2025 Draft discussion thread

[SpringStein]

I'm hearing we trade Courtland Sutton to the Cowboys and we end up with Micah Parsons and Ceedee Lamb.

But the downer was we had to trade owners and they got Walton and we are stuck with Jerry &Son.

 

[Draft Crazy]

But the downer was we had to trade owners and they got Walton and we are stuck with Jerry &Son.

Yeahhhhhh, they won the trade.

 

[Draft Crazy]

35:23:31 until the draft.

 

[cdumler7]

Peter Schrager (the most accurate mock drafter the last 2 years) has the Broncos taking Egbuka at pick 20.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Peter Schrager (the most accurate mock drafter the last 2 years) has the Broncos taking Egbuka at pick 20.

I feel like all is calm on Egbuka with rumors about Golden that if Hampton or Henderson isn’t our guy it will be Egbuka.

 

[cdumler7]

I feel like all is calm on Egbuka with rumors about Golden that if Hampton or Henderson isn’t our guy it will be Egbuka.

He makes a ton of sense. I really do think Payton would love him. The effort he brings in both the run and the pass, not afraid to go over the middle, and will be a great addition to the locker room. I was reading the other day about some of the players that had the best offseason and Egbuka's name was on the list. Said every team universally loved the guy and view him as someone that could get voted as a 10-year captain for a roster.

 

[Mountain Bronco]

He makes a ton of sense. I really do think Payton would love him. The effort he brings in both the run and the pass, not afraid to go over the middle, and will be a great addition to the locker room. I was reading the other day about some of the players that had the best offseason and Egbuka's name was on the list. Said every team universally loved the guy and view him as someone that could get voted as a 10-year captain for a roster.

This is a first round receiver I could get behind. The Broncos have targeted character recently and this kid has it in spades! His skill set is so versatile as well. He doesn't have the extreme measurables but neither did Jefferson.

 

[cdumler7]

This is a first round receiver I could get behind. The Broncos have targeted character recently and this kid has it in spades! His skill set is so versatile as well. He doesn't have the extreme measurables but neither did Jefferson.

He isn't Jefferson for sure but only a couple in the league could make such a claim. I wish Egbuka was a little better at the jump ball type plays. He does have a couple of concentration drops where they are trying to set up blocking for him and he is looking too far ahead leading to an easy drop, but otherwise yes every part of his game you would grade at worst as solid. He is a good athlete not great. I would say football wise his best quality is his route running. Does a great job getting separation and it is why when it was 3rd and 5 or less OSU leaned into targets going his way. That is something we are missing on this offense.

 

[Mountain Bronco]

Jefferson wasn't Jefferson in the draft either or he wouldn't have gone 22nd and been the fifth receiver taken. Broncos and others whiffed on that. As an LSU fan I was miffed as Jefferson was so good. I think the overall talent around Jefferson at LSU that year, arguably most talented college team ever, downgraded his unreal production that year (111 Catches, 1540 yards and 18 TD).

Not saying Egbuka will be Jefferson as their skill sets are different, but just pointing out how weird and inaccurate the draft process can be.

 

[cdumler7]

Jefferson wasn't Jefferson in the draft either or he wouldn't have gone 22nd and been the fifth receiver taken. Broncos and others whiffed on that. As an LSU fan I was miffed as Jefferson was so good. I think the overall talent around Jefferson at LSU that year, arguably most talented college team ever, downgraded his unreal production that year (111 Catches, 1540 yards and 18 TD).

Not saying Egbuka will be Jefferson as their skill sets are different, but just pointing out how weird and inaccurate the draft process can be.

Oh for sure. And Egbuka has been haunted by a similar issue in having ridiculous talent around him making some of the eval a little tougher. Marvin Harrison Jr. being there for the first part of his career and Jeremiah Smith being there this past season made it impossible for him to get that chance to shine as the true #1 WR. 98% of all teams in college football he would have been their #1 WR. He just happened to have 2 of the best WR prospects of the past 15 years playing next to him. Throw in OSU leaned pretty heavily into the run game this past season with 2 guys expected to be gone in the first 2 rounds of the draft. Just a loaded team.

I think my biggest thing that I love about Egbuka beyond the character side of things is he really is willing to do all the dirty work for a team. Smith got the highlight plays down the field but Egbuka did all the work underneath to keep teams honest from always just playing a Cover-2 or Cover 4 shell. I look at Franklin and Mims and even Sutton. They have the ability to win over the top, but they can struggle with the short area stuff. Egbuka really fits well to what we are missing especially now with Engram in the building. Would love to see some bunch formations with Egbuka and Engram next to each other. Have one go out and the other in and watch how teams scramble to figure out how to stop that.