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Originally Posted by CsquaredCC
Osweiler should never have been allowed to hit free agency. He should have been locked up before the 2015 season even started on a 2-year deal at $10-12 million. That was the number being floated at the time and I am sure he would have taken it. Everyone knew that Manning wasn't coming back. Why even allow Osweiler to get close to the open market when you knew that the franchise tag was very likely to be used on Miller? It was a complete miscalculation on Elway's part. I don't know why Denver fans have such a hard time admitting this.
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There was nothing to validate $10-12M a year prior to Manning being benched. The events always look different in the rear view mirror.
It is what it is... they're moving on, we'll see what happens.