The Broncos did not engage in trade talks with the Redskins about left tackle Trent Williams because Washington’s asking price was too high. Denver also opted to not select any offensive tackles in this year’s draft.
So, as of now, the Broncos are poised to have Garett Bolles and Elijah Wilkinson compete for the starting left tackle job this offseason.
That’s not exactly an ideal scenario given that Bolles has struggled with penalties throughout his career and Wilkinson is a swing guard/tackle.
Are there any other options?
On Sunday, The Gazette‘s Woody Paige tweeted that he believes Denver will bring in a free agent veteran offensive tackle. Paige pointed out that Kelvin Beachum (31) played under offensive line coach Mike Munchak with the Steelers and Jason Peters (38) is also available. Cordy Glenn (31) remains a free agent as well.
Would any of those players be a better option than Bolles? Last year, Bolles was penalized 10 times and allowed four sacks. Beachum was penalized seven times and allowed four sacks in three fewer games.
Peters was penalized nine times and allowed three sacks in the same amount of games as Beachum. Glenn only started five games last year and he wasn’t penalized at all but he did allow three sacks.
Simply judging from the numbers, it doesn’t appear that any of those free agents would be much of an upgrade.
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