As Denver’s locker room echoes with the empty rustles of equipment staffers, Jahdae Barron lingers.

The first-round draft pick leans his head back against his locker late Aug. 16, pausing in a conversation with The Denver Post. He is not where he wants to be, yet. He is not where the Broncos’ fanbase wants him to be, yet. He has not won a starting nickel job, yet. Barron just played 21 snaps in a preseason game against Arizona, a workload reserved mostly for reserves and players trying to crack the roster.

Barron says he hasn’t seen the social media chatter that questions his fit in Denver. But the cornerback is savvy enough to feel it.

“The crazy thing about it is — it’s like this,” Barron tells The Denver Post, eyes searching for the words somewhere on the ceiling.

“I’ve said this be

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