The Denver Broncos are for sale. And plenty of people want to buy it.

Broncos CEO Joe Ellis declined to disclose any of the candidates on Monday, citing confidentiality requirements. But while Ellie declined to name names, he numbered numbers.

“It’s more than five and less than 20,” Ellis said, via Mike Klis of 9News.com. “And there’s a lot of people that would like to be involved in some part whether they’re . . . the controlling owner [or not]. It’s been a pretty robust process so far . . . and I’ll stick to the timeline I think I said back in January, which is we should have a new owner in place by the start of the regular season. I cannot guarantee that.”