Broncos trade Lloyd to Rams for conditional 2012 pick

Another dumb move by the broncos!!  Why would you trade away your leading reciever! Who is going to be your play maker now?  It does not seem that the broncos really want to win!!

or the broncos really realize that the state of the team cannot win now.  it will be two or three years until we are truly competitive, if we catch a few breaks along the way.

lloyd will be winding down his career at that point- and will likely look for a hefty contract at the end of this year (as it will probably be his last).

I can’t believe what is going on!  In the off season we let our 2nd leading receiver go and now we let Lloyd go.  the ONLY guy on the team who will go up and get that *&!@# ball!  With Tebow coming in he needs all the support and play makers we can give him.  He was good for moral and PR. We are $25M under the cap.  Should have made a deal to keep Lloyd here.  You’ve got to spend some money to keep play makers to create a winning team, playoffs, etc.  Look at the Super Bowl years.  Mr. Bowlen, are you still running the show?!  Be surprised if we win another game all year.

Hopefully this means they keep the younger Eddie Royal, and that he will come back and make some huge strides toward getting back to his rookie year performance.  Plus I still have his Jersey, so it would have been awkward wearing it to games…LOL

I agree.  It’s a good think a lot of these guys aren’t GM of a football team.  LLoyd was 30 years old and wanted to be traded. 

So give him what he wants.  As Elway said today, “the only thing not up for sale is my wife and kids.”  lol.

Funny how Denver gets rid of good players and not surprised.

No, he went to Stanford.  :-)

A conditional 6th round pick?  Come on!!!  Can we trade Tebow for a snowie day in December?

I really dont care for this trade thank God we got some compensation

You’re forgetting that LLoyd’ contract ends the end of this year.  A 5th rounder + is a good deal for someone who only has until the end of December on his contract. 

The Rams traded for the short-term, we traded for the long-term.  Smart.

except it was a 5TH ROUND PICK!! A third or fourth is alright, but fifth? CHILD PLEASE!

Wow is McDumbA$$ still in charge????????????  Cant wait to see Miami kick Denvers a$$.  Now we have NO pass atack!  No one that can stretch the field!  Hey Miami play the run , you know Te-blow cant pass.  Who can we get rid of next? Lets make sure that it is someone that is productive.  I would hate to keep a crappy running back like (dances whit da starz) Morano…..

Pretty damned sure it was Stamfurd!

i dont understand why we didnt use the $25M in free agency if we werent going to use it on lloyd

“Broncos DT Ryan McBean arrested on stalking charges”

Another McGoofball !

Maybe Bowlen and EFX should disallow McAnyone from being a Bronco!

C’mon gang- regardless of what you think of EFX, there’s no such thing anymore as a trade steal. The Herschel Walker deal be damned, there’s a list of what you can get and what you can’t get for the guys you’re trying to deal. The value for a guy like Lloyd is like the value of a 1/2 ton pickup on a car lot that has over 100,000 miles on it. Shiny and purty, but has a lot of potential problems a few miles down the road because of its age. This proves to me more than ever that the draft, not high dollar free agency or trades, is how you build a winner. And its done in years, not in days.

Besides, does anyone see Brandon Lloyd being the missing piece of the puzzle that will take the Rams to this year’s Super Bowl? Or next year’s? He sure as hell wasn’t the missing piece that was going to take the Broncos there.

Another thought- is John Fox the transition coach in our team’s franchise? You know, get the team back to stability before signing the next coaching phenom to lead them back to glory? Didn’t see it written anywhere or anything, but Fox doesn’t strike me as a Belichick or a Bill Walsh. I like the guy and respect his experience, but don’t see him bringing Denver to the Super Bowl victories we’d like to see.  

Exactly my point.  I agree it makes sense to trade him for the RIGHT DEAL… this is not the right deal.  IMO.

I have no problem with the move…just think that a 6th rounder was basically a give away.

This is a GOOD move.  Brandon Lloyd is a nice receiver.  He had a great 2010 mostly because we were a freak team…nothing but passing. 

But, he’s not particularly fast (a 4.6 out of college) and he’s no better than the 10th best in the league behind at least: Larry Fitzgerald, Roddy White, Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Reggie Wayne, Greg Jennings, Steve Smith, Mike Wallace, and Dwuane Bowe.  Lloyd is 30 and about to get very expensive.  As to the draft pick…older players don’t fetch high picks…they just don’t. 

Be happy. It’s good.

Eat it.

Wow. How do you squeeze so much wrong into so few lines?  

You wanted to see what Tebow can do. Wouldn’t you want good players on the field to help him? Yes we could use some extra picks. Could have should have traded Kyle for a pick. We wanted a third for Kyle? Had to have a third for Kyle? Yet we just throw Lloyd away for a sixth. Everything XANDERS does is wrong. If you think decker,Thomas,and royal can get it done your nuts. Defense can put everyone in the box,blitz every down, and just make sure Tebow don’t beat you. I feel sorry for Tebow. He is going to look awful. No tight end help. No running game. Defense better be ready to spend a lot of time on the field. I can see the cramps coming in sunny Miami.

I think we’d be glad to trade Kyle.

BUT…someone has to have room for him…have a need for him…want him…be willing to pay him (at $8M this year he is expensive)…be willing to sign him to a long term contract…and be willing to part with a 2012 pick.  It may happen, but this is no easy do.
 
And yes. I do think Decker, Royal, Thomas, Willis, and Riley…not to mention our young stud tight ends…can get it done.  For years to come.

     This trade is hard to judge until next year once the draft pick is made or traded again? Right now it stings because BLloyd is the only real wr that produces for Denver?  There are receivers that have a chance to step up now,this is the year to see who can produce and who cannot? Face it. BLloyd wanted out, now he is out, I will miss watching his acrobatic catches!    .                                                                                                  P.S.. Anyone think the Raidahs are looking at any of our 2nd string QB’s ??

In 2007, at the age of 30, Randy Moss was traded from the Raiders to the Patriots
for a 4th round pick. Randy freakin’ Moss. A fourth.A 3rd for Lloyd is nonsense.

We did good.