2020 NFL Draft: Could the Broncos really luck into Jerry Jeudy?

Could the Denver Broncos really luck into Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in the 2020 NFL Draft? Another mock draft gives us that scenario.

Could the Denver Broncos really luck into a player like Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in the 2020 NFL Draft?

Now that it’s been mentioned more than once by non-Broncos fans in mock draft scenarios, it might be worth actually exploring.

Last week, NFL Network draft analyst and former NFL scout and front office personnel man Daniel Jeremiah released a first-round mock draft with the Broncos surprisingly landing Jeudy with the 15th overall pick.

This week, Trevor Sikkema over at The Draft Network has the Broncos landing Jeudy after a flurry of moves ahead of the 15th pick for teams to get offensive tackles and quarterbacks.

Even though we’re in the early stages of the 2020 NFL Draft season still, it feels like it would be highly unlikely for a player of Jeudy’s caliber to fall to the Broncos’ pick all the way at 15 overall. Yet, multiple draft experts have considered the possibility, and not in the context of benefiting Denver at all.

At this point in the process, it feels like Jeudy has fallen victim to being so good for such a long time that people are looking for any reason to put someone else above him. Of course, a player like CeeDee Lamb could fit a team in their situation better than Jeudy, perhaps a situation like the Cardinals, but Jeudy is a rare talent at the receiver position in a very deep class of players.

Perhaps the overall depth at receiver in this year’s draft will cause teams, as it does in this scenario as well as Jeremiah’s, to take other positions earlier and go for receivers later.

The Broncos could then zig where other teams are zagging and take a player like Jeudy, who in my mind is one of the more NFL-ready players in this class.

His route running skills and separation skills are exceptional. Despite the fact that Henry Ruggs is probably the fastest player in the entire class, Jeudy has great speed and has proven that over and over again. He’s a threat in the open field, he tracks the ball well deep downfield, and at times is capable of taking over games.

For the Broncos, he would be an ideal weapon with his combination of speed and separation skills to give Denver a true number two option in the passing game with Courtland Sutton as the number one.