Late last night, ESPN’s lead NFL insider appeared on SportsCenter and reported that the Broncos are among the three teams that bear watching for veteran wide receiver Cooper Kupp. The longtime Rams receiver was officially released prior to the start of the league year yesterday, and according to Schefter, the Broncos are among the interested teams.
Schefter says “at least a dozen teams” called with interest in signing Kupp, but he singled out three teams, the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, and New England Patriots, as teams that are the ones to watch for Kupp.
The Seahawks make sense because Kupp grew up in the Washington area and went to college at Eastern Washington. On top of that, he is familiar with them as he has played in the NFC West his entire career and the Seahawks need help at receiver after releasing Tyler Lockett and trading away D.K. Metcalf. The Patriots meanwhile, are looking to give quarterback Drake Maye some weapons and likely view Kupp as a significant addition to their offense.
As for the Broncos, it appears Sean Payton is going “all in” and would like to add a veteran wide receiver to his offense. The team did sign their “Joker” in Evan Engram yesterday, but may not be done adding to his offense.
Cooper Kupp is about to be 32 years old, has dealt with injuries recently, and is not the same player he once was, but he still can be a valuable piece to an offense. He will not come in and be your number one or maybe even number two option, but he can be a veteran role player who you can look for and trust in key moments. The Broncos should look to surround quarterback Bo Nix with as many weapons as possible this offseason and adding Kupp to their receiver room would be ideal.
The Broncos receiving room could use another veteran option in the mix. They do have Courtland Sutton as their established number one, but after that, have three young receivers on rookie contracts. Marvin Mims has a key role moving forward, but 2024 rookies Devaughn Vele and Troy Franklin are still finding their way in the league. So, adding a veteran like Kupp to the mix only makes your receiving room deeper and stronger.
We will have to see if anything comes of this report but it appears the Broncos have legitimate interest in signing Cooper Kupp. We’ll see if Sean Payton goes out and gets his guy once again or if the Broncos will look elsewhere or are simply content with their receiving room.
