Chris Harris Jr. and Brandon Krisztal break down the Broncos’ AFC Championship loss, focusing on the pivotal fourth-and-one decision, the failed play call, and how that moment shifted the entire game. From detailed film-room analysis to Sean Payton’s postgame regret, the conversation digs into execution, situational football, and why points mattered early. The show also examines Bo Nix’s ankle injury, conflicting messaging from the organization, and what the recovery timeline really means. Plus, major offseason coaching moves, staff changes, and what’s next for the Broncos as Super Bowl 60 approaches.
Chris Harris Jr. joins Brandon Krisztal on Football Fridays to unpack a frustrating AFC Championship loss that will linger for the Broncos. They start with an in-depth film breakdown of the fourth-and-one decision, why the defensive look made the call untenable, and how Sean Payton later admitted regret over the play design. The discussion expands into broader issues of game management, missed opportunities, and how small mistakes compound in playoff football. The episode also covers Bo Nix’s ankle injury, Payton’s comments about Nix’s medical history, and the quarterback’s pushback on how the situation was communicated publicly. Harris Jr. shares insight into the mental toll of postseason losses, evaluates key defensive plays left on the field, and reacts to significant Broncos coaching changes as the franchise pivots toward the offseason and Super Bowl 60 week.
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Brandon Krisztal
The matchup for Super Bowl 60 is set, and sadly, the Broncos will not be returning to the place where they won Super Bowl 50. Chris Harrison I break down the championship game loss for the Broncos and everything else going on in the NFL as Football Friday starts now.
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Brandon Krisztal
Chris, I know we're tight on time because you've got a busy day working with guys, getting ready for the NFL draft. But I want to tell you, because I was racing to the studio and there's a train track about six blocks from here. And so every now and then you get caught on and it's just a, you know, regular like a cargo train.
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Brandon Krisztal
Just part of the deal. And the arms come down. I'm like, oh, damn it. Text you text the studio and about 30s go by maybe a minute. The arms go up, no train. And you never seen cars? It was like the Hummers. Couple of pickup trucks are, like, creeping, like, because no one wants to get that wrong.
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Brandon Krisztal
Like, are they just testing the arms or what happened with the signal? So everything was fine. But yeah, you want to talk about creep in and be glad you're at the first car, being glad you're second or third in line.
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Chris Harris Jr
There. And you hear about there's a lot of train accidents happen more than what you would expect. Yeah.
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Brandon Krisztal
But it's got either be signal malfunction or people are dumb, like, oh, we can beat it. But that's probably more like because we know we're full of dummies in this country. Well, I don't call them dummies, but there was certainly some questionable calls, to a couple plays where they. It's where you try to boil down a game to a single play, like the Malcolm Butler interception.
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Brandon Krisztal
Is that the reason that the Seahawks lost the Super Bowl? Yes and no. But that's rare in a game. With the Broncos though, the stood fumble and more importantly, the fourth and one, have been the most talked about specifically the decision to go for it on fourth and one. So give me your initial thoughts or your thoughts.
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Brandon Krisztal
Because I haven't talked to you since last Friday on the Broncos disappointing loss in a game that was there for the taking.
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Chris Harris Jr
You know, when you lose those type games, they stay with you for a long time. Especially, when you lose, you got the game in control. You're dominating the first half, you know, playing solid football. But, you know, you just we didn't take the, points when we needed to. That turns to a turnover.
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Chris Harris Jr
You know, not being able to execute, to the a half situations, just, you know, being able to, you know, not be able to run the football. That and, the way that you need to be able to run and in the playoffs, there's a lot of things just mounted up. And but the Broncos had a good season.
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Chris Harris Jr
Nobody expected those guys to go this far as, you know, with the dead cap and everything. So they exceeded our expectations. And next year, you know, they got a lot of money to play with. And, you expect them to be right back into contention?
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. And I guess I made a statement without asking a question. But let's talk about the decision on fourth and one, because Tyler, Columbus and I were, I think are in the minority as far as not not hating the aggressiveness. Both hated the play call and Sean Payton said as much. He hated the play call two. We're gonna hear from Sean in a second.
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Brandon Krisztal
But where where'd you come down at that point? Broncos defense was playing really well. You'd gotten the touchdown. And at fourth and one, if you pick up the first down and potentially get those seven more points, you're up 14. Nothing. So break it all down as far as where your head's at, when they get to that point at fourth and one.
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Chris Harris Jr
Well, you know, you have a backup quarterback in his fourth and one. And, you know, the look that they gave just wasn't a good look. You know, I would have seen it. And once we got to see it, I would have call a timeout, regrouped on it, and then probably came out there and kicked the field goal.
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Chris Harris Jr
The look just wasn't good. They had a six, man front. The line was loaded up front, so it's going to be hard to run the ball. They understand. Everybody knows that Sean Payton's, signature play is a boot to the right. Or some type of play action to the right. They hit the guy in the flat. They've done it all year.
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Chris Harris Jr
So, you know, of course, the Patriots, Mike Vrabel is going to be ready for it. They had a great plan. But, you know, the look just didn't they didn't get the right type of defense that to be able to go for fourth and one. Not what the play call they had. And you know, I would have regrouped call it a timeout.
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Chris Harris Jr
Let's get them points. Because, you know in playoff games ten points is a lot. You know, as a defense, we're we're good with that in the way that they were playing at that time. You know I would try to make the Patriots score ten points.
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Brandon Krisztal
And so even if you you don't get that and you don't have the Stidham fumble, you might win that game 7 to 3 7 to 6. Well here before because we we get to the film room here in just a minute. Let's look at the play though. And and kind of point out to us where you talked about the front and then what the Patriots.
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Chris Harris Jr
All the guys they got up front, all the big boys up front. So.
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Brandon Krisztal
So they're still there ready to play a dive at least with no fullback there. Ready to play a dive.
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Chris Harris Jr
Right. But they have a guy at corner sitting in the flat. So it's like a bare slash cover two. Yeah. Does that make sense guys? You see two guys playing the flat? Yeah. One guy playing the middle. So it's like a x. Yeah, right. Two guys safeties, one guy in the middle, two corners in the flat.
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Chris Harris Jr
Which is a great concept if you know that a team does boots and roll out all game and you know Sean Payton, what they do, they scored on a on a boot, for a touchdown earlier. They're ready for you see the corner. He bounces out. All the D line is going straight there. Then the play fake didn't even matter now.
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Chris Harris Jr
Now you see what happens. You get a, a preview. So, well, I would have like us to, call a timeout right there. The look wasn't good. Let's regroup and let's get them points.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, well. And why talk about the aggressiveness of the play. Obviously see that penetration from their D line. But you just picked up short yardage a first down with Adam Prentice I'm gonna say and hand it to Adam Prentice I'm saying have him in there. Even go Trautman touch push and run that play like you have a couple times.
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Brandon Krisztal
I'm okay with that. But you want to deflate another team or demoralize them and pick up that extra yard. And you still would only been on the 16. You might have been kicking a field goal anyway, and that's maybe another way to look at it, too. All right. Well, here, let's hear Sean Payton. This is Tuesday when he met the media, two days after that play call.
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Brandon Krisztal
And and it's gonna be a long offseason for Sean Payton. I think when he looks back to the opportunity that was squandered.
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Speaker 3
Specifically to the fourth down call. I don't know which is the the the greater regret, the decision, certainly the play call. You know, back in the good old days, you still get a measurement. All right. And there was something about a measurement that did two things. I knew he was short. And when you look at the film, he was actually a little shorter than the mark did.
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Speaker 3
But it also buys you time to think, to do the call you want. So we, we used the timeout and,
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Speaker 3
I think probably would, would, irks me more. Is the call more than the decision? It's it's it's still early in the game now, you know, and we knew there was going to be flurries as well. We knew feel for flurries here. You know what can change in the basin of a mountain. But that yeah, there are those moments where.
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Unknown
You know that you,
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Speaker 3
You wish you had back.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. He's going to live with that all season. You know, and that decision, you know, because that's usually how it goes. You always leave with that bad taste in your mouth and that, that players stick with you all year, especially as a coach. And when, when he says that it wasn't the play or the play call, of course, the play call was terrible.
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Chris Harris Jr
You know, it was it was everybody knew it. Like, if you play in a in the NFL, you know, you're you're high alert to that. And just seeing Sean Payton just knowing that he, he made a critical mistake very early in the game. There was nothing threatening you to go for it right there. And there was nothing to threaten you to even think that the Patriots had a high powered offense, that we have to match them scoring every time.
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Chris Harris Jr
Right. It's not like you're playing a prime, Andy Reid or Mahomes or, you know, so, just misjudged the whole way around. And, when you make mistakes like that, you know, you give me 10 or 7.
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Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. You know, I didn't grow up here. Just like you didn't grow up here. You love the Broncos more than I do. My whole family are Broncos fans. Certainly my kids are. And it's good for us. When the Broncos win, I want to see the Broncos win. That loss aggravated me more than maybe any other Broncos loss. Because even though I knew that next week in San Fran was going to be a very busy week, which it will be for us anyway, the Broncos should be there.
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Brandon Krisztal
Like the Broncos have a really, really good roster and a good team. And yes, they were dealt a tough hand with the bonus injury, which we'll get to in a second, but it's stuck with me for a few days more. The only other one that comes close is when the nuggets lost to the Timberwolves in Game seven, because had all these plans in Dallas that weekend.
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Brandon Krisztal
And then as I've talked about, maybe not here, but my wife and I got in a huge fight on Labor Day weekend and I was like, I'm not even sure Memorial Day am I going to be supposed to be here? The nuggets were up 20 in game seven. And and that's kind of how it's going to feel. I mean, it'll still be a fun week.
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Brandon Krisztal
There's six Broncos in the Pro Bowl. A bunch of us from Greeley will be out there, and it's gonna be a lot of fun. But it would have been fun to get you out there and be getting ready to try to maybe steal Super Bowl 60. Or they definitely would have been underdogs, but would have had, you know, huge momentum.
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Brandon Krisztal
I mean, you've seen the Broncos lose more times and they they've won. I mean, since your Broncos association and battleship has has come into focus since 2011. But is this loss high on the list with you say for Super Bowl you didn't play in and what 2014 Foxy's last game.
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Chris Harris Jr
I'll put this one. It's probably top five.
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Brandon Krisztal
I guess the Ravens in 2012.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Nothing ever topped that one. That's always will be number one. For me because, I mean, I had like five people in that game. So that was a huge game for me. Second year in the league and ball in burst and Bolton. And then we just lose and nobody knows what happens.
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Chris Harris Jr
You know, so that game hurt. This game definitely was up there because it was you know, we were I think they're better than the Patriots. But at the end of the day, having to understand that Bo Nix is out, you know, it kind of hurt after, the bills game. So, you know, I think everybody was already hurting prematurely.
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Chris Harris Jr
So it's a little different situation just because you don't have the quarterback. So, I think guys will be able to, you know, get over this fast and bounce back pretty early. How long is it about what an ankle injury does he have? Like how long is the injury.
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Brandon Krisztal
So that's been kind of the the on top of Sean Payton having to deal with this. And we're going to get to the moves he's made as a staff. He meets the media and says Bo was predisposed to that injury. Then Greg Petter meets the media on Wednesday. So it was Tuesday. Greg meets the media Wednesday and says yeah, that he kind of tries to backpedal it a little but doesn't doesn't get too in the weeds on it to saying I'm not exactly sure what all was going on.
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Brandon Krisztal
Both ankle is going to be really good. And you know, we've already seen him and we feel good about it. Then Bo has a conference call. So not a zoom not a zoom press conference. Not a call us all to the building, but a this appears to be called by Bo that he wanted to kind of set the record straight.
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Brandon Krisztal
And he told us a couple things. He told us that it was a simple break, a simple procedure, and he'll be back training in 4 to 6 weeks, which was going to be his normal timeline. Now I know exactly what that looks like. If he starts to miss the start of OTAs and we hear that he's not on the field, then we'll know that 4 or 6 weeks before he started doing some activity.
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Brandon Krisztal
Or maybe it was really that simple, and then they said it. Or put a pin in or whatever, but instead of 3 or 4 months or 4 to 6 months, he's saying 4 to 6 weeks. But then he also took issue. And I'm sure you saw this with Sean Payton saying that he then he said that, you know, you think about the shock of the moment after the bills game.
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Brandon Krisztal
But Sean says, you know, he's had this a couple times in high school and college. And Bo's like, yeah, I wish you wouldn't talk about wouldn't have said that. He's like, we're talking about my surgeries. In fact, you didn't even know how many surgeries I've had. And I push back a little. It's the Broncos job to know his medical history, right, coming out the draft.
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Brandon Krisztal
But nonetheless, I understand him not wanting it out on the street like that. Where do you come down on what Sean said, Greg trying to kind of backpedal it and Bo trying to set the record straight.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, they're they're a little confused on that. Did he break it before? Was it already fractured? Was has he been playing on a hurt ankle. You know they're not being very specific on that. Bo situation is hey, they're going to be able they're going to know everything about you. Right. Welcome to be the quarterback in the NFL.
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Chris Harris Jr
Their track record, your injury record is they got a full desk, you know. Right. The Greek is they have the full papers of everything, you know, so they know everything about you, Bo. They know all your surgeries. You know, they might have made a mistake in how they communicated it. You know, I don't know what Sean Payton is doing on that part, but all he had to say was, hey, you had, he had an injury.
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Chris Harris Jr
He had surgery. He's been clean. He's good. He's honest. He's on track to being ready in 4 to 6 weeks, so. But he must have a hairline fracture or some, like a small, small fracture in there. Because 4 to 6 weeks. That's pretty fast. Right. So yeah. So, just seeing him come back, you know, he'll be back soon.
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Chris Harris Jr
So is must the injury must not be as major as, we everybody expected. But, you know, shot son has to be, you know, that's your quarterback. So you don't want to speak too much auto and with injuries. Take that bill Belichick approach. That's what I would do. You know as being a coach. You know I would always try to do it in the best way.
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Chris Harris Jr
He did it because I feel like nobody ever had a jump on him. You know, he was always secretive. We used to look at the the injury report, on Fridays and stuff. Like, what is Billy hiding over here? You know, and, you know, so, you know, even though it's the end of the season, just always be sure to sweep with the injuries.
00:14:41:28 - 00:15:02:05
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah. And Sean usually is. That's why it made it more interesting. I think, because they know Bo's kind of the face of the franchise. They want to let you, like Sean, want to let you know that it's going to be okay. But he obviously has gone about it in a way that I don't think is quarterback like. So speaking to Sean and talking about just having maybe a rough week, he then on Tuesday after the press conference where he talks, George Payton talks.
00:15:02:12 - 00:15:22:16
Brandon Krisztal
We get word that Joe Lombardi, who's worked with him for 15 years, is out as his own. See, as well as Carey Colbert, the wide receiver coach, and Addison Lynch, the second DBS coach, the assistant DBS coach to Jim. Jim leaders being looked at for all these jobs. And Addison Lynch is getting fired. Feels like that's a pretty big break.
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Brandon Krisztal
And then on top of that, we now find out Pete Carmichael is going to join Joe Brady. But Davis Webb has taken his name out of the Raiders consideration. I won't be surprised. And this is what everyone is expecting will happen. And I don't know if it was Sean's idea, but but Davis is going to call plays here.
00:15:39:23 - 00:15:55:27
Brandon Krisztal
If he ends up being hired as the OC, which we expect will happen. They're gonna interview where they've talked with Ronald Curry. They have to obviously go through the process and talk to a number of candidates. But what do you think about Sean and Joe Lombardi's quote to the Denver Gazette was, well, Sean was in one of those moods.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Because, you know, Lombardi is one of his guys. Pete, you know, that's one of his guys. Addison, I think he was assistant coach me with the Saints. So Addison is a Saint guy. Who else did you say got let go?
00:16:11:07 - 00:16:28:20
Brandon Krisztal
Was it over because of the drops? And Sean said, I've always been taught that if you catch the, ball with your thumbs together, unless it's below your waist, and I can distinctly remember 1 or 2 times Troy Franklin and Evan Ingram. And I think that coach like this, but trying to catch an out route like that. And I was like, you know, your hands turn right.
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Brandon Krisztal
That's why I don't like it. You know, like it's seven.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Those. So those are pretty good big moves for Sean Payton. You know those are his buddies. So when you fire your buddies, you know, that can get a kind of little shaky right there. I see it as, Davis where he he's getting a lot of attention, a lot of head coaching interviews. You.
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Chris Harris Jr
So Sean Payton's getting ahead of it and trying to raise mood. This guy up the totem pole, right? That's what that looks like. He's trying to save him from being stolen and probably keep him as. Okay. Now start playing again. Giving up those he plays. No, I don't see that happening. This guy, that's something that Sean Payton loves to do.
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Chris Harris Jr
He has to get really, really bad for him to give up the play calls. Addison. You know, Addison, I thought he was a solid coach. Solid DB coach. You know, when he was, with the Saints. Should I better than him, though? You know, you you.
00:17:30:01 - 00:17:31:04
Brandon Krisztal
Dude, you got me. Do you?
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Chris Harris Jr
I mean, it's, But, Addison, I don't want.
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Brandon Krisztal
To. Do you think Vance wants to bring in to be a secondary coach?
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Chris Harris Jr
I mean, you know, you know, I think he definitely. You know, Jim Leonard definitely leaves. I mean, it wouldn't be the bad option for sure, but, Or maybe Jimmy takes me with him. You know, you never know, but I, you know.
00:17:48:03 - 00:17:51:01
Brandon Krisztal
Move to Buffalo. Or would you maybe at least consider Baltimore?
00:17:51:03 - 00:17:56:02
Chris Harris Jr
I could do Buffalo for, like, a year, too. Okay. I got Josh Allen so I could.
00:17:56:02 - 00:18:14:03
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, I hear you get a hold of Jim, and I guess maybe reach out to Vance is. Don't look like Vance is going to be getting either the couple remaining jobs in Vegas or Arizona. I honestly think and, you know, because we heard Joe Brady in Rapaport reported that Joe Brady had been offered to come here and potentially call plays.
00:18:14:05 - 00:18:29:24
Brandon Krisztal
I don't know if Sean's doing it totally willingly, but this is why you have a boss. And if Greg Pena was like, look, if this kid is this out of a candidate, we shouldn't lose him to the Raiders. I'm not saying the Raiders may not trend up, but they haven't been for a while. And it's going to it's going to kill us if he becomes the next Sean McVay.
00:18:29:26 - 00:18:46:00
Brandon Krisztal
And and so I wonder if Sean in an effort to save himself is like okay you know we're going to let Davis call plays. And I'm going to turn into Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick and really manage everything, even though his identity is tied to call and plays that it's, it's self-preservation to some degree. It's going to be fascinating to see.
00:18:46:02 - 00:18:56:18
Brandon Krisztal
Let's been a minute or two and hop inside Chris Harris Junior's film and look back at a couple plays from the AFC Championship Game.
00:18:56:21 - 00:19:07:21
Brandon Krisztal
All right. We obviously cover the fourth and one play, but we'll look at a couple things that stood out and the one that you tweeted about the most I'm guessing you start with the oh Jay Mack. That's how you play a screen,
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Chris Harris Jr
Perfect. If you go inside, you gotta make it. And I thought he played great. He had a great season. Improve this year from last year. Heard the talking, and that guy earned his money, man. So hopefully he gets a nice little pay raise. So for sure.
00:19:25:14 - 00:19:28:12
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, I mean, that is textbook. And and they obviously swarm to it. All right.
00:19:28:12 - 00:19:30:17
Chris Harris Jr
As I was saying is wrap them legs, man.
00:19:30:18 - 00:19:34:26
Brandon Krisztal
Right. Yeah. Right. This is the one I know bothers you.
00:19:34:28 - 00:19:53:25
Chris Harris Jr
This one should be interception pick six. Walking into this does hit the ball. No because you see him go inside and push it. He doesn't have to do that. All he has to do is go straight back. If he goes straight back, he doesn't have to touch anybody. It's a pick six. All right. Watch him go inside with the tight end.
00:19:54:01 - 00:19:56:13
Brandon Krisztal
He doesn't let me know. Get all those linebackers there. Yeah.
00:19:56:13 - 00:20:16:28
Chris Harris Jr
Just go straight back. He's not going to see you. You got an interception. Go straight back. That going in right inside. He still should've intercepted the ball right. Come forward now. He should have been coming forward now breaking. But see he's not looking. He looked at the quarterback is slightly too late. And that caused him to you know get the PBA.
00:20:17:02 - 00:20:23:24
Chris Harris Jr
But he still hit his hands man I'm not trying to hear that. This guy should have had at least 15 picks this year.
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Brandon Krisztal
The criticism or the same.
00:20:26:07 - 00:20:27:08
Chris Harris Jr
He's a great player.
00:20:27:10 - 00:20:50:00
Brandon Krisztal
Defensive player, especially defensive backs dropping passes like well, that's why they play defense. Never ever been a player in the NFL that was more perfect for defense, for the hitting and the tackling and not the catching of the football. It appears then Talanoa Varga, because he is a tone setter and he's a second team All-Pro and he had about what do you say about ten, 15 picks that were just left out there?
00:20:50:02 - 00:20:54:27
Brandon Krisztal
He's not even looking for the ball some of the time. Like he is just looking to hit people or ball hits and you're like, oh, that could have been a pick.
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Chris Harris Jr
But bro. And the thing is, with the 40 niners, he used to get picks. You know I never thought he had bad hands with the 40 niners.
00:21:03:15 - 00:21:05:18
Brandon Krisztal
How about the technique here from to.
00:21:05:21 - 00:21:16:17
Chris Harris Jr
Oh that was great. Being able to if we could go back and start from up front, you know, being able to get on the line, press the guy, run, step or step with this guy, he'll be.
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Brandon Krisztal
One kind of hitting his arm. Does he pick it off? Maybe. Look at. But he kind of hit his left arm.
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Chris Harris Jr
Let me see.
00:21:23:26 - 00:21:26:16
Brandon Krisztal
Or he's kind of pulling on him. And then right there, I don't.
00:21:26:16 - 00:21:30:09
Chris Harris Jr
Know. Nah, that's a tough pick right there.
00:21:30:11 - 00:21:31:10
Brandon Krisztal
Odell Beckham it.
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Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. Right there. You just got to knock it down. It's tough.
00:21:34:06 - 00:21:35:14
Brandon Krisztal
You don't want to take any chances.
00:21:35:16 - 00:21:52:20
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah. If it's a jump ball type fade, then maybe Pat can go pick that off. But that's the kind of a leading fade. That's what I would call it, a leading fade. I gotta run and kind of try to dive and extend and go get it. But a jump ball thing, you know, you can kind of come back and go up and use your vert.
00:21:52:23 - 00:22:11:07
Chris Harris Jr
But, that was great job squeezing him to the sideline, playing the ball with, with his front hand. Reason why we say play the ball with your right hand. Your inside hand right there is because if he does miss it, he can be able to try to make the tackle on it. So Pat does perfect technique is a technician.
00:22:11:07 - 00:22:21:17
Chris Harris Jr
And, you knew that they were going to try him. You know, he's going to be a zero. He's going to be a man a lot of times in this game. And, you know, he did his, he was great in the run defense, too.
00:22:21:19 - 00:22:32:27
Brandon Krisztal
Yeah, yeah. And you saw him even a little, like, maybe shaken up a little because he's having to stick his head in there on Stevenson a bunch. But he finished the game and certainly would have been great to see him play in his first Super Bowl.
00:22:32:29 - 00:22:52:19
Chris Harris Jr
With Pat. Pat, he's going to have to revamp his tackle a little bit because he keeps getting a lot of those stingers. Yeah, and not just from tackling form. So if he just learns how to, you know, tackle or not, take the punishment right, that he should be able to stay, healthy. So thank you, Mike Childers.
00:22:52:19 - 00:22:55:23
Chris Harris Jr
All day running and running with his 65 yards.
00:22:55:23 - 00:23:00:09
Brandon Krisztal
It's like people said, he had more opportunities to run the ball than he even took 60.
00:23:00:09 - 00:23:10:02
Chris Harris Jr
That's 65 yards are huge. Yeah. Think about in this game yardage. Is that a premium points that a premium. This guy scrambled for key first downs.
00:23:10:05 - 00:23:25:06
Brandon Krisztal
He's got a slide in the last one. That's where Hufanga I think hurt his shoulder. They're not worry about it. Vrabel said his left shoulder hurts. And then this he said he called himself was not the play call. Play was supposed to go to Stevenson and he keeps it himself and beats. Beats. Jonah Alice to the edge.
00:23:25:08 - 00:23:36:02
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, that's a clutch play. And, you know, where is 15? It you know, it's crucial for first that or fourth down or, third down and fourth quarter. Yeah.
00:23:36:02 - 00:23:36:26
Brandon Krisztal
Third down the right.
00:23:36:26 - 00:23:52:02
Chris Harris Jr
Why is it, prime player you know, I, I mean, players not on the field. Yeah. I could have definitely chased him down. Yeah. You know, and got beat. I don't know if he would, Well, yeah, I think he would have chased him down. They would have to punt the ball.
00:23:52:05 - 00:24:01:05
Brandon Krisztal
So. Not that you were overly enthused about what the Broncos would do with no timeouts and having to go 70 yards or 50 to get in a field goal.
00:24:01:07 - 00:24:15:26
Chris Harris Jr
So you got another chance if that. Maybe third time's a charm and maybe they, you know, let's be able to knock it down. But you gotta have you know, there's no way you know your high priced players not in on crucial downs like that.
00:24:15:28 - 00:24:33:05
Brandon Krisztal
So yeah I feel like a miss. Although I think Bonita was a little shaken up. In the game at that point in time on the sideline. I don't know if you ever went in the blue tent. All right, well, that'll do it for our final trip inside the film rooms that relates to the Broncos games. Now that we won't get back into it throughout the offseason.
00:24:33:05 - 00:24:44:06
Brandon Krisztal
But, ultimately the Patriots go ahead there. So final playoff trip and Broncos trip of the season into the into the film room.
00:24:44:08 - 00:25:03:27
Brandon Krisztal
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00:25:04:04 - 00:25:20:10
Brandon Krisztal
Maybe you need a new couch for Super Bowl Sunday. So come by and check out Furniture Row. All right, Chris, let me get a final thought from you. I'll obviously join you next week. I'll be in San Fran for Super Bowl 60. And, we'll see if we can find some of your old friends to stop by and talk with us.
00:25:20:12 - 00:25:27:19
Brandon Krisztal
During the show. But initial thought is, Seahawks are holding between four and a half, five and a half point favorites.
00:25:27:21 - 00:25:47:08
Chris Harris Jr
Yeah, it's going to be tough to beat Seattle. They're loaded. And Darnold is playing great right now. Jason has been unguardable Cooper Kupp is staying hot. And that defense. You know when you look at the corners the safeties linebackers D-line all the way around they have it. So the Patriots go out to bring their A-game.
00:25:47:11 - 00:25:54:04
Chris Harris Jr
Patriots do have a great defense. But I don't think they have enough offense to be able to, you know, threaten the Seattle Seahawks.
00:25:54:07 - 00:26:10:02
Brandon Krisztal
All right. I'm right there with you. I like them to cover big, when I think it's 12 and two teams are 12 and two against the spread, like the Patriots in a four and a half points or more. I think this will be the third time a team covers the spread. I think I'm going to go on the small side of it.
00:26:10:03 - 00:26:28:00
Brandon Krisztal
Maybe I'll be wrong and maybe Vrabel and Josh have something to to show us. Or maybe they make Darnold's life, a long day and Ken Walker's solo show without Charbonnet. We'll see, but we will talk about it. I'll be in the Bay area. You will still be down there in Dallas getting kids ready for the draft and ready for get back on the college field and high school fields.
00:26:28:02 - 00:31:49:26
Brandon Krisztal
So, until you join either Jim Leonard staff or come here and join BJ staff next year. Then we get the show in studio every week. All right. Heath, Chris Harris, Umbc has been Football Friday. Thanks, David, for helping us out. And we'll catch you next week from San Francisco.
00:31:49:29 - 00:32:05:26
Speaker 1
back here with your latest Bell and Pollock injury report. The only injury in Broncos country that anyone is really talking about following the AFC Championship loss is, of course, that to the ankle of Bo Nix, which we know he hurt against the bills had surgery Tuesday right after that Buffalo win.
00:32:05:26 - 00:32:28:26
Speaker 1
And then a week and a day later he chose to set the record straight about the injury itself and the timeline and timeline for recovery. And then Chris Harris junior and I broke it all down on football Fridays.
00:32:28:29 - 00:32:41:26
Speaker 2
Yeah they're they're a little confused on that. Did he break it before. Was it already fractured. Was has he been playing on a hurt ankle. You know they're not being very specific on that. Bo situation is.
00:32:41:29 - 00:32:43:19
Speaker 1
Hey they're going to be able to they're going.
00:32:43:19 - 00:33:04:14
Speaker 2
To know everything about you. Right. Welcome to be the quarterback in the NFL. Their track record, your injury record is they got a full desk, you know. Right. The Greek you still have the full papers of everything you know. So they know everything about you, Bo. They know all your surgeries. You know, they might have made a mistake in how they communicated it.
00:33:04:14 - 00:33:07:13
Speaker 2
You know, I don't know what Sean Payton is doing on that part, but.
00:33:07:15 - 00:33:08:06
Speaker 1
All he had to say.
00:33:08:06 - 00:33:09:27
Speaker 2
Was, hey, you had a he had an.
00:33:10:03 - 00:33:11:15
Speaker 1
Injury. He had surgery.
00:33:11:15 - 00:33:22:23
Speaker 2
He's been clean, he's good. He's honest. He's on track to being ready in 4 to 6 weeks. So but he must have a hairline fracture or some like a small small fracture in there because.
00:33:22:23 - 00:33:31:21
Speaker 1
4 to 6 weeks. That's pretty fast. Right. So so, just seeing him come back, you know, he'll be back. So. So is must. The injury must not.
00:33:31:21 - 00:33:37:28
Speaker 2
Be as major as, we everybody expected. But, you know,
00:33:38:01 - 00:33:46:07
Speaker 1
Sean has to be, you know, that's your quarterback, so you don't want to speak too much. Although. And with injuries. Take that Bill Belichick approach. That's what I would do.
00:33:46:09 - 00:33:47:07
Speaker 2
You know as.
00:33:47:07 - 00:33:52:15
Speaker 1
Being a coach. You know I would always try to do it in the best way. He did it.
00:33:52:15 - 00:33:54:05
Speaker 2
Because I feel like nobody.
00:33:54:05 - 00:33:56:02
Speaker 1
Ever had a jump on him.
00:33:56:04 - 00:33:56:10
Speaker 2
You.
00:33:56:10 - 00:33:58:25
Speaker 1
Know, he was always secretive. We used to look at the.
00:33:58:25 - 00:34:00:25
Speaker 2
The injury report, on.
00:34:00:25 - 00:34:01:22
Speaker 1
Fridays and stuff.
00:34:01:22 - 00:34:06:04
Speaker 2
Like, what is Bill hiding over here? You know, and, you know, so, you know.
00:34:06:05 - 00:34:08:28
Speaker 1
Even though it's the end of the season, just always be.
00:34:08:28 - 00:34:10:10
Speaker 2
Short and sweet with the injuries.
00:34:10:13 - 00:34:24:11
Speaker 1
We know Bo Nix wasn't planning to hurt his ankle. No one's ever really planning to get hurt. You don't expect an injury to happen. You certainly don't expect an accident. Whether it be at work or somewhere else or, of course, an auto accident. But if it happens and you're going to need a game plan.
00:34:24:16 - 00:34:42:05
Speaker 1
And that's where Bell and Pollock comes in, they are champions of the people for a reason. They will fight for you. They will come up with a legal game plan to help you win. So call today 303795 5900 or online again because it's what they are. Go to champions of the people.com for and Pollock and Gorilla Sports. I'm Brandon crystal.