Broncos' trade-up for Lock highlights Round 2

The Denver Broncos made one of the biggest headlines of Round 2 of the 2019 NFL Draft on Friday in Nashville, Tenn., trading up to take Missouri quarterback Drew Lock with the 42nd overall pick. The move came after a run on defensive backs (four) and offensive linemen (four) in the first nine picks of the second round. The last of those nine picks was also Denver's selection, as the Broncos took Kansas State tackle/guard Dalton Risner 41st overall.

Denver then sent pick Nos. 52, 125 and 182 to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for the 42nd pick, selecting Lock. Considered the draft's second- or third-best quarterback on most boards, Lock surprisingly went unselected in the first round on Thursday night, as Kyler Murray (No. 1), Daniel Jones (No. 6) and Dwayne Haskins (No. 15) came off the board. After watching Thursday's action in the green room, Lock watched Friday from his agent's nearby office in Nashville, celebrating with friends and family upon his selection.

"A king-size Pringles, that's how big the chip on my shoulder is," Lock told Denver reporters on a conference call after he was selected. Lock had been connected to the Broncos during the draft process, with general manager John Elway rumored to be interested dating to the Senior Bowl in January, but Denver passed on him four times before taking him. The Broncos traded down from No. 10, then took Iowa tight end Noah Fant at No. 20 and Risner at No. 41 before the trade-up for Lock.

That wasn't the only major move during Round 2 involving a quarterback, as the Arizona Cardinals dealt Josh Rosen to the Miami Dolphins. After reports earlier in the day suggesting Miami could send the 48th overall pick to Arizona in return, the Dolphins traded down to No. 62 and then sent No. 62 to the Cardinals for Rosen and a 2020 fifth-round pick.

The move resolved an awkward situation, after the Cardinals took Murray first overall on Thursday, a year after trading up for Rosen at No. 10 overall. Among other highlights of Round 2, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up for Florida offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor at No. 35 overall. Taylor was widely considered a possible top-10 selection but slid out of Round 1.

Other offensive linemen quickly followed, with Mississippi's Greg Little (37th to Carolina), Oklahoma's Cody Ford (38th to Buffalo in a trade-up), Risner and Mississippi State center Elgton Jenkins (44th to Green Bay). The first part of the second round also included a wealth of cornerbacks. After only one (Deandre Baker to the New York Giants) went on Thursday night, six came off the board in the first 14 picks of Round 2. The last of those was LSU's Greedy Williams, who many considered the draft's top cornerback before sliding to No. 46 overall, where the Cleveland Browns traded up to nab him.

Late in Round 2, the Kansas City Chiefs drew some attention by trading up to nab speedy Georgia wideout Mecole Hardman, who ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. The choice was interesting given Hardman's similarities to Tyreek Hill, who was suspended indefinitely by the Chiefs on Thursday after a new development in his pending legal situation. Round 2 finished with one of the draft's biggest slides coming to an end, as the Seattle Seahawks traded up to grab Ole Miss wide receiver D.K. Metcalf. A combine star who ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash at 6-foot-3, 228 pounds, Metcalf was considered a contender to be the first wide receiver off the board but wound up as the ninth to go.

Full second round: 33. Arizona Cardinals: CB Byron Murphy, Washington

34. Indianapolis Colts (from New York Jets): CB Rock Ya-Sin, Temple 35. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Oakland): OT Jawaan Taylor, Florida

36. San Francisco 49ers: WR Deebo Samuel, South Carolina 37. Carolina Panthers (from New York Giants via Seattle): OT Greg Little, Ole Miss

38. Buffalo Bills (from Jacksonville via Oakland): OT/G Cody Ford, Oklahoma 39. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: CB Sean Bunting, Central Michigan

40. Oakland Raiders (from Buffalo): CB Trayvon Mullen, Clemson 41. Denver Broncos: OT/G Dalton Risner, Kansas State

42. Denver Broncos (from Cincinnati): QB Drew Lock, Missouri 43. Detroit Lions: LB Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii

44. Green Bay Packers: C Elgton Jenkins, Mississippi State 45. New England Patriots (from Atlanta via Los Angeles Rams): CB Joejuan Williams, Vanderbilt

46. Cleveland Browns (from Washington via Indianapolis): CB Greedy Williams, LSU 47. Seattle Seahawks (from Carolina): S Marquise Blair, Utah

48. New Orleans Saints (from Miami): C Erik McCoy, Texas A&M 49. Indianapolis Colts (from Cleveland): LB Ben Banogu, TCU

50. Minnesota Vikings: TE Irv Smith Jr., Alabama 51. Tennessee Titans: WR A.J. Brown, Ole Miss

52. Cincinnati (from Pittsburgh via Denver): TE Drew Sample, Washington 53. Philadelphia Eagles (from Baltimore): RB Miles Sanders, Penn State

54. Houston Texans (from Seattle): CB Lonnie Johnson, Kentucky 55. Houston Texans: OT Max Scharping, Northern Illinois

56. Kansas City Chiefs (from Chicago via New England and Los Angeles Rams): WR Mecole Hardman, Georgia 57. Philadelphia Eagles: WR J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, Stanford

58. Dallas Cowboys: DT Trysten Hill, Central Florida 59. Indianapolis Colts: WR Parris Campbell, Ohio State

60. Los Angeles Chargers: S Nasir Adderley, Delaware 61. Los Angeles Rams (from Kansas City): S Taylor Rapp, Washington

62. Arizona Cardinals (from New Orleans via Miami): WR Andy Isabella, Massachusetts 63. Kansas City Chiefs (from Los Angeles Rams): S Juan Thornhill, Virginia

64. Seattle Seahawks (from New England): WR D.K. Metcalf --Field Level Media