I feel like Denver would be substantially less interested in trading him for 2025 picks than if they would have traded him for 2024 picks.
We'll see but I don't see why they'd close the door on 2025 picks. They're not in a window and given he's 29 years with two years on his contract, he won't be around when they're back in. As long as the offer is fair, I can't see why they wouldn't. Sure money now beats money later, but money later beats money never.
The one element of hesitation is whether they want Sutton around to help Nix, but if Sutton is gonna sit out pre-season waiting for a new contract he kind of kills that.
And there were a few guys traded post-draft last year. He'd be an unusually big name for it but it doesn't feel completely outlandish.
One more thought on the draft: I'd be expecting Herbig to be moved at some point with them taking another guard with a mid round pick. Their OL is actually pretty crowded at this point:
-LT: Jones, Moore
-LG: Seumalo, McCormick
-C: Frazier
-RG: Daniels, Herbig, Anderson
-RT: Fautanu, Cook
Granted I don't think much of Cook and I figure Anderson is likely a career backup, but I don't really see a point with paying Herbig as much as they're paying him to be a backup with this.
This point is v. true - 10 OL on the opening day 53 would be eyebrow raising. Heck, 9 isn't guaranteed.
Possible they wait to see the young kids go before looking to cut/trade though.
Also possibly relevant to guessing their plans - they just got two insanely athletic OL and one merely very acceptable. We know how much Smith's scheme needs that. Herbig is slooow. Does he even fit before we get into the numbers game?