Rebuilding Timeline

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Based on the job John Elway has done this far I predict us to become/becoming elite in 2013. He has made mostly good FA aquistions so far. (MaGahee, Bunkley) He has made great staff moves. (Hiring John Fox, JDR, Sullivan) and a pretty decent 1st draft. (Miller, Franklin, Carter). I have no doubts he will add two great value starters this offseason and a minimum of 2 starters through the draft. I expect our defense to be no less than top 15 next year. I am optimistic that Tebow will improve drastically over the next two years making him a GOOD ENOUGH/NOT GREAT qb. In 2013 they will be serious SB contenders.

[omegaxla49]

Everyone keeps suggesting Brandon Carr, but I don't see the Chiefs letting him go so easy. One person I really want, so long as the Titans don't Franchise him, is Cortland Finnegan. I know he may seem like trouble but he's too damn talented for us to not at least try to get him.

I believe we need maybe 2-4 more explosive/great level talent and some better depth before we become elite.

I'll preface this by saying I'm not the biggest fan of him but, I think Tebow can develop into a better QB, at least good enough to keep the passing game going. A lot of people blame Tebow for the lack of production during games, but I really believe the blame is 60% play-calling and 40% Tebow. We were always ultra conservative in our play calling and people say it's because of Timmy but I can't know for sure because we never opened the playbook for him. I think with a full year of off-season work, OTAs and training camps, Tebow can take a good stride in his development as a QB.

[AntiSuperstar]

Conservatism was not the problem with last year's offense. It is what was right with the offense, and especially when Tebow became the Quarterback. People need to stop complaining about the team being conservative. Our defense was good, our running game was productive, we won games because the team played conservative. If anything we should have been more conservative last year and ditched half of those read/option plays for draw plays.

What was wrong with our offense is that the passing game lacked any real design outside of a handful of plays that rarely went for big gains(Playoff game against Pittsburgh being the big exception), we often failed to see what worked well and what did not, and that we did not place mismatches on the field.

We could have went our jolly way doing this if the team had stayed turnover free like they had been during the streak of winning games but teams stopped playing stupid against Tebow(and you have to be a stupid defense not to force turnovers against Tim Tebow) and our backs started fumbling. Hopefully next season we become a more conservative, more creative team to cover up for the weaknesses of Tebow and McCoy. We're not quite the 49ers yet but maybe one day this team can reach that point on offense.
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[copeland]

I don't think you can put a time line on it.
At the end of the season, everyone was calling for them to draft and sign FA's that would help Tebow(the general mentality was that he will never be a "prototypical passer"). Weapons for Tebow was the word of the day. Take the pressure off of him.
Now, everyone is back to the BPA(the route I prefer) strategy. I don't think either is an indictment of Tebow, or a praise. But one philosophy will aid Tebow, and the other invests alot into his Fundamental improvement in a short period.
I think, before we can asnwer this question at all, it needs to be Feb. 9th, 2013. This means we have a better understanding of how good the FO is(or not), if Tebow is the guy, and is the team as a whole, improved from where they are now. Too many ifs, too soon to tell IMO.
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[broncofan48]

My guess? 2015 at the earliest. I believe with the schedule next year and maybe a little less luck, Denver isn't going to finish above .500.

Whether or not it's because of him, I think Tebow will not be brought back, I like the guy but I really don't think he has an NFL skill set, and even if he improves, I think he will be the scapegoat if the season is a bad one. That said I think Denver drafts a QB early next year. Maybe Barkley but who knows who will be the best after next years college football season. So the 2013 will hopefully be our true QBOTFs rookie season, so by his 3rd season if he is actually great, we will be close to becoming "elite". That gives EFX 4 offseasons to get the defense to where it needs to be and install some dynamic playmakers on offense.

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