Broncos never managed to get the best out of Jerry Jeudy - ESPN

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After agreeing to trade wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns for two draft picks on Saturday, the Denver Broncos continued on their constant carousel of change.

Whatever becomes of the remainder of Jeudy's NFL career will determine how big a mistake it was for the Broncos or if it was the right move at the right time.

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Jeudy was a first-round Broncos pick in the 2020 draft, the second receiver off the board that year. Three of the receivers selected after him in the opening round — Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb and Brandon Aiyuk — have 32, 30 and 25 career touchdown receptions and nine 1,000-yard seasons among them. Jeudy, meanwhile, has not reached 70 receptions in any of his four seasons and peaked with 972 yards in 2022. He also played with six different quarterbacks in four seasons in offenses that finished 28th, 23rd, 32nd and 19th in the league.

But he closed out the 2023 season saying «I can't worry about'' trade talks and held a sliver of optimism that a second year in Sean Payton's offense would help.

»[I've] had different OCs, different game plans darn near every year, finally to have consistency to already know… what expectations [are] is a lot more helpful,'' Jeudy said.

Opposing defensive coaches have often said their defensive backs could get under Jeudy's skin during games. Tugging his jersey, getting in his ear, the brush-by shove on the way back to the huddle would force a reaction from Jeudy and his play would slip for a series or two.

And more than one personnel executive has said