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One of the more underrated and interesting decisions from last offseason came in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Without a first-round pick, Marvin Mims Jr. earned the label as the Denver Broncos’ top overall selection that year and the first pick of the Sean Payton era in Mile High.
What made the pick interesting was the fact that Denver already had a solid crop of wide receivers headlined by Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton. That proved to be a logjam for Mims during his rookie season as he was limited to just 377 receiving yards and one touchdown through 16 games (seven starts). Fast-forward a year, however, and Jeudy has since been traded to Cleveland, which paves a lane for Mims to take a Year 2 leap.
“I’ve said this, and I’ll say it again: We were as much responsible for, I don’t want to say holding him back, but you’re trying to get snaps with Jerry Jeudy, with Courtland,” Payton said Thursday when speaking of Mims, via NFL.com. “I think we’ll see a lot of growth from Year 1 to Year 2. He’s tough. He had a really good play today.”
That play Payton is…
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2024-05-31 14:15:30
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