The Denver Broncos splashed the cash on left guard Ben Powers in the offseason to replace the departed Dalton Risner. Was it worth it?
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00:00 All right, Damian Clark Warren jumping in with the super chat, bro
00:04 You've been with us a long time - but although I must say it's it has been a minute
00:08 It has been a minute says longtime fellas
00:10 Can we finally fix the o-line watching Ben Powers the left guard get plowed all season was not impressive
00:17 yeah, he was uh, I
00:20 Especially early on Zach he wasn't very good relative to his contract
00:26 But I do think he kind of stabilized as the season wore on but they just
00:31 Broncos just haven't had a lot of luck paying guards
00:35 I mean since Luis Vasquez back in whatever that was 2012. I think that was the last time I could really point to going
00:42 Interior player signed as a free agent success went on to help the Broncos get to a couple pro
00:50 Super Bowls a couple Pro Bowls all pros
00:53 He was a badass but Graham Glasgow
00:56 Power so far not not so good
00:59 Broncos have struggled to find that that guard that you're talking about
01:04 They suffered through the Max Garcia years and the Allen barber years and so on and so forth
01:09 But powers was I think as advertised Chad wasn't a lead in both pass pro and run blocking
01:15 He definitely could get manhandled. He likes to play with some finesse a little too much sometimes
01:20 But I think overall you can definitely build around him and he was an upgrade and what the Broncos were trotting out
01:26 I think when people talk about Ben powers or view him watch his tape
01:29 They see his contract and his price tag before anything else if he was making ten million dollars less
01:35 I think most people would agree that he played pretty well in 2023
01:38 But yeah, there are some questions there Damien
01:42 I mean you need your your guys you're paying and that are sucking up resources to carry their weight including powers including Mike McGlinchey
01:50 But you've got some questions about the future. What are you gonna do about Garibald's?
01:54 Are you gonna make an attempt to re-sign Lloyd Cushenberry? You can't right now
01:59 I mean if you're going to try re-signing Lloyd Cushenberry, you got to free up some cap space, etc
02:04 It might be time to pass the torch