In our last Denver Broncos mailbag until I return from my honeymoon, Broncos Country wants to know if Marvin Mims will be more than a gadget guy in 2025.
Denver Broncos Mailbag: Pre-Training Camp Edition
Broncos Country, I always love reading your mailbag questions that you send in. Just a reminder, you can always get yourself involved by seeing the mailbag prompt on Twitter, or you can always email your questions to cody@milehighsports.com.
Do you think Marvin Mims will develop into a true WR2 or will he remain a specialist in terms of the routes/plays he’s utilized in? – Tyson Munro on Twitter.
Great question, Tyson. The thing with Marvin, in my opinion, is that he needs more overall offensive snaps to become a true WR2. Last season, he only played 27% of the team’s offensive snaps, which was less than the 384 snaps he had in 2023.
With that said, his production amongst the 27% of offensive snaps is impressive, and they all came down the stretch when he saw more backfield and slot usage. I personally believe that Mims can do more with a larger share of snaps, but so much will depend on the rotation at the position.
With Courtland Sutton, Devaughn Vele, Troy Franklin, Mims, and rookie Pat Bryant seeming like the locks at the position, how Sean Payton carves out roles for all of these guys will be interesting. From an archetype standpoint, it feels like Sutton and Vele will be the two larger outside pillars at the position, where Mims, Franklin, and Bryant will rotate in based on personnel or situation.
I’d love for Marvin to see 45-50% of the team’s offensive snaps, but the last two seasons haven’t given us an indication of an uptick, though he should.
What’s the Broncos’ ceiling this year? Playoffs included, I know technically since there is so much parity in the NFL we could be a Super Bowl team, but realistically prior to the season, what do you see as best case scenario? – River Seleman on Twitter.
I was confident last season during training camp that the Broncos would win 10 games. They did that and made the playoffs, but they’ll need to do more this upcoming season to show that they are the rightful ascending team. If the offense and defense stay healthy this season, this Broncos team is a playoff team and should be a legitimate threat to the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers for the AFC West.
Best case scenario, they win the West and host a home playoff game in the Divisional Round.
How do you surmise that the offense will be different schematically and play design-wise in 2025 versus in 2024 thanks to the additions of Evan Engram, J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey and Pat Bryant? – Mile High Moments on Twitter.
Great question! Theoretically, the Broncos’ offense should have more balance between the run and pass, and play action should be a little more prevalent this upcoming season. I’d expect Bo Nix to be under center more this season than what we saw last year.
Engram gives the Broncos offense a legitimate middle-of-the-field threat who can run routes effectively and be a consistent red-zone target. J.K. Dobbins should be a far more effective goal-line back compared to Javonte Williams, and RJ Harvey gives Denver an explosive, potential home run hitter at the running back position.
Bryant, from my own speculation, could be a very important third-down target this season, where I’ll project more than half of his catches will move the chains for a first down, and his route-running ability will be something that opens up opportunities for him in the red zone.
Going into training camp, I’m excited about the possibilities surrounding the offense.
What’s the ceiling of this offense given some of the additions made and internal growth? Top five offense potentially? – DenverDMarq on Twitter.
To become a top five offense is tough for any NFL team. For the Denver Broncos, they’ll have to be more consistent on third down, in the red zone, and must have more efficient production on first down than they did last year. Avoiding a high rate of three-and-outs will be important for them, but there’s an evident connection between their inconsistencies on third down and their effectiveness on first down.
On paper, they have all of the pieces to be a top five scoring offense, but so much is contingent upon players’ health. They were a top ten scoring offense last season without an effective run game, so the easy answer here would be for Denver’s offense to have a top ten rushing attack in order for them to become an overall threat to become a top five offense.
Note: With Denver Broncos training camp starting on July 22, I’ll miss the first week of camp because I will be on my honeymoon in Italy. We originally anticipated that camp would start normally (July 28) when we were planning for it, but the earlier start didn’t match up. I’ll be back on July 31, where my normal coverage of the team will resume.
Over the next two weeks, you’ll get extensive training camp position previews that bring you right into practice.