Ferguson:  Just an all around reliable dude.  He'll sit on the bench for you or come in and play his life out for you...doesn't mean he will do a good job, but if you are looking for a smart player who is just needed for emergency depth, he is as good as anyone else.  His play fell way off last year resulting in Denver going from "We didn't draft a safety because there is no chance he would start" after the draft, to sitting Ferguson and cutting Curome Cox and starting our #3 CB Foxworth when Lynch got hurt.  Safety is a big hole for us right now.

But hey, if you're looking for a safety, just toss an offer at Hamza abdullah, just like you did Myers.  We gave him minimum tender as well, so you would owe us a whopping seventh rounder for him, and he is a young stud who is only going to get better and who we can't afford to lose.

Speaking of affording, need a CB too?  Foxworth and Paymah are both excellent and could be starters on most teams, with Foxy being more all around good and Paymah being an excellent big nickel type defender.  Again, we gave them the lowest tender, though at least we would get 3rds for each of them.

Basically, any player with a contract coming up this year or next year on the Broncos, has only a miniscule chance of staying with the team.  We went on a free agent binge and now we are paying the piper.  Our 13 mil of dead cap space would have been pretty useful for resigning some of these young guys.

At least when Houston picks them up it like they are staying in the family.

P.S.  One last thing about Ferguson:  after he was relegated to a backup role last year, he was still coming in in certain situations, and once, on a goalline play he recovered a fumble in the backfield ending the opponents scoring opportunity.  He also recovered a fumble on STs.  (yep, the starting FS was happy to play STs after being demoted.  What a guy.)