Building Sean Payton’s to-do list for the rest of the Denver Broncos’ offseason

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:01)
This is the DNVR Broncos Podcast from the Xfinity Studio. And today we don't have Zac.
We don't have Ryan, because he decided to just take off for Seattle.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:13)
Yep.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:13)
Which, Seattle's a great place.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:15)
Never been.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:16)
Neither had he. And that's the same thing. Yeah, no, it just is a great place. It's those West Coast cities that can be like kind of cool. It's like, imagine if San Francisco was just like better.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:26)
I haven't been to San Francisco.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:27)
Oh yeah.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:28)
I mean, consider yourself lucky, bud.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:30)
Well, I've heard the stories, but the Pacific Northwest is an area I haven't yet to really venture up to. I got some friends who live out there, but oh, I've seen it. I've I mean, just from pictures and stuff. And it looks amazing.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:44)
One day, Hank, I like the seafood, too. I'm a big fan. I like the fish and that's the best part to me.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:48)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:49)
Big fish guy.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:49)
Big fish guy. Love the fish.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:52)
Shellfish.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:53)
Shellfish are my favorite.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:54)
Yes.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:54)
Hell yeah.

**Jake Schwanitz** (0:54)
Yeah. I don't I do get like I don't do the octopus or like the.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:00)
Oh, I actually like.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:01)
Yeah, I like them too much as creatures to eat them.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:05)
Yeah, it's like fair enough.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:06)
One of those just the same way a lot of people wouldn't eat a horse because they're like, oh, it's so nice. Like, how could I eat this nice guy?

**Henry Chisholm** (1:15)
Yeah.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:15)
And that's kind of the octopus feeling for me.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:18)
You know, I think it was Anthony Bourdain who said the same thing.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:21)
Oh, that he knows his stuff.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:23)
Yeah, he does know his stuff. But he apparently didn't eat octopus because of his, like you, admiration for the actual creature.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:31)
Yeah. He must have watched Finding Dory like me. You know, it's just how smart they are. You can't keep that guy in that little jar.
Yeah. OK, football, though. Ryan is at the soccer game, though, and that's that was a long way to introduce that this is Jake.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:47)
Hello.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:47)
Forgot that that was the point of the whole thing. But yeah, we we are having a Friday show, which means we get to just have a little bit of fun. But we're going to start with some more serious football talk, sort of, with the Sean Payton to do list for the rest of the offseason. What to get done? I'll throw it out there. I'll throw it out there just to get started.
Easy number one, figure out what's up with Jonathan Cooper.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:15)
Of course.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:16)
I think that's the.
That's what this whole thing is about at this point. Because I'm almost the point where I say like, go find an edge might be on the to do list. Which is crazy because a month ago, I was the guy saying, of course you don't do that. Of course you don't get Cam Jordan. Of course you don't get Von Miller. It makes no sense. But all of a sudden, you're down a starting edge and you realize you could go that route. You could also say Q Robinson looks good. Jonah Ellis looks good. Drew Sanders still exists as much as people try to write him off.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:47)
How's he looking?

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:50)
He was out there, which is one of those things that like like you're not inspiring confidence. To me, though, like when you the first thought that came to my mind was like the 41 just like flashing, like running, chasing down a play the other way. I don't even remember him like being the guy who made the play, but just seeing him out there and being like big fast sure is nice to see. But yeah, I mean, I'm not ready to write him off quite yet.
So yeah, that's the starting point is I guess first, you have to figure out what's up with Jonathan Cooper, but then potentially add another guy to that room. I just don't know what you need there at this point.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:27)
Well, your options, I think dwindled a little bit too recently, right? With Cam Jordan returning to the Saints. So yeah, look, I think everyone, the vibes would be incredible if Vaughn rejoined the team, but I think like, I mean, I don't know if you're going through this with Cooper, like is Vaughn really the best guy to add to the team at this point in time? So we'll see. I mean, yeah, this is why we talk during the draft about like looking at these edge rushers, right? And when they were kind of trading back and just figuring out what they wanted to do exactly, and do you stay pat for one of those edge rushers? They decide not to obviously, and now you're in this situation, but I don't know. The Q Robinson breakout or potential breakout is at least intriguing, and it gives you hope and some sense of security, but this is what he should be doing, right? Like a second-year player, I kind of expect a little bit of a jump from him.