Denver Broncos history: Team has double-dipped with first two picks in draft before

The team goes all out for a pass rush

The Broncos only had four picks in the 2007 draft and three of them were used on defensive linemen. The first two picks in that draft were used on defensive ends.

Tim Crowder was chosen out of Texas with the No. 56 overall pick of the second round. He played just two seasons with the team before being waived in 2009.

Crowder had a promising rookie season, appearing in 13 games and registering four sacks. But the following season, he suited up for just six games and was a non-factor, causing the team to cut ties.

He spent the next three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and he was actually a better pick than the guy the team took in the first round.

Jarvis Moss, taken with the No. 17 overall pick out of Florida, was an absolute bust. There is just no other way to put it.

Moss had one sack and nine tackles as a rookie and he just never seemed to acclimate to the pro game. He had 7.5 sacks in each his sophomore and junior seasons at Florida before deciding to head to the next level, but his game just never translated to the next level.

Moss had difficulty picking up the team’s defensive schemes, prompting the Broncos to move him from defensive end to outside linebacker later in his career. That didn’t work out either.

In total, Moss played in a total of 34 games with the team and had 3.5 sacks. That doesn’t equal a first-round pick. The Oakland Raiders gave him a chance after he had four seasons with the Broncos and he was never any better with them.

The Broncos will hope that, unlike in any of these three scenarios, they hit a home run with each of the players they picked in this year’s draft.