While you were scouring social media following the Denver Broncos’ acquisition of quarterback Zach Wilson, you were seemingly met with some no longer-so-good phrases for the 24-year-aged. It became obvious that nearly all of Broncos Nation became no longer ecstatic regarding the deal.
There are many alternative takes available but the one beneath, from mature Broncos security Nick Ferguson, basically hits the nail on the head.
What carry out you assume regarding the Broncos procuring and selling for QB Zach Wilson? 🤔 @NickFerguson_25: “I love it ensuing from Zach (Wilson) is unexcited a younger quarterback. He has abilities.” 💯
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/FxLnp8Vxrh
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To start with, the Broncos gave up next to nothing to salvage this deal occur. They got Wilson and a seventh-round pick (No. 256 overall) for a sixth-round pick (No. 207 overall). There’s incredibly diminutive inconvenience in a switch like that. Besides, it’s the Jets that are going to pay $5.5 million of Wilson’s wage.
Furthermore, it adds yet another younger arm to the Broncos’ quarterback room and affords legit competition to Jarrett Stidham if the Broncos fabricate no longer add a quarterback via the draft.
However for these followers terrorized that this takes the Broncos out of the quarterback conversation in the draft, that is largely no longer the case. What it does carry out is enable the Broncos to no longer ought to be so desperate in the draft. Desperate would be drafting a guy like Bo Nix or Michael Penix Jr. at No. 12 overall.
The indisputable fact that the Broncos lack a 2d-round pick on this draft has been rearing its terrifying head for months. It is a giant deal and for this draft to be the house-bustle job that the Broncos need it to, they settle on to gain a strategy to web a 2d-round pick.
Trading for Wilson affords them the flexibility to elevate out that.
The switch for the Broncos on this draft has always been to interchange again. Nix and Penix Jr. are no longer No. 12 overall-form potentialities. However getting for sure one of them in the 2d round would be stable sign.
If the Broncos were to interchange again in the first round, create a 2d-round pick, pick out any individual like Brock Bowers or Laiatu Latu in the first round, and then web a quarterback in the 2d round, that is a ways and away a larger switch than merely drafting a quarterback at No. 12 ensuing from you is liable to be feeling your hands are tied.
If the Broncos were to salvage that switch, that might well well cease up being graded slightly low on the file card. Alternatively, this low-inconvenience, low-sign switch for Wilson and the flexibility it brings to the crew’s overall draft outlook earns it a worthy larger sign than most Broncos followers would seemingly be willing to present.
Grade: B
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Travis Wakeman has been covering the NFL since 2012 when he began with Bleacher Utter. After reporting regarding the Broncos there till 2016, he joined the FanSided network as a space expert covering the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers whereas simultaneously covering the Broncos at Broncos Wire when that space launched. He then took over the Broncos space at FanSided in March 2020 and lined the crew there till spring of 2024.