My complete Mock Draft, Cuts, Re-signings, FA and UFA

[bronx_2003]

CUT - hamilton, berger, moss, simms, lamont jordan, wiegmann, mcbean, peterson

RE-SIGN - kuper, law, prater, colquitt, greisen, barrett, hochstein, dumervil, orton, marshall, le kevan smith

Scheffler (RFA) - round 2 compensation - trade

FA
Randy Mcmichael - TE
David Baas - G
Fred Robbins - de/nt
Matt Roth - ilb

DRAFT
1 - Sam Bradford - QB - Oklahoma - 6-4 - 218
2 - Terrence Cody - NT - Alabama - 6-4 - 365
2 - Arthur Jones - DE - Syracuse - 6-3 - 295
3 - Ted Larsen - C - North Carolina State - 6-2 - 300
4 - Mitch Petrus - OG - Arkansas - 6-3 - 315
6 - Keith Toston - RB - Oklahoma State - 6-0 - 214
7 - A.J. Wallace - CB - Penn State - 6-0 - 195

UFA
Chris Hall - C - Texas - 6-4 - 300
LeGarrette Blount - RB - Oregon - 6-2 - 240

Let me know what you think

[insomnia]

first off cody is not and will not go in the second round he is a first rounder also you forgot to cut stokley he is making top five on our team money wise and with the draft haveing solid wideouts stokes is gone plus he is old

[killacal]

CUT - hamilton, berger, moss, simms, lamont jordan, wiegmann, mcbean, peterson

RE-SIGN - kuper, law, prater, colquitt, greisen, barrett, hochstein, dumervil, orton, marshall, le kevan smith

Scheffler (RFA) - round 2 compensation - trade

FA
Randy Mcmichael - TE
David Baas - G
Fred Robbins - de/nt
Matt Roth - ilb

DRAFT
1 - Sam Bradford - QB - Oklahoma - 6-4 - 218
2 - Terrence Cody - NT - Alabama - 6-4 - 365
2 - Arthur Jones - DE - Syracuse - 6-3 - 295
3 - Ted Larsen - C - North Carolina State - 6-2 - 300
4 - Mitch Petrus - OG - Arkansas - 6-3 - 315
6 - Keith Toston - RB - Oklahoma State - 6-0 - 214
7 - A.J. Wallace - CB - Penn State - 6-0 - 195

UFA
Chris Hall - C - Texas - 6-4 - 300
LeGarrette Blount - RB - Oregon - 6-2 - 240

Let me know what you think

i wouldnt b surprised if we resign marshall, the randy mcmichael NO WAY please, i live in stl and mcmichael has the dropsies, i like the blount as a udfa 2

[KnoMo#27]

I thought McBean did pretty good for us this year.

[Den615]

I thought McBean did pretty good for us this year.

Agreed, nothing spectacular, but at the very least proved he deserves playing time. Same with Peterson, although I think he is better suited for a rotational role.

[DenBKumar]

Agreed, nothing spectacular, but at the very least proved he deserves playing time. Same with Peterson, although I think he is better suited for a rotational role.

Well, I suggest you watch the Chiefs game again. They all got OBLITERATED off the line.

[Den615]

Well, I suggest you watch the Chiefs game again. They all got OBLITERATED off the line.

Did you even read my post? I said they are better suited for rotational roles. They are too good to outright cut, especially McBean. I think we should look for upgrades sure, but releasing both guys makes no sense at all.

[DenBKumar]

Did you even read my post? I said they are better suited for rotational roles. They are too good to outright cut, especially McBean. I think we should look for upgrades sure, but releasing both guys makes no sense at all.

I'm just saying they didn't look too good on Sunday.

[MindField]

I stopped reading after you said to cut McBean and Peterson.

Clearly, you have no idea what the hell you are talking about.

The Broncos have alot of issues, but those two players aren't among them.

McBean in particular, was dynamite against the run this season, and he was noticeably absent when he missed a few games due to injury.

The kid is just getting started, as he was essentially a rookie by NFL experience, and has a chance to be pretty good.

[MindField]

Well, I suggest you watch the Chiefs game again. They all got OBLITERATED off the line.

They had alot of company, the entire defense sucked.

What about the rest of the season where they played fairly well??

You don't have a top 10 ranked defense with scrubs at DE.

The job of 3-4 ends is to stop the run and to tie up blockers for the OLB's to make plays, and they did that very well this season.

[Broncosinindy]

I am ok with the draft. I defiently dont want another QB until the lines are fixed. Build the Lines MCD and they will come.

[Cutler4tw]

I stopped reading after you said to cut McBean and Peterson.

Clearly, you have no idea what the hell you are talking about.

The Broncos have alot of issues, but those two players aren't among them.

McBean in particular, was dynamite against the run this season, and he was noticeably absent when he missed a few games due to injury.

The kid is just getting started, as he was essentially a rookie by NFL experience, and has a chance to be pretty good.

What he said McBean is very young and has lots to learn he will be a good role player for this team cutting him is umm in a nice way to say it not very smart

[Mat'hir Uth Gan]

I stopped reading after you said to cut McBean and Peterson.

Clearly, you have no idea what the hell you are talking about.

The Broncos have alot of issues, but those two players aren't among them.

McBean in particular, was dynamite against the run this season, and he was noticeably absent when he missed a few games due to injury.

The kid is just getting started, as he was essentially a rookie by NFL experience, and has a chance to be pretty good.

I dunno. Personally, I would have no problem cutting both of them. And certainly not McBean. In a one-gap 3-4 scheme, you have to have DEs that can offer pass rush potential as well as gap control. McBean is all gap and he's not that good. That's why he was out of the NFL entirely. Peterson is a little more rounded, but he sucks too. I might keep these guys for reserve roles, I don't want them starting. Vonnie Holliday, at age 100, outplayed both easily.

I'm hoping Pedescleaux showed enough to make the team next year and replace one of them. Hopefully, we will draft a DE within the first 2 Rounds. And hopefully, LeKevin Smith gets healthy and plays like he did in New England for us. If so, he's taking McBean's job.

We'll see how it all plays out. I look at our defense and I still see DE as the biggest need. We must have pass rush potential out of the DEs on top of the rush defense. You look for two younger Vonnie Hollidays to start. To me, that's Odrick, Jones, Alualu, and maybe Jenkins.

[InsaneBlaze23]

I thought McBean did pretty good for us this year.

I agree McBean was good.
I think in so do other fans that Brandon Marshall will not be a Bronco

[MindField]

I dunno. Personally, I would have no problem cutting both of them. And certainly not McBean. In a one-gap 3-4 scheme, you have to have DEs that can offer pass rush potential as well as gap control. McBean is all gap and he's not that good. That's why he was out of the NFL entirely. Peterson is a little more rounded, but he sucks too. I might keep these guys for reserve roles, I don't want them starting. Vonnie Holliday, at age 100, outplayed both easily.

I'm hoping Pedescleaux showed enough to make the team next year and replace one of them. Hopefully, we will draft a DE within the first 2 Rounds. And hopefully, LeKevin Smith gets healthy and plays like he did in New England for us. If so, he's taking McBean's job.

We'll see how it all plays out. I look at our defense and I still see DE as the biggest need. We must have pass rush potential out of the DEs on top of the rush defense. You look for two younger Vonnie Hollidays to start. To me, that's Odrick, Jones, Alualu, and maybe Jenkins.

MUG, you are completely wrong on this issue.

McBean was very solid at holding the edge this season against the run. I couldn't care less if he is a pass rush threat, most 3-4 DE's aren't good pass rushers anyway, that is what the OLB's are for.

I don't know what you were watching, but when LeKevin Smith had to play due to injury, the run defense clearly suffered. He had his opportunity to beat McBean out and did not come close. He was healthy enough to start those couple of games, but could not get the job done.

LeKevin Smith will be lucky to make the team next season, and it makes me sick to think we gave up a fifth round pick for him, although considering the fact that Rulon Davis showed nothing and Pedescleaux clearly wasn't ready, I guess they had to do something....but right now, I would rather have the 5th rounder back.

McBean was drafted in the 4th round by the Steelers, a 3-4 team, so cleqarly they thought he fot the profile of what they wanted in a 3-4 DE. He was injured early in training camp of his rookie year, which set him back significantly, which is much more the reason for his slow start than anything else.

So he played essentially as a rookie this year, so it is extremely short sighted to think he can't get better than what he already is.

The comparison I use for McBean goes back to the old Orange Crush days...he reminds me of Barney Chavous...who was another lunch pale type that was not a pass rush threat.

There is a reason the coaches designated him as the starting DE over players like Marcus Thomas in the OTA's, and why he held off players like Smith and Holliday all season long. If he was as average as you say, he simply would have been beaten out at some point, which of course, did not happen.

He is also cheap, contract wise, and I don't think you can ever discount starters on a defense that showed as much improvement as Denver's did.

You think that happened without signifiant contributions from McBean and Peterson??

That is almost impossible, really.

Now, I am not saying they should be locked up long term or anyting like that, but for now, there is just no reason to release players that have played as well as they did, especially when there is not currently a player on the roster that can beat either of them out.

Even if the Broncos get your boy Odrick, he is not going to come into the league and set it on fire. He is a two to three year project, as most D-linemen are.

There is much more to D-line play than just sacks, especially in the 3-4.

If we eventually draft and develop players that are better than them, or sign a free agent or two that beat them out, fine, but those players are not on the roster right now, and I seriously doubt you are going to get better play from rookies.