DRAFT PLAN: Denver Broncos IDENTIFY Six Players They Like at Pick 62

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The Denver Broncos have their eyes on six players.

They believe could be there at 62 overall next week at the NFL Draft.

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I'm Cody work joined as always by Sarah manager, not today's episode of the show.

We're reacting to George Payton and Sean Payton's pre draft press conference.

We'll tell you about why we think maybe the Denver Broncos could be open to drafting

two tight ends in this year's NFL draft class.

Based on some things that Sean Payton said in his press conference with us yesterday

and on top of that, giving more insight into why Joan Ellis made the switch to off-ball

linebacker and how that could influence Denver's draft plans with prospects and also in-house

at linebacker and at address.

We're going to kick things off by talking about the Broncos honing in on six players.

They believe could be there at 62 and their process as they have prepared for next week's

NFL Draft year.

We got a lot of good insight.

I think from George and Sean in Thursday's pre draft press conference, some good questions

answered and asked about Denver's roster, how it's kind of built right now and maybe how

they're viewing the draft.

They're in a position that they have been in before, not having a first round pick.

They will pick 62nd overall and according to George Payton, they have a lot of options

on the table here.

Yeah, absolutely.

And the Broncos feel like this is kind of their good luck charm, like picking in this

range, right?

It's kind of their sweet spot where they got Nick Benito at 64 back in 22 and they got

Marvin Mims at 63 in 23 and then RJ Harvey at 60 just last off season.

So they might feel kind of nice about picking number 62 overall and George Payton mentioned.

Like, I was kind of surprised to even gave this number, Cody, but they're talking about

having like six guys that they feel good about picking.

Like you said, at 62 overall and not that you want to necessarily match these names to

that number.

But it is interesting.

Our good friend Mike Kliss over there at nine news posted of the Broncos 25 reported

top 30 visits or players who have taken visits to the facility.

You have players like Ohio State, Titan, Max Claire, Vanderbilt, Titan, Eli Stowers, Oregon

offensive lineman, Emmanuel Pregnon, and a couple of other guys, Kayla Banks, a defensive

lineman out of Florida that you and I have discussed plenty in recent days.

And I'm trying to think of the fifth one off the top, my head, Cody, I can't remember

who the fifth one is.

Let me look it up really quick.

It is Christian Miller defensive lineman out of Georgia.

So those are five guys who are kind of ranked in that range there.

And it kind of gets the juices flowing a little bit, you know, as we're waiting for real

news to pop up, it's, it's at least a little something to give us a, maybe he's trying

to throw us all off the scent with those visits and that number.

But certainly gives us a little bit of something to think about there as the Broncos feel good

about where they're picking one thing to that they talked about is not having a first round

pick this year really allowed them to kind of focus on the range of players.

They feel like I think would be there in the ranges of 45 to 75.

They feel like they have a pretty good idea on players, at least from a board standpoint,

it could be there.

And maybe some first round trades from other teams could influence how round two goes,

maybe even the middle of round two, there's this anticipation, there could be a lot of trades.

But Denver is not going to be one of those teams is going to trade up into the first round

to highly unlikely scenario.

Here is what George Payton said about some of the players that maybe they're evaluating

here at pick number 62.

We feel like, you know, we have six players that we're kind of focused on that could be there.

You know, at 62, we feel good about those players.

We're going to keep working through them.

We've been down on the dungeons, you know, since the Wednesday after the owner's meetings,

just watching tape had our meetings now going through all these different scenarios.

So we feel we feel good, you know, about 62.

We feel good about, you know, the fourth round as well.

And that's harder to predict, obviously.

You think the Broncos are doing some mock draft scenarios down in the dungeon there, Cody?

I bet they are.

I bet they're looking at mock draft scenarios.

But I think that's honestly, that's kind of just refreshing to hear him speak like that

about this situation.

And what does it say when you're throwing out numbers like that, even if you're not

necessarily giving anything away, I think it speaks to just the confidence that they have,

you know, in that presser, he also talked about how just their draft process over the years

has, in his opinion, gotten better and better.

And I think that just leads to them feeling so confident that, hey, even though we're picking

at 62, we know if we get one of the six guys that we kind of have circled on our board

here, but we're going to get an absolute dog who can come in and help this team.

And that's what Denver needs, whether that player could start for them day one or, you know,

suddenly just be a situational player.

Sean has outlined that they look at that guys who could be situational terms of vision,

but also play special teams.

And it's kind of where Denver is at from a roster standpoint right now here, but they

also did acknowledge too, and George Payton talked about this a little bit more about

Denver's belief in their ability to develop players.

They believe they have coaches there.

I felt like what he talked about there was pretty interesting.

Here's what he had to say.

You know, we typically, you know, we like to draft high-trade players and maybe they're

not, you know, they lack maybe a little polish and it's going to take some development.

And we've done a great job with the coaches in developing these type players.

You know, we took Quinn Minerts and he started his first year, maybe wasn't quite ready.

Sure we'd like someone to come in and start right away, but that's not always realistic.

For first second, no matter where they're picked, and it's just hard.

And with the way our team's built now, it's going to be hard to come in and start day

one.

Broncos like those boys with the high rascals, you know what I'm saying?

They like those guys to be athletic and look throughout the history of George Payton

as the GM.

That's been proven to be the case.

You could talk about guys like Quinn Minerts, Baron Browning.

I mean, obviously Pat Sartana was high on the rascale, Nick Benito, Marvin Mims Jr., Drew

Sanders.

I mean, you can go up and down the list, Bo Nix, Jonah Ellis, all these guys are high

on the rascale.

They're great athletes, but I think to what he's talking about for this particular draft

class, Cody, makes that comment very interesting because, of course, those five names that we mentioned

who have come for top 25 visits, I mean, those guys are high on the rascale, you know what

I'm saying?

Like those guys tested really well.

And what was the story with a guy like Kayla Banks, while injuries prevented him from

really giving teams a great look at Florida of what his potential could be at the next

level.

So he's not a refined prospect.

What is Eli Stowers?

What's the situation with him?

Well, he's a converted quarterback who might not be a finished product right now, certainly

as a blocker, but also not even as a receiver where he offers the most upside.

So it speaks to even the guys that they've brought in for visits at that range.

I don't know.

I'm 100% on board with that strategy of taking somebody who might not be a finished product,

but you're buying into the long term upside from his athletic traits alone.

I think they felt that way about Nick Bonito initially, you know, Nick at Oklahoma was kind

of playing this move around role for off the edge, also at playing some inside backer

playing some spy from time to time.

And I remember Nick's rookie year when he came in, it was very fast for him.

It was a difficult year for Nick in his rookie season.

And I think it even led to a lot of questions from the fan base about him.

And then it's like, no, let's just let's just get back.

This is our vision for him.

We value him.

Let's just unleash him.

Let's get him on the field.

They did that.

They upended Randy Gregory and Frank Clark to be able to do that showcasing it.

They are willing to take chances on guys with high upside traits.

I like that.

And then we're having the roster continuity that they have right now, Sarah.

It makes perfect sense.

If you want to roll the dice and take a chance on some players who have elite level upside,

you do that in this type of draft, considering that you don't have a first round pick, that

you're not necessarily in a position where it's like, man, our season can contingents,

I'm going to restart that.

Our season hinges on who we select in round number one.

It's do or die.

Denver is not in that situation.

So that's why I think that strategy is very much in play here when they're on the clock

at 62.

Yeah.

To have such a strong roster, it allows you to bring in a player like this and say, hey,

check out this culture that you're coming into, all the veteran players that you can learn

from here, you're going to take that athleticism that you have that you showed at the college

level.

Hey, you can dominate just because you're fast or explosive or just a great athlete

in general.

And now you're going to learn from the best, the best of the best.

I mean, this is a super bowl caliber roster and it's going to be hard for you to find

playing time.

It feels very similar to, I know that it didn't work out Cody, but remember Cody Latimer,

when he was picked in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft, it was a very similar situation

there where it was like, we can't not take his athletic upside here in the second round.

We don't even necessarily, I mean, they needed help at receiver, but they, it wasn't like

a pressing prominent need for them with a manual Sanders coming aboard and things like

that.

So you take a chance on the athletic upside and you just let that player, hey, you come

in, you work hard, you're going to earn snaps or, you know, we're going to let you kind

of sink or swim.

We're going to take a chance on you, put you in a great situation, great people and players

around you, great coaching staff.

That's the other thing is that the Broncos clearly believe in their coaching staff and their

ability to get the most out of these guys.

Even if it doesn't work out 100% of the time, like to your point, Nick Bonito is a great

example and plenty of Quinn Miner's great example.

There's so many of them on this team that, yeah, you want to take a chance on the best

athlete possible and somebody who you feel can fit your culture now and going forward.

I think from last year's draft, I think Q Robinson and Pat Bryant are great examples.

Now Pat played a little bit more, but Q when he was on the field and got opportunities,

he impressed.

And now Denver's got a good problem when terms of their depth are they're going to see

a little bit more of Q.

They like Pat Bryant.

So I very much think that Denver is the right place for the right players to come and

grow a little bit more even if they're not finished products, which you never hope

someone's a finished product.

You hope that there's still some upside that can't be developed here.

So I'm excited about it.

I'm curious to know who those six prospects are.

If we could be a fly on the wall of George and Sean Payton's meetings, but they have

that would be great until the half year, but coming up next Broncos country, Sean Payton

answered a question about Jonah Ellis and whether or not it influences how the team

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The Jonah Ellis position switch has thrown a bit of a wrench in our pre-draft discussions

for the Denver Broncos.

But the question is, is he going to impact their draft strategy or will their draft class

end up impacting his future role with the team?

We're going to break that down and tell you what Sean Peyton had to say in response to

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So Cody, let's break down the Jonah Ellis position switch.

And I thought you asked a great question.

Listeners are going to get to hear Sean Peyton's response to that here coming up.

It feels like, I don't want to, let's just, let's hear it.

I want to hear your set up here.

Let everybody make their own determinations.

I'll vamp on it after we hear from you and Sean Peyton.

Hey guys, thanks for your time today.

Sean, you mentioned at the coaches meetings, Jonah Ellis was going to get some time off

ball linebacker.

Does that change how you guys maybe evaluate linebacker and edge in house and also in the

show draft class?

I, a great question.

I think it can.

I think, look, I think there are probably a little bit more inside backers that were

used to probably there's, there's certainly good videotape on a number

of guys that positions changed over the years were, you know, you're finding guys that

are moving from safety to that position or from an edge position back.

There are some certainly some players that are playing that position well at the college

level.

But that's one option and I mentioned that because he has those traits and it starts

with being just a good football player.

So we're always going to try to get our best players on the field.

But does that impact how we draft or is it vice versa?

That would be the six million dollar question, you know, and I think it's a little bit

of both.

Very interesting stuff, Cody.

I feel like and I didn't want anybody to make determinations before hearing it, but

I kind of feel like you stumped him a little bit in terms of he's got to play his cards

close to the past.

He's got to make sure he doesn't give away too much information, but a thoughtful answer

from Sean and obviously, you know, does give us some more food for thought as far as

the Jonah Ellis position switch impact, whether or not the Broncos would use a higher selection

on linebackers.

Sounds to me like Sean Peyton liked what he saw from watching some of the linebackers

in this draft class.

Yeah, I mean, there are a few takeaways I got from Sean's answer and it kind of, you

know, this is going to lead us down a little bit of a rabbit hole here of where the

Bronco was going at linebacker.

It seems like he acknowledged that this year's linebacker class from a depth standpoint

is probably much better than any of the last handful of draft classes.

That's one of the kind of key takeaways I got from that.

So certainly there are options there.

And then I think when you look at where Denver is at right now, like when he mentioned

Jonah Ellis and he talked about, it's also about getting our best players on the field.

Him categorizing Jonah and that conversation kind of leads me to believe, is there going

to be competition at inside linebacker first starting job?

And if so, who is that between, is that between Alex Singleton, who's a returning starter

or Justin Sternat, who got the three year deal for Denver, I very much think that maybe

there could be a competition between Singleton and Jonah.

I'm curious to see how that plays out.

But those are kind of two takeaways that I certainly got from it.

How do you feel about that?

Because I do feel like when you look at Jonah's move here, there's a reason the Broncos

did.

Of course, they want to see more of Q Robinson.

We understand that.

But Jonah was one of their best edge players last season against the run from a pressure

standpoint.

So for them to move him, that is a significant move to maybe it's where it's like, we think

he's actually going to be better at this position.

It is a significant move because you're banking a lot on him making that switch when he's

already.

He was an all rookie team edge player in 2024.

That wasn't that long ago.

It might feel like it was a long time ago, but I mean, he played at an all rookie level

off the edge.

So what you're saying is essentially what Sean Payton said a few weeks back when he kind

of threw out the names like Zach Bond and you know, Kate and Ellis, who's the brother

of Jonah Ellis, right?

Those guys have made successful transitions at the NFL level from mostly being past rushers

to applying their, what the Broncos label as a pressure player skills into playing that

off ball position.

So that's kind of just a long winded way to say that, hey, he can play off the ball.

He can play in space, but he can also still keep attacking the quarterback and do what

he does best in that way.

And you can marry those two skill sets.

So I agree with you.

I think that he is kind of indirectly opening up a starting competition there with the

linebacker position in Alex Singleton specifically because you feel like a three year deal for

Jonah Ellis, excuse me, for Justin Sternad gives you that longer term upside to say we

could possibly have these guys starting together for the next two to three years at this position

and keep this defense really humming.

So I think that it's both and in the Broncos, no, they need depth at this position.

It's not, it's not a cell position by any means.

So it's nice to know that you have somebody that you feel like is one of your best 11 potentially

get him on the field anyway that you can, but also take advantage of a deep draft class

at a really good position.

Sean talks about the magnets that they have on the, you know, the roster board here.

I feel like Justin and Jonah, those guys are sticking.

Those guys are the magnets that aren't necessarily moving or coming off the board, whereas I feel

like you can make an argument that Denver is overall depth at linebacker.

They may, they may want to revamp this entire room going into this upcoming season because

how many times have you and I done a show before training camp where we're coming into it

saying, Hey, linebacker is the one position where the depth is a concern to us.

We don't feel like the depth is as strong.

There's some questions there.

That is going to be the case, probably going on to this upcoming roster, this upcoming

training camp.

We're going to have the same exact things, but I think having those two guys there, maybe

adding one or two pieces in this year's NFL draft is going to raise the level of competition

and certainly is going to maybe change the overall depth of that room.

I'm curious about that, but you know, for Jonah, I think he's too good of a player to stay

off the field as well.

And I know a lot of people are going to say, well, if you look at history that, you know,

Vance has worked with players that have maybe made this switch from playing one position

of the other.

It hasn't worked.

It's never worked.

I think we need to find a way to collectively get out of the mindset of this is how it's

always been.

So this is how we're always doing it.

Maybe it hasn't worked in those situations.

Who's to say it's not going to work this time around?

It just depends on the right situation, the right system, the right scheme, the right

players around said player and said scheme.

I think all those things matter more than just the player making the position switch.

I think Denver's got a great environment with Jonah to be able to succeed with this type

of transition.

100% because where's Isaiah Simmons today?

And who's he playing for?

I mean, like, honestly, I don't even know Cody.

Same could be said, like, what's going on with Zaven Collins today?

Did are we saying that Vance Joseph ruined his career or what about Baron Browning?

You know, once he got to, once Vance got to Denver, things didn't work out for Baron

Browning.

What's he up to right now?

He got a new contract from the Cardinals.

Is he just bawling out for the Cardinal?

I mean, it's not like Vance is, he's a common denominator for these players, but also like

it doesn't necessarily just always work out, you know, the way that you hope or the way

that you think.

And that's not Vance Joseph's fault.

I'll say the Demarcus Walker situation 2017, that he probably shouldn't have been playing

off the edge.

I think that's correct.

Everybody can know that in hindsight.

But I mean, he turned out okay.

He turned out to be a, I think he's been playing for almost a decade at this point.

So it's not like his career was ruined by the position switch.

He moved back, you know, and plays well.

So I think the same could be said for a number of other guys, like you mentioned, Nick Benito,

who was kind of floating around positions at Oklahoma, found a way to thrive off the edge

in Denver.

Remember when there was ideas of Jonathan Cooper playing inside linebacker at one point?

He's now thriving as an edge rusher in the NFL second contract player.

So you can go up and down the list and think about all these different guys, all you want

to.

Positionless defense is the way that it is.

So you can evaluate prospects, however you want to or say, oh, it's not going to work.

That guy played safety in college.

Broncos are going to ask him to play linebacker.

Won't work.

Vince Joseph.

I just don't, it's kind of like saying this guy played at such and such a college.

It never works out for players at that position who come from that college.

So don't take him.

I just, I can't stand the scouting the helmets versus scouting the player.

And I think you got to take everything on a case by case basis.

And the Broncos don't view it that way either.

They don't, like they evaluate the player versus just the helmet, right?

Because think about it.

Like back in the Sabin days, remember the idea is like, you could just draft anybody

from Alabama.

They're going to be NFL ready.

Probably more so on the defensive side of the ball and a wide receiver.

But running back from time to time quarterback, absolutely not right.

Yeah.

I mean, the player suddenly never translated well at the NFL level.

So it is about evaluating the player versus, you know, the helmet there.

And I think there are so many players that could do well.

I wanted to ask them.

I didn't get a chance to because it, I mean, it's tough like that.

Like Sean gave me a great answer, but I would have followed it up with just saying like,

maybe even adding on to the question of, does this move also give you flexibility

where Jonah can even split time between both positions, right?

That way you have essentially one player who can play two positions,

which also frees up another roster spot for you, maybe to add elsewhere.

That would have been maybe a follow up that I would have had.

But we'll see time will tell.

But coming up next Broncos country, Sean Peyton gave some insight into Evan Ingram

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Tide end is one of the positions that a lot of people in Broncos country are discussing

ad nauseam and you're seeing them take high level players in their mock drafts here.

But the Broncos, their evaluation of the tight end draft class this year, it is interesting

what they're hearing a second.

So I want to say thanks once again to all the everydayers out there in Broncos country.

Thanks for tuning in making us your first listen however you choose to do.

So Sarah, you know, when Sean was asked about Evan Ingram by Luca Evans, kind of asking,

you know, what his role is, do they still view him as an intricate part of the offense?

Sean had a great answer about that, but also gave a little bit more insight into some

of this year's draft prospects and some of the strengths and weaknesses at different

positions.

Obviously, we definitely view him as a key piece and we think, I don't know, yep, I would

say this about this class, in my opinion, man, if you're looking for a blocking Y, there's

a handful available that would be tar.

If you're looking for a move, maybe a little bit undersized F, they're out there.

If you're looking, you know, so to each his own, the different type of tight ends are

available.

It's always a challenge with that position because sometimes you're projecting maybe

in an offense that is playing him differently, but relative to Evan, yeah, you know, he's

someone that, you know, gave us a lot of big plays a year ago and we'll continue to find

ways to keep him and add to his workload.

You know what I was thinking of, Cody, as Sean was saying that quote there, and I'm listening

to it again for probably the second or third time at this point.

What if the Broncos, I know we're set to talk about this on this show, what if they don't

just take two tight ends, like we're going to talk about, like I love that idea.

I love the idea of a double up at the tight end position.

What if at the end of the NFL draft, we're talking about this being the book of Eli for

the Denver Broncos?

What if they go Eli Stowers in the second round and then Eli Raritan in the fourth round

or something like that?

I mean, that would be kind of fun because I think what Sean Peyton talking there about

if you like in line guys, there's players available.

If you like the undersized F types, what if we're playing some 4D chess here, right?

We're talking about the roster and Eli Stowers could come in and replace what Lil Jordan

Humphrey does for you as that big or that big wide receiver slash undersized F tight

end and then Eli Raritan could come in and be that, hey, he could play in line.

He could block for you, but also offer some upside in the passing game.

I mean, I'm here for it.

I'm here for doubling up regardless of what it looks like, but I'm all about that book

of Eli now that I've got that idea stuck in my brain.

Well, maybe that'll be something we look at in our mock draft next week here is we get

feisty going into the NFL draft.

I felt like one of Sean's comments there when talking about evaluating the player and

sometimes it's hard to project them when they're playing in a different offense than

yours.

I mean, obviously, I think we all know in today's college game, a lot of it is more spread

out like there are some in line wide blocking tight ends, but are they featured in high volume

in the passing game?

I think that's a question to ask here.

I think when you also look at that game, there are a lot of those undersized move around

F's types of players that you know, you're certainly getting a lot more I think of a

view at, but the offensive schemes in at the college game are more spread them out versus

you know, like we're Denver.

I think there's ballots between a pro style offense and then also depending on who you're

going against defensively, the need for multiple personnel.

According to true media, the Broncos obviously last season played 1,092 offensive snaps.

11 personnel.

They played in that person that personnel group 63% of the time last season, 12 personnel

which is one running back to tight ends.

They played that 12, they played that 10.3% of the time.

And then their next highest one was 22 personnel, two backs, two tight ends, 8.2% there.

So is that more so a product of how the game is played now at the college level?

And that's why it's maybe harder to go out there and draft these guys in some of the

premier rounds because maybe the transition doesn't necessarily fit the style of offense.

I think is a great question.

Yeah, it is.

And I think that it's nice to know that at least in this class, there are some of those

guys because there's been years where it's like, Hey, if you want a bigger wide receiver,

this tight end class is definitely for you, right?

I mean, that's, that's kind of been the theme over recent years.

But at least with this class, I think you can find a number of these inline guys like

we've recently done deep dives and mock drafts where we've looked at players like Oscar

Delp at Georgia, who plays that Y position or we've talked about Sam Roosh from Stanford,

who plays the inline position.

And you know, like Sean Payton said to each their own, when it comes to what you're

looking for in this class, but there are guys who are every aisle with tight end, for

example, is asked to play the Y tight end position at the, you know, so there's definitely

offenses out there that are getting that pro style treatment at the college level.

And I think these college, you know, they're starting to figure out that NFL teams are

also evaluating that.

So it's not just that it's working at the NFL level to run the ball more frequently.

It's working at the college level to also run the ball more frequently as teams go with

lighter, you know, linebackers, you know, lighter, everything.

And they're saying, well, we'll just pound the ball down your throats and see if you can

stop it.

So there's, there's more of a demand now for the Y tight end.

There's more of a demand for those guys that, you know, the throwback styles.

And what I hear from what you say, the Broncos play 63% in 11 personnel, which is the majority.

That means that nearly 40% of the time that they're using two or more tight ends, which

is a hefty amount of two or three tight ends on the field quite often for the Broncos.

They need more threats in the past game at the tight end position.

And it's not coming necessarily from Troutman, it's not coming from Lucas Croll or Nate

Adkins.

Evan Ingram, we want to see the bigger role, but I think double up, give me the book

of Eli from this draft or something like that, double up at tight end.

I like that idea.

Well, and what Sean had said to us is it depends on who you're asking.

So I mean, I wish Sean were asking you, what is it that you're looking for in this year's

tight end class?

I would be curious.

Obviously, he's not going to tell us that because that might actually reveal as to like

who they're looking at because I think you can do into the list down the unicorn of

this year's draft at tight end.

It is Kenyan Cedig.

Denver is not going to be anywhere close to being able to pick him.

I imagine San Francisco, LA, hopefully not Kansas City, hopefully not even the Charters.

Nobody in the division, you don't need to pair up, you know, him with anybody that

Denver's going to play two times per season.

But I am curious to see how they viewed this room.

And look, even going back to what George said early on here in this show from what we

highlighted was they like also maybe the position that they're in in round four with the

two picks that they have there within three picks of each other there.

So I'm curious to see how it all unfolds.

You know, it's the greatest mystery right now.

I do have to point out and George and Sean mentioned this, Sean said RIP, this is the

last time that we're going to be in this building, evaluating prospects in the dungeon

and because the building is going to go down after the NFL draft and then they're moving

in across the field to the new team facility.

I'm excited about that.

I'll be at the team headquarters next week, Sarah, for the draft all three days.

And we'll see who Denver comes away with in the festivities in our last hurrah for the

current building at Broncos Park, powered by Comma Spirit.

Yeah, I can't wait to find out what it's going to look like and, you know, it kind of

not necessarily a hint at anything, but I think Sean Payton made a comment about how,

you know, our drafts are going to be done and basically what he did, if you listen to

the interview, he kind of made a reference almost to, you know, at least from my optimistic

viewpoint of, you know, he and George are going to be doing drafts together at the new

building.

And I took that as a sign that, you know, maybe a little tongue in cheek here, but I took

that as a sign that the extension for George Payton will become sooner rather than later

because they've got a future together to love working together.

They continue to reiterate that.

So really, really excited about this draft and it's nice to know because of how strong

the Broncos roster is.

It's not icing on the cake, but it's really just, man, we are, we're, we're tinkering

with like Sean Payton alluded to interior decorating and renovating earlier this

off season.

Man, you're adding the light fixtures that you dreamed of, you're adding the furniture

that you dreamed of.

You're getting the details like you're getting ready to buy a house, Cody.

It's like, okay, we've got the house, we've got the foundation, we've got all the basics.

How can we make this thing look even nicer on the inside?

That's where that's where the Broncos are at.

That's what makes this draft so exciting to me.

No, I'm with you.

And I think for that George Payton extension, it wouldn't shock me if it comes shortly

after the whole draft is over within two weeks of the draft being over.

I think we could see some movement on that front too, even an extension for Sean Payton

could be coming at the same time for both of those guys.

So let's see how it all plays out with that said Broncos country.

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