The Denver Broncos kicked off minicamp on Tuesday and Broncos top receiver, Courtland Sutton has apparently set aside his contractual-related differences and reported to Denver’s mandatory minicamp.
Over the past month Denver’s pro-bowler skipped all voluntary (Organized Team Activities) OTA’s in hopes of establishing a newly restructured deal. Currently Sutton will earn $13.5 million for the 2024 season of which only $2 million is guaranteed. Sutton looked to his career best 10-touchdown season as a catalyst for his hopes of a raise in 2024.
Denver’s number two receiver from the 2023 season, Jerry Jeudy was traded to the Cleveland Browns in March to work at number two behind Amari Cooper who is currently holding out of camp in Cleveland with similar grievances to Sutton.
Even with the departure of Jerry Jeudy, Denver’s receiving core is stacked with talent including Marvin Mims Jr. whose rookie season was shaded by Jeudy’s position at number 2. It’s still too early to call Denver’s one and two at receiver but they are nothing short of talent with the return of Tim Patrick and young talent like Lil’Jordan Humphrey, Troy Franklin, Devaughn Vele and Marvin Mims Jr. back for his sophomore season which many believe will be his breakout season in Denver.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic was included on Team Serbia’s preliminary Olympics roster and is expected to play in this year’s Olympics.
The Avalanche are still mum about the future of Valeri Nichushkin but there’s no doubt that Colorado is looking to extend Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin’s contract to stay in Denver. Drouin’s agent, Allan Walsh said on AP’s @walksha that he believed both sides looked like they were in agreement to hash out a deal soon.
The Colorado Rockies tied their four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend winning game one (on Thursday night) 3-2 and game three (on Saturday night) 6-5.
On Monday the Rockies kicked off a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins by getting shutout 5-0. Games two and three will be played this week (results of game two not available at the time of this writing) with game three scheduled for Wednesday at 11:10 a.m.
The Rockies are back home this weekend to host the Pittsburgh Pirates in a thee-game series.
In other sports the Florida Panthers have taken a 2-0 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers. Game three is scheduled for Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m. in Edmonton.
The Boston Celtics have also taken a 2-0 lead over the Dallas Mavericks after beating them 107-89 in game one and 105-98 in game two. The series now heads to Dallas for game three.
