Jul 28, 2017
12:37:55pm
ACrop Contributor
What would that team even look like?
Are we including folks that tried out for a team but never made the 53-man roster? Or only guys that never even got a camp invite? Those two teams would look very different.

I'm not 100% on all these guys. I know I'll forget people and feel free to add in names. I can't remember who made the NFL and who didn't before Bronco very well, but a Bronco-era and on list I'm pretty sure might look something like this:

QB: Riley Nelson, Christian Stewart, James Lark
RB: Luke Staley (does he count?) Curtis Brown, Adam Hine, Bryan Kariya
FB: Manase Tonga (practice squad,) Paul Lasike (cut before season,) Iona Pritchard
WR: Cody Hoffman (cut before season,) Mitch Mathews (so far,) Mitchell Juergens, JD Falslev, Ross Apo
TE: Terenn Houk, Kaneakua Friel, Devin Mahina (Signed with Redskins but didn't make the cut)
O-line: Brock Stringham, Solomone Kafu, Manaaki Vaitai, Kyle Johnson, Terrance Alletto, Michael Yeck

D-line: Jan Jorgenson, Eathyn Manumaleuna
LB: Brandon Oggletree, Manoa Pikula, Mike Alisa, Spencer Hadley, Jherremya Leuta-Douyere
DB: Brian Logan, Mike Hague, Skye PoVey, Corby Eason
S: Andrew Rich (never played, right?) Craig Bills, Travis Uale

Depending on the criteria some of these guys wouldn't be listed. I'm sure there are names I'm forgetting, but this seems like a pretty weak list if you're talking about competing with an NFL team. Even the Browns. They might be able to beat a good college team, but that's the extent of it.

There's some great players listed here. Staley, Curtis Brown, Tonga, Hoffman, Brian Logan, and Andrew Rich are the creme of the crop IMO. Everyone else is just filler.
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