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Denver Broncos Roster Cuts Candidates: Odds For Top Names
The longest NFL era playoff drought in Denver Broncos history has stretched across eight seasons now, with the team last reaching the postseason when Peyton Manning led the club to a Super Bowl title in 2015.
In Year Two of the Sean Payton era in Denver, the teamās front office has opted to start anew with rookie quarterback Bo Nix coming in to compete for the starting quarterback job after the club jettisoned Russell Wilson to Pittsburgh. Keeps tabs on the Broncos Starting QB odds here.
That youthful leadership is part of the reason why oddsmakers arenāt buying into Denverās chances in 2024, with oddsmakers from Bet365 Colorado pinning the teamās preseason win total over/under at 5.5.
That number means the Broncos playoff chances pretty much speak for themselves, for now.
Between now and then, Payton and his staff have to trim the teamās roster down to 53 players, which means several veterans are about to find themselves out of a job as the summer gives way to fall.
With the post-June 1st deadline allowing teams to cut players and save more salary, BetColorado.com took a break from highlighting Colorado sportsbooks and developed hypothetical odds of players to be cut from the Broncos roster prior to the 2024 NFL season. Only players over $1 million in cap hit were included.
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Most Likely Denver Broncos to be Cut in 2024
Player | Cap Hit | Savings (If Cut) | Odds To Be Cut | Percent Chance To Be Cut |
DT D.J. Jones | $12.9M | $9.9M | +125 | 44.4% |
WR Tim Patrick | $7.1M | $1.1M | -300 | 75.0% |
QB Jarrett Stidham | $7.0M | $5.0M | +700 | 12.5% |
RB Samaje Perine | $4.5M | $3.0M | +800 | 11.1% |
CB Tremon Smith | $3.2M | $2.5M | +200 | 33.3% |
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Jarrett Stidham Among Those In Trouble?
When broken down solely by potential salary cap hit, eighth-year defensive tackle D.J. Jones would be the biggest name on our list of Broncos players to be cut, with the sixth round pick out of Ole Miss having a $12.9 million hit, providing Denver savings of $9.9 million if heās jettisoned before the leagueās deadline. When you look at it from the viewpoint of the Broncos players most likely to be cut, injury-prone veterans like wide receiver Tim Patrick (who has missed the last two seasons with an ACL and an Achilles tendon tear) ranks ahead of Jones, with the former coming in at -300 while the latter is listed at +125.
Cutting Patrick would save Denver $1.1 million on a salary cap hit of $7.1 million for 2024, which is much lower than the potential savings from moving on from Jones on the defensive line, but speaks to the veteran wideout from Utahās ongoing health issues.
Other names that could be on the firing line this year include cornerback Tremon Smith (+200), quarterback Jarrett Stidham (+700) and running back Samaje Perine (+800), with the final three having a combined salary cap hit of $13.7 million and a total savings of $10.5 million if they arenāt included on the teamās final 53-man roster in 2024.
Regardless of which Broncos players are cut from that final roster, thereās bound to be several well-known players that find themselves out of a job this summer, speaking to the brutal nature of the NFLās win-now culture and the relative scarcity of roster spots for a contact sport like American football.
Also of interest: Denver Broncos 2024 Win Total.
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