I was having a conversation with my boys about how our offensive can consistently be this bad. This question popped up in that conversation: Name the top 5 offensive players John Elway has drafted in the 7 drafts he's had since taking over the team. With the new CBA, drafted players locked into their 4 year deals are the clear building blocks teams have used to build good squads so don't count UFAs or free agent acquisitions. I'll go first:
1. Matt Paradis (even though we cut him to put him on the practice squad and lost his 4 year deal)
2. Julius Thomas (even though Elway AND Xanders said after the draft that Xanders "pounded the table" for him)
3. Trevor siemian? (clearly not the future for us at the position)
4. Garret Bolles? (just because he's the first lineman we've drafted other than paradis to not be terrible)
5. Virgil Green????!!!!
How in the world has he acquired virtually nothing other than a center on the offensive side of the ball through 7 drafts????!!!!!
Here's a list of every offensive player he's drafted with the rounds listed:
2011
2nd Orlando Franklin
4th Julius Thomas
7th Virgil Green
7th Jeremy Beal
2012
2nd Brock Osweiler
3rd Ronnie hillman
4th Phillip Blake
2013
2nd Montae Ball
5th Tavarres king
6th vinston Painter
7th Zac Dysert
2014
2nd Cody Latimer
3rd Michael Schofield
6th Matt Paradis
2015
2nd Ty Sambraillo
3rd Jeff heuerman
4th Max Garcia
7th Trevor Siemian
2016
1st Paxton Lynch
4th Devontae Booker
5th Connor Mcgovern
6th Andy Janovich
2017
1st Garret Bolles
3rd Carlos Henderson
5th Jake Butt
5th Isaah Mckenzie
6th De'Angelo Henderson
7th Chad Kelly