Five Broncos players who might be finished in Denver

Colby Wadman, punter

Although it’s not often discussed as a primary roster concern, the Broncos’ punting game has been awful over the last five years.

Colby Wadman has not been consistently terrible, but he hasn’t even proven himself to be consistently average while with the Broncos.

The Broncos had a solid young punter in Riley Dixon, but his consistency was an issue as well, so the team decided to trade him in 2018 when the opportunity to sign former Raiders punter Marquette King came about.

King has been adamant that the Broncos’ staff tried to change his approach to striking the ball, and ultimately he was injured and released with an injury settlement when Colby Wadman came onto the team.

For what it’s worth, King doesn’t feel like Wadman is the problem…

Something’s got to give, because punting or kicking in the Mile High air should be a player’s dream, right?

Last year, Wadman ranked 25th in the league in yards per punt (44.4) and 30th in punting net with 37.2 percent of his kicks landing inside the 20.

The Broncos brought in Trevor Daniel on a reserve/futures deal to compete with Wadman, who to his credit is still a young player finding his way in the league. The Broncos have a disturbing recent history of letting punters go who have gone on to have much better success at their next stops, including Brett Kern who is one of the best punters in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans right now, the aforementioned Riley Dixon who is doing well for the Giants, and Britton Colquitt, who ranked 11th in net average last season with the Vikings.

Hopefully the Broncos figure this spot out, because despite some of Wadman’s best moments with the team over the past two seasons, his shanked kicks have often been game-changing plays in the worst way.