The Denver Broncos had a good 2026 draft haul , even though the grades from around the NFL media landscape may not reflect that. Part of the problem with draft grades is that they heavily favor first- and second-round picks, but the Broncos didn’t have either.

After trading their first-round pick to the Miami Dolphins for Jaylen Waddle in March , the Broncos traded down from No. 62 overall in the second round to No. 66 in the third. The lack of high-profile top-100 picks makes it easy for national media to give Denver's draft class a surface-level once-over and grade it unimpressively.

To measure how the Broncos did in the draft, I've taken some of the subjectivity out of the equation.…