Horse Tracks 3/3

by mdierk on Mar 3, 2008 9:17 AM MST in Horse Tracks Comment 13 comments

Well, I'm back from a weekend in Portland. Here's the Monday edition of Horse Tracks.

Dave Kreiger from the Rocky Mountain News has observed that the Broncos have been pretty quiet in Free Agency and the team looks to bank on the draft. See here

Bernie Lincicome has stated the same thing. See here

Looks like Javon Walker is garnering interest from some NFC teams. See here

The Broncos have been mentioned to be a landing spot for Warrick Dunn. See here

AFC WEST News

The Chefs are being blasted for thier "bargain basement" free agency plan. See here. Also the only free agent they have signed is Williams, a LB from Atlanta. See here

The conquered fader nation made a huge splash by throwing money at defense, but they still need a WR. See here

As for Phyllis and his merry men, they kept thier backup QB in case Phyllis gets injured by one of the Broncos in 2008. See here. They didn't keep Michael Turner, but the Broncos will see him when they play the Fal-CONS. See here

NFL News

Looks like the Broncos will not get Robertson from the Jets. See here

Big Ben just cashed in. See here

Bottom of the Barrel

Marcus Thomas' arrest. Enough said. Guru got the story up already. Time to lose the "friends" Marcus. You'll be better off.

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I found this little nugget from 2006

Top 20 Draft Steals in the modern era.

Out of 20 players, the Broncos had three of them. Pretty good precentage out of 32 teams.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/04/19/gallery.draftbargains/index.1.e xclude.html

I also read one on the 22 top draft busts, and the Broncos had zero on that list. ;)

If the above article was re-written three years from now I would bet good money that Brandon Marshall would make the list being a 4th round beast. :)

2007=1995 all over again: http://www.milehighreport.com/story/2007/10/1/202724/157

by Zappa on Mar 3, 2008 10:01 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Too bad Tyrone Braxton

Was not in one of the last 20 drafts. Same thing with Clyde Simmons and Seth Joyner. But to get another Bronco back in there, I would have to nominate the 218 selection (of 222 total) in the 7th round of 1994, Mr. Tom Nalen.

by MattR on Mar 3, 2008 11:35 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Amen

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by styg50 on Mar 3, 2008 3:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

From the KC Star

The Chiefs also revived their effort to trade unhappy safety Greg Wesley, who was replaced as a starter last season by Jarrad Page. They offered Wesley to the Broncos, asking for cornerback Karl Paymah, a restricted free agent. The Broncos, who talked with the Chiefs about a deal for Wesley last year, refused.

by MattR on Mar 3, 2008 11:42 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

KingCarl

Paymah for Wesley??? Please, step away from the bong, Carl. Throw in a first day draft pick this year and then we'll talk.

Or so I'm told.

by MN Bronco on Mar 3, 2008 12:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Dave Krieger

This guy probably had 2 articles written to publish today. The one on the website and another one bashing the Broncos for going after some higher profile free agents and taking them to task for not focusing more on the draft LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD!

When did objectivity in the media come to mean "constant barrage of criticism?"

Or so I'm told.

by MN Bronco on Mar 3, 2008 12:25 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Media???.....Objectivity?????

Where do you come up with these strange pairings of words, MN?

I wish my sig was as cool as mdierks!

by styg50 on Mar 3, 2008 3:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

One of my favorite acronyms

So
Called
Unbiased
Media

by MattR on Mar 3, 2008 4:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

W. Dunn intrigues me

A one cut runner. He would be excellent paired with Henry, with Young as a change-up/reserve. I'd pull the trigger.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on Mar 3, 2008 10:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

No thanks.

We have good guys here. I don't want another RB, unless he is a young guy with some upside. Dunn is just ok and has little upside.

Orange County is hot. Really! Haven't you seen the weather report?

by amirebram on Mar 4, 2008 5:23 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Some good points

I agree that I don't want to bring in older players.

On the other hand he:

Is a one cut runner
Is a good runner
Is a model citizen
Would compliment Henry
Would be a good back-up in case of injury
Would keep us from having to draf another HB for depth (we already have our youth movement with Young and Hall, and this keeps them injury free until our breakout year '09 or '10).
Less wear and tear on Henry, Young and Hall.

I realize that it's a long shot that we would take Dunn. We are pretty set at the position. But I wouldn't go so far as to say no upside. Besides, in the interest of staggering our retirements, we have two young guys (Hall and Young) and we don't really need a third who would have a contract end near the same time.

I'm not so big on Dunn that I'm going to make a big deal about it. But I wouldn't dismiss him out of hand either.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on Mar 4, 2008 6:23 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Never considered Dunn before, but...

You make a pretty good case. I'd be in favor if he came cheaply and was willing to accept a role as a change of pace guy. He is definitely one of the really good guys in the League, which wouldn't hurt either.

Or so I'm told.

by MN Bronco on Mar 4, 2008 9:00 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Dunn

probably will not come cheap unfortunately. I agree with Hoosier in that he would be an amazing change up to compliment Henry. Look at what LT, Turner and Sproiles did last year in SD.

Davis to the Hall! "A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough." Ronald Reagan

by Jon Tollerud on Mar 5, 2008 3:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs