Kneejerk Mock offseason

Well after this game I can almost say with full certainty that the firing of Josh McDaniels was a mistake. I can't help but feel that a dark cloud is descending over our once proud Broncos. But despite this I  will look at the positives of this loss.

Let me start with the coaches. Earlier today Adam Schefter reported that John Elway will be added to the front office and Brian Xanders will be retained as GM. I think at the end of the day we need to go with the best defensive coach we can get. I feel that this offense is set for the next 10 years, it just needs some nurturing, depth, and a tightend who can catch a pass. So this offseason we sign Ron Rivera/ Greg Mattison as our Head Coach. With the hiring of a defensive coach, we basically demote Wink and I think that might be for the best. But we do keep Wink and Mike McCoy. McCoy mostly because I do not know of any potential offensive coordinators who will do better.

Free Agency

Our new Defensive minded head coach will likely bring in some players who he wants.

Our first free agent aquisition should be cornerback Richard Marshall, Marshall should be made a priority this offseason. He averages roughly 80 tackles and 3 picks a season. He is excellent in run support and pass coverage. He can take over where Champ left off and make his impact known.

 The next player we should look at is nosetackle Paul Soliai, Soliai is lane clogging machine. Some of you may think Jamaal Williams is big. Paul is actually bigger. Paul has stepped his game up over the last two seasons. He has come on more this year with his pass rushing.

With all the players set to not get resigned on the Jets roster one in particular could be intriguing. Safety Brodney Pool, Pool is a safety in a good Jets secondary. Pool has good hands and can play either safety position.

Cuts

Russ Hochstein
Ronald Fields
Ryan Mcbean
Kevin Alexander
David Velkune
Kyle Mcarthy
Lawrence Moroney
Daniel Coats
Correll Buckhalter
Brian Dawkins (retire)
Dan Graham

Draft:

Right now we have the 3rd pick in the NFL draft and I don't see that changing. We are a rebuilding team. The fact that we have 5 picks in the upcoming draft does not help. On draft day Carolina selects Andrew Luck. Cincinatti selects Daquan Bowers. Now we are in an ideal situation, we can take Nick Fairley, Patrick Peterson, or Marcell Dareus. With only five picks we trade down with Dallas as Dallas wants Patrick Peterson. We gain their 3rd round pick and 8th overall pick. Now at 8 both of the top corners are off the board, Fairley is gone, and Marcell Dareus is available. Dareus is the most NFL ready defensive lineman in this draft. Dareus is a unique athlete who can make himself small and shoot gaps or stand tall and clog rushing lanes. Dareus improves our rush defense and pass rush on day 1. 
In the second round we look to improve our defensive backfield. We select Quintin Carter, Carter is a top safety who can improve our secondary and take over for Dawkins.
Our pick from Miami is a mid 2 round pick. We look again to secondary help and select cornerback Curtis Brown, Brown is an instictual corner with great speed. He isn't afraid to hit somebody either and is ready and willing in run support.
We get to our 3 round pick and again look to the DL and select Laurence Guy, Guy is very physically talented and is best suited in a 34 scheme. We aren't done in this round though and trade Kyle Orton to Minnesota for their 3rd and 6th round picks. With their picks we pick tight end DJ Williams. DJ is a great story and is an excellent receiving tightend. Then we trade Andre Goodman to the Ravens for their 4th round pick. We select Darrius Morris, Morris is an athletic swing tackle who can also play guard. With our first of two 6th round picks we select Derrick Locke, Locke is a speedy scat back who can help in the return game. With our next pick we select Casey Mathews, Mathews is the brother of Clay, but is a fine prospect in his own right.

Depth

QB-  Tebow, Quinn                                                                                                                                                                  RB- Moreno, Lendale White, Derrick Locke
FB- Spencer Larsen, Lance Ball
TE-  DJ Williams, Rob Gronkowski, Richard Quinn
OT- Harris, Beadles
OG- Kuper, Darrius Morris

OC- Walton E. Olsen
OG- Beadles, S. Olsen
OT- Clady, Darrius Morris
WR- Thomas, Royal, LLoyd, Decker, Gaffney


DE- Vickeron, Thomas
NT- Williams/Soliai
DE- Dareus, Bannan

OLB- Dumervil, Mathews
ILB- DJ Williams, Woodyard
ILB- Joe Mays, Haggan
OLB- Ayers, Jason Hunter

CB-Perrish Cox, Curtis Brown

FS- Brodney Pool, Quintin Carter/ Darcell McBath

SS Reynaldo Hill, David Bruton

CB- Richard Marshall, Syd'Quan Thompson, Cassius Vaghne