ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- When the AFC’s Pro Bowl selections were revealed Tuesday, it once again also shined a light on one of the biggest items on the Denver Broncos' to-do list for the coming offseason.

When the names were read and Von Miller as well as Aqib Talib had been chosen for the league’s all-star game, it meant the Broncos’ struggles this season had certainly affected their Pro Bowl slots. It marked the fewest Broncos selected to the Pro Bowl since 2010, when only Champ Bailey and Brandon Lloyd were picked.

And it meant that Miller, the Broncos’ first-round pick in the 2011 draft, is still the last Broncos’ draft pick on the current roster to be selected to a Pro Bowl. Chris Harris Jr. has been selected to three Pro Bowls, but he was an undrafted rookie when he made the Broncos’ roster in 2011 and running back C.J. Anderson is a former undrafted rookie who was added to the Pro Bowl previously in his career as an injury replacement.

While there is no question the team’s 2011 and 2012 draft classes helped buttress a homegrown roster that made two Super Bowl trips in a three-season span, it’s clear the Broncos now have to find a way to turn back the clock to regain that success rate. President of football operations/general manager John Elway has consistently talked about the need to “stack those draft classes’’ and as the Broncos turn their attention to the 2018 draft, they’re going to need a stronger brick or two in the stack.

The Broncos currently have just one unquestioned starter from the 2014 draft, center Matt Paradis, and a player as close to a starter as he can be in Bradley Roby, given that he plays so many snaps as the third cornerback. They also have just one player from the 2015 draft who figures to start this Sunday against the Washington Redskins -- Max Garcia at guard -- given Trevor Siemian and Shane Ray are now on injured reserve and there are just four players from that nine-player class still on the roster.

Safety Justin Simmons (on injured reserve with an ankle injury) and running back Devontae Booker have flashed the most promise to this point from a 2016 draft class topped by Paxton Lynch, while guard Connor McGovern and defensive end Adam Gotsis are in position to be key in 2018. That's potential, but beyond Simmons, there's been no consistent impact from Booker, Gotsis has two career sacks, and McGovern has made his three career starts in the past three games. Lynch, meanwhile, has gone just 1-2 as a starter.

And the state of the 2017 draft class could be seen last Thursday night in Indianapolis when four rookies -- DeMarcus Walker, Brendan Langley, Isaiah McKenzie and De’Angelo Henderson -- were game-day inactives. First-round pick Garett Bolles has started at left tackle all season and despite the growing pains at times (he's been flagged 14 times, nine for holding), he has shown the athleticism that enticed the Broncos to select him in the opening round.

The Broncos also have three of their draft picks from the class of ’17 on injured reserve -- wide receiver Carlos Henderson, tight end Jake Butt and quarterback Chad Kelly -- who are each facing an important offseason of work, especially Butt, who the Broncos hope can move into a starting role in ’18.

Coach Vance Joseph said in recent days he hasn’t ruled out taking a look at De'Angelo Henderson, who has just one carry this season on a fake punt attempt, as well as some of the team’s other younger players at some point in the last two games of the season.

"We want to win football games, that’s the first order of business,'' Joseph said. "We can do both by seeing some of the young guys play. ... Whoever we dress, they will help us win, also. I wouldn’t say it’s a youth movement, I would say it’s trying to win a football game first.’’

On Henderson specifically, who has played the least among the rookies on the roster, Joseph said: “He had a great preseason. He didn’t play much at all this year as far as the halfback … but, it’s very possible to get him up.’’

But given the Broncos have missed the playoffs in each of the past two seasons and whose best-case scenario would be a 7-9 finish if they win their last two games, it could be argued this is the team’s most important draft since 2011. The Broncos had finished 4-12 in 2010 and eventually selected seven players in the ’11 draft that went on to start games for the team.