Broncos roundtable: Which NFL draft prospects are worth trading up for?

Luca Evans Broncos beat reporter At long last it s about time we stop talking about what the Broncos might do in this NFL Draft and get to it Thursday So fellow gentlemen and Bronco scholars let s roundtable chosen scenarios that have heated up in new days before the cold of Green Bay We ve seen reports from ESPN s Adam Schefter and NFL Arrangement s Ian Rapoport among others that the Broncos could leap up from their th slot And if the ultra-aggressive Sean Payton does want to swing big to snag a dude who s authentically worth selling the farm for in this fairly top-light class My vote goes to Penn State tight end Tyler Warren I m not sure there s a better fit for a Payton band in this class regardless of position Nittany Lions OC Andy Kotelnicki used Warren like a -foot- -pound scatback in Penn State s offense last year lining him up everywhere from the outside to the slot to the backfield I was covering the USC-Penn State competition last year when Warren snapped the ball and then caught a touchdown on the same play The Jets pick No are high on Warren but if they reasonably choose to beef up their offensive line and if he slips past the Bears at No Warren s well worth firing off future draft capital to snag Troy Renck columnist This draft demands patience Staying in your lane So why is it so easy to see Sean Payton tapping his fingers on the steering wheel before taking the shoulder If he wants a participant he will get him That is his draft DNA There is one prospect who makes sense as an impulse buy Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty He is capable of making the Broncos dormant running championship spew lava If the Raiders don t take Jeanty with the sixth pick the Broncos would have to move up to No to keep the human pinball away from the Bears Other than Tyler Warren no offensive contestant warrants leveraging uncomfortable draft capital Pair Bo Nix with Jeanty Evan Engram and Courtland Sutton Now the Broncos are cooking with grease featuring an offense capable of at last dethroning the annoyingly consistent Chiefs Parker Gabriel Broncos beat reporter Worthy answers both dudes Those are the first two players I would pick too I ll stay in a similar vein and say Michigan tight end Colston Loveland He s a little quicker and a little more dynamic than Warren as a receiver but not quite the brute that Warren is In short he s a big slot weapon who isn t a rugged blocker but shouldn t be useless in that department over the lesson of his career He s maybe got a little more Year crossover with Engram but long-term he s got a chance to be a favorite target of Nix for countless years In this draft class overall there s not much consensus Different teams and evaluators like different quarterbacks they like different flavors of receiver After Jeanty and to particular degree North Carolina s Omarion Hampton they like all kinds of different running backs But one of the things you hear over and over again is that Warren and Loveland are both among the best players in the class Plus it s a position of need If Loveland got in range but it wasn t clear he d last until No he d be worth sliding up for