Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - MISSED: Denver Broncos FAILED to Address BIGGEST NEEDS Last Year

Starting point is 00:00:00 Some of the biggest needs for the Denver Broncos this off season were some of the biggest needs last off season. We'll talk about whether or not last year's approach was a failure considering the Broncos are in the same space once again. You are Locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Happy Friday, Broncos country. Welcome into another episode of Locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast.

Starting point is 00:00:35 Now we're in the country. Thanks to all you every day. It's out there in Broncos country for tuning in, making us your first listen. However, you choose to do so. And Sarah and I today, we're going to reflect on the biggest needs from the Broncos from 2025. And in hindsight, knowing what we know now, was it a failure or did the Broncos approach simply just change? We'll go through that and look at the Broncos linebacker position, which was a big need for them last year, while analyzing debate whether or not that was a failure considering they're in a similar spot this year.

Starting point is 00:01:04 We'll also do the same with the tight-in position. and the running back position here on today's episode of the show brought to you by our friends over there at Fandul. Use your profit boost on an NBA future and get entered for your chance to win a trip to the NBA finals. Play your game with Fandul, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. I'm Cody Rourke, Credential Broncos reported for Mile High Sports. Join, as always, by Sarah Bettinger, site expert, predominantly orange.com. Sarah, this is an interesting conversation. You know, I think if you ask Broncos country, I feel like it'll be split.

Starting point is 00:01:32 I'm curious to see where you kind of land on this, but I feel like today's a perfect. the episode for a little bit of a debate and back and forth. We'll see if it actually turns into a debate or whether or not we agree here. Looking back at last year, Sean Payton, when he sat down with Kay Adams, highlighted some of the biggest needs, right? Joker said he was a must have, so to speak. That's the tight end position or running back. He kind of clarified that.

Starting point is 00:01:53 Mention running back. Mention linebacker. He even brought up the safety position a little bit like the middle of the field area here. But let's start at linebacker, which was arguably one of the bigger needs for the Broncos was going into last off season. And the fact that they went out and they spent big money on Dre Greenlaw indicated that they didn't feel like the position was good enough in terms of what they were hoping to achieve. Now they have two guys hitting free agency. In your opinion, did they fail to address this last year? Or was this one of those ones where they were waiting

Starting point is 00:02:24 to see if someone was going to develop? And in that turn, I'll also say I have an opinion on that, but I want you to start off. Well, I think let's just break it down simply as this. if Drey Greenlaw would have played every single game and would have played at an all pro level, they would still need a starter right now. I mean, even if you were penciling him in or had a Sharpie and we're saying, hey, Dre Greenlaw is one of our starters going forward. You'd still need another one because two of your starters are hitting free agency. And the Drew Sanders pick is looking more and more like it wasn't, it's not going to work out.

Starting point is 00:03:00 And so to me, I think that you didn't necessarily address this. properly because you didn't draft to depth. And the Broncos had picks. They had darts to throw. There's players out there and available to them that they could have drafted, that they could have gone after. And they just simply, I don't know if they just refuse to draft to this position, Cody,

Starting point is 00:03:20 but I get what they were trying to do, right? They ran it back with Singleton, Sternad, you sign Greenlaw, you take a shot that Drew Sanders is going to continue to develop. Like, we understood the process of that. But man, now looking back at it, it's kind of just like, you know, you have to expect certain things like all outcomes. I'm not saying you expect the worst and hope for the best when it comes to roster building, but you have to anticipate all outcomes.

Starting point is 00:03:49 And certainly you had to anticipate the fact that there was a chance, Dre Greenlaw wouldn't play the whole year. And that Drew Sanders wasn't going to be available to you for a good chunk of the season. It ended up being the entire year. So to me, yes, they did fail to address this linebacker need because they haven't drafted to that depth since they picked up Drew Sanders. And that's a problem. I feel like I'm going to be more on the, I don't want to call it a failure. I'll say it's a gamble that simply didn't pay off for them.

Starting point is 00:04:19 My whole idea and how I kind of looked at the linebacker room last year is like, hey, they believed in the potential developmental trajectory of having a guy like Alex Singleton still on the team or Justin Sternad, right? They wanted those guys back, but they just needed another starter at that position. They wanted to elevate some competition because I remember when Sternad re-signed, he was told by the Broncos front officer he's going to compete for a starting job, which I think you and I, in our training camp position preview, said, okay, Sir Nad's probably going to compete with guys like Drew Sanders and Alex Singleton for the starting job next to Drey Greenlaw. I think that's what the vision kind of had.

Starting point is 00:04:55 And then all of a sudden, you know, you talked about Drew Sanders. They liked, obviously, his athleticism. he came in at a really good weight, look good in the offseason program, and then bang, in the first week of training camp, he goes off. And it's just like, that's frustrating. And there's no way to really kind of project that these things are happening.

Starting point is 00:05:12 But to your point, I also agree that, hey, if there is a history, you have to factor that into your mind when making roster decisions. Can we rely on this guy for a full season? With Dre Greenlaw, a huge risk of signing a guy who has dealt with some pretty bad injuries since 2023 in the Super Bowl there and has struggled to stay on field because of that while he's working his way back. I see where the gamble was. It just didn't pay off.

Starting point is 00:05:37 But I will say, I liked what we got from Justin Sternad last season. So for me, it's like I would call it a failure if Sternad got inserted into the lineup and in struggle, didn't look good. I thought Alex Singleton for the most part, looked pretty well throughout the season. You know, I think he's obviously got his areas where fans are like, you know, he just can't cover guys. It just depends on the Broncos scheme. It's very complex.

Starting point is 00:06:00 I understand that. But I don't think that the Broncos can have that same approach here this offseason. It has to be completely revamped. I'm not talking about just starters. I'm talking about depth pieces as well. You can't just roll into the season with Drew Sanders on the last year of his deal where he may not even make it to the roster in August. Lavelle Bailey, Jordan Turner.

Starting point is 00:06:21 That's not security. Corny Reed is another guy. I think we've also forgot about in the linebacker, conversation a little bit. But you're talking about maybe relying on three undrafted guys as your key depth options. That's not comfortable considering what we expect from this defense. So I would say that maybe last year, if I had to give it a grade at linebacker, I would go D-minus with the approach, right? I wouldn't call it a complete failure. I'm saying the approach, the thought process was in the right place. The end result just didn't

Starting point is 00:06:53 work out. I don't think they make the same mistake this year. How do you feel about this? that they're going to look at it the same way they did last year i think they're going to take a multi-year approach this time around and i think you have to right because obviously dray greenlaw was a multi-year investment but that was only on paper right because we know he has no guaranteed money left on his contract so the broncos really looked at that as a one-year investment and then we'll see and we don't know as of the time we're recording this if dray is going to be on the team this coming season we hope that's the case because i don't think we've seen the best of what he brings to the table for the Denver Broncos just yet.

Starting point is 00:07:31 But I think they have to take a longer term approach to this position as opposed to saying, hey, let's just fix it for another year and we'll come back to it next season. No, let's go after some multi-year guys in free agency. Let's go after some draft picks that we think can actually help this team. And players that we're comfortable with being in the lineup in the playoffs, if they need to be. Like that's that to me, Cody, is how you have to build this roster right now is saying, if we get to the AFC championship game and this guy has to play, are we good with that?

Starting point is 00:08:07 And you have to go up and down the list. Karen A. Reid, Jordan Turner, Lavelle Bailey. Are you okay as the Broncos coaching staff in front office saying, hey, one of those guys, if they have to play in the AFC championship game, we're okay with that. You have to build your roster in such a way that, man, you'd, get to a point of saying, okay, we've got three, four guys at this position. You can't have the perfect depth at every position. I get that.

Starting point is 00:08:33 But man, you got to build it differently than just the quick fix or short-term band-aids for the solution at this position. It has to be draft and maybe another big money free agent coming in. Denver does have the perfect depth. I think a corner, I think it's safety, edge rusher, even the defensive line. It's crazy how linebackers to one position where it's really shaky. I want you to answer your own question here, though, for a second that you had just asked about the death. Like, are you comfortable with having either those three undrafted guys starting in the AFC championship game?

Starting point is 00:09:07 Where are you at that? Is that a yes or no for you? No, no, absolutely not. I mean, yeah, because the Broncos have needed those guys over the last couple years. And they, I mean, you could talk about Lavelle Bailey who stepped in. I think he was working with the starters. Wasn't that last training camp? like the most recent training kit we were shocked when he was released essentially yeah yeah so that's what

Starting point is 00:09:29 i'm saying like the team has shown they don't even trust their own guys to go out there when they need them so it's like why why would we as those who are watching from the outside looking in and saying like hey we're giving our ideas of how to build a team it's not like they care about our opinions necessarily when it comes to that they they know what they're doing but at the same time It's like, hey, maybe think about it a little bit differently because it's not just next man up all the time. It's not just, well, we believe in our training staff because injuries do still happen. There is still that inherent risk. So I would say, no, I don't feel comfortable with that.

Starting point is 00:10:06 And they have to, that's what we say when we're talking about resetting the position. We're talking about overhauling the position. It's not just the starters that we're talking about. Like they could bring back Singleton, Sternad, Greenlaw. they need better depth options and guys who could be long-term solutions behind those guys, even if they do bring them back. I agree with you 100%. That's my biggest concern is like, okay, like when you look at the trio of Singleton,

Starting point is 00:10:32 Sternat and Greenlaw, it's like, all right, well, if one of those guys gets hurt, you know that the other guy is going to play well, right? When Singleton, unfortunately, had his cancer diagnosis, we didn't lose sleep or the fact that Justin Ad and Drea Greenlaw, we're going to be the starters. We're like, okay, hey, that's fine. But it's like the depth behind them, yeah. I agree with you. It is concerning and you can, you know,

Starting point is 00:10:52 maybe your player development program is good, but man, it just can't be the status quo this year for the Broncos lineback position. Broncos country, make sure you let us know your thoughts here on today's episode. Locked on Broncos, what you think the team should do at this position specifically. But the Broncos went out last off season. They made a big swing for Evan Ingram.

Starting point is 00:11:09 And ultimately, it didn't pay off because the Broncos, their tight-in position was hardly existed inside of the offense. We'll look at whether or not they failed that last year and what they can do to wreck the that this year on today's episode of the show. Today's episode, Lockdown Brock, who's brought to you by friends over there at Fandu. And if you've ever wanted to experience the NBA finals live and in person, will Fandu they are giving you the chance to turn that dream into reality

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Starting point is 00:12:24 have. We're going to tell you about why the Broncos failed their tight end position last year and why they've got a course correct now here in 2026. But Broncos country, we appreciate you so much for making Lockdown Broncos your first listen of the day every single day. And for all you, every dayers, you already know there's no off season here at Lockdown Broncos. So if you haven't already done so, we want to invite you to join the Every Day or All-Axswact. Club. You can join the group chat, talk Broncos year round, and you get every episode of the show ad free, plus plenty more exclusive content. Head to the show notes to subscribe to that today. And Cody, man, tight end for the Broncos is another just nauseating discussion. I mean,

Starting point is 00:13:08 the Broncos did not get nearly enough production out of Evan Ingram last year, although I would say when he was signed, it kind of felt like, all right, if this is the Thanos Gauntlet, but he's the missing stone. He's the last stone because you have the young receivers. You got the quarterback, you got an elite offensive line. You thought you might have had a solution in the running game. Evan Ingram was supposed to be the Joker, the last piece. The Broncos didn't use him well, and they've now set themselves up,

Starting point is 00:13:37 that this is a question mark, both in 2026 and in the future moving on. Yeah, and this is the position that is probably the most mind-boggling to me in terms of how it has been used. And look, even going back to the NFL combine, George Payton, highlighted Evan Ingram, you know, talked about the impact that he had, and I felt like he could have had a bigger one. Yeah, he had some drops.

Starting point is 00:13:58 But ultimately, this was a guy who was cold coming off the bench, so to speak, very often, only missed one game last year for them. While Adam Troutman, Nate Atkins, those guys saw primary roles. And Nate Atkins dealt with his own variety of different injuries. But Adam Troutman had the most overall snaps for the Broncos at tight end, whether they were in 12 personnel, 11 personnel, or even 13 personnel. He saw more overall looks than Evan Ingram. Now, Evan had more catches than Adam Troutman, but it's like, all right, why does your number one tight end, essentially in terms of usage?

Starting point is 00:14:30 He's got 20 catches on 23 targets. Troutman did. But why can't you feature Evan Ingram as that tied in one? And people are going to say, well, you know, Evan's not a great blocker. He's not an inline guy. Evan can play in line, folks. I've seen it in practice so many times. I've seen it throughout his career.

Starting point is 00:14:46 But Evan is best used as that move around piece. Like today's NFL doesn't necessarily have dominant inline, tight-in options in a sense where you have a guy who's lining up in line and they're going out there and eating the way that Rob Grancowski and these other guys did. What we're seeing in today's NFL, the tight-in position is this hybrid pass-catching guy that they use, they'll motion, they'll use in screens. They'll use on the outside inside the slot. They can use them in line.

Starting point is 00:15:12 But like you look at Sam Laporta, he'll line up in line. you look at Brock Bowers, he'll line up in line, but they move these guys around. Like they are true Joker tight ends. So to say like, well, Evan just can't block. He can't be in line. I disagree. I think Evan is a willing blocker. Is he bigger than some of the guys are going to have to block?

Starting point is 00:15:29 Absolutely not. But you know what? It's all about angles. It's not necessarily about who's bigger, who's stronger. It's just about getting the right angle and creating just a sliver of an opening for your running back to read off there. So I'm not worried about Evan as a blocker. I think that them going on out and getting.

Starting point is 00:15:45 Evan last year to me, sir. I agree with you. I felt like, I was like, hey, this is the answer at tight end. The Broncos, you know what? Have Evan Ingram here is your premier guy? You could bring a veteran guy back like Trotman just because he's a good blocker and you got Nate Atkins. But really, you're going to rely so much on Ingram in the passing game.

Starting point is 00:16:00 I was so disappointed with the outcome. And a lot of that, in my opinion, was not Evan's fault. Now, going into 2026, I love the idea of Evan getting more of a look now that Davis Webb's calling plays. I think that's going to be something that we do see. I think there's going to be concerted effort there. But I want the Broncos to use this position as well in free agency and the NFL draft to add to key depth pieces for this position, impact depth. And I don't know.

Starting point is 00:16:25 How did you feel about George Payton kind of saying that, you know, we want Troutman back. I would like Troutman back, but only under the premise, he's not even your second tight end. He's your third option at that point. That's where I'm at with this position. If the Broncos decide to run it back with everybody, I'm not saying that. that you need to, you know, throw everybody out, you know, start from scratch. Like this is a team that made the AFC championship. We are clearly talking about one of the best teams in the NFL and things do work.

Starting point is 00:16:57 Like the Broncos, they were, they were good last year. And there's no question about it. But the areas that they weren't good, they have to look for talent upgrades. And I don't understand why the philosophy is constantly, hey, we're going to pour assets into the edge position. And we're going to pour assets into the cornerback position. We're going to pour assets into, you know, the defensive line. We're going to pour assets into X, Y, or Z. But Cody, the same does not apply to tight end or running back or even wide receiver to a degree. It's like, it's like that philosophy is cut off at certain positions. And I know that you can't use, you know,

Starting point is 00:17:41 you can't just draft in the first and second round. Every position group on the team is not going to have a first round pick in your third string slot. But to me, the Broncos failure last year was not following up the Evan Ingram signing by drafting somebody in a loaded class at tight end. And that was inexcusable. And I know folks can say, well, they drafted Caleb Loner. Okay, give me somebody who played more than 59 snaps of college football, right? I'm just as intrigued about Caleb Loner as anybody. else. But when you had a class that like Gunner Helm, who's going to start for the Titans this

Starting point is 00:18:17 year, went in the fourth round and was a Colorado guy, you didn't draft that guy. You let him buy. And I just don't understand that. I don't understand what the team is doing when it comes to loading up, like you load up so much at corner that good players like Chris Abrams drain and Jada Baron are barely playing. But then you have these pronounced needs two years, three years in a row at the tight end position because you refuse to draft there. And I just don't get it. I don't understand it. Interior offensive line is the same.

Starting point is 00:18:49 You're not drafting there. So you have to use Matt Pert or you got to use Alex Palcheseki, who George Payton admitted. I don't think he's ever played on the left side, you know, even dating back to his time in college. This is a team that made the AFC championship. And you're telling me that that guy who's never played there had to play there because why? Well, because you don't draft there.

Starting point is 00:19:10 I just, that's the frustrating thing to me, Cody, is you see this team passing by these guys and drafting at tight end or not drafting at tight end has really burned this team in the depth department. I'm with you. And I'm on board of them signing a free agent and drafting a player at this position. I also feel the same exact way about linebacker. And of course, I might even feel the same exact way about the position we're going to talk about next how the Broncos addressed the running back room last year. Was it a failure in hindsight? We'll look at that more here on today's episode. of the show. Today's episode of lockdown, Brock Coos is brought to you, our friends, over there at

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Starting point is 00:21:10 The link is in the description in the show notes below here. Sarah, how do you feel when it comes to the running back position here? Because I feel like there is a split, at least in the people I've talked to, some of the fans in obviously Broncos country about this room specifically. I felt like last year, the process was good. I felt like them going out there in the NFL draft, getting RJ Harvey. To me, I was excited about that. I said, you know what?

Starting point is 00:21:35 This is one of those moves. but is he going to be your RB1? I remember there were a lot of discussions there. What does this mean? Like, Audrick Estimate was still on the roster at that point. I felt better about the Broncos running back position in the off season than maybe I do right now going into this off season, right? And obviously they signed J.K. Dobbins literally on the final day of mandatory minicamp.

Starting point is 00:21:56 And we like the results that we saw with J.K. and RJ last year. But now there's no guarantee that J.K. is going to be back. RJ is coming back, obviously. But you have a couple of other. the running backs like Tyler Badegh, Julea McLaughlin, those guys who were also set to become free agents. How do you feel about this position? And do you feel like they failed last year or do you feel like this is actually one where they did a pretty good job? I think the Broncos failed at running back last year, Cody. And that's coming from somebody who was very open-minded to

Starting point is 00:22:26 the RJ Harvey selection. Like you and I talked about this at the time of the draft. It felt like that was a really fun pick by the Broncos. And I don't mind it at all for the future. But here's something the Broncos don't get enough credit, I guess, for screwing up is the Javante Williams situation. The fact that he just signed a big contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys had a career year this past year. Well, what does that prove? It proves that it wasn't him. It was us, right? And Sean Payton talked about it after the AFC championship game that he went straight to Zach Streep about the run game, you know, plan and the scheme and things like that. And shoot, I mean, to see Javante go for over 1,200 yards, he's a true three down back.

Starting point is 00:23:09 I mean, that was, that's a tough pill to swallow for the Denver Broncos because you let that guy out the building and he signed for a one year deal worth $3 million. I just, I mean, that that in itself was bad. I did not like the process of Audric Estime being cut as a foregone conclusion because, you know, who was running well for the saints at the end of last season. that could have been a help to the Denver Broncos was Audrick Estimate. It just felt like he was kind of in the doghouse from right before that Buffalo playoff game.

Starting point is 00:23:41 And for whatever reason, like Sean Payton just insisted on Tyler Badegh and Jal McLaughlin, who stylistically just so similar to R.J. Harvey. And then taking away RJ's snaps to give them to Bade, I just, I hated that. The J.K. Dobbins thing was fine. that ended up being like a godsend because last year at this time you and I I think we're both kind of in agreement like go to the draft go to the draft don't mess with free agents go to the draft well the Broncos didn't go to the draft until RJ Harvey they pass on O'Marion Hampton they pass on travian Henderson they pass on Quinn John Judkins they pass on all these guys and then take

Starting point is 00:24:26 RJ and that's fine but then you waited until June or whatever it was to sign, you know, J.K. Dobbins. So, like, the process to me just, it wasn't good. I know you said that you thought it was good. I think, like, overall, like, it felt like the Broncos did everything in a reactionary basis last year based on not being able to trade up for Colston Loveland in the drive. I don't know what their plan was, but, you know, I didn't love. They were interested in that. That was, if they could have, they would have traded up for Loveland. But there was nobody that was willing to let them up. close. And obviously the rumblings came out as to, you know, where he was going. Chicago was leaning

Starting point is 00:25:06 towards him. They were worried about the Indianapolis Colts who ultimately took Tyler Warren. I mean, it's just in hindsight looking back at it's like, I mean, I liked the depth that they had there, but I agree with you. They didn't go out there and necessarily make that big splash in free agency. You know, it's like, ideally we're like, all right, hey, the Broncos, before the draft were like the Broncos are heading into 2025 with Audrake Estimate as your projected starter and then Jolulu McLaughlin. And I agree

Starting point is 00:25:32 with you on the Tyler Badee thing and it goes back to even as you mentioned that playoff game, the idea that Tyler Badee got elevated and Audrake Estimate got essentially benched out of nowhere for that game and Bade only had two overall touches in that game. That was insulting I think to to Adrick and I felt like at that point the writing

Starting point is 00:25:50 was on the wall with that. And once again, it just, what Sean Payton has said is we don't want guys to be in our building, go and leave and then go be successful elsewhere. But yet that has now happened on a couple of occasions there with Javante with Adrick down there. And look, I even think the Saints got an up close and personal look at Adrick in that third and final preseason game. And it took a while for him to really land in the regular season or get snaps because I remember he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad after roster cuts. Never saw time on the field there. Somehow he got his chance in New Orleans.

Starting point is 00:26:21 And now there's a really good chance. he's going to be a key player in their rotation going forward. So, yeah, you lose out on those opportunities. And so at what point, I think looking at Javante and Adrick and just even like the Broncos lack of success after JK got hurt. And to me, I think of it as we have a scheme issue here. And we also have a play call balance issue. Like where we've talked about the Broncos having a pass advantage compared to a run discrepancy in the first half of games,

Starting point is 00:26:50 I mean, it was almost alarming at how every. other show you and I've done after a post game was like, what the heck are the Broncos doing here? I look at now where things are at. And it's like at what point if you're Sean Payton, you say, you know what, maybe it is the scheme.

Starting point is 00:27:05 Maybe it is us. And for him to go to Zach Streif after the game, I feel like it's kind of admitting like maybe it is us. Maybe it's not these other guys. Maybe it's us and what we're doing. And that has to change here this offseason. It does. I mean,

Starting point is 00:27:19 and it's good that they took a look in the mirror first, you know, as opposed to being like, okay, you know, we've already done the blaming of the running backs. I mean, we let go of Giovante with no contests. There was no contest with that. We didn't even give Adrick a shot really throughout turning. I mean, that's my perception of that, Cody. I don't know what was going on behind the scenes there or what contributed to that, but you certainly could have used one of those two guys in the AFC championship game. You could have used Travion Henderson, Quinn Sean Judkins. I mentioned that on our squad show earlier this week. you can't tell me that having if the Broncos had a healthy one of those two Ohio State backs,

Starting point is 00:27:58 if they picked them at, what was it, 20th overall, and nobody would have cared about that in the AFC championship game, if one of those guys could have gotten the team 10 yards closer to kick a goal. I mean, that's what I'm saying, right? It's like you look at that game, and I know that hindsight is 20-20, but this isn't hindsight. You and I said many times on this show, like take the Ohio State back. Take the Ohio State back.

Starting point is 00:28:24 I realize that, you know, there's a lot that goes into this team building, roster building, draft boards, blah, blah, blah. I just feel like, man, the Broncos missed an opportunity to draft towards needs, to assemble depth in areas of needs last year because they wanted to take the best player on their board. And I think that's fine, you know, but when it comes. at the expense of, hey, we're talking about the same needs now next year. We're talking about the same needs that they had last year.

Starting point is 00:28:54 That's where it becomes a problem to me. Got to address them this year because these same needs can't be the needs next year because then other needs at other positions are going to arise in the next season or two here for this team. And you don't want to all of a sudden find yourself with a multi-level fire that you're trying to figure out how to put out all the flames. And I don't know, I'm very curious to see Denver's approach here. I have a feeling like if they're going to be a, aggressive. I do think it's going to be strategic. I think Sean and George are going to have a very

Starting point is 00:29:22 integrated approach here, especially with the backing of Greg Penner. I'm excited to see what they do. And man, let's just hope that they figure out how to rectify the scheme issues. Is it play calling? What is it? Personnel. Man, we're going to find out sooner rather than later here. But Broncos, country, I'll wrap up today's episode of the show here. We appreciate you for rocking with us. As always, Sarah and I will be back on Monday for a brand new episode of the show. Thanks for rock with us. Enjoy your week in Barakco's country. We'll see you next time.

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