ceciliano, they're a great job of pointing it out. You look at it. Noah Gray's not even set. That should have been an illegal formation. It doesn't get called. Sometimes it gets called by certain crews. Sometimes it doesn't. And look, obviously, you know, the reality in football will always say to, and as a coach, as a former coach and his former player, I'll say the same thing. You got to go out there and make plays. But you do look back on situations like that, sir, it's a momentum shift. It's a little frustrating at the standpoint because as you mentioned,

Starting point is 00:13:54 like Nick Benito, I mean, at the rate, like, at the rate and how quick he got to Patrick Mahomes versus how deep the route was before contact even occurred. Like the thing that's frustrating to me is you saw a little bit of a, when they were showing a quick replay. They didn't show an exhaustive replay of it. They showed a quick replay there. Benito has Mahomes wrapped up, and then right after he has Mahomes wrapped up, arms around him, you see like Brandon Jones makes contact. But I've never seen a play happen where a quarterback is being sacked actively. Then all of a sudden, now they throw the illegal contact.

Starting point is 00:14:26 He usually happens before the play. But certainly wasn't the case here. It is what it is. I think, you know, that was a turning point in this game, obviously. I think another one here. And you go back and it's like, man, just a missed opportunity. and that's been something that has hurt the Broncos here. Okay, despite that, okay, Kansas City goes and they score, okay, now it's 1410.

Starting point is 00:14:49 Brutal, okay, now you got to deal with it because Kansas City is going to get the ball before halftime. Denver, they get the ball. You know, you have, you know, just barely under two minutes to move the ball downfield. And Denver certainly does that, but you have that drive there where, okay, hey, Bo Nix is doing a great job. He's standing the pocket. He's delivering. You get the run game going.

Starting point is 00:15:05 You know, everything seems to be flowing, you know, and you're not using your timeout because you only have one left. and you go and you go to spike the football because you're at this point in Philgo range. And then you have an illegal formation because apparently they had Cortland Sutton off sides when Bo Nix went to go spike the football. That set you back five yards. Now you take a passing play there on second and 15. You don't get it. It's incomplete. Third and 15.

Starting point is 00:15:28 Now you deliver a shot to Cortland. I don't know if he's going to get the first down. I think he's a couple yards short. But it's like, okay, third and 15, maybe it's going to be you're going to get nine to 12 yards on that play. Okay. Well, that's a field goal range. just doable, right? So instead, you're forced to settle for a 60-yard field go, which Lutz didn't have enough leg on it. If he did, it would have been good. And maybe we're

Starting point is 00:15:47 talking about a different outcome here, but you lose out on three points right there. And then you have a big run by Adrick Estimate in the third quarter. And then all of a sudden, you have a holding call on Ben Powers. It makes it second and 17, a drive that was trending towards them being a field goal range, and all of a sudden gets knocked back here. And then we'd mentioned the 16-yard loss that you take on a sack a little bit later on the second half as well, those are missed opportunities. And man, do they loom large when you lose 16 to 14? And look, obviously, you shouldn't have had the overrun where you get your field goal,

Starting point is 00:16:21 your game winning field goal blocked. But unfortunately, it's like, hey, in hindsight, when you look back at it, some of those missed three point opportunities certainly could have made a difference in the outcome of this game. Unfortunately, it's a loss. And now you have to stew on it. You have to go back and watch the film. I think the frustrating thing to me, though, Sarah, is like you look at the offense

Starting point is 00:16:38 and just some of the moments that they had here, it's like, man, okay, they did it against the NFL's best defense. Look, there's no moral victories, you know, when you lose. But it's like, all right, there are things that you can build off of, even though that you lost. I just, I feel like the missed opportunity theme continues to present its face here with a young Broncos offense, which is a little frustrating in hindsight. Yeah, we talked about it this week in the lead up to this game that the Kansas City Chiefs

Starting point is 00:17:04 just straight up have more margin for error built in to their operations. than the Broncos currently do. Like the Broncos are one of the youngest teams in the NFL. This is Bo Nix's first trip to Kansas City as an NFL starter. So obviously, you know, over time we'll kind of see. I feel like, like you said, Cody, the encouraging thing is that there's a lot to build on in this game. The number one thing being that the Broncos, they have a quarterback, folks. I mean, we'll talk about that in the next segment.

Starting point is 00:17:32 But Bo Nix is that dude. But when you look at the missed opportunities in this game, I think one of the plays that I think of is a deep. in breaking route. And maybe you're thinking of the same one to Cortland Sutton where I believe it was in that same sequence you're talking about where he would have been just outside the 20 yard line. So it was a really big play that he dropped, just straight up dropped. Even Trent Green was calling that out during the game.

Starting point is 00:17:55 And so, yes, Cortland's made some great plays over the last couple of weeks, including a catch that should have had the Broncos in position to win against Kansas City. But those are the plays that you kind of look back on. You say, hey, going into half, it should have been at a. minimum 17 to 10. Instead, you're kicking a way too long field goal based on two errors by Cortland Sutton there. And so it is tough.

Starting point is 00:18:18 And there's certain things I know fans want to call out in terms of the play sequencing or play calling from Sean Payton at one point, the little play to Marvin Mims that we referenced earlier and things like that. It just seems like maybe some of those are a little bit ill-timed. But the Broncos had the, I mean, it was right there in their grasp. So that's what's making. this really hard is that if it was a win, we'd be nitpicking this stuff down the road this week. But now after a loss, you're kind of having to do a quick post-mortem and say,

Starting point is 00:18:48 okay, so where could the Broncos have gotten three points otherwise? Or where could they have prevented three points otherwise? Unfortunate reality is at late into the fourth quarter, right before that kick from Buckker, Cody, the chiefs were only penalized for 10 yards, two penalties for 10 yards compared to what the Broncos were getting called for. Pat Ser Tan gets called hands to the face on DeAndre Hopkins. and then gets thrown to the ground or goes to the ground with Hopkins. So at worst, you would think maybe some offsetting penalties there, but what do I know?

Starting point is 00:19:17 I mean, cheese fans can say all they want to that Broncos are crying about the officiating and things like that. It should have should have. But it's just the reality of the situation right now. And it's tough. It's a tough build of swallow. There's always an asterisk. It seems like at least this season with Kansas City. And look, obviously we continue to say it, the mark of a good team is finding ways to win.

Starting point is 00:19:37 They certainly did just that. They made the play. They blocked the field goal. It stinks. It's frustrating. But you know what? The Broncos, they can't let this loss simmer a little bit longer. They can't let this carry into this upcoming week against the Atlanta Falca is going to have to flush it down the toilet very quickly.

Starting point is 00:19:53 We'll see if the Broncos can do that. One thing we did learn despite the loss, though, the Broncos, they have their quarterback and they have a young player at the running back position who could change things for the course of the season here for the Broncos. We'll break that down much more here on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos. Today's show is brought to you of our friends over there at Omaha Steaks and nothing delivers comfort and joy quite like the unrivaled quality and taste of Omaha Steaks this year skip the holiday hustle and bustle and save 50% off gourmet gifts sitewide at Omaha Steaks.com plus get a $30 reward card when you shop early and score an extra

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Starting point is 00:22:31 But you know what? There were some developments in this game that if Denver can shake off this, loss. They have some things that they can build on, including the bright future of Bo Nix here. Real quick, Broncos country, thanks for making us your first listen of the day every single day. Thanks for becoming an everyday listener. If you're not so already, make sure you watch or listen to us every single day. So you get up to date, Broncos news, content coverage analysis and more here. Lockdown Broncos, part of the lockdown podcast network, your team every day. Sarah, I mean, look, like we said, there's no moral victories. And

Starting point is 00:23:02 certainly we're not trying to create a moral victory here. If Denver takes care business. This is a very, very exciting post-game report because of what we saw from Bo Nix, going into Arrowhead Stadium against the NFL's number one defense and really a defense that I think was Steve Spagnola, how aggressive they were. And certainly they capitalized several times. Denver and Nicks, they threw punches. They fired back and they made plays and they had a lot of momentum shifting plays that could have won them this game. I came away very impressed with Bo Nix. I think everybody else for the most part, the discourse, people are also thinking the same thing. It just goes to show how you can't write off a young player so early on,

Starting point is 00:23:41 especially as we're already seeing some guys, some rookies who got off to hot starts this season are now starting to fizzle out a little bit because there's no sustainability. The environment may not be as conducive for them. Bo Nix, I thought, delivered one of his better performances of the season and still with that. There's still so much more room to grow. Yeah, it was a great performance from Bo Nix, who continues to look like a stud. for the Denver Broncos, in my opinion, Cody. I know that early on in the season,

Starting point is 00:24:07 a lot of folks want to say, well, you're making excuses for the guy, or you're not holding him to a high enough standard or, you know, this, that, and the other. Or look, see, man, he's doing exactly what the people said he would do in the pre-draft process with the scouting report and all this. I mean, I don't see much cosplay as a pocket quarterback out there

Starting point is 00:24:25 these days, Cody. It looks like a legit NFL stud to me. And I think that that's the big thing is that going into this year, you and I kind of talked about this and we, we kind of tried to warn everybody, and I should have probably warned myself, you know, results of the game are almost secondary to finding a quarterback

Starting point is 00:24:43 and making sure that you have a guy who can keep you in games like this. And of course, we feel like the Broncos, they've found that guy. We felt and believed in the process here between Bowenicks, Sean Payton, the development, all those things.

Starting point is 00:24:57 But, I mean, yeah, a loss stings, but in the grand scheme of things, just being reassured that you have, have a quarterback, a franchise quarterback, in my opinion. The way Bo carries himself, the way that he bounced back after a slow start to the game

Starting point is 00:25:12 with two straight touchdown drives, the Devon-Vevalet pass, the Cortland Sutton throw on third down, a beautiful throw. And the plays that he made late in the game. That's what we should be talking about on this post game and said we got to talk about this stupid block field goal. And it's annoying. And I'm sure Chiefs fans deserve to relish it, eat it up. They should be eating it up that Broncos country has ticked off and sullen and sad about this game.

Starting point is 00:25:37 But from Broncos country's perspective, look, getting Bo Nix to play the way that he has over the course of this season and seeing week-to-week improvements, it's bigger than any individual game result. And even like here's the thing, too, like, I agree with you. I think for Denver to figure out like, hey, you know what, we like the quarterback that we have. And certainly Sean Payton, George Payton, the Broncos front office, they feel that way about Bo. And Bo has grown, as we've continued to say here, there is comfort in that, right? Because this season, I mean, when you go back to when the schedule came out, you and I did a show here, breaking down the schedule, saying, okay, hey, that Baltimore, Kansas City game, like pencil that in his potential back-to-back losses. That's such a brutal stretch here.

Starting point is 00:26:19 But the thing is, is this season has always been about developing Bo Necks and Bone Knicks showcasing, hey, can he be the guy for the Broncos? And certainly, I think he's had his moments of good. he's had his moments of bad. But I think as each week goes on now as of late, we're starting to see, you know what, Bo is the guy here for the Broncos. And I'm very excited to see about the future here. Like how can they build this roster around him going for, right?

Starting point is 00:26:42 Like right now you've got a young roster. You don't have a lot of playmakers on offense. Bow shined in this game. But also, you know what? We've been talking about it. We were banging the drum for this to happen. We saw more Audric Estimate on Sunday against the Chiefs and say, man, did he look good in between the tackles?

Starting point is 00:26:57 I mean, you need something like that. we've been so used to Denver having a running back met two yards, you know, after the line of scrimmage or maybe at the line of scrimmage. And now we're seeing a guy who's getting the ball, you know, he's lined up four yards behind, whether it's shotgun, whether it's under center, and we're seeing him get four, five yards. Now, obviously his yard per carry average kind of skewed late because Kansas City really tightened up late there to try to prevent something big.

Starting point is 00:27:19 But man, Audrakeesstime broke off some big runs here. He was hard to bring down. And all of a sudden, now it looks like he is the guy over Giovante Williams. if we look at snap counts, we look at how he was used, carries. Audric Estime was the guy in this game and the Broncos. They shined on that too. When we talk about third down, I think there was seven of 13 on third down as an offense. Bo Nix, Audric Estimate were a big part of that in this game.

Starting point is 00:27:43 Yeah, Audric Estimate. I wish I could remember the stat off the top of my head, Cody, because at Notre Dame, I think he only had like three or something plays that were behind the line of scrimmage in terms of like getting tackled for a loss. That just doesn't happen to that guy. And so if anybody knows that, stat hit us up on YouTube or Twitter or something because it's pretty cool. It's pretty cool. But yeah, he was that guy on Sunday, Cody.

Starting point is 00:28:06 And he brought a different element to the running game. I mean, when you can trust him to hold on to the ball, which the Broncos gave him that opportunity late in the game, how impressive is that for them to, you know, dealing with what he's dealt with with three fumbles dating back to the preseason, including two in the regular season on just a handful of carries. I mean, for him to get the opportunity late in the game to help the Broncos seal a potential win was massive, just for him as a rookie to get that chance out there. So hats off to Adrick Estime for the way that he played in this game. I think it's only going to get better from here.

Starting point is 00:28:41 I know he's one of those players that's ticked off and going to use this as a launching off point going forward to say, hey, you've kind of woke up the beast at this point. Now, the players. Do you see his post-game quote? I did. Yeah, he said something about. waking up the monster or you know this game is going to turn me into a monster like losing it the way that they did it well i like it i'm here for you need that that's like piss and vinegar you need that incorporated within the DNA of your players i love it

Starting point is 00:29:07 you do you absolutely need that and i think these players cody they hate losing just like we do we hate losing more than you love winning and losing like this can prompt you to to some you know that monster is going to be awake next week against the falcon so i'm excited to see how he grows from this performance. And even Devon Valey got a shout at him making some plays. You know, we saw more Troy Franklin Incorporated, Lucas Crowe getting involved in the offense. Adam Troutman catching passes. Like I liked what I've seen here from Denver's offense.

Starting point is 00:29:36 And I think there's also a point two. They just have to find a way. Obviously, you have to avoid the slow starts. But there's even these loals in the second half, like in that middle portion of the second half where it's like, hey, you can't have stagnant drives, at least back to back. You know, if your first drive is stagnant, okay, you need, You need something on that second offensive series.

Starting point is 00:29:53 That's kind of been an area where Denver has struggled a little bit this season. You want to see them boost that up. But you know what? I think that Sean Payton should inject more of this youth into this Broncos team, building blocks for the future. It looks like Adrick Estimate is going to be that piece here going forward. He protected the football. It was nice to see here. Denver still is a long ways to go offensively.

Starting point is 00:30:14 But man, they do have their quarterback. They have a running back who is a big body guy and they just need to find a way to be more consistent offensively and unfortunately robbed of them getting post-game accolades due to a block field goal here. This one is going to sting, but more importantly, Broncos country, we're going to set the table here, especially for tomorrow's episode for all you every dayers. Here's what you can expect. How will the Broncos respond to this loss against Kansas City, this upcoming week against the lot of Falcons, we'll set the table for the rest of the season. It will define what direction they're going to go, whether we're talking about postseason or whether we're talking about them

Starting point is 00:30:48 falling apart, the response is going to be huge this week. We'll respond to that and more on tomorrow's episode. Lockdown Broncos.

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