Courtland Sutton is Denver’s unquestioned top receiver.

In 2024, the next man up in the pecking order changed several times over the course of the season.

Early in the fall, that designation would have likely belonged to Josh Reynolds. Then came a surge from Devaughn Vele. Then a strong finishing kick from Marvin Mims Jr. The receiver who played the second-most snaps after Sutton? Lil’Jordan Humphrey.

As the 2025 season approaches, the group vying for time at receiver for Sean Payton’s team is getting more buzz than last year’s set, but there remains an open question about who will be the No. 2 man behind Sutton.

Denver’s head coach doesn’t quite think about it that way.

“Some teams are more predictable with where the ‘X’ is, and the slot and the ‘Z’,” Payton said this week. “Then th

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