Broncos WR Marvin Mims Jr. questionable with hip injury for Week 4 vs. Bengals

After receiving a much-needed clean bill of robustness through bulk of the week the Broncos suddenly may be down a key receiver for Monday night s Week contest against the Bengals Wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr was limited in Saturday s practice with a hip injury and is questionable to play against Cincinnati according to the crew s afternoon injury analysis It s an unexpected advancement as Mims hadn t been listed on the injury statement through Friday Mims had his coming-out party last year against the Bengals racking up eight catches for yards and a pair of touchdowns in a Week overtime loss It was a expected turning point in the young wideout s career as head coach Sean Payton seemed to unlock his prospective down the stretch in by running him out of the backfield on various plays After totaling six touchdowns in his final seven games last season though Mims has been quiet to start with six catches for yards and a touchdown through three games We have packages where we have tags where he s in there and so a lot of it just when you have plays in a competition you don t get to two-thirds of your offense Payton noted Saturday when inquired if Mims backfield usage was still in the back of his head So yes Related Articles Grading The Week Rockies CEO Dick Monfort fears change Is son Walker Monfort brave enough to change Dad s mind Around the NFL Is this the end of the line for Russell Wilson Powered by loss borderline psychopath work ethic Brandon Jones is understated key to Broncos defense Broncos TE Evan Engram on track to play vs Bengals still has trust in group s plan for him Vance Joseph says Broncos defense must play cleaner smarter It s costing us games right now Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis