1. Your Offseason Survival Guide
I hate Matt Ufford for being a Seattle Seahawks fan, but I love his videos. If only he would wipe that smug look off his face. It's the look I wanted on my face dangit. Anyway, he's got our offseason survival guide ready.
2. Mocking Lies
Tis the season for mocking the draft, but just how accurate are these mockers? Apparently, not even close. We will be fed a steady diet of lies I tell ya!
Jimmy Kempski from philly.com profiled five of the biggest and most respected mockers out there for accuracy and his results are not really that surprising, but a good reminder of how little weight we should put into these mocks.
Here are how those five mockers fared and how well they mocked all of us.
- Mel Kiper, ESPN: Best of the bunch, but still missed on an average of 19.1 draft spots.
- Pete Prisco, CBS: Second best and even got Sylvester Williams to the Denver Broncos correctly.
- Todd McShay, ESPN: Third best. Most correct picks with two for Barkevious Mingo and Chance Warmack.
- Peter Schager, FOX: Fourth best even though he had Tyler Wilson 6th overall. That's a miss.
- Don Banks, SI: Worst of the bunch, by a long shot. He should stay away from mocking this year.
3. Speaking of Mocking
Blogging the Boys built a neat little sortable table that profiles the 2014 NFL Combine participants, which I've borrowed and pasted below for you all. Also, there is this cool mock draft simulator tool that enabled me to quickly run through a seven round mock for the Broncos without having to mock the other 31 teams as well. It was fun to run through that simulation several times.
2014 NFL Combine Participants (click column header to sort)
Rank | POS | Player | School | Rank | Pos | Player | School |
3 | QB | Teddy Bridgewater | Louisville | 2 | DE | Jadeveon Clowney | South Carolina |
5 | QB | Blake Bortles | UCF | 17 | DE | Kony Ealy | Missouri |
7 | QB | Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M | 18 | DE | Dee Ford | Auburn |
29 | QB | Derek Carr | Fresno State | 43 | DE | Scott Crichton | Oregon State |
57 | QB | Jimmy Garoppolo | Eastern Illinois | 44 | DE | Trent Murphy | Stanford |
104 | QB | Zach Mettenberger | LSU | 52 | DE | Jackson Jeffcoat | Texas |
110 | QB | A.J. McCarron | Alabama | 70 | DE | Chris Smith | Arkansas |
126 | QB | Aaron Murray | Georgia | 79 | DE | Marcus Smith | Louisville |
153 | QB | David Fales | San Jose State | 90 | DE | Michael Sam | Missouri |
158 | QB | Tajh Boyd | Clemson | 107 | DE | Demarcus Lawrence | Boise State |
229 | QB | Connor Shaw | South Carolina | 119 | DE | Kareem Martin | North Carolina |
258 | QB | Logan Thomas | Virginia Tech | 124 | DE | Will Clarke | West Virginia |
270 | QB | Tom Savage | Pittsburgh | 136 | DE | Josh Mauro | Stanford |
281 | QB | Jeff Mathews | Cornell | 161 | DE | James Gayle | Virginia Tech |
298 | QB | Keith Wenning | Ball State | 167 | DE | Ed Stinson | Alabama |
314 | QB | Stephen Morris | Miami (FL) | 184 | DE | Cassius Marsh | UCLA |
415 | QB | Bryn Renner | North Carolina | 186 | DE | Brent Urban | Virginia |
456 | QB | Jordan Lynch | Northern Illinois | 206 | DE | Aaron Lynch | South Florida |
475 | QB | Dustin Vaughan | West Texas A&M | 223 | DE | Taylor Hart | Oregon |
41 | RB | Ka'deem Carey | Arizona | 255 | DE | Ethan Westbrooks | West Texas A&M |
51 | RB | Tre Mason | Auburn | 266 | DE | Larry Webster | Bloomsburg |
56 | RB | Carlos Hyde | Ohio State | 278 | DE | Jeoffrey Pagan | Alabama |
63 | RB | Bishop Sankey | Washington | 351 | DE | IK Enemkpali | Louisiana Tech |
73 | RB | Jeremy Hill | LSU | 365 | DE | Zach Moore | Concordia |
88 | RB | Charles Sims | West Virginia | 429 | DE | Tevin Mims | South Florida |
101 | RB | Devonta Freeman | Florida State | 624 | DE | Kerry Wynn | Richmond |
105 | RB | Lache Seastrunk | Baylor | 19 | DT | Louis Nix | Notre Dame |
122 | RB | Terrance West | Towson | 22 | DT | Aaron Donald | Pittsburgh |
132 | RB | Andre Williams | Boston College | 23 | DT | Timmy Jernigan | Florida State |
144 | RB | Marion Grice | Arizona State | 26 | DT | RaShede Hageman | Minnesota |
155 | RB | James Wilder | Florida State | 42 | DT | Stephon Tuitt | Notre Dame |
163 | RB | James White | Wisconsin | 54 | DT | Will Sutton | Arizona State |
176 | RB | Antonio Andrews | Western Kentucky | 64 | DT | Daquan Jones | Penn State |
187 | RB | Tyler Gaffney | Stanford | 72 | DT | Kelcy Quarles | South Carolina |
208 | RB | Jerick McKinnon | Georgia Southern | 76 | DT | Anthony Johnson | LSU |
218 | RB | De'Anthony Thomas | Oregon | 82 | DT | Dominique Easley | Florida |
233 | RB | Storm Johnson | UCF | 93 | DT | Ego Ferguson | LSU |
257 | RB | Kapri Bibbs | Colorado State | 99 | DT | Daniel McCullers | Tennessee |
276 | RB | Silas Redd | USC | 129 | DT | Caraun Reid | Princeton |
289 | RB | David Fluellen | Toledo | 140 | DT | Justin Ellis | Louisiana Tech |
304 | RB | George Atkinson | Notre Dame | 156 | DT | George Uko | USC |
323 | RB | Isaiah Crowell | Alabama State | 182 | DT | Ryan Carrethers | Arkansas State |
346 | RB | Jerome Smith | Syracuse | 194 | DT | Shamar Stephen | Connecticut |
363 | RB | Tim Flanders | Sam Houston State | 212 | DT | Deandre Coleman | California |
392 | RB | Ladarius Perkins | Mississippi State | 220 | DT | Kerry Hyder | Texas Tech |
409 | RB | Lorenzo Taliaferro | Coastal Carolina | 226 | DT | Jay Bromley | Syracuse |
433 | RB | Adam Muema | San Diego State | 247 | DT | Eathyn Manumaleuna | BYU |
458 | RB | Alfred Blue | LSU | 267 | DT | Zack Kerr | Delaware |
577 | RB | Tim Cornett | UNLV | 326 | DT | Chris Whaley | Texas |
637 | RB | Henry Josey | Missouri | 372 | DT | Tenny Palepoi | Utah |
710 | RB | Damien Williams | Oklahoma | 436 | DT | Khyri Thornton | Southern Mississippi |
6 | WR | Sammy Watkins | Clemson | 551 | DT | Robert Thomas | Arkansas |
13 | WR | Mike Evans | Texas A&M | 604 | DT | Kaleb Ramsey | Boston College |
15 | WR | Marqise Lee | USC | 655 | DT | Mike Pennel | CSU-Pueblo |
25 | WR | Kelvin Benjamin | Florida State | 8 | OLB | Khalil Mack | Buffalo |
27 | WR | Odell Beckham | LSU | 11 | OLB | Anthony Barr | UCLA |
35 | WR | Allen Robinson | Penn State | 33 | OLB | Ryan Shazier | Ohio State |
38 | WR | Brandin Cooks | Oregon State | 39 | OLB | Kyle Van Noy | BYU |
49 | WR | Jordan Matthews | Vanderbilt | 47 | OLB | Trevor Reilly | Utah |
55 | WR | Jarvis Landry | LSU | 60 | OLB | Telvin Smith | Florida State |
58 | WR | Davante Adams | Fresno State | 67 | OLB | Carl Bradford | Arizona State |
66 | WR | Paul Richardson | Colorado | 84 | OLB | Jeremiah Attaochu | Georgia Tech |
74 | WR | Martavis Bryant | Clemson | 91 | OLB | Jordan Zumwalt | UCLA |
80 | WR | Robert Herron | Wyoming | 106 | OLB | Christian Kirksey | Iowa |
96 | WR | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | 117 | OLB | Jordan Tripp | Montana |
100 | WR | Bruce Ellington | South Carolina | 133 | OLB | Adrian Hubbard | Alabama |
108 | WR | Josh Huff | Oregon | 146 | OLB | Prince Shembo | Notre Dame |
114 | WR | Mike Davis | Texas | 154 | OLB | Ronald Powell | Florida |
118 | WR | Donte Moncrief | Mississippi | 159 | OLB | Devon Kennard | USC |
134 | WR | Ryan Grant | Tulane | 172 | OLB | Kasim Edebali | Boston College |
139 | WR | TJ Jones | Notre Dame | 189 | OLB | Howard Jones | Shepherd |
142 | WR | Devin Street | Pittsburgh | 204 | OLB | Kevin Pierre-Louis | Boston College |
147 | WR | Brandon Coleman | Rutgers | 210 | OLB | Jonathan Brown | Illinois |
164 | WR | Jalen Saunders | Oklahoma | 215 | OLB | Tyler Starr | South Dakota |
168 | WR | Jeff Janis | Saginaw Valley State | 245 | OLB | Jonathan Newsome | Ball State |
170 | WR | Cody Latimer | Indiana | 288 | OLB | Anthony Hitchens | Iowa |
185 | WR | Michael Campanaro | Wake Forest | 355 | OLB | Boseko Lokombo | Oregon |
193 | WR | Kevin Norwood | Alabama | 374 | OLB | Khairi Fortt | California |
209 | WR | Cody Hoffman | BYU | 16 | ILB | C.J. Mosley | Alabama |
219 | WR | L'Damian Washington | Missouri | 75 | ILB | Yawin Smallwood | Connecticut |
230 | WR | Josh Stewart | Oklahoma State | 87 | ILB | Chris Borland | Wisconsin |
238 | WR | Tevin Reese | Baylor | 94 | ILB | Shayne Skov | Stanford |
244 | WR | Shaquelle Evans | UCLA | 115 | ILB | Christian Jones | Florida State |
252 | WR | Matt Hazel | Coastal Carolina | 125 | ILB | Lamin Barrow | LSU |
259 | WR | Dri Archer | Kent State | 177 | ILB | Preston Brown | Louisville |
269 | WR | Marcus Lucas | Missouri | 214 | ILB | Jeremiah George | Iowa State |
280 | WR | Quincy Enunwa | Nebraska | 237 | ILB | Andrew Jackson | Western Kentucky |
296 | WR | Jeremy Gallon | Michigan | 250 | ILB | Max Bullough | Michigan State |
308 | WR | Kain Colter | Northwestern | 294 | ILB | Uani Unga | BYU |
335 | WR | Isaiah Burse | Fresno State | 309 | ILB | Avery Williamson | Kentucky |
375 | WR | Allen Hurns | Miami (FL) | 330 | ILB | James Morris | Iowa |
387 | WR | Corey (Pitt) Brown | Ohio State | 9 | CB | Darqueze Dennard | Michigan State |
398 | WR | Austin Franklin | New Mexico State | 21 | CB | Justin Gilbert | Oklahoma State |
410 | WR | Willie Snead | Ball State | 34 | CB | Jason Verrett | TCU |
425 | WR | John Brown | Pittsburg State | 40 | CB | Marcus Roberson | Florida |
448 | WR | Chris Boyd | Vanderbilt | 45 | CB | Bradley Roby | Ohio State |
457 | WR | Trey Burton | Florida | 48 | CB | Lamarcus Joyner | Florida State |
510 | WR | Walter Powell | Murray State | 59 | CB | Kyle Fuller | Virginia Tech |
521 | WR | Albert Wilson | Georgia State | 69 | CB | Louchiez Purifoy | Florida |
532 | WR | Bennie Fowler | Michigan State | 76 | CB | Pierre Desir | Lindenwood |
553 | WR | Damian Copeland | Louisville | 83 | CB | Victor Hampton | South Carolina |
667 | WR | Anthony Denham | Utah | 86 | CB | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | Nebraska |
14 | TE | Eric Ebron | North Carolina | 92 | CB | Terrance Mitchell | Oregon |
30 | TE | Jace Amaro | Texas Tech | 95 | CB | Keith McGill | Utah |
46 | TE | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | Washington | 102 | CB | E.J. Gaines | Missouri |
68 | TE | Troy Niklas | Notre Dame | 112 | CB | Ross Cockrell | Duke |
113 | TE | C.J. Fiedorowicz | Iowa | 116 | CB | Jaylen Watkins | Florida |
131 | TE | Arthur Lynch | Georgia | 121 | CB | Bashaud Breeland | Clemson |
145 | TE | Crockett Gillmore | Colorado State | 123 | CB | Rashaad Reynolds | Oregon State |
162 | TE | Marcel Jensen | Fresno State | 137 | CB | Chris Davis | Auburn |
180 | TE | Joe Don Duncan | Dixie State | 141 | CB | Nevin Lawson | Utah State |
199 | TE | Rob Blanchflower | Massachusetts | 148 | CB | Deion Belue | Alabama |
213 | TE | Richard Rodgers | California | 166 | CB | Antone Exum | Virginia Tech |
217 | TE | Jacob Pedersen | Wisconsin | 169 | CB | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame |
241 | TE | Xavier Grimble | USC | 190 | CB | Ricardo Allen | Purdue |
243 | TE | Jordan Najvar | Baylor | 207 | CB | Bene Benwikere | San Jose State |
254 | TE | A.C. Leonard | Tennessee State | 211 | CB | Andre Hal | Vanderbilt |
316 | TE | Jake Murphy | Utah | 222 | CB | Aaron Colvin | Oklahoma |
332 | TE | Colt Lyerla | Oregon | 231 | CB | Lavelle Westbrooks | Georgia Southern |
438 | TE | D.J. Tialavea | Utah State | 253 | CB | Phillip Gaines | Rice |
518 | TE | Nic Jacobs | McNeese State | 279 | CB | Dexter McDougle | Maryland |
1 | OT | Jake Matthews | Texas A&M | 318 | CB | Brandon Dixon | Northwest Missouri State |
4 | OT | Greg Robinson | Auburn | 329 | CB | Kendall James | Maine |
10 | OT | Taylor Lewan | Michigan | 345 | CB | Keith Reaser | Florida Atlantic |
12 | OT | Zack Martin | Notre Dame | 359 | CB | Jabari Price | North Carolina |
24 | OT | Cyrus Kouandjio | Alabama | 407 | CB | Travis Carrie | Ohio |
36 | OT | Morgan Moses | Virginia | 418 | CB | Demetri Goodson | Baylor |
53 | OT | Antonio Richardson | Tennessee | 595 | CB | Todd Washington | Southeastern Louisiana |
61 | OT | Jack Mewhort | Ohio State | 65 | SS | Deone Bucannon | Washington State |
78 | OT | Joel Bitonio | Nevada | 81 | SS | Jimmie Ward | Northern Illinois |
97 | OT | Billy Turner | North Dakota State | 98 | SS | Ahmad Dixon | Baylor |
109 | OT | JaWuan James | Tennessee | 130 | SS | Craig Loston | LSU |
128 | OT | James Hurst | North Carolina | 165 | SS | Vinnie Sunseri | Alabama |
152 | OT | Seantrel Henderson | Miami (FL) | 174 | SS | Isaiah Lewis | Michigan State |
157 | OT | Michael Schofield | Michigan | 295 | SS | Nat Berhe | San Diego State |
173 | OT | Justin Britt | Missouri | 307 | SS | Brock Vereen | Minnesota |
191 | OT | Wesley Johnson | Vanderbilt | 336 | SS | Daniel Sorensen | BYU |
197 | OT | Cameron Fleming | Stanford | 341 | SS | Dezmen Southward | Wisconsin |
232 | OT | Cornelius Lucas | Kansas State | 20 | FS | Hasean Clinton-Dix | Alabama |
242 | OT | Matt Patchan | Boston College | 28 | FS | Calvin Pryor | Louisville |
272 | OT | Charles Leno | Boise State | 62 | FS | Ed Reynolds | Stanford |
587 | OT | Matt Feiler | Bloomsburg | 103 | FS | Terrence Brooks | Florida State |
31 | OG | David Yankey | Stanford | 127 | FS | Dion Bailey | USC |
37 | OG | Xavier Su'a-Filo | UCLA | 149 | FS | Kenny Ladler | Vanderbilt |
50 | OG | Cyril Richardson | Baylor | 181 | FS | Marqueston Huff | Wyoming |
71 | OG | Gabe Jackson | Mississippi State | 203 | FS | Jemea Thomas | Georgia Tech |
85 | OG | Dakota Dozier | Furman | 228 | FS | Dontae Johnson | North Carolina State |
120 | OG | Anthony Steen | Alabama | 284 | FS | Jonathan Dowling | Western Kentucky |
138 | OG | Brandon Thomas | Clemson | 303 | FS | Tre Boston | North Carolina |
151 | OG | Chris Watt | Notre Dame | 605 | FS | Maurice Alexander | Utah State |
160 | OG | Jon Halapio | Florida | 183 | K | Chris Boswell | Rice |
178 | OG | Brandon Linder | Miami (FL) | 196 | K | Anthony Fera | Texas |
202 | OG | Russell Bodine | North Carolina | 277 | K | Cairo Santos | Tulane |
225 | OG | Kadeem Edwards | Tennessee State | 380 | K | Zach Hocker | Arkansas |
234 | OG | John Urschel | Penn State | 297 | LS | Marcus Heit | Kansas State |
240 | OG | Spencer Long | Nebraska | 200 | P | Tom Hornsey | Memphis |
248 | OG | Ryan Groy | Wisconsin | 260 | P | Pat O'Donnell | Miami (FL) |
319 | OG | Zach Fulton | Tennessee | 282 | P | Steven Clark | Auburn |
340 | OG | Trai Turner | LSU | 321 | P | Richie Leone | Houston |
732 | OG | Conor Boffeli | Iowa | 331 | P | Cody Mandell | Alabama |
32 | C | Travis Swanson | Arkansas | ||||
89 | C | Weston Richburg | Colorado State | ||||
111 | C | Bryan Stork | Florida State | ||||
143 | C | Tyler Larsen | Utah State | ||||
179 | C | Marcus Martin | USC | ||||
224 | C | Gabe Ikard | Oklahoma | ||||
264 | C | Corey Linsley | Ohio State | ||||
275 | C | Matt Armstrong | Grand Valley State | ||||
311 | C | James Stone | Tennessee | ||||
334 | C | Jonotthan Harrison | Florida | ||||
413 | C | Matt Paradis | Boise State | ||||
192 | FB | J.C. Copeland | LSU | ||||
216 | FB | Ryan Hewitt | Stanford | ||||
239 | FB | Trey Millard | Oklahoma | ||||
322 | FB | Reggie Jordan | Missouri Western State |
4. Our Top Free Agent
John Elway is in a tough position with one Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The guy is coming off one of his best seasons as a pro, but he is only one year removed from being one of the worst rates cornerbacks in the NFL. Which guy is he? Sadly, the Broncos are going to have to pay to find out. There is little question he is our top free agent, though, so we're going to find out in 2014 which guy he is.
RT @PFF_Pete: DRC allowed just 1 TD in his last 13 games. Finished w our 4th highest @PFF coverage grade. #Broncos
— MileHighReport (@MileHighReport) February 7, 2014
5. Homage to The Elway
The offseason for me, especially after a disastrous conclusion to the previous season, is about recalling more happier times. Most of my fondest memories come from John Elway as the Broncos quarterback, so I'll try to find some good stuff from the past now and then to share. Peyton Manning could learn a thing or two about keeping cool under pressure from the King of Comebacks, John Elway.
6. Horse Tracks
- Tough decision time for the Broncos as free agency looms. Andrew Mason dives into those potential decisions.
- One journalist asks the question "Can the Broncos bounce back?" and the answer was a resounding "Maybe".
- It appears Broncos players feel the Super Bowl just got away from them early and desire another chance at the title.
- K.J. Wright of the Seahawks believes they would beat Peyton Manning and the Broncos 90 out of 100 times, saying they might get lucky those other 10 times. We saw what overconfidence brought the Broncos a few weeks ago...
- Joel Corry from NFP covered what is next for the Broncos as they head into the offseason.
- If you speak/read Portuguese, then don't miss our Brazilian brethren Broncos fans coverage. They too are hitting the 2014 NFL Free Agency period.