It’s time to make deal for offensive tackle

Readers talk and columnist Mark Kiszla responds

Tackling tough question. I’m on to you, Kiz. I know you secretly have your fingers all over the Broncos organization. So can you tell us why front-office honcho John Elway and coach Vance Joseph are so steadfastly sticking to Menelik Watson at right tackle? It seems like Elway should be banging down doors, looking for a new one. Would the Broncos consider a trade or signing a street free agent?

Shaun, smart shopper Kiz: I am the unseen hand. I not only control the moon and stars, but what Elway decides to eat for lunch. So please accept my apologies. I should have pulled Elway away from acquiring Watson, whose pass-blocking is hazardous to Trevor Siemian’s health. Duane Brown is a tackle, a holdout, so unhappy with his contract in Houston he refuses to suit up for the Texans. Brown might look good in a Denver uniform.

Brocktober. Is it time for Brocktober? I’m kidding (kind of ).

Andrew, Denver Kiz: Siemian is a less-than-average NFL starting quarterback, whether you use the traditional quarterback rating, which places him 19th in the league, or the Total QBR favored by ESPN, which ranks him 23rd, just ahead of Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles. Siemian, however, is better than Brock Osweiler. And Siemian’s job with the Broncos is simple: Don’t mess it up.

Jinxing the Rockies. I hope you are happy now, Kiz. Your column claiming the Rockies had nine innings in the playoffs to earn respect showed how little you know about baseball. Then your column linking broken hearts to Colorado’s 11-8 loss to Arizona was pathetic. It is you who broke our hearts. It was you that posted a pregame column that Colorado players undoubtedly saw and planted subconscious doubt before the game even started.

Larry, Littleton

Kiz: We here at Kickin’ It Headquarters will step up and take full responsibility for the fat meatball of a pitch that Jon Gray served up to Arizona slugger Paul Goldschmidt, who crushed it for a three-run homer. Provided, of course, that along with taking responsibility, we also get paid Gray’s $540,000 salary. A half million bucks can buy a busload of mea culpas, and still have enough money to buy a truckload of beer.

Party before play? I love the Rockies. But business should always come before pleasure, and the Rockies don’t see it that way. The photos of champagne poured down the throats of players and their celebration needed to wait until they won the World Series. They celebrated too early and lost out. B.J., stoic by nature

Kiz: Know what I say? Dance whenever the beat moves you. Pop the cork on champagne for victories, big or small. Life’s short, and the party’s way less fun after we’re gone.

Upset over protests. And today’s parting shot represents one of the few offers I received from fans upset with NFL anthem protests to donate their unwanted Broncos gear to children in need.

Let me know where to drop off my blue Broncos sweatshirt. I will not mail it, and if dropped off, someone will have to meet me at my car. Sandy, drive-by donor