Denver Broncos: Pre-free agency rumors and thoughts

The Denver Broncos have a lot going on ahead of free agency. What’s up next for Matt Paradis? Which corners will be targeted?

The Denver Broncos aren’t entering free agency with unlimited funds.

As a matter of fact, the trade for Joe Flacco has taken $18.5 million off the table for Denver, which now has to figure out what to do with Case Keenum’s $18 million base salary and $21 million cap hit.

Despite the addition of Flacco, the Broncos do project to have a decent amount of cap space, more space than they had when they went on their spending spree back in 2014, and they are expected to be relatively aggressive in filling some needs right away.

What needs will be filled right away? Which positions could the Broncos wait a little bit to target in free agency?

Less than a week from the time this post is being written, I think we’ll already be talking about guys the Broncos have agreed to sign in the negotiating period. It’s time to start looking to the future and what this front office and new coaching staff might do to rebuild the team as quickly as possible.

With less than a week until the start of free agency, here are some rumors floating around as well as some of my thoughts on what the Broncos will (or should) do at certain positions.