The bye week is when in-season business typically gets done for an NFL team.
On the surface, the Broncos did nothing on their bye week after beating Green Bay and Kansas City to get to 3-5. A flurry of behind-the-scenes action and two major endeavors that didn’t happen, however, set the eventual course for their offseason.
The first is the well-chronicled ask that quarterback Russell Wilson adjust his contract, which not only didn’t happen but inflamed the relationship between the sides and became a point of major contention when Wilson got benched ahead of Week 17.