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04-24-2011, 11:20 PM
Broncos' draft goal: all hits, no misses
By Lindsay H. Jones
The Denver Post
POSTED: 04/24/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT
UPDATED: 04/24/2011 01:17:37 AM MDT
Look up and down the Broncos' roster and the mistakes of drafts past are obvious.
They are obvious in the dearth of starters drafted by the Broncos, by the abundance of over-30 players who ended up in Denver through free agency, signed after starting their careers elsewhere.
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Only eight players drafted by Mike Shanahan since 2004 remain on the team today, and three of those were from his final class in 2008. The biggest problem was that too many first- rounders from the 2000s, from Willie Middlebrooks in 2001 to George Foster in 2003 to Jarvis Moss in 2007, failed to pan out.
Elway and coach John Fox are new, of course, but general manager Brian Xanders worked for both Shanahan (he was hired just after
Read the full article at the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17917239?source=rss
By Lindsay H. Jones
The Denver Post
POSTED: 04/24/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT
UPDATED: 04/24/2011 01:17:37 AM MDT
Look up and down the Broncos' roster and the mistakes of drafts past are obvious.
They are obvious in the dearth of starters drafted by the Broncos, by the abundance of over-30 players who ended up in Denver through free agency, signed after starting their careers elsewhere.
...
Only eight players drafted by Mike Shanahan since 2004 remain on the team today, and three of those were from his final class in 2008. The biggest problem was that too many first- rounders from the 2000s, from Willie Middlebrooks in 2001 to George Foster in 2003 to Jarvis Moss in 2007, failed to pan out.
Elway and coach John Fox are new, of course, but general manager Brian Xanders worked for both Shanahan (he was hired just after
Read the full article at the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_17917239?source=rss