Broncos Had Harrell In Their Sights » Brats & Beer

May 22, 2007
posted under: Justin Harrell, NFL Draft, Packers

Honestly I’m as tired of rehashing the now month-old NFL Draft as anyone, but a friend pointed me to an interesting story concerning the Packers first-round pick, Justin Harrell, and the Denver Broncos.

According to the story on the Broncos site (by way of the AOL FanHouse), Denver was focused on three players in the first round of the draft: linebacker Lawrence Timmons, defensive end Jarvis Moss, and Harrell. The Broncos plan was to take one of them with the 21st pick then trade for a second first round pick to get whomever of those three was left. Of course things went awry when Pittsburgh took Timmons and Green Bay picked Harrell.

So what does all this mean? One could read this as evidence that Ted Thompson certainly reached with his first pick if the Broncos thought Harrell would be around at the 21st pick or beyond. One might also read it as a sort of vindication of Thompson if the Broncos were willing to potentially give up later picks for a second first rounder to get him. Or we could all just be amused that TT blew up Denver’s carefully laid plans with his unexpected pick.

But seriously, this is it for the post-draft talk, at least until Harrell records three sacks in the season opener against Philly and I hail TT a genius for the ages.