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Originally Posted by cdcox
The way I look at it is that Denver will probably be better next year than the were the past several, but lacking any young cheap talent over the next 2 years, they will be crap again in soon enough. Think if a team totally whiffed on two consecutive drafts. Factor in that in two years the current young talent base will be entering mid-career, more injured, and more expensive. Some players will leave through free agency. With a bare cupboard coming up behind them.
This is a short term play. It elevates Denver from a doormat to a division contender for a couple of years. They still have an upward climb to win a single division title over the next few years.
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They have a young roster as it is... they lose 4 picks in the next two years. Yeah, they're top picks... but it's just 4 spots.
Denver is young across the board right now. It's not an aging team and they're in good cap position.
2021 was a bad run for SEA and it was the first time in 10 years that they (with Wilson at QB) finished with fewer than 9 wins. They came in 4th in a division with the Rams, Cardinals and 49ers - that's pretty stiff competition.
Wilson missed two games and in a down year threw 25 TDs and 6 INTs.
All this talk about getting older and fading skills... at some point it will happen, but I don't think he's there yet - there's no trend to suggest that's happening.
I do know this - Denver got better today, much better at the most important position. Denver has a lot of young talent at WR and RB and they still have 5 picks in the first 4 rounds this year (R2, R3, R3, R4, R4) - 7 overall this year.
I can't wait to see how things progress in Denver with Russell Wilson. The AFCW is much tougher today. No, this doesn't guarantee anything ... other than the fact Denver is a better team and it will be tougher to beat them on any given week.