HUGE TASK: Denver Broncos Extending GM George Paton is BIGGEST PRIORITY
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Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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The Denver Broncos are riding the high of a 14-3 season and a number one seed here, but they got to find a way to lock in general manager George Payton for the long haul.
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Happy Friday, Broncos country. Welcome into another episode of Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network in the country. Thanks to all of you everydayers out there. Thanks for tuning in, making us your first listen, however you choose to do so. Here's the Broncos. They will have a practice day. There will obviously be the announcement of the All Pros.
Why do the Broncos need to urgently extend GM George Paton?
That stuff will come out here, but they do not play this week as they get ready to watch everybody in Wild Card Weekend. Today we're going to go through and tell you why the Broncos need to find a way to extend general manager George Payton fast because his contract is expiring and he's earned a well-deserved extension. Plus, we'll dive into and predict the AFC wildcard weekend, which matchups we have our eyes on, and more importantly, who is the ideal opponent for the Broncos when they open up in the NFL divisional round. You get all that here on today's episode of the show. Brought to you by our friends over there at FanDuel. The wildcard round is here, and FanDuel is officially in playoff mode, so visit FanDuel.com.
an official sportsbook partner of the NFL, and grab your profit boost pack every NFL playoff game day. I'm Cody Roark, credentialed Broncos reporter for Mile High Sports, joined as always by Sarah Benninger, site expert of their predominantly orange.com. Sarah, lost in the shuffle of a 14-3 season, the number one seed. A lot of people are talking about coach of the year for Sean Payton. A lot of people are talking about this guy, that guy, and the other guy, but nobody seems to be talking about general manager George Payton, who, in my opinion, I think has such a great case for executive of the year here. And George's job, obviously what he has done since taking over as a GM, has been remarkable here.
But he is on the fifth of a six-year deal here with the team, Sarah, and so his deal could be expiring soon. Could we see an extension for George Payton?
I think we have to. I think the Broncos have to make a move to extend George Payton. No general manager has ever had to deal with one player taking up $90 million in dead cap, or I guess $85 million to be exact, right? But obviously the Denver Broncos, they've put a lot of money towards Russell Wilson on the salary cap these last two years at least, and they were still literally paying him last year. So it's kind of crazy to think about, Cody, what the Broncos have been able to accomplish despite the fact that I mean, and that's, you know, some people will argue, hey, that's the bed that George Payton made when he brought in Russell Wilson via trade. You make the blockbuster trade, the whole story with John Schneider at the combine and the napkins at the bar.
Right. And you're drawing up the whole trade. And it was supposed to be a franchise altering move to wake up what George Payton dubbed a sleeping giant when he took the job back in 2021. but ultimately the sleeping giant was somewhere deeper within the the i guess if you had to climb up the beanstalk to find him he was somewhere deeper in there truly because it required the right head coach to come in and be the straw that stirs the drink and i think obviously there's so much that we can unpack for the first couple of years of george payton's tenure as the general manager of this team versus the last couple years with sean payton So it's a really interesting situation here because he clearly drafted well early on, and now we're looking at the benefits of that with no first-round picks in 2022 or 2023, barely even second-round picks in those drafts, but absolutely smashing the draft in 2021 and then getting key core players in the drafts that followed that, bringing in Sean Payton, identifying Bo Nix as a target for your quarterback position.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:56
2
Why do the Broncos need to urgently extend GM George Paton?
0:56–12:09
3
How has George Paton built the Broncos roster despite Russell Wilson dead cap?
12:09–19:44
4
Which draft picks and undrafted signings highlight Paton’s success?
19:44–33:06
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