Bo Nix has a new No. 1 target in Denver.<\/p>\n
The Broncos are acquiring Miami star receiver Jaylen Waddle for a 2026 first-round, third-round and fourth-round picks, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n Denver is also receiving a fourth-round pick in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n Jaylen Waddle scoring against the Jets in December 2025. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n This is a massive addition for a Denver team that fell one game short of the Super Bowl, losing at home to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game with Nix sidelined due to a fractured right ankle.<\/p>\n Waddle, 27, becomes the top playmaker for a Broncos team that already features veteran Courtland Sutton and intriguing young talents like Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant.<\/p>\n Sutton led the team with 74 catches for 1,017 yards and seven touchdowns last year and Franklin notched 709 receiving yards, but no other wideout topped 400 yards.<\/p>\n Waddle tallied 64 catches for 910 yards and six touchdowns last year on a middling Miami offense, and has shown he can be a top receiver for a strong unit.<\/p>\n However, he has yet to replicate his success from his first two seasons when he set career-highs in catches with 104 (2021) and receiving yards with 1,356 (2022).<\/p>\n Waddle has three more years left on the three-year, $84.75 million extension he signed before the 2024 season, and Denver will pay roughly $5 million of his 2026 salary, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n Waddle will now lead the Broncos\u2019 receiving room. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n For Miami, this move further pushes the team into a rebuild.<\/p>\n After relying on the tandem of Waddle and Tyreek Hill for four seasons, Hill has since been released and Waddle now will suit up for a Super Bowl contender.<\/p>\n