Sutton had a breakthrough of sorts in 2023 with 10 TDs (on 90 targets) after scoring 14 times in his first 65 career games, only it didn't seem to carry over to 2024 as his first seven games featured just 277 yards and two TDs. He bottomed out with a zero-target game Week 7 at New Orleans, but somehow that became a launch point for the most productive stretch of his career. Sutton bounced back with consecutive 100-yard performances Weeks 8-9 and recorded at least 10 PPR points and six targets in each subsequent game, averaging 6.0 catches for 80.4 yards and 0.6 TDs on 8.8 targets over his final 10 games of the regular season. That's WR1 fantasy production, buoyed by Bo Nix's rapid progress (after a poor September) and Sean Payton's commitment to getting Sutton the ball. The 6-foot-4 wideout finally looked like the same player we'd seen prior to his ACL tear in Sept. 2020, topping 1,000 yards for the first time since 2019. Sutton will turn 30 in October and was never a burner even pre-surgery, but he's more agile than most other big WRs and highly adept at finding holes in zone coverages or outmuscling defenders downfield one-on-one. He's also in a good situation, with Nix already proven as at least a competent starting QB -- possibly much more -- and Denver's other wide receivers largely being small, fast players that aren't likely to take on many of the intermediate targets and jump balls on which Sutton thrives.
