I see a lot of people wondering/questioning the lack of offensive lineman picks by Elway. To this I say Rome wasn't built in a day. Everyone told the Avs Sakic/Roy that we had to get a dman with the number 1 pick in 2013, but we took MacKinnon and look how that is turning out. And down the line we ended up getting guys like Girard, Makar, Timmins, Meloche etc. If you don't force picks to fit needs, good things tend to happen down the road.
Elway actually did very well in this draft. He didn't get suckered and avoided the QB in Rd 1 as most of them are going to end up being average to below average.
Walked away with hands down the best defensive player in the draft in Chubb. We got ourselves another big time player on defense.
Grabbed arguably the best WR in the draft in Sutton at pick 40. I don't think right away he will be the best, but he has the highest ceiling IMO of any WR this year.
Got a durable and productive RB in Freeman and a very high upside CB in Yiadom.
Nabbed some high character guys/team captains in the 4th round in Jewell and Hamilton. Don't sleep on these two picks at one of these two will make a solid impact next season. I rather grab a high character guy like Hamilton with big time college production than grab an average middle of the run O-line. Never under-estimate high character/hard workers and what they can provide to a locker room.
Once you get into rounds 5,6,7 you're just hoping to get some guys that can play backup roles or special teams. And personally Fumagali and Jones are not too bad of picks both have a shot to be solid backups year 1. After that I'm not 100% familiar with either guy but hopefully they come in and compete.
As UDFA we killed it there too. Holland is a huge get, how this guy didn't get drafted is beyond me. Lindsey is a very hard worker and I'd never count him out. I've heard good things about the two offensive linemen Schlottmann and Johnson. So you never know.
Point still remains that, yes, the Broncos have some large holes still on O-line, QB, cover LBs, coach etc. But we just have to keep adding to the team piece by piece. A turn around isn't going to happen overnight for the Broncos, there were just too many holes. But if we keep adding pieces 3 years from now we could look pretty good again. This draft was a good start, now we have to continue to build. It was nice for once to see us not reach for guys because of positional need and instead just take guys who produce.
