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Draft Selections
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DEN)
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
LB Notre Dame
Iapani Laloulu Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (DEN)
Iapani Laloulu
C Oregon
Luke Montgomery Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DEN)
Luke Montgomery
OG Ohio State
Sammy Omosigho Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (DEN)
Sammy Omosigho
LB UCLA
Brody Foley Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DEN)
Brody Foley
TE Louisville
Bryce Hawthorne Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DEN)
Bryce Hawthorne
DT Iowa
Devon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DEN)
Devon Jackson
LB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Iapani Laloulu Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (IND)
Iapani Laloulu
C Oregon
Bryce Hawthorne Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bryce Hawthorne
DT Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jelani McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Jelani McDonald
S Texas
Greg Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (MIA)
Greg Johnson
C Minnesota
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CIN)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
James Smith Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BAL)
James Smith
DL Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Derrick Henry
RB
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Sam LaPorta
TE
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Josh Uche
LB
Players traded away
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Evan Engram
TE
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J.K. Dobbins
RB
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall B+
ValueB NeedA- TradesA+ FutureC
The Broncos won the night they stopped Montgomery from sliding. Grade: B+.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Broncos, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. It nets out to a B+, which feels about right.

Landing Montgomery that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The veteran additions, Sam LaPorta chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
In No. 29 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick105 Rnd4 Iapani Laloulu
Value with a capital V on Iapani Laloulu in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick130 Rnd4 Luke Montgomery
Steal is underselling it; Luke Montgomery at slot 130 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick136 Rnd4 Sammy Omosigho
By-the-book stuff, Sammy Omosigho at the 136th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick229 Rnd7 Brody Foley
A tidy little value on Brody Foley in Round 7, Pick 8, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick244 Rnd7 Bryce Hawthorne
Bryce Hawthorne at pick No. 244 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick250 Rnd7 Devon Jackson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Devon Jackson in slot 250. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.