My official pick...Mendenhall. Here's why:

Hater,

My thoughts EXACTLY!!!!

Mendenhall will be EXCELLENT for the Broncos.... one of the best RB that has come out in the last 4 - 5 drafts that fits into what Denver does (with Peterson and Jackson).

I think our O Line will be good and will get better. Our recieving corps is good. I think D Jack is going to be really good for us. His interview on sirius radio he sounded excited, determined and wnating to reward Denver for trading for him and wants to be here for more than a year.

If we can pick up a Trevor Laws at DT and get Robertson from the Jets I will be happy. I dont think LB is a need this year, especially with the LB crop comign out next year in the draft with Cushing, Malauaga and Larentatitus (probably butchered that spelling!) and I have faith in our new LB's anyway.

I like that we may go potent offense. It will also help our D Line too and make other teams play catch up. To play catch up they will have to throw, which means taking on Bly and Bailey....they are pretty good corner backs apparently.

I really hope we get Mendenhall!

Great thread Hater!!!

Great posts everyone,

I love this idea as well, if we get Mendenhall then we will have a great offense for years to come.  I know we might have to address the Line but we always to amazing with later round O-line picks, Example Nalen/Lepsis.  Mendenhall will fit beautifully in our zone blocking scheme.  Also again i love the thought of getting Laws in the second round 120something tackles at the DT spot. WOW.  Then day one will make me a happy man. 

Also i am really high on Ryan Harris i love this kid, and i really do think that the o-line will do well.

Hey broncos4 ever,

Well, the whole draft is prognostication. Whats to guarentee Chris Williams will be any good? Or he will be better than Ryan Harrie etc. etc

I am a supporter for taking Mendenhall, BUT, if we take him I would LOVE to see us take Owen SChmitt from West Virginia at FB as a blocker for him as well.

Mendenhall by all accounts is a good blocker, and Schmitt is a man mountain. I think by getting Schmitt we would help the o line as well.

I think there is some good OT prospects down in rounds 2 -4, where we should definitely get some depth for the O Line.

if we get Mendenhall, PLEASE take Schmitt as well!

if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The Broncos have gotten SEVERAL HOF linemen in the later rounds of the draft, and a lot of very good, quality starters down there. It's about who fits the Broncos scheme, not who's the biggest and strongest and the best college player. The Broncos can get a guy that would be just as valuable to them on the O-line in the later rounds. They've been doing it forever, and the one time they tried to take an O-lineman in the 1st round, it failed. The Broncos hopefully won't be drafting this high again, and they need to use it on a guy that's going to be an IMPACT player.

I agree 100%. I think Mendenhall is the guy. I was a Jon Stewart fan, but since the injury, I'd rather have Mendenhall. I think they both will be great RB's, and I think if we could get either of these guys, it would take our offense to a completely different level. I still think we need O-line help, but the 2nd round, at the VERY highest, is where we should look for it. But I would prefer taking a DT in the 2nd.

In the 1st round, you draft the best talent. After that, you draft  for need IMO