You are almost certainly right that the Broncos are not done fixing the OL. For one thing, even if they imagine Stephenson as one starting T and Watson at the other, that leaves absolutely ZERO depth in case of injury. And they've had serious injuries that took out one of their starting T's almost ever year.Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
Not really. It's day four, he could haul in late cuts or draft picks. Who knows. Is that line ideal? No. Is it adequate? I think it probably is. But, I also don't expect that to be the line in the opener.
Remember 2015? Clady was the LT starter, but he went down in training camp with an ACL so they were forced to put in rookie Ty Sambrailo. He lasted about 3 games before he tore up his shoulder and went on IR. The Broncos need to add at least 1 more tackle for depth. Possibly that will be in the draft, but I expect it will be via a trade.
Vance Joseph and John Elway already tipped their hands on that:
Elway said he wants to get all his team starters in FA because if you have to fill needs in the draft that is when teams reach.
Joseph said that if they don't get it done in FA, they "might have to make a deal."
Well, at this point, it's down to making a deal. And they will have the cap room to make any kind of deal soon once Tony Romo goes to Houston.
Remember that Jerry Jones isn't going to hold onto Romo forever and Houston is desperate to get Romo in there to start working with their QB coach in installing the offensive system. They don't want to wait until June. That starts them out late. So, they will have to offer some draft pick for Romo, eventually.
In fact, they are probably lying in insisting they won't trade for Romo. SOMETHING caused Jerry Jones to change his mind between telling Romo he would be released on Friday and then suddenly without warning not doing it. What could that have been but some communication from the Broncos or (more probably) the Texans about a possible trade.
Either that, or Jerry J. just realized "hey! They just traded Osweiler to free up room under the cap to pay Romo. Let's just hold the horses here. Now they are going to have to deal with me!" The Broncos have Siemian and Lynch, the Texans obviously aren't intending to start Tom Savage, no matter how much they pretend.
If they were willing to do that they would have kept Osweiler on the roster until Romo was signed, then traded him. They showed their cards by announcing "we're desperate! We just traded our starting QB who we just signed for $16M a year, one year ago."
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