Red Murdock or Taurean York? Projecting the Denver Broncos’ 53-man roster

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (0:00)
DNVR Broncos Podcast coming to you from the Xfinity Studio here at DNVR HQ. We got Zac Stevens coming in from Broncos HQ in just a second. Of course, I'm joined today next to me by Henry Chisholm. We got Yaya on the ones and twos, and we have a very, very exciting show today.
Henry, I love when Henry makes lists and I get to say what's wrong with them.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:27)
I know, people really like them.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (0:28)
And so Henry has made his 53-man roster. You can also find it on the website.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:34)
Not yet.

**Zac Stevens** (0:34)
We're going to post it after.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (0:35)
We'll post it right after the show.
And I'm going to just, and you, us together, me, you, and you, the chat, are going to tell Henry where he's wrong. Right. And then we can have our own. And that sounds fun.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:50)
It's going to be a long list.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (0:51)
But first, we did have a Broncos practice today.

**Henry Chisholm** (0:54)
Yes.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (0:55)
And therefore, we have Zac Stevens coming to you from Broncos practice. Did I say Buffs?

**Henry Chisholm** (1:01)
I don't, Zac, did you hear him say Buffs at any point?

**Zac Stevens** (1:04)
To start the show, you said DNVR Buffs Live.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:08)
Did I really?

**Henry Chisholm** (1:09)
Ryan. Oh.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:12)
You know-

**Zac Stevens** (1:12)
I wouldn't be much help for that show. I'd love to be on, but I wouldn't be able to tell you much.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:16)
I could have sworn I said Broncos, but if you say I said that, then I can't-

**SPEAKER_5** (1:23)
I can't dispute it. I think I was looking at the- It is. It is on tape.

**Zac Stevens** (1:26)
We can review the tape.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:27)
The tape, I'm sure, will show that I was wrong as Big Buffalo, which is interesting, said in the comments.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:32)
What are the chances? Maybe it's Big Buffalo.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:37)
It's funny because I haven't complained about this really once.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:40)
Yeah.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:40)
That I have to do these shows back to back every day with literally zero seconds in between.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:44)
Literally zero.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:45)
But I did decide today was the day that I finally complained about it.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:49)
Yeah.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:49)
And it's-

**SPEAKER_4** (1:50)
It's- It's kicking in.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:51)
It's overtaking me. You've fallen to the-

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (1:53)
I have fallen.
I have fallen. So anyways, welcome into the DNVR Buffs Podcast, Zac. Can't wait to hear your takes on Julian Lewis and the boys.

**Zac Stevens** (2:03)
Well, I'll tell you, Ryan, you're not the only one that's fallen. A Bronco has fallen and maybe one that showed up in Henry's 53-man roster. Although I don't think that's the case. And one that might appear on a second version of Henry's 53-man predictions has arrived. Broncos made a roster move right before practice started. Hakeem Butler. You guys remember him? He is the like 6'5, freak of an athlete from the UFL.
He just couldn't catch. So that was a problem for him. The Broncos waved him before practice started and they signed another UFL standout with a fantastic name. Ron Stone Jr. is on the practice field today. We're in number 53 at outside linebacker. Maybe if there's something with Jonathan Cooper. And that's a situation that needs to be talked about when you're building this 53 man roster. Maybe he slides in as a fifth linebacker on the outside.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:59)
Maybe I am not surprised to see Hakeem Butler go. Although it is interesting that they held on to like a guy like Kairis Rowan, who they just brought in as kind of an afterthought a couple weeks ago and the roster spot opened up. The end of an era though. We'll miss Hakeem and thinking back to what he did in college.
What else is going on out there?

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (3:20)
I recognize that name. He did play in the Pac-12 at Washington State.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:23)
Yeah.

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (3:24)
I don't know if it's just that. He might have had a crazy game against the Buffs, I think. OK.
Well, right.

**Zac Stevens** (3:33)
He had, Ron Stone had 16 career sacks at Washington State. How many of those do you think came against the Buffs?

**Ryan Koenigsberg** (3:40)
I mean, there was one really bad game in 2023 in the Palouse, where he very easily could have had like four sacks on Shador.

**Zac Stevens** (3:49)
Maybe that's why you know the name.