Denver projected at $7.6M under '07 salary cap

[Hercules Rockefeller]

That's 26th in the league though, and every team currently projects as being under the cap. It's going to be a good year to a free agent with all this room.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/

Rank/Team/Projected cap room

1/San Francisco/$42.1M
2/Buffalo/$39.7M
3/Arizona/$36.7M
4/Tennessee/$36M
5/Cleveland/$33.3M
6/Minnesota/$32.4M
7 (tie)/Jacksonville/$32M
7/St. Louis/$32M
9/New England/$30.4M
10/Cincinnati/$30.2M
11/New Orleans/$29.9M
12/Green Bay/$29.5M
13/New York Jets/$26.1M
14/San Diego/$24.6M
15/Tampa Bay/$24.2
16/Detroit/$23.8M
17/Chicago/$23.4M
18/Seattle/$22.5M
19/Dallas/$21.5M
20/Miami/$17.8M
21/New York Giants/$15.7M
22/Oakland/$14.1M
23/Houston/$13.3
24/Atlanta/$10M
25/Philadelphia/$12.4M
26/Denver/$7.6M
27/Kansas City/$7M
28/Baltimore/$5.7M
29/Indianapolis/$4.9M
30/Carolina/$3.4M
31/Washington/$951,000
32/Pittsburgh/$150,000

[Bronx33]

It will be funny watching the raiders blow 14 million on a shiney rock to keep the dimwits buying season tickets.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Wonder what O-line or D-line guys are going to be on the market? And on another note...how does New England get $30 mill under the cap? ???

[watermock]

It's the silver paint that is stretching Al's pockets.

[yavoon]

Wonder what O-line or D-line guys are going to be on the market? And on another note...how does New England get $30 mill under the cap? ???

GOGO 3-4!

[Paladin]

Wonder what O-line or D-line guys are going to be on the market? And on another note...how does New England get $30 mill under the cap? ???

Don't they have a lot of guys on one year deals? And I thought they had a big number of FAs this year. They don't pay some of their WRs, I hear.....

[watermock]

Wonder what O-line or D-line guys are going to be on the market? And on another note...how does New England get $30 mill under the cap? ???

The have been cutting line thinking it doesn't matter. It's catching up to them now. They might be 9-3 but it's not the same team.

[HEAV]

Let's hop Shanny doesn't blow the cap money on overpaying for Myers and some other turds.

Upgrade the O-line, get a DE!

[bpc]

Wonder what O-line or D-line guys are going to be on the market? And on another note...how does New England get $30 mill under the cap? ???

Keep in mind they ALSO have another two first round draft picks this April as well from swinging the Branch deal. It's amazing how they have been able to swindle picks, keep winning and also be so far under the cap.

Find a way to keep Myers and steal Justin Smith. That is all I want. Then we can focus on finding a young DT to pair up with Warren in the draft.

[watermock]

Your the first person to cry in the wilderness for a DE...Christ...watching the pass rush last week on the losing drive was just plain horrific. They hit Jay low, which should of been a penalty, and then we just give him a lazy boy on the last drive?

[watermock]

Your the first person to cry in the wilderness for a DE...Christ...watching the pass rush last week on the losing drive was just plain horrific. They hit Jay low, which should of been a penalty, and then we just give him a lazy boy on the last drive? I would of sent a head hunter in there. Excuse me, but c'mon.

[watermock]

Keep in mind they ALSO have another two first round draft picks this April as well from swinging the Branch deal. It's amazing how they have been able to swindle picks, keep winning and also be so far under the cap.

Find a way to keep Myers and steal Justin Smith. That is all I want. Then we can focus on finding a young DT to pair up with Warren in the draft.

They have managed that for a couple

We should have some cap room fairly ealily.

[TheDave]

Well there goes most of my free-agent hopes...

and how the hell is Washington under the cap?

[fontaine]

$7million is ok considering we've only got two FA that we want back in Coop/Myers.

The rest of the teams? I'm sure they have a lot of free agents. There's what a 30% roster turnover on average every year. Denver's been able to keep the turnover to a minimum. The problem is that roster includes the bottom of the barrell DL.

Another thing, the last thing we need is another headache/series of busts at WR. Bring in Lelie for a one year contract, he'll come for cheap and see what he can do with cutler.

[fontaine]

Thanks as always for the cap info Herc.
:approve:

[elsid13]

Well there goes most of my free-agent hopes...

and how the hell is Washington under the cap?

Dude, when has the cap every limited what Shanahan wants to do. He finds a way to free up cap room. That doesn't factor in whole lot of things yet.

Herc - wasn't Walker new deal not in effect until after the season?

[baja]

Won't we pick up about ten mil. with just cutting Plummer and a restructured Rod Smith

[youcandoit1687]

well get some money from plummers contract(5 million i think?) and rod will likely restructure. bring in daniel graham and cut alexander and we still probably have about 7-10 million to play around with. justin smith, michael lewis, hollis thomas, any other FAs we might be interested in?

[TheDave]

Dude, when has the cap every limited what Shanahan wants to do. He finds a way to free up cap room. That doesn't factor in whole lot of things yet.

Herc - wasn't Walker new deal not in effect until after the season?


Did you notice that there are 10 teams already at $40-$30 mil under the cap. I'll gaurantee that has never happened in shanahans tenure.

[bpc]

Who's deals are going to affect our number?

Rod will redo his deal...
Jake most likely will be moved...
Foster will be gone...
Is Pryce off the books?
LYNCH should renegotiate for his slipping play.

[Cito Pelon]

Shanny & Co are gonna f up the cap, same as they have done for years. There's a lot to be said for segregating the GM from the Head Coach. Shanny is too loyal sometimes. And has too many hand-picked yes-men.

[bloodsunday]

Great work, Herc.

It'll be more than 7.6 million. What are some easy targets for restrcuting?

Rod Smith
Javon Walker (I have heard if Denver takes on his new deal it will be restructured).
Nalen and Lepsis' new deals?
Warren's new deal?
Jake Plummer

Seems like we could easily come up with 10 million. The problem is that league has soo much cap space that not too many guys worth much will hit the market. I am thinking it will be a good year to lock up some young long term with our cap space.

[bpc]

Shanny & Co are gonna f up the cap, same as they have done for years. There's a lot to be said for segregating the GM from the Head Coach. Shanny is too loyal sometimes. And has too many hand-picked yes-men.

We consistently win and have picked up new players almost every offseason. I think the front office and Shanahan have done a great job with the cap. If we can just have more drafts like the one we have managed to put together over the last couples seasons, we will be even better off.

[24champ]

Great work, Herc.

It'll be more than 7.6 million. What are some easy targets for restrcuting?

Rod Smith
Javon Walker (I have heard if Denver takes on his new deal it will be restructured).
Nalen and Lepsis' new deals?
Warren's new deal?
Jake Plummer

Seems like we could easily come up with 10 million. The problem is that league has soo much cap space that not too many guys worth much will hit the market. I am thinking it will be a good year to lock up some young long term with our cap space.

I'd like to throw Champ in there too, dude could help us tremendously if he restructures.

[-Slap-]

New England is $30 million under the cap because they don't pay anybody and Brady signed for less than market value.

[yavoon]

New England is $30 million under the cap because they don't pay anybody and Brady signed for less than market value.

its funny its almost like brady signed for less on the promise that the patriots would never overpay someone, keeping them competitive as long as possible.

thats the opposite of how it usually is, where players demand that they be given as much help as possible to win the big one.

[youcandoit1687]

i could see champ taking a cut. he is a win first kidna guy, he knows he can make plenty of money in the denver area and he probably has a future in broadcasting. its tough to have a guy do that, especially when he is playing as great as he is, but who knows. i wont be dissapointed if he doesnt but we will all just love him more if he does restructure.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Brady signed for less than market value.

Brady's got the highest or 2nd highest cap hit for a QB and it's over $10M, he did not sign for below market value.

[Cito Pelon]

We consistently win and have picked up new players almost every offseason. I think the front office and Shanahan have done a great job with the cap. If we can just have more drafts like the one we have managed to put together over the last couples seasons, we will be even better off.

I admire your optimism, I really do, no sarcasm intended. I'm sick and tired of being an average team. Shanny & Co have not been able to field a team or coaching staff able to realistically compete for an AFC Title for 8 consecutive years now. That is not Bronco football. Maybe in the '60's or early-'70's that was Bronco football, but that's not good enough since 1975.

Bowlen needs to shake this up a little bit. This team can't find a KR. They can't find CB's. They found a RB and traded him for the CB they couldn't find. They can't find safeties for a damn. They can't find LB's. They can't find DL's. They can't find QB's. They can't find OT's.

I agree that the team has done well - three consecutive playoff appearances are nothing to sniff at - but they barely snuck in two of those years, and last year the team got smoked at home in every phase of the game, just plain humiliated, no two ways about it.

That stinks. After years of getting smoked in the first playoff game, Denver gets smoked at home in the second playoff game. I'm getting tired of seeing that, and I see another barely competitive team again this year in all three phases of the game. Whatever the FO and staff is doing isn't getting results.

[bloodsunday]

Brady's got the highest or 2nd highest cap hit for a QB and it's over $10M, he did not sign for below market value.

In terms of the total contract value he did. McNabb and Peyton both got 100M and he was in the 60's.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

In terms of the total contract value he did. McNabb and Peyton both got 100M and he was in the 60's.

The other two deals were for much longer. Brady is not undrepaid.

[Cito Pelon]

i could see champ taking a cut. he is a win first kidna guy, he knows he can make plenty of money in the denver area and he probably has a future in broadcasting. its tough to have a guy do that, especially when he is playing as great as he is, but who knows. i wont be dissapointed if he doesnt but we will all just love him more if he does restructure.

Champ won't restructure.

[2KBack]

Last seaso didn't denver project to be OVER the cap? They still made room to make moves, and are ow starting under the cap. Early figures like this have to be taken with a grain of salt

[Rascal]

If we cut Plummer, or trade him, what will that change too?

We will also reneg Rod's contract and that will probably save a mil or two.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Last seaso didn't denver project to be OVER the cap? They still made room to make moves, and are ow starting under the cap. Early figures like this have to be taken with a grain of salt

No the figures don't. Last year, Denver was forced to make moves simply to get under the cap. This year they are starting off under the cap and are really only forced to make moves if they want to increase their cap room to sign other players.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Champ won't restructure.

and you base this off of?

[youcandoit1687]

Bowlen needs to shake this up a little bit. This team can't find a KR. They can't find CB's. They found a RB and traded him for the CB they couldn't find. They can't find safeties for a damn. They can't find LB's. They can't find DL's. They can't find QB's. They can't find OT's.


cito, calm down man, i understand your frustration but some of those things are just wrong. darrent is a very good corner for just his second year and playing across from champ. RB wise, portis is injury prone and we drafted someone who can do about the same things in tatum. were tied for 6th in the league in rushing at 4.5 ypc. tatum is 7th in the league in ypg(11th in carries pg with 19.3) while splitting carries with an UDFA who has quietly averaged 4.2 ypc and scored 5 touchdowns. our FBs average about 7 ypc too. im not at all worried about the running game.

LINEBACKERS? cmon, the rest may be debatable but some would argue that ew have the best linebacking corps in the league. our backups are solid with youngsters like green, webster, and vaughn and veterans like burns. weve done okay at safety with lynch and ferguson. QB is way too early to judge, and in case you havent noticed, there arent many teams in the league that are happy with their QBs. OTs - we have done pretty well, meadows and pears have played very solid and lepsis was having a very good year, foster has been our only screwup there. DLine is the only real issue i have with the front office - they have found good guys like warren, dumervil, ekuban, and lang but havent paid much attention to the DLine and we need another DT badly.

[eddie mac]

I'd say there will be some positive adjustments to that Denver figure considering Herc's other post from the DPO stating that Plummer wont be around next year plus Smith wont be earning $7m or thereabouts as a 3rd wideout.

[eddie mac]

Herc

Any idea what cap count they're taking into account for Javon with that cap estimate?

[bpc]

I admire your optimism, I really do, no sarcasm intended. I'm sick and tired of being an average team. Shanny & Co have not been able to field a team or coaching staff able to realistically compete for an AFC Title for 8 consecutive years now. That is not Bronco football. Maybe in the '60's or early-'70's that was Bronco football, but that's not good enough since 1975.

Bowlen needs to shake this up a little bit. This team can't find a KR. They can't find CB's. They found a RB and traded him for the CB they couldn't find. They can't find safeties for a damn. They can't find LB's. They can't find DL's. They can't find QB's. They can't find OT's.

I agree that the team has done well - three consecutive playoff appearances are nothing to sniff at - but they barely snuck in two of those years, and last year the team got smoked at home in every phase of the game, just plain humiliated, no two ways about it.

That stinks. After years of getting smoked in the first playoff game, Denver gets smoked at home in the second playoff game. I'm getting tired of seeing that, and I see another barely competitive team again this year in all three phases of the game. Whatever the FO and staff is doing isn't getting results.

Cito, I respect your thoughts. I just don't know if I agree at all with you. I agree that we have had a hard time developing talent but that is largely the NFL draft. Many teams have that. Its harder on us than most because we are usually picking after everybody. I think the organization has gone to great lengths to make changes where they were coming up short. One of the trademarks of this franchise has been longevity. You say we haven't found QB's or OT's or DL's... I have to disagree. Griese in his time had success with Denver. He made a pro bowl, also led the league in efficiency. Now I'll be the first to say that it doesn't matter because he couldn't win us the big game but the "stats" were there. As for Jake, he is much maligned but his winning percentage is nothing to scoff at. HE just tends to fall under the same category as Griese... he couldn't get us over the hump. Standards are different in Denver than most places for QB's. Its super bowl or bust. As for OT's... we developed Lepsis from an undrafted FA into a pro bowl worthy LT. That isn't anything to scoff at. He has been around since Zimmerman and Jones basically left. There hasn't been a ton of turnover at that position. We've also made attempts to draft and develop DL, LB's and CB's. We've been hit or miss on them. We have had Pryce develop into one of the games best DT's and DL. Hayward developed very well, we just couldn't keep him. The same can be said for Berry who was a FA that developed very well in Denver. As for LB's, I think we have been at our best at that position. Gold, Wilson, Williams make up one of the best LB units in the league. At DB the draft statistics look a lot better with the fact that Darent and Fox have come in and played at such a high level.

Facts can be argued several different ways but I don't think we are the best at drafting but I don't think we are the worst either. The FO has shown the willingness to try new things and they are adapting and getting better. The last three drafts for the most part have been great, helping to secure our future as an elite AFC team.

Finally as for not challenging for super bowl berths... I think we have been right there. We haven't been the most complete team but a little bit different draw in the playoffs and I think we could have been playing in a few more AFC Championship games. We just eternally seem to matchup with Indy and we haven't had the firepower to beat them.

This is just my oppinion though.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Herc

Any idea what cap count they're taking into account for Javon with that cap estimate?

Don't know why they wouldn't be

[Willynowei]

We consistently win and have picked up new players almost every offseason. I think the front office and Shanahan have done a great job with the cap. If we can just have more drafts like the one we have managed to put together over the last couples seasons, we will be even better off.

We consistently win because we have one of the best coaches, schemes and scouting teams in the NFL who constantly find great fits and work very hard to keep the team a winning one.

We always fall a little short because one man - shanahan does way too much and decision making is spread too thin. The Broncos would have had a run similar to the 9ers and Steelers dynasties if we had anything resembling a real front office who knew how to manage money right now.

[dsmoot]

Did you notice that there are 10 teams already at $40-$30 mil under the cap. I'll gaurantee that has never happened in shanahans tenure.

With so many teams under the cap, it looks like that a lot of inflated contracts could be coming which could leave Denver out of any significant signing. Baseball is going nuts right now.

[baja]

Game day and a 2007 cap thread reaches 2 pages - Interesting!

[Cito Pelon]

and you base this off of?

Ego, history, attitude.

[Cito Pelon]

cito, calm down man, i understand your frustration but some of those things are just wrong. darrent is a very good corner for just his second year and playing across from champ. RB wise, portis is injury prone and we drafted someone who can do about the same things in tatum. were tied for 6th in the league in rushing at 4.5 ypc. tatum is 7th in the league in ypg(11th in carries pg with 19.3) while splitting carries with an UDFA who has quietly averaged 4.2 ypc and scored 5 touchdowns. our FBs average about 7 ypc too. im not at all worried about the running game.

LINEBACKERS? cmon, the rest may be debatable but some would argue that ew have the best linebacking corps in the league. our backups are solid with youngsters like green, webster, and vaughn and veterans like burns. weve done okay at safety with lynch and ferguson. QB is way too early to judge, and in case you havent noticed, there arent many teams in the league that are happy with their QBs. OTs - we have done pretty well, meadows and pears have played very solid and lepsis was having a very good year, foster has been our only screwup there. DLine is the only real issue i have with the front office - they have found good guys like warren, dumervil, ekuban, and lang but havent paid much attention to the DLine and we need another DT badly.

OK, let's see the team put it all together into an AFC Title then. Got dang it, why can't the team put it all together?

[youcandoit1687]

OK, let's see the team put it all together into an AFC Title then. Got dang it, why can't the team put it all together?


its not as easy as you make it sound to be the 2nd best team in the league.

[Cito Pelon]

Cito, I respect your thoughts. I just don't know if I agree at all with you. I agree that we have had a hard time developing talent but that is largely the NFL draft. Many teams have that. Its harder on us than most because we are usually picking after everybody. I think the organization has gone to great lengths to make changes where they were coming up short. One of the trademarks of this franchise has been longevity. You say we haven't found QB's or OT's or DL's... I have to disagree. Griese in his time had success with Denver. He made a pro bowl, also led the league in efficiency. Now I'll be the first to say that it doesn't matter because he couldn't win us the big game but the "stats" were there. As for Jake, he is much maligned but his winning percentage is nothing to scoff at. HE just tends to fall under the same category as Griese... he couldn't get us over the hump. Standards are different in Denver than most places for QB's. Its super bowl or bust. As for OT's... we developed Lepsis from an undrafted FA into a pro bowl worthy LT. That isn't anything to scoff at. He has been around since Zimmerman and Jones basically left. There hasn't been a ton of turnover at that position. We've also made attempts to draft and develop DL, LB's and CB's. We've been hit or miss on them. We have had Pryce develop into one of the games best DT's and DL. Hayward developed very well, we just couldn't keep him. The same can be said for Berry who was a FA that developed very well in Denver. As for LB's, I think we have been at our best at that position. Gold, Wilson, Williams make up one of the best LB units in the league. At DB the draft statistics look a lot better with the fact that Darent and Fox have come in and played at such a high level.

Facts can be argued several different ways but I don't think we are the best at drafting but I don't think we are the worst either. The FO has shown the willingness to try new things and they are adapting and getting better. The last three drafts for the most part have been great, helping to secure our future as an elite AFC team.

Finally as for not challenging for super bowl berths... I think we have been right there. We haven't been the most complete team but a little bit different draw in the playoffs and I think we could have been playing in a few more AFC Championship games. We just eternally seem to matchup with Indy and we haven't had the firepower to beat them.

This is just my oppinion though.

BPC, that was a well-reasoned response, much like I've posted many a time. But my patience has run out. I've been listening to Shanny with his "we're only a player or two away" garbage for too long. I myself was saying "We're only a coach or two away". I honestly don't know what the devil the trouble is right now, but the organization sure seems like it is in a rut where they barely make the playoffs, barely compete well enough to make the playoffs, and then get smoked in the playoffs. That's a rut as well as I can tell.

So we'll see. This season isn't over at all.

[Sodak]

It's the silver paint that is stretching Al's pockets.

I've heard that silver paint is choice for huffers. That would explain the Faider Nation. Paint huffing transvestites.

[bpc]

BPC, that was a well-reasoned response, much like I've posted many a time. But my patience has run out. I've been listening to Shanny with his "we're only a player or two away" garbage for too long. I myself was saying "We're only a coach or two away". I honestly don't know what the devil the trouble is right now, but the organization sure seems like it is in a rut where they barely make the playoffs, barely compete well enough to make the playoffs, and then get smoked in the playoffs. That's a rut as well as I can tell.

So we'll see. This season isn't over at all.

Have faith my friend, we will be one of 12 teams vying for the championship again this year. Whether we win it or not, Shanahan will come back again next year and try to make the needed changes to put us over the hump. We are all antsy to see what will happen... however put yourself in the situation of the Chiefs, Chargers, Jets, Bills, Cardinals... where change is prevelent just to make a change.

Stability speaks volumes for a team. I actually give a ton of credit to Shanahan for the past few seasons. He has changed the face of this team from the late 90's while still making us competitive and also setting us up for a great run in the future.

Cutler will be a pick that will largely define the Shanahan era in Denver. I think he will be very good.

[bpc]

We consistently win because we have one of the best coaches, schemes and scouting teams in the NFL who constantly find great fits and work very hard to keep the team a winning one.

We always fall a little short because one man - shanahan does way too much and decision making is spread too thin. The Broncos would have had a run similar to the 9ers and Steelers dynasties if we had anything resembling a real front office who knew how to manage money right now.

What makes you think that we are any different than those franchises? The era's are completely different. The system is setup to tear organizations like Denver apart and make them rebuild. We have managed to escape that and be in the running for division championships every year since Shanahan has been GM/Coach minus one... 1999. Shanahan has redefined this franchise again, implementing it with super bowl talent and setting us up for the next decade with his moves over the previous few years.

I'll be honest... our team is playing way above its head for a franchise that has had a average QB and a average HB at the helm. I gurrantee Shanahan will not go into 2007 with the same cast of characters. This team hasn't scratched the surface of how good it can be.

[Rascal]

That's 26th in the league though, and every team currently projects as being under the cap. It's going to be a good year to a free agent with all this room.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/

Rank/Team/Projected cap room

1/San Francisco/$42.1M
2/Buffalo/$39.7M
3/Arizona/$36.7M
4/Tennessee/$36M
5/Cleveland/$33.3M
6/Minnesota/$32.4M
7 (tie)/Jacksonville/$32M
7/St. Louis/$32M
9/New England/$30.4M
10/Cincinnati/$30.2M
11/New Orleans/$29.9M
12/Green Bay/$29.5M
13/New York Jets/$26.1M
14/San Diego/$24.6M
15/Tampa Bay/$24.2
16/Detroit/$23.8M
17/Chicago/$23.4M
18/Seattle/$22.5M
19/Dallas/$21.5M
20/Miami/$17.8M
21/New York Giants/$15.7M
22/Oakland/$14.1M
23/Houston/$13.3
24/Atlanta/$10M
25/Philadelphia/$12.4M
26/Denver/$7.6M
27/Kansas City/$7M
28/Baltimore/$5.7M
29/Indianapolis/$4.9M
30/Carolina/$3.4M
31/Washington/$951,000
32/Pittsburgh/$150,000

Do you know how accurate this really is? Be nice if the denver media would comment on it.

[Clockwork Orange]

Ego, history, attitude.

You've got him confused with the guy he was traded for.

[cutthemdown]

if plummer goes then that would free up about 7 million more i believe.

[Conklin]

unless plummer restructures, plummer's cap hit will still be around 5,5 mill if hes cut, if i remember things correctly, herc?

[fontaine]

unless plummer restructures, plummer's cap hit will still be around 5,5 mill if hes cut, if i remember things correctly, herc?


We can cut Plummer any time as long as we designate him a post June cap cut.

That will save around $3million in salary cap.

The rest of his cap hit will be spread to 2008 which will be around $5million.

[eddie mac]

I do not know why so many people confuse a "restructure" with a "pay cut".

Bailey may well be asked to restructure next season but he certainly wont be asked to cut his $$. 9 times out of 10 a restructure simply means a high base salary being turned into an option/signing bonus. The player still gets his money when he should but the hit is further prorated over the length of the contract, thus saving cap room in that particular season. So why wouldn't any player restructure if approached by Management???

The Rod Smith situation is totally different. Rod is scheduled for a $5.5m base salary or thereabouts next year. The Broncos cannot turn that into a bonus because in all likelyhood 2007 will be Rod's last season. They will approach Rod with the intention of him taking a pay cut to be the No3 WR.

[BroncoBuff]

Game day and a 2007 cap thread reaches 2 pages - Interesting!

Four losses in a row, and thoughts turn to the future I guess. Speaking of the future, imo, we are basically fine at every single position on the team except D-Line and safety. Granted, we need a kick returner, but that's not a "position," really.

The Broncos' problems are:
The special teams are AWFUL ... we are dead last in average starting field position in the NFL. Brian Clark sucks at returns, and isn't that why Quincy Morgan is still around?
Half the offense are newcomers, and they need time to gel. Shanny mentioned that before.
Pass rush wins games in this league, and we suck at it. Dumervil is a nice addition, but we need another guy - a 10-sack guy. And why do our 'speedy' linebackers never get sacks? Seems odd ...
A strong safety who can really hit would be nice ... like, say, Kenoy Kennedy. People never mention him as a guy who we miss, but we DO miss Kenoy. After two years gone, maybe we'll pull an Ian Gold and re-sign him ... now THAT would be good use of FA money.

[Kaylore]

You've got him confused with the guy he was traded for.

Cito is the only living person who believes that was a mistake.

[elsid13]

Four losses in a row, and thoughts turn to the future I guess. Speaking of the future, imo, we are basically fine at every single position on the team except D-Line and safety. Granted, we need a kick returner, but that's not a "position," really.

The Broncos' problems are:
The special teams are AWFUL ... we are dead last in average starting field position in the NFL. Brian Clark sucks at returns, and isn't that why Quincy Morgan is still around?
Half the offense are newcomers, and they need time to gel. Shanny mentioned that before.
Pass rush wins games in this league, and we suck at it. Dumervil is a nice addition, but we need another guy - a 10-sack guy. And why do our 'speedy' linebackers never get sacks? Seems odd ...
A strong safety who can really hit would be nice ... like, say, Kenoy Kennedy. People never mention him as a guy who we miss, but we DO miss Kenoy. After two years gone, maybe we'll pull an Ian Gold and re-sign him ... now THAT would be good use of FA money.

KK was decent player but wasn't worth what Detriot offered, we need a safety that will roam the backfield and support the corners not a heavy hitter. We have that in Lynch and Brandon.