With the myriad of concerns facing the Broncos as they head into a critical Week 6 divisional game on the road in primetime, the team cannot afford to add instability at long snapper to its list of issues.
That’s why Denver signed a pair of long snappers to the practice squad this week, and has been putting that duo — Mitchell Fraboni and Joe Fortunato — through an exhaustive head-to-head tryout to determine who will earn an elevation to the game-day roster on Monday against the Chargers.
“It’s a combination of a lot of (variables) we’re looking for — accuracy, timing, blocking ability, coverage ability,” said head coach Nathaniel Hackett, who was a long snapper in high school and college at UC Davis.