Stokley: Broncos should move on from Webster, go younger, cheaper

The Denver Broncos have reached out to defensive back Kayvon Webster about working out a deal to bring him back next season, according to 9News Broncos Insider Mike Klis.

Klis, who joined Brandon Stokley on Tuesday, said the two sides have talked but it’s more than likely Webster will hit the market to find out his worth once free agency kicks off next month.

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— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) February 14, 2017

But, should the Broncos bring back the backup cornerback and special teams standout?

Stokley says no.

“Can’t you find another one of those guys? Can’t you go out there and find another one in the draft, a cheaper guy who’s younger?” Stokley asked.

Admittedly, teams need guys like Webster, the Broncos special teams ace, on their rosters, Stokley said, but that he doesn’t think Denver should pay a premium for a guy he thinks they can replace internally or through the draft or free agency.

“I just think that you need to look elsewhere and go with the younger, cheaper guy and try to build that guy into being the next Kayvon Webster on special teams,” Stokley said.

Stokley’s co-host, former Broncos tackle Tyler Polumbus, said he thinks bring back Webster would be smart but wouldn’t be shocked if Denver let him walk.

“If we let Kayvon go, I wouldn’t have been shocked because he’s going to come with a little bit of a price tag — not as a safety, not as a corner type of price tag, but he’s going to come with an expensive special teams price tag,” Polumbus said.

Webster’s also looking to make more of an impact defensively, Denver 7 Broncos Insider Troy Renck told “The Drive” on Tuesday, though the fourth-year player would like to stick with the team that drafted him in 2013.

“He told me that, ‘I love playing in Denver. I love my teammates,’ these teams he’s played on,” Renck said. “But he also would like to play more, and the opportunity doesn’t really exist here, where he’s essentially the fourth guy behind Roby. He doesn’t get on the field as much as he’d like.

“That’s just being a competitor. That’s not selfish. He’d just like to play.”

Renck compared it to last season, when then-Broncos safety David Bruton departed in free agency for a better opportunity “on paper” with the Washington Redskins, though that did not pan out.

If Webster were to have an opportunity to start at the nickel or compete for a starting outside position, Renck said he thinks it’d be “hard to turn down.”

But if not, he sees Webster returning to Denver.

“If he can’t, and teams just see him as a special teams ace and an extra DB, then I don’t know why he would leave Denver because he does love it here,” Renck said.

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