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Grades for the Broncos and Redskins in Case Keenum trade

By Sayre Bedinger

DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Case Keenum #4 of the Denver Broncos throws as he warms hip before a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on December 30, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Case Keenum #4 of the Denver Broncos throws as he warms hip before a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on December 30, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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ENGLEWOOD, CO – JANUARY 12: Denver Broncos General Manager John Elway fields questions from the media during a press conference to introduce Vance Josepf as the new head coach at the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre on January 12, 2017 in Englewood, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
ENGLEWOOD, CO – JANUARY 12: Denver Broncos General Manager John Elway fields questions from the media during a press conference to introduce Vance Josepf as the new head coach at the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre on January 12, 2017 in Englewood, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

Denver Broncos: B

This was a highly improbable move from the Denver Broncos.

Just one year after trading for Keenum, the Broncos were on the books for at least $10 million of his $21 million cap hit, and Keenum’s base salary of $18 million looked impossible to trade.

It seemed like the Broncos would have to take that entire $10 million dead money hit and release Keenum, but they saved $3 million of that and wound up saving $14 million overall while also picking up a 2020 sixth-round pick.

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The only reason this grade is not an A for the Broncos is because of how poor of an investment this was in the first place, and the fact that they are still eating $7 million (the price of a solid starting player at another position) on their dead cap pile, which is quickly becoming one of the highest in the NFL.

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