The Broncos have bet a hefty $48 million to create the Darkside, revamping their defensive front with a run-stuffer who wants to be like Beyonce and an edge-rusher who swears his Snoop Dogg days are over.
It’s the riskiest gamble general manager George Paton has made in his quest to end Denver’s way-too-long playoff drought.
You’re going to love fierce and funny nose tackle D.J. Jones, signed as a free agent to a three-year, $30 million contract, with $20 million guaranteed.
“You’ve got to go to a dark place when you step on that field,” Jones said Tuesday, explaining a nasty attitude in the trenches that inspired a new nickname for a Denver defense trying to honor the Orange Crush’s legacy,
But I do fear the $28 million guaranteed Paton handed Randy Gregory in a speculative contract could go up in smoke, and that has nothing to do with multiple suspensions for marijuana during his checkered NFL past.