Tradition Tuesday: Into the Great Wide (Out) Open

The Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs both have 11 wide receivers on their roster. Training camp is officially a month away as of today; it will be interesting to see which of these fine fellows make their respective clubs.

On the Rocky-Mountain side of the football, we can assume that, at very least, Javon Walker and Rod Smith are shoe-ins. One would imagine that David Kircus and Brandon Stokley are also in. Adding to that foursome, you have David Terrell and Quincy Morgan to total six route runners with substantial NFL experience.

Editor's Note: For the purposes of this post, we will leave tight ends out of the picture. For now.

That leaves five Denver Bronco pass catchers -- Brian Clark (second year out of NC State), Domenik Hixon (second year out of Akron), Brandon Marshall (second year out of Central Florida), Glenn Martinez (second year out of Saginaw Valley State), and Marquay McDaniel (rookie out of Hampton) -- that bring little to no experience to the practice field.

Of course, every team wants that perfect mix of veteran leadership, young raw talent, and the gleaming superstar in each facet of the roster.

Here's where Tradition Tuesday will veer slightly off course this week. It's officially up to you, blessed reading audience, to spark up the comment box discussion, and tell us HoG cronies which Bronco wide outs will still be on the roster when teams make the final/official 53-man listing available to the media. I challenge each of you to put together compelling statements (Cecil -- notice I said readers. You have other things to be working on).

Now, we'll talk about the good guys.

The Missouri River side of the pigskin looks like this: I imagine that Samie Parker, Eddie Kennison, and Jeff Webb will all make the squad. Add Rod Gardner to the mix in terms of experience. That leaves the Chiefs with these youngsters: Dwayne Bowe (rookie out of LSU), Brad Ekwerekwu (rookie out of MU), Chris Hannon (second year man out of Tennessee), Brent Little (rookie free agent out of Southern Illinois), Maurice Price (rookie out of Charleston Southern), Ean Randolph (rookie out of South Florida), and Titus Ryan (rookie out of Concordia).

While the receiving corps appear similar in the experience-to-fresh ratio, the Broncos do in fact have the slight edge. Nevertheless, it's up to you Chiefs fan(s) to break it down in the comment box, and give us your picks on who's still on this team come opening day.

Bronco fans will outnumber you in terms of total comments, but don't let that discern you. We can take solace in knowing that they must pay someone to type their thoughts for them.

Boys and boys, let's get it on! This means you, guy who hasn't commented because he's too lazy to register with Google. Get 'er done!

Prizes for the most well-written, accurate predictions for each roster will be rewarded when the season commences. Psst, Seven -- get that sticker machine fired up, Chief.