BRONCOS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Denver Broncos

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

by JKrodel · 2026 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 7 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades D-
Future B

The tape said wait; the Broncos did not. Adam Randall went at slot 218, a good 63 picks before the board was ready. The final tally is a middling C+.

The Golday pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

If Gennings Dunker and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.25 · Pick 57 · Gennings Dunker · OG · rank 51
A clean, defensible pick in No. 57 with a little surplus value in Gennings Dunker. The roster fit checks out.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Anthony Hill Jr. · LB · rank 38
Somehow Anthony Hill Jr. was still sitting there in Round 2, Pick 31, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Eli Stowers · TE · rank 56
Eli Stowers at pick No. 89 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Skyler Bell · WR · rank 86
A quiet steal in the 95th pick: Skyler Bell for less than the market said. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.11 · Pick 111 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 62
Jake Golday in slot 111 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Jalon Kilgore · CB · rank 104
Value with a capital V on Jalon Kilgore in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Bishop Fitzgerald · S · rank 125
They did well to land Bishop Fitzgerald in No. 129, just ahead of his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 133
No edge and no loss on Oscar Delp in the 131st pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.4 · Pick 144 · Chris McClellan · DT · rank 143
Chris McClellan at slot 144 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Travis Burke · OT · rank 173
Travis Burke in the Round 5 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Adam Randall · RB · rank 281
Adam Randall at pick 218 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.15 · Pick 231 · Chase Roberts · WR · rank 219
Chase Roberts in the 231st overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.30 · Pick 246 · TJ Hall · CB · rank 232
Nice patience on TJ Hall, who had no business lasting to pick No. 246. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.40 · Pick 256 · Diego Pavia · QB · rank 253
A tidy little value on Diego Pavia in Round 7, Pick 40, a step better than break-even. It fills a real need, too.
R7.41 · Pick 257 · Fa'alili Fa'amoe · OT · rank 256
They took Fa'alili Fa'amoe at par in pick No. 257, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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