ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- It's been a little more than a week since the Denver Broncos traded their most-decorated, most-tenured, most-everything player -- linebacker Von Miller -- to the Los Angeles Rams.
Following the trade the Broncos had their best win in years: 30-16 over the Dallas Cowboys. It upped the Broncos' record to 5-4 and has allowed them -- as general manager George Paton put it after he dealt Miller -- to "still get into the thick of it."
Look, really look, at the Miller trade, the current depth chart, Paton's steady acquisition of draft picks plus his philosophy, and it all has the Broncos positioned to take a swing at quarterback this offseason.