I like him as a prospect. He has good work ethic, has some solid tape, has a passion for the game and fits the mold of a player to develop under Munchak. I expect him to be take in rd. 3 or 4. I also would be fine Taking Tytus Howard in that range. Unless we don't draft Lock then we need to draft a Qb around the 2-4 range, to develop the right way and stop farting around with the mediocre Qb's of the world....That would change the target a bit I would think.
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
This move just shows our desperation on the OL. James is solid and coming off a good year, but in a typical year, there is no way he is worth this contract. Hope he proves me wrong, but I cant help but feel we'll regret this one eventually.
RT has been a revolving door for too long. Like the signing, not the price but it's the state of free agency now. Both signings are a upgrade over last year, the Broncos are already better and it's early.
"They could have gotten him [Paradis] done for around $9m, maybe $9.5. The time to get this done was last year in training camp. Last July. Now, it's going to cost more. Now Paradis is able to take offers from other teams. Now, Paradis is going to say they made me wait, now I want what other teams will offer, $11m, or $12m." -- Orlando Franklin, former Broncos RT.
They tried to get it done for cheaper at the last minute. It's not going to work. Now Paradis is the most valuable C on the market and he's getting a big offer.
Just another in an endless series of screwups with John Elway's contract negotiations. Listening to Orlando Franklin this morning about how they screwed up their negotiations with him, and then signed Donald Stephenson to that bad contract for a lot more money than Orlando, it was just a scathing indictment of how they handled his negotiations with Elway. Clearly things have not changed.
I don't care if players are butt hurt, because I'm a Broncos fan, but waiting until the last minute and then trying to get a deal done a couple of weeks before FA to try and get a deal done is just stupid. It's not working and Elway just refuses to change.
(EX: #1 was the Brock Osweiler negotiations that went so badly wrong that Osweiler left for the huge FA contract, and Elway had to panic move up in the draft and grab . . . Paxton Lynch.)
Now, the signing of Jawan James is a good one even if the Sports press gives it a "D." But they should have re-signed Paradis last off-season. Losing him is going to hurt them.
Last edited by Cugel; 03-12-2019 at 09:21 AM.
I love it.
I think it would have been foolish to sign paradis last offseasons. Guy had another hip surgery. You dont extend a player who just went on ir.
Plus McGovern did fine. We dont need to pay paradis a ton. That imo is foolish.
Plus, that much money for a oft injured double hip player is not smart. Love the guy, but not for us, not anymore.
The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell
James is very good. I think of him like Jordan Gross with the Panthers a few years back: could play either position, made a few pro bowls and even a first team All Pro one year. He settled in at LT for the second half of his career. I dunno that James is gonna do that, but he's a quality tackle on a team that desperately needed one - and paid through the nose for it.
John can't draft tackles, and he can't pick up value tackles in FA. All that was left was to pay full freight for a tackle, and James is still young enough to not be dead money by the end. It's expensive now but if it works the Broncos have solved an Achilles heel that was holding back the offense - ANY offense - from achieving enough to get Denver where it wants to go.
I'm all right with it.
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