Thread: Sources: Julius Thomas On His Way Out

While at the Senior Bowl, Mile High Huddle heard that tight end Julius Thomas has priced himself out of the Denver Broncos free agent plans and that they have resigned themselves to that fact. They now are focused on finding his potential replacement.

It is rather unsurprising that Thomas has priced himself out of the Broncos plans. With 24 touchdowns over the last two seasons, it makes a lot of sense that he would warrant a high price. However, Thomas’ game is one-dimensional, due to his inability to block. With the team's coaching change, and the subsequent arrival of Gary Kubiak, Thomas’ blocking deficiencies become even more glaring.

In Kubiak's offense, the tight ends have to be proficient blockers, as well as capable receivers. Owen Daniels and Joel Dreessen are perfect examples.

rest - http://den.scout.com/story/1505569-s...on-his-way-out

Guess we will find out if this person really knows what he is talking about

Oh well, adiós amigo. Time to focus on DT.

See ya JT.

Dude makes some great plays - but i will not lose any sleep over him leaving.

Over paying a soft te...nah. Thanks, Julius...have fun on a Raiders type team.

It'd almost be surprising if this DIDN'T happen after his agent's been running around saying they want top RECEIVER money for what the article rightly calls a one-dimensional TE who lacks the skills mandatory in any Kubiak offense (which ought to end comparisons to Shannon Sharpe right there, even if Sharpe saying JT "can't block the sun out of his eyes" didn't.) Julius Thomas:

1) Has only been healthy enough to play 1½ of 4 seasons,
2) Can't block to save his life, his QBs nor his RBs,
3) Still runs shocking ragged routes considering he worked intensively on it last offseason, and most of these problems are because he
4) Only played ONE SEASON of football before he was drafted.

Enjoy your post-Manning career, Formerly Orange Julius; better hope your big payday's just that, because I doubt there'll be many more.

Well that sucks. Denver was very patient with him to only get that little time out of him.

If this happens, I would assume Fox/Gase will try to sign him.

Salient point. If he can't stay healthy and can't block, he's not going to find as many suitors as he thinks.

They can tag him at a TE #, but I think he'll be gone. Just ss well honestly, we need a big bodied blocker that can run and catch not a WR that lines up inside.

Originally Posted by Davii

They can tag him at a TE #, but I think he'll be gone. Just ss well honestly, we need a big bodied blocker that can run and catch not a WR that lines up inside.

If we wanted that last, we could move DT inside and put Orange Julius outside with better success, because DEMARYIUS Thomas plays BOTH positions better than JULIUS. Better routes, better blocker: Just BETTER. Virgil Green had a few nice catches even before the ones to set up and then score his TD from Oz, and he's a monster blocker. In other words, a TE; Orange Julius may be doing us a favor.

I've been saying this for the last 2 months.

Elway will not overpay for the sake of keeping the offense together. We will not be throwing the football as often under Kubiak so we do not need a player like Julius Thomas that is a one-dimensional TE. The smart GMs like Ozzie and Elway will let players walk to get the compensatory picks that boost a draft class. Someone will pay Julius, and the Broncos can possibly haul a 3rd or 4th round draft pick out of it assuming we don't sign anyone else's big ticket free agent.

I think he thinks he's worth more than he is. Like decker. I could see him not finding the big bucks and coming back, but I can also see some team like the jets or Falcons giving him the cash.

Too bad - guy probably would have scored 15+ TD's every year in Kubiak's system. The only system better for him than Manning is Kubiak's. But I definitely wouldn't pay that much for him.