Any good wide receiver always thinks he’s open.
There’s a telltale when he knows it.
He throws his hand up and waves, a signal to the quarterback: Throw it here. I’m gone.
Jerry Jeudy threw his hands up repeatedly last week at Houston.
He was open, too. But the gesturing came after plays rather than during them.
With all the subtlety of a neon sign, it showed his frustration rather than his lightning ability to separate from defensive backs.
A single play rarely makes the difference in an NFL game, but any of three times Jeudy found himself all alone over the final three quarters could have changed the complexion of a 22-17 loss that came up eight yards short for the Broncos.