ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- In the last nine seasons, the Denver Broncos can put the role of the tight end in their offense into two categories:
The seasons of Healthy Peyton Manning.
And All The Other Seasons.
The Broncos want to change that. Enter Jake Butt.
“We like the potential there, we like what he can bring to the offense,” president of football operations/general manager John Elway said earlier this offseason.
In Manning’s three healthy seasons with the Broncos, the team’s offense bordered on historically ridiculous, including 2013’s run as the first 600-point offense in league history.