Polumbus: The Broncos Should Move Up For QB Zach Wilson

DENVER – My flag is planted. I’ve found my guy.

Assuming George Paton is unable to land Deshaun Watson in a trade before the NFL Draft, I want the Broncos to do whatever it takes to land BYU quarterback Zach Wilson. And I mean whatever it takes.

If the Broncos need to move all the way up to the Jets pick at No. 2, despite the enormous cost that would take, I would do it without thinking twice. If you’ve found your guy at the quarterback position, and you believe he’s your guy, then there’s no cost too great. Wilson should be the Broncos guy.

One of my former coaches at CU, Jeff Grimes, was Wilson’s offensive coordinator at BYU the past few seasons. Talking to Coach Grimes about Wilson has only reinforced my assessment that he should be the Broncos top target. Wilson can be the generational quarterback we have all been looking for to succeed John Elway and Peyton Manning in Broncos lore.

I’m on record that the Broncos need to move on from Drew Lock, and it’s not really Lock’s fault. But once that seed of organizational doubt has been placed in the minds of the players in the locker room, there’s no turning back.

That said, my endorsement for Wilson has nothing to do with Lock’s potential or lack thereof. It has everything to do what I see in Wilson, a generational talent to create a decade-long rivalry with Patrick Mahomes in the AFC West.

Boy, that’d be a lot to give up. But if it means Zach Wilson, I’m doing it.

For me, the “W” in Wilson stands for “worth it.”