Broncos Trade Rumor Just Got WILD...

Oh my goodness, the trade rumor for your Denver Broncos just hit an entirely new level of wild and I am here for it because it is definitive proof that Sean Payton knows the Super Bowl window is wide open for this team and he's going to try to win it this season. In this video, we break down an incredibly legitimate source here that are claiming the Broncos are trying to go out and get a guy who is the best player at his position, a guy that none of us had on his bingo card, even if they do not land him, who are some other guys at that very position who the Broncos could land. And what this means for this team moving forward, we've got a ton to break down. And if you're new here, it helps me in the algorithm out a ton. If you like the Broncos, if you could smash that like and subscribe button, let's dive right into the news of the day. And that is that Adam Schefter, the most plugged in NFL reporter in the business who does not make stuff up. He's so close to all these organizations that sometimes it's hard to listen to him because he's afraid to actually make statements. And he's always like calculating in his brilliant mind. They're like, what am I allowed to say? What am I not allowed to say? And this is not like... A random Twitter account out there that can just make up whatever it wants from a basement. This is actually the Adam Schefter who said that the Denver Broncos are checking in around the league at the tight end position. All of us have been thinking about that Jonathan Taylor thing. And that has me just thinking, this is how Sean Payton does business. He gets everyone looking over here and then he goes out here and he does this thing. That's what he did with JJ McCarthy, getting Bo Nix to fall to him, had the rest of the NFL convinced that we love JJ McCarthy. Meanwhile, he wanted Bo Nix the entire time. So all the talk about Jonathan Taylor coming to the Broncos, I always thought that was a ton to give up for an aging superstar when the Broncos already have the options at running back that they do. And so this one makes a lot more sense to me. So the Broncos calling around at the tight end position and ludicrously calling over to Colorado hero himself, Trey McBride, a guy that. It was just a couple of weeks ago. We played the Arizona Cardinals and we all were like, man, wouldn't this be fun? We saw the NFL mic'd up segment where Sean Payton goes up and talks to him after the game and you're like, man, that would be so cool if the Broncos landed him. Well, the Broncos are trying and you're seeing guys who used to play for Denver like Tyler Plumbis be like, hey, this is not a definitive answer. Make a more outrageous offer than you already have. Just seeing like this is a unanimously praised move by Sean Payton because I think it is It is clearly showing that... The asking price for Trey McBride would be a couple of first round picks without a doubt. And that right there. It's a sign that the Denver Broncos know this is a Super Bowl window and they think they can win it this year. If you're willing to give up multiple first round draft picks for a tight end, you know that you were just a piece or two away. And if you just think of like how Sean Payton offenses have been built over the past, it relies on that tight end position. You can go, obviously, Jimmy Graham, but you can go Jason Witten when he was a coach of the Dallas Cowboys. You can go Dan Campbell himself. Obviously, Jeremy Shockey. He has always had phenomenal tight ends. And while I love Evan Ingram and what he's done for this team, An upgrade like a McBride would be ridiculous. And there's a couple other names out there. If Arizona Cardinals are like, he's not movable, he is staying here. I think there are a couple of guys who at least you can say in the same conversation who are not like, you would not be laughed out of the room. And so we got to talk about them. And in my estimation, the names on that list who are gettable at this standpoint, like Uh, obviously the Raiders are not going to move, uh, Brock Bowers in division. Like that would just be ridiculous that, uh, it seems at this point in time, the 49ers are not going to move Kittle. They're, they're thinking they have a chance at making the Superbowl as well. Um, and, and so here are the names that I think are very, very realistic possibilities for the Broncos. So obviously we got to talk about Trey McBride himself. We got highlights of all these guys, what they do well, where they lack their age, all that, but. It's Trey McBride. It's also Sam Laporta for the Detroit Lions, who we have to talk about. Kyle Pitts, Dallas Goedert, Jawan Johnson, and Mason Taylor, which is kind of my dark horse in this entire thing. So starting off with Trey McBride, we just got to see him up close and personal last week. We know that he was born and raised in Colorado, grew up a Denver Broncos fan. We saw Sean Payton after that game go up and talk to him and just say, I've had a lot of jokers in my career, but none of them are like you. And this was that game where like you knew he was the only option that scared you in Arizona. And yet he still ate and found his way to get open against like a fantastic defense. It was even that game here where you see him actually hurdle a Denver Broncos cornerback here trying to get him in, even though he was the only option out there that scared you like they didn't have their first string running back in. Marvin Harrison was gone and Trey McBride still found a way to eat up this Broncos defense. Obviously, the Broncos mollywhopped them, but this is the type of guy who... I don't care who you put out there on defense. He is going to be a mismatch. And that's why Sean Payton loves a tight end position. This is a guy who is six foot four. He's got about a 10 foot catch radius that with his height and weight and all that kind of stuff, a four or five 40 at his pro day. Really, really phenomenal, and you just see that he set a record here with 126 catches last season, and he has not played with a quarterback like Bo Nix. Obviously, we see this quarterback roulette really happening there with the Arizona Cardinals, and you're just looking here over these past couple seasons that anytime your tight end is getting you 1,000-yard seasons, it is a very, very good thing. So an incredible, incredible talent. The downside with Trey McBride is that truly what they are estimating is that it is going to cost probably two first round draft picks to get Trey McBride, especially as Arizona really calculates out the weight of our draft pick. You know, for whatever reason, the Chargers were to make an offer. Maybe you take a first and a second because, you know, the Chargers are going to be picking first, but. The Broncos are going to be so good that we're going to be picking very late in the first round. I'm guessing that we're going to be picking 32nd, which is essentially a second round draft pick. So at the very minimum, I think it is two first round draft picks to get Trey McBride. And then you have to take his contract on, which as we can see, very, very well earned here. He is going to be the biggest cap hit of any of these names out here. And so that kind of has me pivoting to the next name on this list. And this is Sam Laporta. Now, Sam Laporta's numbers really are very, very similar to Trey McBride's. And I think part of the gift that Sam Laporta has is the fact that he's gotten to play with the greatest show on turf here. And he's gotten a chance to play with a great quarterback, way better than Trey McBride has ever played with. But then also in a phenomenal running game, obviously, also he's flanked by two fantastic wide receivers. And so I think that makes his job. way, way easier. But you're looking at a dude who really just like on paper is not that far off of, of Trey McBride from a skill standpoint, in my estimation, like he is a little bit shorter. His catch radius is actually a little bigger because of his, his RAS score and his ability to obviously jump out of any gym or any field that you put him in. And his numbers, he has not had the numbers that you, you see clearly when you break down a Trey McBride, but the asking price is also way, way lower. The other thing. With Laporta is that he is on a contract year and he has already voiced his displeasure. He went on Barstool Sports and actually talked to the guys about how he's given his all to the Detroit Lions and he doesn't have a long term deal. And one of the crazy things about both of these guys is that Sam Laporta is actually the higher ranked blocking tight end. And I don't think he is that far off when it comes to being a pass catching tight end. I think it's just the fact that Jared Goff has had so many options. Like when you have Jahmyr Gibbs and they had Montgomery for a long time, and then you've got Jamison Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown out there, you're not going to give as many throws to Sam Laporta as Trey McBride, who truly is the only option and the only threat there with the Arizona Cardinals. And so the asking price truly could be way, way lower because you would have to give him a brand new deal. So the Broncos would have to work all their cap magic out there. So there are people who are saying that it would probably be a second round pick straight up for him. Or we know that the Achilles heel right now for the Detroit Lions is certainly is going to be their defense. And so would they do a type of deal where the Broncos give up Riley Moss and in return you get Sam LaPorta straight up? A fairly straight up deal there. I love Riley Moss, but man, I would absolutely love to have a tight end who's as good as him. And especially just because you can just find so many examples here of Sean Payton's offenses really come into life with a tight end like this. We don't have one right now. And so might you want to give up Riley Moss for that? And I, you know, me, I'm diehard and way too overly loyal to the current players on this team. But Sam LaPorta for Riley Moss, deal straight up. I think I'm taking it. Next guy on this list is going to be Kyle Pitts. Now, this is a guy, to me, he just got a new deal with his team, but like a very, very talented tight end, but always the kind of player who you're... I wanted to show a couple more of LaPorta here, but he was always the kind of player, in my mind, who was better when you're drafting him in fantasy than he ever ended up being. But we also know that he never had... had consistent quarterback play that right, right now they kind of have consistent quarterback play, but really it's, uh, you see, uh, you know, who's that guy, the, the Michael Penix Jr. there who has a star Wars day. And then the next week he'll, he'll go play Tampa Bay and only, you know, have a horrible quarterback percentage and, and have more interceptions than completions in a game. So I think Kyle Pitts could absolutely light it up in this offense. Uh, and again, you're looking here, he's never even had a thousand yard season, even though He has been the man there and has been like one of their biggest assets. So the asking price for Kyle Pitts, because he has a pretty big deal currently right now that the Broncos would have to assume, they're saying that the asking price would be a third round draft pick. So really what we want here is if that's going to be an estimation, we kind of actually want to root this week against the Falcons winning and make it really seem like they're kind of in tanking mode and want out of here because we know the trade deadline is just around the corner here. Next name on this list that I thought is an interesting one and probably the most possible one, and this is going to be Dallas Goedert with the Philadelphia Eagles. We know that anytime you're losing your starting quarterback and you're out for the season, Um, that is not a good sign. And Dallas Goedert was really like, um, was Sam Laporta and he was Trey McBride before either of those guys. This is the oldest guy on this list. He really probably only has a couple of years left in the tank, but I think he still has him. Like I really do. And, and he's a guy who, who was the lead blocker there at tight end when Saquon Barkley had his 2000 yard season just a year ago or two years ago, I guess. Uh, and he is 31 years old. The real downside for him is the fact that he is injured fairly often. But really, man, we are now at this home stretch here. We're like, hey, we need you to stay healthy for 12 games left. That's what we have left to get all the way to the Super Bowl is give us 12 good games, and then you can ride off into the sunset with another Super Bowl ring. And you've seen some seasons from him, you know, where he does have 600 yards and 11 touchdowns. This season, he is way off of that pace. But again, he's been playing without his quarterback for a long time. And really looking back at 2025, it is the 11 touchdowns that he had, a red zone nightmare. And we've already seen Sean Payton able to just scheme up score after score after score in the red zone, right? Like we had three red zone trips against the Chiefs and three scores, despite having a tight end who scared anybody because Sean Payton. That is where he becomes a mastermind is when you put him into the red zone. So I love the idea of a Dallas Goddard and the asking price for him is going to be one of the cheapest of any of these that they're really saying a fifth round draft pick would get it done because we've already seen the Philadelphia Eagles part ways with AJ Brown part ways with a guard there, one of their starting guards, they lost their center and now they don't have a quarterback the rest of the season. So I think that is a very, very real possibility that we'll be covering on Monday now. Last two names on this list, you wouldn't have any trade list and Sean Payton listed without thinking about a New Orleans Saint. And we're going to talk here about Juwan Johnson, not far off of the age of what we had there with Dallas Goddard, but a very, very great player, a guy who does actually have connections to Sean Payton. And we've seen here, you know, almost thousand yard season. And that was not that far ago. That was last season with Tyler Shuck. And this was a guy who I actually had on a couple of my fantasy teams for a long time. This guy always getting open. And then I think he might be that inline blocker that you really need. And when you think about a joker, it is him because he is so big and he's a fantastic run blocker. I think he's the highest run blocker of this entire group. And he's got crazy hands for a guy at that size. I mean, that reminds you of like Odell Beckham, yet he is. built like an absolute offensive lineman. So a 6'4 dude who weighs 200, I think he's up now closer to 250 pounds and a really good run blocker as well out of there and connections to Sean Payton. The last guy on this list is a guy who I actually had done a profile of in the draft last season. And the reason I think he might actually be an option is that we saw... The New York Jets pick him in the second round last season. Well, then this season in the first round, they drafted Kenyon Sadiq, that tight end from Oregon that a lot of us liked. And so really, like the Jets are have all these first round picks. They know they need to rebuild this team. Might they try to cash in on their tight end? Because Kenyon Sadiq is the answer there. They don't really need two of these guys. And this is a guy who I think has a incredibly high upside. Played at LSU for a long time. Really, really talented ball catcher and a very talented blocker, and he's young. I guess the reason he might not fit this timeline is like Sean Payton wants to win right now, and he's only a second-year player, and he has not played in this system. And I think that's a difference is like we need a guy who can help us win this season and is a second-year player that, but we've seen him like score touchdowns. I think this was even... This was last week. He goes up and mosses this guy against the Miami Dolphins. But either way, like the meta narrative of all of this, you guys, is that Sean Payton knows this Super Bowl window is open right now. And if you're making calls about a player who is the best at that position, Sean Payton is leaving no stone unturned. And I think this is going to be a wild couple of days because I think we're going to beat the Carolina Panthers. And while all of us are celebrating and can't wait for that bye week, I think Sean Payton is going to be on the phone all. Ride home to Denver tomorrow. I think he's going to be on the phone all day Monday and Tuesday. And I think the Broncos are loading up to win it all this year. And that's something we can all believe in.