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Adam SchefterESPN Senior Writer
- ESPN NFL Insider
- Joined ESPN successful 2009
- Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the writer of 4 books
Despite Denver's early-season struggles, different teams haven't stopped watching oregon coveting immoderate of the Broncos' players.
Over the past week, the Broncos person received aggregate commercialized inquiries astir prima antiaircraft extremity Bradley Chubb and wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and KJ Hamler, league sources told ESPN.
Other teams besides judge and person said that the Broncos volition not merchantability debased successful a woody and volition beryllium worth traders -- if they marque immoderate trades astatine all, according to sources.
Although the Broncos would similar to clasp each those players, they would person to ponder immoderate superior commercialized connection for aggregate reasons.
Chubb, 26, has 5.5 sacks successful Denver's archetypal six games, but helium is successful the last twelvemonth of his declaration and prices for antiaircraft ends person and volition proceed to skyrocket. Jeudy, a first-round draught enactment successful 2020, hasn't clicked truthful acold successful Denver's caller offense, and the aforesaid is existent of Hamler, the Broncos' second-round prime successful 2020.
The Broncos besides are abbreviated of draught picks aft trading 2 first-round picks and 2 second-round picks to the Seattle Seahawks earlier this twelvemonth for Russell Wilson.
So adjacent though the Broncos (2-4) are not viewed arsenic a seller up of the NFL's Nov. 1 commercialized deadline, it has not stopped aggregate teams from checking successful with them this past week.
The Broncos besides are thought to beryllium unfastened to trading choky extremity Albert Okwuegbunam, who is 1 of 5 choky ends connected the their roster and has not gotten the accidental to play.
Denver's absorption besides could beryllium dictated by the results of its adjacent 2 games. The Broncos big the New York Jets connected Sunday earlier traveling to London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Week 8. If the Broncos triumph some games and elevate themselves into playoff contention, they would beryllium much apt to clasp onto their players.