Pick through the many story lines from Broncos headquarters Saturday, the deadline to trim NFL rosters to 53 players, and arguably the most peculiar decision doesn’t revolve around a cut. But rather, a player who stuck.
Denver retained surely the highest-paid third-string quarterback in the league, Paxton Lynch ($2.58 million for 2018), in the face of waiving several young and promising players with little chance of making it past the wire Sunday.
Broncos general manager/president of football operations John Elway and coach Vance Joseph addressed the sometimes painful decision-making process late Saturday with reporters and they believe it is a roster that can erase the team’s two-year playoff drought.