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**RoyWilliams** · 01-31-2008, 08:15 PM

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_8123441

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Former Broncos star tight end Shannon Sharpe keeps close tabs on the team and says it needs to make a move to become a playoff team again: cut receiver Javon Walker.

"I think Mike (Shanahan) will relieve himself of that situation," Sharpe said Wednesday. "It's not going to get any better there for Walker."

On the day after the season ended, Walker said he didn't think he was a good fit in Denver. Walker has a large salary, and the Broncos are likely to trade or cut the receiver. Sharpe said the Broncos will be better off without Walker because he has become a distraction, while Brandon Marshall has become the team's No. 1 receiver.

"Javon isn't the No. 1 anymore there, and it's not going to change," Sharpe said. "He kind of showed where he is coming from by saying what he said."

Sharpe believes the Broncos can regain their form as a playoff team, but they need to find stability on the defensive line and continue their recent trend of successful drafting.