The Broncos receiver and fullback received depth chart honors.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — To begin the season, the Broncos’ official depth chart was nothing if not inclusive.
Maybe for the first time in Broncos depth chart history, the players-by-position status included two players from the practice squad — Michael Burton as the No. 1 fullback and Lil’Jordan Humphrey as a second-string receiver.
“I tried to put seven and Patrick (Smyth) omitted five,’’ Payton said of the Broncos’ public relations chief.
“But no look, those two guys have been with us,’’ Payton said in explaining the presence of Burton and Humphrey. “I don’t know that there’s any rule whether we can put practice squad players on, but they’ll be important to our team and throughout the year.”
Payton stopped short of saying Burton and Humphrey would be the Broncos’ two elevated practice-squad players for the game Sunday at Seattle. But the depth chart may be a tell.
“Didn’t know that,’’ Humphrey …