Years ago, a little over two to be exact, Peyton Manning still roamed the AFC West and the Denver Broncos were closing out the 2015 season with their fifth consecutive division title on the way to a Super Bowl 50 win. In the two seasons since, Denver has missed the playoffs twice, and in 2017 the Broncos finished 5-11 as the rest of the division passed them by.
Broncos president of football operations/general manager John Elway has vowed to "do what we have to do" to get back in the playoff conversation, and after weeks of evaluation, Elway said quarterback Case Keenum was "the target .