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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DEN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (DEN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (DEN)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (DEN)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (DEN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (DEN)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DEN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall B
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The Broncos let Wilson fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Johnny Wilson sat on the board until No. 145, and the Broncos did not need to be asked twice.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the 12th overall pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick76 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in the 76th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick121 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
They did well to land Blake Fisher in pick No. 121, just ahead of his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick136 Rnd4 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten in No. 136 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick145 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
The board fumbled Johnny Wilson all the way to pick 145, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick147 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson is a better player than slot 147 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick203 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
Jared Wiley in the Round 6 slot is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick207 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
No edge and no loss on Nathaniel Watson in Round 6, Pick 32; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.