With the recent trade of Jay Cutler, the upcoming season seems full of promise.
Now that Jay Cutler is going to the Chicago Bears for two first round draft picks (one this year one next year), a third round draft pick and quarterback Kyle Orton, the possibilities for the upcoming season seem endless.
Now, first and foremost, Kyle Orton is not the quarterback of the future for the Denver Broncos (merely a stand-in till the Broncos make the necessary moves to bring back a successful defense in Denver).
With the college draft just around the corner, the Broncos need to focus on acquiring players who will make an impact on the upcoming season on the defensive side of the ball. Last year the Broncos scored 23 points per game. Most teams would be thrilled with that kind of offensive production, and most would assume that a team with that kind of scoring power would win games left and right. The Broncos unfortunately didn’t do so, giving up an average of 28 points per game.
The offense accounted for most of the production because of the cannon wielding Cutler, who could throw passes into slots that most quarterbacks can’t even see. The loss of Cutler will definitely bring the Denver offense down a peg or two, but the high-octane offensive scheme of Josh McDaniels can get those pegs back, and in a HURRY! The Broncos have great weapons on the offensive side with pro bowler Brandon Marshal, soon to be pro bowler Eddie Royal, superb slot back Brandon Stokley, and two deadly tight ends in Tony Scheffler and Daniel Graham. The power in the skill positions for the Broncos is second to none. With an offense that will greatly resemble the offense of the New England Patriots of old, who won three Super Bowls in the past eight years along with four Conference Championships, the Broncos can be a real contender in the years to come.
This upcoming season could be a really good first step for the Broncos on their way to establishing dominance in the NFL once again. The future for the Broncos is unclear, but this much we know: the Broncos need to draft heavy on defense for the next two years, and there are too many holes that need to be filled, especially at middle linebacker, strong safety, and corner back.
In the end, the Broncos will still be in the hunt for another good quarterback, and one answer to this search could be drafting John Parker Wilson with one of our later draft picks; perhaps one of our third round picks, as we have two. Wilson has a bonafide cannon for an arm and has a good mind for the game. He led the Alabama Crimson Tide to a 12-0 record and has the ability to command a heavy passing offense like the Broncos of the future.
Some of these possibilities could just be exactly what they are, just possibilities, and that’s what makes this season so exciting. The Broncos have all kinds of possibilities and that’s more than most teams can say, so hopefully they take advantage of the stranger-than-fiction Cutler debacle and make the rest of the NFL pay for it.
