The Lead
How good the Broncos or any team s draft class turns out will only be revealed in due time.
However, that face doesn t stop one of the time-honored annual draft traditions: grading the picks. So, without further ado, let s dive in: I m all in on this Broncos draft. They let the draft come to them, and Patrick Surtain [II] was a guy they tried to keep quiet that they wanted. I loved him, one of the best defensive players in the draft. But what they did in the second round with Javonte Williams and third round with Quinn Meinerz, I think, must be stated: These guys are all longtime starters. They killed their draft.
As far as draft grades go, Broncos Country are mostly giving Paton a ‘B’ grade for this draft class. At least according to the 50% or so in our poll at the end of this post are giving him that grade. Fans tend to be either overly optimistic with these snap grades or overly pessimistic. So I thought it would be a good idea to aggregate draft grades from around the nation to see what other draft analysts thought of Denver’s draft class here. I only clipped snippets from the overall grades posted by these analysts, so click through their name to read the full grade if you are interested.
FTRS Mock Draft 2021
Happy draft day everyone!
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Happy Draft Day!! If you’ll remember to last year, several of the writers got together for the first annual FTRS Mock Draft, and well, this year, we decided to do it again! So without further ado, let’s get onto the rule and team assignments.
Rules
If there is a trade between two teams that are being run by the same person, it must be approved by a simple majority of the whole group.
Due to not being able to get everyone together at the exact same time, we are requiring that folks wait at least five minutes before making their selection to give people ample time to discuss trades and such.
Vikings First-Round Trade Scenarios
Lots of different scenarios that could play out on Thursday night, so let’s get into it.
Pre-Vikings Picks
As it stands now, here are the more likely scenarios with teams picking ahead of the Vikings at #14.
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First real hinge in the draft is here. Ian Rapoport reports that the 49ers have narrowed their choices to between QB Mac Jones and QB Trey Lance. Many believe that 9ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s pick has always been Mac Jones, but that others in the organization aren’t so sure. 9ers GM John Lynch said he defers to Shanahan to make the QB call, so my guess is that the 49ers choose QB Mac Jones here, to the dismay of a large part of their fan base. Ownership could still nix that decision and order Lance to be the pick, but outside of that it seems like Mac Jones will be drafted by the 49ers here.
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Give Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead some credit.
Snead and the rest of his scouting department likely anticipated this year’s draft class would have a deep pool of talent at offensive line, aligning with the team’s top need this offseason.
So, the fact that the Rams do not have a first round selection in this year’s draft does not prohibit them from filling their most obvious need on an already talented roster this week.