ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With a skinny spot on the depth chart at tight finish as a consequence of current accidents, the Denver Broncos have signed 41-year-old Marcedes Lewis to their apply squad.
Staff sources confirmed the signing Wednesday morning after Lewis had labored out for the Broncos on Tuesday. Lewis, who was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ first-round decide (twenty eighth total) in 2006, is in his twentieth NFL season.
To place that into staff context, the Broncos chosen quarterback Jay Cutler within the first spherical of the 2006 draft and Cutler performed his final NFL recreation in 2017. Broncos coach Sean Payton was additionally in his first season as a head coach — for the New Orleans Saints — in 2006.
Lewis arrives with the Broncos in want of assist on the place. Lucas Krull fractured a bone in his foot earlier this season and hasn’t performed for the reason that Broncos’ Week 3 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, and is on injured reserve.
Tight finish Nate Adkins left Sunday’s win over the Dallas Cowboys with a knee damage. Adkins additionally typically lined up at fullback and H-back for the Broncos and Lewis has lengthy been thought of among the finest blocking tight ends within the league.
Evan Engram and Adam Trautman are the one two wholesome tight ends on the Broncos’ energetic roster. The Broncos have two different tight ends on the apply squad — Patrick Murtagh, a global pathway participant from Australia, and Caleb Lohner, a seventh-round draft decide this previous April who performed only one 12 months of faculty soccer after his basketball profession at Baylor, BYU and Utah.
Lewis can be a right away candidate for a gameday elevation from the apply squad, presumably as quickly as Sunday’s recreation in Houston towards the Texans.
Lewis performed in 17 video games for the Chicago Bears final season, beginning 4, and completed with one reception. He performed on 19 % of the offensive snaps for the Bears to go along with 52 particular groups snaps.