{"id":597414,"date":"2026-04-11T16:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597414\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:54:12","slug":"broncos-linked-to-starting-tes-in-nfl-draft-after-evan-engram-letdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597414\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos linked to starting TE&#8217;s in NFL Draft after Evan Engram letdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/denver-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a> haven&#8217;t added a lot of outside help this season, though they did make a massive splash in a trade for Jaylen Waddle.<\/p>\n<p>They sent their first and third rounders to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> for Waddle, leaving the Broncos with the 62nd pick as their earliest selection in this year&#8217;s draft.<\/p>\n<p>And with that pick, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48378778\/2026-nfl-draft-latest-buzz-rumors-news-answering-questions-all-32-teams-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Legwold<\/a> has the Broncos zeroing in on tight end help after the Evan Engram letdown from last season.<\/p>\n<p>Broncos linked to TE in draft after Engram letdown<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Broncos have just one pick before Day 3. They need to find a starter at&#8230; Tight end,&#8221; Legwold writes. &#8220;Perhaps not the starter, given coach Sean Payton&#8217;s comments about liking the group with Evan Engram (50 catches last season) and Adam Trautman returning, but Denver certainly needs more impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tight end room in Denver isn&#8217;t good enough to stop the Broncos from adding help this offseason. And in the draft, it&#8217;s a great time for Denver to make a splash.<\/p>\n<p>Even with no first or third round picks, the Broncos should be well-positioned to have a few tight ends available with the 62nd pick.<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/news\/broncos-most-overpaid-player-52-million-bo-nix-protector\/4ae3951904612029a798e6d3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Powers named Broncos most overpaid player<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ohio State&#8217;s Max Klare, NC State&#8217;s Justin Joly, Vanderbilt&#8217;s Eli Stowers, and Georgia&#8217;s Oscar Delp are a few names to keep in mind for the Broncos&#8217; second-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Klare and Joly have had top-30 visits with the Broncos, making them very likely options with this lone pick inside the first three rounds of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>But, regardless of how it works out, the Broncos need to find more tight end help after Engram was a bit of a letdown last year. The hype was palpable for the &#8220;Joker&#8221; in Engram, but he didn&#8217;t do nearly enough to get fans excited going into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Denver needs to add tight-end help, and Klare or Joly in the second round with the 62nd pick are two names fans should keep in mind as the draft approaches.<\/p>\n<p>More Broncos news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Denver Broncos haven&#8217;t added a lot of outside help this season, though they did make a massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-597414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}