This time last year the Broncos’ TE room was very crowded. With Noah Fant coming off what was a promising albeit bumpy rookie season, the Broncos carried eight TEs into camp after cutting Jeff Heuerman after the draft. Five made the final roster - Noah Fant, rookie Albert Okwuegbunam, Jake Butt, Nick Vannett, and Andrew Beck.
This year things are a little less crowded, though there’s certainly a few questions to answer. One we don’t need to wonder about is if Pat Shurmur will utilize his tight ends. He will.
In the three years before he joined the Broncos, Shurmur’s TEs averaged 4.