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The 2026 NFL Draft is in the books and the Denver Broncos have added more depth to a roster many feel is ready to compete for the Super Bowl. Did this draft put the team over the top?
Jordan Dajani of CBS Sports decided to list a best and worst pick for every team in the league. The Broncos didn't have a pick until late in the second round due to the Jaylen Waddle trade, and they traded that pick to go back four spots into the third round while adding an extra sixth-round pick. The team seemed to do the best it could with what it had to work with.
Still, not every pick is going to be a hit. That is true for nearly every team, every year.
Dajani chose Boise State's Kage Casey, an offensive tackle taken in the fourth round, as the Broncos' best pick. For the worst, he went with seventh-round safety Miles Scott. Were these the right choices?
For the Broncos' best pick, Washington's Jonah Coleman seems like an excellent fit. The Broncos needed help at the running back position and it would have been shocking to see the team run it back with the exact same group from last year.
That group comes with a major injury history for J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey is more of a scatback/receiver out of the backfield than a guy you want to try and run in between the tackles.
That is why Coleman is the perfect complement to this group. He's a tough runner who is a sneaky option in the passing game and his pass protection is terrific for a rookie coming into the league.
As for the team's worst pick, I'll agree with Dajani on Scott. The former Illinois safety will likely have the toughest time of any of this year's picks of making the final 53-man roster. Though the Broncos could have used more depth at safety, he will face long odds this summer.
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Aside from that, it's hard to argue that the Broncos didn't get great value with each of their other picks.
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