The Denver Broncos very sadly are placing tight end Jake Butt on injured reserve after he tore his ACL in practice covering a kickoff during walkthrough.
Butt’s injury is extremely untimely for Denver, as they don’t really have the talent on the roster to sustain such a loss. Butt joins fellow former Big Ten all-conference tight end Troy Fumagalli, another fifth-round pick of the team who was placed on injured reserve prior to the start of the 2018 season.
Because Fumagalli was placed on IR and has never been part of the 53-man roster, he cannot be one of the two players the Broncos take off of IR (Su’a Cravens will be one of the two).