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Published on 04/16/2008 at Wed Apr 16 22:38.



Going out on a limb — draft day prediction! Sort of

Posted Wed Apr 16th by

I’m going to be the first to admit that I’m just not enough up to speed on everything to even try to do a mock draft; once you get past the second round, everyone is just a bunch of names and it’s hard to get real information on these guys. I really respect you guys who have the time, energy and passion to pay attention to who those guys are. To me they’re just a bunch of guys.

That said, I’m going to make a prediction where I do feel more comfortable: Not who, but what.

We have 9 picks in the draft. I’m going to predict that, after trades, we pick 8 players. In no particular order:

  • 2 OL
  • 2 DL
  • 1 RB
  • 1 WR
  • 1 S
  • 1 CB

My least comfortable spot is the CB — I really want to say KR but that’s not technically a position. So I am taking this gamble — with no education, just a gut feeling — that the guy we draft as a return specialist will be a CB. But that one, I’ll grant, could also be a WR. And that said, there’s need to get a young CB in there to guard against the fact that we could lose Paymah and Foxworth at the same time.

What do you think. Should we have a pool?

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  • http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

    A running back, even a very good one, will have no success in Denver if he doesn’t have a decent O-line to block for him.

    A running back, even a very good one, will have no success if the offense is never on the field due to our defense giving up hundreds of yards rushing through our D-line.

    Bottom line… The guys in the trenches are the real game winners, and we need those guys.

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    I agree J.D., but you knew I would.

    Don’t forget about a kicker, and maybe a punter.

  • http://merlinofchaos.livejournal.com E. Halsey Miles

    I don’t think we’ll draft a K or P, though. There’s not a lot of excitement for them in the draft and plenty should be available as UFAs afterward.