At the end of last season, Case Keenum was the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback, the team’s offensive line had many question marks and the cornerback position was lacking depth.
Five months later, the Broncos have a quarterback of the present and a quarterback of the future — Joe Flacco and Drew Lock — an improved offensive line with Ja’Wuan James and Dalton Risner and an improved secondary with cornerbacks Kareem Jackson and Bryce Callahan added to the roster.
On paper, Denver looks much better now than the team did in December.
“We feel much better sitting here now today than we did coming out of last season with where we are and the additions that we’ve made — not only as the players, but also with Vic [Fangio] and his staff,” general manager John Elway said during a post-draft press conference on April 27.
“I think that it’s a good spot to be in, as we were talking about earlier. If we were to say before the draft that we’d come out with these six players, we’d be overjoyed with that, and we were able to get that. We feel like it was a good draft for us.”
Elway also noted that the offensive line is “a lot better” and that Flacco still has “tremendous upside.” It’s only May, but the Broncos certainly look like an improved team as they approach the 2019 season.
