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appreciate you so much on today's episode of the show NFL free agency is inching one step closer

legal tamper in period begins on Monday and we'll go through our Broncos dream free agency hall at

several the key positions of need here for this team we'll also look at several run-of-back

scenarios in combination with some other signings that could potentially take place as soon as

next week and on top of that which surprise free agency signings would shock us or flourish we'll

go through and share every option for you here on today's episode of the show I'm Cody work

credential Broncos reported from mile high sports joined as always by Sarah Bedinger site expert

at predominantly orange dot com sir let's get there my friend I I mean you brought something up

instant right before recording like we knew dates like March 9th March 11th didn't realize that

March 9th is coming up here very quickly Monday to be exact the legal negotiating period so to speak

where we're going to hear of a lot of deals that are going to be done but become official on the new

league gear at what is it two o'clock p.m mountain time NFL free agency frenzy is a punishment this

is like Christmas for us I I love this time of year I always say because people ask like whenever I

get to tell people like what I do for work you know I tell them oh I do I'm like a football opinion

for hire essentially they're like oh well I suppose this time of year is a little bit slower for

you and I'm like no no no this is my favorite time of year you get to a team build from your arm

chair GM seat and look the Broncos I think we all expect they are going to be aggressive and active

in free agency now whether or not that looks the way that we all want it to remains to be seen we're

going to go through some of those scenarios today but Cody I think any dream scenario for the Broncos

in free agency it starts with the team making a splash at the running back position right and you

said this right after the Super Bowl that Kenneth Walker would be the number one like dream free

agent for the Broncos after what he did in that Super Bowl run for Seattle but you and I both

thought like there's no way Seattle is going to let him go there's no way that after winning Super

Bowl MVP a player that you drafted in the second round and somebody who's earned another contract

well there's no way has now turned into there's not only a way there's like a really good chance

that the Broncos could actually get him but fans out there don't seem to love the price I still

think Kenneth Walker could be that dream edition out running back I agree with you and look here's

the reality we've seen over the last couple of years the value of the running back position from

a monetary standpoint decline a little bit to the point where you had all these running backs

including Christian McAfry try to unionize the running back position so to speak because

that this is a position that does so much incur so much contact and wear and tear and yet they're

not paid to the value in which they bring to the table I think for Kenneth Walker I mean the Seattle

Seahawks should be thanking him for hey we were drudging along you broke off a couple of big runs you

helped us win a Super Bowl you won Super Bowl MVP that right there is so important in today's game

and I understand the perception of spending money on a running back but you know what if you want

to have a chance to win a Super Bowl you need to be able to run the football effectively we came

out of the AFC championship game center in the snow saying man if the Broncos just had a back

there they could just run in the snow if they had a downhill back that could do it playing simple

that's one of the key takeaways that we had especially in the snow right you're not going to throw

it in the snow so you need to be able to run the football then we couldn't run the football against

the Patriots you know who could Kenneth Walker so in my opinion you have to look at these options

you know being something that the Broncos should prioritize Kenneth Walker is the biggest

option here and in my opinion sir he would be a dream addition here for the offseason for this

Broncos team to pair alongside RJ Harvey here but also you had something else if it's not Kenneth

Walker you floated out the idea dream scenario would be Tyler Algier plus JK Dobbins both

resigning with his team to pair alongside RJ Harvey that would actually is also a nice one too

you get two for maybe the price of one there in combination versus going out there I'm paying

a guy like Kenneth Walker if either of these scenarios happened I'd be stoked I would too and

I'll even throw in a bonus door number three like Travis ETN I think would be another potential

dream scenario I know a lot of folks are saying well he's redundant with RJ Harvey I just don't

think that's the case I obviously think they have similar skill sets in terms of like Travis ETN

can catch passes and he's maybe even most effective catching passes but I also feel like he's

proven a bit more in terms of an every down runner at this point and if the Broncos believe that

their issues are run scheme related then I think plugging any of these guys back into the system

makes a lot of sense right I mean Travis ETN is somebody who's very explosive and he's he's

still a bigger guy I mean it's not like he's this tiny change of pace back he's a bigger back who

can you know he can work 20 carries 25 touches again need be so I think that any of those players

would be fitting that dream category and I think if JK Dobbins is going to be included in

scenario Cody like you mentioned I think he has to be paired with somebody else whether it's Tyler

Alger Rico Doudal somebody else because you can't thank on JK playing in games or playing even

the majority of the season at this point and then what happens when you get into another playoff

run another Super Bowl run well you can't necessarily rely on RJ Harvey and an incoming rookie either

I think that's the thing is like JK Dobbins plus a rookie is one scenario that we're going to talk

about but JK Dobbins plus another veteran fits in that dream scenario in my mind because of how

well JK ran for this team and because there is a deep running back class in free agency right now

much better on paper than the incoming draft class yeah I think it's I think it's interesting and

and I mean certainly the Broncos they have plenty of options they're they're evaluating everything

here but I want to look at their linebacker position as well this is also another top need here

for Denver and a dream hall I mean some of the guys that we have outlined here that you and I have

discussed their range between Kate and Ellis obviously reuniting with his brother Jonah in the

mile high city Devon Lloyd coming over as a big splash signing from the Jacksonville Jaguars and

I've added Bobby O'Carrickay who just became a free agent after the Giants had released him any of

these three linebackers here Sarah I would say hey this is part of the dream equation for the

off season how do you feel about that I feel exactly the same and I think that the common theme

between us and our dream scenarios is that the Broncos do have to bring in somebody from the outside

right I think that there's no question when they signed Dre Green Law they sent a clear message

saying our talent at this position has to be upgraded it wasn't just wow Dre Green Law is this

impact player that we can't deny in free agency as much as they were saying that about Green Law

they're also saying we need to upgrade the talent at this position that remains true now with those

two guys singleton and sernad hitting free agency you have to upgrade the talent at this position

and there's ample opportunity to do so like you mentioned O'Carrickay getting cut by the Giants that

frees up another I mean he had 140 plus tackles last season you obviously also have Kate and Ellis

who has 380 total tackles over the last three years combined Devon Lloyd coming off an all pro

season with five interceptions so I just think that you look at the talent available at linebacker

and the cost like even a 20 million per year linebacker Cody right now on the salary cap 20 million

out of 301 million with the cap also going up it's only 6.6% of the salary cap so you're talking

about like people are saying I don't want the Broncos to go spend all this money at this position

that position the other it's 6.6% if you sign Kenneth Walker at 14 million per season which is

the franchise tag number that's 4.6% of the salary cap like it's not that significant of a chunk

and it's going to go down percentage wise don't think about average annual value think about cap

percentage and know that you're going to get at a lower number on the cap this year so it's

going to come in at even less than that figure I just that's the frustrating thing is like okay in

order to even get on the same page talking about this stuff we have to understand that you can work

the salary cap and that's that's part of these dream scenarios but also tight end Cody I mean

what is your thought here because the Broncos they have Evan Ingram coming back but pretty much

everything else seems like fair game yeah I see this is where I'm not as excited necessarily

about free agent tight end options as maybe I am running back linebacker here for Denver though I

think some of the top options would be David Newjoku after leaving Cleveland Chica Conqueau who

was obviously leaving the Tennessee Titans because of the emergence of Gunner Helm but then Dallas

Goddard who's probably on his way out of Philadelphia I've even seen some fans throughout their

K-Dotten of the Tampa Bay Buck in years I don't know why but none of these guys necessarily

excite me as much as like running back or linebacker but I do agree the Broncos need to go on the

outside and they need to bring somebody in to change up this room to add somebody alongside Evan

Ingram where in my opinion the free agency dream hall here would be adding a better tight end like

upgrading a position over guys like Adam Trautman Mercedes Lewis and then going out there and

also drafting a guy this year in the NFL draft that is my dream offseason scenario here for Denver

I just don't know which tight end would be that dream signing for me so to speak you know Dallas

Goddard is a move option for you that can move around the formation you know he's engaging as a

blocker but you go there you go Chica Conqueau who's got some upside to him's got some deceptive

athleticism or do you go with David Nejoku who's a proven veteran reliable fit that could be a

red zone option for you I mean either one wouldn't be bad they'd be instant upgrades over Adam

Trautman yeah I completely agree I think if if there's any true like needle mover for me it would

probably be David Nejoku and and maybe that's just because through the years you know we talked

about him so much as a hey why don't you go get him away from Cleveland pluck him away from the

Browns I think he can do a little bit of everything for you at the position and signing somebody

like David Nejoku to upgrade over Trautman who they're the same age by the way they're I think

they're both 29 this season you sign Nejoku to me that shows and that's what I think the point

of these dream scenarios is what moves can you make to show the fan base that you're serious about

winning a Super Bowl like that's what that's what that shows to me that's the kind of move you

sign Nejoku say a three-year contract pair him up with Evan Ingram that to me says like we're

all in and I think that Cody that's what the Broncos need is that perception as much as they need

anything else because running it back and not upgrading the talent but paying a premium price

to bring your own guys back I just don't know how that message is going to go with Broncos country

I'm with you there running it back might be a little bit of a nightmare scenario compared to all

the dream scenarios we've talked about here Broncos country make sure you let us know what your

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in 2025 but that dream may have morphed into a nightmare in 2026 we know the Broncos need talent

upgrades and I think what fans fear the most heading into free agency is that they're not

going to do that that they're going to just bring everybody back and try again in 2026 we're

going to discuss that potential scenario which does feel a bit realistic Broncos country we're

not going to lie we're going to tell you why it feels realistic coming up on today's episode of

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dot supercast dot com Cody running it back does feel realistic I'm not going to lie and I don't

know if that's the you know the little you know fringe of a pessimist in me that's just kind of

thinking like hey just don't get your hopes up like the team's going to resign and all their

guys and they're going to try to run it back 86 percent roster continuity in 2025 which was awesome

like I I was all for it last year continuity for a team that's building you just made it to the

playoffs for our first time in a decade but this year it just feels more so like the 2014

offseason where that influx of elite level talent if you can get it matters more now than continuity

does yeah I agree with it the Broncos should take a page out of their own history book and

reference that if they really want to push their chips in here around bonix and they want to be

as Greg penner says strategically aggressive here that is the move now of course I think in

some scenarios running it back with one or two guys I think it's fine I think you want to retain

maybe a couple of your own guys but that shouldn't be like the top priority of saying hey we're just

going to bring everybody back and we're just going to try it again next year I understand the

thinking that you like if it's not broke don't fix it but also here's the thing in this life no

matter what we do we're always looking to upgrade something right and I think the Broncos they

can run it back with one guy but they absolutely need to upgrade in another area and that might

change the role of certain guys at certain positions whereas I think if we look at the positions we

just talked about in our dream scenarios let's start off here with running back I would be okay

with the Broncos running it back with JK as long as he wasn't their only option that they want to

run it back with I think in your dream scenario that you outlined bring in JK back but also

signing somebody else on the outside to pair alongside RJ Harvey this is where I would be okay with

a run it back type of scenario with that type of player however if the move here for the Broncos

is we're going to run it back with JK Dobbins at running back that's going to be our only move we're

going to run it back with Alex Singleton a linebacker that's our only move and we're going to run it

back with Adam Trappman a tight end that's our only move that we're going to make it those positions

to me I would be I would be frustrated by that and I think Broncos country would be as well

yeah it wouldn't it just like I said the perception would be that we're not necessarily

willing to do whatever it takes to go win a championship especially because that scenario

and any scenario at this point also doesn't include running it back with John Franklin Myers

part of the equation like his departure is a foregone conclusion to you like I mentioned it's

and it is it's a big one it's a big loss the Broncos are putting a lot of faith in

Savion Jones in Yomo Uazareke they're putting a lot of faith in those guys and potentially

we'll see about the draft but there's also only so many things that you can realistically do

in the NFL draft there's there's only so many avenues that you can explore there's not a 100

different combinations that fill out I always use this analogy the Sudoku puzzle that is the off

season there's not there's not multiple scenarios there's only one you can and I'm not saying that

there's not multiple paths to addressing these needs but what I'm saying is is that you can't you

can't get two first round picks this year like you can't get Caleb Banks and some other player in

the first round or you know Peter Woods and some other player in the first round so you have you

have to rely on some of your guys on the team already as opposed to saying oh well if they don't

get this in free agency they'll just go get somebody in the draft it doesn't work like that you

can try but that's where I think you have to be more aggressive than just running it back like

let's let's run us that scenario again you resign JK Dobbins for a one-year deal maybe even a two-year

deal like with no guaranteed money next year depending on how it goes right see how it goes but

then your only other moves are bringing back Gillil McLaughlin for the you know veteran minimum and

extending an ERFA tender to Tyler Bade and then maybe using a day three pick on a running back

that sets you up for the exact same scenario you just faced this year and the name is true at

linebacker you cannot bank on that you can't I just that's the frustrating element to me is that

it feels very realistic it there's already reports from what they're the Broncos are working

towards trying to bring back Alex Singleton so and I'm not talking about killing the beans over

there man Davis is spilling the beans so like that's the that's the thing to me and you mentioned

this too the best combination at linebacker last year for the Broncos was not Singleton and Green

Law it wasn't Singleton and Sternat it was Sternat and Greenlaw and so the the the team doesn't

even necessarily seem to know what its own best combinations are and even some of the reports we've

heard 13 to 14 million per year and look as much as I like Alex Singleton I I've been an

avid Alex Singleton defender on this show because I do feel like at times the fan base has been

pretty unfair towards him especially you know when the fact is majority of the fans don't know

the coverage of the responsibility that he actually has that price point in my opinion granted

when you talk about the overall percentage of the salary cap it's not necessarily big but I think

for where he's at and what we know it's just like that's a little bit too high of an asking price

there but we'll we'll see I mean I just feel like the brought this is a position the Broncos have to

make a big splash at Sarah's linebacker I really really truly believe that in my heart of hearts

tied in also another scenario like I'm not opposed to them bringing back Adam Troutman just as long

as like it means that they go out and they sign somebody else in free agency and they also draft

to this position because after this year Evan Ingram is not even on your roster the Broncos

approach are needs to be not just this year it needs to be two to three years down the road forward

thinking here with this team and not saying hey we're just going to rely on Caleb Loner taking

just this crazy jump from being an undrafted but a seventh round rookie close to undrafted not

playing really a single down and struggling in the preseason we're hoping that maybe one year of

playing the game now he's just going to elevate to this crazy player that we believe in that would

be naive thinking that would be as you and I say all the time roster now practice that would be

frustrating for me at the end of the day here if the Broncos take that run it back approach

here in free agency that would be a nightmare scenario in my opinion I know you feel the same way

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for the team ahead of NFL free agency that if the Broncos were to make this move it would come as

a little bit of a surprise where would you lean first with this type of scenario I think the first

place that I lean Cody and I don't think very many people are talking about this certainly I haven't

heard it from any of the insiders or anything like that and that kind of makes me wonder but the

Broncos making a big splash and signing wide receiver Alec Pierce in free agency and I know that move

would ruffle a lot of feathers because Alec Pierce has not been a high volume receiver in his NFL

career he did have a thousand yards this past season on just 47 catches but I think the perception

of him right now is that he's a one trick pony as a deep threat and I just feel like the NFL

and teams view him so much differently as a 25 going on 26 year old player who's yet to really reach

his proverbial ceiling the price tag is going to be high and we know the Broncos have been involved

with wide receivers in the past they have been you know sort of I guess conservative to the point

of frugal in terms of the price the cost to play the game but this is a free agent we're talking about

this is somebody that you control you don't have to trade draft picks you don't have to trade players

Alec Pierce is set to hit free agency now with the Colts transition tagging Daniel Jones and

I think Alec Pierce is one of the best free agents on the market he's gonna get he's gonna get a lot

of money I mean we're talking he could get four years a hundred million he could get four years

a hundred and twenty million and I just think once again you look at the percentage of the salary

cap the Broncos being in a super bowl window your quarterback still has two years left on his rookie

contract this is an investment in your quarterback that you make your the highest volume passing

attack in the NFL and Alec Pierce has proven with a lot of targets or with a little he can capitalize

at 22 yards of catch for two seasons in a row I mean that's crazy stuff I don't think I've ever

seen that before so to me I think he's that big splash that would really surprise a lot of people

in free agency but I can make it make sense people also don't realize how fast he is it's one thing

that Riley Moss he've been talked about when he appeared on Patsr Tans pod early on in the season

talking about the guy who is the most accepted like Riley we all know how fast Riley is he's very

fast very good at mirroring receivers off the line of scrimmage he said Pierce fast very fast and

I thought I had him he got he got behind me because he's got that track speed like he's he's got

long strides as a receiver and I think when you look at the numbers over the last three seasons both

he and Cortman Sutton actually are in the top three in terms of downfield targets and catches

and that right there it maybe opens things up for all the people that complain about bone mixes

ADOT EPA whatever acronym garbage you want to throw out there okay that would change the narrative

in terms of average depth of target there that would probably make some of these detractors

a little bit more happy I agree that would be a surprise signing the Broncos I mean last year

they tried to get Stefan Diggs as we have found out that didn't necessarily come out I would say

during free agency this came out actually during the season that the Broncos were almost close

to signing Stefan Diggs in free agency so that came as a little bit of surprise so the Broncos

learning to be quiet on that front there I'm very curious to see their approach here let's take a

look maybe at another one the Broncos maybe initiating a trade in the offseason at the tight

in position as a surprise surprise move Luke Musgrave obviously of the Green Bay Packers obviously the

Broncos they had interest in him last year at the NFL trade deadline but the ACL injury

that took her craft who was in my opinion the best tied in the NFL last season went healthy

that kind of threw a wrench in those plans but Luke Musgrave could be maybe an option here for the Broncos

if they were to trade that would certainly be a surprise to see Denver trade during this time of

the offseason it would because I think Broncos fans are all looking at the free agency list they're

looking at the draft list and you're saying like why would you trade for somebody well if the

ink is still drying on a guy's scouting report NFL teams are going to make trades for those players

like he was a second round pick in what 2023 the Broncos had him in for a pre draft visit there

was reports that they tried to get him for a fifth round or last year before the Tucker craft

injury kind of changed the Packers plans but it sounds like that was from the Packers people that

I talked to Cody it sounds like that was a done deal like the Broncos were getting Luke Musgrave

for a fifth and it just fell through because of the Tucker craft injury and the timing of all that

situation so we'll see if they revisit that I think another surprise situation for me this

offseason Cody would be the idea of resigning Justin Sternad and letting Alex Singleton walk like

that doesn't seem to be anything that anyone is really talking about but Sternad I mean made a lot

of game changing plays the last two seasons for the Broncos and like you've mentioned the best duo

they had at that position last year may have been Sternad and Greenlaw maybe the team does realize

that and maybe they're going to approach free agency and say hey we we like Sternad as a starter

for the short term he can be our green dot guy Greenlaw is going to go out there and make plays

and then we'll draft somebody for depth that would be I think a surprising outcome for based on where

the rumor mill has been sort of leading us right now yeah no I agree I think that's something

that probably nobody would really see coming considering the rumbling surrounding Singleton here

I would be okay with that I would be very welcoming of that for the Broncos because I don't know

how many shows you and I did last season where we were we were saying like hey when when Greenlaw

returns like because obviously there was a stretch where Singleton and Sternad starting and then

there was a stretch where you know Singleton was either I mean not Singleton Greenlaw was either hurt

or he was facing the suspension and we were coming into the whole conversation saying wait like

what are the Broncos going to do like when everyone's healthy like are they going to start this guy

over this guy that was the conversation that we certainly had and I at this point I'm actually kind

of in favor of Sternad coming back being the starter alongside Greenlaw and the Broncos going

out there signing a guy in free agency and adding depth to this position the NFL draft it needs

a complete overhaul in my opinion so yeah I'm with you and that category here I wanted to shake

things up just to just have a little fun here right to go back to the tight end position here for a

minute uh imagine the Broncos this would be a surprise imagine even though he's at this age of his

career Travis Kelsey decides say you know what I'm not going back you can't say let me sign a one

year deal with the Broncos and Bonyx could you imagine that's unrealistic never gonna happen but could

you imagine especially everyone was talking to after that Christmas game when Bull and Travis were

talking obviously Travis has been very complimentary of Bonyx I don't see that happening but that would

be a fun way to ruffle up some feathers a little bit here but what if Denver were to go out there

and maybe try to make a push for someone like Darren Waller so to speak how would you feel about that

I I think there would be up like the athletic upside is certainly there he he made some impressive

plays last season for the dolphins his injury history is something that concerns me yeah definitely

I think that Darren Waller I I was researching the other day I can't remember who the coach is now

because you're putting me on the spot here Cody but I I can't remember who it is but there's

somebody on Denver's offensive staff who has a connection to Darren Waller I can't remember I can't

remember who it is or what the connection is it might I don't remember if it's Davis Webb I don't

remember if it's Ronald Curry I can't remember somebody in the comments can maybe look that up but I

was doing some research on free agent tight ends with connections to the Broncos and Darren Waller's

name came up and I was like oh well yeah I guess I guess he does have that connection from whenever

it was but that doesn't really make any sense you know so I'll be interested to see what the

team's approach is but I mean taking a risk on somebody just in general taking a shot on somebody

that this team's not afraid of it George Payton said with injured players like we feel good about

our training staff and our our medical department and things like that like the team is confident

that they can take those kind of risks here's another surprise name off throw out there Elijah

Vera Tucker to come in and play some left guard for you reset the clock at that position former

first round pick if you believe you can keep guys on the field take a shot on his talent because I

think he might be somebody that you could reasonably expect to start for a longer period of time

than maybe Ben Powers that's another discussion that you had in your bonus episode like do the Broncos

keep him do they move on what's the situation Elijah Vera Tucker makes a lot of sense to me

yeah and the Broncos they do like athletic guards I mean you wouldn't have to spend maybe

a high price on him so to speak so I'm curious to see their approach Ben this is fun kind of

playing armchair GM look I right now I think our social media feeds get enunuated with

nothing but like mock drafts already folks you know me I'm not a mock draft guy until a month

of April I think once we know what the team does in free agency it'll be good but then it is

fun kind of putting on your GM hat and making predictions and then you see like hey here's where

I was close here's where I was way off and then certainly to hear George and champagne say yeah

we saw your guys as mox we saw your free agency predictions embarrassing like that's what they say

all the time so we'll see how things go here Broncos country make sure you let us know obviously

your dream free agent scenarios here for the Broncos this off season what would be the nightmare scenario

in free agency and also who'd be some surprise additions in your opinion make sure you let us know

here on today's episode of the show but we expect the rumor mill to be churning over the next

couple of days we'll have you covered here every step of the way locked on Broncos