Vacation is over. Time for the Broncos to begin their 2013 season by reporting Monday for the start of their offseason workout program.

Peyton? Aye.

Champ? Here.

Already, 24 Pro Bowl appearances right there. With quarterback Peyton Manning and cornerback Champ Bailey, the 2013 Broncos will be in good shape from Day One.

Elvis? Never mind. Elvis Dumervil got so tangled up in a fax machine transaction last month, he wound up in Baltimore. Dumervil has been permanently scratched from the Broncos’ roll.

Ryan? Ryan Clady? Ryan Clady, two-time all-pro, three-time Pro Bowl selection and Manning’s blindside protector?

Until further notice, there will be a noticeable absence from the Broncos’ offseason program. According to two NFL sources, Clady, the starting left offensive tackle for all 83 games (including playoffs) the Broncos have played since selecting him with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2008 draft, will attempt to gain leverage with his stalled contract negotiation by avoiding the team’s headquarters.

Clady has received a $9.828 million franchise tag tender from the club. He has not signed it. He wants the security of a multiyear contract instead.

The workouts are considered voluntary for players, at least as written in the collective bargaining agreement, so Clady is not technically a holdout.

But he is protesting. Here are two reasons Clady should sign his tender and join the Broncos for their offseason program, and two reasons he should stay away until the team gives him a long-term contract.

First, why Clady should sign and report:

1. He is coming off surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. The injury will sideline him at least until training camp, so he wouldn’t have to practice and risk further injury, anyway.

While rehabbing the shoulder, Clady could use the expert care of the Broncos’ medical team headed by trainer Steve “Greek” Antonopulos.

2. A falling market. Clady turned down the Broncos’ five-year, $50 million proposal before last season’s training camp. There were disagreements on the deal’s structure, but the primary problem was he and his agent Pat Dye believed the blocker’s value was closer to the $11.5 million per-year average of Cleveland left tackle Joe Thomas.

However, the current free-agent market recently dropped the value of left tackle Jake Long from the $11.5 million a year he received as the No. 1 overall draft pick from Miami in 2008 to $8.5 million per with the St. Louis Rams.

Clady’s $9.828 million franchise tag tender is 13.5 percent more than the annual average of Long, who was selected 11 spots higher in the 2008 draft and has been to one more Pro Bowl.

And now, reasons why Clady is justified in protesting his deal:

1. He is really good at protecting Manning’s blind side. The Broncos have not revisited contract extension talks with Dye since presenting their $50 million proposal last July. The team would like to evaluate Clady’s recovery later in the offseason before proceeding.

But Manning wasn’t exactly guaranteed a full recovery from his neck and nerve issues last year, and the Broncos still made a five-year, $96 million commitment.

Don’t the Broncos have to protect the huge investment in their quarterback by investing in his best pass protector?

2. From a pure business standpoint, it’s always better for the team to carry a player on a year-to-year basis. The Broncos could hold Clady’s rights on the $9.828 million salary this year, then tag him again in 2014, although it would be for an automatic 20 percent increase to $11.8 million.

But business can get personal for players, and if Clady becomes increasingly unhappy with not having long-term security, he could sign elsewhere in 2015.

See Dumervil, Elvis.