from Denver to
Houston along with a seventh-round pick in a deal that will send a fourth-round
pick and a seventh-round pick back to the Broncos.There hasn¡¯t been a formal
announcement of the deal
yet
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Thomas is done with the team after more than eight full seasons with the club.
Elway said that Thomas, who is second in many franchise receiving categories
behind Rod Smith, will be in the team¡¯s Ring of Honor someday, but that they
wanted to look at younger players in the second half of this season.¡°With the
youth we have at receiver, we wanted to get them on the field and Demaryius goes
to a team that wanted him,¡± Elway said, via Mike Klis of KUSA. ¡°It was best for
both sides. We weren¡¯t going to do this unless we got value. We weren¡¯t taking
less than a fourth.¡±The leader of that group of young receivers is 2018
second-round pick Courtland Sutton and he should see the biggest spike in
playing time with Thomas off of the depth chart. Sutton has 17 catches for 324
yards and two touchdowns so far this season. Anyone who has watched football
this year knows the Chiefs can stretch the field.But according to one
opponent
Adam
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cornerback Chris Harris Jr. told Lindsay Jones of
The Athletic that his
Fitbit tracker he wears on game days showed he ran nearly 15 miles when he
played against the Chiefs. He said he couldn¡¯t remember a time when the tracker
showed him at more than 11 miles.“In that game, that was the worst I’ve ever
felt,�Harris said. “Just physically, I was drained. I had no burst, I was just
done.â€While it¡¯s reasonable to wonder about the accuracy of Harris¡¯ GPS unit (15
miles is 26,400 yards, and not even Patrick Mahomes can throw that
far)
Gary
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people run more than others. They¡¯re tied for first in the league at 6.9 yards
per play.After playing the Chiefs, the Broncos played at the Jets and were blown
out (allowing 512 yards), and Harris couldn¡¯t help seeing a correlation.“I think
there was,¡± Harris said. ¡°We came out so flat and just didn’t play good. But
then, we also played Monday night and had to travel east.¡±Four of the six teams
the Chiefs played gave up more than their average yardage the following week, so
there appears to be something to the hangover that comes after chasing the
Chiefs around.