ESPN's Jeremy Fowler tiered the Denver Broncos as a team in QB purgatory in his recent article classifying every team from contender to full rebuild
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00:00 It's it's first of all, Michaela, it's a very layered question, which I very much appreciate.
00:05 We could use the conversation tonight.
00:07 This is one person's opinion.
00:09 I don't want to put words in Jeremy Fowler's mouth saying that he thinks the Broncos are
00:13 contenders, but where he lumped him, the quarterback purgatory is where they've been since Peyton
00:19 Manning retired.
00:20 They've been a quarterback away or not for the past eight seasons.
00:24 So this is a not one national media members point of view.
00:29 He has sources.
00:30 He's very plugged in, but this is where he thinks the Broncos are sucking quarterback
00:34 purgatory.
00:35 So waiting on that guy with a decent roster around him, though, if Fowler was more in
00:41 tune like we are, Michaela, with the roster, like in Broncos country, they're not a quarterback
00:46 away.
00:47 They're a quarterback and some offensive lineman and a receiver and a tight end and defensive
00:50 line linebackers, cornerback safeties.
00:53 They have holes throughout this roster.
00:56 So that's where I also tend to agree with the people that say, listen, don't sell the
01:00 future.
01:01 Don't give up all of your draft picks.
01:02 Don't Ricky Williams this draft for a quarterback when a, that quarterback is no sure thing
01:08 and B, they're much bigger holes to fill elsewhere.
01:12 So there's two schools of thought, Michaela, though I don't think, and you say bottom of
01:17 the barrel, I don't think it's possible when you have Sean Peyton as your head coach.
01:23 And I'm not even giving that much credit to Sean Peyton.
01:25 He's not, I don't think he's the best coach of all time in the NFL.
01:29 I do think he's one of the best, but you're talking about a Broncos team, Michaela, the
01:34 same Broncos team, same quarterback, same everything for the most part that went five
01:37 and 12 with the Daniel Hackett and Jerry Rossberg that experienced a three win improvement just
01:45 with the basis of decent coaching.
01:47 So as long as Sean Peyton's here, and this is a good or bad thing, depending on how you
01:51 feel about the draft and having a topic, as long as Sean Peyton's here, I don't see the
01:57 Broncos being that terrible.
01:58 They might be seven and 10, eight and nine, nine and eight middling like some of the years
02:03 in New Orleans, but as long as he's here and with whatever quarterback is under center,
02:08 he's going to squeeze juice from that lemon and they're going to be at least a competitive