Although it wasn't included on the report, Denver also placed wide receiver Pat Bryant — who suffered an ankle injury of his own in Week 4
— on short-term injured reserve. Bryant will be sidelined for at least the next four games before being eligible to return.... With Bryant absent, Denver could lean more heavily on little-used WRs Marvin Mims and Troy Franklin while attempting to get veteran Courtland Sutton going following a slow start to the year. It, too, is possible — if not probable — that quarterback Bo Nix sprinkles a few additional targets to running back RJ Harvey, who's currently the club's leading pass-catcher.
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Although it wasn't included on the report, Denver also placed wide receiver Pat Bryant — who suffered an ankle injury of his own in Week 4 — on short-term injured reserve. Bryant will be sidelined for at least the next four games before being eligible to return....With Bryant absent, Denver could lean more heavily on little-used WRs Marvin Mims and Troy Franklin while attempting to get veteran Courtland Sutton going following a slow start to the year. It, too, is possible — if not probable — that quarterback Bo Nix sprinkles a few additional targets to running back RJ Harvey, who's currently the club's leading pass-catcher....“Certainly, you come away from that game as a coach and you’re like, ‘All right, we have to find more touches for Courtland for “X” amount of receivers, even when they’re in these deeper zones.' We’ll be able to do that, but we start with a mirror right away with ourselves. So we know he can be a factor for… He doesn’t have to be just outside, he can be inside depending on the route,” Payton explained Wednesday.
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