2012 Free Agency Preview - Wide Receivers

but I won’t dish out big money for him.

Between Bay Bay, Decker, and Royal we have all the talent we need. We just have to tap into it.

Wouldn’t mind TO. He’s broke and won’t be a problem, he knows his career is done. All he wants is a ring.

P.S. You forgot to say Willis is a Restricted FA.

Isn’t Malcom Floyd from SD a FA this year too? He would be awesome here.

DT and Decker could use having a guy who has been there, done that, and can show them technique in gaining separation in tight spaces. For that reason I like Reggie Wayne. If not him, Meachem and Manningham have proven to be effective down-the-field option, tailor-made for Tebow.
I can’t see Royal and Willis returning, maybe one, not both. Royal is the old man of the group too, this corps is too young.

For the right price. Maybe a home state discount? Tebow throws a good deep ball, Jackson is a deep ball guy.

Could be a good mentor for our young guys. A strong veteran presence could work wonders for that group. I’m thinking Indy re-signs Garcon and lets Wayne walk.

Rotoworld has Willis as a restricted FA so he’ll likely still be around.
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4573/matt-willis

Remember most WRs are Divas/Diva like. They are not going to come to Denver to block. That means no V. Jackson, De. Jackson, Wayne, Johnson, or
Wallace. Makes more sense to me to draft WRs in 2nd, 3rd,4th or 5th round.

To me Royal is gone… Love him as a return guy and was always excited when we got him the ball we just didn’t do it enough. Why wouldn’t he go to Chicago to play with #6 or to a team were he could play in a west coast offense?

Is a big target with soft hands that can adjust to the ball. That’s going to be a lot more valuable to Tebow than some speed burner or impeccable route runner, who are more valuable to timing-based, accurate quarterbacks.

As far as drops… I looked at that and posted about it a couple weeks ago. Short story is that Denver’s receivers were third-worst in drop-rate, but that only comes out to dropping an extra 1-2 passes out of 100 attempts. On the other hand, that doesn’t count “good catches”, where a receiver does something cool to catch the ball that wouldn’t have been a drop otherwise. I honestly don’t remember any of those since Lloyd left, and think we were way below average there.

I think the biggest receiver disappointment, honestly, is how much Eric Decker regressed as the season went on. That looked like a serious loss of focus to me. Both he and Matt Willis dropped too many passes late in the season.

Anyway… I don’t know much about a lot of the names on the list, but Vincent Jackson sure sounds nice.

I could see an older WR, who is on their last contract, coming to Denver, but not much else. Until Tebow proves himself, I think we’ll get our WRs from the draft. I could see us fill holes via free agency and draft a couple WRs, maybe high.

Tebow and our offense deserve it! He will be here while our young WRs corp develop (resing Royal and Willis imo) and we can put our picks at DT, CB, RB, etc.

Runs nice routes, is currently playing behind 3 excellent receivers and (2 wr 1 te) and producing consistently. He may just go where the highest dollar is after his breakout year this year.I don’t see us overpaying anywhere especially not at WR with great depth in the draft.

Has nothing to do with Tebow and everything to do with Fox. We’re not going to throw it enough to warrant paying top WR money to guys we don’t develop, i.e. teach to block and enjoy that role in a run offense.

Doubt we sign any big names. Bet we do sign a big guy who can block. Maybe late rounds or UDFA. Everyone else, probably won’t even get a call from the 303.

Your article provided me with all the info I needed without having waste a lot of time back and forth on different websites..man this years free agency at WR is ridiculous this year! Good news for the broncos..I still think the best weapon to add to the broncos offense is the homerun threat receiver who you don’t have to worry about not having the speed to get under the ball..Desean Jackson is a monster and the fact that there is so much turmoil going on in philly and they didn’t have the brains to pay him like they did vick,young, and that highly revered cb they signed just makes it all the more interesting for denver. If royal goes he gives us. Replacement as a game breaking return man if not an upgrade. Stevie Johnson I think can be an elite reciever in the game as well if he matures, either one of those guys would be a major upgrade to the offense, but even a solid vet like reggie wayne, or hell if b lloyd is free again why not bring him back maybe his attitude has changed toward tebow. But denvers staff has got to grab one of those guys in free agency..I don’t think dever is having cap problems so we should be able to spend some $ this year

he forced his way out. He is a stat whore who would rather catch a lot of balls on a losing team then catch fewer balls on a winning team. Don’t bring him back.

I agree that a vet WR needs to be on board to school and mentor the talented young Bronco WRs. The colts are falling apart and Wayne will likely be on another team next year, so why not the Broncos? Reggie Wayne would be a good fit to help not only the WRs progress but also help Tim Tebow progress. Every young QB needs that on the field guidance from a guy that has ‘been there’ before and learned from not ony ‘one the best’ QBs of all time but also one of the most productive WR of all time in Marvin Harrison.

I disagree with letting Lloyd go but geez, do you blame him?

Denver has become a veritable wasteland for WRs and TEs due to our QB situation.