Parker joined The Denver Post in September 2022 after covering the Broncos for USA Today. Before that, he spent five years covering Nebraska football and athletics for the Lincoln Journal Star. He's a New Glarus, Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin graduate.
Denver Broncos Quarterback Zach Wilson points to a teammate before a drill during Minicamp practice at Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit in Englewood on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Hey Victor, thanks for the question and for getting us going this week. Minicamp was indeed short — two days instead of three and then Sean Payton cut the guys loose a day early. One caveat here: OTAs and minicamp aren’t ideal for evaluating several positions because there’s no live hitting.
Yo Ed, good question. Probably a lot. You never quite know who’s really right on the bubble until later in training camp, but I’ll put it like this: Sean Payton mentioned several times over the offseason program that he thinks there’s going to be heavy competition at a bunch of positions during camp.
In the way-too-early look into the future, what undrafted rookie do you think will land a spot on the team? I always have a soft spot for local guys and I’m hoping Alec Mock finds a role on the squad. He’s a tackling machine.Great question, Mike. Obviously we’ve got a long way to go on that front. Last year, remember, four undrafted guys made the roster but only McLaughlin had much of an impact.
Then there’s just different rhythms to those sports where games are played much more frequently and mostly at night. You feel like a real NBA beat writer when you start pouring coffee at 6 p.m. Those are the only options on the roster at this point. A quick glance of the remaining free agents doesn’t show much production or even very many guys who played a lot of snaps last year. One note that I only even bother bringing up because it’s kind of wild: 39-year-old Jimmy Graham, who obviously has a lot of history with Payton, is maybe or maybe not retired and is training to be part of a team to row 1,000 kilometers across the Arctic Ocean. That’s one way to jump into a post-football life.
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