Since coming into the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2013, six teams told Mike Purcell he wasn’t good enough. The defensive lineman was cut 10 times before landing in Denver last April.
At that point, the Broncos took a flier on the former Highlands Ranch High School/Wyoming star as an extra training camp body.
On Tuesday, Purcell’s true value — already seen on film and in the stat sheet since he took over the nose tackle job in Week 5 a year ago — materialized in the form of a three-year, $14.