{"id":32636,"date":"2025-05-08T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/32636\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:00:10","slug":"broncos-considered-trading-up-for-ashton-jeanty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/32636\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos Considered Trading Up For Ashton Jeanty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Broncos explored multiple trades during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>, including a blockbuster move into the top-10 for Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Denver made no secret of their desire to add a running back during the lead-up to the draft, but the price to trade up was ultimately too high. Snagging Jeanty likely would have required the fifth overall pick considering his pre-draft links to the Raiders, who owned the next selection. Moving up 15 slots from the No. 20 pick could have cost multiple future first-rounders, which was likely a non-starter for the Broncos after losing their top picks in 2022 and 2023 to the ill-fated Russell Wilson<\/a> trade.<\/p>\n

Instead, Denver stood pat at No. 20 and selected Texas cornerback Jahdae Barron<\/a>, who was widely seen as the best player on the board. Terry Joseph, Barron\u2019s defensive pass game coordinator at Texas and cousin of Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph<\/a>, endorsed the versatile defensive back, per Fowler, giving the team even more confidence in their pick.<\/p>\n

The Broncos were also interested in Ohio State wide receiver Emeka Egbuka<\/a>, who went off the board one pick before they were on the clock. Had neither Egbuka nor Barron been available, the Broncos were prepared to trade back for a running back in the first round<\/a>, discussing terms with the Texans for their pick at No. 25.<\/p>\n

In that case, Denver\u2019s target likely would have been another former Buckeye in<\/a> TreVeyon Henderson<\/a>, who went to the Patriots with the 38th pick before the Broncos were back on the board. They pivoted to UCF running back R.J. Harvey<\/a> with their next pick at the end of the second round, allowing them to come away from the draft with a coveted running back without a costly trade up in the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos explored multiple trades during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2062],"tags":[80,1303,232,231,258,2426,702,7,253,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-32636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","9":"tag-ashton-jeanty","10":"tag-broncos","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-broncos","13":"tag-denverbroncos","14":"tag-emeka-egbuka","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-houston-texans","17":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114469983033354566","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}