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Denver Broncos: High Hopes & Potential Challenges for 2024
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7/23/2024
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There was optimism at Mile High, even following the disaster of Nathaniel Hackett, who was
00:09
fired before the end of his very first year because the defense was still very good.
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In the year before Hackett, it was under Vic Fangio, the defense was elite, second best
00:19
scoring defense in all of the National Football League.
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And then last year, it was thought Sean Payton, the offensive mastermind, he would work out
00:28
the relationship with Russ, they would be on the same page, a lot of talent defensively
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and offensively for the Broncos, they might be able to contend right away.
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And that was the expectation, eight and a half, the win total for Denver entering last
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season.
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And there's not this grace period with all that has been invested in this Broncos team
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to turn over the franchise.
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First Russ, big swing and a miss, maybe the worst trade in the history of the NFL as we
00:55
will look back at it.
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And if things don't work out for Sean Payton, the draft assets, capital that was given up
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to Sean Payton, and the $10 million contract per year reported for Sean Payton as well.
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That could be a disaster in Denver, and five and a half is that win total, so maybe it
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doesn't work out this year.
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But then what's your expectation for 2025?
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There's not a lot of wiggle room left for this Broncos organization, at least in my
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estimation.
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And Rustin put up gaudy stats last year.
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He wasn't thrown for 275 or 300 continuously, but he wasn't really bad.
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He was very efficient with the football.
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Now it's Bo Nix, the rookie quarterback, of course, coming over from Oregon.
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A plethora of experience at Auburn first, and then in Eugene, the most starts we have
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ever seen from an FBS quarterback in college football history.
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He's a rookie, but he's got experience.
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There's some talent on the offensive side.
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The defense took a big step back last year, gave up more than 24 points per game, bottom
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10 in terms of scoring defense in the NFL.
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If it's even over the win total, I'm not sure it's more than six or seven, which makes 2025
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a very warm seat at Mile High, in my estimation.
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And also, when you're betting win totals, Ben, you have to have the proper perspective.
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When you're betting a win total for the Kansas City Chiefs, at no point in the season is
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it going to be like, you know what, might not make the playoffs, might make the playoffs.
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Let's be sellers at the deadline and just tank this season.
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When you're betting a win total that's that low, oh, they can actually get that.
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But in the final six to seven games of the season, when you need two wins, and Sean Payton
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goes, well, if we pick up these two wins, I'm not going to have a top 10 draft pick.
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You know what?
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We're going to go into evaluation mode.
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We'll play good football, but at the end of the games, we're going to make sure we don't
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win.
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Remember the Philadelphia Eagles in that final game of the season against the Washington
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Commanders who basically said, you know what, we're pulling the plug in the fourth quarter
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to make sure we lose.
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Got them Devonta Smith, which really helped them out.
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There's no business winning games late in December as momentum when you're going to
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cost yourself a future draft pick, which might be the quarterback that you need over the
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next decade.
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That's something to be wary of.
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