The NFL free agency didn’t officially kick off until (today) March 12; however, the legal tampering period started on Monday allowing teams to speak with free agents agreeing to deals prior to the official kick-off of free agency.
During this period teams around the league met with top free agents to help fill gaps on both sides of the ball prior to next months draft. The Denver Broncos were a team expected to be extremely aggressive during this period.
Teams around the league are filling gaps, like the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have now made possible a reunion between one of the league’s most dynamic wide outs in DK Metcalf and ex-Denver Broncos quarterback, Russell Wilson.
While most teams were filling up offensive holes, the Denver Broncos made it their mission to solidify the defense, announcing the signing of San Francisco 49er safety, Talanoa Hufanga who was drafted in 2021 by the 49ers. The remainder of the day was pretty uneventful other than the announcement of the Broncos retaining quarterback Jarret Stidham, and defensive tackle D.J. Jones.
Then, late in the day after it was announced that several teams were in the play for another 49ers standout defensive player, the Denver Broncos announced that they had come to agreement with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw who will join teammate Talanoa Hufanga and an already stout defense making Denver’s secondary one of the scariest in the league.
While the Broncos added defensive needs, they also lost several players, including running back Javonte Williams to the Dallas Cowboys and punter Riley Dixon to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets played the second half of their back-to-back with the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma on Monday night after losing 127-103 on Sunday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) who is leading the NBA MVP race over three-time recipient and reigning MVP, Nikola Jokic had 40 points, 5 assists and 8 rebounds in Oklahoma’s win over the Nuggets on Sunday. Jokic had 24 points, 9 assists, and 13 rebounds in that loss.
Monday was a much different game for both MVP candidates with Jokic scoring 35 points, 8 assists and 18 rebounds, while SGA scored 25 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds. The Nuggets scored 140 points against the league’s best defense on Monday. The race for MVP is becoming extremely difficult for the MVP panel to decide this year.
