Broncos projected to receive 2 comp picks in 2027 (here's why they're important)
The Broncos have two comp picks at the end of the 2026 NFL draft, and they're expected to receive two picks again in 2027.
The Denver Broncos received two compensatory draft picks in 2026, and that trend could continue in 2027. After losing defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers and safety P. J.
Locke during NFL free agency last month, Denver's projected to receive fourth - and seventh-round comp picks for the 2027 NFL draft next spring. This year, the Broncos received a pair of seventh-round comp picks after losing running back Javonte Williams and punter Riley Dixon in 2025. Those picks are Nos.
256 and 257, the final two selections in this year's draft. "We have two compensatory picks this year," general manager George Paton said at the NFL's annual league meeting in Arizona last month. "Mr.
Irrelevant, and we have Mr. Irrelevant runner-up. So it’s going to be cool… Then next year, we should get the [fourth-round pick] and then maybe a seven.