Day 1: Roman Phifer’s journey | Payton and Paton digging for gold | Winners and losers
Day 2: Broncos analysis Day 2 Marvin Mims Jr. at No. 63 | Drew Sanders at No. 67 | Riley Moss at No. 83 Day 3 possibilities | Russell Wilson trade tally
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5:54 p.m.: The draft is officially over and the undrafted signees are already rolling in. Here’s a list of Post confirmations:
CB Art Green, Houston
DL Thomas Incoom, Central Michigan
OL Alex Palczewski, Illinois
S Devon Matthews, Indiana
OL Henry Byrd, Princeton
RB Emanuel Wilson, Fort Valley State
TE Nate Adkins, South Carolina
TE Kris Leach, Kent State
WR Dallas Daniels, Jackson State
WR Taylor Grimes, Incarnate Word
LB Seth Benson, Iowa
DT PJ Mustipher, Penn State
DB Darrious Gaines, Western Colorado
4:50 p.m.: Denver closed out its draft class with interior offensive lineman Alex Forsyth out of Oregon at No. 257 overall in the seventh round.
Forsyth started 28 games games at center for the Ducks over the past three years. He used the extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 and played six collegiate seasons overall at UO.
The Broncos have Lloyd Cushenberry and 2022 fifth-round pick Luke Wattenberg as options at center along with veteran free agent Kyle Fuller.
The pick puts a wrap on the 2023 draft for Denver. Their final haul: WR Marvin Mims Jr., LB Drew Sanders, CB Riley Moss, S JL Skinner and Forsyth plus the acquisition of New Orleans tight end Adam Trautman.
3:02 p.m.: Hey, the state of Colorado is on the board in the 2023 draft. Not a banner year by any stretch for the Centennial State, but Colorado Springs native and Auburn kicker Anders Carlson was picked No. 207 by the Green Bay Packers.
2:25 p.m.: Denver traded out of the No. 195 pick, sending it to New Orleans in return for a seventh-round pick (No. 257) and tight end Adam Trautman.
Trautman was a third-round pick in 2020 when Sean Payton was the head coach in New Orleans and caught 18 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown last year.
It’s an interesting move for Denver, which was short on bodies in that position group. Now, Trautman will join free agent signee Chris Manhertz, Greg Dulcich and Albert Okwuegbunam in the room coached by former New Orleans assistant Declan Doyle.
1:51 p.m.: The Broncos used their first pick of the sixth round to draft Boise State defensive back JL Skinner from Boise State. Skinner’s not exactly Isaiah Simmons, but he’s a unique athlete at nearly 6-foot-4 and 209 pounds and someone Denver defensive coordinator Vance Joseph might see as a versatile member of the back seven.
Skinner at BSU played mostly safety and would add a different body type to a group in Denver that, opposite Justin Simmons, looks like an open competition.
Skinner didn’t go through the pre-draft testing process because he suffered a torn pectoral muscle just before the Combine, but he played in 44 collegiate games at Boise State and started the last three years.
He told reporters in Denver that he’s ahead of schedule in his recovery, has been lifting and running and thinks he’ll be back toward fully healthy in about a month. Even if he’s limited in OTAs and June’s minicamp, on that timeline he’d have a chance to be cleared by the time training camp begins in training camp.
1:24 p.m.: Broncos are getting close to finally getting in on the Day 3 action, here. Plenty of running back options still on the board. A couple of intriguing guys at other positions — Oklahoma running back Eric Gray, Georgia edge Robert Beal and tackle Warren McClendon and Purdue tight end Payne Durham — have come off the board in the past 10 picks.
12:23 p.m.: Through 150 picks, the AFC West breaks out this way in terms of number of selections:
Denver: Three picks (a second-rounder and two thirds)
Las Vegas: Six picks (first, second, two thirds, two fourths)
Kansas City: Four picks (first, second, third, fourth)
Los Angeles: Four picks (first, second, third, fourth)
12:03 p.m.: Amazing what a difference a year can make. This time last year, Nik Bonitto was getting drafted in the second round and Christopher Allen got a call from the Broncos about joining the franchise as an undrafted free agent. Life changing moments. Fast forward a year and the young pair of edge players are in sweats grinding away at the offseason, working on pass-rush moves against tackling dummies as the draft plays on TVs just off the edge of the practice field in the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse.
11:44 a.m.: The Raiders moved up in the draft to take Purdue quarterback Aidan O’Connell. A mini-run on signal-callers, with the Rams taking Georgia’s Setson Bennett and New Orleans taking Jake Haener. Interesting that the Raiders made that move. Particularly because Sean Payton made it pretty clear at the NFL ownership’s meetings that Las Vegas wanted to keep Jarrett Stidham before the Broncos made a strong pitch to him and lured him away with a two-year deal worth up to $10 million that comes with $5 million guaranteed. For that same reason, it would count as a moderate surprise if Denver added a quarterback before UDFAs start rolling in. Payton normally only keeps two on the 53-man roster.
11:07 a.m.: If the Broncos are going to make a move today, it hasn’t happened yet, but they did get aggressive last night in trading up twice for players they wanted. The last one may spring some debate about whether or not Denver got proper value in moving up to select Iowa cornerback Riley Moss in the third round.
With so many different opinions on how picks should be valued, we dug into three different models here to see if there was a consensus on how the Broncos made out.
10:20 a.m.: Philadelphia drafted yet another Georgia defender in cornerback Kelee Ringo, their third Bulldog defender of this draft and their fifth in the past two years.
The Broncos, recently, have had a similar affinity for Oklahoma players. They took Nik Bonitto and Delarrin Turner-Yell last year and receiver Marvin Mims Jr. on Friday evening. This can only mean that they’ll be selecting running back Eric Gray and defensive lineman Jalen Redmond with their pair of sixth-round selections today.
10 a.m.: We are back in business, baby. Round 4 starts now, with 102 picks down and 157 to go. Who’s going to be the next Tariq Woolen? The next Brock Purdy? Denver only starts the day with two bites at the apple and, after trading up twice on Friday, those picks don’t arrive until the sixth round at No. 183 and No. 195. Will they move up? Deal from their roster for a pick?
