As his 11-snap appearance against the Los Angeles Rams wrapped up Aug. 24, Broncos tight end Jake Butt felt nearly back.
Back to helping the Broncos’ offense.
Back to filling a reliable pass-catching role.
And back to feeling good about his surgically-repaired left ACL.
“I thought I had turned the corner,” Butt said. “It had been a couple of weeks where I hadn’t had any trouble and I thought I had put out some good (game) tape against the Rams. I was feeling really, really good.”
But on the Broncos’ flight back to Denver following the game, that really good feeling disappeared.