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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
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
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Donkos would be OK if all those drafted OL had panned out...they had like 3 straight busts. The FAs were equally as bad. I think Semen would have been serviceable if he wasn't getting killed every game. It didn't help that he was following in Manning's footsteps either...I dont think Keenum is going to fair much better than he did....Trevor did win 9 games in 2016. That win total matches Keenum's career total prior to 2017.
If I were a Donko fan...I wouldn't be happy about the new QB situation. The Vikings let him walk for a reason...