Broncos free agency target: Alexander Mattison

The Denver Broncos are going to need help in the backfield for the 2023 season. Period.

The turnover-prone Melvin Gordon is gone, third-year back is coming off a catastrophic knee injury that makes his status and potential to return to form foggy at best, and no one should expect much from Chase Edmonds.

The team could turn to the draft, where they could take their chances on landing a third-round steal (or later), or they could turn to the free agent market, where there will be more available talent than there has been in several years.

While there had been big names available, like Josh Jacobs and Saquon Barkley, both of whom have been franchise tagged, there are other players, the “guy…