I'm pretty much convinced Elway believes he has his next best version of a FA Peyton manning in Flacco. View it however you like good or bad, but that's where I think we stand.
I'm pretty much convinced Elway believes he has his next best version of a FA Peyton manning in Flacco. View it however you like good or bad, but that's where I think we stand.
Denver's 2024 George Paton Draft/FA plan
Draft
RD1- TE Brock Bowers, GA
RD3- QB Spencer Rattler, SC
RD4- CB Josh Newton, TCU
RD5- S Reggie Pearson, OK
RD5- C Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest
RD6- K Jonah Dalmas, Boise St
FA
1. With what money
Umm...no
Maybe but I doubt it even if Denver does return to contention. I would support it for 35 year old quarterback who doesn't resume of a Peyton Manning. I think he's a much better option as transitional quarterback than Keenum but I don't see where it is like Denver will need him past the age of 37.
Last edited by TXBRONC; 03-19-2019 at 07:56 AM.
Denver's 2024 George Paton Draft/FA plan
Draft
RD1- TE Brock Bowers, GA
RD3- QB Spencer Rattler, SC
RD4- CB Josh Newton, TCU
RD5- S Reggie Pearson, OK
RD5- C Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest
RD6- K Jonah Dalmas, Boise St
FA
1. With what money
Please see the above regarding how Keenum connected on more deep passes than Flacco last year. Stats suck because they are math. Not debatable.
I've been reading Baltimore sports articles lately and if you do, you would see how silly it is to assume Flacco owns the deep ball or spreads the field. It's actually kind of crazy how much the Denver media hypes this but has no clue. So we have no clue. To be clear: Flacco reeeeeaaaaaally sucked at deep ball completions last year. The fact that Keenum was better than him is not a good thing. Of course, his Oline sucked but if we are to say that Flacco can spread the defense effectively.....well, we really shouldn't say that actually.
How have Baltimore WRs been recently?
"I may not be a mathematician, but I can count to a million." - Shannon Sharpe
Denver's 2024 George Paton Draft/FA plan
Draft
RD1- TE Brock Bowers, GA
RD3- QB Spencer Rattler, SC
RD4- CB Josh Newton, TCU
RD5- S Reggie Pearson, OK
RD5- C Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest
RD6- K Jonah Dalmas, Boise St
FA
1. With what money
There's zero doubt that you are correct. Elway kept looking for a younger version of himself to draft. Only there are no Elways in the draft, and if there were that player would be the consensus #1 pick just as Elway was. And there would be zero chance Denver would get him.
Elway scouted Andrew Luck, but of course the Colts had the #1 pick and were uninterested in trading. He did move up in the first round to draft Paxton Lynch - who had all the physical tools to be a great QB, but was a goof-ball pirate, and not an NFL QB.
Elway reportedly like Sam Darnold but was unwilling to move up in the draft to get him because of the cost.
The Jets gave up the 6th pick of the draft, plus 2 second rounders in 2018, plus a second round pick in 2019 to move up 3 spots. To beat that offer Denver would have had to surrender two #1s (2018 and 2019) and a #2 in 2018 (Denver did not have 2 second rounders in 2018).
No Bradley Chubb, no Courtland Sutton, and no #10 pick in this year's draft. The depth on this roster would be a lot worse than it is, but they would have a prospective Qb.
Since he didn't do it, he decided to get a veteran who was ready to "win now." Elway is always in win-now mode, which is great if you're a player. It's not as great in a GM who must plan for the future. I don't think this team is strong enough to win any SBs with Joe Flacco at this stage of his career. He had one miracle season, and that's it. And that was a long ass time ago.
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Draft
1st round— Cooper Dejean CB
2nd round— Jack Sawyer OLB
3rd round— Will Shipley RB
4th round— Ricky Pearsall WR
5th round— Ladd McKonkey WR
6th round— Cash Jones RB
7th round— Carson Steele RB
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