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Magnificent Seven
03-06-2011, 01:01 AM
Even with no lockout, the Broncos and 31 other NFL teams are in lock- down.

The Broncos will not make any roster transactions until at least March 11, the new deadline for league owners and the players union to reach a collective bargaining agreement.

The Broncos will neither add, nor release players during the remaining six days of the CBA extension. Their last transaction was the re-signing of defensive lineman Kevin Vickerson to a two-year contract Thursday night, a couple of hours before league business effectively shut down.

Recently released Broncos such as Daniel Graham, Justin Bannan and Jamal Williams, who were hoping to have the free-agent market pretty much to themselves in the next week, are forbidden from signing with another team.

Graham and Bannan, who were four-year teammates at the University of Colorado and last season with the Broncos, have each drawn interest from multiple teams. Expect their unemployment to end shortly after free agency begins.

No plans.

Although second-year quarterback Tim Tebow has said he would throw to some of his receivers and running backs in the event of a lockout, Broncos players as a group are not planning on organizing their own practice.

Two players said it would be foolish to risk injury during practice in a time when teams aren't providing medical insurance, trainer guidance, hot tubs and ankle tape, etc.

Free agents.

The assumption is the Broncos would not have released such proven defensive tackles as Bannan and Williams without having a backup plan in place.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the plan is for the team to select either Marcell Dareus or Nick Fairley — defensive tackles from Alabama and Auburn, respectively — with the No. 2 pick in the April draft.

The group of unrestricted free- agent defensive tackles seeking their second multiyear contracts includes Seattle's Brandon Mebane, Arizona's Alan Branch and Gabe Watson, New Orleans' Remi Ayodele and the New York Giants' Barry Cofield.

General manager Brian Xanders is trying to move the Broncos away from free agents seeking their third contracts.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17542887