Broncos make another trade, acquire John Franklin-Myers

Travis Wakeman

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While the Denver Broncos are putting together a solid 2024 NFL Draft class, the team has not stopped looking at other ways to improve to the roster. That has led to the second trade with the New York Jets in less than a week. 

During the fifth round of the draft, the Broncos landed John Franklin-Myers from Gang Green. 

Myers was a fourth-round pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 2018 out of Stephen F. Austin. He was waived ahead of the 2019 season and signed by the Jets where he has started in every game for the team in each of the past three seasons. 

He has 19.5 career sacks. 

Adding to the defensive line was something the Broncos needed to accomplish in this draft. They used a third-round pick on Jonah Elliss out of Utah, but he is more of an EDGE rusher from the outside linebacker spot. Franklin-Myers can create pressure from the defensive end spot and the Broncos needed another guy who fit that role. 

 

Perhaps seeing options starting to dwindle in the draft, the Broncos made this move. In exchange for the 27-year-old Franklin-Myers, the Broncos sent the Jets a sixth-round pick in the 2026 draft. 

Travis Wakeman

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Travis Wakeman has been covering the NFL since 2012 when he started with Bleacher Report. After reporting about the Broncos there until 2016, he joined the FanSided network as a site expert covering the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers while simultaneously covering the Broncos at Broncos Wire when that site launched. He then took over the Broncos site at FanSided in March 2020 and covered the team there until spring of 2024. A lifelong Broncos fan and fan of the game, Travis is filled with sometimes useless NFL knowledge, but it always serves him well in any trivia contest. You can follow him on Twitter/X @traviswakeman10.