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QB = Strong Arm/Tools (3 minimum)
HB = Balanced (4 minimum)
FB = Blocking (1 minimum)
WR = Tall/Red Zone Threat (5 minimum)
TE = Soft Hands/Routes (3 minimum)
OL = Zone Blocking (minimum 4 OT’s and OG’s; minimum 2 C’s)
DE = Undersized Speed Rusher (4 minimum)
DT = Run Stopper (4 minimum)
LB = Balanced (minimum 4 OLB’s; minimum 3 MLB’s)
CB = Man Coverage/Ballhawk (5 minimum)
FS = Centerfielder (2 minimum)
SS = Balanced (2 minimum)
Skills: All offensive skills up to Level 2, with QB skills set to Level 3; Strategy & Play Call Level 2; Team Chemistry Level 3
| Denver Broncos Depth Chart - 2008 | ||||
| Regular Offense | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| WR | Brandon Marshall (93) | Glenn Martinez (79) | ||
| TE | Daniel Graham (74) | Tony Scheffler (81) | Nate Jackson (66) | Stephen Alexander (60) |
| LT | Ryan Harris (82) | |||
| LG | Ben Hamilton (84) | Mark Fenton (56) | ||
| C | Tom Nalen (90) | |||
| RG | Chris Kuper (77) | Montrae Holland (69) | ||
| RT | Erik Pears (79) | Isaac Snell (73) | ||
| WR | Brandon Stokley 77) | |||
| QB | Jay Cutler (90) | Patrick Ramsey (74) | ||
| FB | Cecil Sapp (59) | Mike Bell (58) | ||
| HB | Selvin Young (86) | Andre Hall (77) | ||
| Base 4-3 Defense | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| LDE | Tim Crowder (84) | Jarvis Moss (80) | John Engleberger (72) | |
| LDT | Marcus Thomas (86) | Kenny Peterson (67) | ||
| RDT | Alvin McKinley (72) | Josh Mallard (60) | ||
| RDE | Elvis Dumervil (90) | Ebenezer Ekuban (74) | ||
| WLB | Jamie Winborn (71) | |||
| MLB | D.J. Williams (86) | Jordan Beck (74) | ||
| SLB | Nate Webster (73) | Louis Green (66) | ||
| CB | Champ Bailey (93) | Domonique Foxworth (81) | ||
| SS | Nick Ferguson (76) | Hamza Abdullah (77) | ||
| FS | John Lynch (89) | |||
| CB | Dre' Bly (79) | Karl Paymah (74) | ||
| Special Teams | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| K | Jason Elam (93) | |||
| P | Sam Paulescu (79) | |||
| PR | Glenn Martinez | |||
| KR | Andre Hall | Glenn Martinez | ||
So without any qualms, I start shaking things up by making cuts left and right. QB Patrick Ramsey is the first to go, only costing us $290K in penalties but saving us $2.12M in money for the current cap. One of the biggest troubles I had was debating whether or not to cut TE Daniel Graham as he takes up over $5M in cap room, but I’d take a hit of $12M in penalties doing so. It got me thinking what to do with him. As I was playing around with the depth chart to see if anyone would do better at another position than the one they’re currently in, I remembered the Broncos actually acquired Mike Bell as a halfback, and he did pretty well. So I moved him (OA 71/POT 85) and Cecil Sapp (OA 71/POT 71) to HB and then took a look at Graham’s abilities: great run blocking and average pass blocking! Immediately I moved him from TE to FB (OA 85/POT 87) and that alone made him more deserving of his expensive contract (5yrs $30M/$15M bonus; 4yrs left). Defensively, I went pretty crazy with players being cut as long as they weren’t too expensive (freaking Dre’ Bly; cutting him would cost me $12M) or necessary for what I have in mind for my defense (Dumervil and Thomas need some talent to help the D-Line become a force to be reckoned with). The lone LB, D.J. Williams could move to any of the OLB positions if a solid MLB can be found either by trade or Free Agency. Also I took another look and I actually cut a lot of players under 30 years old.
| Players Cut | ||||||
| # | OFFENSE | POS | AGE | HT | WT | COLLEGE |
| 11 | Patrick Ramsey | QB | 29 | 6'2" | 217 | Tulane |
| 23 | Andre Hall | HB | 25 | 5'10" | 212 | Southern Florida |
| 14 | Brandon Stokley | WR | 31 | 5'11" | 197 | Lousiana-Lafayette |
| 17 | Glenn Martinez | WR | 25 | 6'2" | 182 | Saginaw Valley |
| 81 | Nate Jackson | TE | 28 | 6'3" | 235 | N/A |
| 85 | Chad Mustard | TE | 29 | 6'6" | 265 | N/A |
| 65 | Mark Fenton | LG | 23 | 6'4" | 295 | Colorado |
| 70 | Montrae Holland | RG | 27 | 6'2" | 333 | Florida State |
| 72 | Isaac Snell | RT | 25 | 6'6" | 288 | North Dakota State |
| # | DEFENSE | POS | AGE | HT | WT | COLLEGE |
| 99 | Alvin McKinley | DT | 29 | 6'3" | 310 | Mississippi State |
| 97 | Kenny Peterson | DT | 28 | 6'3" | 285 | Ohio State |
| 98 | Josh Mallard | DT | 27 | 6'2" | 259 | Georgia |
| 58 | Nate Webster | LOLB | 26 | 6' | 230 | Miami |
| 53 | Louis Green | LOLB | 27 | 6'3" | 228 | Alcorn State |
| 57 | Jordan Beck | MLB | 24 | 6'2" | 233 | California Polytechnic State University |
| 51 | Jamie Winborn | ROLB | 28 | 5'11" | 242 | Vanderbilt |
Franchise Tag time, and really the only player worth tagging is Kicker Jason Elam. He’s at 93 OA, but he’s also 37 years old. It’d probably better to trade him and find another kicker via free agency, maybe the draft. So I go ahead and tag him for $2.4M. The Bears also tag ROLB Lance Briggs, which was a disappointment since all we needed to do is find one other OLB and we would be set. Here are the other players to be tagged this off-season:
Giants – K Lawrence Tynes
Patriots – WR Randy Moss
Seahawks – CB Marcus Trufant
This makes for a very interesting FA period as there are a LOT of quality players that can immediately come and play for us this year. With $70.58M in available cap room after all the cuts I made ($78.89M if all players mentioned earlier are traded), the Broncos are looking to make a splash. The question is: whom will they sign? Here are the top-15 free agents this season excluding Kickers and Punters, and I must say there is some quality free agents this off-season.
Albert Haynesworth – DT – 94OA
Alan Faneca – LG – 93OA
Jordan Gross – RT – 92OA
Asante Samuel – CB – 92OA
Nnamdi Asomugha – CB – 91OA
Eugene Wilson – FS – 89OA
Marion Barber – HB – 89OA – RFA
Terrell Suggs – ROLB – 88OA
Jake Scott – RG – 87OA
Ken Hamlin – FS – 87OA
Jeff Faine – C – 86OA
Michael Boley – LOLB – 86OA – RFA
Ben Noll – RG – 85 OA
Shaun Alexander – HB – 85OA
Randall Gay – CB – 84OA
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