Sean Payton - Broncos not shopping players ahead of trade deadline - ESPN

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As Tuesday's NFL trade deadline approaches, Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton said Monday that while his team will listen, the Broncos are not offering up their players to others.

«We're not openly, or even remotely, shopping anyone,'' Payton said Monday. „Have people called? Sure they have, and typically the buyer wants the media to know they called, not the seller. We're preparing… we're looking at the next opponent.''

The Broncos opened the season 0-3, including two consecutive losses at home to open the season followed by a historical 70-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 3, so they have been a consistent presence on the trade rumor mill in recent weeks. Teams had expressed interest in wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton during the offseason, but Payton consistently said publicly the Broncos wanted to keep both of those players.

The trade deadline is 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. The Broncos are in a bye this week after Sunday's 24-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The win ended a 16-game losing streak to the Chiefs and was the Broncos' (3-5) third win over their last five games.

The Broncos have, after the trades to acquire quarterback Russell Wilson before the 2022 season and to sign Payton as the head coach this past offseason, just six picks in next April's draft. Both Payton and general manager George Patton have said acquiring more picks for next April is always a consideration. However, Payton was asked Monday if the Broncos would consider adding a player via a trade.

“This is the hardest time of the for all of the people in the media whose job it is to get that information,'' Payton said. »… We look closely at the roster, and we look closely not only at the roster this year, but the