The first question to ask about any free agent.

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(02-15-2016, 06:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually iy is more about how the players are acquired and paid than drafting skill.

The Broncos didn't drafy the players that are putting them over the cap.  They signed them as free agents.

Pretty positive you're vastly underestimating Denver's drafted talent, just because they have also added FAs.


Recently signed drafted talent...

Derek Wolfe (4yr/$36.7m)
Demaryius Thomas (5yr/$70m)
Ryan Clady (5yr/$52.5m)
Chris Harris (5yr/$42.5m)
($42.175m/yr)


FA (drafted players only)....

Von Miller
Malik Jackson
Danny Travathen
CJ Anderson (RFA)
Brock Osweiller

Von Miller will likely get the exclusive franchise tag for ~$14m, and would cost probably $16-17m/yr on the open market.
CJ Anderson's tender will probably be $3.5m or so.
Malik Jackson will probably be $7-8m/yr
Danny Travathen will be around $9m/yr
Brock Osweiller.. I don't know if people will get desperate. Maybe $9m/yr?
(Roughly $42.5m-ish in 2016?)


Either way, you're at around $85-ish million for 9 of your 53 players. Just from looking at people they drafted. Not counting the people they have added in FA, and all that. Winning a SB and being in 2 in 3 years is expensive.