Denver Broncos: 5 tight ends vying for one roster spot
The Denver Broncos are going to have to make some tough roster moves at the tight end position in 2020. Who is fighting for their roster life?
The Denver Broncos are about to have quite the roster competition in the 2020 offseason.
For the first time in what feels like forever, the Broncos actually have some depth on both sides of the ball. One of the most interesting position battles for final roster spots will be at tight end.
Heading into the 2020 offseason, it was expected that the Broncos could potentially look into upgrades or NFL Draft dart throws at the tight end position, but any of that was a very distant secondary importance to pretty much everything else.
With Noah Fant showing down the stretch in 2019 what he is capable of as a featured option in the passing game at tight end, the Broncos decided to sign veteran Nick Vannett to a two-year free agent contract as well as draft Missouri’s Albert Okwuegbunam in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Those two moves have put the roster status of five guys in question:
- Andrew Beck
- Jake Butt
- Jeff Heuerman
- Troy Fumagalli
- Austin Fort
How many tight ends will the Broncos keep? There has been a lot of talk about the fact that Pat Shurmur doesn’t use a lot of two-tight end sets in his offense, but no one really has any clue what Shurmur’s going to do given the Broncos’ decision to sign Vannett and draft Okwuegbunam. He might use more two-tight end sets than we think.
It makes sense to work under the assumption that four tight ends will make the final roster.
Let’s take a look at each of these players and what these guys bring to the table. Who is going to be on the Broncos in 2020 and who’s going to be heading elsewhere?