BRONCOS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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The Broncos bled value on every deal, hence the C.

by AnthonyJ07 · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Broncos took Deven Eastern at the Round 7 slot, roughly 50 spots before his name belonged.

The Wetjen steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

If Anthony Hill Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.30 · Pick 62 · Anthony Hill Jr. · LB · rank 38
Anthony Hill Jr. at No. 62 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 89
Ted Hurst in the 108th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Michael Trigg · TE · rank 115
No drama and no debate, Michael Trigg went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 16. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.3 · Pick 143 · Skyler Gill-Howard · DT · rank 151
A conviction pick on Skyler Gill-Howard at slot 143 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.15 · Pick 155 · Kage Casey · OT · rank 160
Kage Casey in pick 155 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.30 · Pick 170 · Cyrus Allen · WR · rank 168
Cyrus Allen at the Round 5 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.2 · Pick 183 · J'Mari Taylor · RB · rank 192
They liked J'Mari Taylor enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 183. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.13 · Pick 229 · Deven Eastern · DL · rank 279
A big swing on Deven Eastern at pick No. 229, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.30 · Pick 246 · Jack Kelly · LB · rank 256
Jack Kelly at Round 7, Pick 30 is a conviction pick that outran the value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.40 · Pick 256 · Kaden Wetjen · WR · rank 223
They robbed the room for Kaden Wetjen here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.41 · Pick 257 · Jerry Wilson · CB · rank 262
A straight-up fair deal on Jerry Wilson at slot 257, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
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