Editor’s note: Third of a series providing a position-by-position review of the Broncos in 2017 and looking ahead as the team enters the offseason. Today: safeties.
One of the first texts Justin Simmons received April 29, 2016, moments after he was selected in the third round of the NFL draft by the Broncos, came from veteran safety T.J. Ward.
Ward, whose stellar performance less than three months earlier had helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50, was reaching out with welcoming arms to the new kid at the position.