When the Broncos selected running back RJ Harvey with their second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Sean Payton took a good deal of slack. Many felt as though Payton and general manager George Paton reached on the selection. The UCF product is older for most rookies, already 24, and the Broncos have yet to sign a starting back to their roster following the departure of Javonte Williams.
Shortly after, the Broncos took wide receiver Pat Bryant out of Illinois. Draft experts, why some of them are "experts" is a mystery to basically everyone, didn't seem to love the selection of Bryant.