We heard just a couple of days ago that the Broncos were a team potentially looking to move up in the draft. Speaking to the media today, new GM George Paton made it sound like that’s not something he’s planning on as of right now.
Paton says the team has not made any calls about moving up in the draft from their current ninth spot, James Palmer of NFL Network tweets. Paton also said has received calls from teams looking to move up next week. If Denver truly does stand pat at nine, they likely wouldn’t be able to draft one of the true top passers.
That’s relevant, because notably Paton did confirm bluntly that the Broncos are going to bring in a new quarterback to push Drew Lock. “We want to bring in competition at the quarterback position,” Paton said, via Mike Klis of Denver 9 News (Twitter link).
It doesn’t get much clearer than that. Lock certainly can’t be considered etched in stone as the Broncos’ Week 1 starter at this point. Paton also didn’t rule out moving up in the draft, saying something could materialize on draft day, only that nothing is in the works right now. If the team doesn’t draft a quarterback early it’s unclear what kind of competition they’d bring in, since the veteran market has mostly dried up. Paton did refer to a “trade market,” so maybe they could swing a deal for another team’s veteran backup.
It’s possible that if the Broncos don’t trade up and miss out on the first-round guys, they could draft a quarterback on Day 2. At that point, Davis Mills of Stanford, Kyle Trask of Florida, and Kellen Mond of Texas A&M would all be realistic options.
” Paton also said has received calls ”
WHAT???
“We want to bring in competition at the quarterback position”
I appreciate the honesty and clarity. But I can’t help but wonder if this hurts them. Like someone trading up to the Panther’s 8th overall pick to leapfrog the Broncos.
That’s exactly what he wants. He’s using an old Jedi mind trick…
I don’t know if I would call this honesty or clarity. If he wanted to bring in a veteran for competition, he’s had plenty of time to do so yet still hasn’t. Who’s even available at this point?
He could be talking about moving up and taking a QB (I don’t think you can take his public denials as gospel; plenty of them say one thing then do the opposite). He could be talking about standing pat and hoping for a QB to fall to him. He could be talking about picking a QB in the later rounds.
Or he could just be saying that he wants a QB competition for whatever reason.
The main point is that all of these GMs are trying to muddy the waters and create confusion to not let on to what they’re going to do.
Bridgewater, Minshew and Foles are all still available.
BBC
Jay Cutler to the rescue!
Christian Ponder?
Sam Bradford?
Donovan McNabb?
Wade Wilson?
Brad Johnson?
Tarvaris Jackson?
Shaun Hill?
Teddy Bridgewater?
Case Keenum?
Joe Webb?
Jake Browning?
Fran Tarkington?
Brett Farve? (Looks Great in Copper Fit commercials!)
Broncos trade back with Washington then draft Kyle Trask at 40th overall.
Heard a deal with Dolphins at 6 is on the table