Mile High Report · Sep 1, 2019
Biggest surprises on Broncos’ nearly-complete roster
Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images“It’s always a hard day because you break a lot of dreams—you ruin a lot of dreams. It’s the hard part of the business, but we’re really excited about the personnel side—what we’ve done there, as well as the coaching staff, the input and trying to get everybody’s input in there to get the best 53 guys.” — John Elway
Every cut day is memorable for it’s own reasons. The 2019 cut deadline will go down as perhaps the first one I can remember where the Broncos dropped below the 53-man hard cap. With IR looming for Drew Lock, Theo Riddick, and Jake Butt, that meant Elway only envisioned 49 players as guys to hold onto at the deadline.
