Football has no time to wallow in tears. On a bummer day at training camp, when the heart of the Broncos was ripped out after receiver Tim Patrick ripped up his knee, the team desperately needed a reason to smile.
Enter Montrell Washington, the steal of Denver’s 2022 draft class, who gave the Broncos a backflip that got the whole team buzzing.
“I’m fearless,” Washington told me Tuesday. “Guess I was born that way.”
At the conclusion of practice, backup quarterback Brett Rypien found Washington in the corner of the end zone. The rookie receiver grabbed the pass and celebrated his touchdown with an impromptu backflip so beautiful that Simone Biles would give it a perfect score.