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With Denver Broncos training camp less then a week away I'm going to take a crack at predicting the final 53 man roster. I was inspired to do this after reading ESPN's Jeff Legwold's piece where he predicted the Broncos final 53. Legwold has the Broncos cutting running back C.J Anderson, last years starting safety Duke Ihenacho, and keeping Omar Bolden and Ronnie Hillman.
Well here's my predictions:
Quarterback(3):
- Peyton Manning
- Brock Osweiler
- Zac Dysert
- Montee Ball
- C.J Anderson
- Kapri Bibbs
- Brennan Clay
- Demaryius Thomas
- Emmanuel Sanders
- Wes Welker
- Cody Latimer
- Andre Caldwell
- Isaiah Burse
- Julius Thomas
- Virgil Green
- Jacob Tamme
- Ryan Clady
- Orlando Franklin
- Manny Ramirez
- Louis Vasquez
- Chris Clark
- Michael Schofield
- Vinston Painter
- Will Montgomery
- Matthew Paradis
- DeMarcus Ware
- Terrance Knighton
- Sylvester Williams
- Malik Jackson
- Derek Wolfe
- Kevin Vickerson
- Quanterus Smith
- Marvin Austin/Mitch Unrein
- Von Miller
- Nate Irving
- Danny Trevathan
- Lamin Barrow
- Steven Johnson
- Lerentee McCray
- Corey Nelson
- Aqib Talib
- Chris Harris
- Bradley Roby
- Kayvon Webster
- Tony Carter
- T.J Ward
- Rahim Moore
- Duke Ihenacho
- Quinton Carter
- David Bruton
- Matt Prater
- Britton Colquitt
- Aaron Brewer
DeMarcus Ware feeling good:
"I feel better than I did the last two years going into the season. Stronger, faster." http://t.co/JZLz3dWJeX pic.twitter.com/aMDjeRQm3m
— NFL (@nfl) July 18, 2014
Defensive End DeMarcus Ware told Mike Klis of the Denver Post that he's feeling good heading into the 2014 season.
"I feel better than I did the last two years going into the season,"
He also went on to say that he's strong, fast and flexible. Pairing a rejuvenated DeMarcus Ware with Von Miller could give Quarterbacks fits on Sundays.
Manning watched Super Bowl tape on first day of offseason work:
On his first day of offseason work, Peyton Manning watched tape of the Super Bowl http://t.co/0KuUulJSA4
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 18, 2014
Peyton Manning did one thing this offseason that I haven't, and probably will never do. That being watching the tape of the Super Bowl. Manning and Quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp made watching and reviewing the tape of the Super Bowl their number one priority heading into the offseason.
"The first day back in the building, we watched the Super Bowl," Knapp told ESPN. "I told him the day after the game we were going to watch it when he came back, not right then, but the first day he was back, and we were going to watch it without the emotion of what just happened. And that was step one."
Manning being a film junkie didn't hesitate doing this.
"If you ever feel like that’s not important — like, ‘Hey, I don’t need to watch last season; I know what we did; I know what I did wrong’ — no, you don’t know," Manning said. "You need to watch it. Watch the bad plays. It’s not fun to watch bad plays, to sit there and say, ‘That’s a bad decision’ and ‘That’s a really bad decision’ and ‘Horrible read.’ . . . No matter how old you are, you need to go into that prepared to be constructively criticized and learn how to grow out of the mistakes every year."
He's probably right but i'd burn that tape before ever watching it.
Go Broncos!