The future is bright for the Broncos
I was determined to write something positive before the Broncos took on the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football. I was hoping for a strong performance from the Denver running game so I could praise Selvin Young. Nothing positive came from the Monday Night game, but there are still things to be positive about if you're a Denver Broncos fan. The team has a very bright future, if we make the right moves in the off-season.
A major area that will get us to getting to the AFC Championship game or "The Big One" next off-season is having a strong draft. A rookie, or second year player, can certainly make a huge difference. For example, if we were to draft a top notch offensive tackle this off-season, Jake Long for example, by his second year he could be a premier offensive tackle. Here's another example, if we were to draft James Laurinaitis this off-season, he could make an immediate Patrick Willis type impact. Teams who build through the draft have longer life spans and usually fare better during those life spans, it is very important to build through the draft.
Another key will be bringing in the RIGHT Free Agents. For example, Sam Adams, Jimmy Kennedy and Simeon Rice were bad pickups. The Broncos and fans thought that these players would fix things, but they did not. The key will be not to pick up fodder, but to pick up productive and young players. If we were to bring in Karlos Dansby and Corey Williams for example, they would be extremely good signings. Two brilliant signings are better than several bad ones.
But the main factor for the Broncos will be the young players taking a step up. I am personally a big fan of having a young team and I am a big fan of giving young guys alot of opportunities. Young players usually play with more fire and spirit. Guys like Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler, Selvin Young, Tony Scheffler, Chris Myers, Chris Kuper, Tim Crowder, Jarvis Moss, Elvis Dumervil, Marcus Thomas and D.J Williams need to lead the team more and more. If these guys can step up even further, they will surely lead the Broncos to victory providing the Broncos make the right off-season pickups.
Read that list of players again, and think, think how many top quality young players we have. Think of the talent those players have and think how fortunate we are to have them. We have so many good young players that could become NFL Superstars in a couple of years and that list is missing next off-seasons draftees. The fact is that while things are bad now, they wont be bad at all in a couple of seasons if we have another strong off-season.