Broncos new projected WR3 after Jaylen Waddle trade makes perfect sense for Bo Nix
This new third receiver for the Broncos offense makes sense.
Broncos new projected WR3 after Jaylen Waddle trade makes perfect sense for Bo Nix originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Denver Broncos came so close to making the Super Bowl this past season, but came up just short thanks to some incredibly terrible luck with Bo Nix's injury.
But for the 2026 season, the offense is mostly the same. That is, other than the blockbuster addition of Jaylen Waddle. He's instantly No.
1 on the depth chart, with Courtland Sutton the No. 2 receiver. After Waddle and Sutton, who's next for Denver's WR room?
Gary Davenport of Bleacher Report projected a new WR3 in Denver that makes perfect sense for Nix. "WR: Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, Troy Franklin," Davenport projected. The projected WR3 is Franklin.