The Broncos are pathetic

Singing Thomas, after cutting Amendola and saving his cap, would be amazing.

Would instantly give Tom the downfield threat he's lacked since Moss was traded.

I see no problem having DT on this team.

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I was mostly kidding. He's way too soft and disappears in big games. There's no way he would take a major pay cut, as I am sure there are teams willing to give him a ton of money.

I value him at no more than $2-3 million per year though.

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You serious? He's worth Amendola's salary imo. He isn't a star #1 but he would be a great fit with Lafell, Edelman and Gronk, with Tyms and Dobson in the mix as well, it could be a very talented, big and physical group.

Foxyboro said:

Demaryius Thomas career vs the pats:

2011 reg season- 7 catches, 116 yds

2012 playoffs- 6 catches 93 yds

Keep in mind both of those games above were with tebow

2012 reg season- 9 catches 180 yds, 1 fumble

2013 reg season- 4 catches 41 yds, 1 td

2014 playoffs- 7 catches 134 yds, 1 td

2014 reg season- 7 catches 127 yds

And yes I did watch all these games. No I'm not just looking at box scores

There are an abundance of reasons denver falls apart in big games, especially games against the patriots. DT isn't really one of those reasons. As stated by others, he was by far Denver's best player in the SB, and really thier only player to even show up.

The only real knock on DT is that SOMETIMES not always, he doesn't play as physically as he can for a guy his size, but that doesn't mean he's not a big game player. He's physicality is inconsistent. He's still a top 5 WR in the game (calvin, Aj green, Julio jones, dez, Dt in no particular order)

As for where he goes? I would absolutely love to have him here, he would make this offense even more lethal if that's even possible. Unfortuanely just knowing the way the patriots do business, combined with DT rumored asking price, there's a 0% chance he signs here. Maybe in a perfect world, but not reality.

I personally think he lands in Indy. Great fit for both sides IMO

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Not talking about the SB. That was yesteryear and is hardly relevant, IMHO. But you are entitled to your opinion, as am I. His most recent outing is more indicative of where he is right now. He dropped a lot of balls that were catchable. Stats usually do not tell the whole story, so . . .

Peyton Manning said: "I would rather lose at home and be one-and-done for a 9th time, than to lose to Tom Brady again"

MrNathanDrake said:

Peyton Manning said: "I would rather lose at home and be one-and-done for a 9th time, than to lose to Tom Brady again"

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He loses to Tom whether they play each other or not.

Rob0729 said:

The Broncos are a soft team. It came from their head coach and their QB. Manning folds whenever things go bad for him. He has the heart of a coward. And when the rest of the team see that in their QB of course they lose faith in themselves as a team. They quit on the Colts.

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It's a well know fact that Fox caters to Peyton. Fox is a puppet. The QB should not dictate the team & HC.

That is not the case in Foxboro!

PATS16N0 said:

Peyton Manning is a locker room cancer. He took a team talented and hungry enough to make the Divisional Round with Tebow running around 35 yards behind the line of scrimmage like a chicken with no head, and basically just killed them in his quest for stats. No heart, no fire, no determination, no grit.

Now their entire team wants to leave.

A Denver rebuild SHOULD have looked like a simple moving on from the QB position. Instead it might look like rats fleeing a sinking ship, and all their homegrown McDaniels-drafted super-talent will be hitting the road and trying to get the hell out of there.

lolololololololol

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Not that I'd want him when we have TFB, but I would love to see how BB would handle Peyton being his QB. Peyton would not call the shots on a BB team and I wouldn't be shocked to see him benched for a game as BB makes his point.

BB would NEVER allow Peyton to wave the punt team off like he did to Dungy.

Deus Irae said:

The way they (particularly Peyton) were playing at the end, can you really blame them? If Brady was playing that same way, the Patriots wouldn't want any part of Seattle.

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First post in the thread that really echoes my thoughts.

I'd take it even further and say that Denver's game-planning assumes a Manning at QB who was a lot more capable or healthy than the Manning they actually had, so it would be appropriate for the players to be pessimistic about it working.

That's even apart from any consideration of Manning getting his receivers lit up.

The Gr8est said:

Not that I'd want him when we have TFB, but I would love to see how BB would handle Peyton being his QB. Peyton would not call the shots on a BB team and I wouldn't be shocked to see him benched for a game as BB makes his point.

BB would NEVER allow Peyton to wave the punt team off like he did to Dungy.

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The latest argument of crazy, deranged Peyton apologists, is that he would have had a thousand Superbowl rings if he played for Belichick. In reality, three things would have happened:

1. Peyton would not have made the Superbowl in 2001, 2003, and 2004, never mind defeat the Rams, Panthers, and Eagles in the actual Superbowl itself.

2. Peyton would not have had his same stats, playing outside his Indy dome with the nobody receivers Tom has spent most of his career making lemonade from lemons with.

3. Belichick would of traded Manning for draft picks after his pathetic playoff performances began to establish him as a post-season choker, rather than continue to go one-and-done against underdogs purely to stroke Peyton's ego like his Indy coaches had.

You all who want him here...I get it, but you are all sleeping on mr Dobson


And his salary is already on the books

PScottman said:

Until someone offers him $10m a year (which someone will). Think Vincent Jackson. The Raiders, Panthers, even the Jets - someone is going to offer him stupid money and he's absolutely going to take it over a "chance to win" - he can do that on his 'next contract' like most players who finish their second deal, are in that low-30s age bracket, and then remember legacy is not just statistical in nature...unless that statistic includes championships.

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If he is willing to play for $10 million a year, teams will be fighting over each other to sign him. That kind of money is good, not great WR money and would represent him taking a significant discount. There are six WRs who make $11 million or more (Vincent Jackson, Mike Wallace, Dwayne Bowe, Percy Harvin, Larry Fitzgerald, and Calvin Johnson) with four of them making $12 million a year or more and two of them making $16 million a year or more. And Thomas is better than 5 of them right now (only Megatron is better than Thomas).

People are throwing around $10 million a year like it is break the bank type of money, but that would be a lowball offer for Thomas. He is going to look for Megatron/Fitzgerald money (over $16 million a year) and might settle for Harvin money ($14.5 million a year). The projected franchise tag for WRs is around $12.8 million. So there is no way he is taking less than the franchise tag as his yearly salary.

If a team is going to overpay for him, they are offering $17 million a year. Thomas' agent isn't picking up the telephone for $10 million a year. If he did, the Broncos would already have him locked up with a long term deal.

My guess is if Thomas and/or Bryant get to the open market, the league could possibly have his first $17 million a year WR.

If Thomas is willing to sign for $10 million a year and he becomes a free agent, the Pats should consider signing him. The problem is he would never take so little. As a WR who has gotten over 90 catches, 1,400 yards, and double digit TDs in each of the last three seasons; he is going to look for elite WR money.

http://overthecap.com/position/wide-receiver/

Anyone saying they wouldn't want DT at all is crazy. Anyone saying they wouldn't want him at the price he'll command in FA is just being reasonable.

No wonder the Bronco's coaching staff was axed the day after Indy win. The Bronco's management knew that the defeatist attitude is a coaching fault.

Regarding DT coming to Foxboro, forget about it. Any available extra penny in cap space and in real money next year is going to Darrelle, including Amendola's.

For the love of god no...

We don't need Demarius Thomas, and if we did make an epic mistake in signing him, we wouldn't be able to retain other key guys like McCourty, Revis, Vereen, Ghostkowski, etc..

Keep in mind that we have some other guys coming up on the end of their rookie deals in 2016 that will demand monster contracts like Chandler Jones and Dante Hightower.

We simply don't have the cap room to carry a top 5 WR contract, which is for sure what DT will get from free agency. We have a potent enough offense as it is.. LaFell will be that much better next year in the system.. maybe by some miracle Aaron Dobson will finally live up to his draft status and talent potential and be a solid #3 WR for us by im not holding my breath...

Point is, we have plenty of veterans on offense to hold the fort, they just need to actually draft a WR that can learn the offense.

I'd prefer to have Revis than DT. I think we'll try our luck on WRs in the 2nd round again. Honestly, I'd much rather do that than overpay a WR by $10m.

BTW, living in Denver, this article is gold. Everyone here has the mentality of, "hopefully everybody else loses, so we don't have to play to win a game."

turkeyneck said:

Thinking it or saying it, he's too soft for the patriots. Do not want.

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He's practically the only one who showed up against Seattle last year.

JarOfMayo51 said:

For the love of god no...

We don't need Demarius Thomas, and if we did make an epic mistake in signing him, we wouldn't be able to retain other key guys like McCourty, Revis, Vereen, Ghostkowski, etc..

Keep in mind that we have some other guys coming up on the end of their rookie deals in 2016 that will demand monster contracts like Chandler Jones and Dante Hightower.

We simply don't have the cap room to carry a top 5 WR contract, which is for sure what DT will get from free agency. We have a potent enough offense as it is.. LaFell will be that much better next year in the system.. maybe by some miracle Aaron Dobson will finally live up to his draft status and talent potential and be a solid #3 WR for us by im not holding my breath...

Point is, we have plenty of veterans on offense to hold the fort, they just need to actually draft a WR that can learn the offense.

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Schmo said:

I'd prefer to have Revis than DT. I think we'll try our luck on WRs in the 2nd round again. Honestly, I'd much rather do that than overpay a WR by $10m.

BTW, living in Denver, this article is gold. Everyone here has the mentality of, "hopefully everybody else loses, so we don't have to play to win a game."

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It's funny how this thread about DT on the eve of the team going to, and likely winning, the SB. I'm all for improving but c'mon. I'd rather retain core guys like the ones that will be playing tomorrow than to go out and spend big money on a guy who I believe only marginally improves the offense. I know many will disagree with that statement, but this team was again in the top five in almost all offensive categories. LaFell can get behind the defense. Edelman can get behind the defense. Gronk can get behind the defense. At some point signing more people just becomes the law of diminishing returns.

Exactly. If the price is right, sign him. I think team building is about getting the biggest bang for your buck. Even with the "junk and garbage" that other posters think we have at receiving positions, we are ranked whatever in terms of overall offense. How much would that change with DT instead. Now on the other side add a OL person for that price or a RB and how much of a difference would that make.

great player but after this god awful statement.... DT please take out your maxi pad-
Although, you should be afraid, be veeeeerrry afraid-
I think DT looks under his bed at night for Bill Belichick... what a nancy