A trade rumor going around the NFL recently has been a Julius Peppers going to Denver in exchange for pain in the ass quarterback Jay Cutler.

Nothing is set in stone and to be honest the Broncos still would not get enough from the Carolina Panthers to make this deal something they would pursue.

Peppers would definitely improve a very bad defense in Denver, especially alongside Brian Dawkins, but now the offense would suffer without a Pro Bowl quarterback like Cutler.

The Broncos have been talking about making Chris Simms the starter, but he hasn't really played since he had to have his spleen removed after a monster hit when he was with the Tampa Bay Bucs.

The Broncos need to upgrade the defense and not loose any punch on offense or they will be in the same boat as last season, but just on the different side of the field.