2016 NFL Mock Draft: Leading up to the Super Bowl

45. <p>Well, as much as I hate it, this is a prediction that the Denver Broncos are going to win the Super Bowl. The Broncos have just been in many more of these big games than these young Panthers. Plus their defense is much better than the Panthers defense and there’s a big difference between Peyton Manning and Carson Palmer.</p> <p>But the main reasons why I’m picking the Broncos is because football is the most emotional game in the world and love is the most powerful emotion in the world. Manning’s teammates know this is his last shot at a Super Bowl so you can expect the to run through walls of wood, brick or stone for him on Super Bowl Sunday.</p> <p>I see this being very similar to the Ravens hunting heads for retiring legend Ray Lewis back in 2012. But that’s not going to carry the Broncos through the 2016 season with Manning unlikely there. So what the Broncos need is a tight end to replace Julius Thomas in the 2015 offseason.</p> <p>They traded for Vernon Davis from the San Francisco 49ers but that didn’t quite work out for the Broncos. So to close the first round, the Broncos will take Hunter Henry to take that pain away. And young quarterback Brock Osweiler will have himself a security blanket to go with the playmakers outside to try to repeat.</p>. TE. Arkansas. Hunter Henry. 31. player