Apr 27, 2021
The time has come for this writer’s one and only mock draft of 2021. Yes, mock drafts are a true test of too much of a good thing this time of year as many fans are likely looking at another mock with the same feeling they d have when looking at a third plate at Thanksgiving.
Still, since it is officially NFL draft week, the time has come to sit down and hash out a full seven-round mock draft for the Denver Broncos.
While draft simulators have gotten better over the years, I ve always found them to be too buggy to truly trust the results and use them as a benchmark for creating realistic mock drafts. Instead of using a simulator, in a fool-hearted attempt to project where prospects that fit the Broncos’ biggest needs might hear their names called, I ll be selecting players based on their projected draft slot via Arif Hasan’s Consensus Big Board, Dane Brugler’s “Beast” scouting reports, and