Big time players make big time plays. Pat Certan
the second certainly fits in that category monster day for
the Broncos in those slick 1977 throwbacks as they got
and let me check this. This is a real
stat. Their third win in a row. Pats
the second. Join us right now on the insiders
. Pat, we appreciate you being here. I
, I got all kinds of questions for you here
, but I wanna start with this when you have
an interception like that and it becomes clear around the
50 yard line to like there's no one really pursuing
you. You're going to the end zone. Does
your mind start to race of? Like, do
I high step it? Do I hold the ball
up? Do I backpedal? Like how do you
go through those final 50 yards doing? I can
really do anything I want for the next few seconds
here. Yeah, I mean, uh, once
I got through the clear and I seen the 50
yard line and beyond, uh, I knew what
I was gonna do. Um I was gonna hold
the ball up in the air or I was gonna
high step but I just decided to go the other
route and just put the ball in the air to
let people know, uh, that's gonna be a
touchdown. Um, but when I got in the
end zone, man, I was kinda scared for
a little bit, uh cause there was a flag
on the field. Um, but when it got
overturned, uh we celebrated at the end of the
day, man. So, um, it was
a big moment for me and my teammates. Um
, obviously, we needed this play to change the
uh game around and, uh just made it happen
. That's all I love that little rewind and run
it back that we just did with the control room
there, a nice little touch, uh that we
added there. Uh Listen, Pat, I just
got the odds sent to me today for all the
NFL awards and where we are now through five weeks
of the season, defensive player of the year.
Do you know where you stand? I'm gonna tell
you where you stand. They've got you f right
now, now you're off the board, but now
you're on the board according to this. Uh But
the guys ahead of you see, like it's always
seems like it's stacked in favor of the pass rushers
. You got two interceptions, you got the big
return. Here's your chance to make a stump speech
that you should be in consideration a little higher for
a defensive player of the year because I think so
. Yeah, I mean, I, I don't
remember the last time a corner uh won a defensive
play of the year, I think since uh Stefan
Gilmore, uh which was a while back. It
may be time for some change, but no,
uh this should be mentioned in such high regard uh
with such great players across the league. Uh It
means a lot. Um It's something I'll take for
granted. Um It's a huge honor on my part
. You know, I'm just trying to build,
uh build on it and the credit of that goes
to team success. Uh with us winning these ball
games and with us making these plays, um people
are starting to recognize the type of team we have
and without team success, those individual wars don't come
. So, um I credit that to a lot
of things within the team, but to be honored
in that regard. Uh I mean, a lot
, I'm looking forward to building off. That's Stefan
Gilmore defensive player of the year, by the way
, that, that, that was a minute ago
. He's still out there. He picked off Aaron
Rodgers this week, so he's picked off Rogers,
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. I don't know,
in your era. Well, like the equivalent of
that would be, this is like 10 years from
now and you're picking off Arch Manning or something like
that. Like how long do you envision yourself going
along here? Can you be one of those old
heads in the league. Yeah. Um I definitely
foresee myself uh having 10 plus years. That's a
goal that I set out um for myself. I
, and I think it's definitely attainable. Um As
long as I stay on my regimen uh with recovery
uh treatment and making sure my body is up to
par. Um Yeah, but that's my common goal
is to make it 10 plus years in this league
and still leave my mark and still leave a legacy
uh beyond my name. So, um like you
said, Arch Manning, uh these young cats coming
up. Yeah, I'm gonna be the old head
by the time I think, love that. Uh
Listen, I'm sure you were asked a ton over
the first couple of years of your career about how
much you lean on dad for advice and all that
stuff and I'm sure you still do. But how
much of it now is like, hey, I've
been around for a little bit. Like I,
I can lean on my own advice. I've been
able to pick up some things throughout the first couple
of years of my career. Yeah, I mean
, my, you know, my dad has helped
a lot along the way. Um because I mean
, he, he knows the game. Uh he's
played a tremendous amount of years he had, he's
had a great career in his league. So getting
insight from him, um is definitely helpful and uh
it's sort of it's definitely helped my game um to
another level, but I've been blessed and uh granted
with the opportunity to learn from a lot of vets
in this league like Kareem Jackson, uh Justin Simmons
, those guys that I've been able to learn from
just in the meeting rooms, um how they prepare
their bodies, um how they are in the film
room. I learned a lot from those guys.
Then obviously, there's guys across the league that I
reach out to uh to hone in on my game
as well. So, um like I said,
it's a lot of things you can learn from uh
being in this league with experience and great people around
you. So, obviously, defensively, you guys
have been lights out this season, Vance Joseph's done
an unbelievable job getting this thing headed the right direction
. Tell me about what you see when you're on
the sideline. You're watching Bo Nix. Uh You
know, he's not that young by like rookie quarterback
standards, but he's still a pretty young dude in
this league. He's making plays happen with his legs
. He's making some things happen with his arms every
now and then. He's, oh, I don't
know, having a little discussion on the sideline with
your head coach. Give me the totality of B
Nicks, the quarterback, the team leader at the
Denver Broncos right now. Yeah, but he's,
he's like a, he's very confident in his game
. Um I've mentioned it before from day one.
he just looks very composed and poised back there,
but obviously he got this offense igniting, um,
and he got the tools, he got all the
intangibles. He's a smart, he's very savvy,
he's a leader out there and I know a lot
of people was talking about the, um, you
know, the conversation between him and Sean, but
that's just him. Um, he's, he wanna
wins game and, and when you have two people
like that, that's very competitive in that space that
wanna win and do what it takes to win,
uh, stuff like that's gonna happen, but it's
all love at the end of the day. And
, um, bo has been great so far.
He's definitely been, uh, the unsung hero of
this team for sure because I mean, he's just
so, so tough and, um, it seems
like he's a veteran back there for sure. You
know, he's not, it, it's not disrespectful
, right? To me it's more competitive but when
you see that from your quarter, especially such a
young quarterback, when you, when other guys are
seeing that, uh, you know, uh,
willing to defend himself, stand on this square,
so to speak. Does that get a little bit
of respect drummed up among some of the other veterans
? Um, it does, um, I believe
you just speak what's on your mind. Um,
at the end of the day, uh, we
just try to get on the same page and,
um, whether a conversation sparked like that. Um
As long as both ends of the party get on
the same page, that's what it takes. Um
It may not look pretty at the end of the
day, but it's worth it in the long run
. So I think obviously those guys have the same
mindset towards uh being on the field and uh just
scoring points offensively. And like I said before,
it's only gonna ignite more and more confidence within the
team, knowing that we got players like that,
that's ready to go to war for each other.
You're all doing cool stuff off the field pat.
I know you're doing something with high schools. Tell
me, tell me about that program. Yeah.
So um I'm having an event um this Friday,
uh the second annual um Inspired to Dream Gala um
is towards my foundation. And my mission is um
to help those students in underprivileged communities, uh help
them obtain the right resources necessary for them to exceed
in the next level. And I've had the honor
um and blessing to really, really be able to
give back in a meaningful way towards two high schools
out here in the Denver um urban city community areas
. Um George Washington High School, Emanuel High School
, um they was able to uh build a foundation
room uh within my foundation and I, I was
able to build these theme rooms um just from the
building blocks, it all started with a dream and
uh now seeing this happen, um I'm honestly blessed
to be able to be a big part in the
community. Awesome, definitely inspirational stuff. You know
, what else would be inspiring? Uh Beating those
Chargers when they come into Denver to face the hottest
Broncos team we've had in a number of years,
certainly since you've been there. If I'm not mistaken
too. You were on Alabama when they got the
better of uh Jim Harbaugh and the citrus poll.
So let's see if we can uh, make a
repeat of that. Oh, yeah, let's make
it happen. Pat. Thanks a ton for being
here, man. Please come back again. We
really appreciate it. Oh, yeah, I appreciate
y'all. Thank you all for having me. Thank
you, Bill.