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Is Jarrett Stidham ready? // Nick Kosmider Joins the Show - 1-25 (Hour 3)

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The show starts at its usual live sports-radio pace, with a couple of listener calls woven in. The conversation moves quickly to the Patriots-Broncos game. Randy from Taunton asks about the run game and how the carries should be split. The hosts settle on riding the hot hand, keeping Rhamondre Stevenson central, and remembering that pass blocking matters too. From there the talk shifts to Sean Payton's approach. The hosts expect Denver to want to run the ball if it can, and they do not expect Jared Stidham to be asked to drop back 50 times unless New England forces that outcome. That becomes the Patriots' route in the discussion: if they can make Stidham throw 35 to 40 passes, they likely put themselves in position to win. Scoring first gets treated as a major pivot point, with crowd noise part of that calculation, but the hosts keep coming back to the idea that the players decide the game, not the crowd. Nick Kosmider then joins to add the Broncos side. The interview centers on the shock of learning Bo Nix would be out after last week's win and the team's mood with Stidham set to start the AFC Championship game. The segment also touches the reality of playing in Denver's altitude, including the warning about lack of oxygen from the visiting tunnel. The hosts ask what is hard about playing there and what he likes about Denver as a city. The hour ends with a headlines check and a brief pivot toward the NFC Championship game.

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A loose live hour that keeps Patriots-Broncos talk grounded in the matchup.

This episode lives in the zone where Patriots talk turns into an AFC Championship argument: how New England can make Jared Stidham throw 35 to 40 passes, how much Rhamondre Stevenson should carry, and why getting points first matters so much.

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You want the Patriots-Broncos pressure points, not generic playoff chatter.

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