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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (DEN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (DEN)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (DEN)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DEN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DEN)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (DEN)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Francisco Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DEN)
Francisco Mauigoa
LB Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (CHI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CHI)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NYG)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (CHI)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Connor Williams
C
Players traded away
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Garett Bolles
OT
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Jerry Jeudy
WR
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Russell Wilson
QB
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureA+
The Broncos answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: D+.

The phones were a trap the Broncos kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. It grades a D+, and the process earned it.

Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

However the rest shakes out, Rice at that price is a win they earned.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick No. 5 they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick69 Rnd3 Troy Fautanu
Steal is underselling it; Troy Fautanu at slot 69 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick106 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
Circle this one: TreVeyon Henderson at No. 106 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick114 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick151 Rnd5 Brenden Rice
They barely believed it either: Brenden Rice still on the board at pick 151. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick235 Rnd7 Ricky Pearsall
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 235th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick242 Rnd7 Francisco Mauigoa
The board fumbled Francisco Mauigoa all the way to the 242nd overall pick, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.