Broncos Season

Jeremy Levy back with you. Today I am going to be doing something different. I am talking about 2022 Bronco’s training camp. In my opinion, this has been the second-best Bronco’s training camp I have been to. My dad and I went twice this year. The first day as we were walking through the parking lot I wasn’t sure what to expect. The last couple of years have been a little bit of a disappointment because the feeling at the facility wasn’t as energetic as it was when we went during the Peyton Manning years.  I think this shows that the quarterback does make a difference. The Broncos have Russell Wilson as their quarterback now. He came from Seattle. As we were walking through the parking lot, a familiar voice said you can walk on the sidewalk. I thought the voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t quite place the voice. The voice said,” do you recognize my voice? I’m Brandon Kristzal from 850 KOA radio. I have always wanted to meet Brandon. Brandon then re-introduced me to Brandon Stokely who is with 104.3 the fan and is a former Bronco. That was a great start to this year's training camp experience. Brandon Kristzal  said after words he wishes he could have gotten a picture of us together. My only regret is that Brandon didn’t invite us on to the field. That would have been so exciting.  After meeting up with the 2 Brandon’s we continued on to our seats. The practices were more energetic. I could hear the music being played. I could hear the fans cheering for their favorite players when they did something good My dad said they looked more organized. He said that the second day was better because they were in pads the second day.

Dave Logan said on the Sports Zoo, and the Dave Logan podcast that he likes the practices that Nathaniel Hacket has implemented this year. We will know in future years if what he did this year would be helpful in the future.  I consider Dave Logan the best expert when it comes to football because he has been around the game for so long. Dave has the best knowledge about the game. This is why I enjoy listening to Bronco’s games on 850 KOA radio.  I consider Andy Lindahl my second expert when it comes to football. Andy said on Altitude sports radio 92.5 that he is looking forward to finding out about the right tackle position. He isn’t sure what they are going to do at that position. 

The second day I got to take pictures with some of the cheer leaders, and the Mascot. The second day was even more crowded than the first day we went. On the first day we were able to find seats, on the second day all of the seats were taken. People seem really excited about the improvements to the team this year. When Russell came out the fans got really excited.

Mike Rice is back doing the pregame show, the half time show, and the post-game show for 850 KOA radio.   Russell Wilson did not play in the preseason games.  Alfred Williams made an interesting point about that. KOA radio got a text on their text line saying that the Bronco’s haven’t made the play offs in 7 years and that concerned the fan who texted into the sports zoo. Brandon and Alfred talked about that the coach in Wisconsin took over the team a couple of years ago and they didn’t play their starters in the preseason. They went to the playoffs. Alfred and Brandon’s thought was this wouldn’t hurt the Bronco’s if they didn’t play their starters.  The Broncos have a new ownership group. This is really exciting for them. They seem thrilled for this opportunity. As a fan, I am really enthusiastic for the future of what the new ownership does with the Bronco’s. Dave Logan got to introduce them at the press conference the second week of August of 2022.

I am not sure if they need a new stadium right now. That might happen in the future.  Andy Lindahl brought up that question to fans however, I didn’t hear what the fans were thinking about that question One of my favorite players is Jerry Juedy a wide receiver. I am hoping he has a great season. Andy Lindahl’s question is can Jerry Juedy be a big part of this offence now that Tim Patrick is done for the year due to injury.

The first preseason game was against Dallas. Dave Logan liked Nathaniel Hackett’s time management of the game. Dave and Nathaniel didn’t like the running game In the Dallas game. Dave said in the second game that has gotten a little bit better. Dave liked Jalen Virgil who is a wide receiver. Dave said all 4 receivers had moments in the game that were good.   Josh Johnson started the first and the second pre-season games against Dallas and against the Bills. Bret Ripen started the third pre-season game against the Minnesota Vikings.  The big story for the Bronco’s and Bills game is Von Miller is now with the Bills. I listened Friday morning to 550 WGR radio to the morning show with Howard and Jeremy, and they were talking about Von being with the Bills. Dave Logan was saying that Von Miller might have a great season with the Bills. The most interesting name I have heard on the Bills is Tre 'Davious White. That first name is the most interesting name to me. The Bronco’s lost to the Bills 42 to 15. That was a bad game. The word that Alfred would use to describe the game is embarrassing. The seconds and third players didn’t play well on Saturday. Alfred Williams said it’s time to panic. Dave Logan was concerned. The Bronco’s won their third preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings 23-13. Nathaniel Hacket said the run game looked better. The next step in the process was narrowing the roster down to 53 players.  One of the players that I was surprised about was Jaquan Hardy who was a running back. He was cut by the Bronco’s. He might end up on a different team Brandon Johnson was a second player that I really liked who was cut by the Bronco’s. He might end up on the Bronco’s practice squad. Brandon is Charles Johnson’s son the Charles Johnson who used to be in Colorado Sports radio. I like it when fathers who play the game have their sons also play the game. Benjamin Allbright, was saying those players understand the game better, so they might understand better that they might get cut from the team. . The Broncos have their listening ears with other teams for players they can pick up. The player that Brandon Stokley was most surprised they traded was Malik Reed. He got picked up by the Steelers who are in Pits burgh. Alfred had a feeling they were going to trade him. It seems that Alfred was right again.

The first regular game of the season for the Bronco’s is tonight-September 12 against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. This is the day right after my birthday. This feels like a new era of Bronco’s football, and I am really looking forward to finding out about this new era of players. Thanks for tuning in.