The 2009 NFL Draft will finish up today, with rounds 3-7 starting at 8 a.m. MDT.

As it stands, the Broncos don’t have a pick until the 14th pick of the fourth round, No. 114 overall. We will update this blog every time the Broncos select a player in the draft, so continue to check back throughout the day.

10:15 a.m. MDT: So here we are — the fourth round has rolled around. Just about a dozen more picks until the Broncos are on the clock. We’ll have the pick as soon as it’s made.

1:00 p.m. MDT: So here we are, just one hour before the start of the 2009 NFL Draft — one of the most anticipated drafts for Broncos fans in recent memory. After all, this marks the first time in franchise history that the team has two picks in the first round.

We’ll keep you updated pick-by-pick throughout the first round — feel free to comment on all the picks, whether they’re falling the way you expected or a few teams are throwing some curveballs.

The publications department and the PR staff have got a “War Room” of our own up here in a conference room — we’ve got the TV tuned in to draft coverage, computers in front of us and of course a container full of cookies — we’re settled in for a long and exciting day.

1:29 p.m. MDT: We here in the Internet “War Room” have a little chart with our own predictions for our two first-round picks. Granted, we have just as much an idea of who we will pick as you all do, but just wanted to give you some of the names that are up there.

With the 12th pick, the seven of us with predictions have names from B.J. Raji to Tyson Jackson to Brian Orakpo — there’s even a Beanie Wells up there. As far as the 18th, lots of “M” names — Maybin, Maualuga and Moreno. There’s a prediction of Brian Cushing, as well. What direction do you all see the Broncos going with these first two picks?

So the 2009 NFL Draft kicks off at 2 p.m. MDT Saturday afternoon, and DenverBroncos.com has got you covered.

(Check out the Broncos 2009 Draft page here.)

Starting about an hour before the draft begins, we’ll begin a live blog that will run all the way through the end of the first round. There you can discuss any big moves or surprises in the early goings of the draft, as well as comment on the Broncos’ first round selections — Nos. 12 and 18.

We’ll keep you up-to-date on all the picks and any moves the Broncos make.

In addition, Broncos TV will have exclusive footage of Head Coach Josh McDaniels, General Manager Brian Xanders and the rest of the front office in the Broncos’ “War Room” at Dove Valley as they prepare to make the team’s first two selections.

With the 2009 NFL Draft just two days away, many of the current Broncos are thinking back to the experiences they had when they were the prospects heading into this weekend.

We asked players in the locker room what they remember most from the experience, and here is what they had to say.

“Hearing my name called. You’re sitting there anxious, nervous the whole time, then you finally get a phone call. You’ve got your friends calling you, so you never really know, but then when you see that number that you don’t recognize, that out of state number, that was the best feeling in the world. I just remember hugging my mother — she was in tears. So that was probably the best memory for me.”
-Eddie Royal, drafted in 2008