The Denver Broncos currently hold the No. 12 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, but it sounds like the team would at least be open to the possibility of trading up to acquire a higher pick and potentially select a quarterback.
During a recent conversation with NFL insider Ian Rapoport for the NFL Network, Sean Payton said that it is “realistic” to think that the Denver Broncos could look to trade up in the draft, and seemed to suggest the team would be interested in acquiring the No. 4 overall pick currently held by the Arizona Cardinals.
“Here at the AFC Coaches Breakfast, I asked #Broncos coach Sean Payton how realistic it was for him to be a potential trade-up team? ‘Realistic.’ He said they’ll look at it, and noted, ‘It’s good to be [Arizona Cardinals general manager] Monti (Ossenfort) right now.’ Hard to know what it will cost eventually…” Rapoport said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Obviously, it’s pretty shocking and significant news that the Broncos are at least considering a trade of this magnitude, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media.
Trading up for JJ McCarthy Payton must of found a trade partner https://t.co/hBsCuXxJTa
— NuggetsNation (@nuggetsfan4ever) March 25, 2024
Trying to figure out the advantage of him saying this other than just driving up the price on Minnesota.
Sean really seems petty enough to me where it’s like, “if you want to jump to beat us, you will pay an arm and leg.”
Don’t underestimate Petty Sean 😂 https://t.co/swz4ZuAI4u
— Joey Richards (@JRDrafts) March 25, 2024
If you’re trading up it better only be for Maye https://t.co/c3J5cwUupD
— Bryce 🎸 (@MileHighMims) March 25, 2024
Sean Payton casually making it known that he and the Cardinals GM are on a first-name basis https://t.co/jal5BYLl3P
— Sayre Bedinger (@SayreBedinger) March 25, 2024
Cardinals should only trade the pick for a value greater than or equal to the Trey Lance package…and not a fraction less https://t.co/0rxTpSIZLC
— David Kromelow (@dkrom59) March 25, 2024
With very little 2024 draft capital to move up with, is Sean Payton going to mortgage the future of another team? https://t.co/xWwsVBrZfm
— Lee Wakefield (@Wakefield90) March 25, 2024
We’ll have to see whether or not the Broncos actually pull off a trade.
