Denver Broncos 7-round mock draft: Trading up for a playmaker

The Broncos have got to at least try to get a combination of receivers from this draft class. They don’t necessarily have to go back-to-back selections, but adding a player like CeeDee Lamb in the first round and then KJ Hamler or maybe even Laviska Shenault in the third?

Denver would be in business offensively.

Although opinions vary on the importance of doing this, the Broncos’ wide receiver depth has been tested in the last two years, and the current roster has not gotten the job done outside of Courtland Sutton.

Even with DaeSean Hamilton showing flashes late last season with Drew Lock at QB, the Broncos would be right to add talented playmakers like Lamb and Hamler. Imagine trying to defend against a Broncos offense that featured Courtland Sutton, Noah Fant, CeeDee Lamb, and KJ Hamler?

This kind of pick not only provides great depth, but allows your offensive coordinator to utilize a wide variety of personnel groupings throughout the course of a game.

The Broncos, in this scenario, traded Todd Davis.

Even if they don’t do that, the linebacker position could still be targeted somewhere in the top 100 picks. If Troy Dye is still available at the back end of the third round, that would be a tremendous value.

The Broncos could look at a number of guys here including Wyoming’s Logan Wilson, but Dye presents them with an experienced player on all three downs not only blitzing and rushing the quarterback but dropping into coverage and taking on a lot of responsibilities.

This move would pair up Dye with his former Oregon Ducks teammate, Justin Hollins.