You can draft well and still miss the point. The Broncos did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to linebacker, which was the need that mattered most. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They are betting Hampton proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Job largely done: running back settled and 1 of 8 of the wish list covered. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the linebacker spot they never got to.