MarvinMims Jr.

News: 1 day agoMims caught three of his five targets for 44 yards, took two carries for negative-two yards, and returned a punt for 22 yards during Sunday's 29-19 win at Las Vegas.

Spin: Mims played only 16 of the Broncos' 65 offensive snaps in Week 12, but he was still able to get five touches. He now has at least five touches in all of his last three games, but his relegation to a gadget role makes him hard to trust in fantasy lineups when Denver hosts the Browns in Week 13.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: A popular sleeper as a rookie, Mims caught 60- and 53-yard passes while returning a punt 45 yards in what appeared to be a breakthrough Week 2, only to be minimally used by Sean Payton over his next 14 games. Come year's end, Mims had run a route on only 37% of the Broncos' dropbacks, despite his placing 10th among wide receivers (minimum 30 targets) in aDOT (15.0) and 18th in big-play reception rate (27.3%). Following Jerry Jeudy's offseason trade to Cleveland, the path was seemingly clear for Mims to take over as the No. 2 target in Payton's offense, though the selection of Troy Franklin, the signing of Josh Reynolds and return of Tim Patrick tosses some cold water on the early excitement. Mims still has a path to a fantasy breakout, but he'll need to be sharp during the preseason to remain an attractive late-round pick.