Denver Broncos add more pieces in 7-round mock draft

Denver Broncos mock draft, final picks

Looking at the Bronco’s current group of wide receivers, I think it’s fair to say that the Broncos have one of the better young receiver groups in the NFL right now. You have Courtland Sutton, who can snag almost any ball thrown to him. You also have Jerry Jeudy, who has some of the best route-running ability in the NFL.

You have KJ Hamler who is a very shifty receiver. Of course, you also have a lengthy speedy receiver in Tim Patrick.

While they have a good amount of quality receivers, it can’t hurt to add more receivers. Outside of the previously named receivers, the Broncos have Kendall Hinton, Seth Williams, Tyrie Cleveland, and Travis Fulgham.

Of those receivers, they have done little to garner any value as the only things of note have been Fulgham’s good 2020 season and Kendall Hinton playing emergency QB for the Broncos.

The main thing that Melton brings to the table is his athletics. Melton showed off his athleticism at the combine as he finished within the 80th percentile in his vertical, finished within the 94th percentile for his 40-yard dash, and finished within the 88th percentile for his 10-yard split.

Melton likely won’t be a star receiver any time soon, but he will certainly be able to be a dangerous athletic threat.

Other Players Considered: Kyle Phillips, Pierre Strong Jr, Jeremy Ruckert

As it stands right now, the Denver Broncos running backs are Javonte Williams, Mike Boone, and Damarea Crockett. The Broncos did have Melvin Gordon alongside Javonte Williams last season, but now Gordon finds himself without a team with the Ravens are potentially eyeing him up.

The Broncos drafted Williams last year in the 2nd round out of North Carolina. While at NC, Willaims calling card was his ability to shake off defenders, and well, that has continued in the NFL. While Williams is one of the best running backs at avoiding tackles in the NFL, he doesn’t quite have the speed some would like.

While Williams can break plenty of tackles, Strong Jr has some juice behind him. Strong Jr has great long-distance speed and has some good eyes with some shifty feet. While Strong can take some runs to the house, don’t expect him to be breaking plenty of tackles any time soon due to his less than large size.

Williams will, and should, remain the lead back in Denver, but Strong Jr would be a great complimentary back behind Williams.

Other Players Considered: Sincere McCormick, Jeffery Gunter, Smoke Monday

Looking at the current Denver Broncos cornerback group, they have a fairly good group. On the outside, you likely have Ronald Darby who is a solid veteran corner, and Patrick Surtain who had a good rookie season and looks to build upon that good rookie season next year.

In the slot, you will likely have new free agent signing K’Waun Williams. In terms of backups, you have two young guys in Essang Bassey and Michael Ojemudia. While Ojemduia and Bassey are young corners, they could still use some help.

Lucas is a lengthy cornerback from Arizona State. Lucas has some solid speed as he ran a sub 4.5 at the combine, and he has decent length with a good vertical to attack the ball in the air. The biggest problem that Lucas has is he has poor change of direction and fairly tight hips.

Lucas likely won’t see the field much without injury, but he should provide some competition to the other young backup corners.

Other Players Considered: Shaun Jolly, Tre Turner, Bubba Bolden