The Broncos Made A Statement With Their Trade Deadline Decisions
The Broncos enter their bye week on a high after snapping a 16-game losing run against the Kansas City Chiefs. As the team began its bye week, they opted not to trade a single player on their roster. This choice can only indicate one thing: the Broncos believe they can make the playoffs with the team they have now. Only time will tell if this viewpoint is sane. If the Broncos win against the Buffalo Bills in week 10, the idea to do nothing may gather traction in Denver.
Why The Broncos Didn’t Make a Move at the Trade Deadline
What The Broncos Said at the Trade Deadline
Denver will be 3-5 when they return from their bye week to face the Bills in week 10. Despite struggling to be competitive in the first half of the season, a victory over the Chiefs has given the club new hope in a year that seemed lost. Against the reigning Super Bowl champions, the defence shone and the offence controlled the clock. Because of this emphatic 24-9 win over a team they hadn’t beaten in 8 years, the organisation has given several of the Broncos who were rumoured to be on their way out of town a vote of confidence. This decision to not trade a single Broncos player at the deadline has made a bold, yet controversial statement “The Broncos are going to make the playoffs.”
The Two Outcomes and Their Effects
The Broncos Make the Playoffs
Denver has nine games left in the regular season. The Broncos can make the playoffs if they win six or seven of those games. This will not be a straightforward task. But if they succeed, Denverites will regard head coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton as the sharpest guys in the city.
Everyone, including yours truly, was screaming from the rooftops by week three of the season that the Broncos needed to get go of everyone and rebuild. There were calls to fire the General Manager, Defensive Coordinator, and even the Head Coach. The fan base is prepared to remove anybody and anything affiliated with a losing culture. Paton’s career is at stake, therefore putting those doubts at ease must be his top concern. Winning is the best method to appease a disgruntled fan base.
If the Broncos make the playoffs, they will have proven all of their detractors wrong. Every pundit who moans and complains for an entire season will have to eat their words. The path to the promised land is long, but if they make it, the boobirds will be peaceful. If they make it, guys like Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton may owe the entire state of Colorado an apology. A playoff appearance will cement the dubious decisions of the past as pillars for the future.
The Broncos Miss the Playoffs
The Broncos have lost five games so far this year. If they lose four more, they are out of the playoffs. The aftermath of another season without success will call for a complete organizational rebuild. All the Broncos players that could’ve been shipped off before the trade deadline would be gone. Some of them are in the last year of their contract and some will be cut for money reasons.
The last straw will have been thrown, and the patients will be exhausted. George Paton, as General Manager, has made terrible deal after bad bargain. He made the worst trade in NFL history for Russell Wilson, and that’s just scratching the surface. He has extended contracts to ageing stars as well as underperforming players, and none of them have improved the squad. Paton even recruited a coach who had “one of the worst coaching jobs in NFL history.” After all of that, his failure to complete a trade by the deadline will cost him his job as General Manager of the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos’ success could have far-reaching ramifications. The most serious issue would occur if the team begins to win yet fails to make the playoffs. The joy of accomplishment would be overshadowed by the loss of an early draught choice. A chance to find the player who can save this organisation would be lost. If there is another dismal season, the analysts and angry fans will be proven true once more, and the Broncos’ losing streak will continue.
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