Moser, Lombardi and Kane

0:00 - The man behind one of our most iconic drops returned to the show this morning. Mark "The Broncos Should Come In Here and Beat That Ass" Long of the Associated Press joined us to preview the Broncos vs Jaguars clash at Mile High this weekend.

14:25 - Mark Long mentioned that Jacksonville fans are bent out of shape about Tim Tebow being the flag-waver before the Broncos vs Jaguars game. Can we think of a Colorado equivalent?
After that, did Moser do well enough to earn his music back? Win, lose, or draw, it's time to LAY...

0:00 - (the song we started the segment with was "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown and T-Pain)
Yesterday, Bo Nix said "you never play as bad as you think, and you never play as good as you think." Therefore, the Monday Night Football loss wasn't as bad as it seemed. Bo said they found some positive takeaways when they watched the tape. Really?? We're pretty sure that loss was JUST as bad as it looked, if not worse.

14:57 - If the Broncos go 0-2 but they keep it close, will you feel okay? Like a 31-28 last-second field...

0:00 - Right after Monday Night Football, the Broncos conversation focused on the defense and their atrocious tackling. As the week progressed, we shifted our focus to the offense and Bo Nix. How can they get right against the Jaguars this weekend?

15:08 - The Broncos rely on their defense to bail them out of games far too often. When their backs are against the wall, we all expect the defense to make the game-saving play. At a certain point, the OFFENSE has to pull their own weight! We need the OFFENSE to steal a game for a change.
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0:00 - What does our ESPN Broncos Insider Jeff Legwold think about Denver's lackluster Monday Night Football debacle? Will the Broncos remember how to tackle and complete a forward pass before the game vs Jacksonville?

16:39 - When it comes to the Broncos, we're not concerned about the defense. They will never be THAT bad at tackling again for the rest of the season. That was a fluke. But the offense...we have serious doubts about them. They need to change our minds this Sunday. 

31:45 - It's INSANE how many people are flipping on Bo Nix after ONE B...

0:00 - Chad Brown catches up with us every Wednesday at 8am! Chad played linebacker in the NFL for 14 years, made 3 Pro Bowls, and was First Team All Pro two times. He probably knows how to tackle! Maybe he can teach the Broncos defense some fundamentals before the game on Sunday. 

17:44 - Yesterday, we witnessed the Greatest Transformation in Sports History. You truly have to see it to believe it.

32:42 - Oh, by the way...something is rotten in the state of North Carolina. What the heck is happening behind the scenes of the football program in t...

0:00 - Cowherd (cow)heard everything we said about him yesterday. Turns out, he's not flip-flopping on Bo Nix. He's just following the clues he's getting. Brett says there's nothing wrong with changing your mind. But how, why, and WHEN you change your mind is what matters. 

14:39 - Avalanche season is rapidly approaching and Jared Bednar still hasn't been extended yet. That's somewhat unconventional. Usually, you don't let a coach go the entire season on the last year of his contract, unless you plan to let him go. Should we make anything of this?

32:26 - The Jacksonville J...

0:00 - Everyone wants to blame Bo Nix for what happened to the Broncos on Monday Night Football. Colin Cowherd went on his show yesterday and had some harsh words for Nix. Yet another classic Cowherd flip-flop! So, how much of the loss was Bo's fault? Can everyone make up their damns minds about this kid already?? Sheesh!

15:30 - It's Avs Media day today! Bednar addressed the media, as will most of the players. If you can believe it...the Colorado Avalanche have a preseason game THIS SUNDAY! That's unbelievable. Hockey season is RIGHT HERE.
After that, Joe...

0:00 - Now that we've had some time to let Monday Night Football simmer a bit...we've had time to reflect and ruminate...how concerned are we about the Broncos? Are we worried more about the defense moving forward or the offense?

15:46 - Every Wednesday at 8:20am during the NFL season, Brett says confusingly-worded statements, and Moser and Vic have to decide if they're true or false. 

32:35 - Oh, by the way...yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of a monumental play in Broncos history...that only Moser seems to remember or care about.
Oh, by the w...

0:00 - Colin Cowherd went nuclear on Bo Nix yesterday, and here's the thing. He's the Boy Who Cried Bo at this point. We pulled the tape, and Cowherd needs to make up his mind about Bo Nix. More importantly, so does Broncos Country! Everybody CALM DOWN! They lost ONE GAME.

16:08 - Now that Sean Payton isn't calling plays, what's his job as a head coach? On Monday, his team looked very undisciplined. Horrible tackling, costly/untimely penalties, ball security issues...doesn't a head coach handle all the discipline stuff?

32:49 - As we head deeper into the...

Can Adam Schefter make sense of last night's brutal Broncos bashing? Can HE find a shred of positivity in the wreckage? Also, before the game, Schefty casually dropped a report that the Broncos attempted to sign Drew Brees before the AFC Championship game, and Sean Payton had no knowledge of it. That seems impossible. How did Sean have NO idea about it at all?

0:00 - The fellas started hour 3 of the program by attempting the impossible. Could they find any POSITIVES in last night's Broncos game? Were there any silver linings at all? Any positive takeaways whatsoever??

16:02 - Can Adam Schefter make sense of last night's brutal Broncos bashing? Can HE find a shred of positivity in the wreckage? Also, before the game, Schefty casually dropped a report that the Broncos attempted to sign Drew Brees before the AFC Championship game, and Sean Payton had no knowledge of it. That seems impossible. How did Sean have NO idea about it at all?<...

0:00 - Last night, the Broncos forgot their fundamentals. At every level. Plain and simple. Both sides of the ball. They couldn't do anything right, not even the most simple, basic, football stuff. And that's why KC had their way with them at Arrowhead under the bright lights of primetime. 

16:17 - Vic said that the Broncos "are not a running football team." What does that mean? Why aren't they a running team? Because when they DO establish the run, it works!

33:05 - Oh, by the way...the deeper we dig into this Broncos game, the worse it l...

0:00 - Well that was no fun at all. The Broncos looked helpless, hopeless, and hapless against the Chiefs last night on Monday Night Football. Vic wasn't kidding. Arrowhead is a house of horrors for this team. Man, where do we even begin?

14:44 - Let's attempt to make sense of last night's Denver Debacle. We'll start our Broncos Autopsy at the beginning. Sean Payton said it himself - he didn't like how they started. And it was all downhill from there.

44:43 - Adam Schefter just casually reported an insane story last night on Monday Night Countdown. He...

0:00 - IT'S FINALLY HERE. BRONCOS GAME DAY BABY! If we learned nothing from the Sunday slate, it's that NFL games are impossible to predict. That being said, let's predict the unpredictable. Once and for all, will the Broncos win tonight in Arrowhead? 

15:08 - Are you scared of the Chiefs? Does Vic's argument hold water? Or are you Team Moser, along with...whatever argument he's making?

33:26 - Interim no more...A "reinvigorated" Joe Sakic is now the Avs GM once again. 
Also, Valeri Nichushkin posted a heartfelt farewell to Avs fans on Instagram this weekend. When ev...

0:00 - He's a former Master of the Midday (...us) and now, he'll be joining us every Monday at 8am during football season! Welcome back to the 92.5 airwaves Ryan Harris. 

16:29 - NFL Week 1 is in the books and it was just as good as advertised, if not even better! Let's recap all the insanity.

33:41 - Oh, by the way...the Deshaun Watson Cleveland Browns Experiment is done. It's finished. He's trash and doesn't have the support of ANYONE on his team. Meanwhile, the Vikings struck gold with **checks notes** Carson Wentz?
Oh, by the way...the U...

0:00 - Week 1 of the NFL was pure cinema. Better than advertised. But one big takeaway we had: what the hell is a forward pass? First the NFL didn't know what a catch is, now they don't know what a forward pass is? Come on, man.

14:29 - It's been MONTHS AND MONTHS of speculation, but now let's get down to brass tacks: what can we expect from Broncos @ Chiefs tonight? The game is actually tonight. For really real this time.

33:00 - The Broncos have a secret weapon behind the scenes who helps them make tough decisions in...

0:00 - Every NFL team (except for your Denver Broncos) is starting their regular season this weekend. Hope springs eternal for everyone...except the Dolphins and the Jets (and maybe the Falcons? Who even is their QB?) Win, lose, or draw, we're stoked to have full NFL weekends back in our lives. 

14:53 - Moser hasn't LAID IT DOWN very well so far. His overall record through 2 CFB weeks is 2-6. If he wants to earn back his regular music, he'll have to go .500 this week (2-2). Until then, he has to wallow in his shame with something a little d...

0:00 - Did the NFL's Australia game actually accomplish its goal? Are there new NFL fans down under as of today? Vic doesn't think so. He wonders if the Australia game did more harm than good.

14:46 - Brett suggested that well form a high stakes NFL survivor pool. What's at stake, exactly? The return of WonderBoy.
After that, CU and CSU are both 1-0 in the young season. Can they each go 2-0 after this weekend? Considering their opponents are Weber State and Southern Utah respectively, they SHOULD both grab another W this weekend.

31:47 - Oh...

0:00 - Maybe the Rams should've gotten some sleep after all. They looked sluggish yesterday in their clash with the 49ers in Melbourne. Was the game a success? Should the NFL put another regular season divisional matchup game in Australia again?

14:47 - Today marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks. Vic, Moser, and Brett still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news.
We're slowly but surely inching closer to the first Broncos game of the regular season...but, unfortunately, we have to wait till Monday night. Sean Payton is (hopefully) inching closer to making peace with Davis...

0:00 - We STILL have to wait until Monday for Broncos football! How is ESPN's Jeff Legwold, our Broncos Insider, feeling about the matchup. Especially after the news that the Chiefs will start an undrafted rookie at left tackle?

14:55 - An old friend is in town, so he decided to swing by the studio.

32:44 - During yesterday's Patriots @ Seahawks game, Coach Sanford shared some love for Drake Maye on Twitter. Then immediately regretted his decision. Coach hopped on with us to defend his actions.

0:00 - Throughout football season, both college and pro, Chad Brown will join us every Thursday morning at 8am! His Buffs looked pretty good (sometimes) against Georgia Tech, didn't they? What's Chad's assessment of that roller coaster of a game? Also, as someone who played for both the Seahawks and the Patriots, what did he think of last night's NFL season opener?

17:50 - Yesterday, Courtland Sutton said that Bo Nix is like a mountain lion at the Zoo. Bo Nix agreed with that assessment. Bo also spoke about the challenges/advantages of having a first time playcaller on offense.<...

0:00 - WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NEVER DISAPPOINTS. When the game was on the line, Drake Maye didn't show up. He threw 3 INTs in the 4th quarter alone! You know who's the exact opposite of that? Bo Nix.

15:25 - Brett said that Bo Nix is like a Mall Santa or a Spirit Halloween. What on earth is he talking about?

33:53 - The 49ers and Rams are playing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia today. It's one of the world's most popular sports and yet...none of us really understand cricket.

0:00 - The NFL Season kicks off tonight with a Super Bowl rematch: Patriots @ Seahawks. Brett doesn't think the Seahawks have a legit shot to go back-to-back. Why? He still doesn't fully believe in Sam Darnold. 

14:39 - Vic has a great idea for a game show and...Moser ruined it. 

33:34 - Our AI Robot Overlords blew Vic's mind this weekend. The future is now, people. 
After that, let's check the tape. Moser denies that he cheated during Vic's game show. But the footage suggests otherwise.

0:00 - The MAC finally released a statement on behalf of Western Michigan. They're encouraging the NCAA to do the right thing and retroactively overturn the results of the Michigan game. The clock review was flawed, so the game should officially go down as a 12-7 Western Michigan win. We appreciate the sentiment, but the NCAA would never do that in a million years.
Also, the Rockies managed to completely embarrass themselves yesterday in a new way! Drew Goodman was THIS close to coming unglued on air, which is rare for him.

14:27 - Baker Mayfield just became the...

0:00 - Coach Sanford started yesterday's edition of The Morning Sprint by taking Brett, Moser, and Vic to task. He chewed us out for a take we had about Broncos @ Chiefs Week 1 on Monday Night Football. But we think Coach's rage is severely misplaced.

14:47 - Continuing on from the previous segment...how do you we properly assess the Chiefs? How tough of an opponent will they be?
Also, we have a rare case of Wednesday Night Football tonight. Moser enlisted the help of his incredibly talented musician friends (a band called The Railbenders) and they wrote an original...

0:00 - Did you know that Michigan has access to a super secret second clock that no one else has? We learned that this weekend, didn't we?

16:07 - We still have almost a full week until the Broncos begin the 2026 NFL season in KC. As we start to shift our focus to that game, what are our inital impressions of the matchup?

33:30 - When you sat on your butt and consumed all the college football this weekend, which did you prefer: College Gameday's coverage or Big Noon Kickoff?

0:00 - We started with CU @ Georgia Tech on Thursday and watched college football allllllllllll the way until last night with SMU @ Florida State. We filled our eyeholes with college football for the entire long weekend, and we hope you did too.

13:57 - IT'S FINALLY HERE. WEEK 1 OF THE NFL REGULAR SEASON IS HERE. IT STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT! Sorry, my caps lock got stuck. Let's preview actual regular season NFL football with Adam Schefter, shall we?

31:32 - Oh, by the way...A former Australian rugby player/current rugby coach met with Myles Garrett a month or so...

0:00 - What an ELECTRIC Week 1 of college football! My goodness. CSU looked dominant in their win over Wyoming. Michigan lost their game, found an extra second on the clock, then won on a Hail Mary. Hope you watched it all go down, folks.

14:24 - Love him or hate him, Lane Kiffin gets results. Man that guy is so good at playing the heel.
After that, heads up to all sports fans: storm the field at your own risk. Especially when that field is full of angry football players.

34:14 - DMac has high high hopes for...

0:00 - It wasn't pretty AT ALL, but CU got the win over Georgia Tech last night. A win is a win. How do we feel about the Buffs now? Did they change our minds at all?

16:20 - The Pro Football HOF is making some changes to their selection process. Will it help or hinder Mike Shanahan's chances of finally making it in? We know he belongs there, but this is taking way too long.
After that..college football is back...so take any spare change you have floating around the house...and LAY IT DOWN! (As per...

0:00 - Berto went down a rabbit hole and found an ESPN writer who thinks that Sean Payton is conspiring against his own team by intentionally setting up Davis Webb to fail. 

12:40 - The CSU Rams are hitting the ground running! They're wasting no time and getting right to Border War. They're facing the hated Wyoming Cowboys in Fort Collins tomorrow. How will the Rammies look in their first game under Head Coach Jim Mora Jr? Let's preview the game with the Voice of the Rams Brian Roth.

30:19 - Oh, by the way...last week, a group o...

0:00 - CU @ Georgia Tech was ugly, grimy, wet, sweaty, and dirty, and SOMEHOW the Buffs pulled off the last-minute win. A blocked FG walk-off win is about of thrilling as a finish as you'll find. How do we feel about these new-look Buffs?

16:06 - We had breaking news just before halftime of the CU game last night. A judge granted an injunction allowing former pro players to return to LSU. We gotta figure out who gets final say, man. Is it these judges? Is it the NCAA? Is it the conference? What's the line?

32:11 - There's...

0:00 - We'll get to football, but first...can Jeff Legwold remember and NFL punishment comparable to the Clippers/Kawhi/Ballmer one is recent history? What are some of the most severe punishments he's seen?
Okay, onto football. Leggy wrote an article about the offensive playcalling under Davis Webb. There's a lot of optimism surrounding it! What has Leggy seen in practice?

20:37 - Vic found some more details about the fallout from the NBA's punishment of the Clippers organization. And when he's done with that...any second now...let's bring in Chad Brown to give us a preview...

0:00 - Sean Payton is assuming Patrick Mahomes will be playing at full speed in Week 1 against the Broncos. You have to practice under that assumption. Isn't that crazy? He tore his ACL in December, and he's starting a football game 9 or so months later.

19:00 - The more we think about it, the NBA really didn't punish the Clippers severely enough for their cap circumvention. Especially when you're dealing with an NBA owner who's worth more than the GDP of, I don't know, Venezuela? 

35:05 - Oh, by the way...Georgia's attourney general is encouraging SEC Commissioner Greg S...

0:00 - The NBA finally punished the Clippers/Steve Ballmer/Kawhi Leonard for illegally circumventing the salary cap. Somewhere, Pablo Torre is poppin' bottles. The punishment SEEMS steep. But Brett says it isn't nearly harsh enough. 

16:48 - The more we think about the Clippers/Kawhi situation, the worse it seems and the angrier we get. This is a MASSIVE cheating scandal! Think about the HELL the Nuggets are going through while dealing with the salary cap! They've been screwed ever since they won a title. Meanwhile, the Clippers are trotting around Kawhi Leonard like he's Johnny Appleseed and paying h...

00:00 - Vic's heart has grown three sizes following the "Rock Paper Tickets" tournament; He shares his newfound perspective with Brett and Moser.

A question is raised for the upcoming NFL season: Can the Broncos win because of Bo Nix? Reaction to NFL Network's Willie Colon's recent comments on the current state of Bo's game.

Jonathon Cooper has found his name on the NFL Commissioner's exempt list. A reaction to the interview with ESPN's Adam Schefter yesterday on Jonathan Cooper's legal battle and his playing status.

15:22 - College football's officially back this Saturday. A brief di...

00:00 - NFL Analyst Ryan Paganetti has uncovered a controversial trick the New England Patriots have been employing for Sundays. The guys talk their way through the fine line between clever strategy and cheating the game.
Reactions from the guys on Indianapolis Colts GM Chris Ballard's comments re: NFL players returning to college.

19:48 - ESPN personality Pat McAfee sets his eyes on Hollywood with a role as a drill instructor in the upcoming WWII sports-drama The Mosquito Bowl, all further begging the question: Is he oversaturating the McAfee brand?
"Rock Paper Tickets" champion Jake stops by the...

0:00 - Brett and Vic open the show rehashing the events of last night's "Rock Paper Tickets" tournament.
ESPN recently published a list of the Top 100 NFL Players; 5 Denver Broncos found their names on the list. Brett proposes a game for the guys: Can you guess who they are, and where they rank?


16:43 - Brett and Vic continue to aggrevate Moser's FOMO with last night's "Rock Paper Tickets" tournament.
Moser has a heart-to-heart with Broncos Country re: Bo Nix and the surrounding national narrative.
CU Football kicks off a new season this Thursday. The guys...

The man behind Cale Makar's record-setting contract extension joined us this morning: Avs GM Joe Sakic. What does it mean to both Joe and the Avs to have Cale locked up for (almost) another decade?

0:00 - What does Adam Schefter know about the Jonathon Cooper situation? Are Sean Patyon and George Paton setting the standard for roster building and using the practice squad effectively? How to the Rams have the cap space to sign Aaron Donald? What other NFL nibbles can Schefty give us as teams are claiming players off waivers?

16:20 - There are a ton of college football games this weekend, and...Vic doesn't know what any of these schools are or where they're located.
Also (in a different time than usual) Oh, by the way...Kevin O'Connor had NBA agent...

0:00 - Jeff Legwold explained how the NFL will handle Jonathon Cooper while we await his trial, because there's a precedent for it. Bottom line is this: you have to treat it like he suffered a torn ACL in camp and will be out for the season. The Broncos have to prepare for the worst.

17:00 - USC published a statement regarding the low attendance at their Week 0 game. Cry us a river, Trojans. 
LSU is sticking to their guns, and will allow the former NFL player to return to college football. The SEC is debating what to do w...