It had been a decade since the Broncos last drafted an offensive tackle in the first round before we took Garett Bolles with the 20th overall pick in 2017. In many ways Bolles was going to have to live up to the lofty level of performance that Ryan Clady set as a rookie in 2008. Clady started 16 games for the Broncos in 2008 and, if I remember correctly, he did not allow a sack. Clady also had a competent NFL QB to block for, but we won’t get into that in this article.
Garett Bolles had an up and down first season in the NFL
