Although this is the 1st time in many years in which its premature for Broncos’ fans to start making out our offseason shopping list, its certainly isn’t too early for the bottom 3rd of the league. A good starting point as any would be Tankathon.com’s mock draft list.
https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/mock_draft
Of course, it’s going to be in constant flux over the entirety of the season. Nevertheless, the position they suggest each team should use their 1st pick on would be an interesting topic of discussion for right now.
What I find surprising is that they seem to believe that only 2 teams are going to be looking at getting a QB, the Titans and the Raiders. I’m sure that no one here is going to dispute this. If anyone feels it’s a worthwhile endeavor to provide an analysis as to why these teams move on from their current QBs, knock yourself out.
Moving on from that subject, I can definitely see a lot more teams who probably could, or should, be dissatisfied with the performance of their QBs.
Cleveland Browns: Basically in the same situation with Watson that we were in with Wilson last season, have to keep him because they can’t afford to cut him. I don’t know how much time he has left on his contract; but I wouldn’t care if I was the Browns owner. I’d draft his replacement and accept the fact that Watson is going to be nothing more than dead weight until we can get rid of him.
New York Jets: Yes, the Packers drafting Rodgers replacement when it looks like he was wash up caused him to turn into a pouty little cry-baby, but that also what caused him to find his fountain of youth for the remainder of his cancerous stay in Green Bay. If I was the Jets’ owner, I’d make a public statement we’d move on from any player who doesn’t make it clear that they want to comeback for the 2025 before the start of free agency. Any player that can’t make up their mind before then, in my opinion, lacks the commitment necessary to play championship caliber football. If Rodgers decides he wants to call my bluff, he’d find out that I wasn’t bluffing.
New Orleans Saints: Its not that I actually believe they should move on Carr at this point; but most NFL owners are quick to move on from 30 something year old QBs what have yet to establish themselves as future HoFers. If I was the owner of just about any team in the league, I’d be more than happy with him backing up my starting QB if Carr was willing to accept such a roll.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Once again, its not that I actually believe they should move on from Mayfield; but that most NFL owners don’t allow 2nd hand starters to have too many bad seasons before they kick them to the curb. If I was the owner of the Broncos, I’d rather have him as my backup than Stidham.