The Denver Broncos stand to be one of the contending teams in the AFC in 2025, but one of the team's biggest questions heading into the season lies at the wide receiver position.
The Broncos kept only five wide receivers on the 53-man roster, but the team was reminded of just how shaky that situation could be when Marvin Mims Jr. was slowed by a groin injury last week. The Broncos can ill-afford an injury at that position, which is why it's still a bit mystifying that the team did not add any of the young wide receivers they had in camp to the practice squad.
The Broncos did add A.T. Perry and Michael Bandy to the practice squad, but the team obviously isn't satisfied with the collective group it has at the position and decided to add another one on Tuesday, signing Thayer Thomas to the practice squad.
Thomas was part of a group brought in for tryouts that included wide receivers Samori Toure and Bryson Green.
Thomas went undrafted out of North Carolina State in 2023 and signed with the Minnesota Vikings. He was on their practice squad in 2023 and 2024 but the team chose to waive him following the preseason this summer.
In five seasons with the Wolfpack in college, Thomas caught 215 passes for 2,484 yards and 24 touchdowns. At 6-feet and just under 200 pounds, he projects best as a slot receiver in the NFL and will look to give the Broncos a hand as a practice squad guy who can help the team get ready for games each week.
Perry and Bandy would rank ahead of him if a wide receiver needs to be elevated to the gameday roster during the season, but the Broncos obviously saw something in Thomas to sign him directly after his tryout.
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To make room on the practice squad, the Broncos released defensive back Quinton Newsome. Newsome was an undrafted signing by the Broncos out of Nebraska last year and spent the 2024 season on the practice squad.
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