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Denver Broncos mock draft: Five different first round scenarios

BySayre Bedinger|
MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 27: Baker Mayfield #6 of the North team reacts during the first half of the Reese's Senior Bowl against the the South team at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 27, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 27: Baker Mayfield #6 of the North team reacts during the first half of the Reese's Senior Bowl against the the South team at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 27, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
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Denver Broncos mock draft: Five different potential first round scenarios to consider. What will the Broncos do in round one?

STANFORD, CA – FEBRUARY 04: Denver Broncos general manager and executive vice president of football operations John Elway (R) talks to Stanford football head coach David Shaw during the Broncos practice at Stanford Stadium on February 4, 2016 in Stanford, California. The Broncos will play the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
STANFORD, CA – FEBRUARY 04: Denver Broncos general manager and executive vice president of football operations John Elway (R) talks to Stanford football head coach David Shaw during the Broncos practice at Stanford Stadium on February 4, 2016 in Stanford, California. The Broncos will play the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The Denver Broncos are going to be exploring 2018 NFL Draft scenarios on Monday, so it seems appropriate that we would do the same.

Though the Broncos’ analytics staff has worked through hundreds of possible scenarios for the top five picks in the draft (and even more scenarios if the Broncos trade dow), we’re going to take a look at five scenarios in this post and try to determine what the Broncos’ best course of action could be.

The NFL Draft is — as is so often overstated — a crapshoot. There’s never any sort of guarantee, and teams manipulate us with misinformation throughout the entire pre-draft process, only to make shocking moves and send the entire NFL world into a frenzy.

Could the Broncos be the team to make that shocking move this year? Would they give up the picks required to move up to the second overall spot and ensure they get Baker Mayfield?

I don’t know that the Giants would go for it, but that’s a bonus scenario the team will undoubtedly consider.

Whatever the Broncos end up doing, they have convinced many national and local reporters that they could pass on a quarterback at five overall, and that they may even be likely to do so.

Let’s take a look at five mock draft scenarios for the Broncos that we could see playing out on Thursday evening…

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