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Published on 01/20/2009 at Tue Jan 20 09:51.
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2009 Offseason: Be the Coach

Posted Tue Jan 20th by

Opinions… everybody has them, so here is your chance to be heard Bronco nation. What do you want to see done this offseason?

  • Who do you want in the draft? 
  • Who do you want in Free Agency?
  • Who do you see in starting lineups?
  • What players should Denver kick to the curb?
  • Who should be given a shot to start at running back?
  • How is Denver going to shore up the defense?
  • What are you happy about? Mad about?
  • What do you think about the 2009 AFC West condition? What team scares you the most?
  • What player was the MVP of the 2008 Season? Offense, defense, and overall. 

Don’t worry about answering all of those questions, they’re just stimulus to get the creative juices flowing. Select one, any combination, or make up your own. Well thought out comments will be selected and put into a later post (i.e. Do not just say that you would trade up to draft Aaron Curry, specify what draft pick Denver grabs, what Denver gives up to get the pick, and what impact he will make).

Simple as that Denver fans, get your thinking caps on because it is time to voice your opinion.

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  • ssc

    @Katch22: really, no hate for lowry? for me, lowry runs away with top prize for most screamed-at bronco in 2008.

  • Katch22

    I hear you on that but I was talking about current players, even though Webster is considered a free agent now……. But I def agree with you about Lowry. Funny how the post was blowing him up when we got him and look what happened!

  • dc

    Raji would be nice if hes still there, but either way its NT, LB, S, not necessarily in that order.

  • http://myspace.com/paraleipsis jchase8410

    Okay, I will finally post my picks for the first few rounds of the draft. This is not considering trades that may or may not take place, just our picks we have as of right now.

    1- BJ Raji NT/Rey Maualuga MLB
    HB is my first choice here since he is a beast that will plug up the middle with bodies, but if he is gone to Green Bay I would have absolutely no problem with picking up Rey. As I said before, he is a playmaker and Emotional leader.

    2- Shonn Greene RB/Ron Brace NT
    Shonn Green is a great running back who has all the intangibles necessary to become a great NFL prospect. He could make our great offense unstoppable. If we get Raji in the first round, go with Shonn. In the case we can’t get BJ, here is where we pick up his rather large cohort.

    3- Louis Delmas FS
    Delmas has amazing range, and has the ability to help out in run support.

    4-Keenan Lewis/Victor Harris CB
    Keenan has great speed and really quick hips. He can change directions well and plays GREAT coverage on the deep ball. Victor has good speed, and breaks on the ball well. He has great ball skills, and hands like a wide receiver.

    5- Mitch King DT
    Although Mitch is undersized at 275 lbs, he may be the quickest DT out there, and he could be a solid DE in a 3-4.

    After Rd. 5 I have no idea who to pick. I do know that I would like to see a major FA acquisition, more than likely Peppers. I would trade Dre Bly for some 2010 draft picks. some of you might argue that Bly was out defensive MVP this last season, and I would agree. The only problem is that he is mVP by default, which doesn’t count for much. I like the idea of trading Doom too. At least shop him around to see what we can get for him.

  • jcampb72

    love the picks jchase….but looking back at the stats its amazing how uncanny they are on showing the truth about this team. One thing is for sure that on defense there is no scheme in this universe that could make our D with the personell we have work like a top notch D, but on O all we need is a solid RB it we would f^%$ people up. I feel bad for jay catching all the flack for pushin the envolope every play. If we had a good D he wouldn’t have to push it, thus all the INT’s he had. Just a thought.

  • http://www.ihatenatewebster.com Broncoireland

    Trade our rd 1 pick with detroit who hold the no 20 pick from a trade last year with the cowboys i think, with no 20 we will have a choice of Maualuga or Laurinitis, i think both are very good players both have been over hyped and will drop and 1 of them will be available. With that, we now have pick 33 (detroits 1st in 2nd rnd) and we can go for an old pass rusher, seems to alot in this draft, clint sintim maybe and with our own 2nd rounder, we get our NT- Ron Brace of Boston College. That would be 3 impact players in the front 7 of our new 3-4. Through free agency, i wouldn’t go mad and sign everybody but id go D again and the biggest acquistion would be Suggs for OLB and Jermaine Phillips FS of the Bucs. I would trade Dumervil and Moss, mid to low rounders and then group these to try and get another 3rd rounder where id get a rb and DL. Rest of draft picks used on solid character guys for Special teams and theres always 1 that surprises and get a starting position, use a 4th on Worrell Williams, 250lb monster backer, a younger brother of a Mr DJ Williams- worth a shot. My Defence lines out as follows: LE- Thomas/Peterson NT-Ron Brace RE- Powell/Ekuban
    OLB-Suggs MLB-Maualuga/Laurinitis MLB- DJ OLB-Sintim CB- Bailey and Bly SS- Woodyard (has to get on the field) FS- Phillips. The offence wouldn’t change much, i keep hillis at rb and laursen at fb, get rid of all the dead weights- boss,webster, manuel,mccree, d jackson, engelberger etc, try and change the attitude of the D to stop them being pussies and have some n*ts and hit em hard and get back to respectability

  • Bucky

    Gymshoe- where did you get that number from, everything i have read has put us at 30mill cap space. are you forgetting the up in caps this year maybe?

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  • Bucky

    Gymshoe- according to this article we are at 50 mill in cap space, i no we are at way more than 15mill, i have heard ESPN talk about the fact that we have about the second or third most cap space in the NFL, or maybe just the AFC, but i know we have a ton.

  • Bucky
  • Jordan C

    $15.2 mil – http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-underthecap031008&prov=yhoo&type=lgns from last March.

    $31.5 mil – http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=67&f=1913&t=3807714 as of this week. Not the best source, but a source.

    Bucky – we are not yet at $50 mil. That article assumes a lot of players will be cut and guesses at the number. I think the more accurate number right now is $31.5 mil. It is a good point though, that that number will grow at least some. Then again, those players will have to be replaced as well.

    Great post, by the way, Gymshoe. Nobody had mentioned cap space, yet, I think. While having more cap space allows the broncos to pursue maybe two high priced free agents, based on your calculations, I agree that they will likely still only go after one with the economy as it is.

  • Bucky

    yeah just confirmed it, we have the sixth lowest payroll in the NFL which gives us about 41 mill for FA signings this year, I guess that doesn’t mean we will spend ALL of that money, but i sure hope we do.

    http://content.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2008

    Another note to add to this, green bay is just below us at the fifth lowest, i would not be surprised at all to see them go after Haynesworth, thereby canceling their need for Raji. and keeping him right in our sights.

  • http://myspace.com/paraleipsis jchase8410

    If we pick Worrell Williams, monster MLB out of Cal, that would be my 6th round pick. Like big brother DJ, he is a pure tackler, He has good size, and is great in pusuit. He will fall to the 6th round because like DJ his football IQ is questionable, as well as his instincts. He would be a good guy for depth, and certain situations.

  • http://broncoszone.blogspot.com/ Jon Krause

    Garrett Barnes is right on, only thing is I’d make Jarvis Moss our 4th LB, and maybe let Jack Williams get some playing time, and draft a CB and QB too, we are toast if Jay goes down

  • Gymshoe

    The yahoo page cited by Jordan C was my source…I admit, I did limited research to get the number; thanks to those with the updated info.

  • Jordan C

    Bucky –

    Still not sure where you’re getting the $41 million. The cap in 09 is expected to be $123 million. Denver is listed as having a 2008 Team Salary in that USA Today article of $ 95,599,778. The difference, according to my desktop calculator, is $27,400,222. Factor in expiring contracts, and that number is likely closer to $30 million.

    Don’t get me wrong, I want it to be $41 million. I just don’t see it.

  • Jordan C

    Can Haynesworth play nose tackle? I’ll bet he can manage, but will he be good at it?

  • Jordan C

    Speaking of nose tackles, I have a question for you guys: Do the Falcons play a 3-4 or 4-3 base defense? I could have sworn they played a 4-3, but I’ve gotten limited indications that they play a 3-4. I would just like to know while considering their picks in my mock draft. Thanks.

  • Jordan C

    Also, looking at that USA Today article, I can’t believe that the Ravens, the Pats, and the Colts are among the lowest five payrolls for 2008! Maybe the Ravens will keep all of their potential free agents.

  • Brian L

    i think we gotta take Rey Maulauga, if he’s still there. Free agency a big name like a Albert Haynesworth, or a Julius Peppers (who said he wants to be in a 3-4 scheme next year) would be a major improvement. The biggest change needs to be attitude! Thats the difference between a #1 defense and a #29 defense. Ray Lewis becomes availiable we need to sign him! He’ll bring an attitude to Denver that we haven’t seen since Al Wilson was there in the middle

  • Brian L

    i really like what JChase8410 sees 4 the nation in the draft. i’ve heard B.J. Raji has a rising draft stock. but Rey MAulauga will allow D.J. Williams to stay at OLB and we need a guy like Haynesworth because of his size and intensity he can bring to our defense

  • http://broncoszone.blogspot.com/ Jon Krause

    ” Free Agency, and the draft. In free agency Al Davis is dumb enough to lets Nnamdi Asomugha go free to be a happy man. Asomugha wants even with the Raiders for what he had to go through, so he signs with the Denver Broncos. He, along with Champ, become the best dual corners in the NFL.

    While Dre’ still sees good playing time; the Broncos start getting Jack Williams more action. Albert Haynesworth gets in a HUGE fight with the Titans (over money) and finally they let the DT out of Tennessee. He ends up in Denver. Then in the draft the Broncos trade up for (this is not our first pick) and grab Brian Orakpo as DE. With our first pick we select William Moore, then with our second we grab Taylor Mays to play safety on the other side of the field. Also in the draft we get Rey Maualuga to replace Nate Webster.

    When camp starts Mike Nolan our D-Coordinator, we decide to make a switch to a 3-4 defence.”

    You can see a photo of that “Dream ‘D’ here: http://broncomadness.com/2009/01/10/saturdays-horsing-around-with-jon-krause-16/

  • BroncoinVA9986

    Jordan C james davis of clemson is a first round pick

  • AKscott

    @ krause.. Taylor Mays is staying at USC

  • http://myspace.com/paraleipsis jchase8410

    I’m going to watch she senior bowl tonight, and watch my guys tear it up. Then I look forward to another draft article for us to comment on

  • MikeY55

    just throwing this out there what if we drafted BJ raji in the 1st AND ron brace in the second and stayed in the 4-3 i think those 2 teamed with marcus thomas could make quite the DT rotation and if they end up being good players they should take some pressure off of poor lil dumervil and he will actually be able to get the sacks that he gets held away from all the time

  • Jordan C

    it would be sweet to have 660 lbs in the middle of a 4-3

  • Jordan C

    No that anyone is reading the comments on this post any more, but I’ve revised my offseason moves:

    Won’t worry about cuts. The writing is on the wall for most of the obvious ones.

    Again, assumes 3-4 D.

    Trade:

    D Graham to the Panthers for Round 4, Pick 28.
    C Bailey to the Browns for Round 2, Pick 4.

    Sign:

    Only one big money signing.

    OLB Terrell Suggs – to start opposite Dumervil/Moss.
    ILB Andra Davis – for depth or to start next to Williams
    WR Michael Clayton – has the talent, will be the 4th receiver for spread
    TE – Tony Curtis – Depth only since Graham is gone (I’m cutting Jackson)
    DE – Mike Wright – has filled in for all three spots of the Pats front three

    Draft:

    1:12 Trade to the Eagles for 1:21, 2:21, and 5:21 if one of the better OTs drops to 12

    1:21 Tyson Jackson, DE
    2:4 Patrick Chung, SS
    2:16 Ron Brace, NT
    2:21 Alphonso Smith, CB
    3:15 Jeremiah Johnson, RB
    4:14 Pat White, QB/WR/KR
    4:28 Travis Beckam, TE
    5:4 Cody Brown, DE/OLB
    5:13 Kyle Moore, DE
    6:12 Antonio Dixon, NT
    6:23 John Cooper, OC
    7:16 Travis McCall, FB/TE

    That draft would be a coup.

  • http://BroncoTalk.net Mr.East

    Don’t worry Jordan I’m always reading these… it’s like crack to me

  • Brian

    Just throwing this out to see if anyone would agree but I would love to see Ray Lewis in a Broncos uniform come the 2009 season. He’s only 33 years old (same as John Lynch when he became a Bronco). This man is still capable of being a force on the field, always around the ball and most importantly, he plays with passion. He is a leader and will not tolerate his teammates to not give 100 percent. Draft Raji at NT but the Broncos need to address the biggest hole in the defense. That hole is heart, something the Broncos defense hasn’t played with since Al Wilson left the on a stretcher. Put Ray Lewis on the same team as Champ Bailey and the Broncos defense could be very scary for our opponents instead of our fans. We can address other spots on defense through the draft but lets get someone that will bring the leadership we have lacked in the past.

  • Jordan C

    If they stay in a 4-3 set, Lewis in the middle could be really good. However, if they switch to a full time 3-4, I’m not sure is would work. If he took a huge pay cut, then sign him up either way.

  • http://www.myspace.com/aaron_ut Aaron D

    All I Would Like to say to our fellow Broncos and LOYAL fans is although we did not make it to the superbowl this year there will be others. and I am not ashamed to be a fan of the Broncos. and Dear Broncos, Great Season Played, Good Luck Next Year! Im always rootin for ya!

  • http://www.myspace.com/aaron_ut Aaron D

    The Primary Thing for the Broncos is to work on the throwing, passing and catching the long throws which that should get us closer to the end zone. and send some protection perhaps with a catcher too just in case

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