The Broncos are still trying to unlock Courtland Sutton, and Sean Payton isn’t pretending otherwise.
Through four games, Sutton has only nine catches for 86 yards after back-to-back seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. That’s a sharp drop-off, and Payton said Denver has to sort out how to get him more involved now that WR Jaylen Waddle is in the mix, particularly when Waddle lines up outside in Sutton’s spot.
“We have to look at, if he’s not playing outside and Waddle is, then how do we get him away from the rotation?” Payton said, via the Broncos Wire.
“We’ve had some opportunities, but there are a handful of things that aren’t clicking. We’ve got to figure it out fast because we’re going into Week 5.”
Bo Nix said he doesn’t have a clean answer yet for why Sutton hasn’t been featured more, but he expects the usage to shift from week to week.
“You know, I have to go back and watch (the tape),” Nix said. “I obviously have the same angle the whole game, but interested to see what actually goes on and how they’re doing a good job of covering him, but I don’t know.
That’s a week-to-week thing, and I know we targeted him today. It’s just, we got to connect it a little bit more.”
Elsewhere in Denver, rookie wideout Pat Bryant owned up to the move that helped draw a controversial pass interference flag in Week 4.
In an interview with CBS News Colorado, Bryant said he embellished the contact to help get the call.
“It was a little pass interference. I did sell it just enough to get the flag,” Bryant said.
“He definitely gave me a little nudge that I felt. I felt like I couldn’t get the ball, so it was either the ball or the call. . . .
It’s something that a lot of people do in this league, I kinda used it to my advantage.”
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