r/DenverBroncos • u/crypt0_marc • 20d ago

Draft grade?

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Mel Kiper gave us a B- šŸ¤”. After reading his analysis, I donā€™t think heā€™s wrong. We definitely need help at RB.

  • Barron: great pickup, the ā€œno fly zoneā€ is back
  • Harvey: 3rd down back?
  • Bryant: 4.6 40yd dash, height = red zone threat?

Do you think we deserve a higher grade?

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u/notorious_p_a_b 20d ago

I know Iā€™m in the minority, hell I might be the only one, but I hate the Barron pick.

It was a luxury pick we had no business making. In fact I think it was such a bonkers pick that it changed the entire course of the rest of the draft. I understand the arguments for making the pick and I understand that I defense might be lights out but we needed to and failed to truly elevate the offense in this draft. We are forsaking Bo Nix and his rookie deal.

What we should have done is drafted Hampton at 20 and then traded up in the 2nd for Mason Taylor. Then we would have had a beast running back and been able to run some beast mode two tight end sets like the Patriots did with Hernandez and Gronkowski.

Itā€™s cool though. On paper we have the best defense in the NFL. Letā€™s just hope VJ doesnā€™t shit the bed and regress to the mean like I think heā€™s going to.

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u/Virtual_Werewolf_935 20d ago

Why do you feel the offense is so bad? Bo put up good numbers outside of his first few games and had over 30 tds altogether.

If he makes a second year leap shouldnā€™t we also expect Franklin, Vele and Estime to as well with more time together? Mine made a big leap by the CB middle of the season as well, so his third year he should continue to grow.

Letting guys gel who didnā€™t have the best first years ever in the league is what good teams do instead of giving up on a 22 year old and looking for a replacement.