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Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall
B
ValueC
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Broncos this weekend: B. The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Broncos reached some 97 spots for Preston Stone, and value like that does not grow back. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
Brailsford at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The phones were where this weekend was really won. They punted on linebacker, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick Analysis
Pick30
Rnd1
Tyler Warren
In No. 30 they get a mismatch in the passing game, a steep price for the projection. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick51
Rnd2
Tez Johnson
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tez Johnson. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick61
Rnd2
Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at the Round 2 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Pick71
Rnd3
T.J. Sanders
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like T.J. Sanders reach the 71st overall pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick120
Rnd4
Howard Cross III
They barely believed it either: Howard Cross III still on the board at Round 4, Pick 19. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick162
Rnd5
Devin Neal
They robbed the room for Devin Neal here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick195
Rnd6
Will Sheppard
Will Sheppard at pick 195 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick206
Rnd6
Parker Brailsford
Parker Brailsford in pick No. 206 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick228
Rnd7
Justin Walley
Justin Walley in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick248
Rnd7
Trey Wedig
Trey Wedig at the 248th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick256
Rnd7
Preston Stone
Preston Stone in No. 256 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.

















