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Bill Polian, ESPN analyst/former GM of the Indianapolis Colts

On what the Broncos should do once they start negotiating with Brock Osweiler:

Well… Let’s assume for the moment that Coach Kubiak and John Elway have decided that Brock is the guy going forward. If that’s the case, you sit down with [Brock and] his agent and you say, “Listen… We’ll craft you a contract that pays you what an average starting QB in the NFL makes. Maybe a little bit below because he has only paid seven games. But, we’ll load it with incentives so if you perform the way you did for the seven games this past season, or five games and two halves I guess is the best way to put that. We’ll load it with incentives and we will give you another bite of the apple two years from now. Why are we doing this? Because we don’t know — necessarily — whether you are a great quarterback yet. We think you have a chance to be, you fit our offense perfectly, and for you to stay here with a great defense, an offense that suits you with great receivers, with a coach, a system, and a franchise you’re familiar with, and a great place to live and work, we think that this is a good investment for you. And in two years, if you prove that you are the guy, then we’ll do what we need to do and we will pay you accordingly.” That would be my opening gambit. I bet the agent would say, “No, No we have been here for four years… Franchise him.” So, somewhere between those two points is probably a point of agreement. My guess would be that unless the agent has something really, really firm from a team that would approximate, I’m not talking Cleveland now, that would approximate the Broncos for the ability to win and be on the national stage, or what have you, that he would be amenable to [leave]. It will be a rough negotiation and it will delve all the way until the end.

I think this is why it benefits the Broncos to wait until Peyton makes his move first. There aren’t any teams out there looking for a QB that are similar to the Broncos in the championship race which means even though there are some suitors for Brock, they aren’t in the same winning position and aren’t comparable as a great place to live (Cleveland). If the Broncos wait, they get to start at their price on March 9th instead of mid February which means they are more likely to get a deal closer to a $12 million AAV than a $15 million AAV with not as many guarantees.

Full interview here.

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The Tangerine Bowl: Dr. Rick Perea, P.H.D, DK2 Motivation/Denver Broncos

Introduction

Over the past couple of days, I have gotten the chance to be at the Glazier Clinic, which is a football clinic held for coaches that are around the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. There are a lot of great speakers that were there including Craig Johnson the RB coach for the NY Giants, Mike Bobo the head coach for Colorado State, and more importantly for you guys, Dr. Rick Perea, who does most of his counseling work for the Denver Broncos. He is a great guy, enthusiastic, and he is the kind of guys that wakes up everyday thinking it will be the best day of his life. On top of that, he is incredibly informed about the root of motivation in athletes and is an incredibly helpful resource for coaches of all levels.

When I saw his name on the list, I decided that this was something that I could not miss or skip so, I sat in on his talk. He had a lot of great points about motivation and had some insights as to how the Broncos won the Superbowl from a psychological and motivation standpoint. I now present to you some of the things he shared over the course of the talk. Keep in mind that even though most of these are direct quotes, I might have not gotten the whole thing in verbatim. So please take these as paraphrasings if nothing else. Enjoy.

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