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Denver Broncos: Players we’re excited to watch on Color Rush weekend

By Sayre Bedinger

HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 8: Drew Lock #3 of the Denver Broncos throws a pass during the second half of a game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on December 8, 2019 in Houston, Texas. The Broncos defeated the Texans 38-24. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 8: Drew Lock #3 of the Denver Broncos throws a pass during the second half of a game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on December 8, 2019 in Houston, Texas. The Broncos defeated the Texans 38-24. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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Noah Fant
HOUSTON, TX – DECEMBER 8: Noah Fant #87 of the Denver Broncos runs with the ball after catching a pass during the first half of a game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on December 8, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

Noah Fant, TE

Noah Fant has not had a blemish-free rookie season with the Broncos.

In fact, after the team’s first loss of the season to the Kansas City Chiefs, many on Broncos Twitter were labeling him a bust and lamenting the Broncos even taking him.

Just a few weeks later, it’s funny how things change.

Fant is actually having a historic season for a rookie tight end, catching 37 passes for 548 yards and three touchdowns. Only six rookie tight ends in the history of the NFL have two 100-yard receiving games in their rookie season, and Fant is one of them.

He’s the first one to do it since 2002 (Jeremy Shockey, Giants).

Fant added another 40-yard play last weekend against the Chiefs, and continues to impress with his athleticism and overall ability after the catch, something people questioned when he was brought into the league.

This week against Detroit, he will get a chance to show the other team that took an Iowa tight end in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft what they’re missing. Fant was part of the first TE duo in history to be taken in the first round out of the same college.

TJ Hockenson, who was taken earlier in the first round, has been on IR for the Lions, so we won’t get to see him play, but the Lions will have to deal with Fant, who has 169 yards on six catches in his last two games with a touchdown.

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