The NFL is an ever-changing league, and teams see a high rate of turnover from season to season. Still, teams do what they can to hang on to their best players.
Following the trade of Emmanuel Sanders by the Denver Broncos, perhaps the saddest note is that the team no longer has a single offensive player from the team that won Super Bowl 50 less than four years ago.
Here’s the team’s offensive roster in that game:
RB: C.J. Anderson
OL: Sam Brenner
WR: Andre Caldwell
TE: Owen Daniels
TE: Vernon Davis
OL: James Ferentz
WR: Bennie Fowler
OL: Max Garcia
TE: Virgil Green
OL: Ryan Harris
RB: Ronnie Hillman
WR: Cody Latimer
QB: Peyton Manning
OL: Evan Mathis
OL: Robert Myers
WR: Jordan Norwood
QB: Brock Osweiler
OL: Matt Paradis
OL: Tyler Polumbus
WR: Emmanuel Sanders
OL: Michael Schofield
QB: Trevor Siemian
WR: Demaryius Thomas
RB: Juwan Thompson
OL: Louis Vasquez
Each of those players is either playing for a different team or no longer in the league. It truly is the end of an era in Denver.
The only players left from the Broncos’ Super Bowl win are outside linebacker Von Miller, cornerback Chris Harris, defensive end Derek Wolfe and kicker Brandon McManus.
