Thread: The OFFICIAL Draft Day Thread

I've settled on Bryant as my favorite for #11. I usually cringe at taking a WR in
the first round, but Bryant may be the best WR prospect in years, and he may
be the best all around football player in this draft. And he does fill a need.

If the Broncos trade back, then Pouncey. No one else.

FWIW.

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Originally Posted by Northman

Hmmm, NFL Network guys are doing a mock draft for the first round and they have us taking DE Derrick Morgan from GT.

They did one yesterday to, Marriuci had us grab McClain at #11. They are fun to watch, though a little to much back patting.... they had Jason Pierre Paul go at #7 to....... never invite Micheal Irving to a mock (Irving didn't pick him... jsut saying, not my first choice as a mock GM).

McD = McDraft!


Let's DO THIS!!

I have been listening to Mike Evans on FM104.3 The Fan - two comments he made, which I found interesting:

He would prefer the Broncos use the #11 draft choice to take a "guts" position player, which he stated the Broncos have ignored for years, rather than a "skills" position player.

He also said that "money" will more than likely drive the Broncos' draft. He stated to the average Joe - Bowlen has money; however, when comparing Bowlen's money to some other owner's money - there is no comparison. Evans stated that is why, in his opinion, that the Broncos traded one of their #1 draft picks away last year.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

I have been listening to Mike Evans on FM104.3 The Fan - two comments he made, which I found interesting:

He would prefer the Broncos use the #11 draft choice to take a "guts" position player, which he stated the Broncos have ignored for years, rather than a "skills" position player.

He also said that "money" will more than likely drive the Broncos' draft. He stated to the average Joe - Bowlen has money; however, when comparing Bowlen's money to some other owner's money - there is no comparison. Evans stated that is why, in his opinion, that the Broncos traded one of their #1 draft picks away last year.

Cant say i totally agree with him there. A "guts" player could mean anyone including Tebag. Im fine with trading back if necessary but if we choose at #11 we need to take the BPA.

Originally Posted by Northman

Cant say i totally agree with him there. A "guts" player could mean anyone including Tebag. Im fine with trading back if necessary but if we choose at #11 we need to take the BPA.

No, by "guts" position player, he meant an offensive or defensive lineman, etc, not a "skills" position player that is used in "fantasy football" - QB, WR, RB, etc.

Originally Posted by Northman

Cant say i totally agree with him there. A "guts" player could mean anyone including Tebag. Im fine with trading back if necessary but if we choose at #11 we need to take the BPA.

Tebag!!!!! That's awesome!

Seen things saying Berry might go to the Skins, if so do you trade down with Philly #24 and see if anyone slips, D. Thomas at 24 would not bother me, then grab gaurd/ILB with the 2nd round picks.

Plus add more ammo to move with.

I wonder if we are going to need a positive only thread

Enjoy the draft everyone!!!

GO BRONCOS!!!

Originally Posted by Tned

I wonder if we are going to need a positive only thread

You know what T - I think if I were you, I would set it up IMMEDIATELY

http://www.denverpost.com/premium/broncos/ci_14933079

As the Broncos shut off the lights Wednesday night, the best bet as to what they will do with the No. 11 draft pick tonight was clear. They wouldn't have a No. 11 pick.

The Broncos spent much of Wednesday talking to teams about the possibility of moving back from No. 11 with the idea of selecting later in the first round while adding an extra draft selection in the second or third rounds.

"I think the odds would be in favor of us moving backwards, probably because the most opportunity lies there," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said at his one predraft news conference.

The NFL draft will conduct its first round tonight starting around 5:30 p.m. MDT with the St. Louis Rams expected to use the No. 1 pick on quarterback Sam Bradford. The second and third rounds will be held Friday night with the final four rounds Saturday.

If the Broncos are able to move back from No. 11 and use their first-round selection somewhere in the No. 14-19 area, likely targets are Brandon Graham, a hybrid pass rusher from Michigan, Dan Williams, a nose tackle from Tennessee, or Maurkice Pouncey, a center from Florida. Alabama inside linebacker Rolando McClain would become a possibility if the Broncos stay at No. 11.

And keep in mind, before the Broncos acquired Brady Quinn, owner Pat Bowlen said his team might draft a quarterback. Would they consider Tim Tebow later in the first or early in the second?

The Broncos are in a prime trade- out position at No. 11 because it is widely believed around the NFL that the San Francisco 49ers covet Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen with the No. 13 selection.

Other teams seeking Clausen would have to jump ahead of the 49ers to get him. And that's where the Broncos' No. 11 pick comes into play.

The Broncos would raise a few eyebrows if they take Graham because they had selected a hybrid — a defensive end who converts to an outside linebacker in a 3-4 system — in Robert Ayers with the No. 18 pick last year.

However, Graham would make sense for several reasons. One, a pass rusher is considered a premium position worthy of the $20 million contract and $16 million guarantee that is slotted for No. 11 pick. Such a contract would be considered too steep for a center, which is why the Broncos are not expected to select Pouncey unless they move back from No. 11.

Two, while the Broncos chose Ayers last year, they may have lost their second best-pass rusher in Darrell Reid. A veteran outside linebacker who had four sacks last year, Reid underwent knee surgery in the offseason.

And three, the Broncos' star pass-rushing hybrid, Elvis Dumervil, could become an unrestricted free agent after the 2010 season.

"We'd like to add some depth in terms of the front seven, linebackers in particular," McDaniels said.

The 327-pound Williams is considered the best nose tackle in the draft. The Broncos added a quality nose tackle by signing Jamal Williams away from San Diego. But Jamal Williams will carry questions of health and age into the season. If the Broncos decide to get a nose tackle in the second or third round, they would have interest in Alabama's Terrence Cody.

It's almost easier to predict what the Broncos will do Friday as they are not expected to get past the second or third rounds without addressing their needs at center. The Broncos have two second-round picks and a third-rounder.

Pouncey is expected to be gone by the second round, but the Broncos have also taken long looks at centers J.D. Walton of Baylor, Boston College's Matt Tennant and UNLV's Joe Hawley.

Where the Broncos spent perhaps the largest segment of their predraft evaluations was on second round-caliber receivers. Besides Dez Bryant, a top 10 talent who could slide to the second round because of character concerns, the Broncos would like to get either Illinois' Arrelious Benn, USC's Damian Williams, South Florida's Carlton Mitchell or Mississippi's Dexter McCluster on Friday.

The Broncos are under pressure to hit on their early draft choices after they got disappointing production from the five picks they had in the first two rounds of their 2009 class.

Originally Posted by GEM

Tebag!!!!! That's awesome!

Thank my wife, she came up with that.

One more hour, one flaw with primetime it takes to long to get here

So are we all going to be flooding here in this thread or is the CHAT ROOM going to be the place we hang?