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2021 Broncos Offseason Road Map

The Broncos will enter a new era of football leadership, with John Elway moving on to a presidential role with the team for 2021, and hiring a GM that will take over the duties of improving the team.

And that new GM is going to have some pressure to improve immediately, because what has happened recently is simply not Denver Broncos football. Five straight seasons of missing the playoffs. Four straight losing seasons. 29th in DVOA. Swept by the Chiefs for five straight seasons. Swept by the Raiders–the Raiders!–for the first time since the rock bottom season of 2010. This is unacceptable. Yes, injuries and a pandemic have taken their toll. But that should only raise the expectations further for 2021, and expectations should always be high in Denver.

As always, here my annual recommendations on how to turn things around for the positive.

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2020 Broncos Pro Bowl Watch

Around this time last year, I warned Broncos fans that Denver’s league leading streak of Pro Bowl representation was in jeopardy. Thankfully, Von Miller was able to keep the streak going to 39 seasons. But of course, he has missed the entire 2020 season. An alternate selection from 2019, Courtland Sutton, was also lost for almost the whole 2020 season.

This will put additional pressure to ensure that 2020 does not take away something else that’s great. Who on the 2020 Broncos will able to keep the Pro Bowl streak going to 40 seasons? Here’s a look at some possible candidates.

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