Keeler: Broncos’ Marvin Mims says bromance with QB Bo Nix just getting started: “We’re going to do some special things”

LOVELAND Angry Silly Bills You didn t make Marvin Mims Jr angry You made him hungry We go to Buffalo We go up - we re feeling good And then at the end of the championship we get our butts whooped and the season s over Mims the Broncos third-year wide receiver recounted me Saturday afternoon after hosting the first of two weekend youth football camps along the Front Range at Ray Patterson Field I don t want to say it s a terrible feeling But you re kind of sitting there and part of me is like because I m young and I m going to be here next year it s like Dang we ve really got something And then part of the other part of me is like Dang we really missed out on an opportunity But just knowing what you ve got the type of project you have the type of lifestyle you have you just kind of have that feeling like Yeah I m going to be back And we re going to do specific special things here ' Mims is coming off two Pro Bowls going on with a head so level you could set a shelf with it Bring up Bo Nix though and the kid comes out He talks about his quarterback the way baseball scouts talk about a young Ken Griffey Jr or Shohei Ohtani A smile opens up across his face like an umbrella in Paris A gleam dances from eye to eye It s funny because towards that middle of Bo was obviously getting more reassured in the offense Mims continued He s like Hey if we get this if we get that if you get this let s go eyes early eyes late Be ready And it proved It was out there I m talking about I turn around the ball s presumably like With that Mims snapped his hands up to eye level simulating a quick catching grasp boom let s go And it worked Now it s more of I don t want to say him progressing he s seeing it differently now And us kind of going from those routes we did last year to making it more broad to other routes too And just understanding what he s seeing and what I m seeing what I m feeling what he wants Related Articles Rockies Journal German Marquez leads pact parade hands off Ezequiel Tovar Hunter Goodman Grading The Week Shedeur Sanders demands to slow down Or next ticket could be one-way flight out of Cleveland Keeler If Rockies really love Ryan McMahon German Marquez they ll exchange them Keeler Nuggets don t have GM days before NBA draft Josh Kroenke better have cleanser not Tenzer Renck vs Keeler Who wins more football games next season CU or CSU But the connection was definitely there last year And we re just going to keep trying to grow and spread across the room Because I think especially with Bo he knows what he wants He knows what he sees The quarterback coach is the pass contest coordinator Davis Webb so they re talking all the time And it s going to be a lot better this year I m looking forward to it That goes double for Broncos Country Nix to Courtland Sutton was fun Nix to Mims was electric Denver went - last fall whenever No touched the ball five times or more in a contest The Broncos went - in the four games in which Mims scored Sean Payton is going to have a competitive group regardless commented Mims who racked up yards receiving yards rushing yards on kick returns and another on punt returns He commented it last year a bunch of times Young and hungry is dangerous That s something we were last year and we felt it We could feel the vitality So we re excited to go I m excited to go I m excited to see what this group can do even in the preseason because I mean it s a society thing I m really excited With the Bills tire tracks still burning his backside all Mims could think about this past January was getting back to work Here s what was different at Dove Valley Almost everybody else in that locker room requested to get right back at it too Ever since we played Buffalo a lot of guys stayed around this offseason and we ve been in and out of the facility Mims disclosed A lot of guys working out together traveling together going on vacations together I mean we re closest we ve ever been since I ve been here And we re ready to go So were the kids in Loveland now that you mention it After catching pass after pass from the Broncos star in the stifling June heat campers sat along either hashmark at the end of the session to watch particular of their peers run more routes The peanut gallery was already in training camp form IN-COM-PLETE the grade-schoolers chanted whenever a ball got dropped These kids a parent quipped are for real Mims proved to be the real deal too signing autographs posing for pictures and fielding questions from the young uns Who s the toughest cornerback you ve ever faced one solicited Pat Surtain Jr Mims replied What do you know Turns out Payton s joker was here the whole time You see how our unit was kind of built up last year and built up this year Mims revealed of his coach We have a lot of gritty players like why don t you go out there and play like you want it Not guys that are doing all this extra stuff in the offseason I mean think about it You don t see any guys kind of getting shared on any type of stuff like that Guys are doing the right thing And when it s time to go for the majority of part we had all our guys in OTAs workouts all that stuff And that s the stuff Payton likes to see You know what else he likes Whenever a talking head tells Mims the Broncos have made it No s mind goes to a long cold day in Orchard Park All those feelings come rushing back It starts at the helm It really starts with Bo Mims declared Bo is the bulk confident guy we can have a good time too but he s so serious Like when it s time to do football it s time to do football And everybody feels that Everybody learns off of him And he s inevitably the one speaking It s not like he s just there quiet with a serious look on his face He s up there speaking So we see that off of him As Saturday s camp broke up a fan passed Mims by and gently tapped the receiver on the shoulder Love watching you and Bo he explained Mims smiled Last fall was the appetizer The young are still here Still dangerous Still hungry Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis