A Universal Rule Of Football

Within the last few days things in the NFL have become a whole lot crazier than they were last week. It is at these times whether it be in life, or through the microscope of football you have to go back to what you know. A universal rule if you will. Free agency hasn't even started yet, and we have players bouncing all over the league. Bronco fans such as myself are upset that Aqib Talib was traded, the Cleveland Browns have begun cashing in on their salary cap, and draft pick riches with the trades for Jarvis Landry and Tyrod Taylor. The LA Rams getting rid of Ogletree, and as I mentioned getting Aqib Talib. Quite frankly things have become crazy in the NFL.

So what is a Bronco fan, or any football fan suppose to think? How do we make sense of all of this? In my life experience when things are crazy you go back to what you know to be correct. This is a Denver sports blog so I will only speak for Denver fans, but there's some free advice for you if you are not a Denver sports fan but still read the blog. There is a universal rule in football that the teams with the best offensive and defensive lines will usually be most successful. The NFL, through free agency, is designed to give every team the ability to literally transform themselves into a Super Bowl contender in one offseason. On average two thirds of every NFL team will turn over during each offseason, and that is why you're never more than a year away from having that hope of being a Super Bowl contender again. The league has changed since the days of John Elway, Dan Marino, and Joe Montana. Where if you were lucky you get a QB who can single handedly take you to the promised land. Those days are over. This is why you can see a guy like Joe Flacco look like the next John Elway one year, and then look like the next Jeff George the next. With all the changes that happen every year one rule still applies, and that is the team with the better lines on offense and defense will usually have the most success.

This is why any plan that the Broncos have to "rebuild" has to be centered around rebuilding their offensive, and defensive lines. Derek Wolfe has neck issues, Domata Peko is aging, Adam Gotsis made big strides this past season, and they are moving Demarcus Walker back to defensive end. I will be the first to say it isn't enough. This will be a need that will also need to be addressed in the draft. Moving on to the offensive line, which is a unit that the front office has tried to address the last few off seasons, but have failed miserably. The Broncos turn over 2 to 3 starters on the offensive line every year, and that needs to stop. The quickest way for Denver to turn things around is fix their lines is to draft a guy like Quentin Nelson, and then go for the "sexy" players in the later rounds of the draft and free agency.