Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - REDSHIRT: Why Denver Broncos Rookie OL Kage Casey Might DEVELOP and Sit In 2026

Episode Date: July 1, 2026

Denver Broncos rookie offensive lineman Kage Casey has the hardest path to playing time going into his rookie season because of the strength of their starters and depth players on the offensive line. ...Cody Roark and Sayre Bedinger discuss the vision for Casey, where he best projects on the Broncos offensive line, how Ben Powers final year opens up opportunity for him in 2027, and how Casey could compete with Alex Palczewski.   Cody Roark is a credentialed beat reporter for Mile High Sports and covers the Broncos daily in person. Sayre Bedinger is the site expert for Predominantly Orange. Both bring Broncos Country the most in-depth and objective coverage of the Denver Broncos.   WANT MORE DAILY DENVER BRONCOS CONTENT? For all of the latest Denver Broncos news today --   Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms 🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-broncos/   Locked On NFL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, & More 🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/leagues/nfl/   📲 Cody Roark Twitter / (https://twitter.com/codyroarknfl) 📲 Cody Roark Instagram / (https://instagram.com/codyroarknfl) 📲  Sayre Bedinger Twitter / (https://twitter.com/sayrebedinger)   Everydayer Club   If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. one 📲 https://lockedonbroncos.supercast.com/   TEXT LINE: Support the show and interact with us on Denver Broncos rumors, News, Game Previews, Q&A's, and more. 📲 https://joinsubtext.com/c/lockedonbroncos 📲 TEXT: (720) 580-5759   📢 Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Odoo Great organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon.   FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. From the opening whistle to the final kick, Let There Be Goals on FanDuel. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started now.   Square If you’re starting a business, or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at https://square.com/go/LockedOnNFL.   Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast.   FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Denver Broncos invested capital in this year's NFL draft on an offensive lineman. What can Cage Casey become for the Broncos in 2026, if anything? You are locked on Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. What's up, Broncos country? Cody Roark, Sarah Beninger here for another episode, Lockdown Broncos. Today show is brought to you by our friends over there at Fandul, the biggest stage in world soccer. It's here.
Starting point is 00:00:32 Let there be goals on Fandual. Visit Fandu.com. get started now as we focus our rookie preview now on Broncos offensive lineman cage casey who is selected after jonah coleman we've done that series so far this week so if you missed jonah colman yesterday go back and check it out tyler on the other day go back and check it out we got you covered here but we'll go through cage casey in a unique position right here probably not in line to play many offensive snaps if any at all in 2026 but if he does what does that look like how will cage casey's addition to this roster impact Denver's offensive line the rotation
Starting point is 00:01:05 at certain positions where he's projected to fit. Plus we'll go through all that on today's episode of the show. So Sarah, let's dive into it here. Cage Casey, a player for the Broncos that they've done extensive background work on dating back two years prior to when he was drafted when the Boise State Broncos, ironically enough, another Bronco connection there, when they were evaluating Ashton Genty in the pre-draft process, they were watching a lot at him, but they were never going to be in a position to take him.
Starting point is 00:01:31 And then all of a sudden, they're now looking at that offensive line, a unit that the Broncos believe is going to be the most important. It permeates throughout the entire building. Well, they got two years of extensive background on Cage Casey. He's played a lot of football at Boise State has been available and has been an impact player at tackle. But where does he project potentially in the NFL? Well, the Broncos feel like he has starter qualities at guard or even center.
Starting point is 00:01:56 We heard that during the time of the NFL draft. And I know Cage Casey probably not going to sell a lot of jerseys for the fan base, although he did pick a good one, Cody. I mean, number 78 as an homage to a fellow former Boise State alum, Ryan Clayty, absolutely love that connection and love that he chose that. But I think he could end up being one of the most important picks from this draft class. It's just not going to be instant gratification, right? I think maybe Cage Casey, I'm not saying stylistically or like,
Starting point is 00:02:24 oh, man, I broke down the film on both of these guys and they look identical. But I do think Cage Casey could sort of be the Broncos version of what Elton Jenkins once was for the Green Bay Packers and that he's going to find a long-term landing spot somewhere along the offensive line. We believe it's probably going to be at left guard and we'll break that down. But I think what Cage Casey gives you is, you know, a lot of long-term upside with not a lot of draft capital invested. Although he, I think, Cody, if memory serves me correctly, I believe Cage Casey is
Starting point is 00:02:57 the second highest offensive linemen selected by George Payton in his tenure with the Broncos. Quinn Miners was obviously a third round selection. And then I think that Cage Casey is the next highest pick because it's really been mostly late round guys or day three guys that the Broncos have drafted to their offensive line. They've signed and supplemented in other ways to upgrade the offensive line through free agency. And so this is a pretty important pick. I think Cage Casey was drafted with the intent.
Starting point is 00:03:28 What George Payton said going into day three, we want to find guys that we believe have starter traits like starter upside on day three of the draft. And then their top two picks, Jonah Coleman and Cage Casey. I think this is a far more important pick than just the initial allure of you draft an offensive lineman, you get another big man up front. Man, it's not going to be the most popular pick amongst the fan base, but it might be one of the most important. And it gives him a chance to come in right away, I'd say as a rookie, if we're talking about
Starting point is 00:03:57 maybe how we project him is coming in and learning inside of this offensive scheme that the Broncos believe they have one of the best in the NFL in terms of O lines, offensive line coaches and Zach Streif. And what are the things that he did well at Boise State? I mean, heck, he was part of an offense that had the nation's leading rusher that were averaging 240 yards per game there in Ashton Genty. The big reason why also is because of the offensive line. Look, Ashton Genti was a generational talent, the running back position.
Starting point is 00:04:23 But he also had help on the O line. They had a gritty offensive line. And I think that has to account for something. So what are those traits, even though he played a left tackle? that could translate well to, I think, left guard that could translate well, maybe even to center. I mean, right now the Broncos have Luke Wattenberg locked up for the long term at the center position. So it doesn't seem likely that Cage will play there. But what is good about his versatility, and the Broncos believe this, he could play tackle guard center.
Starting point is 00:04:48 He can play three positions. That gives you a little bit more influx in the event and injury pops up. Well, you could slide this guy here. I think right now, just if we had to base it on what we've seen last year, what we've seen, seen so far at OTAs in mini camp, I think Cajie's going to be in line for a red shirt season unless there is an injury on the offensive line. But I do think that the long term outlook, which could come next year, Sarah, could be in fact him playing left guard and starting at left guard in 2027, considering that Ben Powers is in the last year of his deal. Yeah, Ben Powers, obviously,
Starting point is 00:05:23 part of that free agency class when Sean Payton initially came aboard the Denver Broncos back in 23 and we saw how bad the run game was without Ben Powers out there. I mean, I'm not saying that he was the lynch pin holding everything together in terms of the running, but certainly the results were a lot better when he was out there. And to your point, like the Broncos didn't necessarily have like the most, I guess, solidified backup plans on the offensive line last year. Remember, Alex Palchesec started a bunch of games at left guard. And the Broncos now view him as a valuable depth piece who can do that.
Starting point is 00:05:57 But like they said during the season, that is not like we didn't even know he could play on the last side. We've never seen him do it. So they had to ask him to do something that I guess that he became comfortable doing, but certainly, you know, had never planned on doing. And then it starts to kind of highlight, okay, what's our, what's our plan if Garrett Bowles misses any time? Like, do we really believe in Frank Crum being out there or do we want to keep Crum in that sort of reporting as eligible role? Now you have a guy in Cage Casey who projects at. as I believe Cody, I think he's going to be active on game days. I don't know that.
Starting point is 00:06:33 Maybe not. Maybe it'll be more so crumb and Palchewski. And I don't know, we'll see. But if he offers that three position versatility, tackle guard center, you have to figure that they'll want him to be ready to go in the event that, you know, Garrett does have to come off the field or Ben Powers does have to come off the field because then you can just keep the entire operation flowing. That was something that last year we saw, hey,
Starting point is 00:06:57 when injuries start to pile up on the offensive line, you don't want to be having to like a baseball lineup say, hey, this is our everyday third baseman, but now he's going to play center field. And then our center field is going to have to move to left field. And that's not the ideal way. You want to have somebody who maybe not just a versatility matters, right?
Starting point is 00:07:15 But it's not just about having specialists who do certain things. It's about having guys who are comfortable in certain roles. And Cage, he played a lot of football. I think he had 41 starts at left tackle at Boise State. So he's going to be able to step into that role, whereas otherwise you're asking somebody to, hey, Crum, we know you're the reporting as eligible guy.
Starting point is 00:07:34 You're practicing a completely different role every single day throughout the week. But now we need you to go fill in for Garrett Bowles. Now you can kind of keep that operation flowing and really have true depth that knows what they're doing when they come on to the field. I think that's going to be a hard part for Casey because as much experience as he has, so is Frank Crum. So does Palacheschi. But that is a good thing here for this Denver Brum. Broncos Offensive line. We'll go through and talk a little bit further about how Casey and his
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Starting point is 00:09:47 Cody, the implications of the KH Casey Pick are much more of the long-term variety. as we know, the Broncos emphasized continuity. Roster continuity has been the hallmark for the last couple of off seasons, actually. But they bring back 94% of their snaps from a year ago, including the entire starting five on the offensive line. There were some big questions going into the offseason about, is Ben Power is going to be back? Is he not?
Starting point is 00:10:13 Could he be cut? Could he be traded? What's the situation there? The Broncos ultimately decide to bring him back at his full cap hit this season, which is substantial, right? over 18 million. So you bring in Ben Powers. We bring him back after a season that was played by injuries.
Starting point is 00:10:29 But now you've got additional insurance and you've got a future potential starter that you believe in right behind him on the depth chart that could, I mean, this could be the kind of paved the way year for Cage Casey. Yeah. And look, I think as we look at his rookie season, how he impacts it. I think a lot of it is maybe we come into this, hey, redshirt and mine for him. Because think about it as well. And I know that those guys were undrash,
Starting point is 00:10:53 Like Alex Paucheschi pretty much had a redshirt season undrafted rookie free agent. Frank Crum for the most part undrafted rookie free agent redshirt first season. And then we saw a little bit more of a role going into year two. It could be similar here even though that Casey was drafted by Denver. But I kind of look at him as a if slash then type of role right now here as a rookie. What I mean by that. Okay. So right now, Ben Powers, as you mentioned, returning, if Ben Powers gets hurt, it very much seems
Starting point is 00:11:22 like the Broncos first focus, the first option up is in fact Alex Paucheschi, even though that I think we were all looking at those things like, hey, they liked what Alex Paucheschi did when Powers was out with an injury, but they viewed Powers as a very important piece to that offensive line. So Pauchesky is probably not going to be the long term option there. What I could see happening is, okay, if something happens to Ben Powers, Poucho is the first guy up. Then after that, then KCC moves up in the event, you know, right underneath him, if there's an injury to Powcessky or whatever may be, then he would be the guy who steps in and gets snaps as a rookie.
Starting point is 00:11:59 I think having the ability to play multiple spots, right, center being one of them, Alex Forsyth is still on the roster. So if something were to happen to Luke Wattenberg, Forsyth would be the guy. And there were times last year where we saw Forsyth got banged up. Who was it as well? I'm trying to remember the name. It was Michael Dieter, somebody that nobody really thought of that had to fill in in week 18 against the Chargers because Forsyth got his ankle rolled up on in that.
Starting point is 00:12:22 that game. So Denver's O line. Their depth was tested a little bit here. But I also think, like, while we're looking at 2026, we also have to look ahead. Mike McGlenshy after this season, we'll have one more year left on his deal. Ben Powers, his deal expires after the season. Garrette Bowles has flexibility. Garrett could obviously, I mean, shock everybody. And suddenly, like if the Broncos win a Super Bowl, Gary Bowles could suddenly retire. Like, I don't know. I don't want to throw that out there. I want to throw the Super Bowl possibility out there, but not the retirement aspect here. You have to. to have options across the board. And I think when we look at the depth at every position behind
Starting point is 00:12:57 Quinn Miners, the option right now is Paucheschi, behind Mike McGlinchie. It's Paucheschi, behind Ben Powers. It's Paucheschi primarily. Behind Garrett Bulls right now, it is Frank Crumb. I don't think Frank is viewed as a right tackle option for Denver right now. And then we're not even factored in other undrafted guys like Tyler Miller, who's got six foot nine height to him as well. That could be someone behind McGlenshy here. But Cage Casey's primary projection, right now I think is, hey, this guy can fit in here, here, here, not necessarily as the second guy, but as the third guy. And that's not necessarily a bad thing because what does it do, sir? It gives him time to sit in this system, to sit in the meetings and go through every week
Starting point is 00:13:37 as if he is going to play and he can learn the offense, learn the scheme, he can get the blocking reps in practice, you're going to get the preseason reps. That's going to be where you want to see Casey kind of take a step forward here. But your hope for him is that he doesn't have to play as a rookie right away, which I think that's an ideal projection for him. How do you feel about that? Because once again, one injury or two injuries could entirely change the complexion of this discussion. Right.
Starting point is 00:14:03 And it did last season on multiple occasions. And shout out to Sam Mustafa as well, Cody. He came in late in the season, signed him off the Chargers practice squad. And then I believe he played in that game against the charges that the Broncos had. But you're right. I mean, this is all about the future, right? when you put it the way that you just put it, it's all about the Broncos planning and getting themselves ready
Starting point is 00:14:25 to potentially offload at least some of the money because they have five highly paid starters now on the offensive line. And like you mentioned, McGlinchie will only have one year left on his deal after the season. But the way that McGlinchie speaks about the ownership and the team that he's part of and loving being in Denver and his teammates, like he's so close with his teammates. I view McGlenshy as a guy who's going to get a contract after this season is up.
Starting point is 00:14:53 And I think the Broncos are going to extend him. And I think you won't have his cap hits really sitting in the way, kind of like they are right now. And so that'll free up some money. Powers comes off the books. I think Casey is the guy that the Broncos, I believe internally. I don't know that they'll say it publicly, but I believe internally the Broncos will kind of be saying, hey, like this is our guy to start when Ben walks in free agency. a very, very similar situation to what we had on the defensive side last year with John Franklin Myers.
Starting point is 00:15:23 And then now you have Savion Jones and Tyler O'Needem coming in. But I also think that means that with Cage Casey, we could see some competition in the form of another high draft pick next off season where it could be a guy who plays tackle guard. It could be a guy who plays guard center. But I think that's where the Broncos, they have to look at their roster construction and see, okay, it's kind of cool to think about the fact that Cage Casey is the second highest drafted O lineman behind Quinn Miners on this roster right now. But that's also kind of a like, you know, you kind of clench your teeth and you're like, oh, shoot, like he's the second highest drafted player and he's a fourth round draft pick. And I think that really opens your eyes as a general manager of a team, right?
Starting point is 00:16:05 So to me, this is where you're looking at Cage as valuable depth option, not necessarily the first guy up or the next guy up, but a valuable depth option to have. and somebody who is a, I mean, internally, you're saying this guy is a future starter for us. This guy is a starting left guard as early as 2027. And I think as well kind of leads to another thing. You mentioned competition. It would not shock me if the Broncos competition for starting left guard in 2027, if in fact they don't resign 10 Powers is between Alex Paucheski and Cage Casey.
Starting point is 00:16:39 And that leads to a whole different discussion. What might his role be as a rookie in 2026 will go through that and predict his usage and so much more and hypothesize. Yes, I'm using big words today. Hypothesize some scenarios where he could step on the field as a rookie. Out of all the rookies, Cage Casey seems to have the hardest path to playing time in 2026, but what are some scenarios that could pop up that could predict what that may look like. Could he even play a role on special teams as a rookie?
Starting point is 00:17:08 We're going to go throughout here on today's show. I want to say thank you once again to everyone in Broncos country. All the every day is out there part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day plus the number one sports podcast network in the country. I do feel like in the grand scheme of this discussion here today when we're looking at every rookie here for this Broncos team. It seems like there's a more viable path to play time for all these other rookies as a rookie compared to where Cage Casey is at. And I think is that because the Broncos they drafted and they added him to what they perceive to be a strength because
Starting point is 00:17:39 of the in-house development of other guys that they certainly have had on the roster. I think it makes the conversation very interesting when we talk about predicting his usage. It's harder. to predict his usage compared to Jonah Coleman, Tyler, own yet him. But if he plays, what does that look like here for Denver? I mean, it's tough because we've talked about it. If there's an injury to, I think, Ben Powers, then that means Pauchesky is going to be the first guy up.
Starting point is 00:18:06 Or could quietly during training camp, could there be a competition between Pau Chesky and Cage Casey to see who is that second guy there? Because we know Pauceschi, he's a two-depth option at right guard. He's also the primary gun. right behind Mike McGlinchie. So is it best suited for him to be one of these pieces that could fit in those three spots or say, hey, we want to focus on Poucheski being a primary right side guy because that's what
Starting point is 00:18:29 Sean Payton said. He's a right side guy until he had to be a left side guy. You have two spots there behind Quinn, behind Mike or Paucho can fit in. Whereas I think, hey, you have been powers here. Maybe you just stick to Cage Casey being that left side guy for you and you develop him in that role. I mean, to me, that's how I would do it if I were to gym. But I'm not.
Starting point is 00:18:50 Where do you stand on this? Well, I almost wonder if you kind of start to think about it in terms of, hey, where do we envision this guy long term? And is that the spot or maybe one or two spots or we want to put him in in the event of an injury, right? Like you're mentioning Palcheseki, for example, like at left guard, right guard, right tackle. He can do all those things for you. He's played all those positions in the past. But what's the long term?
Starting point is 00:19:17 outlook for Palcheschi and do you want him coming in as left guard this season if if he is the heir apparent somewhere else and I think that those things have to be discussed with Palcheseki with Frank Crum and now with Cage Casey obviously because it's not wrong for the Broncos to say well he's not going to play left guard in the future we have a guy that we believe can do that maybe maybe you compromise the short term for the long term in some ways but it also goes back to the discussion about the eligible, you know, sixth guy who comes in. And we know that's part of Sean Payton's offense, is having that eligible offensive lineman off the line of scrimmage who,
Starting point is 00:19:55 hey, Frank Crum caught a touchdown pass last year. Fans were celebrating Alex Palchewski every time he was called onto the field. So do you want to mess around with that in the event that, okay, somebody gets hurt, now you have to shuffle things again. And that's where I kind of mentioned, like, the baseball lineup analogy. It's not necessarily wrong for the Broncos. to pick either of those lanes, I don't think. But at the same time, I think they can start exercising a little bit of,
Starting point is 00:20:21 this is our long-term vision for this particular player. And that's where he's going to slot in in the event of injury. And that means that it's less opportunities, I guess, for somebody like Palschowski to step in. But then you get into the whole discussion of, well, then who's your best five? Like if you have, if you have an injury, who's your next best group of five? And is Palschowski always going to be part of that? So I think it's a pretty layered discussion. But as far as Cage Casey's role, Cody,
Starting point is 00:20:48 I wouldn't be surprised if it's really difficult for him to get on the field, even in the event of injuries this season. Yeah, no, I'm with you. I think it's going to be very hard for him. And that's not a bad thing. I mean, once again, you can focus on player development with him, right? They drafted this year's draft for George and Sean was all about identifying guys who have high upside traits.
Starting point is 00:21:07 Cage Casey has high upside traits. I also forget Matt Parr is still on this roster veteran guy. and he was the primary guy at first behind Ben Powers, and then he came in on that Jets game, suffered a torn Patelor tendon, and then it was Paucheske's start at that point going forward. Now, maybe in this situation, too, there was also a conversation to be had about KH Casey, right?
Starting point is 00:21:29 Because in today's NFL, what do they talk about when it comes to offensive linemen with shorter arms? Can you look up real quick what his arm length is? I can't remember that, but I remember part of their discussion was they were viewing him as a guy whose arms are too short to be a tackle in the NFL. And I think, look, that's obviously something that teams will look and they'll identify as, but if they view them as the guy who can play tackle, there are certain things you
Starting point is 00:21:52 can do from a technical standpoint to make up for not having necessarily the longest arms, especially against some of these edge rushers like the Nick Benito's of the world, certainly the Miles Garrett's of the world. Like, worst case scenario would be the Broncos having to play Cage Casey against Miles Garrett. That would be that would be DefCon one. we'd be hiding in bunkers at that point. Like that's how scary it would be.
Starting point is 00:22:14 But where is that for for cage in terms of his arm length measurement? Yeah, 32 and three quarters. So that's part of the reason why he's being projected inside because kind of that like threshold, like the unwritten rule almost is like 33 inches is kind of like the, hey, that's the cutoff. I know there was a lot of talk last year about Will Campbell. You just don't want to have the T. Rex arms at tackle because like you said, if a D-N can get hands on you first, well,
Starting point is 00:22:41 a lot of times you lose leverage, right? So that's the issue there, and that's part of the reason why somebody who started 41 games at left tackle for Boise State and was really, really good is projected as a guard going to the next level. Yeah, I'm curious to see as well,
Starting point is 00:22:55 who were some of the pass rushers that maybe he faced while at Boyst Day. I have to go back and look at that. But in terms of predicting his rookie season or his usage and production, I'm going to go through and say he doesn't play a single snap offensively this upcoming season. Not a bad thing either. It really isn't.
Starting point is 00:23:11 I don't think that the idea is for him to play a lot this year. I think when we talk about game day and actives on Sunday, he'll always be on that list. I think he'll be an evident lock for the 53-man roster, but I don't think he's going to be active on game days. I think that's kind of where I'm going. Do you feel the same here? And obviously, Broncos countries, you're tuning and listening, watching. Feel free to share yours as well.
Starting point is 00:23:31 Yeah, I think you're right on that, Cody. I think that the Broncos offensive line is obviously a strength of starting five. but really the depth also. We talked about this earlier in the offseason. You've developed guys like Alex Palschowski, guys like Frank Crum, Alex Forsyth, even players that you mentioned that don't get talked about as much like Matt Pertor, we'll kind of see where Nick Garjulo's at in his recovery process. The Broncos have Calvin Throckmorton.
Starting point is 00:23:56 I mean, there's so many players that they could turn to or that they have as depth that, man, you have a lot of luxuries with that kind of depth on the offensive line. And you've had to flex it over the past couple years. There's no doubt you've had to utilize these guys and you've had to get them playing time where maybe you would have preferred otherwise not to do so. And so for Cage Casey, it's protecting him with the other players in front of him who are kind of those proven depth options, but also upside long term propositions for the Broncos offensive line. If I could put it that way, because Palchowski got a new deal this offseason. Frank Crum's role increased and expanded late last season. And I think Forsyth has kind of proven himself in terms of starting,
Starting point is 00:24:36 multiple games, I believe each of the past couple of seasons. So he's really proven to be valuable depth there as well. It's a position group that, like we said at the beginning of the show and all throughout, this selection was about the long term. This selection is about a future starter. And that's what I think is most exciting about Cage Casey is you have the luxury on this roster for the Denver Broncos of taking a guy on day three, early on day three, when you need depth at other positions.
Starting point is 00:25:05 We talked about the Broncos kind of forsaking linebacker until the last pick of the draft or tight end until the fifth round. Like you felt like your roster was in such a great position to take a guy who had future starter traits on the offensive line where you know, Sean Payton says that's the unit that permeates the building. If Cage Casey was that valuable to you, then what that says about him is that he's a player that you believe as early as next year potentially could be somebody who, whose ability permeates the building, whose inclusion in that starting group, you feel like, man, he could step right in. They're going to get him ready all throughout the course of the season, Cody.
Starting point is 00:25:46 So it's going to take a little bit longer to marinate. Got to set the oven at a, it's like one of those 325 degree temperature recipes that you're like, man, that's going to take forever. But the delayed gratification, I think with Cage Casey will be worth it. Yeah, I'm excited to see how it all plays out here for Denver. We know the line has been a strength of theirs. The depth has been.
Starting point is 00:26:05 strength of theirs. And if you have that continuity amongst the coaching staff and the scheme, certainly you can grow a little bit more. We've seen that. It's been evident with the guys that we've mentioned here like Paucheschi, Krum, and so many others here for this Broncos team. Broncos Country Listom, which is thought of today's episode of the show, we appreciate you so much. And once again, if you're a brand new viewer or listener of the show, your first time checking us out and you like the conversation, make sure you hit that subscribe to that follow button, because what you'll get is you'll get a show, fresh Broncos content and coverage every single day all year long, plus boots on the ground coverage. I attend every practice.
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