Shuffling deck chairs isn’t an open competition. An open competition is adding a draft pick or two, maybe a free agent, to stir the pot. An open competition raises the bar. An open competition lights a fire underneath Broncos left tackle Garett Bolles.
Instead, John Elway reached over and gave Holding, No. 72 a gentle slap on the wrist and a playful pat on the head.
“We’ve got to get better there,” the Broncos’ general manager said on a conference call shortly after the NFL draft ended late Saturday afternoon. “There’s no question that’s a position that we have to get better at.