Brett Rypien got a text from Nathaniel Hackett to come into the team facility Tuesday, and assumed the worst.
The fourth-year quarterback figured he was about to hear the same bad news he heard his prior three cut-down days: That he was being waived, and the team hoped to bring him back on the practice squad.
Instead, Rypien got a surprise when his head coach informed him that he made the Broncos’ initial 53-man roster for the first time in his career. Rypien beat out journeyman veteran Josh Johnson for the right to back up Russell Wilson.