ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Shortly after the Broncos drafted Marvin Mims Jr. in 2023, Head Coach Sean Payton compared the Oklahoma product’s speed to driving on an open highway.
During Thursday’s OTA practice, the second-year player again ran away from all the traffic.
Mims caught a deep ball from Jarrett Stidham — one of the highlight plays of Thursday’s practice — and demonstrated his playmaking ability.
“It was a good play call,” Mims said. “We ended up getting matched with the right coverage. Incredible ball. [It was] just me running. Didn’t have to break stride. Caught it. Touchdown.”
Reminiscent of an early season touchdown last year against Washington, Mims’ score showed off his speed — and a chance for a bigger role in 2024.
“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 [former WR] Jerry Jeudy [and] with [WR] Courtland [Sutton],” Head Coach Sean Payton said Thursday. “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. We know he’s a good returner. We felt that was one of the strengths, obviously, that we saw on tape. But we saw transitional speed, we saw the things that you need to have at that receiver position. So I don’t think it was his development as much as, and I don’t want to say a crowded room, but just trying to create enough touches for those guys. Now we have a room, and we have a lot of young players. Size is certainly something you see at the receiver position right now. I’m anxious as we go through this process to watch these guys. This first half of these OTAs has gone really good, I mean really good. I told them that. I like the energy. I feel like we’re younger, and you kind of feel that at practice.”
The Broncos traded Jeudy in the offseason for a pair of Day 3 picks, and Mims could be the beneficiary of added reps. Mims…
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