Month: March 2017

Ronald Leary Contract Details

Beyond the fold is the table of how Leary’s contract table should look via reports from Wilson and Pelissero: Continue reading Ronald Leary Contract Details

Gut Reactions: Free Agent Frenzy

As always, the first day of NFL free agent frenzy has no shortage of attention-getting headlines, big-ticket signings and unexpected turn of events. The Broncos are no exception, even if some of the moves that impacted them to some degree resulted in disappointment.

So let’s go over a few topics as they pertain to either the Broncos or other teams and what we can expect as free agent frenzy settles down and the second wave of free agency approaches.
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The Evening After Day 1, 2017 League Year: Be Like Little Fonzies

There was little news regarding the Broncos during the legal tampering period of the last two days.  This led Linsday Jones to send out this lighthearted tweet in the morning to poke fun at the nerves of some Broncos fans.  Nerves from the lack of action were answered by the signing of Ronald Leary, but new nerves popped up on three fronts:

  1. The last second failed effort to convince Calais Campbell to come to Denver instead of Jacksonville.
  2. The quick poaching of multiple left tackles by teams other than the Broncos (punctuated by the rival Chargers swiping Russell Okung away from Denver for a mind-boggling $13 million APY).
  3. The ongoing Tony Romo saga.

However, for all Broncos fans out there that still have nerves rattled from this, I’ll advise you to do what my response was to the Broncos fans that Jones responded to: be like little Fonzies. Continue reading The Evening After Day 1, 2017 League Year: Be Like Little Fonzies

15 Points To Remember About Broncos And Free Agency

As the clock is about to strike on the time at which NFL teams can officially announce deals for unrestricted free agents, there are a few things to keep in mind, either regarding moves the Broncos could make, the approach John Elway takes and past lessons that we should remember, but keep forgetting every time we get smitten with the big ticket free agents.
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