Jake Butt is saying the words that every Broncos fan wants to hear after back-to-back losing seasons.
“I think everybody knows that we need to step it up,” Butt said. “What’s been going on these last couple years has not been acceptable and it’s not the Broncos brand of football.”
Denver’s 2017 fifth-round NFL draft pick wants nothing more than to bolster that cause with dynamic tight end play that earned Butt the Mackey Award at Michigan. One big problem? His ability to stay off crutches.
Butt has torn his ACL thrice since 2014: His sophomore season at Michigan, in the Citrus Bowl as a senior, and another time last September with the Broncos during a Week 4 walk-through practice.