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Originally Posted by BlackOp
That what you get when your 1st round QB busts...and your cap is tied to aging relics. When you haven't drafted a star player in like 5 years...this is what happens.
Donkos arent going to be very good for a while....Horseface dug a deep hole.
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Here's how I view it... when Elway took over, he had an interesting opportunity to go all in on the SB or Bust mentality when they signed Manning. Once that happened, they put all their focus on the FAs and building a team that got to the SB twice and finally won it.
They didn't plan too terribly well for post-Manning and that's on them. The drafts have busted more often than not, no doubt about it. It would be interseting to see where they would be had Manning not signed with them, as they would have had a completely different process for rebuilding that team and moving beyond Tebow.
This offseason is the one that makes or breaks John Elway as the architect of the franchise. They tried to get by cheap the last two years and it blew up on them. So, everything they do now is under a microscope.
They're not in a terrible cap situation, they have a handful of solid players to build around and they play it smart... they can win 10 games in 2018. Lots of work to do though, but nothing that says it's not achievable.
The schedule outside the division is as follows and those teams in blue (7) represent the favorable matchups at this point. Anything can happen on any given Sunday, but one benefit of winning 5 games in 2017... softer schedule in 2018.
No, I'm not proclaiming they will win 10 games - I believe that's definitely within reach.
Home opponents:
Browns, Rams,
Seahawks, Steelers,
Texans
Away opponents: 49ers,
Bengals, Cardinals, Ravens, Jets