It’s not that Peyton Manning carried some bias against tight ends. They just rarely entered his consciousness last season. And the Broncos, under their former quarterback, morphed into a team with little need for the overlooked guys on the ends of the line.
But in this, the second year of coach Gary Kubiak’s run-heavy variation of the West Coast offense, with Manning now retired, the Broncos probably will turn an eager eye to their tight ends.
The tight ends have returned to Denver — even if they never left.
“Peyton always knew where he wanted to go, based on coverage,” said Virgil Green, a sixth-year tight end who became so dispensable last season, the Broncos made him a fullback.