Month: November 2016

Just in case this ends up in conversation today, I figured it would be prudent to catch it early in the morning and give it its own place.  There should be no illusion that this is an inherently political thread, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, the best and easiest solution is to just not click on this thread.  But if you do have interest, this thread is for you.

There is, however, one important issue on the ballot that does affect the NFL, and that is Measure C in San Diego that seeks to raise the hotel tax to fund a new stadium for the Chargers.  So don’t say that this Election Day isn’t entirely unrelated to football–even if there are comically inept attempts to tie the two together.

Continue reading Brads NFL Picks Week Nine 2016

Now that we’ve reached the halfway point of the season and the trade deadline has passed, I wanted to examine which players are set to become free agents and how the Broncos might approach things with them.

While there’s still half a season left to play, it’s not a bad idea to plan ahead a bit to determine how your offseason game plan may take shape by considering which players you may lean toward keeping and, of those you are leaning toward replacing, who is and isn’t likely to fetch a compensatory pick.

I’ll consider the free agents by their respective categories.

UPDATE 2:16 P.M. MT: Nick Korte commented that the tags for restricted free agents and exclusive rights free agents have not been updated, so some of the players listed as RFAs might be ERFAs. For now, I will leave everyone’s designation alone, but will revisit this down the road, at which point we should have confirmed what free agent categories each player will fall under.
Continue reading A Look Ahead At Potential Broncos Free Agents