Kiz, I like the morning wake-up jolt of your columns as much as two cups of coffee. You have hinted at what seems to be the Broncos’ best strategy for the No. 5 pick in the draft: Trade back for more picks. There’s bound to be a quarterback-hungry team willing to mortgage the farm for the fifth pick. If the Broncos wanted to draft a quarterback, they shouldn’t have signed Case Keenum.
Ralph, fully caffeinated
Kiz: Trading back might make sense, especially if the Broncos could pry the 12th and 22nd selections in the opening round from Buffalo. But doing so would suggest Denver is committed to a slow rebuild, and patience doesn’t seem to be among John Elway’s best traits. So how about this idea? If Elway thinks there are two franchise quarterbacks in this draft, he needs to be aggressive and trade up to obtain the second overall pick from the New York Giants. Otherwise, I say stick at No. 5, and be satisfied with Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson, Penn State running back Saquon Barkley or Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith.
The NFL’s new targeting rule is a losing battle. Football nurtured and glorified the ethos of violence, and now that is no longer viable in the court of public opinion. The two parts cannot be undone.
Caine, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kiz: When the football helmet is used as a weapon rather than for protection, the collateral damage is to the brain. Know what would stop players from using the head as a battering ram? Banning helmets from the NFL.
I watched Carlos Gonzalez strike out in his first at-bat of the 2018 season on another slider in the dirt. I believe itap something we will see often this year. Do you think CarGo’s $8 million clubhouse presence is worth more than the talent David Dahl would bring to the roster?
Jon, ready to move on
Kiz: One at-bat, one series or one week is too early for the Rockies to give up on Gonzalez. But here’s a fearless prediction: If Colorado makes the playoffs, one of the starting outfielders will be Dahl.
So here we are again at the end of the NHL regular season, with minimal hope of the playoffs for the Avalanche. The issue is our defense, or more accurately, lack thereof. Nikita Zadorov is the only D-man that will hit. There is more physicality in a production of Disney on Ice.
Jeff, feeling defenseless
Kiz: Do I always have to be Mr. Sunshine around here? If I told you in the first week of this NHL season the Avs would be in the thick of the playoff race during the last week of the season, would you have taken it?
And today’s parting shot insists the Kickin’ It Headquarters staff should demand a pay raise from Josh Kroenke for being soft on Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
You make vapid tweets instead of saying “Kroenke out!” or “Fire Malone!” Are you on the Kroenke payroll or something?
James, fires at will
