As the Broncos prepare for free agency, they do so from a position that could hardly be more different than this time a year ago.
In early March 2024, coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton slashed and burned. They jettisoned Russell Wilson and his albatross contract. Captain Justin Simmons and top receiver Jerry Jeudy were sent away, too.
They had to move money around just to get cap compliant at the start of the new league year, let alone set the stage for a modest free agency shopping trip.