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Jeff Heuerman - Ready for top job

5/21/18

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Jeff Heuerman

Klis' logic is essentially that, because Jake Butt -- the apparent future at the position for Denver -- missed all of his rookie season in 2017 to a torn ACL. Heuerman should be considered the 2018 de facto starter. The point is fair but ignores the fact that teams start inexperienced players all the time and that Heuerman, who also tore his ACL ahead of his 2015 rookie season, hasn't done much in Mile High Stadium. Since being drafted in the third round in 2015, Heuerman has just 18 catches and, though he has proved to be dangerous up the seam, has never established himself as starter material. After a position shakeup at the end of last season, it was the undrafted Austin Traylor who garnered more snaps than Heuerman (179 to 139) during the final five games of the year. If Heuerman ends up as the team's starter, it will be because he finally turned it on this offseason, not because he has provided any previous production to warrant the job.