Jonas Griffith might be Broncos’ ILB gem they’ve longed for

Broncos inside linebacker Jonas Griffith has the chance to pop in his third year.Jonas Griffith didn’t know what coaching staff he was auditioning for at the end of the 2021 season. His assignment was mop-up duty in the last four games — just another inside linebacker, the ninth, that the Denver Broncos trotted out to play following a swath of injuries in yet another forgetful year.

But the undrafted second-year backer showed enough flashes to stick around. After racking up 46 tackles, General Manager George Paton offered Griffith an exclusive-rights free-agent tender in March, which he signed in April, to make $825,000 this season.

He spent time on practice squads with the Indianapolis…