BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Shane Ray considers his final two years with the Denver Broncos and the two pandemic years after to be the hardest of his life.
The pass-rusher, drafted at No. 23 out of Missouri in 2015, had a promising start in the NFL. He was part of the Broncos team that won Super Bowl 50, and he had his most productive season in Year 2, with eight sacks and 21 quarterback hits. But he suffered a left wrist injury during training camp in 2017 that led to four surgeries and helped derail his career.