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I asked the MHR what they’re looking for this year to make the Denver Broncos draft class a success."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Broncos NewsBroncos Free AgencyBroncos DraftBroncos PodcastsBroncos 2019 ScheduleKey Offseason DatesCommunity RulesFull ArchiveBroncos StoriesScheduleRosterStatsOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旴reaking NewsBroncos 2019 Draft Class Announced脳Broncos Draft 2019What would it take for you to consider the Broncos draft a success?New Joe Flacco Jersey White ,240commentsI asked the MHR what they’re looking for this year to make the Denver Broncos draft class a success. What would it take for you to consider the Broncos draft a success?Can John find another Lindsay?Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsWhat would it take for you to consider this draft a success?Luke: Instant day 1 starter with 1st round pick. Improved special teamsScotty: Adding players who fit the scheme in an area of need and/or getting a QB of the future on the roster.Kevin: Bring in guys who aren’t idiots and who will help the culture of the locker room. It’s no secret that since PFM left the atmosphere hasn’t been the greatest. I think they are on their way to fixing that and another good draft would be a big boost to making a winning environment.Joe M: I like the strategy that has been used by the Broncos in the past - draft players who were their team’s leader in college. Also focus on guys who are smart, and durable. The approach of drafting a host of players who are injured and/or injury prone but have high upside has been a failed strategy. Let’s move away from that.Adam: The 2018 draft was Elway’s best (aside from drafting Von), but typically it takes a few seasons to truly evaluate a draft. If Denver can stick to the BPA approach, the draft will fall into place, and should work out. Reaching for players, or panic picking is a no-no.Ian St. Clair: Whatever Elway and the Broncos did in 2018, do it in 2019. That draft set the tone, so the expectation is (and better be) to have the same impact and value this year.Taylor: I think the Broncos hit on a smart strategy in the 2018 draft by, if I recall correctly, exclusively drafting 3 and 4 year college starters. The experience level of the rookies showed, translating itself into instant impact from the draft class. So to me a successful 2019 draft would start with heavily featuring the same strategy: 3 and 4 year starters, with wiggle room for BPA. Ian H: They’re certainly heading to the draft with needs, which usually sets you up for disaster. However, their needs: tight end, cornerback, tackle, inside linebacker, center, guard, safety, wide receiver, and quarterback.If they were to somehow address all of those needs I would define that as success: TE1, CB3, LT1, ILB2, C1, G1, SS1 Womens Courtland Sutton Jersey , WR4, & QB2.Hart: I’d like to see the Broncos come out of the draft by finding long-term starters at need positions like tight end and interior offensive line. I’d also like to see them find prospects with starting potential at every level of the defense. Sprinkle in another receiving threat (speed guy with return ability) and you have the makings of a quality draft.Laurie: What Chris said. If the 2019 draft follows the 2018 pattern - rookies able to contribute as starters because they earned the position - plus some depth/future starters at key positions in the next year and beyond, that will be a draft that improves the team significantly and that’s all you can ask. DENVER (AP) — In early August, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. was so impressed by Denver’s revamped offense directed by new quarterback Case Keenum that he declared the Broncos would score more points in 2018 than they had in five years.Thirty a game, 480 total, something the Broncos hadn’t done since 2014 when they tallied 482 on the heels of the Peyton Manning-fueled, record-breaking 606-point season.Harris saw Keenum, who had just guided the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC championship game, developing a quick rapport with Emmanuel Sanders and Demaryius Thomas. He witnessed great promise in rookie receivers Courtland Sutton and DaeSean Hamilton and marveled at tight ends Jake Butt and Jeff Heuerman.So, 30 points a game seemed realistic, especially “because we have Bill Musgrave, a great offensive coordinator,” Harris said in training camp. “We used to hate going against him. We used to call him ‘Mad Scientist’ when he was in Oakland. … So, I don’t see why they can’t average 30.”He couldn’t foretell the Broncos (6-10) losing their top two tight ends or their two veteran receivers, one to injury and another to a trade. Nor could he predict season-ending injuries to three interior O-linemen.He couldn’t predict Keenum reverting to his journeyman ways with just 18 touchdown throws and career highs in interceptions (15) and sacks (34).He didn’t foresee Musgrave doing the exact same this thing that got his predecessor, Mike McCoy, fired last season — stubbornly sticking to three-wide receiver sets in spread formations when the tactic did little to ignite a stagnant offense or force defenses to quick stacking the box.The Broncos punted on their first possession in each of their last nine games.That’s an indictment of Musgrave’s script, which includes the plays that the offense practiced the most during the week and which Keenum felt most comfortable calling on game day.The offensive ineptitude seeped into the second, third and fourth quarters as the rookie receivers had trouble getting defenders’ hands off them in the type of press-man coverage they rarely saw in college.The Broncos averaged just 20.5 points a game, a major reason they posted double-digit losses in consecutive years for the first time since 1966-67, an ignominy that could cost coach Vance Joseph his job when he meets with general manager John Elway on Monday.Case Keenum, Von Miller and Derek Wolfe, among others, all lobbied for Joseph to get a third year following the Broncos’ 23-9 loss to the Chargers on Sunday.“I love Vance. He’s a hard worker, he’s a really good guy,” linebacker Brandon Marshall said afterward. “In the locker room when we huddled up, everybody was saying, ‘We love you Womens Von Miller Jersey , Coach.’ You know, ‘Thank you.’ So, he’s a great coach. I don’t think this is entirely his fault. And I hope everybody else could actually see that.”Elway, who would be searching for his fourth coach in six seasons should he decide to fire Joseph, bears much responsibility for the Broncos’ three-year playoff drought. He hired some of the coaching staff and saddled Joseph with a roster that lacked depth because of poor draft classes before hitting the 2018 mother lode.If cornerback Bradley Roby and linebacker Shane Ray leave in free agency in 2019, as expected, only three of Elway’s first-round picks will remain on the roster: left tackle Garett Bolles, who has a whopping 21 accepted holding calls in two seasons, and outside linebackers Bradley Chubb and Miller.For the third consecutive season, the Broncos’ offensive ineptitude negated their biggest strength — a superb pass rush by Miller, who hasn’t been back to his playoff playground since his MVP performance in Super Bowl 50 three years ago.Had they averaged 30 points a game like Harris predicted, the Broncos would be heading back to a postseason filled with possibilities instead of careening into another offseason packed with uncertainty.Joseph is 11-21 in his two seasons, but when the Broncos score 24 points he’s 7-1.in 2018 weren’t in uniform for their finale Sunday, including rookie running sensation Phillip Lindsay , whose surgically-repaired wrist will keep him out of the Pro Bowl, too.“You go into the year and you’re counting on D.T. (Thomas) and E. (Sanders), those are your two primary receivers,” said Butt, who tore his left ACL in practice in September. “You’re counting on Jeff and I, your two primary tight ends. You lose all four of those guys, that’s tough. Now, you lost Ron, Matt, Max, those are three of your top four interior O-linemen. That’s tough.“That’s a lot of shuffling and a lot of pressure on guys that may not have had the playing time,” Butt added. “Case is new to our system, it’s his first year. He’s still trying to figure everything out. It’s a lot of changes. It’s not an excuse. It’s the reality of it. It’s the reality of the game. We’ve got to find ways to win and find ways to have a productive offense. But it certainly doesn’t help to have that many injuries.”