Broncos' Shift: From 70-Point Losses to Playoff Race

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - One and five at one time,

00:04 now five and five with a four game winning streak

00:07 and they're just pulling these games out

00:09 with Russell finding Courtland Sutton in the final minute.

00:13 - Yeah, so a couple of things here.

00:14 So if you wanna know how they turned their season around,

00:17 it was two things.

00:19 And I heard you on the segment before talking about it,

00:22 we could expand on that.

00:23 When you lose 70, when you give up 70 points, right?

00:27 And you lose by 50.

00:29 As a coach, you couldn't be more embarrassed.

00:32 Like this is, there's nothing you can do.

00:34 It's like if you're with the Lions with their own 16,

00:36 that's on your record,

00:37 even if you want to Super Bowl with another team,

00:39 you can't get rid of that own 16.

00:41 No one is gonna forget about the 70 points

00:43 their defense gave up,

00:44 but they're gonna remember this team

00:46 if they make the playoffs.

00:47 And now there are only one game

00:49 out of actually the six or seven spot

00:51 in the AFC for the wildcard.

00:52 And yeah, they turned the defense around

00:55 'cause they had to, it couldn't get any worse.

00:56 And they played with much better discipline.

00:58 They have a really good secondary.

00:59 They've got pretty much everyone back

01:01 who've been injured, that's good.

01:03 The other thing is, Mike,

01:04 Russell Wilson's not turning the ball over, that's huge.

01:07 They're doing a good job, they're being more efficient.

01:09 And this is what Sean Payton's talked about.

01:11 Stop turning the ball over.

01:12 They're not doing that and you can win.

01:14 And they're playing efficient football now.

01:16 I would also tell you, Mike, let's be honest,

01:18 the Vikings blew that game.

01:20 Three turnovers, as amazing as Josh Jobs was last night,

01:24 the one touchdown to Josh Oliver,

01:27 the blocking tight end was amazing how he escaped.

01:30 But you can't turn the ball over.

01:31 He fumbled it three times, lost it once, had a pick.

01:35 There was another, there was a fumble.

01:37 There was another fumble.

01:38 It was a very exciting game.

01:39 I give the Vikings credit for hanging in there,

01:43 but you can't turn the ball over.

01:44 And that, but listen, they're in the NFC.

01:48 They're also hanging in it very well.

01:49 The fact that they have a game and a half lead

01:51 for the wildcard spot.

01:52 They too, Mike, it's amazing.

01:53 It's like the turnaround ball last night.

01:55 And Denver, both teams have turned their seasons around.

01:57 And the one that's even more surprising is Minnesota.

02:00 Mike, I didn't see this five game winning streak.

02:03 The defense was bad.

02:03 Brian Flores has done a great job turning around,

02:06 but the Josh Jobs story is frankly the best story

02:09 of the National Football League,

02:10 other than DeMar Hamlin being obviously clear to play.

02:12 This is right up there.

02:14 (upbeat music)

02:16 (bells chiming)

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