Levelle Bailey STEALING a Starting Job at Denver Broncos Training Camp?

Levelle Bailey STEALING a Starting Job at Denver Broncos Training Camp?

Former undrafted free agent Lavell Bailey might be on his way to stealing a starting job for the Denver Broncos defense. We’ll tell you all about it coming up on today’s episode of Locked on Broncos. You are Locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Troy Franklin keeps on stacking the days. RJ Harvey, of course, we knew when the pads came on, he’d be drawing some uh raised eyebrows around Denver Broncos training camp. And Lavell Bailey, could he be in line to steal a starting job for this vaunted Denver Broncos defense in 2025? We’ve got a lot to talk about on today’s episode, Locked On Broncos. And everybody out there, thank you so much for making us your first listen of the day every single day. We appreciate you so much. My name is Ser Bettinger, co-host here of Lockdown Broncos, as well as the site expert at predominantly Orange.com alongside Cody Ror, the the OG, the absolute legend over there, Mile High Sports, covering the team every single day. And we appreciate you all so much for making us part of your day, however you choose to do so. Cody, I know that you uh got off the red eyee and went straight to Denver Broncos practice where you saw Lavel Bailey. You got red eyes for the red eyee, you know. Absolutely. Uh but it’s uh it’s great to hear that players are stepping up in the wake of a couple of injuries that it’s sad to say. I don’t like putting it this way that we saw these things coming because we talk about this kind of stuff in the offseason and you just sort of plan for every eventuality, but it is great to hear about young players stepping up. I think the story of the day is Lavell Bailey getting first team reps with that defense out there. for the 2024 undrafted free agent. He’s got a big opportunity ahead of him. Yeah, he does. And look, injuries afford guys the opportunities to step up and and really it’s about making the most of those opportunities. And I would say Lavel Bailey going back to last year when the Broncos brought him onto the roster as an undrafted rookie free agent. I think he made the most of those opportunities last year. I thought he had an impressive preseason. Obviously secured a roster spot in that final preseason game. But I mean, on my honeymoon, Sarah, I’m it’s 7:00 p.m., you know, when everything’s going on, when practice is going on, I’m scrolling Twitter with a glass of wine and I’m seeing, “Oh, Drew Sanders suffered an injury.” I’m like, “Oh, no, that’s not great.” And obviously, I kept up with your amazing coverage. You did so great. Uh, holding down the four, bringing Broncos country the best coverage possible on that. And then you have the injury to Alex Singleton, which isn’t a as big when we talk about severity. We’ll obviously dive deep into that. But when you have guys that are in the rotation at a position I think you and I were both in agreeance we didn’t feel great about in terms of the question marks there. There was a lot of uncertainty. These injuries have now presented an opportunity for a guy like Lavell Bailey to come in and obviously make some hay. Some other undrafted guys to get some reps. Lavell Bailey seems like the one guy who’s standing out and that certainly was the case on Tuesday when I had a chance to go to practice and watch there him getting reps alongside Dre Green Law. They I think they just play well off of one another, but Lavel is is piecing things together. You can tell he’s getting more comfortable here with Vance’s defensive scheme, and that’s a good opportunity for him. He drew some praise from Shawn Payeyton and the post-practice presser. Yeah. And Sean had said he’s had a few good days, real good days, he emphasized, and he said he looks like an NFL linebacker, too, which that’s obviously a big part of it is, you know, the physical presence that you bring to the table out there. We thought maybe last year there was a chance that Lavell could potentially develop into this role a bit quicker than he did, which I I think, you know, after what we saw in the preseason, it was a bit surprising, wasn’t it, that the Broncos didn’t turn to him when they had injury A, injury B, injury C, like all the way down the line, they’re signing these guys off the street. They’re claiming Christian Welch off of waiverss. I was honestly pretty shocked that he didn’t at least get an opportunity. Now, I know that when you have the number one defense in the league, as the Broncos did for a good amount of last season, that you’re not necessarily trying to throw an undrafted rookie into the mix and say, “Hey, go ahead, sink or swim. See what happens.” Now, you might prefer the veteran options there, but at the same time, I feel like Lavel Bailey was kind of the natural guy to turn to in that situation. I was surprised to see that Denver Broncos didn’t do that. Uh, and so it just it’s now the opportunity must be right for him. And obviously Shawn Peyton likes what he’s been seeing out there in the Broncos. They have potentially an in-house solution. You and I talked about who’s going to be that next uh Wesley Woodyard, who’s going to be that next Todd Davis, that next player that just comes out of nowhere, the next Brandon Marshall, right? That player that comes out of nowhere to potentially be an impact starter for your defense. It could very well be Lavell Bailey. And look, with Singleton missing time, which is we got the confirmation from Shawn Peyton, he had surgery on the broken finger that he had. And Shawn went into great leagues of saying, you know, he’s going to miss more, you know, probably just a week, you know, a week, maybe a little bit over a week at this point where the real is issue and obstacle is where you have the incision, right? Because they make the cut, they fix everything, and then you stitch it up. You don’t want to rip your sutures, you know, you don’t want to do anything like that. So, it’s about letting that heal and then I imagine maybe clubbing up the hand, which Singleton’s played with the club on his hand before there. But I think the question here, Sarah, where where we go from here is, okay, Alex Singleton is in the last year of his deal. He’s obviously a guy that the Broncos view very highly as a team captain guy that plays with tremendous heart because he’s on the last year of his deal like at this juncture of training camp. Is it important I think or is it valid enough to say or maybe ask the question here is Lavell Bailey in a position right now because of these situations where if they like what they see from Lavell even though that you know what you’re getting from Singleton, you see some potential here with Bailey. Is that enough for them to make a move do you think? Like would you be shocked if the Broncos ended up making a move at some point? Not right now, but maybe when roster cuts happen to where maybe they make the shocking move and go with the younger guy. That’s a big investment. That’s a lot of faith for Shawn Peyton to put in a second year undrafted guy. It is. Especially because then you would still just be one injury away, right, from potentially being in another really rough situation. But of course, like we’ve seen the team do this in the past. We saw them do it last year with Tim Patrick. We’ve seen the Broncos do it in the middle of the season when they cut Frank Clark, right? So, they’ve had vet and I know that those situations are all very different, of course, and it’s not we we talked about early in the offseason, Alex Singleton could potentially be a salary cap casualty, right? It’s somebody that this team could look at and say, “Hey, we feel coming off the injury into his 30s now, we feel like he could potentially be somebody that we look to move on from and look to upgrade that position.” And they definitely did upgrade the position with Dre Green Law coming in, but they kept Singleton around. And just a couple days ago before the broken finger or broken thumb, Shawn Peyton was talking about how he believes these two guys can mesh really well on the field together, how they have such complimentary skill sets. So that’s the intriguing part to me now is that there’s a tension between okay you if you keep Singleton on the roster you leave that temptation to turn to him if things with Lavell Bailey don’t go well right away but do you just want to dive head first into the Lavell Bailey you know experiment and see what happens there and just kind of put all your chips or all your eggs in that basket. It’s tough to say because I mean while you want to see a young guy with upside have a chance, do you at at the risk of maybe taking a step back or adding more questions to your position? Is that the right move for Denver? I think the right move is why can’t you find in the first few weeks of the regular season? Why can’t you find a little bit of a role here for a guy like Lavell Bailey? Can you rotate these guys? Right? Because we knew coming into training camp like Alex Singleton had competition. Justin Stern still in the mix there. He’s obviously involved in that. Probably isn’t getting talked about as much as he should be with the Drew Sanders injury with Singleton and things like that, but very much so. Like, can you find a role here for Lavell Bailey defensively in the rotation to see what he’s like? Also, if Singleton’s out, does that mean that a guy like Dre Greenlaw plays more of that mic, you know, whereas Sean outlined the vision for those two guys if healthy, where Singleton’s the mic and then Dre Green Law is kind of that weak side, that will that mole linebacker that can move around a little bit. How does that change with Alex Singleton out? Like, does that I don’t know. I’m very curious, but it seems like early on here, Lavel Bailey getting his first shot. Will we see if Justin Sternad tomorrow on day three of the pads, will he get his shot to start alongside Dre Greenoff for for practice? I I think it’s very interesting, but I’m curious for your thoughts on that. Like, do you think that’s what the Broncos should do here with Singleton or do you think that it is important for them to keep him in the mix? I because I I still think it’s risky to move on from a guy like that at a position where you have obviously needs and questions. It is risky, but if you feel like Lavel Bailey can be a starter for you and you saw last year that Justin Cernnod can play, if those guys are your top three that what would concern me is how quickly is Drew Sanders coming back and contributing on special teams and or who’s going to contribute on special teams at that position or do you keep Singleton around just for that or you know whatever whatever that whole dynamic of off the field and and cutting a guy like that. I know Sean, like we said, not been afraid of doing that stuff in the past. If he can do it with Tim Patrick, I don’t think Alex Singleton is off the table because how much do those guys in the locker room love Tim Patrick and they still went out last year and won 10 games, made it to the playoffs. We talk all about the great locker room culture. I think at the end of the day, these guys do understand that it’s a business and the business side of these things can be ugly and it could also be viewed in a way as doing right by the player, right? Because if if Singleton’s not going to start, he probably wants to play going into his 30s in a contract here. Like the Broncos aren’t just going to say, “All right, you can be a core special teams guy for us and you know, occasional starter.” So, I could see justifications either way, but I do believe if the Bron is it a is it a thing where the Broncos if they’re going to keep Singleton, he has to start? That’s going to be the interesting thing to find out here, Broncos country. But of course, this is not the only ongoing battle at Denver Broncos training camp. The battle continues on at the running back position where we’re looking for standouts at practice. Now that the pads are on, second round pick RJ Harvey, he’s already bouncing off tacklers and drawing some oo and a’s from those in attendance. We’ll tell you about R.J. Harvey’s big day at practice coming up on today’s episode, Lockdown Broncos. Today’s show is brought to you by Game Time. We’ve all been there, right? vogging on early and waiting forever for concert tickets to go on sale only to lose your spot for a show that you’ve been dying to see. And live music, it should be way more about making memories, not dealing with that stress of ticket shopping. That’s where Game Time comes in. Game time is making getting concert tickets faster and easier than ever. And the prices for these tickets, they actually drop as it gets closer to Showtime. 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Create an account and redeem code LO C O N for $20 off. Download the Game Time app today. Last minute tickets, lowest price guaranteed. Denver Broncos head coach Shawn Payeyton said that second round pick RJ Harvey, he’s looking exceptional. He’s doing exceptional out there is what Shawn Peyton had to say. And of course, Cody was out there at practice getting a firstirhand look at everything Broncos country. The exciting update that you’ve been waiting for on the rookie running back I believe is finally here. So, we’re going to talk about RJ Harvey. Also got some positive news today from Audrey Esté. plenty of other players at practice as well. But Cody, let’s talk about this because I think everybody that’s listening has been eager for these updates since since OTAAS. You know, it’s kind of been, oh, well, how are the running backs looking? How’s everybody and well the pads aren’t on? And that’s what Shawn Payeyton has said repeatedly, right? Is that you can’t really evaluate these guys when they don’t have the pads on, but when the pads do come on, they’re like the easiest position on the field to evaluate. And clearly, what did the team say about RJ Harvey when he came in? Vision, arguably the best of this year’s draft class. He’s pretty much showing that with the pads on now for the last couple of days. Yeah. And look, that’s the transition you always want to see a player make is all right, you can look great with a helmet and jersey and shorts, but when the pads come on and you have to work against the Broncos defensive line that is, you know, ferocious. I mean, and then you got a linebacker like Trey Greenlaw. You got a safety like Talon Hufang and a safety like Brandon Jones that come downhill. That’s a tough challenge here for this Broncos offense which ultimately I think will make them better. RJ Harvey, he sprung off an impressive run, you know, during the day where he made kind of like this sideep move and but then he he was able to outrun everybody, right? That that explosiveness which that is something that has not been a part of the Broncos offense in the run game for I’d say a handful of years. We’ve we haven’t seen many 20 plus yard runs. Well, R.J. Harvey would have had a big one if this transition into a game. And look, obviously, look, this is practice. We’re just evaluating things that we see here. All right, that’s one of the important aspects is you’re seeing what the Broncos drafted Harvey to do. You’re seeing him explode, you know, in the open field. You love that. But pass protection, that’s obviously one thing that is going to be emphasized for him, I think, as you go forward, sir, just because of, you know, his height there. But he’s got weight to him. He’s got the bulky legs. He’s got the ability to get lower than anybody. He I think today was one of those days where he kind of had his welcome to the NFL rookie moments from Jonathan Cooper in pass protection. Jonathan Cooper on one play. RJ Harvey went to go set his, you know, his anchor and kind of get his feet down. Jonathan Cooper blew him up big time and it forced Bo Nicks to scramble. I would say if we have to highlight anything about the offense, it was a quiet day for the offense outside of Harvey’s run. We’ll talk about Troy Franklin here in a little bit, but really like for Bo Knicks in the offense, there wasn’t anything bad. There just wasn’t it was it was a quiet day, so to speak. Like I would say B scrambled for big gains quite a bit when co because coverage was really good, but then you got I think more of an emphasis in these first couple of days of pads where they want to run the football and that’s something obviously Quinn Miners has highlighted. Garrett Bulls kind of let the cat out of the bag about the outside zone being something that they’re really really working on. And so Sean kind of emphasized that in today’s presser as well. And RJ Harvey, you can see why. I think he’s a great fit for that. And that’s something that Sean highlighted really with I think the new pieces. He said the new guys to that room that bring that to the table here. Yeah. And Sean also did say a couple of days ago that the team is still in their installation phase. So maybe that’s the reason why it’s not necessarily situational football or who knows what. I I mean obviously you would know being out there what they’re exactly practicing. I know you can only say so much, but at the same time, it’s it’s one of those things to where, okay, if the offense has a down day, I I also kind of wonder too with the reports of the wide receivers getting the upper hand during one-on- ones, did the defensive backs like Michael Jordan, you know, I took that personal, you know, I think that, you know, there’s maybe an element of that out there, but I love Cody. I love that Jonathan Cooper went and smacked RJ Harvey in the mouth and knocked him over because that’s how rookies are going to learn. like this ain’t UCF anymore. You’re not playing against guys who are going to be going and doing something other than football after they graduate college. Like the the you’re going against the big dogs. You’re going against a guy who just got a contract extension last year. So, if you want to bring something weak in pass protection, here’s what’s going to happen. And ultimately, it’s going to make the team better because they’re going to either know a for a fact like we can’t have him out there in these situations or b he’s going to figure out how he can be out there in those situations and really get better leverage or get a better anchor or whatever it may be. I for one am not concerned about the long-term prognosis with RJ Harvey and pass protection. I think that’s always a work in progress for guys. It Javvante Williams outstanding in pass protection. Guy can’t run the ball. The Broncos need running backs that can run the ball and I think that they believe in a guy like JK Dobbins pass probability. I mean Sean’s been very candid and open about that. He he mentioned that specifically a couple of days ago that we already know what we’re getting from JK in pass pro. We know what he he excels in. It’s something he do does really well. Whereas they need like Sean said that they need to be able to run the ball. They need to be able to be more explosive on that side offensively and they believe that they have two guys that can do it. Now, a guy who’s really kind of been under the microscope really all OTAAS in the off season coming into training camp facing a lot of pressure. Audrey Estim also thought had himself a pretty solid day. He had a couple of big runs from what I had gathered and what I watched in a couple of the team periods there. But there was even one play too where he’s in Sam Ellinger’s at quarterback. Ellinger’s going to throw and his arm gets hit, but he gets it off just in time. Estimate with a defender behind him, a defender in front of him tracked it like didn’t lose folks of it. caught a very tough pass down the left sideline there for a big play. So, you know, estimate maybe his style is going to be angry, right? You know, I think that’s what he needs to channel here. But with all the pressure surrounding him, it was good to see him have the kind of day that he had here. Now, can you stack it, right? I think stacking is very important. A guy can have a really good day one day. Can he stack it? That’s what the coaching staff wants to see from every player. Yeah, absolutely. Especially after some reports came out. Maybe this a little bit of a fire under him. Cody, I know former Broncos running back Philip Lindsay was saying some stuff about Audrey Estim. I don’t have it verbatim in front of me what he said, but since we’re talking about him, it reminded me that I think I think Phil was kind of calling Audrey out for potentially having a bad attitude on the practice field and that’s dating back to last year been an issue and those sort of things. So, uh, really interesting comments from Philip Lindsay for a young running back like Audrey Esté. It’s just, uh, I don’t know, kind of rubbed me the wrong way to hear that. I don’t know what was your take on that. I just, uh, you know, you really hope that Audrey Estay can step up and stack the days and become an asset to this team. He’s the youngest player on the team and he’s very talented. He can break tackles. He’s the only guy that I think you could say if JK Dobbins gets hurt, he’s going to be able to bring that power for you on a consistent basis. Yeah. And with the attitude thing, I I don’t I I never want to speak out on that because I think what we see sometimes, right, you I could tell clearly when a guy’s got bad body language or when a guy’s got a bad attitude. I don’t think that Audrey has ever really had a bad attitude, like a perceived bad attitude. Audrey, I think, is just he’s got this locked in like angry look on his face, which I like that. I I think that’s a good thing to have. Now, I think if he was like punting footballs the way that Brandon Marshall used to do at practice, you know, when Josh McDaniels came to town, I say that’d be a little more problematic. But Audri’s I don’t think Audri’s the type of guy to do that. I think I think he’s emotionally mature young man. I think he’s also we got to keep in mind one of the youngest, if not the youngest player on the roster right now for Denver, you know, so he’s got he’s got potential. He definitely is taking this personal, which you hope you want him to, right? But like for Phil, I love Phil. Phil even went on the record not long like a couple weeks ago even talking about how when they brought in Melvin Gordon, he had a really bad attitude like Phil did. So I don’t know. It’s like is that Phil trying to maybe light a fire like motivationally? I I don’t know. But I I haven’t seen that with Audrey. I’ve seen a guy who just looks angry, which is good. I think that’s a good thing. Yeah, he’s definitely gonna be one of those types of guys that you feel like could be in that segment of Good Morning Football, right, with the angry runs. he could drag defenders. So, looking forward to hopefully seeing him stack days, but you know who’s already been stacking days for the Denver Broncos. Not just at training camp, but dating back to mandatory mini camp and OTAAS is Troy Franklin. The secondyear wide receiver is due for a big time breakout and he’s making a habit of making deep plays down the field. We’ll tell you all about it coming up on today’s episode. Locked on Broncos. This episode is presented by Yahoo Fantasy. Fantasy football is back, so fire up the group chat. Get your draft board ready and buckle up for a season filled with breakouts, busts, and all the overreactions we live for. It’s all going down on Yahoo Fantasy this year. Me and Cody, we’re going to be playing on Yahoo Fantasy, and you should, too. 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Troy Franklin seems to be catching everything thrown his way, especially deep down the field and had another big play at Denver Broncos training camp on Tuesday in Broncos country. Once again, before we talk about Troy Franklin, other standouts at practice, just want to say thank you to all of you that make us your first listen of the day every single day. We appreciate you so much for rocking with us here at Locked On Broncos. And look, everyone’s been excited to hear about Troy Franklin, right Cody? I know you had mentioned he looked really good out there at OTAAS mandatory mini camp. Now getting the chance to see him at training camp. What were your observations? I know he had another big play today deep down the field which has become a pattern. And Sean Payeyton even said you guys back at mandatory mini camp he’s like you guys haven’t even been able to see all the big plays that he’s made. Really exciting developments here from number 11. Yeah, and you’re seeing just a a new level of confidence here with Troy that I I I didn’t feel like was present last year, especially early on. you know, buried on the depth chart a little bit. You’re on the 53man roster, but you’re buried a little bit behind guys like Josh Reynolds. You have Courtland Sutton, Marvin Ms, Devon Bailey getting a little more run last year. So, it was hard for Troy to be like Troy was inactive for a good portion of the early parts of the season. It was a game day inactive there, but you know, for Troy, he’s he’s got this confidence level to him right now that is standing out in a big way. Now, you mentioned that downfield play. We know Troy can get behind defenses, burn them with his speed and and catch touchdowns, right? But one thing I want to continue to see is like how can we see Troy evolve? Well, I thought today was a perfect example on a three plus yard pass downfield. This was one where Jared St. No, Sam Ellinger was rolling out to his right. There was pressure, you know, you had pressure from the safety coming down. You had a linebacker blitzing trying to get into the face of the quarterback and Ellinger just launched it downfield. And look, that ball’s traveling high. It’s traveling a little far there. You’ve got a corner underneath trailing him. You got a safety playing over the top and Troy like this one where Troy’s going to have to come back and and fight for the ball, right? It’s kind of one of those high underthrown ones that often times you see defensive pass interference get drawn on. Troy doesn’t wait for the ball to come to him. Troy goes up and he fights through it. Goes up and catches it and hauls it in between two defenders. Like we’re talking about body positioning, not boxing a guy out, but going up and wanting it a little bit more. Right? That to me is an exciting development, right? because I think it kind of can kill that narrative that oh, you know, all Troy is is he’s just a guy that gets behind defenses. I think Troy can be a guy that can make some contested catches, but I also want to see him use more in the short to intermediate, those crossing patterns. So, we’re starting to see think that development of all around Troy, right? The short intermediate deep ball can go up and fight for the football as well. These are exciting developments and if it all clicks here, it’s fun. It’s exciting that there’s good things ahead with, you know, with this wide receiving core and Troy’s a big part of that. Yeah. And speaking to your point too about using him, I guess, to all levels of the field, I know Shawn Peyton had said earlier this off seasonason that one of the underrated skills that that he has that they believe that they can utilize more this year is his ability after the catch. And that’s a really exciting thing for a guy that can take the top off of defense but also win after the catch. That just goes to show like you’re not going to be able to play him super off coverage when you’re if you’re getting beat deep, right? I mean, that’s kind of the adjustment defensive backs have to make is you give him a little bit more cushion. So, then he starts taking stuff underneath and making plays after the catch. It really feels like he’s shaping up to be somebody the Broncos are going to be able to rely upon here in 2025 quite a bit more than we saw last year, which obviously last year was kind of a frustrating failing forward sort of situation. you’re learning a thousand ways how not to make the light bulb, right? So, I think with Troy Franklin, it’s one of those breakthrough situations that I there’s some hype there, but there’s some substance to the hype. There’s where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So, definitely some fire for him. Anybody else really stand out to you today in terms of the practice on either side of the ball? I know at if we’re sticking to the theme of wide receiver, we mentioned on yesterday’s show that Trent Sherfield might have a bit more of an underrated role than HPI. What are your thoughts on that? You’re seeing it. I mean, this is a guy who’s catching everything. He’s running routes, I think, to a to a level in which I think the coaching staff, like we talk, you hear Sean talk so much about landmarks, right? Trent Sherfield’s a guy who’s hitting landmarks. I I think he doesn’t have to be a featured guy is like, hey, you’re going to get 40, you know, catches, 40 targets in a year, but let’s say he gets 20. He’s going to make the most of all 20 of those targets and those reps there. I mean, this is a guy I think is very underrated as a route runner. catches everything, which is good, right? You want you want that type of depth there. He’s been a stand out there and he’s gonna bring you immediate value on special teams as a core four specialist, which I I I like and I admire that. And the more I think about it, I do see the Broncos if you’re carrying the wide receivers that do. Courtland Sutton obviously the new money man there, Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Devon Vele, Pat Bryant, and Trent Sherfield. Those in my opinion are six guys right now that are locks at wide receiver. I think six will be the final number for them. I think they keep those six unless they feel like they with Sherfield they can do what they did with Lil Jordan Humphrey last year and Michael Burton really at the roster cup portion and then bring them back. I but we’re a ways away from that but Trent Sherfield obviously fitting the mix. Chris Abrams drain stood out. He had a pass breakup uh on the day against Evan Ingram. You know when Jared Stum was getting second team QB reps throwing the ball his way that that was nice to see Abrams drain making some plays there. Having that confidence Jonah Ellis having a few pressure moments where he would have blown up some plays. Jonathan Cooper stood out there. Um, but I would say there’s one guy that we haven’t talked about as much, Riley Moss. Riley Moss continues to have a strong training camp and gets a bulk of the reps opposite of Pat on the outside. And then there are times where they rotate Jade in, but Jade is probably playing primarily inside the nickel, rotating with Jaquin. That’s where the bulk has been. And that’s where it was on day two of pads in Dove Valley. Yeah. And it seems to speak to the idea that we’ve had this off season that there’s really not going to be a significant competition for his job. I think the Broncos internally really believe that he is a stud out there on the outside and like the perception of him shifted so dramatically after the Cincinnati game from the fan base or from many in the fan base that I feel like he’s become known for that which is unfortunate because he was remember just before that game we talk about this quite frequently that just before that game everybody was so worried about him not playing because of how good he had been for the entire season up to that point. So definitely feel like Riley Moss is one of those guys that’s entrenched in the lineup as opposed to fighting for his place in the lineup too, Cody. And I wanted to get your thoughts, too, because you and I haven’t really discussed much other than the fact that it happened, but the Courtland Sutton deal, we heard him speak to the media today. What were your impressions on the four-year 92 million deal signed by Courtland Sutton as we round out today’s show? just uh you know for me having the chance to have been around Courtland like talking to him in the locker room and seeing him over the last handful years I’m just proud of the guy you know because this is the guy I think he and I know he’s close with Jerry but I think you look at mindset was the biggest thing I think that separates Courtland from Jerry right Jerry had all the talent in the world has all the tools and has all the talent but like in Denver he just he didn’t have the the mindset that I think that Courtland has like Courtland has been through some things like he’s how many quarterbacks have thrown the Paul to Courtland over the last couple years. What like we talk about that carousel number, it’s very close to what that final number was at for the total number of, you know, guys on the carousel for the Broncos. Now they luckily have Boone Knicks. But this is a guy who’s been through the quarterback carousel, suffered a torn ACL after having the best year of his career in 2019, went through the ups and downs, was constantly talked about by national media members is like, “Hey, teams are interested. They want to trade for Courtland. Are the Broncos going to trade him?” His mindset has never changed. I think Shawn Peyton said something that stood out to me and Courtland, you see it in the way he carries himself. Sean said something along the lines like when things are going bad and things aren’t going your way. He’s the type of guy you want in your locker room because he’s never going to change. He’s never going to buckle under the pressure of that. And I think 2023 is a great example. With all the stuff going on, uh, you know, with Russ and with everything there, Courtland was very stable with all that. With all the changes that this team has gone through, it’s just proud of Courtland. And I mean, this is a guy who deserves it. He does 100%. I agree with you and really excited to have him locked in for the long term. And we talked about it on yesterday’s show that man, if you’re resigning guys like this at the rate the Broncos currently are, it means the team is having success. If you’re not having success as a team, you’re probably getting rid of guys like this. So, Courtland Sutton’s deal, if nothing else, is a great sign that the team is having a lot of success right now. And of course, we’ll be covering every single step of the way as this Broncos team approaches their first preseason game, which is not far off. The NFL Hall of Fame game also not far off. It’s going to be a fun season here, Broncos country. So, make sure you’re tapped in every single day here at Locked On Broncos. We appreciate you so much for tuning in today. We’ll catch you on the next one.

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Cody Roark is a credentialed beat reporter for Mile High Sports and covers the Broncos daily in person. Sayre Bedinger is the site expert for Predominantly Orange. Both bring Broncos Country the most in-depth and objective coverage of the Denver Broncos.

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