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The Denver Broncos have drawn interest in tight end Evan Engram ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, but moving the veteran would create a problem they have not yet solved.
Denver lacks a replacement, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported Tuesday, making an Engram trade unlikely even as other teams show interest. The Broncos have also contacted teams about tight ends, leaving them with decisions on both sides of the market.
The 7-2 Broncos enter their bye week on a five-game winning streak. Any move involving Engram would come with eight regular-season games remaining and an offense still looking for more production from the position.
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“But he's considered unlikely to be moved,” Fowler wrote on X, “in part because Denver doesn't have a replacement.”
Fowler added that Denver has made calls to explore alternatives. His report did not identify a buyer for Engram or suggest that the Broncos had agreed to a deal.
Engram has 17 receptions for 169 yards and one touchdown through nine games. He remains Denver's most productive receiving tight end, with more catches and yards than Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins combined. Trautman has six catches for 55 yards, while Adkins has six for 44 yards and three touchdowns.
That leaves the Broncos weighing more than what another team might offer. Trading Engram would remove the player accounting for the largest share of their receiving production at the position, even during a modest season by his standards.
Engram, 32, caught 50 passes for 461 yards and a touchdown in his first season with Denver in 2025. He signed with the Broncos after three seasons in Jacksonville, where he earned his second Pro Bowl selection in 2023.
That year, Engram finished with 114 receptions for 963 yards and four touchdowns. His current production has fallen well short of that peak, but his résumé gives interested teams a longer record to evaluate than his first nine games this season.
Denver has already invested in continuity elsewhere in the room. The Broncos re-signed Trautman to a three-year contract in March after he appeared in every regular-season and playoff game during his first three years with the team.
The offense also heads into the break after a 26-21 win at Carolina. Quarterback Bo Nix threw two touchdown passes, and Denver converted six of 10 third downs while rallying in the second half.
The Broncos next host the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 22. By then, the deadline will have settled whether Engram remains part of the group preparing for that divisional matchup or whether Denver found an alternative that made a trade possible.
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