Good news: Denver has officially secured a Detroit receiver, and his entire family is ecstatic.
Denver has officially secured a Detroit receiver, and his entire family is ecstatic.
In another roster move this free agency season, George Paton and the Denver Broncos have snagged Detroit’s unrestricted free agent wide receiver Josh Reynolds.
The receiver, who started thirteen of the seventeen games he appeared in last year for the Detroit Lions, boasts a seven-year tenure that includes 220 receptions for 2,933 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 107 regular-season games; 19 receptions for 318 receiving yards and one touchdown in nine postseason games.
Reynolds signed a two-year, $14 million dollar contract on March 28, and he’s ready to get rolling.
Reynolds shared that his uncle is actually a “die-hard” Broncos fan, and that there’s a lot of familial support behind this team change. It’s partially because of this that he’s so excited to start his own legacy in Denver.
“Even saying that y’all were in the mix of things, you know, they [his family] were ecstatic,” he said about the prospect of signing with the Broncos.
Family isn’t the only reason he’s happy to be here, though. Asked why he feels Denver was the right move for him, Reynolds admitted that he’s always been an “admirer” of head coach Sean Payton — that he’s “looking forward to working with him,” and he’s “hype” for getting into his offensive scheme.
“Seeing him with the Saints for so long… I just love his creativeness, man, and I know he’s going to put great people around the facility,” he said.
Last and, perhaps most importantly, Reynolds was asked what skillset he brings to Denver. He described himself as “smooth,” something he thinks will be important for playmaking this coming season, and he hopes he can be a “guy that can help win.”
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Denver Broncos set offseason schedule
The Denver Broncos don’t yet have their quarterback room filled out, but they do know their offseason schedule.
The NFL made public the dates for offseason work around the NFL on Friday morning, revealing that the Broncos will get under way on Monday, April 15 with the start of Phase I of organized team activities.
As was the case last year, the Broncos are expected to open their offseason schedule with extensive weight training and conditioning. The team has the option of having meetings as soon as April 15 as a part of its work, but the Broncos are likely to continue the early-offseason focus on the body before heading into on-field work in mid-May.
The approach was described as “old-school” by right tackle Mike McGlinchey last year. It also appeared to work, as the Broncos went from being one of the league’s most-injured teams in the previous five seasons to one of its healthiest last year.
“I think we were 31st or 32nd in games missed by injured players, and we finished second last year,” Payton said earlier this week. “We would have finished first if Javonte [Williams] not run up the back of our right tackle.”
All of the work is considered “voluntary” until the mandatory minicamp, which takes place June 11-13 at Centura Health Training Center. Those three days will conclude the Broncos offseason schedule.
