This spells out what the Denver Broncos should do with left tackle Garett Bolles.
are trending up. After years of inadequacy to the standard set by late owner Pat Bowlen and the fallout from the Russell Wilson trade and release, the Broncos sit just two games away from surpassing the oddsmakers' predicted win total just seven weeks into the 2024 regular season.
While Denver is competing with an arm tied behind its back from a team-building perspective, the options to improve the roster grow tremendously next offseason. Denver will still have a large chunk of Wilson’s dead cap space on the books. Still, sitting at 10th in projected cap space for 2025 , and still in possession of all of its top 100 selections in the 2025 NFL draft, the Walton-Penner-led Broncos can be aggressive buyers this coming offseason.
Bolles is a solid left tackle, but will Sean Payton and the Broncos retain him? Given how financially limited the Broncos have been due to dead money against the cap and the current status of Bolles having just one year left on his deal, if the team really valued Bolles, one would think he'd already have been offered a new contract, while lowering his 2024 cap hit.
There's still time for risers to emerge, such as Texas’ Cameron Williams or West Virginia’s Wyatt Milum. Sadly, Ohio State's Josh Simmons, whose stock has been rising, is likely to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. The team could bring in a short-term veteran option near the end of his career or a reclamation project such as Jedrick Wills or Mekhi Becton. These are downgrades from Bolles, but they'd likely come at a fraction of the cost and commitment.
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