The Denver Broncos are showing up in all the offseason lists, and Pete Prisco’s latest Top 100 for the 2026 NFL season only adds to the case that this roster is loaded.
Prisco included six Broncos in his rankings, a strong sign for a team that has been framed all offseason as one of the league’s most talented groups. Denver has been aggressive in building this roster, with general manager George Paton making a string of high-end moves and Sean Payton brought in to help pull it all together. That combination has the Broncos in a clear “Super Bowl or bust” stretch heading into 2026.
Here’s where Prisco slotted the Denver players:
11th - Patrick Surtain II
26th - Garett Bolles
42nd - Quinn Meinerz
58th - Nik Bonitto
77th - Zach Allen
87th - Bo Nix
The placement of Bolles, Meinerz, and Allen stands out, since all three were first-team All-Pros in 2025 and still landed outside the top 25. Safety Talanoa Hufanga, who was a second-team All-Pro in 2025, also seemed worthy of a spot on the list.
Even with those quirks, the group Prisco chose lines up with the Broncos’ best talent. In fact, those six names were nearly the same six players ranked in the team’s top-10 in a recent internal-style player ranking.
Nix is the name that could move fastest if Denver takes the next step. He made the NFL Top 100 after his rookie year and could climb much higher for 2026, especially if the offense gets the boost of a Jaylen Waddle addition and Nix turns that into a career-best season.
Surtain, Meinerz, and Bonitto are all young enough to stay near the top of their positions for a while. Bolles is the outlier in that group, entering his age-34 season in 2026, so a gradual decline would not be a surprise.
Still, Denver could have even more players break into these kinds of lists in the future. And while these rankings are not official league honors, it’s still notable when a team that isn’t usually treated like a media darling gets this kind of representation.
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