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Re-sign
Cody Latimer
Todd Davis
Let Go
Virgil Green
Bennie Fowler
Jamaal Charles
Allen Barbre
Jared Crick
Brock Osweiler
Release:
CJ Anderson
Trevor Siemian
Menelik Watson
Donald Stephenson
Max Garcia
Trade
Aqib Talib – I know, it hurts. He’s a great player and leader of our defense, but at some point you have to move on. The team is wanting to get better on offense, that has to cost you something! If we trade Talib, hopefully for a 4th rounder or better, we can get a good look at Roby as a starter, to see if he has what it takes. We can trade Talib to a contender like the Rams and Wade Phillips, or his hometown Dallas Cowboys, so he has a chance to win another SB. Better to trade him a year early rather than a year late. ($11 mil cap savings)
Emmanuel Sanders – Sheesh, this is painful. But hear me out! Sanders is actually valuable to other teams that someone would want to trade for. (Chicago, San Francisco, Carolina). We get some cap space and a draft pick back. ($5.5 mil cap savings)
Paxton Lynch – Trade him for a bag of new footballs and some Gatorade. Anything to give him another chance elsewhere and we get some value for him. A 5th or 6th rounder would be nice. ($38,000 cap savings)
Restructure:
Von Miller ($14 mil cap savings)
Demaryius Thomas ($5 mil cap savings)
Free Agency: (≈ $63 million in Cap Space, in this scenario)
Kirk Cousins – ($30 mil/yr) The Broncos locker room has shown that we either need to get an Alpha QB, or we need to blow it up and start over. I don’t see Elway wanting to start over. So I think he will go after Cousins hard. I have no idea why Cousins would pick us over the Jags or Browns, but there you go.
Paul Richardson – ($7 mil/yr) – Richardson is in the same place where Emmanuel Sanders was when we got him, except better. Sanders hadn’t had a 100 yard receiving game in PIT, Richardson has had multiple 100 yard games and amazing, clutch catches. He’s a Colorado guy, bring him home!
Nickell Robey-Coleman – ($5 mil/yr) – Solid slot corner who can step in and allow Chris Harris Jr. to play outside. We’ll need to find more depth at outside corner, but Robey-Coleman has played well under Wade Phillips this year, and shows he’s a willing tackler.
DRAFT:
1 – Saquon Barkley – RB – Penn State
I do think that Barkley will be available to Denver at #5. I see Darnold, Rosen, Chubb, and Fitzpatrick will be the picks, with Cleveland having a lot of guys in their new front office who do not want to invest a top pick on a RB. That’s good news for Denver, because we need playmakers. There’s a legitimate argument for Quenton Nelson, and I LOVE Nelson, but Denver needs an identity, and Barkley is the kind of guy who can be a star. Give Denver someone to root for.
2 – Malik Jefferson – LB – Texas
Rashaan Evans would be preferable, but I think he goes RD1. I like Jefferson’s athleticism, and we need to get some athleticism at LB next to Marshall. Jefferson can blitz well, and we need to see if he can cover at the combine.
3 – Braden Smith – G - Auburn
Will Hernandez is a pipe dream, but I think he goes in late RD1. Braden Smith is a very athletic guard who will move down through RD2, and be there for us in RD3. He would fit in nicely at RG and move Leary back to LG
3 – **Compensatory (Okung) – **Trade to Buffalo Bills for LT Cordy Glenn**
Cordy Glenn is a good LT who has dealt with some injuries, but that’s no different than Russell Okung when he came to Denver. Glenn fills a need at LT, and allows us to move Bolles to RT. Makes us more dangerous in the draft because we don’t have to fill needs.
4 – Marquise Haynes – OLB – Ole Miss
Good pass rusher who can be depth behind Von, Shaq and Shane. Had a really good 2016, haven’t seen as much in 2017. Great motor and speed to the ball, will need to get bigger to stand up against the run.
4 - **Trade for Aqib Talib** - Deadrin Senat – DT – South Florida
Short, powerful DT who did well at the Shrine game. Should be stout against the run and push the pocket.
4 - **Trade for Emmanuel Sanders** - Levi Wallace – CB – Alabama
Any player who can walk on and start for Nick Saban has something special. We’ll see how athletic he is, but I think he could be a good pro.
5 – Daurice Fountain – WR – Northern Iowa
6 – Cam Serigne – TE – Wake Forest
6 – ** Trade for Lynch** - Nick Deluca – LB – North Dakota State
7 – Johnny Townsend – P - Florida
Roster:
QB - Cousins, Kelly, *Insert post training camp cuts QB here* (3)
LT – Glenn, Wilkinson (OL= 8)
LG - Leary, McGovern
C - Paradis, McGovern
RG – Smith, Kouandijo
RT – Bolles, Kouandijo
TE - Butt, Traylor, Heuerman (TE-3)
WR –Richardson, Henderson, Fountain (WR-6)
WR – Thomas, Latimer, Taylor
RB – Barkley, Booker, Henderson, (RB-4)
FB - Janovich
DE - Wolfe, Kerr (DL = 7)
NT - Peko, Senet
DE – Harris, Gotsis, Walker
SLB - Miller, Ray (LB = 8)
WLB - Barrett, Haynes
ILB - Marshall, Anderson
ILB – Jefferson, Davis
LCB – Roby, Wallace, Hunter (CB = 6)
RCB - Harris Jr., Robey-Coleman, Langley
SS - Simmons, Carter (S = 4)
FS - Stewart, Parks
K – McManus (ST = 3)
P – Townsend
H – Kreiter
Cody Latimer
Todd Davis
Let Go
Virgil Green
Bennie Fowler
Jamaal Charles
Allen Barbre
Jared Crick
Brock Osweiler
Release:
CJ Anderson
Trevor Siemian
Menelik Watson
Donald Stephenson
Max Garcia
Trade
Aqib Talib – I know, it hurts. He’s a great player and leader of our defense, but at some point you have to move on. The team is wanting to get better on offense, that has to cost you something! If we trade Talib, hopefully for a 4th rounder or better, we can get a good look at Roby as a starter, to see if he has what it takes. We can trade Talib to a contender like the Rams and Wade Phillips, or his hometown Dallas Cowboys, so he has a chance to win another SB. Better to trade him a year early rather than a year late. ($11 mil cap savings)
Emmanuel Sanders – Sheesh, this is painful. But hear me out! Sanders is actually valuable to other teams that someone would want to trade for. (Chicago, San Francisco, Carolina). We get some cap space and a draft pick back. ($5.5 mil cap savings)
Paxton Lynch – Trade him for a bag of new footballs and some Gatorade. Anything to give him another chance elsewhere and we get some value for him. A 5th or 6th rounder would be nice. ($38,000 cap savings)
Restructure:
Von Miller ($14 mil cap savings)
Demaryius Thomas ($5 mil cap savings)
Free Agency: (≈ $63 million in Cap Space, in this scenario)
Kirk Cousins – ($30 mil/yr) The Broncos locker room has shown that we either need to get an Alpha QB, or we need to blow it up and start over. I don’t see Elway wanting to start over. So I think he will go after Cousins hard. I have no idea why Cousins would pick us over the Jags or Browns, but there you go.
Paul Richardson – ($7 mil/yr) – Richardson is in the same place where Emmanuel Sanders was when we got him, except better. Sanders hadn’t had a 100 yard receiving game in PIT, Richardson has had multiple 100 yard games and amazing, clutch catches. He’s a Colorado guy, bring him home!
Nickell Robey-Coleman – ($5 mil/yr) – Solid slot corner who can step in and allow Chris Harris Jr. to play outside. We’ll need to find more depth at outside corner, but Robey-Coleman has played well under Wade Phillips this year, and shows he’s a willing tackler.
DRAFT:
1 – Saquon Barkley – RB – Penn State
I do think that Barkley will be available to Denver at #5. I see Darnold, Rosen, Chubb, and Fitzpatrick will be the picks, with Cleveland having a lot of guys in their new front office who do not want to invest a top pick on a RB. That’s good news for Denver, because we need playmakers. There’s a legitimate argument for Quenton Nelson, and I LOVE Nelson, but Denver needs an identity, and Barkley is the kind of guy who can be a star. Give Denver someone to root for.
2 – Malik Jefferson – LB – Texas
Rashaan Evans would be preferable, but I think he goes RD1. I like Jefferson’s athleticism, and we need to get some athleticism at LB next to Marshall. Jefferson can blitz well, and we need to see if he can cover at the combine.
3 – Braden Smith – G - Auburn
Will Hernandez is a pipe dream, but I think he goes in late RD1. Braden Smith is a very athletic guard who will move down through RD2, and be there for us in RD3. He would fit in nicely at RG and move Leary back to LG
3 – **Compensatory (Okung) – **Trade to Buffalo Bills for LT Cordy Glenn**
Cordy Glenn is a good LT who has dealt with some injuries, but that’s no different than Russell Okung when he came to Denver. Glenn fills a need at LT, and allows us to move Bolles to RT. Makes us more dangerous in the draft because we don’t have to fill needs.
4 – Marquise Haynes – OLB – Ole Miss
Good pass rusher who can be depth behind Von, Shaq and Shane. Had a really good 2016, haven’t seen as much in 2017. Great motor and speed to the ball, will need to get bigger to stand up against the run.
4 - **Trade for Aqib Talib** - Deadrin Senat – DT – South Florida
Short, powerful DT who did well at the Shrine game. Should be stout against the run and push the pocket.
4 - **Trade for Emmanuel Sanders** - Levi Wallace – CB – Alabama
Any player who can walk on and start for Nick Saban has something special. We’ll see how athletic he is, but I think he could be a good pro.
5 – Daurice Fountain – WR – Northern Iowa
6 – Cam Serigne – TE – Wake Forest
6 – ** Trade for Lynch** - Nick Deluca – LB – North Dakota State
7 – Johnny Townsend – P - Florida
Roster:
QB - Cousins, Kelly, *Insert post training camp cuts QB here* (3)
LT – Glenn, Wilkinson (OL= 8)
LG - Leary, McGovern
C - Paradis, McGovern
RG – Smith, Kouandijo
RT – Bolles, Kouandijo
TE - Butt, Traylor, Heuerman (TE-3)
WR –Richardson, Henderson, Fountain (WR-6)
WR – Thomas, Latimer, Taylor
RB – Barkley, Booker, Henderson, (RB-4)
FB - Janovich
DE - Wolfe, Kerr (DL = 7)
NT - Peko, Senet
DE – Harris, Gotsis, Walker
SLB - Miller, Ray (LB = 8)
WLB - Barrett, Haynes
ILB - Marshall, Anderson
ILB – Jefferson, Davis
LCB – Roby, Wallace, Hunter (CB = 6)
RCB - Harris Jr., Robey-Coleman, Langley
SS - Simmons, Carter (S = 4)
FS - Stewart, Parks
K – McManus (ST = 3)
P – Townsend
H – Kreiter
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