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Jeff Legwold
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With a thin spot on the depth chart at tight end due to recent injuries, the Denver Broncos have signed 41-year-old Marcedes Lewis to their practice squad.
Team sources confirmed the signing Wednesday morning after Lewis had worked out for the Broncos on Tuesday. Lewis, who was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ first-round pick (28th overall) in 2006, is in his 20th NFL season.
New Orleans Saints — in 2006.
Lewis arrives with the Broncos in need of help at the position. Lucas Krull, who fractured a bone in his foot earlier this season and hasn’t played since the team’s Week 3 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, is on injured reserve.
Tight end Nate Adkins left Sunday’s win over the Dallas Cowboys with a knee injury. Adkins also often lined up at fullback and H-back for the Broncos, and Lewis has long been considered one of the best blocking tight ends in the league.
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Evan Engram and Adam Trautman are the only two healthy tight ends on the Broncos’ active roster. The Broncos have two other tight ends on the practice squad — Patrick Murtagh, an international pathway player from Australia, and Caleb Lohner, a seventh-round draft pick this past April who played just one year of college football after his basketball career at Baylor, BYU and Utah.
Lewis would be an immediate candidate for a game-day elevation from the practice squad, possibly as soon as Sunday’s game in Houston against the Texans.
Lewis played in 17 games for the Chicago Bears last season, starting four, and finished with one reception. He played on 19% of the offensive snaps for the Bears to go with 52 special teams snaps.
