The Denver Broncos dominated the first two days of the 2020 NFL Draft

Third Round

Words cannot express how pleased I was with the Broncos going with back-to-back receivers to open the 2020 NFL Draft followed by an Iowa Hawkeyes player.

If you’ve been reading the site for a while, you know of my affinity for the Hawkeyes, so I like this pick for the Broncos even if they took Ojemudia 20 picks higher than I probably would have in any mock draft scenario.

Ojemudia is a tremendous zone corner with instincts and some of the best run support tackling ability in this draft.

Iowa’s defense is one the Broncos will likely continue paying attention to with Fangio at the helm as their scheme is similar to what Fangio likes to run, at least in terms of the secondary and asking linebackers to cover.

Fangio also said the Broncos felt fortunate to get Ojemudia with the 77th pick despite many of us thinking it was a reach.

When the Broncos passed on Cushenberry at 77, all of Broncos Country shouted their expletives.

Thankfully, he was still on the board with the 83rd overall pick, a scenario that has been impossible in the last two months of making mock drafts.

Cushenberry is everything you look for in an NFL center, and he’s even got some nice physical tools to boot. He’s smart, physical, experienced, a leader, and a great teammate. He was the first offensive lineman ever awarded the jersey number 18 for the Tigers (which he couldn’t wear in games) for representing the team well on and off the field.

How in the world did the Broncos get him at 83? He’s going to be the team’s starting center and no one would have batted an eye had Denver taken him at 46 or even traded up in round two to get him.

If you didn’t already say it for the Michael Ojemudia pick, this was for sure the first pick the Broncos made where you were probably like, who??

McTelvin Agim was once a five-star recruit from the state of Arkansas who chose the Razorbacks over Alabama and pretty much any other school he could have gone to. He ended up playing defensive end for a couple of years before gaining weight and transitioning to interior line this past season, and although he’s relatively unknown to the masses, I’m with what his agent is saying here:

The Broncos are going to coach up Agim to hopefully be a starter in year two, but there is no reason he can’t make an impact as a rookie in situational pass rush duties.

Although it may not have been the pick everyone scripted, the Broncos got themselves a high-upside interior defensive lineman who can rush the QB, which is never a bad idea.