Afternoon Drive

Broncos taking a risk on EDGE guys with injury concerns, Von Miller's situation this off-season, Randy Gregory & Bradley Chubb, Bruce Arians retires again and Todd Bowles is elevated to Buccaneers Head Coach, coach leaving a team that is a favorite to win a championship, Brady Arians rift, Team USA waiting on their draw for the 2022 World Cup, USA in World Cup or NFL Football on Thanksgiving, Nathan MacKinnon back vs San Jose, Mac needs to find a way to control his temper and let the enforcers stand up for his teammates

Expectations for the Broncos this season with easier schedule, win totals for teams around the NFL, Drake London and other WRs in draft, George Karl will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first Nuggets coach to make it in, multitude of moves in the NFL this off-season, LA Chargers, La'el Collins to Bengals, North Carolina and Duke meet for the first time in the history of the tournament, Coach K's farewell tour, Austin Rivers receives laughable ejection vs Pacers, Dan Snyder investigated by Congress for cooking the books

Nathaniel Hackett needs someone to keep aggressive play calling in check, going for it on 4th down, MPJ suffered a setback rehabbing his back injury, Jazz faltering and Nuggets could jump them for the 5 seed, Nuggets offense needs to run more especially at home, LA Lakers missing playoffs this season with this roster could taint LeBron's legacy, Nuggets big road favorites in Indiana, Jon Gray to start opening day for Rangers

Hire at HC and player additions through trades and free agency were contradictory to media reports, George Paton making good decisions without tipping his hand, grading Rockies offseason additions of Bryant and Grichuk, losing Gray and Story, Colorado Rockies spending, Tiger Woods at Augusta for the Masters, CSU's David Roddy declares for draft, Avalanche win in Calgary, MLB Home Run Derby X takes baseball on a world tour

Locker room access for media back for 2022 NFL season, Nathan MacKinnon likely broke hand in fight vs Minnesota, Jared Bednar has high level of concern, placement of injury on hand will impact Mac's timetable for return, Billy turner loves Nathaniel Hackett, not many NFL coaches through history with the personality of Hackett, NFL owners approve overtime rule change for playoffs which eliminates sudden death, sudden death OT continues in regular season, ownership being passed down through family, Mark McIntosh on the Irv Brown Champions Center

Developing Albert Okwuegbunam as a blocker, Hackett's comments shed light on use of tight ends in Broncos offense this season, food in Florida, NFL Annual League Meeting, Jokic and Joel Embiid battling for NBA MVP, straw poll of media shows Nikola Jokic in the lead, where back-to-back MVPs would put Jokic in the pantheon of Denver sports figures, Washington cherry blossom uniforms for Wizards and Nationals, Russell Wilson posts video throwing to Jerry Jeudy, Braves on ESPN2 for season opener

Running Back division of labor, George Paton says door still open for Melvin Gordon and Kareem Jackson to return to the Broncos for next season, Nathaniel Hackett on splitting carries, Joe Ellis other Broncos leaders are interested in playing in London this season, Denver Pioneers in the Frozen Four, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock, Nuggets vs Hornets, NBA Playoff picture, Detroit Lions on Hard Knocks

Hackett dances around question about any price being too high for a franchise quarterback, Russell Wilson will need to take less money to win more Super Bowls, WR always a dependent position, Don Hutson, fire damage at Ball Arena may not be repaired by start of the season, Joe Ellis shares some qualities Denver is searching for in a new owner, Avalanche lose a scrap in OT to Minnesota, St. Peter's Cinderella story ends, NFL Draft

Eric and Mase disagree on the merit of rumors that Tom Brady would join the Dolphins, Brady vs Belichick, OT Billy Turner returns to Denver in the Blue and Orange to start at right tackle ahead of Calvin Anderson and Tom Compton, competition within a team, bringing in a star athlete includes accepting their team of support staff, Sweet Sixteen, Arizona and Gonzaga each out of tourney, UNC vs UCLA, Coach K continues his retirement tour, Avalanche vs Flyers after losing to Vancouver, Francouz in net, Nuggets have had trouble with OKC this season, Malone needs to start Bones

Nathaniel Hackett, Josh McDaniels, or Mike McDaniel in best position to succeed during first season as an NFL Head Coach; Tim Connelly has assembled an incredible roster primarily by drafting and developing; Bones Hyland could be a starter next season; Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray not returning this season; Derek Carr had a hole in one with no one there to witness it; Dave Roberts says Dodgers will win World Series; NYC vax mandate lifted for athletes; teammates fighting

AFC West and AFC North best divisions in football, conference dominance through NFL History, Olympic committee should ban Russia, Jerry Jeudy not with other Broncos WRs at Russell Wilson's training session, Jeudy shouldn't have called public irrelevant, athletes dealing with trash talk from fans, Happy Birthday Peyton Manning, MVS to the Chiefs, Sweet 16, Nuggets host Suns with Chris Paul likely making his return

AFC jam-packed with talent after free agency and trades, the role coaching will play with new players joining talented and competitive divisions, drafting a quarterback in rounds 4-7 and developing him under Russell Wilson for a few years, better use of capital to target other positions of need than take a flyer on QB, The Breakfast Club is the greatest of all coming of age movies, Rockies trade Tapia for Grichuk, USA vs Mexico, Coach K

Tyreek Hill traded to the Dolphins for a bunch of picks, Miami took a leap, Chiefs didn't lose a ton of ground moving on from Cheetah, what Deshaun Watson's deal means if Russell Wilson wants extension, USFL rules the NFL could look into, 3-pt extra point, alternative onside kickoff, 2-pt shootout in OT, 2 forward passes behind the line of scrimmage legal, clock stops in last 2 minutes of each half on first downs, pass interference adjustment, Michael Malone gets a multiyear extension with the Nuggets

How the AFC West stacks up with Tyreek Hill leaving KC, Les Snead "F them picks", trading away draft capital for a dependent position like WR, 8 teams without 1st round pick in this year's draft, Mike Pritchard on NFL trades and free agency, Avalanche vs Canucks, Adidas NIL network could pay 50,000+ student athletes, Women's Tennis Wolrd #1 Ash Barty retires at 25

Broncos add the slot corner they need with 2-year deal for K'Waun Williams; Matt Ryan to the Colts means they, Chiefs, Broncos, Raiders, Chargers, Bills, Pats, Browns, Ravens, Titans, and Bengals all have legitimate shot at the postseason; which AFC teams will actually make the playoffs; Nuggets on the verge of the play-in tournament; Nuggets starters benched to start 2nd half vs Celtics; Timberwolves and Denver battling for 6th seed; Clippers @ Nuggets; Avalanche beat Oilers in OT; LeBron James

NFL Power Rankings after a busy 2 weeks of free agency, better group of pass catchers in the AFC West, Russell Wilson playing catch with his new WRs, Top 10 Offseason moves ranked by CBS Sports, Tom Brady unretiring, Matt Ryan and Deshaun Watson in new homes as Baker Mayfield's options wear thin, All-Time starting 5s of 2022 Sweet 16 teams, Andrew Luck an option before Commanders traded for Wentz

Matt Ryan traded to the Colts, Falcons sign Marcus Mariota, AFC West and AFC as a whole stacked, QB contracts after Deshaun Watson's deal, La'el Collins goes to the Bengals to protect Joe Burrow, Tom Compton, Broncos remaining cap space, Nuggets lose 2 in a row, Denver beaten badly by Celtics, level of concern with the Nuggets, NHL Trade Deadline, Avalanche bring in F Artturi Lehkonen and F Andrew Cogliano, Marc-Andre Fleury to the Wild

Michael Malone needs to make a definitive decision regarding Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray, Nuggets could be waiting on reinforcements that are not coming this season, Su'a Cravens tells some stories from his time with the Broncos under Vic Fangio, Hackett the opposite personality of Fangio, why Vic didn't like Drew Lock, officiating in March Madness, physicality in college basketball vs the NBA, Trevor Story to the Red Sox, Ryan McMahon extension, Al Michaels joins Kirk Herbstreit with Amazon Prime, LeBron James

Deshaun Watson traded to the Browns, Baker Mayfield's Future, Ranking the stacked AFC West 1-4, Super Bowl Favorites

AFC West vs. NFC North - Where would you rather play? Todd Davis joins the show to talk Broncos and a look around the NFL, Broncos Sign Josh Johnson & Alex Singleton