The Drive

Chad Andrus and John Davis are in for today's Labor Day edition of The Drive. In hour 2 of The Drive, Chad and John examine the Broncos first 53-man roster of the season. Were there any surprises with the Broncos cuts and who made the roster? What position groups are the guys still concerned with? Have the Broncos got to a point where they have depth in every position? We revisit the Devaughn Vele trade and the argument between Zach Bye and Cecil Lammey on the topic. Are the Broncos right to bet on Pat Bryant and Troy Franklin to be better than Vele going forward? Now that we've seen a game from both Colorado and Colorado State, we debate who will have the better season. How do the guys feel about Deion Sanders late game coaching decisions and Pat Shurmur's performance? What did we make of the whole weekend in college football? 

Chad Andrus and John Davis are in for today's Labor Day edition of The Drive. In hour 3 of The Drive, Chad and John preview the Broncos and Titans week 1 matchup. Will the Broncos be the most popular "survivor pool" pick in week 1? What would have to happen for the Titans to upset the Broncos? Is Zach Bye's take that week 1 is the easiest home game of the season for the Broncos? Will the Broncos be able to beat the teams they should, the way we saw a season ago? Besides Courtland Sutton and Evan Engram, who is the most reliable offensive weapon for the Broncos? We react to the massive trade in the NFL between the Cowboys and Packers. Is there any non-quarterback the guys would trade two first round picks for? Will the addition of Parsons lead to a Super Bowl for Green Bay?

Chad Andrus and John Davis are in for today's Labor Day edition of The Drive. In hour 4 of The Drive, Chad and John continue their conversation on Micah Parsons and the Packers. Where do the Packers stand within the NFC after the trade? How should Nik Bonitto be compensated in his contract extension with the Broncos? Do the Broncos have enough depth at pass rusher to not pay Bonitto? We preview the upcoming weekend in the NFL and pick our most intriguing matchups. Who would we rather see win in week 1, the Chargers or Chiefs? Will JJ McCarthy or Caleb WIlliams shine in their season debuts? We wrap up the show with discussing which team between the Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers, Bills, Bengals, Steelers, Ravens and Texans, will not make the playoffs. Is the current AFC west the best coaching division we have ever seen? 

Hour 1 of The Drive kicks off with Zach and Phil cross talking with Dover and Cecil. The guys discuss Phil's pregame routine throughout his football career as we preview Colorado's season opener tonight. We react to ESPN's pick to be the "x-factor" for the Broncos in 2025. Zach and Phil make their choices for who can be the "x-factor" for Denver on both offense and defense. We hear what Georgia Tech's coach Brent Key is saying about Colorado before their highly anticipated matchup tonight. Is Buffs DC Robert Livingston, this biggest edge Colorado will have tonight? We revisit Nick Wright's time on our morning show today and all his anti-Denver takes including Sean Payton as the worst coach in the division and Bo Nix as the worst QB in the division. 

In hour 2 of The Drive, Zach and Phil revisit their conversation from earlier in the week regarding personal seat licenses and the surprise phone call Phil received about the topic. We pivot back to Nick Wright's comments on our morning show today. Does Wright have a point about Sean Payton talking too much? We then hear from Sean Payton and his thoughts on the Broncos needing to start the season fast. Today's "Three Count" features a debate about what the equivalent of the Micah Parsons trade would be for Denver sports and giving Lee Corso his flowers as he will make his final headgear pick on ESPN's College Gameday tomorrow morning. Our 9News Broncos insider Mike Klis joins the show to discuss how the Micah Parsons' contract impact Nik Bonitto's looming contract, the depth at inside linebacker, and much more. 

In hour 3 of The Drive, Zach and Phil dive into the massive weekend in college football we have this weekend. We preview the historic three, top-10 matchups including Texas vs Ohio State, Clemson vs LSU, and Notre Dame vs Miami. We react to ESPN's pick to be the "x-factor" for the Broncos in 2025. Zach and Phil make their choices for who can be the "x-factor" for Denver on both offense and defense. We revisit Nick Wright's time on our morning show today and all his anti-Denver takes including Sean Payton as the worst coach in the division and Bo Nix as the worst quarterback in the division. We preview tonight's big matchup between Colorado and Georgia Tech. What is the biggest source of optimism for the guys as far as the Buffs having a good season?

In hour 4 of The Drive, Zach and Phil react to Sean Payton and his comments on how the Broncos need to start fast this season if they want to be a double-digit win team. We revisit Nick Wright's time on our morning show today and his takes regarding the Broncos as an "adorable" franchise and how Sean Payton talks too much. We pivot to the Broncos GM George Paton and his comments on John Franklin-Meyers. DenverSports.com's Aniello Piro joins the show live from Boulder to discuss a live weather report from Folsom, what the Buffs need to do to win tonight, and much more. We wrap up the show with Zach and Phil's predictions for the massive weekend in college football including CU, CSU and the three big, top-10 matchups across the country. 

Hour 1 of The Drive kicks off with Zach and Phil cross talking with Dover and Cecil. The guys discuss how Sean Payton and the Broncos will balance the run and pass game. Will the Broncos lean more into the run game than we've seen the past two seasons? Zach and Phil debate who will win more games between Colorado and Colorado State. We examine Courtland Sutton's expected receiving yards and touchdowns and debate if he will go over or under those numbers. We hear from Broncos GM George Paton and his thoughts on Sutton's impact on the team. We preview the Air Force Falcons ahead of their first game of the season. Will Air Force be able to bounce back after a "down" year lats season? 

In hour 2 of The Drive, Zach and Phil react to breaking NFL news as Micah Parsons has been traded to the Green Bay Packers and signed to the richest non-quarterback contract in NFL history. How does Parsons' historic contract impact Nik Bonitto's looming contract extension with the Broncos? What is taking so long in the Nik Bonitto negations? Should Bonitto take "less" to secure his life changing money? Today's "Three Count" includes Zach admitting he could be wrong about the Broncos trading Jarrett Stidham based on Sean Payton's remarks today. Could Payton be grooming Sam Ehlinger be in line to be the future backup quarterback for the Broncos? We are joined by Colorado Buffaloes beat writer Brian Howell to discuss the Buffs offseason, what their identity will be on offense this season, and much more. 

In hour 3 of The Drive, Zach, Phil and the guys participate in our weekly trivia competition vs the morning show. Can we beat their 2-2 performance from this morning and continue our dominance over the morning show? We examine Courtland Sutton's expected receiving yards and touchdowns and debate if he will go over or under those numbers. We preview the Air Force Falcons ahead of their first game of the season. Will Air Force be able to bounce back after a "down" year last season? Zach and Phil debate who will win more games between Colorado and Colorado State. Will Jay Norvell be able to continue his streak of adding more wins than the previous season?