ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Jerry Jeudy had zero touchdowns last season with the Denver Broncos, who averaged fewer than 20 points per game for the fifth consecutive season as their search for a solution at quarterback continued.
A touchdown-less Jeudy was not the plan when the Broncos selected him in the first round of the 2020 draft out of Alabama, where he scored 24 times during his final two seasons. With that in mind, no player on the Broncos’ roster may benefit more from quarterback Russell Wilson’s arrival than Jeudy, who seems to know as much.
“There are things you can control and things you can’t control,” said Jeudy, who caught most of his passes from Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater during his first two NFL seasons. “Those first two years are gone now, so I’m just focused on this year.”
Jeudy had actually offered a glimpse of his promise in last season’s opener. He had 72 yards receiving on six catches, with just under nine minutes remaining in the third quarter against the New York Giants when he suffered a high right ankle sprain on a tackle by James Bradberry.
He was taken to the locker room on a cart, missed the next six games and never really recovered that momentum as the Broncos offense became a mish-mash of ill-fitting pieces in an often ill-fitting scheme. Enter Wilson, who arrived with plenty of fanfare, big plans and a pedal-to-the-metal approach from his first moments in the Broncos’ complex.
Wilson has already seen for himself what Jeudy can do. During the Broncos’ voluntary veteran minicamp last month, several players said Wilson’s on-field connection with Jeudy was easy to see.
“A guy like Jerry Jeudy — just being around him — we’ve had some amazing discussions and some amazing talks,” Wilson said. “We’ve put the extra work in.”
“He could help me a lot, he’s a great quarterback, a Hall of Fame quarterback that came to the offense as a leader,” Jeudy…
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