Vic Lombardi Show

0:00 - Our Broncos & NFL Insider Jeff Legwold shared his final thoughts on the Super Bowl and weighed in on the Tee Higgins to Denver rumors. 16:41 - The 4 Nations Face-Off is officially under way! Clearly, the players enjoy representing their country more than East/West or whatever teams in a regular All-Star Game. This tournament has juice. Could the NBA emulate this format somehow? There's plenty of global basketball talent.29:56 - Brett asked the texters a simple question: are the Nuggets back? Are we back?

0:00 - Adam Schefter makes his final weekly apperance with to discuss the Tee Higgins to Denver rumors & wrap up the Super Bowl. He'll chat with us again around the star of the league new year in March. 20:55 - Jamal looks like Jamal again. Playoff Jamal. Bubble Jamal. Jamal Murray made a shot Jamal. Whatever you want to call it. How do we feel about the Nuggets as they head into the All-Star Break?35:50 - Legendary Rockies Skipper Clint Hurdle joined the Morning Sprint yesterday and explained why he decided to return to the team as an assistant back in 2021. Brett likes his reasoning, but Vic thinks he's feeding us a line we've heard one too many times. 

0:00 - Jamal Murray dropped a career high 55 points on Portland last night! Is he back? Are the Nuggets back? We back?15:05 - The first game of the 4 Nations Face-Off was awesome last night. Clearly, the players love representing their countries and they're playing harder than they would in an All-Star Game. That also means they risk serious injuries right before the playoff push. 34:53 - Some sportsbooks have the Denver Broncos as the favorites to land free agent WR Tee Higgins. Would he make sense here in Denver? Would that be a good fit?

0:00 - Brett says baseball players aren't athletes. They're guys who are highly skilled in a specialized area, but they're not athletes. That's why he wanted to play in college. 17:51 - Julian Strawther and Jalen Pickett are ballin' right now. That's one bright spot of the Nuggets recent injury wave. It's given the young guys a chance to shine. 32:39 - Word on the street: the Saints want to hire Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator. That's usually how it goes. Can you think of anyone who failed as a head coach then WASN'T hired elsewhere as a coordinator after?

0:00 - Joel Embiid looks like a shell of his former self. Not just physically. Mentally too. Is it time to start pitying him and his fall from grace? Or does he deserve all the hate he gets?14:13 - Ashton Jeanty would look good in orange and blue. I mean, the other orange and blue. Broncos orange and blue. I mean, the other Broncos! Denver Broncos. But is it worth spending a first round pick on a RB?37:27 - We have a Nikola Jokic bobble head to give away. Let's give it away in a contest with absolutely flawless execution. 

0:00 - There are plenty of statues in Denver and Colorado as a whole, but why don't we have many sports statues? Where's the Elway statue? What about Sakic?20:09 - Stephen A Smith said that Jamal and Joker are the best duo in the NBA, and they'll hold that title until proven otherwise. Do we agree? Did Stephen A finally have a good Nuggets take? Did hell freeze over?35:01 - Dan Hurley did what he does best: run his mouth. We're getting sick of it, honestly. 

0:00 - If the playoffs today, who would you want the Avalanche to face in the first round? How about the Nuggets?16:01 - Deebo Samuel recently told Bleacher Report that he thinks the Denver Broncos could be something special. Would Deebo be a good fit here? Is he Sean Payton's "Joker" player?30:27 - Vic saw a stupid overly emotional clickbait headline on social media and it made him mad. Honestly, we don't blame him. 

0:00 - Mavs fans are still furious about the Luka trade, and rightfully so. A few fans expressed their distaste for GM Nico Harrison last night and got ejected for it. 12:56 - Jokic's numbers through 3 quarters of basketball (not even a full game) are better than any other center's numbers through a full game. Think about that for a second. 33:03 - What's up with Tom Brady's face? It's too fake and plastic, man. Lay off the plastic. Also, how do we like Brady as a commentator? How does he stack up in the NFL landscape?

0:00 - Don't look now, but the Nuggets have won 7 games in a row! They dropped 146 points on a red-hot Trailblazers team last night, and got contributions from damn near everyone on the roster. 16:54 - We ride the emotional ups and downs like a rollercoaster. One day, the Avs and Nugs are championship contenders. The next day, they're trash. Now that we're at the All-Star break for both NHL and (almost) NBA, how do we feel about these teams?38:07 - Michael Strahan is a Giants legend. No question. He interviewed Saquon Barkley before the Super Bowl, waved an Eagles flag above his head, and said GO BIRDS! He's obviously supporting a fellow (former) Giant, but that's unacceptable. You can't support a division rival under any circumstance.

0:00 - The NBA is nothing if not drama-filled, and this weekend was no exception.14:54 - The Super Bowl is getting too expensive all around. It's ridiculous. What are we doing here? Also, both Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson will be looking for new teams next season. Which QB still has more gas left in the tank?36:50 - Brett can't believe football is over. Just like that, the season is done. Vic said that's a good thing. We need time away from these sports sometimes. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

0:00 - Don't look now but the Nuggets have won 6 games in a row! They put the smackdown on a depleted Phoenix Suns team on Saturday. The Avalanche had a nice statement win over the Oilers in Edmonton, giving them a nice surge into the Four Nations Faceoff. 12:23 - That wasn't an Eagles win. That was a SMACKDOWN. The Chiefs looked lost from the first snap. When was the last time that happened? The Broncos snapping the ball right past Peyton Manning's head in SB 48?32:03 - The Vic Fangio Head Coach Experience wasn't particularly fun in Denver. Now, he's a Super Bowl Champion as a coordinator and his defense SHUT DOWN the Mighty Mahomes. Give him his flowers. It's time.

0:00 - The Chiefs three-peat hopes are OVA. Boy, the mighty Chiefs looked lost yesterday. Congrats to the E-L-G-S-E-S EAGLES!16:43 - What's the distance between the Broncos and Chiefs? How close are the Broncos to being legit contenders?34:49 - Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show: yay or nay?

0:00 - Bill Belichick posed on the red carpet last night with his girlfriend (in her early 20s) and they were both wearing his Super Bowl rings. It's an image that's seared into Vic's memory.16:28 - Zeke Nnaji is getting minutes right now and showing flashes of his old self. Will he keep playing once Petyon Watson is back and healthy?31:24 - It's our favorite part of the week DRUNK TAKESSSSSSS

0:00 - Vic got into a passionate debate with his brother surrounding youth sports and how we handle them as parents.16:02 - Marty Necas is gelling with this Avalanche squad! Meanwhile...we hate to say it...Mikko Rantanen is struggling with the Hurricanes. Do we feel better about this trade? Is The Marty Party benefitting from the Nathan MacKinnon boost?36:35 - We're almost 2 hours into the show and yet...we haven't mentioned the Super Bowl ONCE. That's wild. The interest for this game isn't there at all, outside of the cities of KC, Philly, and New Orleans. 

0:00 - The Avalanche and Nuggets rattled off another Double DUBaroo! They both started slow, but figured it out in time. 17:55 - The Nuggets did nothing at the trade deadline. Absolutely nothing. Nuggets GM Calvin Booth spoke to the media yesterday to address the lack of trades.35:11 - PSII won NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. Add that to Denver/Colorado's stacked trophy case in the past 365 days. 

0:00 - Our ESPN Broncos/NFL Inside Jeff Legwold made his weekly appreance with us to break down some of Sean Payton's comments from Super Bowl Media Week on the Up and Adams show. 17:36 - The Waste Management open has turned into a rowdy, dirty, drunken debacle. Where's the decorum?33:18 - Vic offers up some final NBA trade deadline thoughts. And even though it's over a month away, Moser looks ahead at the NHL trade deadline. And then the internet in our building ruined everything.

0:00 - The NBA trade deadline is hours away. What moves could/should/would the Nuggets make?15:19 - The NFL definitely wants to add an 18th game, but the NFLPA is highly opposed to it. What are the pros/cons of expanding the season again?32:52 - If the Nuggets do nothing at the trade deadline, is that a failure? Also, let's get some Keys to the Game for both the Nuggets and Avalanche games tonight.

0:00 - MPJ had stellar back-to-back games. 36 points and 39 points! Who cares if they both were against the Pelicans? Is MPJ putting on a show to silence the trade rumors once and for all?20:14 - The NBA trade deadline is looming and plenty of moves have been made. Which ones affect the Nuggets and their chances of surviving the West? Are the Lakers a threat now?34:56 - There's only one human on the face of the earth who gets genuine answers from Sean Payton, and her name is Kay Adams. That's it. She caught up with Payton at Super Bowl Media Week and he dug into his offseason plans. 

0:00 - Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar caught up with to break down yesterday's disappointing effort in Vancouver against the Canucks.19:11 - Bednar didn't pull any punches during his interview, and he never does. In particular, he called out Casey Mittelstadt and the team's lack of offense.34:44 - Let's crown a winner of the MLK jingle/Nuggets tickets contest, then give one foul-mouthed jingler a shot at redemption in the Fact Checker. 

0:00 - The Avalanche really could've used those 2 points last night in Vancouver. Instead, they left emptyhanded and didn't score a single goal. What happened??19:41 - Michael Malone chatted with PHD yesterday and he addressed the MPJ trade rumors. In his soundbite, he made it seem like it's all up to Calvin Booth. How intertwined are coaches and GMs? Do we really believe that Malone doesn't have a say in the trade process. 32:46 - Super Bowl week is a bunch of fanfare and hooplah! It's all for show. Some Chiefs players have had high praise for Bo Nix when asked about him. Do we believe them? Or are they just giving polite media answers?