First off, I sincerely doubt Fat Albert goes anywhere but to his local bank in Tennessee and if he does the Broncos will never pay him as much as some of the other teams out there(Al Davis anyone?). Secondly, has everyone forgotten how exciting Anthony Alridge was during the preseason? We have our wind…at least I think so.

As for our LB position….I can’t use the words I want to use for how things are right now. This being a family site and all. I’ll take anyone except Niko or Nate in the middle. lol Other than that…I hope we draft Taylor Mays. :)

I agree with Zappa, Albert will be a Titan next year, and I think Aldrige will be like Sproles so I see no need to sign Ward or Sproles. I like the idea of Dansby if we don’t draft Maualuga in the 1st round, I would say the problem with Suggs is that he is too light, he is similar to Dumervil in that he needs some monster DT to take the focus away from him, one on one Suggs is very good, but he is not that good against the run, Peppers is just a freak of nature and can both handle the run and pass and is dominate no matter what the situation (when healthy), I do agree it will cost us more, but with so many holes on Defense, it may be worth the risk.

I just hope we don’t overspend to get players. If we can have the kind of draft we had this year we will be a factor.

Except Terrell Suggs. I would like to have Suggs here as a linebacker, but not as a DE. He is 6’3" , 260 and 26 yrs old, while Peppers is 6’7" , 285 and 28 yrs old. We already have

Here is what I think…

Haynesworth, Peppers, Sproles and Ward all stay put. I don’t know the other teams salary cap situations but I just don’t see them letting them go.

Dansby to me is the most intriuging. The Cardinals have to be close to the cap with all the talent they have (just guessing, I have no clue) and Dansby would be a great aquisition.

Does Mike Brown really qualify as a full time employee? He works like 3 days a year, the rest of the time he is in the tub! I don’t want him.

Many on here at MHR realize that rookie D lineman take time to become impact players. They need to learn technique, strength and schemes…it takes a while but usually drafting good D lineman bears fruit later.

If you want Denver to contend next year, draft young legs to run the ball and seasoned bodies to tackle the ball carrier.

If you want to build a rock solid defense than trade Champ and Dre, draft defense, (aside from one RB) and load up so in 2 to 3 years you have a new slew of young talent on both sides of the ball. As our wise Firstfan and HT always preach…it all starts in the trenches!

In a nutshell, for FA I hope we get an impact lineman, a quality starter lineman, a proven starter at LB (Dansby) and that’s it. The draft will be one set of young injury free legs (K. MORENO!!) a Safety, a LB and D lineman projects to groom.

Peppers is the real deal, take out the Burger and add some Peppers!

Some people consider Jacobs a physical runner, but I see him as a huge target who takes too many hits. I expect his career trajectory to be similar to that of Eddie George, who had some definitely good years early in his career, but started to decline when he should have been hitting his prime. These tall upright backs take a hell of a pounding.

For my money, Ward is the smarter signing, and I think that that is what the Giants will do. Their fans will squawk, but it’s the wise play.

That guy gets hurt all the time! the broncos already get hurt enough. id use that money for something else, like dline. I LOVE the Dansby thought!!! that guy is a stud! if we can get that guy, a huge piece of the puzzel is solved at MLB.

and a good defensive player at each level would be pretty sweet, and also could help install the forthcoming system. they don’t have to be the best, but above-average. 1st-round mlb in the draft. let the new hc mold him to his run his defense. if we can get someone to man the slb position in the ranks(ww, larsen, healthy boss…) or on the cheap, maybe we can get 2 d-linemen and a safety in fa and be on our way. we have to try and find a way to get out of the fa contracts we signed recently. by trade, restructuring, or even cutting them to afford said defensive players. this means you-mccree, manuel, boss, niko, & d-jax. let the kids duke it out for playing time(larsen, ww, barrett, jmfw, bell…), and we should be competetive year 1. even 2 key veterans(dt, safety), and a good draft can turn this thing around from despair.

obviously, i do not think this is going to be more than year 1 of a 2-year rebuilding plan, and we will be right on track. we still have champ, bly, d.j., doom, eck and co. to mix in enough veterans. thomas and powell may develop, players may step up in the new defense and shine, we are not in that bad of shape, really. just feeling good about the slo’s-a-going. the new guy is going to make him look stupid. you too, bates. a top defense in 2 years is achievable. i don’t think we have the cap room/cash/good fortune to do this all in 1 season, though. but it’s possible, player-wise, if the new hc wants to. another year of rounding out(de, corner) and seasoning should about do it. what were we talking about? oh yeah, defense and fa. dt, safety, maybe slb in fa, and rb. i like jackson. mlb, dt, de or safety, maybe slb in the draft this year, trading up to get 3 good prospects. round it out with g, te,.. with what picks you have left. slb and safety are question marks, but if someone steps up, that could change our strategy. long way to go, let’s see who the new hc likes, what we’re running, and who improves with the youngins. i am pretty excited about the different prospects discussed here, but whichever way this goes it is surely going UP!

Dansby has been in the back of my mind for quite a while – I’d like to see them pull that off. I’m in the school that says Fat Albert stays in Tennessee. After seeing LDT fade for 2 years I suspect that Sproles has a home at a good price. Hester didn’t turn out bad, just not well enough for a 3rd rounder.

I like Larsen at Sam for reasons discussed. I believe that Mays or Maualuga will be our best bets if available, depending on whether we get Dansby. Who sees Curry lasting until round 2, Zappa? You could be right – if so, pull that trigger! We need a large, fast DE, certainly, FA or draft. Very few DL make it to the FA market. (Q – who did Dre Moore tick off so badly as to languish on the PS for a year?)

Powell is our first DL draft pick, we need a couple to season. I’m uncertain about Champ and Bly – big cost, and by 2010 when we’re probably at our best, they’re 33 and 32, yes? Hmm….Josh Bell is up and coming. Did J Ball Hawk Williams impress anyone?

A lot is dependent on how well he heals, like everything else. a lot is dependent on how much you like pain, really, since breaking those adhesions is about as much fun as….family site (sort of). I’ve done it – nobody’s good time, but Powell is young and seems pretty healthy. Very good odds, anyway, that he’ll be fine.

I hope so. I know it takes a couple of years, but after watching a lot of film I got very impressed with that young man. A lot of his plays follow the same script:

Snap! Handoff! Thump. Squish. Whistle…repeat

If the Broncos want Curry, they will have to trade up in the FIRST round to take him. He’s sky rocketing up everyones boards.

There is no way he holds up for an entire season. We have enough injury prone speed backs as it is.

Channing Crowder (MLB for Miami) is also an FA, and may be worth consideration.