Good morning, Broncos Country!
The wait is almost over.
Since the Denver Broncos season ended against the New England Patriots, there has been speculation about what the franchise will do in free agency. The rumor mill runs at a steady clip this time of year.
Will Sean Payton and George Paton make a splash? If they do, who do the Broncos target, and at what position?
For the first time in a decade, Denver is a destination city and team in the NFL. The Broncos won the AFC West, clinched the No. 1 seed, and an injury to their starting
quarterback away from potentially playing in the Super Bowl. Denver has the ownership, the general manager, the head coach, and the starting quarterback. They have the league’s top defense. One of the best offensive lines in the NFL.
Now the Broncos have the salary cap space to pair with the wealthiest ownership group in the league, which has shown they will spend money.
Add it all up, and you have one of the most anticipated and exciting free agency periods since 2014. It was then that John Elway signed T.J. Ward, Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware, and Emmanuel Sanders. Who knows if those kinds of moves will come this week, but anything is possible. The have been other offseasons, sure, like the Russell Wilson trade. But Denver is now a legitimate contender, making this offseason different from some recent free agency periods.
As Payton said to the media at the NFL Combine recently:
“You do have to know that you really have to go back. It’s painful, but you have to start from the beginning. You really do. From my lens, we won a lot of games by one score or less. I’m not na?ve enough to think those games couldn’t have swung. And you could grab any two or three, but where’s the meat on the bone?
“The meat on the bone exists with our takeaways. That has to improve. Our run game consistently. Consistency. Our meat on the bone relative to a number of things that we won despite maybe not being as good as others. I think that’s the only way to look at it relative to this team writing its own chapter and getting us to where we want to go, which is obviously a game and a half further than where we went.”
In a few days, the speculation will hopefully end, and we’ll get a better idea of what the Broncos will look for in the 2026 regular season.
