Grades for Day 1 & 2 of the Broncos Draft

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Before we Lock it in, we need to see how 3 develops.It’s nigh impossible to accurately tell you what picks will hit and miss out this close to the selections. That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth trying, so much as I’m well aware that there’s a distinct possibility this looks silly a year or three down the road. With that in mind, I try to follow three main criteria when grading picks.

The opportunity cost of the pick.

Does it fit a short or long term need?

What I think of the player.

So let’s start off with a quick re-hash from Day 1.

If you would have told me before the draft that Elway was going to trade back and pick up a 2019 2nd and 2020 3rd and get a…