The New Guy: TBD
If Brock Osweiler leaves Denver, Peyton Manning retires and free agency comes up dry, then there’s really only one more option: The draft.
And apparently, the Broncos are already looking at that scenario.
According to WalterFootball.com, Denver has their eyes locked on a couple of this year’s top prospects:
“Even if Osweiler is re-signed, drafting a quarterback early in the 2016 NFL draft is definitely in play for Denver. The Broncos loved North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz, but know that he won’t be getting anywhere near Denver’s pick. However, the team also is enamored with Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott. He is a good fit in Gary Kubiak‘s offense and sources say that Prescott is in play for the Broncos on the second-day of the draft.”
Now, if Denver really is left up the creek without a paddle, entering the draft with no quarterback in place, Prescott may not make much sense; he’s a developmental project at best. Carson Wentz, though, is the real deal. The problem is that Elway would have to give up a king’s ransom to move up high enough to snag him.
That leaves Denver with two options: (1) Hope that one of the the draft’s top three prospects — Wentz, Jared Goff or Paxton Lynch — fall far enough that it makes sense for the Broncos to move up and grab them; or (2) they buy low on Connor Cook or Christian Hackenberg, hoping they can regain the play that had scouts talking about them as first-round talents a year or so ago.
If all those guys slip past Elway’s grasps, then Prescott may very well be the guy. That, or another developmental, high-risk prospect in Cardale Jones.
