Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - IMPACT: Denver Broncos LB Dre Greenlaw Having BIG IMPACT on Defense

Starting point is 00:00:00 Denver Broncos linebacker, Drake Greenline has had a big impact in a small sample size so far since he's returned from injury. We'll highlight his impact more 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. What's up, Broncos country? Welcome into Locked on Broncos, your daily Broncos podcast. Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network,

Starting point is 00:00:30 we know it's your team every day. Thanks all the everydayers out there in Broncos Country. Thanks for tuning in making us your first listen. However you choose to do so, I'm Cody Rourke, Broncos reporter for Mile High Sports. You can check out my written work over there at Mile Highsports.com. I cover the team daily in Dove Valley as well as here on the podcast. We've got a lot to break down here on today's episode of the show. A little bit of a mailbag is we take some of the best questions sent in from members of Broncos country.

Starting point is 00:00:56 And we answer them, including what type of impact Dre Greenline has had on the defense so far, despite his limited sample size early on after Sunday's game. against the Houston, Texas. On top of that, we'll also discuss Bo Nix's mindset and where it's at right now and why that has such an underrated aspect in terms of the Broncos success in some of these close one-score games this season. And will the Broncos here at the NFL trade deadline make any moves? We'll discuss all of that here on today's episode of the show brought to you by friends over there at Fandu.

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Starting point is 00:02:10 But we get a mailback question that asks, what have you seen from Drake Greenlaw in his small sample size on the field? Let's go back to one of the more important moments of Sunday's game against the Houston Texans. It is when the Texans get down to the two-yard line and they first play. One thing they try to do is they hand it off to Nick Chubb. You see Drake Greenlaw shoot. through because he's also playing in the end zone about two, three yards depth inside the end zone.

Starting point is 00:02:37 He shoots forward and he just shoots through the gap. He and Talo, Hufongo, they make the stop on Nick Chubb on that very first play in one of the Broncos goal line stands. And then in the very second play, they go to hand it off to Woody Marks and Drake Greenlaw just sticks him. I mean, that right there was big. We talk about impact. We already knew the Broncos defense was very good in the red zone, right? Can't state enough.

Starting point is 00:03:01 And I did a film breakdown on it over at Mile Highsports.com if you want to go check it out. Dre's play right there, just the tone that he kind of set there from that first stick there, especially following it up with another hit on marks on second down, made third down easier. And then you force the Texans to obviously have a penalty. It backs them up. And then ultimately they settle for a field goal. I just think that Dre, he plays with such fire and intensity. And I've loved what I've seen on the tape from him so far.

Starting point is 00:03:28 He played 27 snaps of defense. in Sunday's game against the Texans. And it wasn't just like every series. You know, the Broncos, one series he'd be on the field, one series he'd be off. But almost like in a close game, my worry during Sunday's game was that if the Broncos are in a close game in the fourth quarter, is Dre going to reach a certain amount of snaps to where they're like, hey, you've reached your limit for the week. We've got to pull you out.

Starting point is 00:03:52 I don't think that would have sat well with Dre in that situation. So it was nice to see in the fourth quarter on Denver's final defensive drive, certain situations, passing down situations. Dre is in at linebacker. I'm loving it. And I can't wait to see even more of him. This guy just sets the tone. It plays with his hair on fire, 27 snaps, eight tackles in 27 snaps,

Starting point is 00:04:14 one quarterback hit and also a sack that he registered. Obviously, in Sunday's win here for the Broncos. I think it's important here. And it's something I also wanted to ask Sean Payton during his Monday Zoom conference call. I asked him about what he's seen from Dre so far in the limited amount of snaps that Dre has certainly played. And as that continues to uptick and increase,

Starting point is 00:04:34 here's what Sean Payton told me. Yeah, he brings an element just a toughness, a competitiveness. It's hard to put on paper. He's extremely physical. And I think he plays with such good pad level and leverage. He's a great tackler. So it's good to have him

Starting point is 00:05:00 in the lineup. It was tough waiting and making that decision, but hindsight, it was worth it. Sean Payne is basically saying, you know, we wanted Drey Greenlaw early on in the season. That was that hope early on week three, week four. They were hoping to get him. They ended up putting him on IR and then he has to obviously miss some time here. But basically, Sean is saying Greg Greenlaw was worth the way. And I feel like he has been. If you watch him on the tape, it's fun. I can't wait to see him get more snaps. I think he's a game changer here for the Broncos defense. and certainly I'm curious to see what Broncos country has to think about that.

Starting point is 00:05:33 You see just the level of impact when he's on the field, just how fast he is, instinctual he is. And when Sean Payton was talking about leverage and low pad level, in that goal line, you see it. Dre Greenlaw is the lowest man in that situation. If you ever played, you're always coached and taught defensively. Lowest man wins. Not only does he get a low center of gravity,

Starting point is 00:05:53 but man, he brings some just absolute intensity with him. He brings nothing but physical force. And he's able to shoot, make contact, drive his feet, and obviously get the stop here to help the Broncos hold off in the red zone, maintaining their stance is the NFL's best red zone defense. Drake Greenlaw is a difference maker and he will be throughout the entire season here. I'm excited to see him get even more reps. And I'm curious this week, too, I think it's a valid question because the Broncos played on Sunday,

Starting point is 00:06:19 now they play on Thursday. You have the short days where obviously the Broncos are back on the practice world here today normally. If they're not playing on Thursday night, they'd be off today and they'd be returning to practice on Wednesday. They're going to have walkthrough practices here today on Tuesday and obviously on Wednesday before Thursday's game. They're not going to throw the pads on and do a lot of contact this week, not before Thursday night football. So there's Dre's snap count increase. Does it change? Do they pull back a little bit? I'm curious to see what that's going to be like here for the Broncos going for this week as they prepare for the Raiders here. Some other things that we also got to talk about as well.

Starting point is 00:06:53 Somebody asked me because this was obviously a topic of discussion yesterday's episode of the show. we sat down and we reacted to what Sean Payton said initially after Sunday's game about special teams. And if they can't clean it up, they'll find someone who will clean it up. There's a lot of speculation myself included about that being about Darren Rizzy. Maybe it is. But Sean Payton, we caught up with him on the conference call on Monday and the thing that he told us was that's not coaching. He says coaching has been outstanding. I disagree with that on special teams. I don't think it has been outstanding. I think it's been very problematic here for this team. But he said it was more so related to personnel on that if you're,

Starting point is 00:07:27 you're supposed to be in on a unit and you're sitting on the bench, he's got a problem with that. Certainly, I think that is a valid thing here for Sean to say, but our interpretation was okay. That also has to do with coaching too, because every time before you're about to be on a unit, you have to have awareness that all your guys are out there.

Starting point is 00:07:45 And look, it's also on the player that is supposed to be in there that obviously didn't come in there. Darren Rizzy's unit has to play better. So what did I think of those comments? I think that obviously Sean made, maybe, like I said, maybe he feels that way about coaching. But that's a conversation he's going to have behind closed doors with Darren. He's not going to have that conversation openly with us in the media.

Starting point is 00:08:07 But I think it is a valid discussion point worth talking about here as the team moves forward. They've got to be better on that unit communication issues from the coaching staff or not, you know, amongst personnel, and especially with the Marvin Mimsting a couple weeks ago, that right there is also on coaching. It's not just on the players. There's an onus on both sides there. I think that can be accurate and valid when we talk about critiquing what's going on. So to me, you know, Peyton's comments came off strongly after the game. He said it had nothing to do with the coaching on the Monday conference call.

Starting point is 00:08:36 And as we all know in this game, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Broncos country, make sure you let us know your thoughts here on Drake Greenland. Also, curious for your thoughts on the Broncos special teams unit and John Payton's comments initially after he had said it was on personnel. Let's know your thoughts here on today's episode of show. But coming up next, we're going to open up a mailback question where we're Broncos country, ask about Bo Nix and his mindset and why it's different from other quarterbacks that we have seen here in the Mile High City in the last handful of years. We'll debate and discuss that and more here on today's episode of the show.

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Starting point is 00:10:39 They lost those games in 2024 and Bo Nix's rookie season. But now, Bo Nicks and the offense, they are finding ways to win these games late here in 2025. And Bo's mindset has a lot to do with that. We'll break that all down here on today's show. I want to say thank you to everyone in Broncos country. Once again, make sure you stay tuned. Later on today, you're going to get the debut of the Broncos squad show. Myself, Nick Ferguson, Anil O'Piro.

Starting point is 00:11:03 We're going to sit down and we're going to talk about the Broncos. It goes live for an hour here on the Lockdown Broncos podcast feed. And you also get us post games as well following every Broncos game. So a lot of fun conversation coming your way here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. Make sure you hit that subscribe with that follow button if you haven't done so already. So you never miss out. Our next Broncos meltback. back question. Somebody asked me, I think it's a very valid one here, because this is something

Starting point is 00:11:28 I've noticed, and a handful of fans, I think, have pointed this out at various points on social media. We received the question, what do you think of the way the Bow Nix carries himself? And sometimes when you get a question like that, it could be loaded one way or the other, because there's times where he's not afraid to test back against Sean Payton. I love that about him. But they go on to say, it never seems like he lets negative plays impact him from being able to bounce back and settle in. That to me, I think is a very valid question here. So in the way that I think that Bo Nix carries himself, being around Bo and seeing him

Starting point is 00:12:01 at practice, being around him all throughout the summer at training camp and just seeing him go through the ups and downs of the summer days, a regular season schedule kind of changes with him. But then we get to talk with him at the podium usually on the first practice day of the week. I just think that Bow's got a mindset where he's still learning and growing. And I think that there's so much going on. I mean, obviously, the pressure of the quarterback position has a lot of different things that you have to deal with, a lot of stresses that naturally come with that territory and being considered in that conversation as a franchise quarterback certainly creates external pressure there.

Starting point is 00:12:34 But I don't think that Bow really feels this external or internal sense of pressure to go out there and to perform, which I think is good because sometimes in the sports psychology world, I have a master's degree in this. I think it's important to highlight here. sometimes we let those things we let the the element and the responsibilities of our job amplify some of the bigger things and that can also lead to negative play that can lead to negative mindset so to speak so in terms of the way he carries himself and and not letting the negative plays because look yes bow this season and i think we have to have a very valid conversation in your broncos country anytime we have criticism of bo necks or we talk about where he struggled or the things that he isn't doing well that's not necessarily us being negative.

Starting point is 00:13:18 It's valid criticism. I'm not coming out here and saying the Broncos need to move on from Bo Nix. They need to put in Jared Stidham. Half of the people in the comment section sometimes put that out there. It's fair to critique where he's struggling. But we also praise what he's doing well. It's not just like, all right, hey, Bo, you're doing all this wrong. We talk about things that are going wrong with Bo.

Starting point is 00:13:37 And we also talk about that same conversation, what he's doing well. That is being objectively fair. So apparently we've come across to negative. I don't agree with that. I think it's crazy. We have to be able to have these logical and objective conversations about QB play. And also understand it's not all entirely on Bo when he does struggle. But there are things he's responsible for here.

Starting point is 00:13:58 I hate that I have to bring this up again. But my goodness, the backlash that sometimes we get from being able to talk about the offense and Bo, it's just, it's frustrating sometimes. Bo himself, I think has a great mindset when you talk about his struggles. As a matter of fact, we got to. something from after Sunday's game where he talked about his mindset and how he kind of moves on from a play to play basis. He's like a cornerback in a sense where he has a short memory. You know, if he makes a negative play, he's going to go back on and he's going to watch it on the tape and

Starting point is 00:14:29 he's going to say, okay, this is what I need to do to be better in this situation, whether it's, you know, technique, whether it's pressure related, whether it's just he didn't see something. Like, Bo was very introspective into his own game. He doesn't need me to say anything. He doesn't really need his coaches to, but though the coaches, that is their job. I will say this with Bo, he doesn't seem wavered. And so many young quarterbacks, especially in today's age of social media and all the noise, you know, even media makes a lot of noise as well when it comes to QB play. They can put a lot of pressure on a guy. And we've seen it here in Denver with all the quarterbacks with the ongoing carousel here in Denver, quarterback play leading to guys not playing

Starting point is 00:15:08 well, you know, going up and down performances, you know, you got Paxton Lynch's, the Trevor Simeans, you go to the Joe Flackos when he was here in Twitter. 2019, a Case Keenums, Drew Locke, you name it. Sometimes guys can't move on from a negative play. I don't get that here from Bo. I think that he does a really good job. If he has a bad play, I think he settles his nerves down. He goes and makes a play.

Starting point is 00:15:28 I'll give you a great example on Sunday's game. He misses Evan Ingram wide open down the left sideline. On the very next play, he goes back to Cortland Sutton on that very next play for a touchdown. You know, early on his interception that he threw in that game to the safety, he threw it high into the inside, which allowed the safety to go over and make a break. Well, on RJ Harvey's touchdown that he had on the wheel route there, Bo put it high and a little bit more in front versus it high and a little bit inside and allowed RJ to obviously go out there and get it.

Starting point is 00:15:57 Cortland Sutton ran a great route to draw the safety over and to not allow that guy to get over in time to make a play. Bo doesn't make a lot of the same mistakes twice. And I think that has a lot to do with his mindset. Here's what Bow Nix had to say after the game on Sunday about his mindset and his ability to shake off a negative play and go out there to make the next one. It's never feeling like you're out of the fight. It's, I've learned a different kind of patience as I've grown.

Starting point is 00:16:25 You know, in high school, I was not very patient. It was like an every drive thing. And if I got off the film, we had a punt. It was like the end of the world. And in college, it was learning how to, you know, win certain battles and fill position and, you know, just getting completions and checking it down and moving to the next play. You know, you just have to eventually learn as a quarterback how important that next play really is. And if you can just get it to it in a better situation than you were at the play prior,

Starting point is 00:16:51 then you did your job. And so I've just learned how to get to the next play better. I've learned a little bit more patience as I've gotten older and more mature and experienced in the game of football. And each level, I just feel like I've, you know, been able to learn a lot and grow a lot. And, you know, I'm definitely not the same as I was this time last year, much less, you know, when I was in high school. So I've come a long way, still got so much to learn, which is the fun part. But, you know, I'm going to continue to work and not stop until I, you know, maximize my potential. I don't know when that will be.

Starting point is 00:17:23 But I'm excited because there's a lot to learn, a lot to grow from. It gives us another opportunity next week to go out there and change it up. But I'm sure we'll learn from the mistakes we make next week as well. So I just learn how to be a little bit more patient and go into the next play. Quarterback play is never designed to be perfect. I think the social media world has really ruined that to the extent that we see guys putting up. You know, hey, shout out to Sam Darnal, him. You know, Sunday night football.

Starting point is 00:17:50 He put up a ridiculous stat line. But it's not always going to be like that. That's anomaly-based stuff. You just want to see efficiency. And there's going to be games where you're not efficient and you're struggling. And Sunday's game, Bo wasn't necessarily efficient consistently enough, but he made big plays when it mattered against the NFL's best defense in some of the major categories that we observe here in the NFL.

Starting point is 00:18:11 That's the thing here is the conversation is like people act like good quarterbacks can't make mistakes. Good quarterbacks can't throw interceptions. I watch Patrick Mahomes on Sunday against the bills loft a interception into double coverage on an absolute just airball where he just chucked it up as high as he could. Like the wide receiver is going to make a play. He was just right to a defensive back there in double coverage. And it's like, all right, good quarterbacks are going to make mistakes.

Starting point is 00:18:35 It is the toughest position to play in. in sport because you have guys trying to pressure you and to bring you down, guys dropping back into windows and it's all about timing. Are your receivers running the right routes? Is the timing of the receiver's route thrown off because they face press coverage? Is it zone? Is it, man, you have so much to read and analyze here that we expect perfection. I think the development of Bo Nex is exactly where it needs to be. He's growing. We see it. There's clear tangible growth. There's been moments this here where it looks like, all right, this isn't a good game from Bo. But then he goes and he makes some good plays to make up for some of the negative plays there. He mentioned that they're about

Starting point is 00:19:13 being able to move on from a negative play and go to the next play to make sure that the next play's more efficient. That is the game of the quarterback position. And that has never changed. Just how we talk about QBs, how we analyze them has changed because of the social media, instant gratification era that we are currently living in right now. I think Bo's got a tremendous mindset to him. That's why I think that he's capable of handling the pressure of being a franchise guy, of being the guy that can lead this team because it's never going to be perfect. It's never going to be pretty, but you just want to continue to see growth. You want to see evolution from him. And I think we've seen that from Bo this year. He has a bad game one week.

Starting point is 00:19:50 Okay, he bounces back the next. That's what we're looking for here. It's just the consistency factor. And once again, I'll pinpoint it and I'll say this outright. John Payton as a head coach, also has to do a better job of putting these guys in a position to succeed. He doesn't always do that, but there are times where he does. There's times where receivers are dropping passes, and it makes Bo look bad. There's times where protection doesn't hold up. It is a team game here, but the position that has the most pressure in it is Bo Nex. I think he's built to handle it.

Starting point is 00:20:19 I think he does a tremendous job. I think his mindset is in the right place, and that's why the Broncos, I think his mindset and how he's able to flip the switch, even if he's played bad for three quarters, he knows how to turn it on the fourth quarter. And that's why the Broncos are finding ways to win these games late when they absolutely need to. Broncos Country, make sure you share your thoughts here on today's show on Bo Nix's mindset and what we've seen from him developing this clutch factor, seven game winning drives so far through his two years in the National Football League.

Starting point is 00:20:48 That's pretty impressive in and of itself here. And we're not done yet. We still have one more thing to talk about in today's episode of show. Broncos Country. Will the team make any moves ahead of the NFL trade deadline? and we'll discuss, well, that's probably not going to be the case for the Broncos this year. You'll get that more here on today's episode of the show. Today's lockdown Broncos is brought to you by our friends over there at Fandul,

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Starting point is 00:22:30 Melbaugh question comes in and they ask the question, will the Broncos make any move here at the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday? From my vantage point sitting where I'm at here Monday late afternoon, I don't necessarily believe that the Broncos are going to make a move at the NFL trade deadline. Reason why, what position is it that they would necessarily go out there and trade for? They've been rumored to be in on the tight end market, which they've been analyzing and observing that. They did sign Mercedes-Louis.

Starting point is 00:22:58 And not to say that just because they signed Mercedes-Louis, they shouldn't go out there and trade for a tight-in. I'm not saying that. Nate Adkins is going to be back sooner rather than later because he was not placed on injured reserve. Adam Troutman is a very reliable blocker for them. I don't know if you saw on Bo Nix's 25-yard run that set up the game-winning field goal.

Starting point is 00:23:16 He had a one-on-one against Will Anderson, and he did such a great job of anchoring down, getting low leverage there and winning that matchup. It's not easy to do against a guy like Anderson who's very, very talented off the edge there in Houston. And then you got Evan Ingram who's being used in a variety of different ways where his utilization one week, it's high, it's exciting. He's getting a ton of targets or he's having different plays happen for him,

Starting point is 00:23:41 like an end-round or he's special design plays. He's scoring touchdowns here and there. And then there's the weeks where it's quiet, you know, he receives a couple of targets, but maybe it's a pass-it- too high. I just don't know who Denver is going to go out there and trade for right now. I know we talked about some names like David Nizoku from the Cleveland Browns. It doesn't seem like they're going to be looking at trading him right now. At least that's what the report was over the weekend coming out from ESPN's Adam Schaefter.

Starting point is 00:24:08 But that could always change. And so much of that depends on capital and what teams are willing to give up. The Broncos have plenty of capital in this year's NFL draft. They're going to have a lot of salary cap relief as well with the Russell Wilson deal finally being off the books. they'll be going into the 2026 free agency period with so much flexibility, and they can make some moves. They can resign some guys like John Franklin Myers. There's a lot that they can do here.

Starting point is 00:24:33 I just don't know if they're going to trade for somebody right now, especially on the offensive side, whether there be a wide receiver, whether that be a tight end. To me, it just doesn't make sense for them right now, though I think you can make valid arguments. And I'm not saying that they should. I'm just saying I don't think that they will because we have seen the issues where there's Broncos' offense at times when the run is working, they go away from it, right? They get very pass happy at times. Is that's something that's truly missing here from this offense?

Starting point is 00:25:00 I mean, I understand that guys like Pat Bryan and Troy Franklin are continuing to develop. Hopefully you get Marvin Mims back this week. You've got Cortland Sutton. If anything, like those are your top four guys. So what does it mean if you're going to try to add somebody else into the mix who maybe doesn't even know this playbook yet? How big of a difference is that going to make right away for the Broncos? whereas they can sit back and maybe analyze their approach for free agency. If any trade happens here, I think for the Broncos, as we've seen the last couple of years,

Starting point is 00:25:28 that's going to come in the off season. That's going to come during the NFL draft. It's going to become, you know, right before the season even opens up here where they're going to make some moves. And obviously, you've got free agency coming up. I just don't see them making a move here today. Initially after Ben Powers went down with his injury and Matt Parr was the backup, I think we all thought to ourselves, okay, maybe this puts the Broncos in a position to become buyer, for the offensive line market here.

Starting point is 00:25:52 I don't see that being the case as well, especially with how well Alex Paucheschi has been playing. We know Ben Powers is set to return at some point in December, but could he be Wally Pipped, especially with how Paucheschi has been playing so far. I'm very curious to see Denver's approach. It just doesn't make sense. I just don't see just knowing Sean and George in their approach.

Starting point is 00:26:12 They're going to go out there and get a guy if it makes the team better and gives them something right away. That's one thing Sean Payton told us earlier on this week. they're not going to go out there and just trade for a guy because, you know, they're in this window where they believe that they're contenders. They're not going to go out there and make a trade just to send a message that, hey, we believe we're here. Sean says, no, if we're going to trade, we're going to go out and get a guy because he can

Starting point is 00:26:32 help us right away at a position we need it. I don't know if I see that position that they need necessarily right now, though, like I said, I see the arguments for a receiver. I see the arguments for a tight end. I just don't think that's going to happen here. But let's maybe look at another perspective here is. We sit here late Monday afternoon, sitting down recording this show. I think one of the things to talk about is how does the NFL trade deadline

Starting point is 00:26:56 potentially impact the Las Vegas Raiders? Certainly with where they're at at 2 and 6, there are conversations about Jacoby Myers, who's obviously before the season requested a trade. They said they weren't going to trade him, considering where they're at with their record, how does that impact this week? Could they become buyers at the NFL trade deadline? Could they try to acquire some big name players? And how does that impact Thursday night's matchup?

Starting point is 00:27:19 think that there's a chance that Jacoby Myers gets dealt here at the NFL trade deadline for the Raiders and they're going to roll with Tyler Lockett and obviously Trey Tucker and Brock Bowers from that standpoint in terms of their top receivers. I don't think that Max Crosby will get traded, but you never know, even though that Vegas has come out and they have said that they called him over the buy week and they said that they've reaffirmed their commitment to keeping him part of it. He looked frustrated after they lost in overtime to the Jacksonville Jaguars. So I think if anything we're monitoring the trade deadline for us, okay, what do the chiefs do?

Starting point is 00:27:56 What do the Chargers do? And what do the Broncos do? Do I imagine the Chargers are going to try to maybe get some help on the offensive line, maybe help it running back. That's an area right now where they're kind of banged up and they're hurting. Obviously, after week nine of play here in the National Football League. So Denver, probably going to sit on their hands a little bit. And that's not a bad thing, folks.

Starting point is 00:28:14 You don't always want to be in on the NFL trade deadline just because it's the popular thing to do If there's a move to be made that you feel like it's going to move the needle for you. It's going to make you better. Go out and make it. But if the Broncos don't do anything here on Tuesday, it's not the end of the world. The Broncos, they have a pretty good roster intact. And they would have to make some corresponding roster moves as well because if you add a guy to the roster. And if you're not doing a player for player swap, you have to release somebody so you can make room for that player to come onto the active roster.

Starting point is 00:28:41 So a lot of moving pieces. It's a short week. Sean Payton and his staff are focused solely on preparing. for the Raiders and having the team ready to go on a short week turnaround. That's another reason why I don't think the Denver's going to be doing too much here. But with that said, I appreciate your Broncos country. Thanks for rocking with us here. And make sure you tune in here on Tuesday as we're going to have the debut of the Bronco

Starting point is 00:29:01 squad show, and Neil O'Piro, who hosts the postcast, he, myself, and former Bronco safety, Nick Ferguson, we're going to be sitting down and talk about some of the biggest storylines this week going into Thursday's game against the Raiders. You'll get that here on the Locked on Broncos podcast.

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