The Denver Broncos are ecstatic on the potential of Courtland Sutton in the offense and Michael Irvin feels the same way. After a remarkable campaign in 2019, Irvin spoke about Sutton's improvement:
“I love his maturation and his progress and the way he’s coming along and he’ll keep learning the game,” Irvin said. “He’s learning how to get open and he made some phenomenal plays and catches.
At the beginning of the season, Sutton was the No. 2 wide receiver in the Broncos' offense behind Emmanuel Sanders. However, once Sanders was sent to the San Francisco 49ers, Sutton saw an expanded role.
In his rookie season in 2018, Sutton managed to corral 42 receptions for 704 yards and four touchdowns. Then, as an encore, the SMU product recorded 72 receptions for 1,112 yards and six touchdowns in 2019.
Coming out of college, Sutton was considered to be a deep threat at wide receiver. So far in his career with the Broncos, he's carried that label in the NFL as he's averaged 15.9 yards per reception.
Despite his noticeable progress, Irvin highlighted what Sutton needs to do to improve even further:
“The next step for him is to continue to learn not how to get open, but also understand when to be open — that means he understands the progression on every play and let’s say he’s the back-side slant, he’ll learn, ‘I don’t have to beat my man quickly because I know (Lock) is reading front-side first so I can beat him late and still make those plays.’”
The past two seasons have provided a preview of what Sutton could become in the NFL.
With another offseason to evolve his game, the Broncos could get an even better version of Sutton in 2020.
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