On the next drive, with the Broncos in their two-minute offense, Sutton again found himself involved heavily in the offense. Facing third-and-10 at the Kansas City 33, Sutton sold another go route against Orlando Scandrick, turned around, worked back to Case Keenum and caught the ball along the sideline, just short of the first-down line. Keenum converted on fourth-and-1 to Demaryius Thomas.

Two plays later, Keenum again looked Sutton's way. But the ball floated well out of bounds. Brandon McManus would convert a field goal to close out the half.

"We were close on a couple of them," Keenum said Monday night. "Even right there before the half, that's a ball I want back. I don't know how close he was to being in bounds, but you just give that dude a chance and he tends to come down with the ball."

Late in the third quarter, with the Broncos inside the red zone, Sutton found himself matched up on Scandrick and given a free release once again. Sutton juked inside and then beat Scandrick to the outside. Scandrick had no choice but to grab hold of Sutton at the 5-yard line, and it drew a pass interference penalty. Two plays later, Phillip Lindsay powered in from a yard out.

"[Sutton] is a great target," Keenum said Wednesday. "He's a big, strong kid that can run and runs really well. We've put some pressure on some defenses down the field, which is really good to have. We've got a lot different guys that are good at a lot of different things. It's good to have a different set of guys that do a lot of different things well."

Overall on Monday night, Sutton drew six targets, tied for his most this season. His 20 targets on the season are third on the team behind Thomas (33) and Sanders (30).

"[For] our SMU wideouts — Courtland and Emmanuel — we need to get those guys more touches," Musgrave said Thursday. "We're really looking forward to that because Courtland, he's really coming on here after our first four games of this season."

Sutton won't be the only rookie that Musgrave tries to scheme into more touches. After Freeman's and Lindsay's hot starts to the season, Musgrave said he needs to "take the training wheels off of those two young guys and let them go."