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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DEN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (DEN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DEN)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (DEN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (DEN)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (DEN)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DEN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (DEN)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
A passer of the future in Maye, and a B+, for the Broncos.

The Broncos spent the pick that matters most on Drake Maye, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. They are betting Hall proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick No. 12 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
You do not let a cornerback like Cooper DeJean reach No. 36 and blink. They did not. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick76 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
Nice patience on Javon Bullard, who had no business lasting to slot 76. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick114 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
They robbed the room for Brenden Rice here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick122 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They paid sticker price for Tommy Eichenberg in Round 4, Pick 22, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick146 Rnd5 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves in pick 146 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick181 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Gabe Hall well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick230 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
A clean, defensible pick in the 230th overall pick with a little surplus value in Brevyn Spann-Ford. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick237 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Sheridan Jones at the 237th pick is the proof. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.