Somebody took the Broncos to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D.

Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Adding Derek Carr by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

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