One of the Broncos’ breakout receivers in 2024 is heading elsewhere just a couple of weeks before the start of their season. On Wednesday, the Broncos announced they’d traded second-year receiver Devaughn Vele to the New Orleans Saints for a 2026 fourth-round pick and a 2027 seventh-round pick. It brings an abrupt end to the 27-year-old Vele’s tenure in Denver, …
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We now have a three-trade Wednesday, as Sean Payton will do business with Mickey Loomis. The Broncos are sending wide receiver Devaughn Vele to the Saints, NewOrleans.football’s Nick Underhill reports. Although Vele was only a seventh-round pick, he showed promise as a rookie. As a result, the Broncos will gain a strong return on investment. The Saints are sending the …
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have agreed to a trade ahead of next week’s 53-man roster deadline. Denver has agreed to terms on a trade with the Saints to acquire a 2026 fourth-round pick and 2027 seventh-round pick in exchange for wide receiver Devaughn Vele, the team announced Wednesday. A 2024 seventh-round pick, Vele caught 41 passes for 475 yards …
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Sean Payton is doing business with his former team. Payton’s Broncos are trading wide receiver Devaughn Vele to the Saints for a 2026 fourth-round pick and a 2027 seventh-round pick, the teams announced. The emergence of Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant made Vele expendable. In last week’s preseason game against the Cardinals, Bryant caught four passes for 70 yards and …
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The Browns and Colts have named their starting quarterbacks for Week 1, but the Saints aren’t ready to end their competition. Head coach Kellen Moore told reporters at a Tuesday press conference that the competition will continue through Saturday’s game against the Broncos. Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough have started the first two preseason games and Moore said he could …
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The Jacksonville Jaguars starting units bounced back in a huge way on Sunday. And while the final score may not reflect just how dominant the day went, we have you covered with an extended look. After providing the live takeaways and lingering questions from this week’s’ game, we take a closer review of the matchup after evaluating the televised gameplay. …
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3. Drive of the Game: Pretty obvious here. With the Saints trailing 17-9 and just over two minutes left, Rattler had to go to work, and he did. Shaking himself off after throwing an interception in the red zone on the previous drive, Rattler engineered a nine-play, 82-yard drive that took 2:19 off the clock, leaving the Jags with 21 …
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Fortner, 6-4, 307, is a fourth-year NFL veteran who was originally selected in the third round (65th overall) by the Jaguars out of Kentucky. In three seasons with the Jaguars, the Sylvania, Ohio native has played in all 51 games with 34 starts at center. In college, Fortner played in 55 career games with 36 consecutive starts for the Wildcats. …
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They must have seen something they loved. Just after they played to a 17-17 tie with the Saints in a preseason game, the Jaguars executed a trade to acquire veteran defensive tackle Khalen Saunders on Sunday in exchange for center Luke Fortner. Saunders, 29, will now play for his third team in the NFL after being drafted by the Chiefs …
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The Saints are trading veteran defensive tackle Khalen Saunders to the Jaguars, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. New Orleans will get center Luke Fortner in return. Saunders, 29, started for the Saints in Sunday’s preseason game against the Jaguars but had no stats. The team listed him as the backup to Davon Godchaux, who the Saints acquired in an …
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