March 17, 2026, 11:18 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The Denver Broncos<\/a> shocked the NFL world on Tuesday morning by agreeing to trade three picks<\/a> in the 2026 NFL draft to the Miami Dolphins<\/a> for wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and a fourth-round pick.<\/p>\n Waddle, who came out of the University of Alabama with cornerback Pat Surtain, instantly provides pop in the Broncos<\/a>‘ wide receiver room. Waddle is a productive receiver who will help the offense move the chains this season.<\/p>\n Waddle has missed a few games due to injury, but comes to Denver after five years in Miami<\/a>, having caught 373 passes for 5,039 yards and 26 touchdowns. Waddle also has shown a dual-threat capability of running the football, rushing 14 times for 81 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n Waddle is once again the type of player head coach Sean Payton loves, where he could line up anywhere on the field and make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n With that in mind, check out some of Waddle’s highlights, which showcase his elusiveness and his speed against some of the top cornerbacks in football.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n NFL free agency has finally started to heat up in Denver, and we’ll have full coverage on Broncos Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 17, 2026, 11:18 a.m. MT The Denver Broncos shocked the NFL world on Tuesday morning by agreeing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,95879,95880,95882,97108,95896,95888,95906,96116,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-817519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","12":"tag-sstsnbroncos","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagbo-nix","15":"tag-tagnational-sports","16":"tag-tagnfl","17":"tag-tagoverall-positive","18":"tag-tagpatrick-surtain-ii","19":"tag-tagsports-news","20":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116245728718512813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}