With Drew Lock sidelined with a shoulder injury and top wideout Courtland Sutton out for the season with a torn ACL, the onus to jump-start the Broncos’ passing attack falls on tight end Noah Fant.
Through his first 18 career games, Denver’s first-round draft pick from 2019 has proven his big-play capability. He went through rookie growing pains last year (i.e. three drops against Kansas City at home) and quickly learned from them. And now, two games into 2020, Fant’s play is backing up his preseason declaration that he wants to be in the same elite category as All-Pro tight ends Travis Kelce and George Kittle.