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Stack or Shed Ep.17 Broncos edition · Football Junkies podcast

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  Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row
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  dom, this is your GM who currently is not on
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  a team right now, but don't you worry about it.
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  Kale here to bring you episode 17 of the Stack
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  and Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering
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  all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be
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  talked about, all right? Now in this series,
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  we're covering a few different topics and they
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  include what went wrong, what do they need, stack
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  or shed, their draft picks, one move I would
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  do in their cap space right now. In this episode,
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  we're talking about the Broncos, all right? So
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  Broncos country, let's ride. All right, let's
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  get into it. So what went wrong in the Broncos
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  season? And I will eventually say it was inconsistent
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  offensive production. As much as we celebrated
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  the memorable game -winning drives, incredible
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  comebacks, and crazy catches, the offense at
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  times became dead weight. From failing to convert
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  on key downs to questionable play calling, the
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  offense struggled to find a rhythm. According
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  to Sumer Sports, the Broncos scored 20 points
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  or fewer in seven of eight inconsistent games.
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  That was week 10 against the Raiders where they
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  scored 10 points. Week 6 against the Jets where
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  they scored 13 points. Week 9 against the Texans
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  where they scored 18 points. Week 18 against
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  the Chargers where they scored 19 points. Week
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  1 against the Titans where they scored 20 points.
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  Week 3 against the Chargers again where they
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  scored 20 points. And week 16 against the Jaguars
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  where they scored 20 points. Here's the offensive
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  stat of all of those games including Bo Nix's
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  stats. So week 1 against the Texans. The offense
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  had 71 total plays for 317 total yards, 4 .4
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  yards per play, two interceptions, one fumble,
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  three red zone drives for one red zone touchdown,
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  which is a 33 .3 % red zone touchdown percentage.
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  Now in that game, Bo Nix was 40 attempts for
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  25 completions, 176 passing yards, one touchdown,
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  two interceptions, 4 .4 yards per attempt, and
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  a 62 .5 % completion percentage. Week three against
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  the Chargers, the offense had 48 total plays
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  for 265 total yards, averaging 5 .5 yards per
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  attempt, two red zone drives for one red zone
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  touchdown with a 50 % red zone touchdown percentage.
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  Now in that game, Bo Nix was 25 attempts for
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  14 completions, 153 passing yards, one touchdown,
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  6 .1 yards per attempt, and a 56 % completion
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  percentage. Week six against the Jets, the offense
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  had 57 total plays. for 246 total yards, averaging
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  4 .3 yards per play, one fumble, two red zone
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  drives for one red zone touchdown, and a 50 %
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  red zone touchdown percentage. Now Bo Nix in
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  that game was 30 attempts for 19 completions,
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  174 pass yards, one touchdown, 5 .8 yards per
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  attempt, and a 63 .3 % completion percentage.
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  Week nine against the Texans, the offense had
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  61 total plays for 271 total yards and averaging
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  4 .4 yards per. play, one interception, no red
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  zone drives or touchdowns. Now in that game,
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  Bo Nix was 37 attempts for 18 completions, 173
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  passing yards, two touchdowns, one interception,
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  4 .7 yards per attempt, and a 48 .6 completion
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  percentage. Week 10 against the Raiders, the
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  offense had 57 total plays for 220 total yards
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  while averaging 3 .8 yards per play, two interceptions,
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  three red zone drives for one red zone touchdown,
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  which is a 33 .3 % red zone touchdown percentage.
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  Bo Nix in that game was 28 attempts for 16 completions,
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  150 passing yards, one touchdown, two interceptions,
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  5 .4 yards per attempt, and a 57 .1 completion
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  percentage. Week 11 against the Chiefs, the offense
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  had 61 total plays for 342 total yards while
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  averaging 5 .6 yards per play, five red zone
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  drives for one red zone touchdown, which is a
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  20 % red zone touchdown percentage. Now, Bo Nix
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  in that game was 37 attempts for 24 completions,
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  295... passing yards, eight yards per attempt,
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  and a 64 .9 % completion percentage. Week 16
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  against the Jaguars. The offense had 65 total
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  plays for 445 total yards while averaging 6 .8
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  yards per attempt, one interception. They lost
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  a fumble. They had two red zone drives for one
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  red zone touchdown, which is a 50 % red zone
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  touchdown percentage. Bo Nix in that game was
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  47 attempts for 28 completions, 352 passing yards,
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  one touchdown, one interception, 7 .5 yards per
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  attempt. a 59 .6 completion percentage. Week
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  18 against the Chargers, the offense had 58 total
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  plays for 240 total yards while averaging 4 .1
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  yards per play, five red zone drives for zero
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  red zone touchdowns. Bo Nix in that game was
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  23 attempts for 14 completions, 141 pass yards,
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  6 .1 yards per attempt, and a 60 .9 % completion
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  percentage. Regardless of how you feel about
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  the performance of this offense, we can clearly
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  see that there was a rhythm of dysfunction through
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  throughout the entire season. Now with that being
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  said, what do the Broncos need? And that is more
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  offensive production. With the promotion of Davis
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  Webb to offensive coordinator and primary play
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  caller, I expect this offense to become more
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  consistent, explosive, and expand the roles of
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  their playmakers as this is the first time that
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  Sean Payton has relieved his duties as primary
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  offensive play caller. And with the acquisition
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  of Jalen Waddell, the Broncos now have a receiver
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  who is explosive enough to create separation
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  at the line of scrimmage while playing the Y
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  and Z. Because last year, this offense lacked
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  explosive plays. According to Sumer Sports, out
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  of 1 ,055 total offensive plays, the Broncos
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  offense only generated 138 explosive plays, which
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  only accounted for 13 .8 % of their total offensive
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  plays. Now, if you break that down even more,
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  that's 84 explosive passes, which are passes
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  of 15 yards or more. And that only accounted
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  for 14 .7 % of their passing attempts. Now they
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  have 54 explosive rushes, which are rushes of
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  10 plus yards or more, and that only accounted
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  for 11 .7 % of their rushing attempts. Now these
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  numbers make sense because when we look at the
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  players that contributed the most, it was J .K.
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  Dobbins before he got hurt. Cortland Sutton,
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  Troy Franklin, Evan Ingram, and RJ Harvey. J
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  .K. Dobbin's stat line was 153 rushing attempts
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  for 772 rushing yards, 5 rushing yards per carry,
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  4 rushing touchdowns, and 21 rushes of 10 plus
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  yards or more. But when you look at his stats
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  per game, he averaged 15 .3 rushing attempts
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  per game for 77 .2 rushing yards per game. Now
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  when we look at RJ Harvey for instance, he had
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  146 rushing attempts for 540 rushing yards, 3
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  .7 rushing yards per carry, 7 rushing touchdowns,
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  and 8 rushes of 10 plus yards or more. But if
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  you look at his per game stats, he averaged 8
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  .6 rushing attempts per game, 31 .8 rushing yards
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  per game, and 3 .7 rushing yards per carry. Now
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  if you look at Cortland Sutton, he had 124 targets
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  for 74 receptions, 1 ,017 receiving yards, 7
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  receiving touchdowns, and 13 .7 receiving yards
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  per reception. But looking at his per game stats,
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  he averaged 7 .3 targets per game, 4 .4 receptions
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  per game, and 59 .8 receiving yards per game.
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  Troy Franklin had 104 targets for 65 receptions,
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  709 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, 10 .9 receiving
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  yards per reception. Now looking at his stats
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  per game, he averaged 6 .1 targets per game,
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  3 .8 receptions per game, and 41 .7 receiving
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  yards per game. targets for 50 receptions, 461
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  receiving yards, 1 touchdown, 9 .2 receiving
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  yards per reception. But when you look at his
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  per -game stats, he averaged 4 .8 targets per
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  game, 3 .1 receptions per game, and 28 .8 yards
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  per game. RJ Harvey had 58 targets for 47 receptions,
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  356 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns,
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  and he averaged 7 .6 receiving yards per reception.
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  But when we look at his per -game stats, he averaged
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  3 .4 targets per game 2 .8 receptions per game
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  and 20 .9 receiving yards per game So outside
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  of those guys, nobody else was really contributing
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  to this offense. Now with that being said, the
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  question we all need to ask ourselves is stack
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  or shed? And I'll eventually say stack. And the
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  reason why I say that is because the Broncos
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  were just a few plays away from going to the
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  Super Bowl. There's no need to shed what has
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  taken over five years to build. Instead, the
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  Broncos need to identify the problems that lingered
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  into the playoffs, create a solution, and continue
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  to attack the offseason. As of right now, I believe
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  the Broncos are the best team in the afc west
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  and one of the front runners to make it to the
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  super bowl looking at their draft picks they
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  have their second two fourths a fifth and three
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  sevens Although they only have one pick in the
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  top 100, I believe they can use one of their
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  fourth round picks to get into the third round.
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  Now, I wonder what position will the Broncos
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  target first? Because according to Travis Wakeman
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  from SportingNews .com, the Broncos have brought
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  in Omar Cooper, wide receiver from Indiana, Kalen
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  Black, running back from Indiana, Eli Stowers,
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  tight end from Vanderbilt, Chris McCullen, defensive
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  tackle from Missouri, Jude Bowery, guard from
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  Boston College, Josh Geske, guard from Illinois,
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  Jonah Coleman, running back from Washington.
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  Casey Concepcion, wide receiver from Texas A
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  &M. Deshaun McCullough, linebacker from Nebraska.
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  Caleb Alarms -Orr, linebacker from TCU. Justin
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  Jolly, tight end from NC State. Max Clare, tight
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  end from Ohio State. Jeremy Rolder, inside linebacker
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  from Michigan. Paul Publett, tackle from UCF,
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  and Kagan Trost, offensive tackle from Missouri,
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  for top 30 visits. Now, outside of Casey Concepcion,
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  Omar Cooper, and maybe Eli Stowers, I believe
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  all these players are in play for the Broncos.
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  Now, the one move that I would do is bolster
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  the defensive line. With the departure of John
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  Franklin Myers, the Broncos need to find his
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  replacement in order to maintain their dominance.
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  Now, this can be accomplished through the draft,
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  free agency, or maybe trading for Dexter Lawrence.
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  Now, I know there's some of you within Broncos
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  country who are against this, but just hear me
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  out for a second. If you're the Broncos, I think
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  you have to at least kick the tires on the idea
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  of making this move as long as the Giants asking
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  price is reasonable. Now, if you feel if the
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  asking price is too high, you can still address
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  it in free agency or in the draft. Cam Jordan
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  is still a free agent. And according to Spotrak,
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  his market value is only 6 .8 million. That's
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  not bad. If you want to address this position
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  in the draft, you can get Dante Corleone, Zane
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  Durant, Lee Hunter, or Daryl Jackson. All of
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  them will be available in the second, third,
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  maybe even in the fourth round. Looking at their
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  cap situation, they have $19 .6 million, which
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  I think is more than enough to sign their rookie
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  class. Now, depending on how their draft goes,
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  I expect the Broncos to make one to two additional
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  free agent signings. Now, the degree of those
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  signings can vary. They can be a camp body signing,
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  they can be a competition free agent signing,
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  or they can be a starter caliber free agent signing.
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  Because you still have people such as Marshawn
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  Lattimore, Trevon Diggs. Legereus Sneed, Hasan
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  Reddick, Joey Bosa, David Onyemata, DJ Reader,
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  Jimmy Ward, Leonard Floyd, D 'Amico Autry, Juan
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  Jones. Hell, you could bring back Von Miller
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  because according to SpoolTrack, his market value
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  is only 5 .8 million. You have options. You have
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  cap space. Do what you need to do. But I'm going
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