Thread: 2021 Broncos Draft Thread: 04/29/21-05/01/21

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

The next day and I don't feel any better. This is as down as I've been about the team since the McD era and the most disappointed I've been in a draft pick since passing on Stephen Jackson in 2004. It -really- took all the wind out of my sails for the season.

It's going to be awhile before I expose myself to sports radio / ESPN and I'm just done with the draft.

Jeez...get yourself a bump of coke and move on.

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

The next day and I don't feel any better. This is as down as I've been about the team since the McD era and the most disappointed I've been in a draft pick since passing on Stephen Jackson in 2004. It -really- took all the wind out of my sails for the season.

It's going to be awhile before I expose myself to sports radio / ESPN and I'm just done with the draft. I'm absolutely despondent about this selection.

Dont be down, Fields and Jones were not an upgrade to what we already have.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Jeez...get yourself a bump of coke and move on.

Originally Posted by Northman

Dont be down, Fields and Jones were not an upgrade to what we already have.

Or maybe they are, no one knows yet!

Originally Posted by Northman

Dont be down, Fields and Jones were not an upgrade to what we already have.

More specifically...neither of them was going to make us a winner this year...Lock still can

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Or maybe they are, no one knows yet!

We know they werent good enough to go 1 & 2.

Originally Posted by SmilinAssasSin27

Good pick for Baltimore

Year in, year out, the Ravens nail the draft. Wish I knew their secret.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

More specifically...neither of them was going to make us a winner this year...Lock still can

Nah brah, Fields was going to take us to the stUpOr bOwL this year!!!!1 OMGOHAOINFDIJLSDJOSD!!!

Originally Posted by Northman

We know they werent good enough to go 1 & 2.

Teams get picks wrong all the time. Lawrence and Wilson could suck and Mac Jones could be great for all we know. Or maybe Lance will be a star. It's all a guess really.

Originally Posted by Northman

Most of the better LB's are gone, probably OT's too although there are some possibilities later in the draft. But with Lindsey gone Denver does need another back to spell Gordon and Williams from UNC would be a great compliment to Gordon. Im hoping we take a gander on Snowden at LB since we passed on the other guys.

I would have drafted Najee if he were there in the second but, remember, we added that RB/ST guy from Minny to play behind Gordon. I could maybe go Michael Carter in the third or fourth. I think you'll see more 2-TE, 1-RB stuff this coming year but RB depth is still a concern.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

Teams get picks wrong all the time. Lawrence and Wilson could suck and Mac Jones could be great for all we know. Or maybe Lance will be a star. It's all a guess really.

Sure and sometimes teams get it right but you still dont "logically" take the 4th and 5th best option if you dont feel its an immediate upgrade to what you already have. Its actually fact that Fields needs some work which is probably why he dropped to begin with. So even if we took Fields it would take 3 years at best to get him where he needs to be which is baffling why people are ok with giving him (or Josh Allen) that kind of time but not Lock.

I have my criticisms of Lock and still dont know if he will be the long term answer but until we have a definitive upgrade i want to avoid taking guys who are going to need the same amount of time and work to see what they have. Right now, Lock is on the clock this year and we have a decent guy in Teddy who can push him if need be so unless we land Rodgers than Denver needs to do what it can to keep improving the rest of the team.

Taking a rookie QB isnt the answer this year unless it was a high enough prospect which was not Fields or Jones. Doesnt mean they will fail (hell Jones is probably in the best system to help him than anyone) but there are reasons why they dropped compared to the other guys taken.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

I would have drafted Najee if he were there in the second but, remember, we added that RB/ST guy from Minny to play behind Gordon. I could maybe go Michael Carter in the third or fourth. I think you'll see more 2-TE, 1-RB stuff this coming year but RB depth is still a concern.

Wait? Is Carter from UNC? Maybe he was the one i was thinking of instead of Williams. I cant remember now but Carter's name sounds familiar.

Originally Posted by Northman

Wait? Is Carter from UNC? Maybe he was the one i was thinking of instead of Williams. I cant remember now but Carter's name sounds familiar.

They both are. Williams is the better of the two

I still think people are nitpicking the hell out of Fields and he's gonna make a lot of people look stupid when he actually sees the field. I suppose we'll see!

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

I still think people are nitpicking the hell out of Fields and he's gonna make a lot of people look stupid when he actually sees the field. I suppose we'll see!

Possibly...but I think if any position needs to be nit-picked to hell, it should be QB. I can't say with any conviction that he'll be good or that he'll flame out. I just didn't think it was the right path for Denver to take last night. I wouldn't have been pissed, but I wouldn't have been over the moon either.