They've got the weapons.

They just haven't had the quarterback since Peyton Manning retired after winning the Super Bowl.

Take a look at this has been a revolving door, and only the New York Jets have put together a combined lower Q B R at the quarterback position in that stretch of time than the Denver Broncos.

Aside from the quarterback, that's a potentially, really good team, which makes me want to ask the question, and I'm told that we do have d would back with us.

So let me bring Damien Woody into the conversation.

Good morning, D would are the Broncos a sneaky good option for DeShaun Watson?

I really like the Denver Broncos greeny because, you know, we've been talking.

Acknowledge him about the Denver Broncos and their inability to solve the quarterback position.

But if you look at this team, look at the pizza that that would be around Shawn Watson.

Denver has a good defense, and Mark Schlereth talked about the pieces on office, particularly the skill position.

They got a couple of good running backs.

They got no affect, the tight end who is pretty good, and they got three young, wide receivers who have the potential to be dynamic in the National Football League.

So if you add a D Shawn Watson to that mix, who, in my opinion, you know, just behind Patrick Mahomes is that Shawn Watson?

Now you're talking about ah, division in the A F C West when you have Patrick, my own Shawn Watson.

You know all those banks in that division.

That would be money that I would pay to go see in that division.

Absolutely.

Justin Herbert would be another one, the rookie sensation there with the Chargers.

So I'll ask you the same question Chris Canty that I asked you a moment ago about Indianapolis put to Shawn Watson on Denver.

What are the Broncos?

I think that's a team that can compete for a wild card.

I mean, I just think that the ceiling on them is a little bit limited, just based on the division that they're in.

But if you look at the landscape of the A F C West right now, the Broncos have the worst quarterback, and you could probably make an argument that Drew lock might be is lowest fifth.

If you include Marcus, Mario to the backup generators, So I think it was.

I think it's a situation where John Elway should try to push his chips to the middle of the table and see if he can pull off a deal to get to Shawn Watson just because you don't have an opportunity to compete.

Otherwise, the question Yates is, what chips does Elway have to push to the middle?

We sometimes talk about, and I guess where is guilty of this is anyone?

We sometimes talk about this like DeShaun Watson is a free agent.

He's not.

They have to figure out a way, whoever it is to make a trade with the Texans.

So in that regard, Yates, how do the Broncos look?

Is a possibility.

Yeah, I think if you're the new general manager, George Payton, you're probably having to ante up with the ninth overall pick in this year's draft, a first round pick in 2022 1st round pick in 2023 potentially some other goodies, and I say other goodies because I don't wanna be specific with a draft pick or a player without knowing specifically what Houston would covet.

Eso it's gonna cost a ton, and it's gonna be an all in move for the Broncos.

I like the fit because I like the fit for basically to Shawn Watson anywhere.

One point that I think is important to reinforce and Damien was getting there with noting that it's a division that already includes Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert is that there's not a scenario where you can, like, play really good defense and get by on offense and win the A F C West.

You have to be bold and audacious.

Toe win The This division you have tow have a franchise level quarterback because the Chiefs aren't going anywhere.

The Chargers gonna get there in their rise and stay there because of Justin Herbert.

If I'm George Patton and I've had all these years, even though I wasn't there of trying to figure out a quarterback plan without Peyton Manning, if this opportunity presents itself, heck yeah, and I know it's gonna cost a ton.

But if it thirst three first round picks plus more uncomfortable with that, a 25 year old quarterback with five years left on his deal Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, there's no, there's no team in the league that wouldn't practically no team in the league that wouldn't do anything they could do.

End up getting to Shawn Watson.

So Chris Canty quick final thought when it's all said and done, what do you think winds up happening?

Because the Texans continue to insist they're not gonna trade him.

Do you believe Watson will change teams between now and the draft?

No, I absolutely think he's gonna change teams.

It's just a matter of where he's going to go.

And if I'm the Houston, Texas, I want to ship him as far away for me as I possibly could, potentially in the NFC.

So that's what I would be looking to do.

But there are some teams in the A F C.

That makes sense because you look at the New York Jets.

Your New York Jets got the second overall pick, which is a huge bargaining chip in these negotiations for compensation going back to the Texans as well as the Miami Dolphins that have the third overall pick.

So I just think that would be interesting.

But if I'm the GM, if I'm the osario, I want to Shawn Watson, out of the conference.

Yeah, and you want him out of the conference, and you probably wanna make this deal.

And the sooner you can, because once these other trades wind up getting made here, you start losing a little bit of the extraordinary leverage.

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