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Mike Klis
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Happy birthday to Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, who was born 74 years ago today in Prairie du Chien, Wis. Pretty good life. Not sure there's been an NFL owner with a greater body work with his team and league. #9sports
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Rest in Peace - Demaryius (88) - Darrent (27) - Damien (29) - Kenny (11)#7 - JOHN - #44 - FLOYD - #80 - ROD
THIS ONES FOR JOHNWOULD YOU RATHER WIN UGLY, OR LOSE PRETTY?
Barnwell has been doing columns on five moves each team should make this off season, and he's up to the AFC West today. He advocates the Broncos going after Cousins:
He also says, among other things, to pick up Ray's fifth year option. Any interesting tidbit in there on Barrett though - I think we all assume they'll tender and keep Barrett but he wasn't really as productive as I thought he was:If Cousins wants to play in Denver, the Broncos will pay up. What would a Cousins deal look like? Assuming the 29-year-old craves the stability Washington failed to offer him, the Broncos are probably looking at a minimum of five years and possibly a six-year contract. Elway tends to avoid larger signing bonuses and prefers roster bonuses early in contracts for cap purposes, but given how massive the Cousins extension is likely to be, the Broncos might not have much of a choice.
There's no way to make a Cousins deal cheap, but here's how the Broncos could frame a six-year, $180-million deal with a $40 million signing bonus and an even $100 million payable over the first three years, all of which would be practically guaranteed:
Year Base
Salary Signing
Bonus Roster
Bonus Workout
Bonus Cap
Hit
2018 $3.5 million $8 million $12.5 million $150,000 $24.15 million
2019 $9 million $8 million $12 million $350,000 $29.35 million
2020 $15 million $8 million $7 million $500,000 $30.5 million
2021 $18 million $8 million $5 million $600,000 $31.6 million
2022 $21 million $8 million $5 million $750,000 $34.75 million
2023 $27.5 million $0 $1.35 million $800,000 $29.65 million
Totals $94 million $40 million $42.85 million $3.15 million $180 million
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page...-bill-barnwellThe Denver pass rush was down across the board in 2017. Von Miller wasn't as productive as he had been the previous year. DeMarcus Ware retired, and while that opened up a role for Shaquil Barrett in the pass-rush rotation, Barrett only mustered four sacks and 12 knockdowns despite playing 67.2 percent of the defensive snaps.
Maybe, but he'll be the highest paid QB in the history of the league. Is he the best? Is he even top 5? Top 10?
I'm torn on this. It's possible the team could win now with Cousins (even with the deep cuts the team will have to make to afford him), but it's not a given at will come at huge cost. It might be that for the highest contract in NFL history that Cousins is good enough to all the Broncos to get close every year, but never beyond that, which as we've seen in the past is a type of purgatory.
The flip side is drafting a QB in the top five is no guarantee and we might have a bust and then be right back to the drawing board in a year or so.
Every QB that gets a deal is the new highest paid QB in the league. Will he still be the highest paid next year? No. Definitely not in two years. It's just how it goes. I don't think there's a better FA option, and there's definitely no can't miss draft star that we can nab. Short of the Colts making Luck available Cousins seems to be our best bet.
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