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psesd'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 16, 2026

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    Broncos
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DEN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DEN)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DEN)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DEN)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DEN)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Kage Casey Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DEN)
Kage Casey
OT Boise State
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DEN)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (DEN)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Jack Kelly Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (DEN)
Jack Kelly
LB BYU
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Dixon should have been long gone. The Broncos pounced, and earned a B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Thaddeus Dixon got past him. The Broncos do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot. The bottom line is a respectable B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Linebacker is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In the 30th overall pick they get a green-dot type in the middle, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the Round 2 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick94 Rnd3 Max Klare
Max Klare slipping to pick 94 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick108 Rnd4 Ja'Kobi Lane
Value with a capital V on Ja'Kobi Lane in the 108th pick, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick130 Rnd4 Kaytron Allen
Kaytron Allen in pick No. 130 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Kage Casey
A offensive lineman of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 30 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick246 Rnd7 Thaddeus Dixon
You do not let a cornerback like Thaddeus Dixon reach No. 246 and blink. They did not. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick256 Rnd7 Cole Payton
They will replay Cole Payton at slot 256 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick257 Rnd7 Jack Kelly
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Kelly. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.