Ahh...I love Draft Talk: MOCK 1.0
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As the regular season comes to a close, the Broncos still have a chance of making the tournament. But unfortunately, their destiny isn't controlled by only themselves any more. Though this has been a depressing week, I decided to make this a positive week; looking at the draft and figuring out which players can help the Broncos improve next season. With a little help from DraftTek.com, I have my first mock draft completed for ya'll today. I go through the 1st five rounds only. The 6th and 7th rounds are really based on best-player-available, anyway.
I made a trade with the Baltimore ravens to acquire the 21st, the 84th(3rd round), and the 148(5th), in return for the 8th pick in the draft. Don't really care if that isn't a great trade or anything. It's a mock after all! But lets get into my picks....
With the 21st pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos select.....
Mike Iupati, Guard from Idaho.
I don't really think I have to do much explaining with this pick. the Broncos need to beef up at guard and Iupati is 40 pounds heavier than Ben Hamilton! He is an absolute animal on the feild, and seems to destroy everything in his path. If Iupati is available in this spot, the Broncos need to take him.
Check some tape out HERE and HERE
With the 54th pick the 2010 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos select.....
Arthur Jones, 3-4DE from Syracuse.
Jones played DT in college and I think he could translate will the the 3-4 scheme the Broncos run. He has very quick feet for his position, and always seems to be disrupting pass protection. He seems to be a little inconsistant against the run which worries me, but i think he would be an excellent pick.
Tape is HERE and HERE(go to about 3:30)
With the 84th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos select.....
Damaryius Thomas, WR from Georgia Tech
This is the deep threat the Broncos need. Has great speed and has the playmaking ability few have. His run blocking needs some improvement, but having a big-bodied speedy deep threat would stretch the field for the Broncos. Marshall, Royal, and co. would get open more often.
Highlights are HERE and HERE(go to about 8:40)
With the 85th pick in the 2010 NFL, the Denver Broncos select....
J.D. Walton, Center from Baylor
Some more beef up front! He is 305 lbs (20 more lbs than Weigmann) which is what I really like about him. This might be a bit of a reach but i he would previde great depth. Have not seen much of him, but he looks like a great run blocker to me. He is one of the top centers going to the NFL, so he needs to be picked up. This is tough, especially with RB Even Royster still available, but our line would be taken care of. Interior line would now look something like this.....
Iupati Walton Kuper or...
Iupati Olson Kuper or...
Iupati Walton Olsen.....THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS! haha
With the 117th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, the Broncos select.....
Dan LeFevour, QB from Central Michigan
Great value here! He can sit behind Orton for a few years, and if Orton deosn't progress the way coach McD and co. want him to, LeFevour can step right in. He is one of the most accurate passers in all of college football with 71.1% of his passes caught, while only having 6 picks this year. He is a great scrambler and can make a play out of nothing. His picket awareness seems to be above average as well. He does not have the biggest arm ever, but he is more than capable of getting the ball down field. Great QB to develop.
With the 148th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Broncos select.....
Jerome Murphy, CB from South Florida
With the Alphonso Smith pick being a questionable one, Jerome would no doubt give Smith a run. He has 7 career interceptions and has tackled over 170 times. He always seems to be causing a turnover. He can learn great things staying behind Champ and Andre for a year or two. He is a special teams standout on kick coverage and can also block kicks. I believe he could become a good returner as well.
With the 149th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Broncos select....
Montario Hardesty, RB for Tennessee.
With Hillis and Jordan most likely gone after the season, the Broncos will need to find a 3rd RB. Hardesty could fill that role well. He will fight for every yard, and has a great spin move too. He isn't the fastest RB or the strongest, but he is solid. He would compliment Knowshon well IMO.
Check out tape of him HERE, HERE, and HERE
Well that's about all I got! Please leave comments. I would like to hear what all of you have to say. Here is to hoping the Broncos beat KC and get into the playoff!
GO BRONCOS!!!!
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Tyson Aluala from Cal as a 3-4 end or Greg Hardy from Mississippi, would you expect either of them at that slot in the 2nd round?
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i think Hardy will be gone before our slot. probably late 1st early 2nd
as for alualu, i would mind him on the broncos either. i went with jones just because i think he’s a little quicker than alualu. id be happy with alualu just as much as jones
LeFevour is a winner and his completion percentage has gone up every year — hard to hate on that… easy to hate on his competition though =)
haha yeah.. thats one thing i forgot to state haha
thats why id want him to sit for a few years. cant throw a guy like that into the fire right away
good point. didn't even think about that .
that gave vince young trouble when he first came into the league. but again, thats why i say give him a few years on the bench…
Interesting
The more I look at the draft scenarios, the more I think Logan Mankins will be worth whatever money they would need to pay him. He’s a monster, and the rookie contract extension produced by the uncapped season would leave cap room to spare. Not that I don’t like Lupati, but the 1st round is high for a guard….
i think the draft depends a lot on if there is a CBA or not
cuz if there is not, we keep a lot of good players like bmarsh, doom, kuper, schef. but im sure you know that. if there is, i have a feeling kuper could be gone. no doubt we will bring someone in through FA regardless of if there is a CBA or not.
The current CBA doesn't expire until AFTER the 2010 season
March 2011 to be exact.
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by KaptainKirk on Dec 30, 2009 10:10 PM MST up reply actions
with the number 12 pick of the 2010 draft the broncos select
Correction: Denver has just traded it’s first round pick to Dallas for Andre Gurode. With the number 12 pick Dallas selects….
Everyone has mentioned trading down, selecting a top O lineman, but what do you all think the possibility is trading that valuable pick to someone like Jones who loves his #1 picks and getting a pro bowl lineman in return? Philly got Peters for a #1 which was helpful in that Buffalo wasn’t going to pay him anyways, but I digress.
What do you think?
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isn't he the one that got stepped on by Fat Albert Haynesworth? haha
i like that. ur right, jerry always seems to trade for a 1st round pick. Chibronx brought up the idea of signing logan mankins in the offseason, which i like as well. i dont care how this problem at guard is solved, i just want it solved by training camp
Gurode is nowhere close to good enough to warrant gving up a first rounder. He is not that good of a player, despite the fact the he made the Popularity (Pro) Bowl. While it has largely flown under the radar, Dallas has struggled pretty severely on the O-Line this year. They have picked up their level of play as of late… but I expect them to address the aging and declining line more than any other position group in the off-season, including Gurode. He is gettingup there in years, and has been known to get the yips with his snaps… snapping on the wrong count and just flinging the ball everywhere. He also gets penalized too often.
He's also, like, 187 in football years....
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by PredominantlyOrange on Dec 31, 2009 11:22 AM MST up reply actions
I love it
seriously
could not have donee better
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Fe fi fo fum, Philly here we come
I think you overvalue our 1st rounder
Chicago will likely beat awful Detroit and finish 7-9. This will translate into 12-13 range pick. I don’t see Baltimore giving us their #21 +2nd rounder + 5th rounder for this pick.
I'm agree
that unless there’s somebody that a team “HAS TO” have that’s fallen to #12, a trade down doesn’t seem as likely unless we held the top 10. I wouldn’t put chicago at 7-9 just yet. They’ve put out some stinkers this year and not just because of he who cannot be named.
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by BroncoInExile on Dec 30, 2009 5:00 PM MST up reply actions
yeah before last week we had the 8th pick...now its all messed up haha
but BAL gave up a 1st 3rd and 5th. i was gonna give back a 5th but i decided not to cuz its only one slot difference. but yeah, now that the bears won a game it will be harder to get better value
Idaho is playing today as we speak.
Iupati will probably go in the top 10, I don’t very seriously that he will be there at 21. If we have the 12th pick and he is there available McD should grab him because he would be the BPA in the position we greatly need. He is the real-deal.
guards are usually never chosen that high, but Iupatie could def. be the exception
i just want him to be there wherever we have our pick. we gotta get this kid
oh, great job on this post by the way
Thanks for adding all the links. Dan LeFevour is interesting, but Tommy B. was throwing some beauties downfield during preseason. Tommy B. doesn’t look like a scrambler, but I remember his pocket presence not being so bad. I think we’ll sign a vet #2 while Brandy is brought along. Then again I’m no Coach, just a fanatic.
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thanks! TB did look pretty well in preseason.
i think this offseason will really show us if McD really thinks if TB is the future. this is a deep qb class and if a qb is not chosen, you gotta think that McD has a lot of faith in TB
oh wow! draftTek must be behind! they had him ranked like a 5th rounder!
must be a little out of date haha.
Murphy and Hardesty are going to the Senior Bowl
The DraftBible has Hardesty in the 3rd so, it’s just a matter of one’s opinion and things will change come combine time. Thanks for the post bb.
yes, both would be wonderful finds that late
But hey, I drafted Ducasse in the 6th in my pre-Chistmas mock. Lucky me! DraftTek may be a little slow getting Big Board in shape.
no goats, no glory.
Since I'm no expert at this
My thoughts may not matter much. I have heard that Draft Tek is a fairly reliable source for rating future players. I would question (using their rankings), how many spots is a reach to take a player? would 5 positions be too much of a reach? I wonder, because McX uses a “Short Board” to rank potential picks. Also, you have to consider Dollar value on position vs. Playing Time. Example: A top 10 pick will take a big slice of the pie compared to many of the other players on the team (Up with the Stars on the team). If that kind of money is spent, that player better make an impact on deciding games or it isn’t worth the cost. So, you better pick a LT, RB, WR, QB, Sack Specialist or INT machine. It might be more advantageous (and a more likely scenario) to trade down. But you still need a Buyer to trade with.
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This one of the deepest drafts that they have had for awhile
and there will be first round picks in the second IMO. If we are at 12-15 then I don’t think McD will trade down, but anything is possible. You are right though.
by bfree2bronc on Dec 30, 2009 10:39 PM MST up reply actions
well since it is such a deep draft
it should be no shocker if McD does take Iupati or something at 12-14. Since there are so many first round talent players around, none of them should be considered a reach at that point…
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re: depth
I’ve been guilty of saying that this class is deep but it was partly because ‘we’ expected many juniors to declare in reaction to a possible rookie cap. The statement that this class has depth seems to nearly aways be a contentious claim — actually.
I’d say there’s an elite group that takes up (and usually does) the first half of the 1st round. That’s the 1st tier. The second tier is through (about) the end of the 2nd. The third tier goes to the end of the 4th round. We may have a deeper 2nd tier depending on declarees but depth seems to be in the eyes of the beholder, and it depends on what position you’re looking at.
I tend to see depth as ‘likelihood of being able to pick a position at a certain range.’ Some people see it as the amount of 1st & 2nd tier prospects.
It’s best to wait until Jan. 15 before making sweeping statements. Overall depth, and not depth at one position, tend to even out somewhat from year to year because juniors declare according to their opportunities.
no goats, no glory.
Your wisdom rings true and has softened the icky feeling I feel.
It is wise to wait and not speculate too much. I believe we will be thrilled with what the new year brings for us.
Rec'd for the links. Thanks for putting this together.
I don’t want to get too gaga over highlight film, but I really like LeFevour’s footwork. LeFevour’s feet are nimble and shifty.
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
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