Sean Payton: Marvin Mims was not supposed to be in for late-game return that led to concussion

Marvin Mims Jr was not supposed to be in the competition on a late-game kick return in Sunday s blowout of the Cowboys A communication failure led to Mims not only being in the match but returning the ball yards and sustaining a concussion at the end of the play head coach Sean Payton stated Monday Mims a two-time All-Pro return man and a receiver who has seen his playing time and importance in Denver s offense increase in newest weeks is now in the league s concussion protocol and will have to progress through several phases before he can return to the field Injuries are inevitable but to have a starting participant and one of the best return men in the challenge injured on a play while leading by with minutes seconds remaining will sting Payton commented the communication broke down somewhere while attempting to send running back Tyler Badie into the championship for Mims Related Articles Parker Gabriel s thoughts on Broncos blowout of Cowboys including Troy Franklin giving WR vibes with breakout performance How Broncos felt difference of play-calling from Sean Payton in blowout of Cowboys Renck With this version of Bo Nix the extraordinary seems attainable for Broncos Broncos analysis RJ Harvey rookie class shine in blowout win over Dallas Maybe they read someone s article Keeler Broncos Riley Moss is getting it worse from NFL referees than NFL QBs We made a substitution Payton explained Monday I know special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi was trying to send in Tyler for Marvin Somehow the communication failed and somehow Tyler went in for RJ Harvey Fair question In that stage of the tournament you re trying to be smart Badie has been the third man up in the kick return championship all season for the Broncos and he replaced Harvey a week ago against the New York Giants when Harvey fielded a kickoff and stepped out of bounds at the -yard line This time he was supposed to replace Mims Instead the Broncos will have to wait and see how promptly Mims can return from a concussion Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis