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How ex-UW defensive end Will Dissly became NFL record setter at tight end in his Seahawks debut

Will Dissly had about a dozen family members and friends in Denver last weekend. They came south and east down the Rockies from his hometown of Bozeman, Mont., to see their man play in his first NFL game.

The Dissly crew rented a suite inside Mile High Stadium. Turns out, they got a good deal on Groupon.

It was absolutely the only part of their Sunday that was cut-rate.

Everything else Dissly did was top-shelf in the Seahawks’ season opener against the Broncos.

In fact, it was the best tight-end debut in NFL history.

The rookie fourth-round draft choice from the University of Washington not only started his first NFL game, he soared.