The Broncos won the Super Bowl last season in large part on the leg of kicker Brandon McManus, who connected on 10-of-10 field goals in the postseason, second best in league history. Now in his third season he remains one of the team’s most consistent players.
His career route to Denver, though, was winding. Signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2013, he was cut after a solid preseason. He landed with the New York Giants, but was discarded again after another preseason. The Broncos, not wanting him to get picked up by another team, made a rare kicker trade, sending a seventh-round pick to the Giants for McManus.