PHOENIX — At the NFL’s Annual Meeting, Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton reaffirmed Denver’s commitment to wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and Courtland Sutton.
Payton confirmed that other teams have called to acquire about the availability of the two players, but he emphasized that “it’s not something we’re interested in doing.”
The Broncos’ new head coach said his arrival in Denver and the perceived lack of depth at wide receiver in the draft has led to speculation about wide receivers across the league.
“It’ll continue, I’m sure, as we get closer to the draft,” Payton said Monday at the AFC Coaches Breakfast. “If you really look at the draft and you look at the receiver depth in the draft, it’s not a real deep draft. If you’re a team that’s looking for receivers, we’re not the only team people called. I’m sure Houston with Brandin Cooks, other players like that. It’s pretty common in the offseason, I think.”
Payton said while the wide receiving corps was not healthy a year ago, he likes the position group.
“I like the receiver depth,” Payton said. “We’ll continue to look at [that]. We’re not a team that’s going to be, this is the X, this is the Z and this is our sub, slot receiver. That’s just not going to be us. If you ever followed what we did in New Orleans, that was never us.”
Read on for more takeaways from Payton’s lengthy media availability.
Unlike a year ago, when the Broncos played hardly any starters in the three preseason games, Payton said the Broncos will use the time to their advantage.
“We’re going to play all of them,” Payton said. “In the preseason? Absolutely we are. Absolutely we are. That’s the preseason.”
Payton also suggested that the team’s general practice philosophy would also be different.
“There wasn’t any 9-on-7, one-on-ones [last season],” Payton said. “The approach was much different than I’m used to.”
Payton previously spoke to DenverBroncos.com about the “musts” that were on the Broncos’ free-agency to-do list, and adding or retaining a…
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