ENGLEWOOD - A true-blue approach made Trey McBride a lot of green.

The Fort Morgan product reset the market for tight ends in April when he signed a four-year contract extension with the Cardinals worth $76 million over four years. That topped Travis Kelce’s annual salary and George Kittle’s total contract as the position’s most lucrative deal.

“When you can play that low and have that speed, that athleticism you’re going to be really hard to cover and really hard to tackle,” Broncos tight end Evan Engram said after Thursday’s joint practice with the Cardinals at Broncos Park

“I definitely think he’s the future of the position. The payday he got says that as well. (I’m) super impressed with him.”

That kind of coin is not bad for a kid from a town of roughly 12,000 people on Colorado’s

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