The Facts: Sanders will be 31 when the season begins and has two years remaining on the extension he signed in 2016. In 2018 and '19, he has cap hits of about $10.9 million and $12.9 million, respectively. Last season Sanders missed four games because of an ankle injury and, for reasons of durability and pay, Denver could look to put him on the trading block.

Diehards Line: “We’ll get back and once we get back we’ll go through the week and talk about everybody,” GM John Elway said at the Senior Bowl late last month when asked specifically about the futures of Demaryius Thomas and Sanders. Thomas finished with his first sub-1,000-yard season since 2011 and Sanders struggled with a high-ankle sprain throughout the season as pain and quarterback issues caught up with the Broncos' veteran starters.