I don't see any hope for this team until the owners hire a GM from another successful organization and completely hand them the reins. I don't see any difference between how things played out this year and most of the years in the Dan O'Dowd regime. This was basically a post season cup of coffee, when compared to the last and only Rocktober. Any speculation about individual players is just about pointless, until a GM with a track record of shrewdly evaluating and signing talent is obtained. This is largely because the window on the current group of players that have actually performed well is closing and another off season patch job is not going to take them much further than this year. If the owners need guidance to see what it takes to be successful, they don't have to look outside of town. All they need to do is get in their car and drive to the Broncos front office. They would find they consider a run of this many early eliminations as nothing else but a complete embarrassment.