Pre-Combine Mock-ery
by ElwayFanJ on Feb 24, 2012 9:07 AM MST
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PrintI've been able to resist the temptation to put out a mock draft so far this off season but I can't anymore. I think we need to resign/pay Matt Prater and Brodrick Bunkley. Then I think our biggest priorities in free agency should be to steal Brandon Carr away from the Chiefs and take Dan Connor from the Panthers. Now onto the draft:
Round 1 Pick #25: Denver Broncos select Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
Lamar Miller is my favorite RB in the 2012 NFL draft, extremely fast and elusive. If we're going to be a running team we need a young back to share the load Willis McGehee. Mike Mayock has him rated as the 3rd best RB in the draft and he's rated 43rd overall by NFLDraftScout.com
Round 2 Pick #57: Denver Broncos select Jared Crick, DE/DT, Nebraska
Colin Cowherd asked Von Miller who the Broncos should go after in the draft; his answer was Jared Crick and I totally agree. Crick is a 1st round talent who falls because of an injury. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 52nd overall.
Round 3 Pick #88: Denver Broncos select Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami
Tommy Streeter is 6'5" with blinding speed and good hands. Pair him with Demarius Thomas on the edges, move Eric Decker into the slot, and we've got one of the best young WR cores in the league. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 99th overall.
Round 4 Pick #120: Denver Broncos select Nate Potter, OG/T, Boise State
Nate Potter isn't really an exciting pick but he represents good depth for the offensive line. Potter will probably be a guard in the NFL but if an injury were to happen he could also fill in at tackle. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 143rd overall.
Round 5 Pick #129: Denver Broncos select Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State
Vick Ballard is my sleeper prospect of the draft. He comes from a run heavy program and represents a major upgrade over Lance Ball and Jeremiah Johnson. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 152nd overall.
Round 5 Pick #152: Denver Broncos select B.J. Coleman, QB, UT Chattanooga
B.J. Coleman is 6'5" 220lbs with a Howitzer for an arm. He comes from a small school and is a little raw but he has a ton of potential and would be a quality pick up in the late 5th round. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 168th overall.
Round 7 Pick #216: Denver Broncos select Garth Gerhart, C, Arizona State
In the late 7th round we add more offensive line depth by picking up Toby Gerhart's younger brother. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 238th overall.
Tell me what you think and what you would change. GO BRONCOS!!!
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I like the picks a lot buddy.
Great players. I wonder if we would only go after one defensive player though? Do you think Crick would play DE or DT in our system?
I think Crick could play either position
I hear what you’re saying about this mock being a little thin on defensive picks but I strongly believe we need some offensive weapons if we’re going to go deep in the playoffs. We need a Terrell Davis (Lamar Miller) and a Brandon Marshall (Tommy Streeter).
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I don't disagree with you....
I’ve secretly been wondering if Crick is a sleeper at LDE. If we added Carr and Connor I would be ecstatic.
LDE is exactly where I would put Crick
I know he’d be more productive than Robert Ayers
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I would say both roles
on run situations pull dumervile and on pass rushing situations inside.
Doom is an excellent run defender.
He’s an every down player and we pay him what, 14 mil a year? Why take him off the field on that money…
by broncos7life on Feb 24, 2012 4:07 PM MST up reply actions
i agree he should be an every down player for that $
But you are the first person to ever accuse him of being a excellent run defender.(i love the guy)
I liked it
I saw some familiar names and some new ones. I have been thinking about Nate Potter for a while now. Like you said, depth. Doesn’t address everything, but how many drafts can actually do that. That is what free agency is for.
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Agreed totally
This mock only works if we get Brandon Carr and Dan Connor in free agency but I think we could realistically get both of them.
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I wouldn't change a thing.
I love it. I think it might be a good idea to draft two RBs given our current stable there.
I don’t know anything about the OL you drafted, but I think we need depth/competition there.
So are we rolling with Carter and Moore at safety?
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by Agent Jerry Fletcher on Feb 24, 2012 10:02 AM MST reply actions
I'm not sure about Carter and Moore
Hopefully Carter blossoms into a Dawkins-esque SS and Moore into a ball hawk FS with a complete off season. I wouldn’t be surprised if we went after Jim Leonhard in free agency.
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Leonhard will start the season on the PUP, most likely.
I feel like I say that on every mock.
by broncos7life on Feb 24, 2012 4:07 PM MST up reply actions
Love the Coleman pick!
He is my favorite out of all the late round project QBs. Also love Miller but I’d rather see us get him in a trade back into the 2nd round personally.
Wooooot! one of my teams made the postseason and won! PLAYOFFS!!!1
Denver Broncos: 2011 AFC WEST Champs!
Come on Toronto teams, one of you make the goddamn playoffs.
I'd like to see us trade back into the early 2nd too
But I think we’d have to target Doug Martin at that point.
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really like it.
I am a supporter of drafting two RBs as well. Crick is supposedly more suited for a 3-4 tackle though
I don't think anybody is strickly 4-3 or 3-4 anymore
Most teams run a hybrid defense. I thought Von Miller was a 3-4 rush linebacker and we still picked him up. Fletcher Cox and Kendall Reyes are similar prospects IMO.
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i didnt think von was only fit for the 3-4.
I don’t know why but I’m not a Crick fan. I feel like I’m warming up to him though. Rather have the two guys you mentioned. But I looove the Ballard pick.
by broncos7life on Feb 24, 2012 11:23 AM MST up reply actions
I've always hated Nebraska because of Husker fans (lived in Omaha for 3 years)
Hence my irrational hatred for Alfonzo Dennard but when Von Miller said he wanted us to draft Jared Crick a light bulb went on in my head.
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Crick reminds me of JJ Watt
and I promise you guys… Watt could play in a 4-3 with ease. I would be thrilled with a Howie Long type of player for the interior.
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I like the players a lot but bummed that there isn't more defense on here.
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Yeah, it's tough to get everybody I'd like
I went back and forth between taking Fletcher Cox and Trumaine Johnson with our first two picks or Lamar Miller and Jared Crick but after looking back on our games this year is was extremely evident that we need some more weapons on offense. My two favorite picks from this mock are Lamar Miller and Tommy Streeter because I think they’d help us a ton on offense.
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yeah I love both of those guys a lot. I'd be willing to take another DT like Poe or CB (if a good one was available) at 25 though and then Turbin in rd 4.
I like Miller but I think I like Turbin just as much. I’m a late round RB kind of guy though.
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by BroncoMath101 on Feb 24, 2012 3:29 PM MST up reply actions
I agree completely
Vick Ballard has been my horse since the beginning of the season but I think we’ve all got to realize that we are a running team and Willis McGehee has a lot of miles on the tires. I wouldn’t be surprised if we drafted a RB in the 1st or 2nd round.
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You reached for every player on the board and I doubt EFX will see it that way.
EFX may draft Miller at 25, but I hope we address the DT a find that RB guy in the later rounds. EFX interviewed RB Robert Turbin last night and will see RB Darrell Scott tonight. They have 60 interviews if they want, but I don’t think they will fill the whole slot of 60. I think they talked to 25 last year. I can’t wait to see Lamar Miller in action…
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Technically I didn't reach for Crick :)
But I agree with you that EFX will probably see things differently. I bet Fletcher Cox or Mark Barron end up as our 1st round pick and Doug Martin or Mike Martin our 2nd round pick.
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Nice draft bro
Miller… Crick… and Streeter? Now that’s a haul.
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Tommy Streeter
he’s built like Randy Moss, and his skillset is similar as well. That is a deadly young WR combo on the edges.
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Exactly, most teams have 1 good CB
How is a defense supposed to cover DT, Streeter, and Decker? I really hope we find a way to get Brian Quick or Tommy Streeter in the 3rd round.
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Or Stephen Hill even.
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by BroncoMath101 on Feb 24, 2012 4:33 PM MST up reply actions
I think he'll be gone in the 2nd or early 3rd round
Hill is going to be an excellent pick up for somebody
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I think so too. After teams saw what DT did in December last year, and since Megatron came from GT, they'll look a little harder at WRs from that program.
Especially if he runs fast.
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by BroncoMath101 on Feb 24, 2012 4:39 PM MST up reply actions
No way
Again, no way the Broncos draft a RB 1st round and another RB in the draft. Drafting a RB in the 1st round is a complete waste of a pick, I am sorry, but there is limited value. Elway understands that good RB prospects can be found in any round and I can’t see him drafting one anywhere higher than Round 2, and that may be stretching it. I certainly can’t see us drafting two RB, just doesn’t make much sense. Plus there will be some decent FA RB available.
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We took two safeties last year
You would have hated my first draft of this mock with Brad Smelley, FB, Alabama instead of Garth Gerhart.
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STEPHEN HILL OF GA TECH RAN AN UNOFFICIAL TIME OF 4.3 flat.
Boy do they know how produce receivers for being such a running team. If Streeter doesn’t run faster, I’d say we go after Hill!!
I'd love to have Stephen Hill in blue and orange!
We’d probably have to spend our 2nd round pick to get him.
Updated draft watching Combine:
25: Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
57: Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
88: Kheeston Randall, DT, Texas
120: Will Blackwell, G, LSU
129: Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State
152: B.J. Coleman, QB, UT Chattanooga
216: Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, DT, Baylor
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