What we’re hearing: From talking to various teams over the past weekend, there seems to be a general belief that the Denver Broncos will wind up trading either WR Jerry Jeudy or Courtland Sutton, but it’s certainly far from a lock.
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As we’ve pointed out previously in this space, some teams have an issue with Jeudy’s nearly $13 million fully guaranteed fifth-year option salary for next season. And Sutton, who carries a $14 million base salary for this season (would be prorated for the rest of the year if he’s traded for the remaining weeks of the season with his new team), carries a base salary of $13 million for 2024, including a small injury guarantee of $2 million.
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However, a team that is looking to make a deep playoff run will want to find a way to accommodate one of these contracts, a personnel source said. It won’t be easy, which is why it’s not a certainty that they’ll be dealt.
But, as another source told us, another motivation to move at least one of them is rookie WR Marvin Mims Jr., who is almost certain to start in future years.
Mims has yet to play in more than 20% of the offensive snaps in any of their games so far, but he has tremendous big-play ability and was seen as a likely future starter by the Broncos when he was selected in Round 2.
This is similar to the team moving on from veteran DE/OLB Frank Clark and wanting to get a younger player in the lineup, such as 2022 second-round OLB Nik Bonitto.
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