Five players the Denver Broncos are hoping and praying fall to them at pick 31

G Cody Whitehair

Projected Round: 1st/2nd     Height/Weight: 6-4/301 LBS

No, a guard is not as sexy as a quarterback or pass rusher, but that doesn’t mean it’s not absolutely critical to a team’s success, especially a team that needs to make sure they give their quarterback all the help he can get.

The Broncos have strengthened their tackle position with the signings of Russell Okung and Donald Stephenson, but they could still use an upgrade at guard; Max Garcia is nice, but they’re still without their two starting guards from last year’s Super Bowl.

Maybe they move Ty Sambrailo inside or maybe they just go ahead and draft the top guard in this year’s draft. I lean towards the second; at least that way the worst case scenario is they have too much depth.