05-04-2018, 07:23 AM
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Abolish The Salary Cap!
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The Broncos selected 10 players, but the topic overshadowing all others for Denver was the team's ability to land the No. 1 pass-rusher in the draft without maneuvering from the No. 5 overall slot.
"Look at how hard it can be to find pass-rushers," one exec said. "Tampa Bay just gave a third-rounder for a 29-year-old JPP [Jason Pierre-Paul] and was willing to pay his contract. Denver has three legit starting rushers plus Shaq Barrett, who every team in the league would love to have as part of their four-man rotation. And the great thing about Chubb is he can slide inside to defensive tackle like Michael Bennett on third down, giving you flexibility."
Of course, if quarterback Case Keenum bombs in Denver while Josh Allen, Josh Rosen, Lamar Jackson or even Mason Rudolph flourishes, this draft and the entire Broncos offseason will be remembered for more than Chubb.
"I love seeing [John] Elway basically say, 'F--- trying to beat the odds and pick the one out of 10 quarterbacks that is going to be over .500 four years from now,'" an exec said. "The bigger part of that is they did not pay $84 million for the guy that is under .500 [Kirk Cousins]. The final part is I'd like to see them switch the defense to a 4-3 because you just got a 4-3 rusher [Chubb] who I think is as good as [Joey] Bosa."
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