ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — On April, 28, it was all finally in place. The Broncos had selected left tackle Garett Bolles in the first round of the NFL draft and completed their main goal of the offseason, revamping the offensive line.
Bolles would play left tackle, newly acquired Ronald Leary would play left guard (his natural position), Matt Paradis would play center, Max Garcia would play right guard and another offseason acquisition Menelik Watson would play right tackle. Stamp it on the opening day lineup, right?
Wrong.
It started with the—more predictable—questions at left tackle. Most probably should have known that Bolles wouldn’t be thrown directly into the lineup but it certainly raised eyebrows when he was behind both Ty Sambrailo and Donald Stephenson on the proverbial OTA depth chart.