Well, the Broncos are at the League Meetings. And the Raiders are moving to Las Vegas and will move into a Brand New Stadium after it opens in time in 2019. So they will stay in Oakland for 2 more seasons. And the issue of moving overtimes to 10 minutes was tabled. So this will stay at 15 minutes, unless they bring it up for a vote,but that is unlikely. And head hits will result not only in fines but suspensions. But only the worst are supposed in that. It is a safety area for the players of course, because of the concussions issue, And the leap over the line to block kicks will be elimated,
Now when they return to Denver,they will first go getting
in ready for the draft. Building their boards for each position with ranking is what they will do. They will only draft for need if they can get a value player. They will not reach for need for players who are risks. On Offense, they have needs for LT,and a playmaker who will play the slot. And with the great depth of Tight End, they could get a playmaker there too, and they may draft a running back to add depth.On Defense, a great runstopper that can fit in the D-Line rotation. And depth at OLB who can compelete Von along with Shane Ray. And depth at MLB who would compete with Todd Davis. And finally, depth at DB. They have 10 picks, so they could get good players at these areas. The Draft is April 27th to 29th, so it will come up very soon in a month. OTAs will start in April for the veterans returning. Shortly after the draft they will have an OTA only for the drafted players and selected one year rerurntes. Some of the OTAs are not mandatory,and some are. As of now there is no one holding out, so all hands on deck unless recovering players like Sieman can’t particular unless they do mental reps, which could be critical for them with new systems in place. So GO GO Elway and braintrust and get some very valuable drafted players and keep building a great Broncos Team in 2017 and beyond!!!

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The Broncos coaches and scouts are in Indy for the 2017 Player Combine.It is Day 1 so the the players are showing off their performances.
As you probably know, Offensive Line is priority 1, so they will be evaluating Offensive Tackles that can play right away. But Elway said Free Agency is very important, and there will be several very talented OL players in Free Agency too. And the Broncos have over 42M in cap room, plus any money added by releasing players to work with. And C with Matt Paradis returning after his successful hip surgeries is the only solid Position. So a couple signings in Free Agency and Max Garcia possible in one of the Guards, a good draft player that can play immediately could be the right ticket to making the OL much better than last years. And they will be using both types of blocking, zone and convenctial straight away blocking and some plays with both, typically using one half of the blocking and the other on the other half in running plays in most missideracting plays to open a hole in the straight blocking while the linemen on the otherside get down field to make key blocks on LB and DB to aid the back down field. And as you know Jamal Charles was released along with Vikings Adrian Patterson so I wouldnt be surprised if the Broncos make a run at one of them. They are both 31 year old, but several RBs have had great years at that plus 30 age, including Willis McGehee when McCoy had been the OC on his first tour with the Broncos. And other Free Agent possibles are a slot reciver to complement our very talented WRs.
And also on Free Agency they will be looking for a talented runstopper DL to complaint Derek Wolfe. And possibly a LB to possibly compete with Todd Davis to play alongside Brandon Marshall. So we only have to wait 8 days until next Thursday, March 9 for Free Agency to open, I hope they resign OLB Ware, though they have Shane Ray who could start if necessary, and Kayvon Webster would be a good resign to rotate in Nickle Packages with Bradley Roby and he was a very talented Caption on Special Teams. So all of this frenzy starts after Elway, the Coaches and Scouts return from Indy on March 6th. So Elway and the Coaches only have a couple days to get ready for the Start of Free Agency.
And the Broncos have decided to at least talk with Tony Romo if he is released as a Free Agent by the Cowboys. And is open to playing with a reduction of the 13M salary he would make if he stayed with the Cowboys. Dallas would prefer to trade Romo, but haven’t had any takers unless some team steps in and would be OK with that salary. And if he is released,he has said repeatabley that his preference is playing with the Broncos. He never has played with a Defense as good and talented and the lure of a SuperBowl Ring could make him amenable to playing at a lower salary. But all of this is just ifs and maybes, so all we can do is wait and see. And the Broncos have said they were happy with Lynch and Siemen. But his Left Shoulder is worse than he has related. MRI’s have also show torn ligaments, so any sack on that shoulder could possibly put him out of action. Then the Broncos would be in a pickle with only one other QB on the Team. So Lynch and Siemen could get some seasonlys for another year and if Romo is procured and gets hurt, one of them could step in without a big drop in production. So Anyway, Elway and the rest of the Braintrusts, please make really good decisions and build a team that can get us back to the playoffs, get another Division Championship in a very competitive Division and another chance to bring a 4th Super Bowl back to Denver to the best fans, not only in Colorado and that region, but throughout America but worldwide too. I personally have several Bronco friends fans in Europe. I am writing this from the Illinois side of the Quad Cities area and watch the games we can’t watch at home with several other fans and have met several more in my travels in this area. So yes Broncodom is well and alive across the whole planet. We are United in Orange and Go,Go Broncos and lead us on a great year of Bronco Football!!!

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