Denver Broncos: Nightmare 2021 NFL Draft scenarios

Alabama QB Mac Jones, Denver Broncos 2021 NFL Draft prospect [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.]

The Denver Broncos are less than a week away from making their first pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. We’ve all speculated about what George Paton will do in his first draft as General Manager for the Denver Broncos. What about the worst-case scenario, where George Paton falls flat in the draft?

Several teams around the NFL have had “Nightmare Drafts”, where teams picked a player much higher than his expected value was, or just drafted the wrong player. Examples like Isaiah Wilson and Damon Arnette remind us of just what can go wrong for teams in the NFL Draft.

Here, we look at some players and position groups…