First depth chart released

[AKRNA]

Well, even though it's a wasted season I figured I'd post this list of players that don't matter. 

OFFENSE

 

Table inside Article

Position	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player
WR	10 Jerry Jeudy	1 KJ Hamler	16 Tyrie Cleveland	9 Kendall Hinton	19 Seth Williams	15 De'Mornay Pierson-El
LT	72 Garett Bolles	73 Cam Fleming	75 Quinn Bailey
LG	66 Dalton Risner	52 Netane Muti	69 Nolan Laufenberg
C	79 Lloyd Cushenberry III	77 Quinn Meinerz	65 Brett Jones
RG	61 Graham Glasgow	77 Quinn Meinerz	71 Austin Schlottmann
RT	76 Calvin Anderson OR 70 Bobby Massie		78 Drew Himmelman
TE	87 Noah Fant	85 Albert Okwuegbunam	82 Eric Saubert	83 Andrew Beck	89 Austin Fort	88 Shaun Beyer
WR	14 Courtland Sutton	81 Tim Patrick	11 Diontae Spencer	12 Trinity Benson	86 Branden Mack	84 DeVontres Dukes
RB	25 Melvin Gordon III	33 Javonte Williams	26 Mike Boone	28 Royce Freeman	39 Damarea Crockett	32 LeVante Bellamy
QB	5 Teddy Bridgewater OR 3 Drew Lock		4 Brett Rypien
FB	83 Andrew Beck	43 Adam Prentice

DEFENSE

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Position	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player
DE	93 Dre'Mont Jones	99 Shamar Stephen	92 Jonathan Harris	51 Marquiss Spencer
NT	98 Mike Purcell	90 DeShawn Williams	97 Isaiah Mack
DE	96 Shelby Harris	95 McTelvin Agim	94 Deyon Sizer	68 Lorenzo Neal Jr.
SLB	58 Von Miller	59 Malik Reed	91 Andre Mintze
WLB	55 Bradley Chubb	53 Jonathon Cooper	48 Derrek Tuszka	50 Pita Taumoepenu
ILB	45 Alexander Johnson	54 Josh Watson	62 Peter Kalambayi	64 Barrington Wade
ILB	47 Josey Jewell	40 Justin Strnad	63 Curtis Robinson	56 [Baron Browning]
LCB	23 Kyle Fuller	2 Pat Surtain II	13 Michael Ojemudia	27 Nate Hairston	43 Rojesterman Farris	49 Mac McCain III 20 Duke Dawson Jr.
RCB	21 Ronald Darby	29 Bryce Callahan	42 Parnell Motley	38 Saivion Smith	35 Kary Vincent Jr.	34 [Essang Bassey]
SS	22 Kareem Jackson	37 P.J. Locke	41 Jamar Johnson
FS	31 Justin Simmons	36 Trey Marshall	30 Caden Sterns

SPECIAL TEAMS

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Position	Player	Player	Player 4	Player
PK	8 Brandon McManus
KO	8 Brandon McManus
P	6 Sam Martin
H	6 Sam Martin
LS	46 Jacob Bobenmoyer
KR	11 Diontae Spencer	16 Tyrie Cleveland	32 LeVante Bellamy	12 Trinity Benson
PR	11 Diontae Spencer	1 KJ Hamler	9 Kendall Hinton	12 Trinity Benson

[lomaxgrUK]

Laughed at the introduction to the depth chart 😆

Some discussions points:

* Not a surprise to see us not give a starting QB
* The starting RT spot "or" is a bit of a cop out, but it must be really close for them to do that. Hopefully Anderson wins the job in the preseason games
* I am surprised Williams is listed as our #2 RB. Vic has gone out of his way to praise Boone, and I thought Williams would get the rookie treatment
* That DE depth chart still scares the heck out of me
* Jonathan Cooper already beating out Tuszka is a good sign
* Baron Browning buried in last is a definite intentional statement by Vic. He sounded very displeased with the time he's missed (all of TC thus far)
* Sterns so low on the depth chart is a surprise. I've heard many singing his praises over the last week, and it's not like Marshall or Locke aren't disposable. I can only think it's a reflection of the Special Teams standing of the other two names

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by lomaxgrUK

[paul-mac]

On 8/11/2021 at 4:44 PM, lomaxgrUK said:

Laughed at the introduction to the depth chart 😆

Some discussions points:

* Not a surprise to see us not give a starting QB
* The starting RT spot "or" is a bit of a cop out, but it must be really close for them to do that. Hopefully Anderson wins the job in the preseason games
* I am surprised Williams is listed as our #2 RB. Vic has gone out of his way to praise Boone, and I thought Williams would get the rookie treatment
* That DE depth chart still scares the heck out of me
* Jonathan Cooper already beating out Tuszka is a good sign
* Baron Browning buried in last is a definite intentional statement by Vic. He sounded very displeased with the time he's missed (all of TC thus far)
* Sterns so low on the depth chart is a surprise. I've heard many singing his praises over the last week, and it's not like Marshall or Locke aren't disposable. I can only think it's a reflection of the Special Teams standing of the other two names

 

On the Baron Browning point, I noticed that he is in square brackets [] as is Essang Bassey, so I guess they just demoted injured players to the bottom 

[AKRNA]

A couple things on the OL that jumped out. Muti has moved to his natural LG spot behind Risner. Meinerz has jumped over two established vets in Schlottman and Jones to backup at RG and Center. It's nice to see Anderson in the hunt at RT. 

I'd heard Meinerz is having some exchange issues at the snap. Like to see what happens if he can clean that up.

 

[thebestever6]

There's so much surprises in this to me and so many guys I'm hyped to see. Lot of depth all over the roster. I had such a nice wrote up and I lost it on here lol.

[BullsandBroncos]

Cush gets a bad rap for how he started the season last year but towards the end of it he was playing good football. I think Meinerz was an overreaction pick but he could be our future at RG. 

[thebestever6]

1 hour ago, BullsandBroncos said:

Cush gets a bad rap for how he started the season last year but towards the end of it he was playing good football. I think Meinerz was an overreaction pick but he could be our future at RG. 

Listen I don't agree at overreaction on the line at all he's the second best guy at two key spots. From everything I've read he seems like one of our safest picks.

I was hyped for Munchak but he's out done even my expectations 

[BroncoBruin]

2 hours ago, thebestever6 said:

Listen I don't agree at overreaction on the line at all he's the second best guy at two key spots. From everything I've read he seems like one of our safest picks.

I was hyped for Munchak but he's out done even my expectations 

Really? We haven’t had a collectively above average offensive line in his two years, so your expectations must have been incredibly low. 

[AKRNA]

5 hours ago, BroncoBruin said:

Really? We haven’t had a collectively above average offensive line in his two years, so your expectations must have been incredibly low. 

So, it's an interesting point but not that simple. The only two starters that remain from his first year are Bolles and Risner and Bolles was a hot mess. We had absolutely no depth and marginal talent in the OL. Wilkinson was our best option at RT. Our OL was a mess.

Now, Bolles is one of the best LT's in the league. Anderson and Massie are both huge steps up from Wilkinson and Anderson's the best swing OT we've had since Clark. Hopefully Risner is healthy again but backed up by Muti, strongest OG in the league and showed a lot coming down the stretch last year. Cush was awful last year but showed a lot of improvement by years end and by all accounts looks very good this year. Glasgow is a very sound OG but Meinerz is a kid that wants on the field, has the size strength and talent to do it and is backing up both Center and RG, passing both Schlottman and Jones on the depth chart.

If yesterday was any indication, our OL will be both strong and deep this year, a huge turnaround from our 2019 unit.

Personally I think Munchak/Kuper have done a great job. I'm a bit biased though. Kuper and my son were friends in high school and he's a great kid. 

 

[thebestever6]

7 hours ago, BroncoBruin said:

Really? We haven’t had a collectively above average offensive line in his two years, so your expectations must have been incredibly low. 

I don't think it's fair to grade Munchak based of of pff box score scouting players are developing under him. His units are prepared or he gets them prepared.  Not many other coaches are given a raw rookie 3rd round pick to throw in as a starter at center. Anderson was a udfa and is penciled in as a starter now.

Munchak gets the best out of guys .

[BroncoBruin]

I think overall he’s done a nice job and yes, the individual development of young players has been impressive. But until he fields a good offensive line (something a lot of us expected to see last year), he has not exceeded or even met expectations. It needs to finally come together this year. 

Edited August 16, 2021 by BroncoBruin

[brownie man]

You guys are loaded. 
 

If you can get some solid QB play it’s all there. 

[thebestever6]

On 8/16/2021 at 11:08 AM, BroncoBruin said:

I think overall he’s done a nice job and yes, the individual development of young players has been impressive. But until he fields a good offensive line (something a lot of us expected to see last year), he has not exceeded or even met expectations. It needs to finally come together this year. 

I agree it's a results based business but how he turned Bolles around I wouldn't bet against his unit.

[jolly red giant]

On 8/16/2021 at 4:08 PM, BroncoBruin said:

I think overall he’s done a nice job and yes, the individual development of young players has been impressive. But until he fields a good offensive line (something a lot of us expected to see last year), he has not exceeded or even met expectations. It needs to finally come together this year. 

I think the line play last year was impacted by two issues - Cushenberry struggling badly as a rookie and a knock-on impact on Risner - and the traditional poor play at RT. By all accounts LCIII has taken a step forward during training camp and RT, if not great, looks a lot more solid.

[broncosfan_101]

*Very* curious to see what we do at WR. That depth chart is legit 9-deep in NFL talent right now, and we’re only keeping 6-7. I’d be shopping Tim Patrick hard, if it was my decision.