Thread: Butt's knee

Another wasted pick.

Mike Klis
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1h1 hour ago

Matt LaCosse is expected to fill Jake Butt's role as the "receiving" tight end alongside starter Jeff Heuerman. The Broncos also have Brian Parker on their practice squad. A Parker promotion would be logical. #9sports

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

Mike Klis
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Jake Butt was going through walkthrough-speed coverage on kickoff assignment when he suffered injury, according to a source close to Butt. Similar to how TE Jeff Heuerman tore his ACL during his rookie minicamp in 2015. #9sports

Mike Klis
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Many players have come back from three ACL surgeries, including Carolina Panther All Pro Thomas Davis who had 3 ACL tears in one knee. Don't count out Jake Butt, yet. He is gung-ho about football with high character. #9sports

Many ? I doubt It

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Another wasted pick.

Maybe but is was great pick at the time. Many, many players have gotten over 1-2 college acl’s. It was a fluke.

Originally Posted by nevcraw

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Another wasted pick.

Maybe but is was great pick at the time. Many, many players have gotten over 1-2 college acl’s. It was a fluke.

Just the point. Yet another pick not to work out. Butt 2019? Huh.

I was hoping for a lot of Butt in 2018.

ENGLEWOOD – They don't make 'em like Jake Butt.

Here, the Broncos' tight end had just suffered his third anterior cruciate ligament tear in 4 1/2 years around noon Thursday at his team's UCHealth Training Center headquarters and what were his sentiments by early evening?

"I feel lucky,'' he said in a phone interview with 9News. "I have so many wonderful people around me for support. I’ve had so many people reach out to me and tell me they’re praying for me and thinking of me. I’m so blessed.”

Butt tore the ACL to his left knee during a non-contact special teams practice Thursday, an injury that will finish his season after just three games. Although it happened prior to the official start of practice that is open to the media, Butt wanted it clear the injury did not occur during a walkthrough portion of practice as was widely reported, including by 9News.

"I'm not that soft,'' he said. "I don't want people thinking I was walking around and stepped on a pebble or something.''

The injury occurred as Butt decelerated while covering a kickoff in practice.

"I made a cut and I knew it right away,'' he said.

rest - https://www.9news.com/article/sports...y/73-598894838

Bummed. Good dude.

He is the Derrick Rose of the NFL.

Originally Posted by King87

He is the Derrick Rose of the NFL.

Butt was never a former MVP.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

Butt was never a former MVP.

He's a Bronco so I was trying to be kind.

Originally Posted by King87

He's a Bronco so I was trying to be kind.

I expect a better NBA take than that from you.

I was really hopeful. He looked the part and even though his knee was always a lingering doubt, Miller tore his ACL and is still the man. That's what I told myself, at least. A 3rd ACL in 4 years though? We must move on. If a miracle happens, then great. If not, it's down to Heuerman, who has looked good butt (heh) he has his own injury issues. Le Blanc is a good receiver with little blocking credentials (I worked hard not to say butt). The reason I'm not crestfallen is our coaches have shown little ability to properly use tight ends in the last two years, so the loss of Butt isn't a killer. Maybe they had a long term plan but this freak accident is proof that you need to use the hell out of talent, rather than shelter it out of fear it gets hurt. Butt would have had it no other way, I'm sure.

Anyway, I believe 2 of the first 4 picks of 2019 should be DBs but can we please use a high pick on a dominant and versatile tight end that has no history of injury? Should we call this philosophy the 'Butt Agenda'?

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

I expect a better NBA take than that from you.

Shawn Livingston?