Calling it a quantum leap might be hyperbolic, but Denver Broncos wide receiver Troy Franklin has taken some big steps in Year 2. A 2024 fourth-round pick out of Oregon, Franklin served as Bo Nix's top target in college, but although they were both drafted by the Broncos in the same class, that chemistry didn't bear much fruit initially.

Broncos head coach Sean Payton said recently that the team is capable of winning a Super Bowl and their chances of pulling that off will be better if some players take big strides from where they were last season.

Two words did the job just fine, because nobody needed any kind of soliloquy to understand the things Troy Franklin was doing Saturday night.