Jonas Griffith didn’t know what coaching staff he was auditioning for at the end of the 2021 season. His assignment was mop-up duty in the last four games — just another inside linebacker, the ninth, that the Denver Broncos trotted out to play following a swath of injuries in yet another forgetful year.
But the undrafted second-year backer showed enough flashes to stick around. After racking up 46 tackles, General Manager George Paton offered Griffith an exclusive-rights free-agent tender in March, which he signed in April, to make $825,000 this season.
He spent time on practice squads with the Indianapolis Colts, then the San Francisco 49ers before finding the Mile High City last year.