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Where do the Broncos go from here? with Ryan McFadden | The Exempt List

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Charles McDonald is joined by Ryan McFadden of the Denver Post to do a deep dive on the state of affairs in one of the most chaotic franchises in the league: the Denver Broncos. After taking on an $85M dead cap hit to cut ties with Russell Wilson, the organization looks to head coach Sean Payton to get things headed in the right direction – but does he know what that direction is? Charles and Ryan kick things off with some franchise tag news as Brian Burns gets tagged, Saquon Barkley will reach free agency and Josh Allen will likely get tagged in Jacksonville. The duo start their Broncos deep dive with Russell Wilson and how things went south for him in Denver, including the trade, the hiring of Sean Payton, GM George Paton's up-and-down tenure and the injury guarantee benching last season. Next, Charles and Ryan discuss the future of Sean Payton's Broncos: how does he want to build the team? Who is playing quarterback for them? What will they look to do in the 2024 NFL Draft? Finally, the hosts go through the top available quarterbacks this offseason (including Russ) and discuss their potential landing spots and how they see things shaking out.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the exemplars. Today we're talking about just about all things Denver Broncos. They've decided to release Russell Wilson taking on a massive 85 million dollar debt cap hit. We have none other than of the number

0:13.7

we have none other than Ryan McFadden of the number post to break it all down and

0:18.0

we're gonna get right into it.

0:38.6

Welcome to the exemplar part of the Zero Blitz podcast Family. I'm your host Charles McDonald. Today we have Ryan McFadden, never post.

0:43.4

Like I said before, at the start of the show, the Broncos have decided to cut

0:48.3

quarterback Russell Wilson who they just gave like four billion dollars to a couple years ago.

0:55.0

It's going to cost them down the road for the next two years.

1:00.0

And I guess we'll have to see what happens in how this roster shapes up after that moves,

1:06.4

that move gets made official because they still have some moves to make to get Captain

1:09.3

Plant regardless.

1:10.3

So it could be a messy off season for Broncos fans and players that they've gotten to

1:16.1

know to love over the past few years. But first, Ryan, a friend we finally met in person for the

1:21.4

first time at the combine last week.

1:24.0

How are you doing buddy?

1:25.0

I'm doing good man. I'll tell you this, Sean Payton and the Broncos keep you busy, especially at this time of year.

1:31.0

No, I was about to say, I was about to say, you know, I'm going to keep you in my thoughts

1:36.8

because when you cover a team and there's turmoil and things are getting overturned, it can get busy as hell for sure.

1:47.0

Because I remember when I was covering the Giants, was when they went from Pat Sherman to Joe Judge, which kind of feels like I'm dating myself a little bit,

1:55.6

because that was several years ago at this point, but still, you know, you get caught up in,

2:00.9

you know, how things are changing, what's the quarterback going to look like,

2:04.4

who's going to be doing this and that. I mean, it's a busy time of year. So just take care of yourself,

2:09.9

man. Just, you know, just take it easy if you can find the spots where you can get some rest.

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