[DJ's left nut]

Broncos 2017 Mock:

1.20) Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Wisconsin
2.51) Sidney Jones, CB - Washington
3.82) Jaleel Johnson, NT - Iowa
3.101) Derek Rivers, DE/OLB - Youngstown State
4.126) Alex Anzalone, LB - Florida
5.177) Chad Wheeler, OT - USC
6.203) Jamaal Williams, RB - BYU
7.238) Darrell Daniels, TE - Washington
7.252) Zach Pascal, WR - ODU
7.253) Jayon Brown, LB - UCLA

This draft is utter shite. Stupid decisions abound:

1 - Not taking David Njoku with my 1st rounder. That would've just been a HR pick there.

2 - Sidney Jones - should've gone Jarrad Davis or Joe Mixon; too early for an injured CB in a draft this deep at the position. Just hadn't realized how deep CB was yet.

3 - Alex Anzalone - reach for need in the 4th with his shoulder issues; should've gone with Kittle here or Julie'n Davenport. With Njoku in the fold instead of Ramzcyk, Davenport is the likely pick here.

4 - Wheeler instead of Gibson.

Things I did well for Denver - just the 3rd round. Johnson and Rivers are larceny in the 3rd. It won't be enough to make up for the rest of that draft being nothing but wheel spinning and need picks, but I'm extremely happy with those 2 picks anyway.

So what my draft SHOULD have been:

1 - Njoku
2 - J. Davis
3 - Johnson
3 - Rivers
4 - Davenport
5 - Gibson
6 - Sharpe (need the OL depth without Ramczyk and Wheeler)
7 - Pumphrey (3rd down back without Williams)
7 - Pascal
7 - Brown

And that's not even a 'knowing what I know' draft; those are guys that I knew I liked in real time and wouldn't get another shot at. I didn't stretch it at all. Just really let need dictate way too much in the 1st and didn't give enough credence to Jones injury and the Broncos currently strong defensive backfield. Just a pretty poor job by me here. I dicked up my first two picks and it set the tone for bad picks in the 4th and 5th as well. Just snowballed on me, really.