After Julius Thomas left the Denver Broncos in free agency a year ago, John Elway and the front office made both Virgil Green and Owen Daniels priority players in Gary Kubiak’s offense.
Competing with the Chicago Bears, the Broncos were able to sign Green to a three-year deal worth $8.4 million, a relatively bargain price for a starting tight end. However, Green has not contributed in the passing game like many thought he would coming out of college.
We’ve been talking about it going on six years now, which is impressive, because Green is a former seventh round pick from the first draft class John Elway had in Denver that is still making significant contributions to this team both offensively and on special teams.