Final 2011 Denver Broncos Mock Draft

I would still prefer Dareus, it looks like the Broncos are taking Miller. Cecil Lammey from 102.3 here in Denver says Miller would play WLB, but I think he plays SAM as well.

but I’m hoping all this Von Miller talk is a smokescreen to move down. I still believe if we stay at #2 Dareus will be the man.

Nice job on the draft coverage this year!

I like Daniels, but he’s the pick I’d trade out. There’s got to be a DT we could take there instead. Paea is a good pickup, and I think he’ll be there. But he’s not enough. A DT will cost twice as much in FA as a running back would. Again, I like the Daniels, and I like all the picks, I just think we need another DT somewhere in there. There are too many quality DTs in this draft for us not to maneuver around and gain two of them.

I must say I’m really hoping for 2 DT’s out of this draft tho.

Looking forward to it! I will never forget last year ,with all the moving around in the first round, then seeing Tebow putting on a Broncos hat out of nowhere. McD didn’t lack in the dramatic.

Do you really think he’ll be available in the 5th.

I do believe Von Miller could play in a 4-3 but I just don’t think he’ll be able to come into a 4-3 and be an instant star. He’s has the tools to do it but having played only one game as a 4-3 LB means he’s still got a ton to learn. Dareus will be an instant blue chip player, with Miller it will take some time.

All these experts saying he will be rookie of the year probably also expect him to go to a 3-4 team.

But my gut feeling is that Peterson will be the best player to come out of this draft. I think he’ll redefine how to play in the secondary. Reminds of the year I wanted Ed Reed desperately and we picked Lelie. Not saying Miller will be a fail like Ashley but just that feeling that we are going to miss on something. We’ll see. GO BRONCOS!

Aaron Curry (Seattle 1st round couple yrs back) was supposed to be the man and he hasnt done to much i the league as of yet. Did he not have all the intagibles that Miller has?

Off topic but…I need to know a good place to watch the draft tonight ( I don’t have cable). I was looking for info. about the “Draft Party” for mile high report—couldn’t find it. Any suggestions?

1. Trade down and then take BPA or Bad ass DT
2. Stay at two and take Dareus

I wrote my one and only mock yesterday. And the only prospect that we have that is the same is Julius Thomas. I guess im going to have to take a back seat to the mock draft king here. But i really wanted to see Dareus in orange and blue. Hopefully Von can meet those expectations. Also dont really know much about Daniel Thomas but what i have seen he seems to run upright. but good value everwhere on your board.

I don’t know how you write mock drafts so well, it’s a difficult thing to do to try and project where players will go and if the Broncos (or any team) will select them.

I see the Broncos taking Miller and I can’t disagree with it. Nor could I with Peterson or Dareus.

Denver finds themselves in a unique position drafting this high and they should use the selection at No. 2, not trade down.

Take one of these beasts, one of the guys that will be a star on the defense for 5-10 years, someone they can build around.

As far as all the offense in your mock, I can understand taking a RB, possibly even a TE, but I still think the Broncos should go all D.

Von miller is a square peg about to go in a round hole if we draft him, sorry if you disagree with me, and no one get offended

OOOOO! Miller is fast! We have to take him!

Give me a break! Miller is a poor fit for our team. Miller is a project that we hope might be able to make the transition from DE to LB. Let him go to a team that has a place for him, with Buffalo or Houston being a good example, while we take a player that actually is a fit for our scheme. Give me Dareus, or Peterson, or Fairley, or even one of the very talented 4-3 DEs, but please not a project like Miller.

AJ Green recently said that he is a better cover corner than PP.

But I’ll take Miller. I’m just nervous taking a pass rushing linebacker at number two, especially with the switch to a 4-3. But I trust Fox knows what he’s doing in that respect.

Also, major props for the two Iowa guys (I can’t take my biases out of the Draft). Sash was awesome to watch in person because of the way he’s always near the ball, and DJK is guy who has the talent to go in the 3rd or 4th but some off the field issues will relegate him to the late rounds/free agency. If we can get him that late, I say do it. At Iowa when we were in 3rd and long, he ALWAYS made the play. Love him.

other than that it looks fantastic.

This concerns me because literally EVERY other top prospect has the intelligence to give a generic, “I wanna play for who ever wants to pick me”-type answer. I’m quite sure that 99% of the players in this draft have a team they want to play for more than anybody else. But if you’ve watched coverage of the draft over the years, you know that nobody gives a legit answer when asked where they want to play. Usually I’m a big fan of a player being totally forthright, but in this case I prefer players play coy. Not a big fan of Miller’s response in this case.

Once again you don’t address the OL. You should get rid of Daniel Thomas and put in a RT or DT. Both would fill a larger need and the value would be much better.

One of: Carpenter, Brewer, Pinkston, Barksdale, Iljanona(sp?), Rackley, or Gibert in round three should be the pick. Ryan is gone and the RT is the biggest need on offense by far. Moreno is a three down starter when healthy in this league and we don’t need to waste picks on RB’s.

Pretty good, but we could really really really really really use a 2nd and 3rd D-linemen.

Miller’s downside looks a lot like DJ Williams to me. What he is good at is attacking. When he guesses right WOOOHOOO but when he guesses wrong it’s toast for his defense. Maybe he can be taught to inside contain at an NFL pace but it looks like he’ll be blown out. I’d rather see Patrick Peterson here then Miller. Give me a difference maker upfront or at least give me the most athletic MOFO in the draft but not a projected player that shows some very scary downside in live action.

I’m excited that we’re picking defense for sure this year!!!

yesd please!

From a talent perspective, I can’t complain, and seventh round picks have a low hurdle anyways, but I have to wonder about selecting J-K on the character criterion considering his recent drug arrest.

I don’t view character as a black and white distinction nor am ignorant of the ubiquity of drugs in college life, but the amount of drugs found at Derrell Johnson-Koulianos’s residence suggests more than casual usage.

LINK

…Forget about the marijuana. Try to get past the cocaine. It’s some of the pharmaceutical substances police reportedly found in DJK’s room that raise bigger questions:

• Zolpidem Tartrate, a medicine administered mainly to help the elderly get a good night’s rest. “It’s really unusual for young people to have sleeping medicines,” said Katherine Linder, a pharmacist at Medicap Pharmacy in rural Iowa.

• Diazepam, one of the original anxiety medications.

• Hydromorphone Hydrochloride (Diluadid), a very strong controlled substance used for extreme pain. Typically seen in the treatment of cancer patients and people who have had severe accidents, it’s stronger than morphine.

Prescribed medicines have legitimate usages and I’m not overly impressed with chemical names (note: I once gave Diazepam to a rat for a psychology experiment). The small pharmacopoeia in J-K’s residence could merely be artifacts of the medicinal history of the residents there. Whatever the case, he has some ‘splaining’ to do before we draft him. I lean towards offering a CFA contract to someone like this, complete with behavioral clauses.