Can Cody Latimer become the real deal?
Since being drafted in the second round by the Denver Broncos two years ago, Cody Latimer has caught a grand total of eight passes for 82 yards and one touchdown. That … isn’t great.
In what has been called the best wide receiver draft class in recent memory, Latimer has been a bust.
But at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, Latimer should be an intimidating force on the football field, and when you factor in that he ran a 4.39 second 40-yard dash on a still-healing broken foot at his pro day, there’s no reason he shouldn’t be producing.
Last Thursday, we saw a little bit of that production, as he was the best receiver in the game. But was that because things have clicked or is that because he was going up against second- and third-string cornerbacks in the Bears’ secondary? I don’t know.
But I will say this: If the cogs finally do click into place, and Latimer starts showing off that natural talent he was praised for coming into the draft, the Broncos won’t have to worry about a No. 3 wideout competition; it’ll be his job, and Denver may be back to having the most explosive receiving corps in the NFL.
