2010 Denver Broncos Positional Preview - Wide Receivers

Just caught that. It’s open now, plus edited to reflect the correct roster (Williams & Lyons were released between the draft and the publishing of the article).

Love that video!

You posted it in a fanshot before, right?

A guy can wish can’t he? LOL

as I hope (expect), he will be the reason the offense controls the games, but the other receives will get the occasional long gains. Decker is key to this receiving core, I believe.

that Royal was pretty much splitting time with Gaffney? I would think that would affect his ability to get into the flow of the game.

noted to have had trouble getting free off the line from his position last year. I agree with Doc; it’s rarely a single factor which accounts for a player’s success or failure; usually its a mixture of many circumstances and the player’s abilities.

I could well be wrong on that number, that’s just what sticks in my mind without going back and looking at it.

If we keep 5-6, I would think it would be: Gaffney, Royal, McKinley, Thomas, Decker, and either Lloyd or Stokley. But given my history with these kinds of projections . . . we could be in for a surprise.

scream at my team when we make dumb plays and cheer when they make good ones!

If Coach McDaniels chooses to keep Gaffney, Royal and either Stokley or Lloyd, then add Decker, Thomas and McKinley, we should have a nice balance of vets and youth. The question will be how well the offense as a whole comes together.

They have potential. My hope is that they will realize that potential sooner, rather than later.

How well will each of them pan out this year. If they live up to what appears to be their potential, we could be reasonably solid in the passing game. If not . . . it could turn ugly quickly.

Only time will tell but the feeling here is Thomas will end up being the better receiver compared to Marshall. His skills might have been muted by the wishbone but what I did see engenders visions of greatness. This kid is the real deal. The only thing holding him back is experience.

We really could use a quality, top notch receiver, McD did it in NE, wish he’d do it here.

“This will be our strongest area”

That is a big reach at this point. We have no idea what we have with Royal (based on his play under McD/with Orton), Decker and Thomas.

I would miss Stokely if he lost out to Lloyd- just wish Lloyd had given us enough reason to not have any question of who should stay; he always seemed to have the ability.

Graham does catch some passes and while we haven’t seen him play yet, Marquez Branson is listed as a TE and he was brought on because of his pass catching ability. They gave him a year to develop (he transfered from a Junior/Community college, so his technique needed some cleaning up) and are expecting him to play substantially. I would agree that we haven’t seen him in the NFL yet, but what I have researched on him suggests that he’ll play well. Time will tell. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the UDFA’s makes the squad.

WR’s in the NFL range in height from 5’9" (Steve Smith) to 6’4" (Plexico Burress). Also depending on the source you choose to use, the average ranges from 6’0 to 6’3

though he (Dez) will have a very good carreer, I think Thomas may do even better. Time will tell, though, and nothing else will answer this question except the next 3-5 years.

as in they could rise to the occasion, or fall flat on their faces. Until we see them in game situations, it will be hard to tell.

Stokley — it wouldn’t surprise me to see him retire.

Lloyd — this player is an enigma to me. It seems like he should be better than he is, so the question becomes: why isn’t he? The intriguing thing about him is he is averaging over 55% of his catches going for a first down. Perhaps he will find a niche as a situational player.

Royal — had a lot heaped on him last year. Someone in a post here at MHR pointed out that in his rookie year, he was lining up off the line of scrimmage most of the time, which allowed him to use his quickness to its best advantage. Last year, he spent more time lining up on the line of scrimmage, where he wasn’t able to consistently escape being jammed. Hopefully, McDaniels will make some adjustments.

Gaffney — I think will have a solid year.

The rookies — IMHO, Denver’s WR corp’s year will be made or broken by how well the rookies, and 2nd year man McKinley perform.

A UDA that most haven’t heard of? At a reported 5’9" and 172, combined w/nothing special during his time in the college ranks equals serious doubts about the guy even making it thru camp.

he’s had a career of being underestimated, but he’s got the skill to start. I suspect that McD wa serious when he said that they expect to not have a #1 receiver, but a different guy shining each week. It should be fun – and Please, Please, give us a vertical game to go with the short bread and butter!

He only had a catch rate of 47%, not someone I’d trust to throw to often. hope he gets that up. Comparitively, Marshall had a 66% catch rate and Welker had a 76% rate.