Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Broncos imminent sale: “We need to get it settled, because some very critical decisions are looming.”

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is among the galore who are anxious to spot the Broncos sold pursuing a 5th consecutive losing play and sixth consecutive twelvemonth retired of the playoffs.

“We request to get it settled, due to the fact that immoderate precise captious decisions are looming for the team,” Hancock said Tuesday.

Last summer, Broncos president/CEO Joe Ellis said helium and chap Patrick D. Bowlen Trustees would denote a program to merchantability the squad pursuing the 2021 season. Hancock is “hopeful” the merchantability volition proceed arsenic scheduled.

“Our extremity is to beryllium capable to laic out, erstwhile the play is over, for everybody a timeline for modulation of ownership that volition instrumentality spot adjacent year, anterior to the commencement of the season,” Ellis said successful July. “That’s important. It’s important to the organization. It’s important to the beneficiaries to get it resolved and we’re moving guardant connected that.”

The “critical decisions” referenced by Hancock revolve astir the team’s coaching unit and backmost successful 2022.

General Manager George Paton volition marque the determination connected the destiny of Vic Fangio (19-29 successful 3 seasons) good earlier the squad is sold — a determination that could travel arsenic rapidly arsenic aft Sunday’s finale against Kansas City astatine Empower Field. But Hancock believes having a caller proprietor successful spot sooner alternatively than aboriginal volition enactment the Broncos successful a amended presumption to manus retired large contracts astatine positions of need, i.e. quarterback.

Teddy Bridgewater is 7-7 successful 14 starts this twelvemonth and volition beryllium a escaped cause successful the offseason; Drew Lock is 0-2 and could precise good beryllium traded. Broncos fans acold and wide person been clamoring for Paton to marque a large splash astatine QB successful the offseason by acquiring a proven sanction specified arsenic the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson oregon the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers. How realistic either of those veterans coming to Denver is, remains to beryllium seen.

“I deliberation you tin (make cardinal roster decisions without a caller owner), but it makes it easier to person settled ownership erstwhile looking astatine the coaching unit and erstwhile you’re making captious decisions connected however they beforehand this squad and getting it backmost connected a winning track,” Hancock said.

“We’re not utilized to what we’re seeing today. It’s gone connected for excessively agelong and it’s clip to hole it.”