Following reports that the Denver Broncos have received trade calls about wide receivers Jerry Jeudy, Courtland Sutton and KJ Hamler, there’s now an update from KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis that downplays the likelihood of a trade.
“While lots of teams have called on Broncos WRs (Jeudy, Sutton) including some who have been aggressive, it doesn’t appear Denver is interested in moving them per source,” Klis tweeted on Thursday evening.
It’s possible that the Broncos have put this message out themselves in an attempt to drive up trade value by signaling to other teams that they don’t plan to trade either Jeudy or Sutton. In theory, that could make a team desperate and prompt them to increase their offer to get a deal done.
Denver might also be doing damage control after heavy speculation that one of (or even potentially both) Sutton or Jeudy could be traded. Last week, Sutton tweeted “I just want to be where I’m wanted and appreciated.”
We could also, of course, take Thursday’s report at face value and believe that the Broncos truly plan to keep both receivers in 2023. When it comes to the NFL offseason, though, it’s hard to take anything at face value.
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