The NFL Trade Deadline is approaching, and the Denver Broncos are popping up in the rumor mill.
At 7-2 and sitting in first place in the AFC West, the Broncos have a lot to play for. Could they win the division for a second consecutive season? Could they win the AFC’s No. 1 seed again? Could they host another AFC Championship?
Denver’s strong start has opened all sorts of doors for the team, and the front office could be willing to make a big move to open those doors even wider.
Deals can be completed until 2 pm. on Tuesday. After that teams will have to wait until the new league year in March to finalize any trades.
ASSETS
2027 Draft Picks: 1st (own), 2nd (own), 3rd (own), 4th (0wn), 4th (John Franklin-Myers comp pick), 5th (own), 6th (own), 7th (own), 7th (Saints’ via Devaughn Vele trade)
2028 & Beyond: Broncos hold all of their own draft picks
For the first time since the Russell Wilson trade, the Broncos have a full chest of draft assets. They have all of their future draft picks. They have a bonus seventh-round pick this year from the Devaughn Vele trade. They will almost certainly have a bonus fourth-round compensatory pick from losing John Franklin-Myers in free agency. They have an outside chance of landing a bonus seventh-round pick from losing P.J. Locke in free agency, which will depend on his playing time in the second half of the season.
The Broncos are approaching some salary cap trouble (more on that later), which means they will be losing more players in free agency than they are bringing in. The Broncos should be gaining two or three compensatory picks per draft in 2028 and beyond.
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