The Denver Broncos enter the 2019 NFL free agency period with some very large question marks along the offensive line. Center Matt Paradis stated that he won’t take a low ball offer. The team is still negotiating, but he is likely headed out of town.

Jared Veldheer will probably not return either, even though the team has expressed interest in bringing him back. Even if the Broncos do re-sign Veldheer, he has been fighting injuries the past three seasons, which puts his season-long reliability in question.

The front office is trying to re-sign Billy Turner, but is he really more than a versatile back up? That is a rhetorical question.

How is John Elway going to address these issues? Should he throw a lot of money at players who are likely to command large contracts when other position groups need fixing as well? Ja'Wuan James comes to mind and he has been rumored to be of interest to the Broncos.

James will command a significant contract due to the slim pickings at offensive tackle in this market. He is far from an elite offensive tackle and frankly that money could be better spent elsewhere.

Allow me to offer up a more under-the-radar name the Broncos should bring into the fold: Cedric Ogbuehi.

On face value, signing this first-round bust of Cincinnati's seems like a terrible idea, but it could turn out to be a huge addition that nobody saw coming. Ogbuehi was a first-round talent coming out of Texas A&M for a reason.

He has all the measurables teams look for in a starting offensive tackle. His height, weight and arm length all check the boxes. More importantly, he has all the athletic ability that you value in an offensive lineman.

The concepts of the Broncos' new offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello are rooted in the Mike Shanahan coaching tree and those concepts utilize athletic offensive linemen. This is an important point to keep in mind when the Broncos make offensive line moves.

Athleticism isn’t the issue for Ogbuehi, it has been technique flaws leading to his struggles. That was a weakness for him when he was entering the draft (as well as an ACL injury) and those flaws have not been corrected by the offensive line coaches at Cincinnati. Enter Mike Munchak.

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Munchak’s reputation for teaching and improving the offensive line is highly regarded. He can fix both the offensive line as a unit and improve individual players. He turned seventh-round draft choice Kelvin Beachum and undrafted Alejandro Villanueva into a solid starting offensive tackle duo, and that's to say nothing of Chris Hubbard, who also shined under Munchak.

None of them had the potential that Ogbuehi had coming out of college and frankly, what he still possesses. If Munchak can mold those two into good starting tackles imagine what he can do with Ogbuehi.

Ogbuehi also has experience at right tackle meaning the team could leave Garet Bolles on the left side. Ogbuehi started 15 games in college at right tackle and after being drafted by the Bengals, he started 25 games with some of those on the right side of the line.

He definitely fell out of favor last season and perhaps a change of scenery will do him good. Coming to a top notch organization after floundering in Cincinnati can’t hurt either.

Ogbuehi can be signed cheaply and free up more money to shore up other areas of the team. If he can realize his potential with the Broncos, it will be the steal of this free agent season.