Entering Denver's wild card matchup against the Buffalo Bills in January, Troy Franklin seemed as on the roster bubble as any other Bronco rookie in quite some time. He hauled in a bomb touchdown from Nix on the team's first drive, and it seemed as though a weight had been lifted off Franklin's shoulders. Since then, his outlook on the Broncos has done a complete 180, and Franklin is taking one of the largest second-year leaps of any player from the 2024 NFL draft.
Initial reports out of training camp over the summer were that the Broncos were seeing true improvement from Franklin.