How the Broncos' 1st-Round-Less Draft Haul Compares to the rest of the AFC artwork

How the Broncos' 1st-Round-Less Draft Haul Compares to the rest of the AFC

DNVR Denver Broncos Podcast

May 21, 2026

The Denver Broncos navigated the 2026 NFL Draft without a first-round pick, and the DNVR Draft crew is breaking down how George Paton and Sean Payton’s strategy compares to the rest of the AFC.
Speakers: Andre Simone, Jake Schwanitz, Henry Chisholm
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**Andre Simone** (1:10)
We're doing it! Let's go! Thank you for that, Dion. I needed it. I needed it, boys. Live from the Toyota Lounge, right above the DNVR Bar, downtown Denver, corner of Colfax and York.
What a blessed Thursday morning it is to talk with my masters of draft.

**Jake Schwanitz** (1:31)
Always is.

**Andre Simone** (1:32)
Our RB1 behind the ones and twos, Yung, Hanketh, TypingAway, getting ready for his Broncos show.

**Henry Chisholm** (1:41)
Trying to get this tweet up for the show.

**Andre Simone** (1:43)
Dialed in. You want to crowdsource it?

**Henry Chisholm** (1:46)
You'll never see.

**Andre Simone** (1:47)
I know. And I'm told they changed my username. So who knows?

**Henry Chisholm** (1:51)
Oh, that's why I couldn't find you. Because I've been tagging you just because I don't know what to do.

**Andre Simone** (1:56)
It's fun. The hacker retweets are used to, but now I think you got the account banned. So shame on him.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:03)
I need to know, have you missed anything since being off of Twitter for a few weeks now?

**Andre Simone** (2:08)
I mean, things have come in late, but I'll hear about it.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:13)
Yeah.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:13)
Wow. I'm actually kind of jealous.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:15)
Yeah, me too.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:16)
Are there any hackers out there?

**Andre Simone** (2:18)
At worst, I find out a couple hours late.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:22)
Do you feel more mentally clear since this?

**Henry Chisholm** (2:27)
Other than today.

**Andre Simone** (2:28)
I'm still doom scrolling.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:29)
Oh, how?

**Andre Simone** (2:31)
From the DNVRBets account.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:33)
Oh, okay.

**Henry Chisholm** (2:34)
Oh, no.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:35)
Okay.

**Andre Simone** (2:36)
Yeah.

**Jake Schwanitz** (2:36)
All right, never mind. You're not off.

**Andre Simone** (2:38)
Also, no one log in to that. I don't want you to see what the out goes.
Far too much tennis, far too much tennis. But we're not here to talk about that. If you're like, who are these bozos? Well, thank you for tuning in. First off, and we love you so much for doing that. Give us a like, please. And also, this is the DNVR Draft Pod. We do this every single week. It doesn't matter what month of the year it is. It really doesn't matter if we're 100 days from college football starting, right, Jake? We are, in fact.

**Jake Schwanitz** (3:09)
We are.

**Andre Simone** (3:10)
Yeah.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:11)
I can't. Yeah, I can't wait.

**Andre Simone** (3:13)
Or if it's draft day eve or draft day itself, we come to you on Thursday morning and we break down roster building in the NFL, trends in college football. God bless you. God bless you, Jake.

**Jake Schwanitz** (3:25)
Thank you.

**Andre Simone** (3:27)
And yeah, we just we just do it all because we love ball. This is our time to talk ball with our friends. And the fact that you tune in or we have ad reads to do is just a happy bonus, frankly.

**Jake Schwanitz** (3:39)
Yeah, I know.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:40)
So I think we should address the elephant in the room.

**Andre Simone** (3:43)
Oh, gosh. I wasn't aware.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:45)
Somehow we got here today and the door handles broken off the door. No, this is why you just address it. And so Dre is going through his emotions knowing he's going to have to be the one to deal with all of that.

**Andre Simone** (3:56)
Yeah.

**Henry Chisholm** (3:56)
So Dre seems a little bit extra crazy today. You can blame whoever took the handle off our door. Yeah.

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