Thread: DT AND a 7th rounder for a 4th round

I will miss his understated and classy demeanor and way that he approached the game. I hope he balls out with the Texans.

Well that is sweet.

I think there are plenty of fans who are happy that DT never got to break Rod Smith's records.

Originally Posted by aberdien

I will miss his understated and classy demeanor and way that he approached the game. I hope he balls out with the Texans.

Imo, the main reason he was not appreciated, was mainly to the fact he was drafted by evil McDaniels over Dez Bryant. Already Broncos fans had a bad taste in their mouth from that fact. That is my theory.

Turns out he was the better pick.

Wish I could believe this team will lose enough to get a high draft pick but I see middle of the draft order for the foreseeable future and I don’t see them drafting a highly skilled QB anyway.

Win a SB ... then spend the next decade in .500 nowhere land. That’s the Broncos standard.

Originally Posted by King87

I think there are plenty of fans who are happy that DT never got to break Rod Smith's records.

It’s because DT is black.

So was DT our last remaining player from the MCD era? Who does that make our longest tenured player now? Von?

Elway got Julius Thomas in the 4nth round, unfortunately ... here are the rest:

‘11 Quenton Carter S
‘12 Omar Bolden CB
‘12 Philip Blake C
‘13 Traded down
‘14 Traded down
‘15 Max Garcia G/Turnstile
‘16 Devontae Booker RB
‘17 Traded down
‘18 Josey Jewell ILB
‘18 Deasean Hamilton WR

I wouldn’t trade DT for all of these players.

I wouldn’t trade Keenum for all of these players.

Luckily, the 4th round is the sweet spot for the Scrappy-Try-Hard-Coach-On-The-Field type everyone loves.

You realize he was going to get cut this off-season regardless, right? Would you rather us have gotten nothing for him?

Why would anyone sign a back loaded contract knowing Elway will get rid of them in their last year or two?

Originally Posted by Dapper Dan

Why would anyone sign a back loaded contract knowing Elway will get rid of them in their last year or two?

Annual salary is meaningless in NFL contracts. It's all about the guaranteed money. Player gets a big signing bonus up front and the annual salary is loaded at the back. That isn't really an Elway specific thing, I think you see that pretty much across the league now.

Elway at least did right by DT trading him somewhere that will likely let him play out that contact.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Annual salary is meaningless in NFL contracts. It's all about the guaranteed money. Player gets a big signing bonus up front and the annual salary is loaded at the back. That isn't really an Elway specific thing, I think you see that pretty much across the league now.

Elway at least did right by DT trading him somewhere that will likely let him play out that contact.

I think DT won’t see next years money.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

I think DT won’t see next years money.

Even if not, he definitely wasn't seeing it here. At least trading him gives him somewhat of a chance to get it.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

I think DT won’t see next years money.

Why is that? Retirement or reworked?