When the league announced the order for the 2022 NFL draft last month, they officially said the Denver Broncos had eight picks.
After that, Broncos general manager George Paton said on more than one occasion that the team had nine picks. Broncos Wire assumed Paton was just misspeaking. In hindsight, that was a silly assumption given how diligent Paton is in the draft process.
It turns out Denver does have nine picks as Paton said. Ryan O’Halloran of The Denver Post and Mike Klis of 9News both reported Thursday that the Broncos confirmed with the NFL that they do have a seventh-round pick from the Detroit Lions, acquired in the Trinity Benson trade last year.
