One offseason move each NFL team must make

Denver Broncos-Draft Drew Lock

For all his credentials as a Hall of Fame quarterback, John Elway has struggled to find a quarterback for the Broncos as the team’s general manager. Take away getting Peyton Manning after he was cut by the Colts, which was more of a sales pitch than an evaluation of talent, and the misses (Brock Osweiler, Paxton Lynch) are notable

Case Keenum turned back into who he is last season, and the Broncos can cut him while essentially taking on a wash financially ($10 million in dead cap, while clearing $11 million in cap space). At minimum, someone to legitimately compete with Keenum for the starting job has to be brought in this offseason.

Lock is arguably the second-best quarterback in this year’s draft class, and he took the first step toward locking himself in as a first-round pick with a good showing at the Senior Bowl. Denver is in good position to take a quarterback at No. 10 overall in April’s draft, and they seem to have Lock heavily on their radar.

Assuming the early part of the draft goes pretty much as expected, at least in terms of what positions are taken, the Jacksonville Jaguars (No. 7 overall) look like Denver’s closest competition to draft Lock. A move up to get him can’t be ruled out, but the Broncos could just sit and hope Lock falls to them.