Thread: Resign champ bailey now

If we want a shot at the playoffs we got to sign champ hes our only good corner the rest suck So i Beg you Denver Please don't let champ go he even said he wants to end his career as a Bronco

If you want to compete for the playoffs, you better rework the front 7. That much has been obvious.

Originally Posted by silkamilkamonico

If you want to compete for the playoffs, you better rework the front 7. That much has been obvious.

Agreed, yet some people want us to draft Patrick Peterson in the first round. Gag.

Champ is a fantastic player, that has been wasted since coming here because he's had no help up front on any level. Silk speaks nothing but truth there. So, unless they are going to work on that, the best thing for Champ would be for them to let him move on somewhere to get a ring. I hate saying that because I love Champ, but the Broncos haven't done him any favors.

Originally Posted by BaileyTheBest

Agreed, yet some people want us to draft Patrick Peterson in the first round. Gag.

That would drive me nuts. He's an excellent prospect, but he isn't going to do our defense any good much in the same fashion Champ hasn't been able to because our front 7 is terrible. If we can get some solid picks early along the front 7 to just even cause a little havoc, re-sign Champ Bailey, and then we might have something. But until then like GEM said Champ just becomes a wasted talent.

Originally Posted by silkamilkamonico

If you want to compete for the playoffs, you better rework the front 7. That much has been obvious.

we've needed to work on the front 7 for 10 years now.

Draft Defensive lineman.

Originally Posted by DenBronx

we've needed to work on the front 7 for 10 years now.

We've needed to work on the front seven since about 88' if we want to be completely honest. Since about 87' the defense has been a jigsaw puzzle of players many of whom lacked above average talent. Can anyone remember the last good or even great defensive lineman we drafted? Dumervil doesn't count being that now he is literally the size of a linebacker at 246lbs.

Our linebackers have been just as bad since about a decade ago. Wilson was the last great Denver linebacker, I have hopes that Dumervil will improve, maybe we should move him inside and see if he and Mays could be a solid inside tandem?

Listen I Like Champ A lot but he will be 33 yrs old next season..He is still a very talented CB but the $ we would use to sign him we could use on some front 7 help...With a good front 7 it makes avg. CBs look good. Rookie D-lineman DO NOT come in an make an instant impact in the NFL unless they are special and I don't believe there are any special D-lineman in the draft at the top of the first round no Ndamukong Suh's. Champ Bailey is not gonna win us a Super Bowl...He needs a front 7 and I don't think we can put together a good front 7 if we sign him bc of $. Now unless he signs for a discount then thats different. Front 7 has to be top priority this off-season. Champ would be a bonus if we could keep him...if not then we keep moving is all.

Originally Posted by Lancane

We've needed to work on the front seven since about 88' if we want to be completely honest. Since about 87' the defense has been a jigsaw puzzle of players many of whom lacked above average talent. Can anyone remember the last good or even great defensive lineman we drafted? Dumervil doesn't count being that now he is literally the size of a linebacker at 246lbs.

Our linebackers have been just as bad since about a decade ago. Wilson was the last great Denver linebacker, I have hopes that Dumervil will improve, maybe we should move him inside and see if he and Mays could be a solid inside tandem?

Great d-line? No. But Bertrand Berry, Trevor Pryce and Reggie Heyward were all decent and we let them go prematurely.

I'm still on the fence about Bailey. The guys still a baller, no question. If he did accept less to stay here, say around 7-8 mill a year then that would be more then worth it for us. We could still build the DLINE through the draft and maybe pick up a NT like Rogers or Soliai (both FA's who can play the 3-4) to help beef up the middle.


But...I can also see us trying to move in another direction and start a youth movement on defense.

I love Champ but i would be fine with a young and promising Cox and Thompson.

Some nice front 7 help in FA would be: this all depends if we use 3-4 or 4-3

D-Lineman: Shaun Ellis, Jacques Cesaire, Aubrayo Franklin, Cullen Jenkins, Chris Hoke, Paul Soliai.

Line backers: David Harris, David Hawthorne, Stephen Tulloch, Thomas Davis..

Cb to help replace champ: Johnathan Joseph, Carlos Rogers, Tramon Williams,

I'm not sure if any of these guys resigned but its a good start to grab a couple of these guys.

Originally Posted by Buff

Great d-line? No. But Bertrand Berry, Trevor Pryce and Reggie Heyward were all decent and we let them go prematurely.

And not to mention that not since our back-to-back Superbowl years have we had a cohesive unit either. Trevor Pryce was above average as was Berry and Heyward, if we had kept them then we probably would have had a solid front at some point.

Jarvis Moss, Dan Williams, Ted Gregory, Don Latimer, Robert Ayers and Trevor Pryce...does anyone know what this list is? It's the list of all of Denver's first round defensive line picks, that's it...give Merlin Olsen who decided to go with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams over us and that ******* went to the Pro-Bowl for something close to fifteen years straight! Not a good list in my honest opinion. We traded away Lyle Alzado as quick as we did Heyward for all intent purposes. We literally are a horrid team at getting the best players up front defensively.

. . . and year after year the fans call for drafting D-line (especially D-tackle) help with our high picks. Year after year Denver's front office goes in another direction.