Where are the heroes in a 2022 NFL draft class the Broncos can’t afford to be a zero? Are Denver’s rookies ready to ride with quarterback Russell Wilson to the playoffs?
“I think they have to help us this year,” Broncos general manager George Paton said Tuesday, when I asked him how much to expect from Denver’s first-year players on a team in win-now mode.
While Montrell Washington was the feel-good story of training camp, the kick returner and receiver taken in the fifth round from an unheralded Samford football program might well be the lone rookie among nine on the current 53-man roster who will make an immediate impact.