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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (DEN)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (DEN)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (DEN)
Jordan Hancock
CB Ohio State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 4 (DEN)
Rylie Mills
DT Notre Dame
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (DEN)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 6 (DEN)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Draft Picks Received
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (NO)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NO)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TB)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Players Gained
Head Shot
Vita Vea
DT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Pat Surtain II
CB
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Broncos got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the 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.

The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They will need Mills to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Adding Vita Vea by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In slot 3 they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick10 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In No. 10 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jordan Hancock
Nothing to complain about; Jordan Hancock went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick99 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills at the 99th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick106 Rnd4 Tyler Warren
They liked Tyler Warren enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 106. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick163 Rnd6 Alfred Collins
A reach on Alfred Collins in Round 6, Pick 3; the board had better options right there. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.