No. 9 – David Bruton
Earlier this year, we penned a story in Mile High Sports Magazine about David Bruton being primed to have a breakout year. We love being right.
Bruton has long been a standout on special teams and a team captain – he’s currently the longest-tenured player on the Broncos roster – but he’s never been able to crack much playing time in regular defensive rotations.
We’re going to blame John Fox and Josh McDaniels for all of that.
This year, finally given an opportunity to log significant minutes, Bruton has been great. He’s made big play after big play, and save for a couple bad penalties, has shown that he can play with or in place of both Darian Stewart and T.J. Ward as needed.
It’s been a long time coming for the longtime Bronco.
