State of the Broncos: Offensive Line

In State of the Broncos, we're breaking down the roster by position group. Today, Doc Bear evaluates the Dancing Bears, even the Broncos offensive line—a unit that's undergone massive changes this year.

It’s not saying that much to note that this year’s offensive line looks better going in than last year’s. A pair of issues—the injury to Ryan Clady and the lack of options at right tackle—set the stage for one of the strangest years I’ve ever had a field-side view of.

Part of it, to be honest, was bad planning. It’s not wise to put a rookie as your only backup to left tackle. The left tackles in both Peyton Manning’s and Gary Kubiak’s approach often played on ‘islands’ with no help. Ty…