Laurence Maroney Traded To Denver Broncos For 2011 Fourth-Round Pick

September 14, 2010   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

After being drafted 21st overall in 2006, Laurence Maroney's career in New England was defined by waiting.
He waited behind Corey Dillon for a year as a rookie, and had a promising sophomore year though it was overshadowed by the explosive '07 record-setting offense. 
Nonetheless, injuries and ineffectiveness made Maroney the outcast in a backfield where his youth would seemingly give him the advantage. If it wasn't his tapdancing, it was his injuries. If it wasn't either, he was fumbling at the most costly, inopportune times imaginable.
The Patriots waited for Maroney to put it all together.
But when it came to trading Maroney, they felt they had waited long enough.
With no room for five backs in the stable, a report broke from Gregg Rosenthal of Pro Football Talk that New England traded the former first-round pick to the Denver Broncos for a 2011 fourth- and sixth-rounder.
Of those four remaining backs, only one is under 32 years old. That disti...

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