Legendary safety Lynch walks

Broncos fans waking up this morning do so to the news that safety John Lynch, a lynchpin (No pun intended) of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl 37 winning team has walked from Denver.

"I'm going to explore all of my opportunities," Lynch said Wednesday night, according to the Rocky Mountain News. "Is it retirement? Maybe. Is it playing for another team? Maybe. Mike [Shanahan] has given me the opportunity to explore that and that's what I'm going to do. But I won't be playing for the Broncos."

Stanford alum Lynch has previously outlined his interest in media work once he retires, and has not been seeing time in nickel and dime packages whilst in camp this summer.

Wide-Right believes that as a safety turning 37 this September, Lynch may have one season left in him, but will it be at a time befitting his talent? We don't see him joining fellow vet Terry Glenn in Miami - that said, playing in the AFC East on the Patriots aging defence could prove an interesting proposition for him. The Pats have a poor secondary at the minute, and the ability he still has, along with the opportunity for players like Brandon Merriweather to learn from arguably a future HoFer could prove too tempting for both the Pats and Lynch.