Teams with a combined .408 win percentage and two playoff victories in the past five NFL seasons have raided the Denver Broncos' Super Bowl-winning roster during the first days of free agency.

Jacksonville, Houston and Chicago quickly committed more than $80 million in guarantees for defensive lineman Malik Jackson, quarterback Brock Osweiler and linebacker Danny Trevathan. No team's free agents commanded more guaranteed money than that Denver trio did early in free agency. The Broncos' Von Miller (franchise player) and C.J. Anderson (restricted free agent) account for millions more in potential guarantees, which further distances Denver from the rest of the league.

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The activity has made Denver the talk of free agency, even though the Broncos have signed just one unrestricted free agent to this point: Kansas City offensive lineman Donald Stephenson.

A longtime NFL executive with a Super Bowl ring asked rhetorically whether the Broncos should have done more advance work to protect their own. An agent thought Broncos general manager John Elway's ego was the biggest factor in free agency thus far, though he did not necessarily consider this a bad thing. A pro personnel director and offensive coordinator offered thoughts on the Broncos' handling of Osweiler, specifically.

My own early take -- that the Texans took at least as much risk in signing Osweiler as the Broncos did in letting him walk -- expands here to consider this $80 million-plus Denver exodus. It's early for final declarations, but as I look at Denver and consider what league insiders are saying, the basic conclusion is that the Broncos don't need their heads examined.