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Report: Marquette King to be placed on IR; released when healthy

The Denver Broncos are moving on from punter Marquette King and starting Colby Wadman in Week 5 against the New York Jets. King will be placed on injured reserve, then released once healthy to play again.

Broncos have placed P Marquette King on IR with plans to release him when healthy in week or two. Colby Wadman will be promoted to 53 and punt Sunday at NY Jets. #9sports

— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) October 6, 2018

King signed a three-year. $6 million contract with the Broncos in April, but Denver won’t suffer too much pain on the dead money side of things as King will count just $166,666 against the cap through 2020.