Jerry Jeudy is a Boo believer in Broncos Country again.

“I loved it,” the Cleveland Browns WR1 and 2020 Broncos first-round draft pick said late Monday over the cheers of Denver fans as his old team cruised to a crazy, wild 41-32 victory. “They only boo you when they know something is going to happen and there’s something great in you.”

He Was great, right? Jeudy finally made his way into the Broncos’ record book on Monday Night Football. He finally lived up to all the hype.

Only it happened while he was wearing a different uniform, representing a different team, a different city. His 235 receiving yards surpassed Terrell Owens’ 16-year-old NFL record by a league-wide margin compared to his former franchise.

The guy was motivated. Laser focused. Consistent. On a national level, the former Alabama wideout was exactly what Broncos Country wanted him to be. And it wasn’t.

At least not here.

The Broncos’ version of Jeudy, sold last March, floated like a leaf in the wind. One step forward. Three steps back. Flashes of absolutely game-changing, game-changing brilliance. Weeks of anonymity followed, peppered with sulking and blame on social media.

“A lot of fans didn’t really like him because they felt like he wasn’t productive here,” his old teammate, Broncos safety PJ Locke, told me after the game. “But hey, it is what it is. He’s on the ball now, you know, and that (Broncos time is) in his past.”

Jeudy always had that buddy in him, as the cool kids say. All he needed was a match for the pilot light. A reason to care.

The guy who almost single-handedly sent Sean Payton to another parking lot came out on the Browns’ first play of the night – a 44-yard jaunt over the middle – and never left again.