ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- With a thin spot on the depth chart at tight end due to recent injuries, the Denver Broncos have signed 41-year-old Marcedes Lewis to their practice squad.

Team sources confirmed the signing Wednesday morning after Lewis had worked out for the Broncos on Tuesday. Lewis, who was the Jacksonville Jaguars ' first-round pick (28th overall) in 2006, is in his 20th NFL season.

To put that into team context, the Broncos selected quarterback Jay Cutler in the first round of the 2006 draft and Cutler played his last NFL game in 2017. Broncos coach Sean Payton was also in his first season as a head coach -- for the New Orleans Saints -- in 2006.

Lewis arrives with the Broncos in need of help at the position. Lucas Krull fractured a bone in his foot earlier this seaso

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