Dallen Bentley

Denver's TE room has a locked-in hierarchy — Engram as the primary receiving F-tight end and Trautman as the in-line Y who logs the most snaps — with Sean Payton on record wanting to feed both more work in 2026, leaving little path to volume for a fourth option.

Bentley has zero regular-season snaps or targets logged so far, sitting as Denver's TE4 behind Engram and Trautman with fellow rookie Justin Joly (a 2026 fifth-round pick) also competing for scraps, so his realistic 2026 ceiling is special teams and spot duty.

Pre-draft evaluators attached a moderate medical concern to Bentley and he has a history of a significant lower-leg fracture, though nothing has resurfaced since he signed his rookie contract in May 2026.

Because Denver's passing-game and blocking roles are concentrated in just two veterans (Engram and Trautman), any injury to either would create an immediate opening for expanded snaps rather than requiring Bentley to unseat an entrenched starter outright.