X-FACTOR: Denver Broncos Must UNLEASH Jaylen Waddle vs. San Francisco 49ers

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2:04You get all on today's show. Brought to you by our friends over there. Fando will make this your most rewarding season ever with Fandoor Awards Club every week. Check the Fandoor app to see what's waiting for you. Sarah, let's get into our offensive players to watch here our X Factors as we get into our final game preview here for Sunday's match up between the Broncos and the 49ers. Santa Clara, a lot of history, a lot of special places here for Denver specifically in Santa Clara at that specific stadium. But the are going to face a very tough test as we've talked about the gauntlet, the gala eighth mentality that the Broncos are seemingly going against so far to open up to season. It starts with San Francisco. But the more I watch film on the 49ers this week, I couldn't help but think to myself, this is why you went out and you got a guy like Jalen Wattow. I think at a game like this specifically, Jalen's going to be a big X Factor for Bonaix. He absolutely is Cody and we've talked about this throughout the course of the season that it's so important. The Broncos don't leave any game where Jalen Wattow isn't being targeted at least eight times. And we saw against Jacksonville just how effective this offense can be both in terms of the

3:06run and the pass. When go figure, Jalen Wattow is getting fed the ball. Yes, there's an element to this to where you can argue, well, should you really force feed anybody the football? Doesn't that telegraph what you're doing? I think in the case of Jalen Wattow Cody, it does, it's worth the Broncos at least trying, because you did trade a King's ransom of picks to get this guy. First and third round picks, that's a big deal. That shows that you believe this guy can be the missing piece to your offense, to your championship aspirations. So why not give him the rock, right? And obviously a San Francisco defense that doesn't rush the passer overly well at this point. Now, that doesn't mean they can't get to Bonaix. That doesn't mean they can't do anything. I don't want it to be taken any sort of way that we're like talking smack about the 49ers pass rush. It's just not their strength. So you exploit that strength by getting the ball into the hands of a playmaker like Jalen Wattow. I looked, I saw I was wondering about this Cody and I looked at Twitter and of course,

4:07some some great folks in Broncos country already on it. The last time the Broncos played a defense that's coordinated by Rahim Morris was in Atlanta or against Atlanta in 2024. And that was one of the best passing performances Bonaix has ever had. Now, I'm not saying it's going to be the exact same case. But what I am saying is is that you have an opportunity, I think, to affect all three levels of the field in this game and Jalen Wattow is going to be key to all of it. I think that was a four touchdown performance game there from Nick's as well. I think he finished as well 28 of 33 passing. If you want to check and confirm now, I remember that game. I think everybody does. Rahim Morris is obviously a great defensive coordinator. I think, you know, a person in a linebacker for San Francisco is probably a lot better than what the Atlanta Falcons had obviously in that specific game, though. I will say at the safety position, they did have Jesse Bates and they did have Justin Simmons, former Broncos safety on the back end there, AJ Torella corner. So once again, I think so much of that too is and I've seen that through the first three weeks of the season where San Francisco is pass rush without Bosa, right?

5:10And even with Bosa, Bosa was still trying to get his feet underneath him coming off the major injury that he had, but it just didn't have the juice that we've been accustomed to seeing from San Francisco. And once again, it's early and that could change any given day folks where we have talked about here specifically the Broncos offensive line at crucial times early on in games have given up a lot of pressure inside also on the outside and it's been a specific target amongst three different players on the O line Ben powers Luke Wattenberg and Mike McGlinchee. Those guys are going to have to obviously button things up a little bit because Garrett Bowles and Quinn miners have been very consistent and have it really allowed the pressures the way that those guys certainly have. So that's going to be a key, I think, for Bowen next thing on schedule. And that's going to also be something here for this offense, right? Like if Jay Lomato is going to be the X factor, I think he can thrive against San Francisco's own defense because they play a lot of zone. They'll play a lot of match concepts. And Bowen next set it in his press conference earlier this week until we start seeing some man looks, teams are just going to say in that too high shell and they're going to play that zone and they're going to just sit and rally and try to put us in some long field situations which makes which makes things easier to him.

6:12And he even alluded to it himself that the Broncos have to find a way to run the ball to take the pressure off of the offense. I mean, he was very candid about that. John Peyton, very candid about that as well this week. Jaylin is the key. I think that is going to open it up. And even though it's been three weeks of the season going into week four, you are still starting to see like Jaylin is still trying to get comfortable, right? Jaylin is still trying to figure everything out within his offense. We just so happen to see him explode in week two. Now, can there be a week four explosion here against San Francisco? That's going to be one of those biggest keys. If you had to pinpoint one other player on the offensive side of the ball, you feel like he's going to be an X factor in this game. Sarah, where are you leaning right now? I think RJ Harvey for me, Cody, obviously we saw him get a really nice, expanded role in week three, his return from injury as well. He was not playing against Jacksonville, but I like what RJ Harvey brings to the table in terms of his explosiveness. I just feel like man, every time you see him get a target in the passing game, doesn't it just feel like he's got some of the best and most natural hands on the team? I just he's a weapon in the passing game.

7:12He's so explosive after the catch, he's crafty in space. I think a guy like that, you can kind of hope at least to give the 49ers a little taste to their own medicine, right? With RJ Harvey being that sort of dynamic weapon out of the backfield. And that's what we know that Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers like to do with one of the best to ever do it. Christian McCaffrey, not saying RJ Harvey is Christian McCaffrey, but maybe take a couple of pages out of their book with what they do with CMC and give RJ Harvey those opportunities to be that guy because right now the Broncos are missing that from the running back position that explosive. That's really been a difficult tough sledding. So we'll talk about the run game more later. I also do want to clarify that you were dead on spot on Cody with your statistical estimation from Boa Nix's game against Atlanta back in 2024 28 of 33 passing, which is 84.8%. That was also his first career 300 yard passing game. His pasta rating for the game was 145.0, which is insane.

8:13But here's the kicker. This is and this goes contrary to what a lot of people feel about Boa Nix and speaks to this discussion about getting Jalen Waddle and his explosive abilities involved. Boa Nix's average ariards per attempt in that game was 11.7. So that was one of the highest that he had in his rookie year. Other than I think it was the last game of the season against the Kansas City Chief. So it goes contrary to what people think. Boa Nix can't throw the ball deep. Boa Nix can't push the ball down the field. That's not true. Teams take that stuff away and they try to force the Broncos to do other stuff offensively. So don't get it twisted. The Broncos can be one of the most explosive passing attacks in the NFL defenses adjust for that. And you have to make adjustments offensively to get that back into your mix. So that's one of the things that we need to see early on in this game. And why I think RJ can be critical. You get the ball to somebody like RJ Harvey quickly and start breaking off chunks in the passing game. Then now you could start pushing the ball deep down the field to guys like Jalen Waddle

9:18opens things up. It gives him opportunities one on one. It gets those safeties. That's why they have the safeties deep, right? Cody, you know this. You're back. That's why they have the safeties deep. They're saying ain't no way. Jalen Waddle is beating us 80 yards down the field in this game. That's what defenses are saying to the Broncos. You want to throw the ball to Jalen Waddle. Guess what? We're going to have two guys down there. That's exactly what happened against the Rams. Isn't it? Bow next try to throw it deep. So that's why defenses are trying to do that. They're saying no, Jalen Waddle deep down field. No. So the Broncos have to get one of those safeties up into the box. And then now you could start throwing the ball down field to Mr. number 17. Yes. And the biggest key to that is getting the run game going because if you start gassing guys in the run game, guys have to cheat up the linebacker's cheat up the safety's cheat up a little bit. And then guess what? It's the perfect utopia. That's how you attack. We have yet to see that here for this Broncos team and man, Sundays game against the 49ers would be a great place to start coming up next though. Sarah and I are going to tell you why Nick Benito and Zach Gowler are going to be the Broncos defense's biggest key this week.

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13:24Well, I mean, that's crazy for any even a three game stretch within a season for any two game stretch in a season to to not be sacked. It's impressive, but for three games to open a season when they open with the Rams. I mean, let's just let's talk about why Nick Bonito and Zach Allen need to put on their capes and and be the superheroes at this Denver Broncos defense needs to beat the 49ers and to get after Brock Purti. Well, I think it's all about starting fast, right? I mean, you want to get Brock Purti in this 49ers offense. You want to get those guys out of rhythm because if you don't and they're just constantly gashing you for four yards, five yards, and then they're going through and they're hit you with play action like that can add up, right? You got to figure out it's almost like being in the operating room. You're like, we've got to stop the bleeding. Where's the bleed coming from? Right. It's one of those situations, which I think Denver suited to do that. But here's what I wouldn't say worries me about Brock Purti, but I'm saying this is something that if you don't account for this in the scouting report, it is going to define the outcome of this game and it's going to hurt you

14:26specifically. Like obviously you have to get pressure on Brock Purti, but you have to be careful with how you rush a guy like Purti as well. I'm not saying he's got wheels like Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen, but Brock Purti can run the football. He certainly has so far this season in three games that we've seen him played. He's had an 18 yard run in week one against the Rams. He had an 18 yard run against the Miami Dolphins. And last week against Arizona, he had a 34, 35 yard scramble after the Cardinals allocated their coverage to man and nobody had their, their rush lane and no integrity there. He took it and run. And what I'm looking at here specifically is like what maybe Drake main, the Patriots looked at against Denver in the AFC championship game where Shawn Peyton even set himself like we don't account for his legs. He can hurt us and what did Drake man up doing in that game? He hurt the Broncos with his legs. Brock Purti can do the same exact thing here, but I'll say this, the 49ers. I mean, that's kind of like the last resort thing, right? It's not going to be their first option because they got guys like Kittle, use check, they've got D-bow, they've got Christian McCaffrey, they've got Mike Evans.

15:28I mean, they have playmakers galore that they focus on getting the football too primarily before it ever goes to Brock Purti using his legs. So not only is that pressure saying, hey, we want to hit and we want to get sacks on Brock Purti because we want to back the 49ers up. I think the number one key in this game is winning first down. That's going to be the most important key for the defense and for guys like Benito and Zach Allen. If you can get after Brock Purti, let's say, you know, because they like they throw primarily a lot on the first play of the game or the first, you know, first down where depends on where they're at. If you disrupt them, you get them behind the sticks, makes it a little easier for you on the defensive side. But we've talked about that with Bonix. However, the 49ers as explosive as they have been averaging 7.35 yards per play, which is the best right now in the NFL. You want to make sure that you're winning those early downs because if you don't, it goes into what Vance Joseph said in the preseason saying, you know, what if we give up, if we lose first down, teams are having second and manageable, then that makes it more difficult for guys like Nick Benito, Zach Allen to truly get after the quarterback and for that rush that we know was a strength of this Broncos team to get home.

16:31Yeah, and it's not just about getting there quickly and getting him down immediately with a guy like Brock Purti. And you mentioned his legs are a factor. And we talked about this on the crossover show yesterday. I feel like this is the best that we've seen from Brock Purti when it comes to escaping pressure and making throws on the run. He had a absolutely insane throw. I think it was against the dolphins or I can't remember if it was the dolphins or the Cardinals, but he was running towards the sideline. And he basically like jumps off of one foot and throws the ball back in bounds as he's kind of flying out of bounds and hits a receiver downfield. So like, I mean, Brock Purti is, I believe this is more of an NBA thing, Cody, but I believe what they say is that Brock Purti is in his bag when it comes to his, you know, his bag moves. He's got the bag moves out. He's playing really well when it comes to avoiding pressure, not just the offensive line, protecting him from getting sucked. He's not a statue back there. So it's going to be dependent upon the Benito's and the Allen's to

17:32get the initial pressure and to get home when they can, but also the secondary pressure. There's been no more disappointing defensive player outside of Alex Singleton this year than Jonah Ellis. I think Jonah Ellis, he was getting absolutely worked by tight ends in that game against the Rams. Cody, I hope he's a little ticked off going into this game. I hope Jonah Ellis gets on track in this game. He has no sacks this season. He has no quarterback hits this season. It's pathetic. And we talked a big game about Jonah Ellis this season. He's making us look bad. He's making me look bad. Jonah Ellis, stop making me look bad, man. Go out there and play well. You got everybody wishing that Jonathan Cooper was back in the lineup, which I get it. Like Jonathan Cooper is a good player. But what we had thought and what we were led to maybe assume is like, Hey, no problem. Jonah Ellis, he's in line for a breakout season, man. He really good this year. No, no, no, no. The first three games could not have gone worse for Jonah Ellis. And so when you get to the, I don't mean to make this about just being just,

18:36I mean, hammering Jonah Ellis, but the secondary rush is got to be there for the Broncos. Jonah Ellis, can you come get off a block and go get Brock, Pertie? Can you chase him down? Q Robinson, the linebackers, the DBs, it's going to be a lot about. Hey, if he starts escaping the pocket, don't be, don't be giving up a third in 10, a third on 11 because Brock Pertie was able to just escape the initial pressure. And now that we're setting, there's nobody around to go get it. Arguably, that's one of the things I'm probably a little more concerned about happening because I think Denver's got the guys who can cover well, right? And when you have great coverage and let's say, you know, you play man on a third down and guys don't rush up field or they keep their contain. That's exactly what can happen. That's the one thing I feel like worries me and if that happens once or twice, it's going to be hard for the Broncos. I think to get off the field in some of those situations. So I agree with you. And here's also another blow, Don Drey Tillman dealing with a hamstring injury may not play in this game. We don't know the official thing yet. The final injury report will come out here today. But then that means that if he's not able to go, okay, well now it's like Q Robinson

19:39is your main guy. And now you have to bring up Johnny Walker, Jr., or another outside linebacker, a position that we thought really going into or like man, the depth of this room was so good, like on paper, like, okay, hey, John Cooper's going to be out. No problem. You know, you got Jonah Ellis, Q Robinson, Don Drey Tillman. Well now all of a sudden that depth, we're like, ah, it's a little uncertain right now outside of Nick Benito. And I would say Q Robinson, those might be the two guys. We might even see Q Robinson eventually take over and start. And maybe Jonah can thrive back in that rotational role where he was that last year. I don't know what the solution is, but maybe something to keep an eye on here for the Broncos on Sunday against San Francisco 40 honors. They cannot let Brock Purti use his legs to keep drives alive because that could hurt you and not might be the thing that drives the nail to the Broncos if they find themselves down against San Fran. But coming up next, we're getting to our keys to Victor. We're going to tell you why this week out of every week that we've talked about. Why this week the Broncos run game is key if they want to win on Sunday. Today's episode of the show was brought to you by friends over there at the game

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22:45Make this your most rewarding season ever with FAN Do visit FAN Do calm to get started. The Broncos have to run the ball playing as simple as cliche is it may be they got to run the ball. They want to win this week on the road against the San Francisco 49ers will tell you why and will tell you the how here on today's episode of show. Thank you so much Broncos country for rocking with us making us your first listen here on the lock down podcast network your team every day also the number one sports podcast network in the country. It's because every day is like you that we have the best Broncos podcast in the entire stratosphere of whatever podcast is out there. Nobody does it like we do it. That's all thanks to all you. We appreciate just so much here. Sarah this is going to our keys to victory. You know, look, I think this is always a fun exercise right because it does involve some cliches. It does involve some things that are like, yeah, well, duh, if they don't do that, well, they're probably not going to win. But it's more so the, okay, this is the what and this is the how the Broncos must run the ball effectively this week against the San Francisco 49ers and how they do that. It's a sheer commitment to it. It might be more Alex Poucheski reporting eligible and the Broncos just pounded the ball down hill,

23:49which they did a little bit more than the second half against the Los Angeles Rams where they actually got a little bit of momentum here to me. That's going to be the key. But I also think it all starts with JK Dobbins who has not looked like the explosive version of himself that we saw last year and it almost seems like he's on a snap count at this point. Maybe he's trying to overcome something. I mean, that's not the vibe that we're getting when we see him though. And Sean Peyton even said it earlier this week, I'm looking forward to seeing him get back to who he was because that's a big reason why we resigned him. So there needs to be a sheer commitment, I think, to getting him the football and trying to get the run game going. They must do that. And I think the heavy personnel might be the way to do just that. Interesting that you bring him up, Cody, because I was going to say JK Dobbins ranks 26th in the NFL right now with 67 yards after contact. That is horrendous through through three games. I mean, and honestly, it's made even worse by the fact that Kenneth Walker is number one in the NFL in that category and the yards after contact

24:51category. Now I'm not saying that JK Dobbins has to go out there and be what Kenneth Walker has been for the chief so far. But what I am saying is that the Broncos decided to go after Dobbins instead of making a heavy all in pursuit of Kenneth Walker or even Travis H. Ann who's with the Saints. I know he wanted to play in his hometown. Baba, I know there's circumstances and those things. But ultimately, the Broncos did choose JK Dobbins over everybody else, right? So you've got to make sure that he's able to go out there and thrive. And for JK, you're right, we haven't seen that explosiveness from him. He's averaging 3.5 yards per carry this season. Remember, at the time of his injury last year, he was averaging five yards of carry. He was also tied for, I think, fourth in terms of explosive runs of 10 plus yards, among all running backs in the NFL. He was top five in total rushing yards. He was top five in rushing yards per game. Everything about JK Dobbins in the first 10 games of last season has that script has flipped

25:52here at the beginning of 2026. And you're right. I don't know what it is. Is it, is it the fact that he's dealing with something? Is it just that he's kind of got in his head about potentially getting something? Is he like afraid to get injured? I don't know what it is, but I don't like it. And I want to see him start running with confidence again. When he was breaking tackles last year, when he was creating yards after contact, that was when the Broncos offense was able to thrive in those early season games. And we've referenced this game many times. This has kind of been our true North star as we've been waiting for the offense to break out. Is that Dallas Cowboys game, right? Well, what was happening in that game? I mean, they were running all over the Cowboys. I know that was the worst defense in the league last year, arguably, but they were running all over those guys and they were committed to doing so. So I want to see JK become that explosive threat once again, you can't be 26th in yards after contact when really yards after contact is exactly what makes your game so special. So he's got to get back to being JK Dobbins this week. And the Broncos got to figure out

26:54the rotation at running back, right? And I know JK is still on the injury report. He's been a full participant all week in practice. He has the hip designation at this point. But the thing that stands out to me is that the rotation at running back isn't quite clear, right? Because you're rotating guys every play you and I've talked about it this week hard to get guys going. We know there's been some inconsistencies in the offensive line in terms of how they're blocking certain things, certainly how they're protecting. But I also think the Broncos have some tendencies, especially some concerning ones that when I look at it and this was pointed out by Ryan Paganetti. I hope I pronounced his name the right way, but great follow on social media. He's a former director of analytics for the Eagles Jaguars and the Brakos. He's a great writer. He's very, very smart. Pots some really interesting nuggets out there. But there's a tendency here for the Broncos. I think makes it easier for the defense that when Debra is on offense, it's just they're going backwards and it's because of this after a first and 10 run gains three yards or fewer. How often does each offense pass on second down? Well, through three weeks of play here, the Broncos, they pass 100% of the time after a first and 10 run gets

27:59fewer. They're throwing the football and second down, which allows the defense say we know they're throwing, we're playing the sticks and that makes their second down and third down. I'd say menu that they have. Crank a little bit. So that's a tendency they're going to have to break. But the number one thing about that is run the ball. I mean last week, the very first play that Debra had the ball offensively, they come out and they try to run it with JK and a corner blitz tackles JK for a two yard loss behind the line of scrimmage. And thankfully, RJ Harvey picked up six on the next play to at least make it third and six. So Denver is not playing on schedule specifically early on in the run game. And I think teams are saying, Hey, if we stop the run here on first down, it's going to play right into our hands. That's going to be a key here. But this is a 49ers defense that has given up some big plays. They have given up the chunk plays in zone. They have given up some big runs here or there. This is going to be the formula here for the Broncos to stay alive in this game here specifically. I think it all starts and it ends with the run game. And what's interesting enough to me is Sean Payton this week even talked about he said, if you look at our numbers last year in the first half, we ran the ball very little compared to how often we threw it.

29:03And he even pinpointed that. But it's like Sean, you were the play call her last year. So what is it? Like what's the, is it just tunnel vision at this point? JK is going to be a big part of it. But sir, I think if JK is going to get back to who he is, they got to feed him. They got to just for a series, give him the first five or six offensive plays. And then you could bring in RJ Harvey, then you could bring in Tyler Bade, but the whole JK is getting a carry on first down. Okay, he's coming off the field here comes RJ on second down. Okay, now we got third down. RJ's coming off here comes Tyler, but I mean, it is, to me, it's maddening like in I understand it's early on in the season, but this in my opinion makes it so easy for defenses to predict exactly what you're going to do offensively. And that makes it harder for bone X. The Broncos have not played complimentary football around bone X on a consistent basis. And that has to change, especially as you play this 49ers team here this week, it's a challenge here. I'm excited for I think the Broncos going to respond. I have a feeling like I just there are a lot of people picking Denver to win this game. I have a feeling that Denver is going to win this game. I don't know why I hate generally I don't like predicting

30:06games, but I have a feeling that Denver is going to come out and they're going to put together a really good performance here on the road. And if they can beat the 49ers, Sarah, that's a huge statement. Yeah, 100%. And obviously, look, the 49ers are a great team. So just like when we were going into that Jacksonville game and it felt like we had no reason to believe that the Broncos would win based on what we saw against Kansas City. It's kind of just like, you know, what goes up must come down or what, you know, the opposite, the inverse of that, right? And it's like, hey, the Broncos, they have not been able to get anything going offensively at some point. They're going to get something going offensively. Like they're not going to struggle every single game all year. They're going to have good games. And so why not now? Like just because it's the 49ers, just because they're on the road, they don't care. They're they're 10 and one against NFC teams. So there's no diminishing the 49ers here. The 49ers are simply the opponent that is on the schedule this week. And what we're talking about is the Broncos like finding a way to get right that they shouldn't

31:07beat the Jaguars based on the way they played against the Chiefs. They shouldn't have beat the Rams based on the way they played even against the Jaguars. So what we're seeing now is that they've got to find a way against a really good opponent. And that's difficult to believe can happen. But guess what? It can happen, right? Remember last year, the Cowboys, the best offense in the league, Broncos are going to struggle to outscore them. Well, how'd that end up? How did that go? So you got to kind of use the past as a predictor for the future in some instances as well. That doesn't mean Broncos can't lose this game. They may. We don't know. That's the that's the NFL. But I think I'm with you, Cody, just a gut feeling. If nothing else, that the offense is going to at some point figure it out and just maybe the answer is like, why not now? Yeah. Why not now here, Broncos country. Big game here on Sunday. Sarah and I will have you covered the post game show. You get the squad show as well. And in the meantime, Broncos country, check out the brand new lockdown Broncos hit page as well. You got short content posted by Cameron Parker. It's launching a little bit this week. So make sure you check that out wherever

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