Sean Payton's former team upended Broncos' initial free agency plan
The New Orleans Saints pulled a shocking move on the Denver Broncos.
Sean Payton's former team upended Broncos' initial free agency plan originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Denver Broncos had a hole at the running back position entering free agency and the thought by many was that the team would look outside the organization for one of the top options on the market.
Instead, the team chose to re-sign oft-injured running back J. K. Dobbins.
The Broncos will paint that as an important move, but regardless of what they say publicly, it was not their first plan of attack, at least according to one league executive. Mike Sando of The Athletic put out an unfiltered look at free agency from some executives around the league, and one source noted that the Broncos had Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne in their sights, only to see him go to the New Orleans Saints . Broncos reportedly planned to sign Travis Etienne "Another exec said the Broncos thought they were going to sign former Jaguars running back Travis Etienne, only to have the Saints land him instead.
“They were shocked,” this exec said. Denver later re-signed running back J. K.