Broncos' wide receivers facing adversity once again -- can Jeudy, Sutton carry the group?
During John Elway's final draft in 2020 as the Broncos' chief football decision-maker, Denver used its first two picks on wide receivers, going all-in on hopes of creating some touchdown machines.
Taking Jerry Jeudy and KJ Hamler, respectively, to complement 2018 second-rounder Courtland Sutton and up-and-comer Tim Patrick, Elway deemed them "the potential core four at the position for a long time."
But this week was another gut punch for the star-crossed group that has seen the last four years dissolve into a near-constant struggle.
Monday, nearly a year to the day from when he suffered a torn right ACL in 2022 training camp, Tim Patrick tore his left Achilles tendon to end his 2023 season.
The same fateful day, KJ Hamler announced he had been diagnosed with pericarditis, an irritation around the heart, after he experienced chest pains during workouts before the start of training camp.
The Broncos waived KJ Hamler as having a non-football injury, discarded like trash to the curb.
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