Jake Butt could be switching conferences. The veteran tight end worked out for the Cardinals this week, according to ESPN’s Field Yates (via Twitter).
Butt’s plight is well known. Since suffering a torn ACL during the 2016 Orange Bowl, the Michigan product hasn’t been able to stay healthy. The Broncos still selected the tight end in the fifth round of the 2017 draft, but the six-foot-six target has been limited to only eight games in four seasons.
After returning from his ACL tear in 2018, Butt sustained another torn ACL, ending that season prematurely. Complications from his injury forced him to sit out the 2019 campaign, and his 2020 season was cut short thanks to a hamstring injury.
In total, the 25-year-old has hauled in 10 receptions for 90 yards in eight games (four starts). Five of those games came this past season, with Butt appearing in 11-percent of Denver’s offensive snaps.
The Cardinals have a crowded tight end depth chart at the moment. Maxx Williams and Darrell Daniels are projected to lead the depth chart in 2021, but Butt could compete with the likes of Ian Bunting, Cary Angeline, Ross Travis, and Bruno Labelle for leftover snaps.
TE Jake Butt…. A Tremendous Tight End!
Ha!
In Denver, he’s known as the TE that went one pick before Kittle
you might say his Butt got a workout in Arizona…..
Whoever ‘liked’ this comment, shame on you. You’re just encouraging him!
Do you think he worked his butt off? Is his tight end sore?
His Butt is well known apparently
The “Butt” jokes have run their course but the good news is the era of Tommy Tremble jokes can begin.
He should have sat out that bowl game. Went from a high value pick to needing knee surgery. Cost him a lot of dough.
Butt he wanted to play!
im just here for the butt jokes
Go to SF
Butt should go to the Browns.
If I were a tight end I would probably be working out in Jacksonville, as Tebow isn’t the answer.