Ryan, say with me, the Broncos are back.

They are back, baby.

Let's go.

That means the DNVR Broncos podcast is back.

That means I'm back.

That means Ryan is back and we are ready to rock and roll.

2025 training camp here we bow. Let's go, baby. I love it. Woke up today and it just felt like football season. Not gonna lie. Yeah. Sometimes you have to get yourself in the swing of things. And I think that's because the Broncos used to suck. Right. And you gotta be like, all right, here we go football season. Like let's get excited.

Let's have some fun. No need to push it today. The excitement was there as you just heard in Zach's

voice. It's time. Yep. It's time to start to learn what this team is really made of. And I think

we got a taste of it last year. We know the leadership is there. We know the

quarterback is on the right track. We know the defense is built for it. Like all they need is that

extra little sprinkle. That just makes a team from good to special. And right now, from now

until really the start of the season, I think, is when you find that extra ingredient.

You're 100% right. In fact, Mike McGlenshy, who we're going to hear from on this show,

was asked that exact question, is this a Super Bowl caliber team? And he said, look, it's July 22nd

right now. I can't say that right now, but I think this is, and we will learn that over these

next few weeks, just exactly what you pointed to, Ryan. And when you were talking about how you

woke up feeling like it was football right now, something popped into my head. I have noticed

tens of players, of Broncos players, posting on Instagram either last night or this morning about being pumped for training camp. And I've been on Instagram for years. And I don't remember guys doing in that in the past. Maybe it didn't pop up. Maybe this is the year they all started doing it. But it makes me think maybe they're just a little bit more excited for this year's camp because it is a grueling camp with Sean Payton as your head coach. But they're excited for it because they know that this team finally has it. And look, last year, we were optimistic. But last year at this time, Ryan, we were going into a quarterback competition. Bo Nix was getting a third of the reps right now. So the difference between last year and this

year is monumental and we're here, baby. We're here. And you nailed it perfectly. Like,

quarterback competitions like the one that the Broncos had last year, bring more anxiety than anything

else, right? It's like, okay, what's gonna happen here?

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