ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- When the Denver Broncos gleefully introduced Case Keenum as their new starting quarterback just over a week ago, president of football operations/general manager John Elway said he was still on the hunt for ways to improve the line that would protect the team’s investment.
And as the ranks of the unsigned tackles, particularly, dwindled in the opening days of free agency, Elway took another direction Friday. The Broncos sent a sixth-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for veteran tackle Jared Veldheer.
Veldheer has started the majority of games in his previous eight seasons in the league at left tackle -- 91 in all at left tackle, nine at right tackle and one at center -- but the Broncos see him as a potential solution at right tackle.