{"id":920843,"date":"2026-06-16T23:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/920843\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:27:18","slug":"bo-nix-jaylen-waddle-provides-explosiveness-broncos-have-lacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/920843\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Nix: Jaylen Waddle provides explosiveness Broncos have lacked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bo Nix doesn\u2019t need to be fully participating in practice<\/a> just yet to see what he has in his new wide receiver.<\/p>\n

Nix has been ramping up his activity as he rehabs from a pair of surgeries on his fractured right ankle<\/a> this offseason, and, no surprise, he\u2019s excited to get to full-speed work with new Denver wide receiver Jaylen Waddle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s an element of explosiveness that I think as an offense we\u2019ve lacked for a couple years,\u201d Nix said Tuesday. \u201cWe\u2019ve had plenty of explosive plays, plenty of points, all that kind of stuff. We\u2019ve made great strides, but there was a level of explosiveness that a guy like that adds. So you could be first-and-10 and starting a drive and go one-and-done because he takes it 75, 80 yards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the kind of weapon that we added, and that\u2019s I think what we all have been out here watching and sort of really enjoy watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several Broncos players said after the season that the club needed more offensive playmaking ability and Waddle should deliver it atop a receivers room that also features Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant and Marvin Mims Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just can\u2019t replace speed,\u201d Nix said. \u201cThat\u2019s what he brings to the table. He\u2019s extremely fast with the ball in his hands. He looks like he doesn\u2019t really slow down to make cuts, which is pretty tough to do for a fast guy. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a guy like that makes everybody on the offense better, and then it obviously helps the defense in the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n

LG Ben Powers out, but \u2018right on schedule\u2019 according to Sean Payton<\/p>\n

Left guard Ben Powers hasn\u2019t done much during the offseason program practices open to reporters. He was one of a few players not seen on the practice field Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen\u2019s right on schedule to where we thought he\u2019d be at this point,\u201d Payton said, without specifying why the veteran offensive lineman has been sidelined. Powers tore his left bicep last October and missed 10 games but returned for the team\u2019s stretch run and postseason games.<\/p>\n

\"RedRed Murdock (50) of the Denver Broncos stretches during minicamp at the Broncos Park in Centennial, Colorado on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz\/The Denver Post)
\nBroncos waive two, host eight tryout players for minicamp<\/p>\n

In order to make room for WR Hakeem Butler and CB\/return man Sean Fresch Jr., the pair of UFL standouts Denver signed this week<\/a>, the club waived veteran receiver Michael Woods and cornerback Paul Manning. Each of the two had an injury designation on the league\u2019s transaction wire.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Broncos had eight tryout players on the field at Tuesday\u2019s minicamp practice, including rookie quarterback Sawyer Robertson from Baylor.<\/p>\n

The others: DLs Herbert Gums and Marlon Tuipulotu, DBs DeCarlos Nicholson and Blake Cotton, OLs Jack Walsh and Reid Holskey and FB Trent Howland.<\/p>\n

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