October 31, 2025 • 11 mins
92.5FM Denver's Altitude Sports Radio Andy Lindahl Joins The Show
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And Lindall, one half of the powerful three to six
squad you can listen to at ninety two point five
Altitude Sports Radio. They're good friend. Jesse's my road engineer
when I do Rockets games in Denver. And Andy Joys
is here for I believe the second time on the
Matt Thomas should ross Andy Hall. The hell are you?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm goodre you guys. Look, I'm all about that. We
do a ska Friday. Have you ever heard of ska music?
Are you familiar with that genre? We do that every
fresh Yeah, what is it like?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Is it real sky or is it like no doubt?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No, No, We've got do you like Lesson Jake? We
actually paid the guy from Less Than Jake to do
the theme song. Oh make so we've got like a
whole legit thing going. Yeah. The listeners insisted. We were like, dude,
we're not paying for that. They said we would, so
they did. Well. It's been like a five year deal.
So there you go. Because Scott does so well, he'll
make you a jingle that tells you all you need
to know.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah, we don't pay for anything, So our guest come
for cheesecake slices on the show. So we'll be sending
you something as a guest on our show. Hey, I
first of all, I think sports radio us making predictions.
Our audiences don't care. But that's neither here nor there
unless there's like something invested into it. So I am
not making a prediction about this game intentionally because I
(01:12):
can't figure out how the Texans offensive line is going
to not give up nine sacks this week. Conversely, no
disrespect to Bonnick's having a good season, but this the
defense that you saw last week against Dallas is atrocious.
They're getting a massive upgrade in terms of who they're
saying with the Houston Texans team on Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Listen, you're not gonna upset me. Bonix has had about
five or six good quarters this year. I'll be honest
with you. This is why I don't treat tweet during games.
We were three quarters into the Giants game, and that
was just one quarter prior to the Cowboy game. Of
that magical fourth quarter where I was like, you may
have to bench this guy. They couldn't get a first down,
he could make it right read he was over. He's
(01:55):
developed this habit when he's pressured, which to your point
the Cowboys couldn't do at all. Last week. He was
like he was picking out Halloween candy in the aisle
there last week. I mean, he had no worries in
the world. But when he was pressured against the Giants
and some teams previous, he was like running up into
the pocket doing like this shot put throw. He kept
overthrowing receivers. He couldn't hit a deep ball. They couldn't
(02:18):
hit a deep play, and the offense was drawing booze
from the crowded in power during that Giants game for
most of the day. And I still can't explain what
the hell the fourth quarter was. I know, Brian Daboll
is not the smartest guy in the NFL. Should never
had Jackson Dart thrown on the interception that ultimately led
to the momentum they needed to turn things around. But
if you go back and watch that game, and all
(02:40):
you need to do is watch the fourth quarter, it's
inexplicable how they got done what they got done to
score thirty three. This is not a high this is
not a big play. You know, fast moving offense. They
are dinking dunk, They are college like, they are Oregon like.
Because that's what Bonnicks does best, and when he's pressured,
he tends to make not always the best decision, and
he doesn't love I think he CJ. Stroud are dealing
(03:01):
with the same thing. Or when they drop back into
zone and the windows are the NFL kind of tight
windows you got to throw into, I'm not sure the
guy loves throwing to them. So to be honest with you, guys,
I don't know what to expect either. I was last
with my partner Nate. I said, we might get a
nine to six game and it may just depend on
which defense turns the other offense over deep enough he
can kick a field goal.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, I know the Niners this pass week try Andy
to get into that ball control against the Texans defense,
and they were hardly on the field. So when you're
telling me that bo Nicks is going to try to
make these longer drives than presuming you're saying this is
the Broncos offense got enough components to go ten plays
eighty yards, take four or five minutes off the clock
to keep the defense guessing a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Sometimes it does, and here's what happens. And the Giants,
I know, you know Burns from the Giants was complaining
about this. Their defensive one of their front linebacker and
whatever is one of the rush guys get upset that
they decided to drop eight. And if you drop eight
against Bo, he will run against you if you give
him the lanes. Now, he's not gonna lamar Jackson him.
I'm not painting him as that, but he'll pick up five, six,
(04:03):
seven yards hook, slide down. He doesn't take a lot
of hits, and sometimes that's what fools defenses. They're going
to try to run a lot of screenplays Sean, and
I think it's from the influence of Davis Webb, the
quarterback coach who works in this thing too. Davis Webb
has brought some college influence to Sean Payton's offense where
they had a great play design last week where everybody
(04:24):
ran to the left side of the field and the
running back R. J. Harvey just kind of snuck out
behind the line of scrimmage on a screen pass and
by the time the Cowboys, and again it's the Cowboys
take that into effect. By the time the Cowboys realized
where Harvey was, everybody had run to the wrong side
of the field. All Bo had to do is give
a simple training camp like pass to Harvey and he
walked in with no tacklers in sight, So they're going
(04:48):
to try to get you with some motion. But look,
I don't know what they do well because against the
good defenses, they haven't done anything anything at all. How
they beat the Philadelphia Eagles was a little bit misdefining too.
That game also sucked for Reds and then they got
seventeen straight points and found a way to pull that
one out. They just if you let them have a
little lights at the end because you drop back into
prevent stuff, they're going to eat you live. But if
(05:10):
both offenses are struggling to move the ball and no
one's you know, still in prevent like and I don't
know where anybody gets their offense from. Frankly, looking at
these two squads.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Andy Lindall with us here on Sports Talk seven ninety
and you're the frustration in your voice kind of points
me to my next question, Andy, or our next question,
how do you feel about Sean Payton, Because I mean,
the results pretty good, did make the playoffs last year,
but uh, it sounds like maybe you're kind of frustrated
with some of the results that still have borne out
under his tenure.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Well, but the whole thing is just kind of I
will tell you this. So I was the Broncos sideline
reporter for a decade and during that decade I covered
the Tim Tebow season. Now, Bonix in this offense is
not as bad as Tim Tebow and whatever, you know,
kind of I mean, you want to talk about really
putting some together the NFL had never seen and that
was based on off a run game with Willis mcgayhee
(06:01):
that was unstoppable. But some of the stories I can
tell you that I've heard it's for another day, but
that thing, the dysfunctional mess and always found a way
to pull together in the fourth quarter. Again, the Broncos
aren't to that level. But look, you guys got to
make a decision with CJ. Stroud sooner we're gonna have
to make it too. Is this long term sustainable? You know?
And there's just too many times where I see it's ugly.
(06:24):
They can't pick up a first down. Sometimes they can't
move the ball at all. Sean won't commit to the run. Listen,
the way the Broncos could get this thing done is
run the football. JK. Dobbins looks more like the Baltimore
VICH vintage pre injury JK. Dobbins than what we saw
last year with the Chargers, and we saw him twice,
so I know what he looked like. He's better than
(06:45):
from whatever that. Remember, we had the catastrophic injury that
got him, you know, separated from the Ravens to begin with.
But he's really good at running the zone stuff. Now
there's the flying the ointment right. One of the reasons
why I think the Texans did what they did against
the Niners because I've seen it when the Texans kicked
the Broncos, but when Kubiak was coach and Shanyan was there.
What the Broncos is give inside knowledge of the system.
(07:07):
So when the Broncos try to go wide zone, your
guys are going to know what they're looking at, and
they're probably going to know where those cutback lanes are.
And Dobbins has feasted off the cutback lanes. So but
Sean doesn't like like Sean Sean is every modern offensive
coach in the NFL. No matter how well you're running
the football, he's got to show you the cool pass
plays he's drawn up. And sometimes he gets so stuttering
(07:29):
the calls come in late, He's late decide on what
personnel though he wants in there. I mean, trust me,
there have been plenty of games where it's just been
so maddening to watch. And if you guys get that,
get that this Sunday, I'm not going to be surprised
if the Broncos lose this game.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
All right, lastly, left your run. Let's talk about what
does scare folks here that are following this game a
little bit. It's the fact that the Broncos lead the
league in sacks. Is it when you watch a game,
is it just intense pressure? Is it maybe the offensive
lines of the opponents. I mean, it could be kind
domination of both. But when you know, somebody's got to
be on top of that list. And right now, Denver's
front seven is getting to the quarterback very often so
(08:06):
far this year.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, listen, Nick Benito's legit, and I know he's probably
not a household name, but again, I was lucky to
cover the career von Miller start to finish Nick Benito
as that same first step von Miller does. Now, I'm
not telling you this same guy I've on had this
unbelievable bend to his body where he could just duck
under the first punch a tackle would throw, get around
the edge and cause havoc. But Benito he can get
(08:31):
off and he gets real good at guests and snapcounts.
If you're late in the clock, he'll get off and
your tackle won't have a chance. I've seen tackles this
year just pitch a shutout, not even getting a hand
on him. And then the guy on the other side,
Jonathan Cooper, who a lot of people don't know, but
he went to ohioa state. He's developed into a really
great punch. So if Benito chases you from one side
to the other, Cooper's going to be there waiting. They've
(08:53):
got Zach Allen, who's been a mini JJ Watt. You
know what. Maybe you've seen JJ giving a shout out
to Zach. They played together in Arizona. He's very complimentary
of Zach's game. Zach has been an absolute diamond in
the rough fine for them. In free agency. John Franklin
Myers is another guy that can be a problem. The
run stoppers Malcolm Roach and DJ Jones. They've got a
(09:13):
fearsome front seven. What we're wondering about in Denver is
you know, And I laugh because we still have some
people in town that want to try to bang the
drum that the Broncos should have drafted Justin Fields years
ago instead of taken Patzertan, who's the defensive player of
the year, because people just don't understand what a good
cornerback can do for you. I'm sure you guys deal
with that too, Is Stingley right? I mean, listen, things change,
(09:36):
you guys know, the educated fan. I'm sure there's plenty
in Houston to see it when you're allowed to say
this guy is taking that guy out. And we had
the stat this week the Broncos with Certan in the
game have not allowed number one receiver a touchdown this year.
And that's guys like Michael Pittman and last week to
Seed Lamb and on and on and go. Look at
the list. They haven't exactly played a bunch of scrubs.
AJ Brown. So, but that's a lot of Stan. Now
(09:58):
he's gone. I don't know he's going to be able.
He's been able to walk up. He'll get with two
yards of your top receiver, he'll jam him. And already
the quarterback's got to look elsewhere and then if the
three step drop becomes a five step drop, that's how
that pass rush is getting home. Are they going to
have the same effectiveness killing the quick pass? I don't know.
The thing that hurts you, guys is Dalton Schultz. I
(10:18):
don't know if he's gonna play or not, but tight
ends still have given this defense a little bit of problem.
Ty Warren, the rookie Indy was a nightmare for him.
The kid that's making a name for himself with the
Chargers ate them up when they played a few weeks ago.
So Schultz can go, that'll be a feather in your cap.
If he doesn't again, I think we could be looking
at a lot of nineteen sixties football, or nothing happens on.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
That Schultz is on the practice field. So tell your
folks back and then with that is the case, he
is at least working out with the boys today. Andy,
thank you very much for the time, and we really
appreciate it. And tell all my friends at Altitude I
said hello and looking forward to Rockets, Nuggets get maybe
a Western Conference finals.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
I'm helping.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Oh yeah, that'll be good. It's gonna be a fun
basketball season and we'll see if it's a fun football game. Sunday,
you guys have to say folloween.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Thank you my friend, Andy Lindall, ninety two point five
Altitude Sports Radio,
And Lindall, one half of the powerful three to six
squad you can listen to at ninety two point five
Altitude Sports Radio. They're good friend. Jesse's my road engineer
when I do Rockets games in Denver. And Andy Joys
is here for I believe the second time on the
Matt Thomas should ross Andy Hall. The hell are you?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm goodre you guys. Look, I'm all about that. We
do a ska Friday. Have you ever heard of ska music?
Are you familiar with that genre? We do that every
fresh Yeah, what is it like?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Is it real sky or is it like no doubt?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
No, No, We've got do you like Lesson Jake? We
actually paid the guy from Less Than Jake to do
the theme song. Oh make so we've got like a
whole legit thing going. Yeah. The listeners insisted. We were like, dude,
we're not paying for that. They said we would, so
they did. Well. It's been like a five year deal.
So there you go. Because Scott does so well, he'll
make you a jingle that tells you all you need
to know.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah, we don't pay for anything, So our guest come
for cheesecake slices on the show. So we'll be sending
you something as a guest on our show. Hey, I
first of all, I think sports radio us making predictions.
Our audiences don't care. But that's neither here nor there
unless there's like something invested into it. So I am
not making a prediction about this game intentionally because I
(01:12):
can't figure out how the Texans offensive line is going
to not give up nine sacks this week. Conversely, no
disrespect to Bonnick's having a good season, but this the
defense that you saw last week against Dallas is atrocious.
They're getting a massive upgrade in terms of who they're
saying with the Houston Texans team on Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Listen, you're not gonna upset me. Bonix has had about
five or six good quarters this year. I'll be honest
with you. This is why I don't treat tweet during games.
We were three quarters into the Giants game, and that
was just one quarter prior to the Cowboy game. Of
that magical fourth quarter where I was like, you may
have to bench this guy. They couldn't get a first down,
he could make it right read he was over. He's
(01:55):
developed this habit when he's pressured, which to your point
the Cowboys couldn't do at all. Last week. He was
like he was picking out Halloween candy in the aisle
there last week. I mean, he had no worries in
the world. But when he was pressured against the Giants
and some teams previous, he was like running up into
the pocket doing like this shot put throw. He kept
overthrowing receivers. He couldn't hit a deep ball. They couldn't
(02:18):
hit a deep play, and the offense was drawing booze
from the crowded in power during that Giants game for
most of the day. And I still can't explain what
the hell the fourth quarter was. I know, Brian Daboll
is not the smartest guy in the NFL. Should never
had Jackson Dart thrown on the interception that ultimately led
to the momentum they needed to turn things around. But
if you go back and watch that game, and all
(02:40):
you need to do is watch the fourth quarter, it's
inexplicable how they got done what they got done to
score thirty three. This is not a high this is
not a big play. You know, fast moving offense. They
are dinking dunk, They are college like, they are Oregon like.
Because that's what Bonnicks does best, and when he's pressured,
he tends to make not always the best decision, and
he doesn't love I think he CJ. Stroud are dealing
(03:01):
with the same thing. Or when they drop back into
zone and the windows are the NFL kind of tight
windows you got to throw into, I'm not sure the
guy loves throwing to them. So to be honest with you, guys,
I don't know what to expect either. I was last
with my partner Nate. I said, we might get a
nine to six game and it may just depend on
which defense turns the other offense over deep enough he
can kick a field goal.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Well, I know the Niners this pass week try Andy
to get into that ball control against the Texans defense,
and they were hardly on the field. So when you're
telling me that bo Nicks is going to try to
make these longer drives than presuming you're saying this is
the Broncos offense got enough components to go ten plays
eighty yards, take four or five minutes off the clock
to keep the defense guessing a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Sometimes it does, and here's what happens. And the Giants,
I know, you know Burns from the Giants was complaining
about this. Their defensive one of their front linebacker and
whatever is one of the rush guys get upset that
they decided to drop eight. And if you drop eight
against Bo, he will run against you if you give
him the lanes. Now, he's not gonna lamar Jackson him.
I'm not painting him as that, but he'll pick up five, six,
(04:03):
seven yards hook, slide down. He doesn't take a lot
of hits, and sometimes that's what fools defenses. They're going
to try to run a lot of screenplays Sean, and
I think it's from the influence of Davis Webb, the
quarterback coach who works in this thing too. Davis Webb
has brought some college influence to Sean Payton's offense where
they had a great play design last week where everybody
(04:24):
ran to the left side of the field and the
running back R. J. Harvey just kind of snuck out
behind the line of scrimmage on a screen pass and
by the time the Cowboys, and again it's the Cowboys
take that into effect. By the time the Cowboys realized
where Harvey was, everybody had run to the wrong side
of the field. All Bo had to do is give
a simple training camp like pass to Harvey and he
walked in with no tacklers in sight, So they're going
(04:48):
to try to get you with some motion. But look,
I don't know what they do well because against the
good defenses, they haven't done anything anything at all. How
they beat the Philadelphia Eagles was a little bit misdefining too.
That game also sucked for Reds and then they got
seventeen straight points and found a way to pull that
one out. They just if you let them have a
little lights at the end because you drop back into
prevent stuff, they're going to eat you live. But if
(05:10):
both offenses are struggling to move the ball and no
one's you know, still in prevent like and I don't
know where anybody gets their offense from. Frankly, looking at
these two squads.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Andy Lindall with us here on Sports Talk seven ninety
and you're the frustration in your voice kind of points
me to my next question, Andy, or our next question,
how do you feel about Sean Payton, Because I mean,
the results pretty good, did make the playoffs last year,
but uh, it sounds like maybe you're kind of frustrated
with some of the results that still have borne out
under his tenure.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Well, but the whole thing is just kind of I
will tell you this. So I was the Broncos sideline
reporter for a decade and during that decade I covered
the Tim Tebow season. Now, Bonix in this offense is
not as bad as Tim Tebow and whatever, you know,
kind of I mean, you want to talk about really
putting some together the NFL had never seen and that
was based on off a run game with Willis mcgayhee
(06:01):
that was unstoppable. But some of the stories I can
tell you that I've heard it's for another day, but
that thing, the dysfunctional mess and always found a way
to pull together in the fourth quarter. Again, the Broncos
aren't to that level. But look, you guys got to
make a decision with CJ. Stroud sooner we're gonna have
to make it too. Is this long term sustainable? You know?
And there's just too many times where I see it's ugly.
(06:24):
They can't pick up a first down. Sometimes they can't
move the ball at all. Sean won't commit to the run. Listen,
the way the Broncos could get this thing done is
run the football. JK. Dobbins looks more like the Baltimore
VICH vintage pre injury JK. Dobbins than what we saw
last year with the Chargers, and we saw him twice,
so I know what he looked like. He's better than
(06:45):
from whatever that. Remember, we had the catastrophic injury that
got him, you know, separated from the Ravens to begin with.
But he's really good at running the zone stuff. Now
there's the flying the ointment right. One of the reasons
why I think the Texans did what they did against
the Niners because I've seen it when the Texans kicked
the Broncos, but when Kubiak was coach and Shanyan was there.
What the Broncos is give inside knowledge of the system.
(07:07):
So when the Broncos try to go wide zone, your
guys are going to know what they're looking at, and
they're probably going to know where those cutback lanes are.
And Dobbins has feasted off the cutback lanes. So but
Sean doesn't like like Sean Sean is every modern offensive
coach in the NFL. No matter how well you're running
the football, he's got to show you the cool pass
plays he's drawn up. And sometimes he gets so stuttering
(07:29):
the calls come in late, He's late decide on what
personnel though he wants in there. I mean, trust me,
there have been plenty of games where it's just been
so maddening to watch. And if you guys get that,
get that this Sunday, I'm not going to be surprised
if the Broncos lose this game.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
All right, lastly, left your run. Let's talk about what
does scare folks here that are following this game a
little bit. It's the fact that the Broncos lead the
league in sacks. Is it when you watch a game,
is it just intense pressure? Is it maybe the offensive
lines of the opponents. I mean, it could be kind
domination of both. But when you know, somebody's got to
be on top of that list. And right now, Denver's
front seven is getting to the quarterback very often so
(08:06):
far this year.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, listen, Nick Benito's legit, and I know he's probably
not a household name, but again, I was lucky to
cover the career von Miller start to finish Nick Benito
as that same first step von Miller does. Now, I'm
not telling you this same guy I've on had this
unbelievable bend to his body where he could just duck
under the first punch a tackle would throw, get around
the edge and cause havoc. But Benito he can get
(08:31):
off and he gets real good at guests and snapcounts.
If you're late in the clock, he'll get off and
your tackle won't have a chance. I've seen tackles this
year just pitch a shutout, not even getting a hand
on him. And then the guy on the other side,
Jonathan Cooper, who a lot of people don't know, but
he went to ohioa state. He's developed into a really
great punch. So if Benito chases you from one side
to the other, Cooper's going to be there waiting. They've
(08:53):
got Zach Allen, who's been a mini JJ Watt. You
know what. Maybe you've seen JJ giving a shout out
to Zach. They played together in Arizona. He's very complimentary
of Zach's game. Zach has been an absolute diamond in
the rough fine for them. In free agency. John Franklin
Myers is another guy that can be a problem. The
run stoppers Malcolm Roach and DJ Jones. They've got a
(09:13):
fearsome front seven. What we're wondering about in Denver is
you know, And I laugh because we still have some
people in town that want to try to bang the
drum that the Broncos should have drafted Justin Fields years
ago instead of taken Patzertan, who's the defensive player of
the year, because people just don't understand what a good
cornerback can do for you. I'm sure you guys deal
with that too, Is Stingley right? I mean, listen, things change,
(09:36):
you guys know, the educated fan. I'm sure there's plenty
in Houston to see it when you're allowed to say
this guy is taking that guy out. And we had
the stat this week the Broncos with Certan in the
game have not allowed number one receiver a touchdown this year.
And that's guys like Michael Pittman and last week to
Seed Lamb and on and on and go. Look at
the list. They haven't exactly played a bunch of scrubs.
AJ Brown. So, but that's a lot of Stan. Now
(09:58):
he's gone. I don't know he's going to be able.
He's been able to walk up. He'll get with two
yards of your top receiver, he'll jam him. And already
the quarterback's got to look elsewhere and then if the
three step drop becomes a five step drop, that's how
that pass rush is getting home. Are they going to
have the same effectiveness killing the quick pass? I don't know.
The thing that hurts you, guys is Dalton Schultz. I
(10:18):
don't know if he's gonna play or not, but tight
ends still have given this defense a little bit of problem.
Ty Warren, the rookie Indy was a nightmare for him.
The kid that's making a name for himself with the
Chargers ate them up when they played a few weeks ago.
So Schultz can go, that'll be a feather in your cap.
If he doesn't again, I think we could be looking
at a lot of nineteen sixties football, or nothing happens on.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
That Schultz is on the practice field. So tell your
folks back and then with that is the case, he
is at least working out with the boys today. Andy,
thank you very much for the time, and we really
appreciate it. And tell all my friends at Altitude I
said hello and looking forward to Rockets, Nuggets get maybe
a Western Conference finals.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
I'm helping.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Oh yeah, that'll be good. It's gonna be a fun
basketball season and we'll see if it's a fun football game. Sunday,
you guys have to say folloween.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Thank you my friend, Andy Lindall, ninety two point five
Altitude Sports Radio,
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