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Former Broncos' WR Bennie Fowler is signing a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears, per source.
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Fowler, a rotational 3rd/4th/5th receiver for the Broncos, amassed just 58 catches and 733 yards in his three years on the roster. He’s been part of a disappointing group of depth players in the Broncos’ relatively static wide receiver corps

The Broncos’ next QB will need good, reliable weapons, and the Broncos’ decision to part ways with Bennie Fowler is an encouraging step in that direction.

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Boom. Replacement signed.

Good size, decent speed, and a ST guy.
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Hiphopopotamos wrote:Boom. Replacement signed.

Good size, decent speed, and a ST guy.
Replacement for Bellamy?
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Actually a decent signing for our depth.
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Jay Cutler... Brandon Marshall... John Fox... Bennie Fowler..........

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Really not too excited about this guy.
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Watched him play a few times. Don't know a ton about him, but he has made a few big plays. Maybe a diamond in the rough kind of guy.
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I think he provides competition with a guy like Bellamy. Let them battle it out and the best survives. The problem I have is that if they both make the roster. I'm nervous about our WR depth...Kevin White is currently our number 2/3...that concerns me.
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cblaz11 wrote:I think he provides competition with a guy like Bellamy. Let them battle it out and the best survives. The problem I have is that if they both make the roster. I'm nervous about our WR depth...Kevin White is currently our number 2/3...that concerns me.
If history is any indication, he won't be 2/3 for very long.;-)
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cblaz11 wrote:I think he provides competition with a guy like Bellamy. Let them battle it out and the best survives. The problem I have is that if they both make the roster. I'm nervous about our WR depth...Kevin White is currently our number 2/3...that concerns me.
As has been pointed out - Gabriel and Burton are going to get more targets (and maybe Cohen) than our WR2 likely will.

Hell, our WR2 might look more like a college spread WR2 who’s just there to threaten defenses deep.
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crueltyabc wrote:Is this guy better than Sammie Coates?? Can anyone tell me??


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I remember he caught a 76 yard bomb vs KC last year in a crazy Sunday night game. 29 REC 350 yards 3 TD's last year and plays good SPT's. He's probably a Joshua Bellamy double. If we're being honest.
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Richie wrote:
crueltyabc wrote:Is this guy better than Sammie Coates?? Can anyone tell me??


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I remember he caught a 76 yard bomb vs KC last year in a crazy Sunday night game. 29 REC 350 yards 3 TD's last year and plays good SPT's. He's probably a Joshua Bellamy double. If we're being honest.
yup, former undrafted who was good enough at special teams to stick, and who if we give him significant time we'll hate exactly like bellamy.
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RING4CHI wrote:Excuse me if I can't contain my excitement.
Right? If Denver wouldn't even tender him.........

I'm beginning to believe that Kendall Wright--who signed for $1M with Minny--just wanted to do anything to a team that he was really confident would be a winner. Surely if we're giving $$$ to Bennie Fowler, we would've been willing to toss $1.25M at Kendall Wright, right? Or maybe that's just 20/20 hindsight?
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