What if Eli goes to the Broncos and wins a Super Bowl like his bro?
Bronco fan here.
A lot of people forget how terrible Peyton was that season. We won because of one of the best defenses of all time. A lot of people also forget that Brock Osweiler was instrumental in getting us to the SB as well. That defense is long gone, and Brock fizzled out elsewhere. Would Manning be an upgrade over Keenum? Hell yes. It’s a band-aid when we need surgery tho.
There’s even talk around the community of trading Von, going full Raiders. I highly doubt that happens but it’s a current talking point.
Our Super Bowl window has closed. We are officially in a rebuild, which is something no one in the community wanted to admit. Our roster is in trouble, it’s mostly either very young players and aging vets who are only getting older and more expensive. Guys like Von, Chris Harris, and Sanders are worth keeping but other guys like Marshall, Roby, Ray, Barrett, and Stewart are either already on their way out or will be soon. Even a fan favorite like Derek Wolfe could be a casualty.
The Peyton Era masked a lot of John Elway’s shortcomings as GM. Elite QBs tend to do that. Elway has failed to draft a QB and only three of our last seven first round picks (as of now) will be on the roster next year. Paxton Lynch was a monumental failure, we failed to retain and develop Osweiler, Shane Ray and Sylvester Williams were busts for us, Roby was a good #3 corner when we had Talib but he got exposed this year as a full time starter ( I’m still having PTSD over the Jets game). Bolles is trending toward bust.
We got lucky with Phillip Lindsay. Crazy he wasn’t drafted.
Elway hasn’t been able to shore up the offensive line, handing out terrible contracts to guys like Donald Stephenson and Menelik Watson who couldn’t play Right Tackle for us. The vast majority of our 2017 draft class isn’t even on the team anymore. He also picked the wrong guys to retain vs. let go with our former/current inside linebackers and interior defensive linemen.
He also says he refuses to draft players from Alabama which I think should disqualify someone from being in charge of an NFL roster.
Can’t forget that Elway has also let high quality coaches go while hiring abysmal replacements (Joe Woods and Vance Joseph are awful)
I would really like to see us draft Dwayne Haskins from Ohio State and have him take over for Case Keenum sometime next season. Take some rookie QB lumps and then in 2020 start thinking about winning again. The question is will Haskins be available at 10? Some people have him as top QB, some have him low as third. I’m not sure he’s even officially declared yet.
The Broncos HC job isn’t what it used to be. I won’t even get into the ownership situation.