Welcome to The Denver Post’s first Broncos mock draft of the offseason. The next installment will come the week of March 2, following the NFL Combine.

You think the Packers give a hoot about positional value norms? They care about finding impactful defensive players, which is why they paid SAF Xavier McKinney handsomely in free agency to come to Green Bay. It's why they've drafted names like LB Quay ...

To see how many draftees the Sooners might have in 2026, we fired up a mock draft simulation on ProFootballNetwork.com for all seven round of the draft. Oklahoma exceeded its total number of drafted players from a year ago in the simulation, and it might give us an idea of who could hear their names called in the real draft in a few months.

The thing about the 2026 NFL Draft is that, after Fernando Mendoza, it’s a real crapshoot as to where the other players will fall. There are a lot of players bunched together with similar grades and similar positional value. So, a player like Ohio State ...