Denver Post · Aug 25, 2025
Broncos roster cutdown tracker: Denver makes first cut with outside linebacker Andrew Farmer
Broncos head coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton address media members in April 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)This Broncos roster, both by Sean Payton‘s own admission and by plain sight, is the deepest it’s been in Payton’s three-year tenure.
That is an undeniable positive. It also will lead to some excruciatingly tough decisions, with players who’ve put together strong camps nonetheless likely to land on the waiver wire.
“I was taught at a young age, the most significant thing is the right 53,” Payton said in early August. “So that’s what keeps you up at night — making sure we’re finding that group.”
