Wolf
08-15-2007, 11:35 PM
DALLAS - He once was must- see TV.
That was how Gerard Warren became a Denver Broncos defensive tackle, how he found a $36 million contract on the table in front of him just a little more than one year ago.
And that's how he now finds himself on the trading block with the possibility of being the No. 3 pick of the 2001 draft traded for the second time in a two-year span or even released if no deal can be struck soon.
"All you have to do is look at the film; the film speaks for itself," Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said when Denver traded a fourth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for Warren in 2005.
And by most accounts, that same video, just more than two years later, is why the Broncos were poised to ship the tackle to another team or release him outright.
Because now, by their actions, it's clear the Broncos see a player who doesn't exactly fit their defensive scheme, one whose conditioning suffered through an injury- marred 2006 season and one who still hasn't regained his form of 2005, his first season in Denver that led to his hefty six-year contract.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nfl/article/0,2777,DRMN_23918_5673373,00.html
That was how Gerard Warren became a Denver Broncos defensive tackle, how he found a $36 million contract on the table in front of him just a little more than one year ago.
And that's how he now finds himself on the trading block with the possibility of being the No. 3 pick of the 2001 draft traded for the second time in a two-year span or even released if no deal can be struck soon.
"All you have to do is look at the film; the film speaks for itself," Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said when Denver traded a fourth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for Warren in 2005.
And by most accounts, that same video, just more than two years later, is why the Broncos were poised to ship the tackle to another team or release him outright.
Because now, by their actions, it's clear the Broncos see a player who doesn't exactly fit their defensive scheme, one whose conditioning suffered through an injury- marred 2006 season and one who still hasn't regained his form of 2005, his first season in Denver that led to his hefty six-year contract.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nfl/article/0,2777,DRMN_23918_5673373,00.html