Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson
As the NFL meetings get going, the Broncos are starting to revive their interest in Jets defensive tackle Dewayne Robertson.
The Broncos were close to dealing for Robertson in mid-March, but the talks stalled when the team suddenly fired general manager Ted Sundquist on March 12. Sundquist was the point man in the talks with the Jets.
With Sundquist out of the picture and Denver still needing a force in the middle of its young front four, the team again is considering making a deal for Robertson, sources told ESPN.com. Robertson is a talented player who doesn't fit in the Jets' scheme.
Still, finalizing a deal will be difficult for Denver. Robertson's contract will have to be restructured, and the team has been in on-again, off-again talks with his agent, Hadley Engelhard, for several weeks. Robertson is due a $3 million bonus in June and has a salary-cap number of about $11 million for this season.
Denver would have to redo the deal to make it worthwhile financially, especially with the team in a cost-conscious mode this offseason.
The Broncos are said not to be overly concerned about Robertson's knee problem. The issue was serious enough, however, to negatively affect a potential trade early in March that would have sent Robertson to Cincinnati for two middle-round picks.
At this point, it seems, the only hurdle standing in the way of Denver's making its biggest splash of the offseason is needing to come to an agreement with Robertson financially.
