Afternoon Drive

Is George Paton a Top-10 NFL GM? Bengals' Duke Tobin, USFL picked a bad time to start season, Nuggets-Warriors Game 1, betting the game and total, Nikola Jokic player props, NBA Play-In for the 8-seed, Pelicans @ Clippers no Paul George, Hawks @ Cavaliers likely with Jarrett Allen, statues at stadiums

Bradley Chubb healthiest he's been since his 2nd season, injury history vs 1 big injury during career, Harrison Wind on Nuggets-Warriors, 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, most influential men in baseball history, Luka Doncic out Game 1, Cubs @ Rockies, Stroman vs Marquez, Avalanche 82-point club

Good quarterbacks make decent offensive lines look better, Garett Bolles remembers vividly the day Russell Wilson was traded to the Broncos, Avalanche win franchise record 53rd game, where a Stanley Cup win puts this team in greatest Colorado team all-time conversation, shout-out wins vs ties, Rockies 4-1 start has them up in MLB power rankings but not too much, pitching and bullpen will dictate season success long-term, Clayton Kershaw pulled after 7 perfect innings, Facu Campazzo suspended and Wayne Ellington fined, Pete Rose turns 81

When Garett Bolles realized he belonged in the NFL, Bolles maturing after entering the league at 24, Mike Singer on Nuggets-Warriors and the MVP race, Drew Lock and Geno Smith set for quarterback battle in Seattle, brutal QB battles to watch, rooting for Lock to succeed or flop with Seahawks, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 3 HR night, Rockies and Avalanche both streaking, QBs buying houses, Kyler Murray

How Derek Carr's extension impacts one for Russell Wilson, Ciara and Gisele comparison, top tier NFL players look longingly at contracts of NBA stars, Mel Kiper Jr. projects Broncos to draft CSU TE Trey McBride, more need at edge rusher or tight end for Broncos, owners of perennial loser teams telling fans to not watch or threatening a move, Phil Castellini, Armando Bacot to play senior season at North Carolina and wait on entering the NBA draft, NIL implications on potential 2nd round picks leaving college early

Tom Brady always takes a paycut and Russell Wilson should follow suit, Derek Carr's extension, Josh Allen's deal, XFL coaches include Hines Ward and Wade Phillips and Rod Woodson and Bob Stoops, no NFL coordinators or assistant coaches dipping into XFL for first time Head Coach experience, Baker Mayfield belives he's been treated unfairly by fans and Browns and media, booing someone at their day job, Avalanche on a 6-game win streak, NBA Play-In, Timberwolves

Courtland Sutton says Wilson brings a different juice to the team, team chemistry, generation gap between QBs and their teams, Rockies win opening series of season vs Dodgers, too early to say Rockies were underestimated this year, Nikola Jokic snubbed for NBA 75 All-European 1st Team, Pau Gasol, NBA Play-In

Nathaniel Hackett's energy is contagious and the players appreciate it, Justin Simmons has had 3 first time head coaches, team bonding, Steph Curry may not be available for Game 1 vs the Nuggets, Jamal Murray and Steph or neither, Bubble Murray, 3-star recruit turned off by Colorado players smoking pot, college athletes and marijuana, Cam Newton

Difference in Broncos offseason if Fangio was still HC, Drew Lock in Seattle, Nathaniel Hackett says it will take time for Broncos to get the offense rolling, Broncos may have tough tests early, Denver run game, Blake Bortles, A Day in the Life of Justin Adams, Tiger Woods plays all four rounds at The Masters, another major in the cards for Tiger, Scottie Scheffler, DU Pioneers win 9th National Championship, Avalanche and Gabe Landeskog's return

LeBron's odds to be Lakers next coach, Quin Snyder, NFL executives think Broncos settled for Wilson when Rodgers went back to Green Bay, Broncos receiving group, Kurtis Blow, Nuggets and Warriors 1st Rd matchup in playoffs, Jamal Murray, importance of Draymond Green for the Dubs, Chase Center, Dwayne Haskin's passing and some media members reactions, Rob Walton in the Broncos ownership conversation

Tiger Woods finishes -1 in his first round, Opening Day with Thomas Harding, Coors Field bump for offense, the MLB doesn't seem to care about Opening Day judging by the national TV coverage of games today, Grizzlies vs Nuggets, Memphis 20-3 without Ja Morant, Taylor Jenkins for Coach of the Year, Ronald Acuna Jr. not going to miss Freddie Freeman

What if a player was also an owner? Tom Brady was thought to have ties to the Dolphins in ownership and player roles with Sean Payton as coach, NBA play-in tournament is here to stay, Top 5 Baseball Movies, Eight Men Out, Major League, The Natural, Bad News Bears, Field of Dreams, Buffalo Sabres playoff drought, pitch clock coming, 2 coaches join Brian Flores' lawsuit vs NFL

Broncos in great position with Sutton and Patrick's contracts compared to other #1 WRs in the league, Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, Jerry Jeudy, Denver Nuggets stumble at home against San Antonio with a chance to clinch the 6th seed, Jokic exhausted, Todd McShay mocks OT Daniel Faalele to the Broncos, other OTs that could be options, Avalanche beat Penguins despite Kuemper facing 45 shot attempts, Denver Pioneers in Frozen Four vs Michigan

Emmanuel Sanders and GMFB think Broncos offense Top 5 in NFL with Russell Wilson, Jeff Huson on the meaning of Opening Day and the Rockies, throwing out the first pitch, coin toss at an NFL game, half-court shot at NBA game, ceremonial puck drop at NHL game, Chris Paul leads Suns to a franchise high in wins, CC Sabathia to serve as special assistant to Rob Manfred, menu for Champions Dinner at The Masters

George Paton's roster construction, Tyrann Mathieu unlikely to land in Denver, Josh McDaniels said Raiders want to draft and develop a quarterback behind Derek Carr, QB job security, the Patriot Way, Kansas defeats North Carolina for the men's basketball national title, storylines of the tournament, Avalanche on the road in Pittsburgh, standout NCAA players from the tournament ready for the NBA, Ja Morant

Who had the more dominant 2 or 3-year period of their career here in Denver: Peyton Manning, Nikola Jokic, or Terrell Davis? Being in shape different for QBs and pitchers, Tiger Woods playing in The Masters, he's only the story if he is in contention, greatest comebacks in sports history, NBA and NHL playoff pictures, expectations for Nuggets and Avalanche as playoffs approach, MLB announces option for pitchers and catchers to use tech to signal pitch type and location

Kansas vs North Carolina for NCAA Men's Basketball Title, Melvin Gordon fires his agent, North Carolina vs Duke will overshadow the title game tonight, Russell Wilson getting together with teammates at WR and O-Line, NCAAW Championship, UConn's dynasty, Walk up songs

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie says passing on Russell Wilson is his biggest regret, moves that are the biggest regrets of Rockies and Nuggets and Broncos and Avalanche, the numbers and the eye test point to Nikola Jokic as the NBA MVP, conferences in flux right now in college basketball, SEC and Big Ten will dominate NCAA athletics more and more in coming years, Will Barton and Aaron Gordon, retirement tours

Curious Case of Sidd Finch, NJ state bird, Dave Benz on Nuggets vs Timberwolves, Minnesota overachieving, Prime KAT, Duke vs UNC and Kansas vs Villanova, Coach K's Grand Finale, Hubert Davis, Justin Moore's injury, Movie deaths we can't watch, Rams sign Bobby Wagner for 5yrs/$50 mil

Covering the Final Four, tough timing for Arran in North Carolina, college hoops in Colorado, DK Metcalf an option for Chiefs with Tyreek Hill leaving Kansas City, Mahomes keeps the Chiefs among the elite teams in the NFL, AFC West still up for grabs, Bengals spending, blue bloods in the NCAA tournament, ACC, Big East, Big XII, SEC, Big Ten, NIL and the shifting college athletics landscape, USMNT vs England in the World Cup on Black Friday, Nuggets and Avalanche on national TV