Armed with extra draft picks in the first and fourth rounds of the April draft, the Denver Broncos are searching for potential deals. Two sources in the league said Monday that Broncos coach Mike Shanahan has made informal inquiries about Green Bay Packers receiver Javon Walker. Those discussions have included former Packers coach Mike Sherman, who is now on the Houston Texans staff. Shanahan could not be reached for comment. Walker, who publicly has threatened to retire instead of play for the Packers again, is under contract to Green Bay for the 2006 season, during which he is scheduled to count $1,165,000 against the salary cap.

With a focus on competition for the backup quarterback job, the Broncos are scheduled to host Mike McMahon today. McMahon, who was cut by Philadelphia on Monday, visited Minnesota on Wednesday and told reporters there that the Broncos and Vikings "are the most attractive situations for me and my style of play." Vikings coach Brad Childress was McMahon's offensive coordinator in Philadelphia.

Disgruntled defensive end John Abraham may finally have been traded to the team he was hoping, albeit not in the trade route that was expected. FOXSports.com has learned that the Falcons, Broncos and Jets swung a three-way trade Tuesday in order to make the deal happen that would get Abraham to the Falcons. The deal has been approved by the league, but the parties are all waiting for the Jets to sign the trade papers and make it official. In the trade, the Falcons send their first-round pick (No. 15 overall) to the Broncos, and Denver turns around and sends its first-round pick (No. 29) and a third-rounder in this year's draft plus a fourth-round pick in 2007 to Atlanta. The Falcons then send that 29th overall pick in the draft to the Jets for Abraham. The Jets thus receive a draft pick two slots higher in the first round than the Seahawks were able to offer in their quest to land Abraham.

A year after the Broncos acquired four defensive linemen from the Cleveland Browns, the Lake Erie-to-Rocky Mountain exodus continues unabated. The team signed former Browns defensive end Kenard Lang to a three-year deal Friday night. Terms were not disclosed.

As they did two years ago, when they shipped Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis to the Washington Redskins for Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey, the Broncos are closing in on the detail work that will be needed to secure New York Jets defensive end John Abraham, a proven edge rusher. The biggest point in their favor in working toward the deal is the extension of the league's collective bargaining agreement, which gave teams an additional $7.5 million in salary-cap room to use.

The Denver Broncos waived running back Mike Anderson and defensive end Trevor Pryce, as well as tight end Jeb Putzier as they worked to get its payroll down for the start of free agency. Pryce played nine seasons with the Broncos after the club selected him in the first round in 1997. In 121 career regular-season games, he had 391 tackles, 64 sacks and two interceptions.

The Broncos shaved $14.99 million of cap room Wednesday, but it came at a big price for talent. The Broncos released three starters -- defensive end Trevor Pryce, running back Mike Anderson and tight end Jeb Putzier in moves that pull the team within a couple of millions of the $92 million salary cap. Pryce had a $10.2 million cap number and his release saves $8.5 million of cap room. There had no been much talk about him adjusting his salary. The same happened to Anderson, who had a $2.565 million salary that he is now not going to receive. Putzier and Stephen Alexander shared the tight end position, but Alexander ended up starting more games.