Broncos still need to shop efficiently in free agency before draft

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- John Elway has had moments when he looks slightly -- pick the word -- perturbed, agitated, mad, frustrated, when the Denver Broncos' free-agency work is framed as a two-day affair when the biggest deals do or don't get done. But the Broncos do still have work to do before they get to the April draft if they want to get the depth chart closer to what they want.

Elway's response this week about what the Broncos haven't done yet in free agency? "Last time I heard, we don't go to camp until July."

But free agency hit the one-week mark Thursday. That means it has downshifted substantially from the frenzied contractual gymnastics of the first 48 hours to a more plodding pace…