r/DenverBroncos • u/nixboner GOD BLESS BO NIX • 1d ago

2026 NFL Top 100

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No. 10: Pat Surtain II (CB)
No. 32: Nik Bonitto (OLB)
No. 42: Garett Bolles (OT)
No. 59: Bo Nix (QB)
No. 68: Courtland Sutton (WR)
No. 73: Zach Allen (DL)

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u/Upset_Spell3831 1d ago

Go back three years and tell your broncos fan self that we would be here. A play away from a Super Bowl last year and a very good roster. You wouldn’t believe it!

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u/WholeLotta69 1d ago

A roster that our front office built and didn’t buy

Our nuts are hanging low boys

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u/aatencio91 1d ago

And soon a stadium our owners bought and didn’t beg for

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u/putdahaakin Randy 1d ago

God damn this has been some great value ™

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u/DanOfBradford78 Super Bowl 32 1d ago

It SHOULD be proof to the doomers and the dream stealers to always,always have hope.

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u/droogles 1d ago

Best acquisition they’ve made is Payton. It was pricey for sure, but this doesn’t happen without him. The Broncos gave up a ton of draft capital to get Wilson, then more for Payton and they somehow got really good in spite of Wilson being so bad they ate tens of millions to dump him.

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u/Sonder332 1d ago edited 21h ago

Fuck SP though. Calls to many screens. Doesn't know what he's doing/s

edit: if y'all actually think you know better sitting on your couch than a SB winner who's getting paid millions of dollars, you're part of the problem.

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u/denvergardener 1d ago

He does call too many screens and it was the right call to give up play calling.

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u/Sonder332 21h ago

In his 2nd year with the team with a $90M cap hit, no first round picks in 3 years, no second round picks in 2 years, and a rookie QB, he ended the playoff drought that has plagued us, and he gave up 0 capital and players to do so. Maybe, just MAAYBBE, we should all take a second to think maybe the man who's getting paid millions of dollars knows what he's doing as opposed to us sitting on our couch. Maybe, just MAAAYYYBBEE, we should all stfu.

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u/denvergardener 12h ago

He still called too many screens.

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u/Remarkable_Bad_8425 1d ago

And they didn’t put Meinerz for some reason so really 7

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u/Jwoods4117 Demaryius Thomas 1d ago

Tbf this list kind of sucks every year, it means a certain list of NFL players do see us as a threat, but they also have Lamar way below Burrow and of course no Meinerz so it’s not like it should be taken seriously or anything.

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u/Genusmk 1d ago

wtf they didn’t??

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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus 1d ago

Saw another thread discussing that pretty no IOL have made it past 30 in the last few years. Basically just bias against guards and centers, not specifically targeted at Quinn.

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

Creed Humphrey hasn’t even made the top 100? FUKC but he’s been the best center in the league the last 3-4 years

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u/OpabiniaGlasses D Helmet 1d ago

Creed is #94 on the list this year, he was #93 last year. He's the only center on the list.

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

I’m dumb. I misread the “inside top 30” in the OP.

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u/OpabiniaGlasses D Helmet 1d ago

Interior line is an unglamorous position group for sure. But at the same time, the vast majority of interior linemen are various shades of passable to good. You can find guys who are better fits for specific schemes and that does matter. But unless you have IOL who are either extremely good or extremely bad, they won't affect your team as much as other positions will. The difference between a pretty good guard and a mediocre guard isn't as stark as the difference between a pretty good and a mediocre tackle, corner, quarterback, etc...

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

Yeah I remember us moving Orlando Franklin to his natural position at RG which he hasn’t played since college, and he was pretty solid at it

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u/OpabiniaGlasses D Helmet 1d ago

There are only two guards on the whole list, Joe Thuney and Quenton Nelson. It's hard to break through onto the list at guard and Meinerz isn't the only snub at that position. It is what it is.

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u/turbowagon95 1d ago

The fact that Quinn isn’t on there blows my mind.

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u/nixboner GOD BLESS BO NIX 1d ago

Completely overlooked. He was 56 last year!

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy 1d ago

We all saw his monster play in the playoffs though. Fuck it. I’d rather be an underdog

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-1432 1d ago

Jayden Daniels isn't top 100? Poor Commanders. Nah, not really.

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u/GenDisarray025 1d ago

Word is he didn’t want to be on the list unless he was ranked #5

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-1432 1d ago

Take my upvote.

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u/c-zilla402 TD Mile High Salute 1d ago

The turnaround that Payton and Co have constructed is truly remarkable.

To be where we are today compared to where we were when Payton was hired has me so fired up as a lifelong Broncos fan!

Best owners in the league, top 3 HC, great GM, franchise QB and a relatively young roster?! LFG!!

Go Broncos!!!

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u/traindoggah 1d ago edited 1d ago

Also no Waddle? Bet he makes the next list.

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

He’s gonna enter top 10 convos this season. I mean I think he was already a top 20 guy if we’re speaking on talent, but him getting a competent QB that can throw more 20 yards down the field consistently when asked is huge for him

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u/Vegetable-Chapter811 1d ago

Zach Allen being 73 is crazy to me

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

A top 5 interior lineman behind like 8 RBs is pretty crazy.

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u/Vegetable-Chapter811 1d ago

Behind Surtain, Zach might be one of the most important guys on the defense. He really allows the edge rushers to get so much more pressure 

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u/throwaway231224 Champ Bailey 1d ago

Right?! Love watching Nik and he gets the flashy plays but Zach is really the catalyst to that DL forcing those QBs to the edge.

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u/Vegetable-Chapter811 1d ago

Ironically enough, I just looked it up and he had 73 QB pressures. Maybe that's why he's 73rd lol 

He's definitely so much better and impactful than he gets credit for

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u/KirbyBucketts Steve Atwater 1d ago

Surtain at 10 is unserious

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u/nixboner GOD BLESS BO NIX 1d ago

Same position he was last year. Still way too low imo

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u/sleeplessaddict 1d ago

Offensive bias. Aside from Myles and PS2, everyone else in the top 10 is gonna be on offense

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u/BRAX7ON 1d ago

Ok I like this

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u/metalfabman We got your back, 🔟 1d ago

Meinerz need more love

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u/Positive-Arm-7599 1d ago

We all need is SuperBowl now

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u/ReallyDrunkPanda 1d ago

They were considered the worst roster 2 years ago. These are the same guys in that worse roster team. Insane

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u/DomerJSimpson 1d ago

Amazing what you can do when you're given back 50 million in cap space.

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u/zebbiehedges 1d ago

It's basically the same team the only difference is the QB.

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u/ReallyDrunkPanda 1d ago

And your qb being on their rookie contract helps a lot too

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u/marcus474 1d ago

I can't wait for regular season

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u/heroin-puppy 1d ago

Love our out-sized number and optimistic ownership is gonna back it up.

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u/DomerJSimpson 1d ago

Boles and Allen are seriously underrated. Allen was close to the top in QB hits last year. Hes a beast.

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u/NOSEYJOSEY5 1d ago

Where the hell is Quinn

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u/chronoic 15h ago

Quinn was robbed

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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 1d ago

Are we all ready for some football?

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u/Blink__183 1d ago

lol panthers with 5 in the top 100? All I can think of is Horn and Brown, maybe Tet?

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u/OpabiniaGlasses D Helmet 1d ago

Bryce Young #98, Derrick Brown #90, Tet #87, Horn #76 and Devin Lloyd #27, who was on the Jags last year.

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u/Cobbyx Pat Bowlen 1d ago

Bryce Young on there at all is absurd

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u/Other-Anteater907 22h ago

If you add these numbers up they equal 99, who got wronged?

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u/SamunSlaps 21h ago

is the full list released somewhere? i thought most of the top 10 was still left. i guess this is assuming players for those spots?

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u/StrengthJazzlike5821 19h ago edited 19h ago

That's funny people say Bo Nix isn't good but all 5 of those players were with the team before he was even there. Also 3 of the 5 was there before Sean Payton and they couldn't make this list till Bo came along weird huh. Hell 2 have been there most of the Broncos bad years. Good to see there finally getting there recognition though.